In my latest illustration, it features a Christian (Believer of Jesus being the son of God) wrestling not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (aka the Devil, and his minions – the demons). ————————– My latest artwork, is inspired from three portions of the Bible: A psalm of David “4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” — Psalm 23:4 (KJV) The Armo ..read more

Above is my illustration, an homage to Matt Furie’s work. ————————- Before all the dragons became great, there was one that was a great friend and companion to hoppy, Drakky. Little known to the public, Drakky would one day rise from his secluded self and take on his rightful throne in the crypto space. Be part of his legacy. Move over Dogs and Frogs. Its Dragon time! Support $DRAKKY the Dragon! Check out DrakkyTheOne.com ————————- For context, here below are Matt Furie’s original dragon illustrations: The post $DRAKKY The One appeared first on Herbert R. Sim ..read more

In my latest illustration, it features world leaders – Elon Musk, Putin, Narendra Modi, Klaus Schwab, Pope Francis, Xi Jinping, Ursula von der Leyen, Justin Trudeau, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates. ——————————————————— A quiet, high-stakes battle is brewing in the world of technology, a war over what’s projected to be the most valuable commodity of the future: computer chips. Echoing the scramble for oil that defined much of the 20th century, the 21st century is witnessing an escalating race for control over these minute bits of modern technology. The competition, however, is not l ..read more

In my latest illustration, it features China’s president Xi Jinping, holding up a fist showcasing ‘Digital Yuan’. ——————————————————— The rise of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) has led to a fundamental shift in the global economic landscape, posing a significant challenge to the long-standing hegemony of the US dollar. As these nations increasingly seek to break free from dollar dominance, the role of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin has become even more pronounced, with the potential to reshape the balance of power in the global financial system. In an atte ..read more

Above is my illustration work-in-progress of a female cyborg “bionic woman” testing out her neuroprosthetic limbs. ———————————————– Imagine a world where people with physical disabilities, including amputees and those with paralysis, can regain their mobility and independence thanks to cutting-edge technology. This is where the realm of neuroprosthetics come into play, where advanced assistive devices like artificial limbs and robotic exoskeletons – such as the wearable exomuscle, MyoShirt – can be leveraged to transform lives. From the early days of simple wooden limbs, we now have sophistic ..read more

Above is my illustration sketch, of Jesus’ Special Resurrection Appearance for Doubting Thomas. For me, it is a very beautiful moment, that Jesus accommodated even a skeptic. ———————————————————- A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience — a reference to the Gospel of John’s depiction of the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus’ disciples, who, in John’s account, refused to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles until he could see and feel Jesus’s crucifixion wounds. How did Jesus respond to Thomas? What did Jesus ..read more

It’s tough to illustrate shape-shifting, what came to mind is the shapeshifting Terminator android T-1000 of Terminator 2. I decided to sketch a bionic woman cyborg, that has the robotics element, similar to T-800, character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. ——————————————————— When it comes to the idea of shape-shifting, the concept is somewhat bounded by what we’ve seen, for example, on the big screen: The elusive yet charming Mystique in the highly successful Marvel series and DC’s Beast Boy – with his immaculate shape-shifting skills. It is hard to fathom how such an ability, or even the s ..read more

My illustration sketch of babies in capsules, being genetically enhanced, upgraded, in a laboratory. ————————————————————– In the world of genome editing, scientific achievements and controversy are part and parcel of a highly disruptive field, one that shapes the narrative of man versus God, or rather, man playing God. In fact, the technology first emerged and stirred interest in the late 1990s, before catching mainstream attention in 2009 when CRISPR – a shiny, new genome editing tool – was rolled out. It wasn’t until November 2018 when Chinese scientist He Jiankui dropped an ethical bombsh ..read more

My illustration sketch of Artificial Intelligence chat software on the hardware humanoid robotics, interacting with a human. ———————————————————— The field of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has seen multiple breakthroughs in the last couple of years, with various big tech firms such as Meta and Google pouring vast sums of money into AI research. Yet, it wasn’t until OpenAI – co-founded by Elon Musk and other prominent figures such as Palantir Technologies co-founder, Peter Thiel – captured the world’s imagination with the release of ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot. ChatGPT actually belongs to ..read more

Yesterday, Herbert Sim was in attendance for the Closing Dialogue session with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr Lawrence Wong. The session entitled “Asia at Crossroads: A world disrupted”, was held at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore, on October 14. As the world undergoes efforts to overcome the pandemic, preserve our environment, manage geo-economics risks, and protect state sovereignty, the international community has watched, sometimes criticised, and at other times emulated the words and actions of Asian countries. These challeng ..read more