damien nah.
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I am also a...

sketcher. | digital-artist. | occasional-graphic-designer. | dancer. | photographer. | stunt-enthusiast. | music-producer. | guitarist. | drummer. | bassist. | video-gamer. | minecraft-wizard. | etc.

I always found I had a strong desire to imitate the things I like, adore and look up to.

Perhaps it is because of this desire that I have a long list of passions, hobbies and experiments. I'd look at something someone else has done and go:

"Woah, that's pretty cool... I wanna try!"

While there were instances where I'd pick up something, realise how much work it takes to become good and ultimately give up, I always seem to return eventually. It seems there's always something about me that wants to make some cool-ass s***.

Below are some examples.

photography.

I didn't intend to become a photographer.

But I had gotten a camera for cinematography and video work, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to exercise my photo taking skills. Besides, what's film but 24 pictures a second?

I don't have the best equipment. I don't have a large selection of lenses. I don't have my own lights. But I think these limitations make me stronger - they force me to work around them and find the frames that work.

Elson through a cylinder-shaped light.
Wakayama at Moonshine.
View of a burning fire from Yishun Dam.
The shapes of my block when you look up.
Xin Rui at the National Museum.
The Sun as seen through blinds.

sketches. / digital art.

Me doing an old h3h3 meme.

I started sketching semi-regularly in secondary school, drawing game characters and figures.

As with anything creative it didn't start good. But then I worked on it. I watched YouTube videos, I drew from reference photos, and experimented with perspectives.

Then I took my work to another level. I'd take my photos and sketches into paint.net. At first I just outlined. Then I studied shadows. Then I blended in the weirdest, abstract patterns and colours into the mix.

What resulted was my strange art style - part cartoonish, part realistic, but wholly original.

Just kidding. There's no such thing as original.

A girl at the beach with power transformers overhead.
Wakayama in the style of Gorillaz' The Now Now.
A group of friends at Tangs Plaza.
A montage of my polytechnic and student film life.
Three characters lying on grass.
A #drawthisinyourstyle submission for @by.sau on Instagram.

And on that note, you can follow me on Instagram: @post_hiding.

music.

   

I was one of those kids in primary school who was really annoyed when music teachers were teaching a song, and they sung it in a different key from the original. It would be later that I realised I was the opposite of tone deaf.

I always wanted to make my own music, to have something I can listen to and call my own. The problem was, I didn't know what kind of music, let alone how to go about it.

But some time down the line I took the plunge and experimented in FL Studio. What I make today isn't quite what I had in mind, but I'm pleased enough with it. I'm always looking to improve, to learn new things about production, instrumentation, mixing, etc.

I'm on Spotify, SoundCloud and Bandcamp as post_hiding, and I have a more up and coming project under Nostalgic Scapegoats.