dae

heap

2010-04-13T22:59:00.006-04:00

fashion wars

2010-03-07T17:14:00.003-05:00

lights

2010-03-03T05:34:00.001-05:00

popshot

2010-02-16T23:20:00.002-05:00

step

2010-02-11T21:41:00.002-05:00

2010-01-29T14:11:00.003-05:00

nine tailed fox, first of a series. going to do another version of the same image with traditional paint and improvements.

humana

2009-12-09T09:52:00.001-05:00

heavy handed

2009-11-27T01:29:00.002-05:00

tea

2009-11-19T23:41:00.002-05:00

why

2009-11-17T13:03:00.000-05:00

a short skirt and a long jacket

2009-11-06T07:00:00.004-05:00

former

2009-10-21T00:27:00.006-04:00

small(but time consuming) test, going to work on it more. etching.

grand dining

2009-10-09T00:58:00.001-04:00

grand central station dining area. smelled good in there.

centre

2009-10-02T19:43:00.004-04:00

dinner party. experiment with wash and colors. pencil and acrylic wash.

the hard way

2009-09-30T17:44:00.002-04:00

Thirst illustration, acrylic

bite size

2009-09-28T00:05:00.009-04:00

kiki and bonbon

starbucks

out the window

astor place

been drawing on a small sketchbook for observation drawings instead of the usual 18x24 but they seem to translate pretty well nonetheless.

illustration for the film Thirst coming soon

rain

2009-06-19T02:12:00.006-04:00

plane ride back to NYC

sketch

the sun is not my friend.

2009-05-16T18:52:00.009-04:00

watched my sister's last soccer game of the season. despite the sun it was enjoyable.

she's only 10 so it's not an official league, just the AYSO (american youth soccer organization). at first i was nervous because she was among the smallest on the team.

but it was a good game today.
because she won.
and the 6 consecutive games before that, making them the best team of the season. as well as the team that scored the most total goals.
but that was predictable, it's my sister.

"G89 to window 21"

2009-05-15T19:31:00.010-04:00

went to the DMV today to renew my state id card [again].
thought i would be there for about an hour so i brought a sketchbook.

but there were very little people there, so it cut my drawing/waiting time down to several minutes instead of a full hour.

did a lot of frantic scribbling. fast drawings sometimes end up looking nice, but usually when you don't realize how fast you're going. this time i was too self-conscious and listening for my number to be called [G89]. but some parts came out neat.

i...

2009-05-13T02:09:00.002-04:00

should have brought more sketchbooks.
have been sleeping early.
started drinking juice again.

california

2009-05-06T12:56:00.009-04:00

bought a beautiful new red sketchbook and it was luckily in my carry-on bag. drew during a flight for the first time.

i attempted to a year ago but couldn't handle drawing during turbulence and the shaking but i was somehow able to this time. drawing made the flight go by very fast.

"you're so young, you're so goddamn young."

2009-04-28T04:08:00.017-04:00

hand-painting type is tedious, meticulous and annoying. but i think i love it.

the little mermaid: finished

"fight your rival!"

2009-04-25T02:54:00.038-04:00

those of you who played street fighter alpha know the character kasaguno sakura. inspired by a world champion fighter, she pursues to be just like him. she knows all of his trademark skills by heart and emulates them as best she can in hopes to achieve her dream of becoming a champion herself. of all the characters in street fighter, her goals are the most relatable. we're not the most talented, and we have someone we look up to and aspire to be.

but let's be honest. chances are, she'll never be able to match the fighter she is aspiring to be. much like myself. players even realize she's little more than the token schoolgirl character of the cast and will never be taken seriously. it's ok though, i believe in you.

i make fan art maybe once a year. i sometimes get inspired and start to make images of trademarked characters from time to time but i never really finish them. maybe it's because it's someone else's creative design and not my own. but, this late at night i decided i wanted to scribble something street fighter related.

-edit-color character
a lot of friends who are artists and avid street fighter fans had a discussion where they explained to me about how it's hard to capture the "essence" of street fighter characters in artwork, and how small things could make it lose that quality. hope i didn't screw it up too much.

"coloristic surprise"

2009-04-22T21:14:00.004-04:00

i actually got a fortune from my fortune cookie today (i usually get ominous advice), and it was about cake. thought i'd mention it here.
what kind of cake? where? when? i hope it's not a metaphor of a cake.

speaking of cake, trees:

don't fall in love with your profession.

