Monday, February 04, 2008

Welcome to the Batu cave restaurant

Meet Audrey
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The only orangutan at the Batu.
(I might post a bit of process work later)
The Chandelier Ballroom

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Inside the Batu restraurant, there is a very special cave...

(For those of you who have watched planet earth, you know where this is inspired from.)


Batu Restaurant

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Baboons run the show.







This was a series I'm currently working. It's loosely based on the Batu cave temple and its monkey inhabitants. I was planning to upload all of them but its taking me far too long so I'll upload em as they get done.

39 comments:

  1. Holy crap dude - that looks awesome!

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  2. D: i knowwww
    u got so much better with painting i think.. goood jobbbb teachhh meeeee

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  3. maestro, just to reaffirm...these look amazing

    tuning fork out -

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  4. Way cool man, I like the bottom one in particular, colors, forms, and design all fantastic

    jon

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  5. wow.....these are neat

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  6. ooh Ben!these colours are so great i want to eat them,Simply fantastic

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  7. Ben what the hell man, that monkey is too much, amazing stuff.

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  8. Always nice to see something new from you man :D

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  9. Teach me to be a better man Ben. ~_~

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  10. speechless. in a good way.

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  11. Well Done Benjamin!... Well Done...

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  12. Beautiful colours! I love the atmosphere you create in these~

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  13. Anonymous3:39 PM

    hey benn i really like ur stuff! beautiful as always :D

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  14. WWWWWOOOOOOWWWWWW... i'm a french drawer works in animation in france at ankama studio .thank you you re doing great work wonderfuls artworks sincerly and with my honnesty , bravo!

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  15. i love your style! great soft colours...

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  16. Thanks everyone for posting your comments! :) always encouraging to see em.

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  17. speechless! i sat here for a minute thinking of how to give you respects on this one but i can't muster up the words except point out how professional these look. i gotta know... how long you worked on these that you've posted?

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  18. beautiful. audrey has got some nice edges to her but she still feels soo soft. beautiful.

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  19. WOW! Ben you are a genius! Beautiful rendering!

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  20. Glad to see you using the Pen tool to your advantage!!!

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  21. Wow ben... these are ridiculously good....

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  22. im so amazed
    ... no comment . you're ... so wow

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  23. wow, these look incredible

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  24. Wonderful looking stuff man! I love your design and i love your color sensibility...

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  25. that's aweeeesome man!

    do you know that batu means rock in indonesian? and there's a famous mountain resort with that name?
    just thought u'd liek to know.. :P

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  26. these are terrific Ben! lovely lighting and colors! the little guy down below is my favorite :)

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  27. hey ben; you do amazing work!
    Was just wondering if you were Malaysian too. Not many of us 'Huen's out there; I'm Su Yin Huen. I blog too; about food and pastries to be specific. Have you been to the actual batu cave temple? It's pretty awesome.
    Swing by and leave me a message if you like. you could possibly be my long lost relative :P

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  28. dude, u are the shit.... glad i found ur blog!

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  29. Hi great work, i love the characters and colors, cool!

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  30. you rule super hard at painting! great stuff, post more!

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  31. Wow, this is very cool.

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  32. Wow, these are really beautiful!! :) I'm from Malaysia so the name Batu Cave really caught my attention. It's a really beautiful place there alright. Thank you for sharing!

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  33. Awesome blog. Very nice stuff.

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  34. Hey Ben,

    LOVE your work and am interested in working with you on book covers. Please email me at amy.ryan@harpercollins.com

    Thanks!

    Amy

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