what a beautifully large nose you have there

Said it before, but this pic is dope. The anatomy and lighting are tops man.

Thanks nissou :3 was definitely an involved piece, also because I was trying to get back into drawing at the same time.

Gotta love street vendors. Saw lots of them on my visit to China.

They're my favorite part of any country I'd say.

I actually enjoy them more than regular retail stores.

Any time I see/hear Kowloon it just makes me thing SR:HK.

Had to look that one up ;D

“You kill Quacky? - No! L, I might have...Why?..Why?..Why?” name that reference

looks great!

Thank you! and no clue about the reference :]

A move from 1997, Here's the scene I was referencing https://youtu.be/U-b1RGU8xZU?t=52

I lived in Hong Kong for two years, and though it was after the walled city had been torn down, we passed these vendors nearly everyday. If you knew the right ones you could great food for super cheap. Thank you so much for the memories and great artwork!

Thank you! I'm so glad I can make a somewhat OK attempt at tapping into cultural slices of life. These things take quite a bit of background research to make sure I don't mess anything up too much.

*laughs...

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Awesome job Swish!

Sorry duck furs!

Thanks badger! Hahaha, yeah, I was up for some quackery in this pic :3

I'm super fascinated with Kowloon, it was such an amazing place. Probably not that amazing to live in but the concept alone is crazy interesting to me.

I don't know too much about Kowloon itself other than it being a huge place! Reports on the walled city itself are pretty scarce for such a major landmark. There's one German documentary floating around that's pretty good.

Yeah that documentary is pretty awesome.

One of these days, I would love to re-create some of these amazing shots you come up with as real life photos or film clips. They are that well done.

That'd be quite interesting! Thanks for the comments man :D

Also you're also in CO and you also do BMW stuff. Neato!

Yeah dude! Next time I see you, perhaps at the next sketch night, we can shoot the shit about real life composition!

Done it again Swish, so happy to see more from you <3

I might depict more from here, idk yet!

This is super neat. I spent summers in HK with family and I remember seeing the Walled City from above when flying into the old Kai Tak airport as a kid in the early 90's before it was emptied out and demolished. We walked past the outside perimeter before, but through the eyes of a child, I didn't know what it was, and it didn't look especially different from any of the other crammed city blocks at the time in that part of town.

Have you seen the photodocumentary book called City of Darkness: Life In Kowloon Walled City, by Ian Lambot and Greg Girard?

This is actually a super cool account and I neglected to reply earlier. I envy your situation of getting to experience that thrilling kai tak approach and being able to walk past the walled city area in Kowloon before it was turned into a park. I don't actually have the book for city of darkness, but my favorite photos of daily life within the city were taken by those two photographers :D So I guess I've seen excerpts from the book.

Pretty crazy how densely packed the people there were. While Manila in modern times is typically referred to as the most densely populated city at around 40K/km², the walled city was equivalent to 1.2 MILLION/km² @_@ insane. Can't imagine what that'd be like if it was larger than the 2 1/2 hectares it was.

If you're fascinated by the walled city, I'd dare suggest the 2014 book is still in print, and worth the $100 (it's a reprint of the 90's book, with more interviews and photos). It's full of interviews from people who lived there, as well as pontificating, and the full history of it's evolution. It goes a long way from dispelling the myths that outsiders have popularized in the media over the decades. Also great material for worldbuilding!

"Ten batt, tenn batt, take it home, it's green means it's fresh! Five batt for her, twOnyfive for you. Whoa! hundred batt, u wanna ev'rythin'?" ©

First of two favorites so far in your gallery! I really enjoy everything about this piece. Amazing work, sir!