2009-04-22T11:24:00.010-04:00

"you made a better paper airplane"

2009-04-20T17:43:00.013-04:00

model was fun to draw. she was the first tall, lanky woman i had in figure drawing. it was also the first time i couldn't finish drawing in the time alotted. the result is a somewhat unsettling image, but i like that.

i made 2 purchases yesterday: the visual novel Watchmen and Regina Spektor's album Soviet Kitsch.

it's embarrassing to admit that the wide release of the film was the gateway for me getting interested in the original comic but there's a first time for everything. potent storytelling and dialogue with great images. i'm liking it a lot so far.

regina spektor is an exceptional singer, and soviet kitsch has an album cover that i actually like. she has a natural talent she utilizes in a very fulfilling and intellectual way. bittersweet, playful, melancholy, and stranger than fiction.

brain lines

2009-04-15T12:28:00.009-04:00

never realized how much i enjoy the act of drawing. starting to get over the timidity and nervousness that comes with producing a picture and just enjoying the process.

the feeling of pressing lead onto paper is immensely satisfying. wonder if i could bring myself to ever pick up the tablet again. i've been doing a lot of stream-of-consciousness drawings lately.

progress on the little mermaid:

report from the blue planet:

2009-04-10T02:42:00.006-04:00

more observations

the journey back to earth

2009-04-08T12:29:00.011-04:00

sketch dump.

been learning lots from a man named John Ruggeri. i learned more just by watching him draw than any amount of explaining could do. significantly impacted my drawing knowledge and vocabulary. learning to draw things as they are, but trying something new. these places are alive.

progress: "The Little Mermaid" poster

lights

2009-01-29T11:54:00.009-05:00

manfred symphony

2008-10-09T23:08:00.003-04:00

Manfred Symphony project: finished.

ok

2008-09-12T01:03:00.004-04:00

so once upon a time miss elsa and i devised this fail-safe way to get 6 million dollars. this was even her meticulous sketch of how we'd carry out this plan. this is a year later.
... where's our money elsa?!

index cards

2008-05-17T23:38:00.005-04:00

drawing party. medium: index cards
first row: eric
second row: me
third row: first 2 by dave, last one by thomas

mine completed

second semester etching work

2008-04-27T02:02:00.009-04:00

the book is finally finished.

BEAT THE CLOCK

2008-04-09T03:52:00.016-04:00

Mouchette: finished.

self portrait

2008-04-02T02:46:00.006-04:00

working on a self portrait.
i will actually not be putting this up on my blog because i'm insecure about self portraits.

instead, i'll put up a section of a self portrait i made of myself in 11th grade. it was done in acrylic. perhaps in another 2-3 years i'll put up the self portrait i'm drawing right now.

humanities week

2008-03-29T18:00:00.006-04:00

work in progress: etching book

ps humanities suck.

rose rose

2008-03-19T22:50:00.015-04:00

Beauty and the Beast: finished.

progress: mouchette thumbnail.

progresss

2008-03-06T03:17:00.016-05:00

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progress

hedgehog's dilemma

2008-03-03T02:06:00.012-05:00

so basically, realizing all this during second year has helped me grow as someone who practices the arts. i do think i've gotten a lot better at image making from the beginning of the year [does anyone remember stuff i drew freshman year?] i hope to continue, improve, and make things that i can be 100% proud of, with no regrets or second thoughts. the images above are just photos of stuff from my sketchbook, since i kind of made it my unwritten rule to not post anything without images.

"plant a little poison in her head."

more to the family

2008-02-28T23:58:00.009-05:00

progress: etching test prints

progress: thumbnail sketch "Beauty and the Beast"

weds

2008-02-27T07:03:00.004-05:00

"Transient Stability" finished

transient stability

2008-02-25T01:22:00.004-05:00

progress: "Transient Stability"

hmm

2008-02-16T03:34:00.003-05:00

kalbi WILL become something whether it's self published, become a novel or anything in SOME FORM. Eric convinced me it must be put out there one way or another, so i will see that it happens. i dont think anyone knows what kalbi is besides eric and dave and a select few.

reworked

2008-02-14T22:38:00.001-05:00

reworked: "Big Fish" added aquatint

star

2008-02-11T06:06:00.003-05:00

character collab with eric and dave

so, no sleep

2008-02-06T10:33:00.001-05:00

Choi Minsik portrait: finished

work work

2008-02-05T05:37:00.001-05:00

progress: Choi Minsik portrait

2008

2008-01-25T22:05:00.001-05:00

classroom drawing

progress: choi minsik portrait sketch

printmaking

2007-12-13T23:33:00.001-05:00

tired

2007-12-12T21:17:00.002-05:00

Helter Skelter: finished

finally

2007-12-06T23:50:00.001-05:00

it snowed!

2007-12-05T16:21:00.001-05:00

"Phobia" finished

progress: Helter Skelter

2007-11-05T01:20:00.001-05:00

practice etching prints

story

2007-10-22T22:04:00.002-04:00

Rabbit and Coon

page 1:

page 2:

page 3:

wah

2007-10-21T07:28:00.001-04:00

screw proportion and logic

done

2007-10-20T00:21:00.002-04:00

"Turn your World Upside Down": finished.

2007-10-10T02:36:00.003-04:00

progress: "Turn Your World Upside Down"
^is this child a boy or a girl?

begin

2007-10-07T20:11:00.000-04:00

at 8:12 pm on Sunday in my dorm room with nothing better to do
creates this blog.

ignore below where the blogger says what "time" i made the post. because they dont know the real time, i do. and it's 8:12.