Judges Biography
● When Stanley was an art director at the advertising agency Paprika, he created the Pepper
Project to inspire his creative team to explore as many different styles as possible, using the
singular concept of a female character “Pepper”. Eventually Pepper became a cult mascot in the
digital art community.
● After some years in the advertising industry, Stanley one day decided to set up a studio that would
allow him to enjoy what he loves best, and still make a living out of it, and to provide a viable
space for aspiring fantasy illustrators and artists a place to fulfill their dreams of breaking into the
entertainment industry.
● Some of Stanley's notable clients include CAPCOM, NAMCO, SNK and Blizzard Studios.
● Stanley's words for aspiring creators,”Be curious. Do not settle for anything less. An elite artist is
not someone who waits for things to happen but one who actively seeks for knowledge though
every mean. Have an international vision, know where you stand internationally and what you can
offer to the industry. Lastly and most importantly, never see Art as a subject or job. It’s a lifestyle
we choose to live for.”
● Before founding IFS, Kai was interning at an advertising agency where he met Stanley and
Kendrick. For a long while, he has has been dabbling in mods and independent game
design as a concept artist, and the eye opening experiences at the design agency only
served to ignite a passion to explore even more possibilities within the entertainment
industry.
● Kai has designed for Zombie Studios on Shrapnel, Wizkids on Mechwarrior and Nuclear
Dawn for Half Life 2. He dreams of designing his own game one day.
● Prefered medium: Digital and Ink
● Kai love sandbox-style games and those that promote emergent gameplay rank high on his
list! Syd Mead and Lebbeus Woods are some of his favourites artists.
● Kai's words for aspiring creators: “Learn to love what you do”.
● Before founding IFS, Kendrick was working for on a project for Square Enix in
Japan. He was involved on PS2 game “Valkyrie Profile 2”.
● Some of his notable works include Ero Ero, that was featured in “World Greatest
Erotic Art of Today” Vol 2 and the DOTA load screen featured in Spectrum Vol 15.
● Artists such Moebius, Katsuya Terada, Justin Sweet and Range Murata inspired
his art.
● Kendrick's words for aspiring creators: “Do not be afraid to learn and copy. It is
from that that your own style will eventually surface. Also, keep going back to
refresh on fundementals, there's always something new to learn and discover
when you go back.”
Philippines.
● He started drawing at the age of 13, and began professional work three years later
for Questor Magazine, Philippine's anime and manga magazine.
● Jennyson's first break came in 2003, when he provided the artwork on American
manga “No Man's Land” from Seven Seas Entertainment. He moved to Singapore
in 2007 to join IFS.
● Currently Jennyson is working on Freedom Formula, the cyberpunk mecha racing
series from Radical Comics.
● Jennyson is a manga, comics and anime fan, X-men, Genshiken, Diebuster,
Escaflowne, Jin-Roh, stuff by Masami Obari are among his list of favourites.
● His published manga works are “No Man's Land” and “Free Runners” from Seven
Seas Entertainment. He's also responsible for the good girl art found in the pages
of FHM Philippines.
● Jennyson's words for aspiring creators: “Practice. Lots of practice.”
About Imaginary Friends Studios
● Imaginary FS is Singapore's homegrown concept art studio, boasts
talents from around Asia and Europe – it is a studio by artists for
artists. Many of them are fans of animation, games and comics art.
● The studio counts Square Enix, Sony Online Entertainment,
Animax, Ubi Soft, Electronic Arts, DC Comics, Marvel, Top Cow,
Games Workshop, Upper Deck, WizKids and many others on the
list of prestigious clients
● This studio is the place for talented artists from Singapore and
around the region, to realise their deams of playing as a
professional in the international league of concept art and design.
trilogy titled CAKE,COOKIE and CANDY (1999 - 2001).
● The original characters from this series Tata, Kiki and Gogo became the well-known
mascots of the TKG Comic Circle.
● Nicknamed "The Mover" by the media, Chub is known for developing young
talents who clinch top prizes in national comic competitions. The Comic Circle
strengthens Singapore into becoming a hub for creativity and the arts.
About TKG Comic Circle
● Since the dawn of the new millennium, the TKG Comic Circle has been
providing quality comic programmes to groom comic talents and interests in
Singapore.
● Please check them out at TKG Comic Circle
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