chiisana inori

I wish and wish...



So I wanted to draw a seal (because I love them 8D) and I ended up with this... hah. XD; Life would be nice if we all had falling stars to wish upon. Haven't been feeling so great but still plowing through somehow.

Pokemon!

Done for Ringling's Pokemon Art Show~ All proceeds are going to Japan! :)

Kurageboshi~ Cosmic Jellyfish

Snapshot of my neighborhood in Taiwan. :) well... there weren't any ginormous space jellyfish the last time I checked but one can hope. ;D

LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL THESIS IS DUE. *runs around in circles*

Help Japan~

Quick Hetalia doodle~♥

"the world is with you 世界が君と一緒にいるよ"
きみでいて　ぶじでいて by Yoko Kanno

I'm sure everyone has heard the news about Japan by now. I hope that everyone can find it in their hearts to set aside our differences and do our best to help out a country in dire need of help. If you were in such a situation, I'm sure you would really appreciate any sort of help you can get. Say what you want about anime or manga, but this is my childhood and my daily inspiration and I'm proud of it! Japanese artists (visual and musical) have helped me through my roughest times and I hope that every one can find it in their hearts to help them through theirs.

Quick doodle in PSCS5 feat (L-R) China, France, America, Japan, Taiwan, Germany and Italy from Axis Powers Hetalia

Ways to help:

International Medical Corps' Emergency Response Fund
GlobalGiving's Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund
American RedCross
Tsunami Survivor Fund
Save the Children

Full page of Donation options!

Even if you're a poor college student (like me), I'm sure sure sparing $1 will help Japan a lot. and THANK YOU to those who have already donated!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Nananana~

Taking a break from thesis (sorta)



Katamari is so addicting and hetalia is hilarious. I make them a lovechild. ;D

Art dump 2010 fall

Yea I should probably update this thing more often huh. haha



Oil paintings from this semester's portraiture class (1st two are oil on panel, and the last is oil on canvas panel) Live painting is a lot harder than I thought it would be. o__o;;




Illustration for Ringling's Student Activities Calendar


older digital quickies



random sketches

checkpoint! PASS

Junior year is half way over.... oh man I am so not read for Pre-pro... T____T Another semester before I have to do my senior thesis. AHHAJSD;FSDLKFFF!!!

Anyways, this is my second DFA assignment: "Midnight Eve". There's going to be a second painting that goes along with this one. :D Hopefully a possible thesis idea?

Click: CAREFUL IT'S HUGE.


Close ups:



Yea... I'm not a huge fan of doing environment paintings.... but I suppose it was intersting. XD; The colors and saturation keep changing on each monitor.... again. -___-

Year of the Lion

So we had to do a DRAMATIQUE piece for our Drawing for Animators (aka illustration for CA) class and I wanted to do a lion dance.


Wasn't nearly as red as when I originally painted it. I hate how monitors always screw with my colors and saturation!

Detailed close-ups for the face/fur. And yes, I did paint all of the strands. It was super tedious but I enjoyed every moment:





The compositional thumbs:

Hahaha messy scribbles are messy

I've always loved seeing lion dances during New Years celebration but always found it a bit confusing whenever I saw the people performing them. It's supposed to be a celebration and yet half the time the people under the costume always look so serious or pissed off. BE HAPPY PEOPLE. :D Joyous occasions are supposed to be JOYOUS.

Of Tengus and homeless girls

My one min project for concept:


It takes a while to load, so just let it sit for a bit. :3
Feat. Toki no Suna and Airi no Bouenkyo from the Kamen Rider Den-O OST. :D

Some development stuff for the piece:

lip-sync caricature

Click:

I'm still not too fond of the final design. I dunno... I'm just not a huge fan of caricatures. It took A LOT of restraint to keep myself from doing a portrait of myself.... *sigh* will I ever get this right? :/

Also the patterns on my shirt were a pain to paint. I actually sat there with that exact shirt hanging in front of me as I attempted to copy the design. XD;;; It was tedious but strangely enjoyable.

Art dump

This has not been a good week. Rest in peace Jeffrey. Miss you lots and lots already.

Just various things from my sketchbook:

Psychology of the Arts assignment. Stylized her face just a bit. XD;
Graphite and PSCS3


Concept art. We were supposed to focus on transitions on this assignment, so hence the sun -> ice cream -> poster -> skipping -> shaking ice cream jar -> pouring liquid -> rain

Ice cream trees are yummy. :] Photoshop CS3


Random sketch