Yap Kunrong ( or Krypt, his online handle ) is a Singaporean concept artist/illustrator now based in Tokyo, Japan. He was awarded the Singapore National Arts Council (NAC) Takashimaya Arts Scholarship in 2008 to pursue a 2 year digital art course of his liking in Tokyo, and was also the winner of the Concept Art Award in the recent Steampunk Challenge organized by CGSociety, with the entry “The Legend of Yamato”. (above)
Kunrong has done creative work for studios like Imaginary Friends (IFS, Singapore ), WildFire LLC, Phoenix Interactive, Stone Arch Books, Fantasy Flight Games, and is always on the lookout for fresh and challenging projects. For assignments and enquiries you can contact him via his online portfolio sites below :
Deviant Art (http://yapkr.deviantart.com/)
CGPortfolio (http://krypt.cgsociety.org/gallery/)
April 1st, 2009 at 12:33 am
Wow, great work man. Nice.
It remembers me of another artist… but I can’t regard his name.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:01 am
I love his art, very captivating
April 1st, 2009 at 4:19 am
mmmmm. I’ll be watching his art…
April 1st, 2009 at 9:46 am
LOVE!
April 1st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
love the architecture in the 3rd image
April 1st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Kunrong’s art is cool. I like his colors and style 🙂
April 1st, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Thanks alot Yonghow for this article! Thanks~~
April 4th, 2009 at 3:55 am
kunrong – No problem at all, the popularity of your illustration speaks for themselves. Everyone here likes your work ! :]
April 6th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Amazing stuff. The second image with the astronauts/mecha is fantastic. keep up the good work!
June 14th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
There is something very powerful about the way the girl in the red dress is floating/flying through the robot fleet
Great Work! Congratulations Kunrong!