My Artwork

I found a few more of the stuff I did when I was in high school.

The Voyager was the ACS Ipoh's school magazine. This was one of the cover designs I submitted.

This was the piece (pencils only - before inks were added) that won me the 1st prize in the BDSB (Book Distributors Sdn Bhd) Art Contest in the late 80s.

You can find more of my artwork in my Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/jmloke/

Movie Review - Without A Clue

Movie: Without a Clue

Year: 1988

Genre: Comedy, Crime  

What it was about (in > 75 words)

The legendary duo of Baker Street - Sherlock and Dr Watson, were sought to thwart Moriarty's evil plan that may cause the nation to fall into anarchy and disarray.

Anything special/memorable?

This movie's take on Sherlock is quite different (cause 'fresh' isn't really appropriate as the movie came out in 1988)

Unemployed imbecilic buffoon, drunkard, gambler & womanizer. Hardly the words one would use to describe the legendary Sherlock Holmes. BUT, in this movie, that's what he was. The real genius solving all the crimes was actually Dr John Watson (Ben Kingsley) and Moriarty knows this.

 "Sherlock Holmes" was merely a character that Dr Watson created so that he could record all the cases he'd solved and sell them to a top-selling Magazine called the Strand. Reginald Kincaid (Michael Caine), an unemployed actor, was hired to play the role of Sherlock. The public lapped it up, loved and worshiped him. This was the money-making franchise that Dr Watson had created in this film world.

However, the public and the authorities were oblivious to this. They all worshiped Sherlock Holmes as the world's greatest detective. When Dr Watson got fed up with Kincaid's ways, he fired Kincaid and decided to continue his crime-fighting alone as Dr Watson, the Crime Doctor. Unfortunately, this didn't quite work out as the public and the authorities did not even give Dr Watson the time of day or access to any of the police's resources, crime scenes, etc.

Dr Watson had no choice but to rehire Kincaid to continue in his charade as Sherlock in order to solve the latest case threatening the nation.

Waste/worth the time?

I quite enjoyed it although it didn't quite go down as one of the legendary films that everyone talks about.

However, it was a really fun watch. With Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine as leads, it's already worth looking into.

I will give this movie a 6/10!

Game Review - Deck Heroes

Deck Heroes

Developer

IGG (I Got Games)

Ever since the demise of the Avengers Alliance game on FB, I haven't really found a game that compels me to log on for my daily dose until I found Deck Heroes more than a year ago.

As a big fan of both Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Deck Heroes is right up my alley. In a way, it really reminds me of a great PC Game - Heroes of Might and Magic. The only difference is that instead of having an avatar that crawls the maps with your heroes and creatures, this game is based entirely on collectible cards a la Magic the Gathering.

OK, disclaimer: This will NOT be a real review, I merely wanted to appreciate the TOP NOTCH World Class Artwork contained in the game. I would say that ALMOST every single piece of artwork on the cards are worthy of being framed!

This is the home screen for the game from where you can go to the various sections of the game.

 

Of course, as with all Fantasy Games, the game world will have various factions or races. In the case of Deck Heroes, there are 4 factions that players can use at any time and in any combination:

1. Human
2. Faen
3. Neander
4. Mortii

For this post, I'm focusing specifically on the many types of dragons available in the game. Why I chose dragons is because some of the other creatures (such as Efreets or Warlocks) may not be as well known by the general public as dragons. C'mon, who doesn't know what dragons are right?

Look at the artwork for the dragons. Aren't they just top notch?

Great Artwork, great game-play (it's FREE) and it's very challenging to boot. What more can you ask for?