Ice-Cream Monster Toon Cafe

Alina is lazy today. Instead of drawing, she makes Halloween apples and then EAT them for dinner.

(Alina's comment: HEY!! It's my traditional to make Halloween apples. I do this since college year!)

Anyhow ...

A quick Wacom sketch test, trying to intimate my usual watercolor on paper technique. As for the theme, I can't help seeing little creatures in bushes since Virginia mention about little animals hiding ... Thanks for all the great inspiration Virginia.

Got TAG many times since I posted my TAG. Figure this would be a good chance for Minty to introduce itself to everyone. Plus Minty has been bugging me to let it post its own TAG! Here are Minty's writing and doodles:

1) I am Alina's imaginary friend! (Alina's comment: Don't think so, I am not nut. U are my toon character only!!)

2) I am millions billions time smarter then Alina! (Alina's comment: Yea right!! Ice-cream head! U are my food!)

3) I am a mint chocolate favor ice-cream cone.

Every evening when I drive home from work, I can't help day dreaming about having a nice vacation at some beautiful remote countryside. Painted this in Photoshop last night while talking on the phone with mom chatting about my vacation plan. I was doodling around on the computer while talking on the phone, but didn't know how I finished the painting ... since I was day-dreaming and talking, so I didn't pay much attention on the computer ... didn't realise what's on the screen until I hang up.

When I think about "remote," it reminds me of how modern technology help us to communicate with people from any part of the world, meet new friends, regards of how remote we are away from each other.

This Halloween silly is inspired by a set of photos I took at the Long Beach Aquarium two years ago. I feel bad for the fish ... but then the jelly have to eat to survivie. Fish are friends not food ... but then so is the jelly ... I love them both. Have to say though, it's quite facinating to see how jelly fish hunt and eat.

Promise Shawn, I will post more of my early drawings. Here they are:

Have a GREAT jolly weekends everyone!

Fgure drawing from Vilppu's class ... student day work.

Inspire by Virginia's comment on little animals hidding in plant ... I come up with this owl painting. I am working on photo real concept arts at work, try to get better at it, I did this painting last night in Photoshop. The rain drawing, is a quick doodle I did the night before.