Black revolutionary artist
corel draw/photoshop

Derwin Vallie's Art Gallery

An exhibition in assorted mediums

2Trinis 2Gether

Illustrator/photoshop/o

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2Trinis 2Gether was a recent exper

iment where

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inted the background in oils and designed the characters in illustrator and photoshop. I'd like to dedicate this one to all the 'Trini' couples holding it down and staying together despite the odds.

Mya
flash/photoshop

This is an illustration of my daughter when she was four months old. At the time when I did this I was the musical director for a Trinidad based soca artist named Bunji Garlin and his band, The Asylum. I found that doing stuff like this in my spare time, helped me to retain my sanity...somewhat.

Revolutionary Stamps
Flash/Illustrator.

This is a project I did for an art class at The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). They are stamps bearing the image of two revolutionary historical figures, Dr. Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi.

Ab Normal_1
Cinema 4D

Ab Normal_2

Cinema 4D

Allow me to introduce you to one of my characters. His name is Normal.....Ab Normal. I did this for an art class project at New York City Tech; using the 3D software, Cinema 4D.

Fiddler
Ball point pen/color pencils.

This started out as a doodle sketch using a regular ball point pen and scrap paper. I liked the raw sketch alot, so i decided to add color using color pencils.

The Burning
Ball point pen/color pencils.

I should mention that these three pen and color pencil pieces were all done while at Trinidad's Mount St. Benedict rehab center; during my therapy sessions. I can't remember exactly what I was feeling at the time when I did this particular piece, but I assume I wasn't having a great time.

Figgy

Ball point pen/color pencils.

This final sketch suggests that my mood eventually changed during therapy. It seems happy, pleasant and peaceful. I think I'm in a much better place now.... :-)

Asylum1

Illustrator

Asylum2

Photoshop

These is are two design ideas I did for the Asylum band. For some reason, we never got around to using it for its intended purpose.

Bellaire

flash/photoshop

coconut girl

flash/illustrator

river shack

flash/illustrator

No Attention

flash.

These are random pieces I did in my spare time, just to keep myself from being idle. I found that keeping myself busy was usually a good way not to get into trouble. The old folks were right. The devil does find work for idle hands....but he won't get mine! :-)

Spooky Ranks

flash.

Bong

flash.

These are two of my animated characters; Bong and Spooky Ranks. The 3D character below is a...'ting' that often invaded my dreams at one time. Strangely enough, after drawing and characterizing him, he hasn't returned.

Ting
Cinema 4D.

Janx
flash.

This is an illustration of my cousin when he was a toddler.

Derwin Vallie's Animation Gallery

Short animated clips produced in Adobe Flash

Haiku for MMP 460
flash.

Greetings! Welcome to my animation gallery. This first clip is a Haiku that was done for a final project at BMCC. Doing the animation was cool, but I also had a lot of fun producing the sound track and sound effects as well.

Actually, a Haiku is a particular form of short poem originated in Japan more than 250 years ago. A Haiku written in the length and deals with a topic from nature. Originally the format for writing Haikus was very strict: the first line contained 5 syllables, the second line contained 7 syllables, and the third line contained 5 syllables. In recent times these rules have been relaxed.

Shut Dong
flash.

This is clip about a an experience that many people may be familiar with. In Trinidad when you have car troubles that lead to pulling up on the side of the road for assistance or on the spot repair, it is said that you 'shut dong'.

Mother's day greeting
flash.
Happy Mother's day to all mothers! Notice how hott mummy still looks after child birth. Wow!