Hi everyone! Right now we are still sorting through the 700 + entries for Pepper. The response has truly been much better than we could have dreamed and as a result we are also going to include a lot more entries into the books than we originally planned!

Now for an added bonus. We are doing a very VERY special promotion for our Imagine and Imagine Prime Artbooks to help make it more affordable for those of you who haven’t yet bought a copy for yourself.

For a limited time only (or while stocks last), we are offering

30% OFF ALL PURCHASES (that’s a savings of almost USD$30 for the Imagine1+ Imagine Prime Bundle!)

The discount will show up automatically and all you need to do is to enter the codeword in the shopping cart: PEPPER

*You don’t need to have submitted anything to the Pepper Project to enjoy this.

This goes out to all those who could not enter but supported with comments, watching and spreading the word! Thank you all of you!

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Exclusive limited edition autographed artbook!


UPDATE: Friends outside USA can now get their hands on this fabulous artbook.



** To preview the content of the artbook, please click this [link] **

Special bundle offer is also available for those who wanna get both of the artbooks.

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Want to be an Imaginary Friend?

Hi everyone!

Imaginary is a studio created by artists for artists. We are looking for people who work hard and play hard, and who have the talent, experience and passion to take things to another level.

Our studio is well structured and open. Collaboration is a critical part of the process.

Everyone has a say and quality always comes first.

This is a not a business. It’s a movement.

We now have tremendous opportunities for talented artists to come on board to work on high profile projects in comics, games and major motion pictures.

We are now hiring the following full time positions:

Concept/Production Artists:

* Must have outstanding digital illustration capability, and a broad conceptual scope
* Knowledge and application of Animation/3D applications a plus
* Game/film industry experience preferred

Comic Artists:

* Both Line artists and/or Colorists
* Ability to deliver realistic art style
* Experienced, with published work preferred

All applicants must be based in or willing to relocate to Singapore or Jakarta

If you think you’d make a good imaginary friend, send your application to careers@imaginaryfs.com.

Please include the job title in the email’s subject header.

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We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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Friday, June 29 2007 [11:40am].

I just caught the movie. Call me oversensitive, but-

This is an official humbled apology for every time I cussed under bated breath when I saw any of the TF redesigns (sorry Mr Feng Zhu, I was one of the punks sniggering in the back there save for maybe Blackout)...

...cursing the general art direction or storyline[which by the damn way, happens to be very bloody decently fine], the productions "misinformed" decision to not pay a more obvious, albeit surface-level homage to our favourite iconic characters, with their minimal silhouettes and forms that we all know and love, wondering why it could have been in a different chronology, why the infamous Vince DiCola 80s synth and orchestral beauty or heavy metal choruses of "you've got the powaaaaeerrrr~" weren't making a comeback...

well now I know, and it really arrives as a smack in the face for being such a defensive fan-prick in the first place.

You have to experience it understand. It all comes together -the good, the bad- and when it does you'll understand there and then, quivering with delight and convulting with ecstacy when famous one liners are delivered, the cheese moments, or when every hair trigger second of frenzied high octane choreography comes to life -the effort, the demands of thousands of blood hours put into a production of this caliber.

Now THAT in and of itself is THE real tribute that I for one surely overlooked, and I'm SORRY. I'll take that back right now. Hell I took that back in the first 4 minutes of the film. Shoved it back down my throat like the popcorn that went untouched for a good 20 minutes.

I wasn't exactly glued to my seat (okay i lie), nor was I screaming and giggling like a giddy schoolgirl at some Korean popstar's concert. Okay maybe twice. Thrice? But still...

I've never felt so strongly or good about a film that really took peoples expectations AWAY at first. And returned an even GREATER one. One that is truly respectful of canon, one that doesn't take a property and screw it three times over, one that REMINDS people that there is always a DIFFERENT way to tell a story, to see a universe-

-And that there is always something more, than meets the eye.



You're allright Mr Bay. Very allright.









Also this comes as possible spoiler material but:

STARSCREAM FOREVAAARRRR WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO

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Saturday, November 11 2006 [04:00pm].

The Infernal Question:

Answer this, please:

"From an academic and purely technical viewpoint. What is the: Ukitakumuki touch/flourish/look/feel/thing, that so many have come to describe. What makes it different? At least in the eyes of the few?

Clearly, what evokes sensations in someone not necessarily has to set off the same sparks in another, and I so dearly wish to know what it is you guys see in my stuff. The bad, the good,everything... please! What identifies with you, and more importantly, what defines my work, in your many eyes.

Thanks all, .





An Explanation
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Firestarter
I've recently looked at my stuff over in severe disdain... am I burning out? There are so many ideas in my head just raring to be drawn, painted, pooped.., which according to some of my good pals, is due to 'stifled creativity' because of my conscription/mandatory military fricken servitude to the Republic of Singapore Air Forces and lack of my old formal, slacker, content, [stable] lifestyle. Whatever. The point is that its so difficult for me to get all those ideas down, for some reason. A mental block perhaps? A lack of direction, maybe.

Loosing Focus
Everytime I start a personal piece, it starts with at least 5-6 separate speed paintings, of which each spawns 5 others. I'm sure in that sea of scumpaintings, there are those that warrant saving or a continued, fully explored 'life'... but strangely enough it also points me back to one sad fact I've had to live with, and that is my very unstructured and loose-cannon approach to the way I do my work. Spontaneous, some might call it.

The problem is... the sheer addiction and nature of speed painting means in the same amount of time it takes a normal-painting to succeed; the speed-painter has probably achieved 4 separate variants of the core theme. This can go two ways: one, you heartily enjoy and relish in the moment of freedom to express, and learn...

...or Two, you feel completely shat because you just successfully took the red pill (or was it blue?) and went apeshit with the idea in your head initially, loosing focus and ultimately, VISION.

Character
Personally and frankly speaking, aside from concept art that I wholesomly enjoy, fine-illustration wise, I always seem to have this evil habit of being impassioned with a certain theme, in the spur of the moment type situations, nontheless.

Then it all falls to pieces with the whole "omg this horse looks.. like a DRAGON.. omgwtf... lets try.. a tail... hehehh- oh look! that cloud.. a neon missile frigate..no..a happy meal." NOW as far as I know, I don't have an attention deficiency disorder... but for those who know me, I am definetely very jumpy and perhaps overly playful with ideas and concepts. Just wondering how things will look, turn out, feel... that is a really intense sensation that always sets me back a little, and I constantly have to catch myself before I go off the deep end on something. And, as easy as I get passionate about something, I blow cold, as soon as I stem my own yearning for that pleasure. Does that suck or what.

Unless guided by a decent Brief, or some measure of vision and direction, I find it hard to make meaningful work. Did I just state the bloody obvious? I guess it does to most of you. Maybe I'm just being retarded at this point in my life. No points for guessing why.

Your imaginary friends.