Thursday, December 30, 2010

Christmas Cheer


(text goes on the right)

It was a quiet but pleasant little Xmas this year. I set up the decorations, brought up our skinny Christmas tree, and plumped it up with ornaments and garlands.

I made xmas cards for the family and there was actually a fourth card. It was suppose to be a reindeer but it ended up looking looking like... not.

And it's new years eve tomorrow. I may just end up staying home and watching it all unfold on the tv like a cool person. Yeah, don't be jealous.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Monday, November 29, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Aida




Yesterday I went to the opera house and saw Aida (originally written by Giuseppe Verdi in the late 1800s). It was really lovely. The set and costumes were beautiful. We had great seats too.


I did a couple variations of the piece above. This is Aida mourning the loss of her homeland and torn by the duties of being a devoted daughter and a loyal lover.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Three-legged circus wonder dog




...the result of a performance gone wrong, but that doesn't stop her from being happy.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

For ma and pa




edit (ignore the bad lighting please)

The first card I made for my mom just because.

The second card I made for my dad's birthday. Hopefully it's obvious but if not, it's an armadillo. Some years ago we went to a petting zoo and my dad had never seen this creature before; he was completely fascinated. Ever since, it's been his favorite animal.

Fact: Did you know the armadillo is the only other animal besides humans that can contract Leprosy?

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

It's Ga-linda! With a capital Gahhh!



Wicked!

Untitled Project



Approved sketch. (Ignore the Barbie hands.)



Ideations

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Quickest Master Copy





I admit the image I was looking at already had strange hues. I did this really fast, mistakes included. This was a practice for speed.

Monday, June 21, 2010




Okay okay, last post of the gifts. You must understand I've never really wrapped presents so fancy before, so I am quite proud.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Paper flower




I made a made a paper flower to cover a cruddy looking bow I tied. I'll post more images as soon as I get my laptop charger. I've never really done gift wrapping before, to be honest, but I had fun making everything look nice.

(The glitter from the wrapping paper got everywhere. The table was shiney mess when I was through...)

Friday, June 18, 2010

My friend got married today


and it was wonderful.



I made this card for them.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Snail Trail (Before)




I was cleaning out some layers of Snail Trail (see below) and found the "before" picture. Poor thing knew what was coming... It never even had a chance.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Snail Trail




Inspired by my sister, who always (accidentally...) steps on snails after the rain. This lil' guy was one of the lucky ones. :(

Monday, June 7, 2010

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Beach Girl






Hooray for summer!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

My messy desk




Sketched while on the phone with a friend.

Handbag




Still life - a little less than an hour.

This is yesterday's post. Last night, I feel asleep kinda "early" (i.e. before 3am) and when I woke up, tomorrow was today.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Another Kitchen Speed Paint





This is my parents' kitchen. I did the dishes then I painted. Now I go to sleep.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Friday, May 28, 2010

Speed it up




Really speedy paint. It's not perfect but I was being pretty strict on the time limit.

Done right after Sam left. I felt pumped from the "Intensity Club."

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Dances with Smurfs



(copy from a still)


I did this way a while back when Avatar was just released in theatres but I want to see it again on blu-ray on someone's gigantic tv.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

I wanted to donate but...




Conversation went like this:

ME: I want to donate blood
THEM: okay (*pricks angela's finger*) aw dude, your hemogoblin SUCKS. we don't want you or your stinkin' iron deficient blood! now gtfo!
ME: (*cries*)

or something like that... anyways I need more iron. Luckily, Sam was still able to donate. I'm gonna try again in 2 weeks. I will NOT be refused!

Monday, May 10, 2010

Den Flyende Kuffet




Han Christian Anderson's "Den Fleyende Kuffet" or "The Flying Trunk." The merchant's son and the sultan's daughter. The look is based on Turkish shadow puppets.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Fearless





"Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns." --Marc Estrin

Friday, April 9, 2010

RAWR




I'm really enjoying my stay in l.a. I'm learning so much from visiting all the studios and meeting such nice people.

Monday, March 29, 2010

WIP Interior




Why Blogger? Why did you decide to kill my contrast? I never had this problem before but, man, this hardly looks like the same painting. :(

Monday, March 8, 2010

"Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations" --Rollo May

Monday, March 1, 2010

It's the End of the World as we know it....

(and I feel fine)! --An REM song, if you don't get the reference




Hm, a little more TLC and I'll call them done. What say you, folks?

Friday, February 5, 2010

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Monday, January 4, 2010

New year, rocky start

My computer is very sick. It's likely my hard drive will have to go to computer heaven. I have no idea when I'll get it working again- I can only hope it'll be soon. Until then, I'll try to post my work done with traditional media and eventually get back to work with digital. Fortunately, there's still plenty of time to make 2010 a great year!