Charis Joshua Untung

School of Design & Media

Diploma in Illustration Design with Animation

GALLERY

Look at Me

A self introductory video about myself wrapped in a low-budget comedic lyrical music video with kinetic typography.

Doodles of monsters from my imaginations that is based of my thoughts on what ifs, for example, what if our eyeballs grow hands and tentacles, then suddenly it pierces out from the eye socket. Another example is what if there is a being with abs on the side (its like two bodies back to back), but all four arms face the same way and instead of having legs, this being is actually ghost/genie-like being that appears from another two creatures’ mouths.

Kabuto

I designed this kirigami piece, which is the Japanese art of cutting paper, in trying to capture the essence of a kabuto or a Japanese stag beetle. This piece was made from a single paper, without using glue in order to stay true to the pureness of folding and cutting only rule of kirigami. I also tried to engineer so that it can reverse from its flight form and its ground form (wings spread and wings shut) to capture two of its iconic poses.

Rayquaza

I designed this origami model based on a fictional monster named Rayquaza from the pokemon game franchise. This piece was made from a single paper, no cut, no glue, in trying to stay true to modern origami rules. I chose to design a model based of Rayquaza since I adore the parallel concept of dragons or giant serpents that descended to earth to stop a calamity as seen in the Aztec’s Quetzalcoatl (which is what rayquaza is based of) and Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay legend.

Phobias

Phobias is a comic series that revolves around three oddballs that tries to do their best with their abilities that they are afraid of. This group of people consists of Finn, a phoenix that is afraid of fire and height, Ginny, a ghost that is afraid of ghosts and darkness, and Hyde, a merman that is afraid of water because of their own personal traumas. The picture I attached is a prologue on why Finn got his trauma, fears of height and fire.

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

2019 onwards, A member of publication and design team, PPI Singapura
2018-2019, Music Director for two Musical Productions, GAYA's (Gelar Budaya)
2018, Bass singer for ICC SATU The Musical: INCOGNITO's choir team
2016 onwards, Actor, Musician, and Songwriter, Teater Ulat
2018-2019, A committee in Creative Team, LASKAR
2020 February, Volunteered as MC in LASKAR's First Art Exhibition, LASKAR PELANGI