Ice-Cream Monster Toon Cafe

After escaping from the dinner table ... the turkeys, Minty and myself take a little driving trip along the Rim of the World Scenic Byway, we end the journey at Lake Arrowhead (the bottom two sketches). Top three set are drawn near home ... before we start the Thanksgiving fun ... at the Casa Adobe de San Rafael. Along the way to Big Bear, there is a bit fresh snow on the landscape ... really lovely!!

We are off to more mini adventures tomorrow ... will post more sketches from Lake Arrowhead, and wherever new places the wind take us ...

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!! Eat lot of tasty food and have a great time!!

"Come on ... Let's Go!"

This is a quick sketch during lunch time. Just sign up on Twitter out of curiosity and for fun .. LOL A lot of my pals are on Facebook, BlogSpot and Twitter these days ... humm ...

These are random quick sketches at Starbucks, Costco and the Zoo ... feeling a bit tired and burn out at this time of the year. Can't wait for the long Thanksgiving weekends. I get TAG again for 7 stories about myself, and Tag another 7 friends ...

Today's TAG stories, is about my misadventure of the day ... one of those days ... done enough silly stuffs to write a long list:

- I left my cell phone at work tonight

- I watch The Tale of Despereaux at the Grove, like the movie.

"More ice-cream!! Quack!!" said the duckings ...

Top are some paintings idea brainstorm sketches; bottom are the last piece for the DIDO exhibition. All the original watercolor painting of these artworks will be in exhibition at the new Broome Library at Cal State University Channel Islands (in Camarillo) from Dec. 4 to Jan. 15. If you are in the area, please come and visit the exhibition.

Here are a set of paintings idea which get exile to the Misfit Island. Mostly I don't like how it turns out in poster form ...

Another pieces for DIDO ... Left is the rough idea sketch; below is the original watercolor painting; and the final version with Photoshop touch up.

This is an idea I have play around for a while ... it starts with a sketch for the IF "String" theme ... and now it turns into a painting and a poster for DIDO. Top is another version of the sketch; bottom left is the original watercolor painting and right is the touch up version in Photoshop ... to make it look like a poster!

A bit more back story about this year's DIDO. This year's exhibition is going to be held at the gallery "Odori museum" in the center part in Sapporo.

This is painted today ... I was driving to downtown LA meet up with friends. Beautiful hot weather in LA ... but along the way, the scenery is grey and smell like bad BBQ ... I lived about 15 - 30 minutes away from one of the major wildfire locations ... but so many places are burning ... the whole city smells like bad pop corn, ashes flying everywhere ... and the visibility is very low. ... Feel really bad for those who lost their homes ...

A new painting I just finish ... thinking to submit this one for a show. Below is the sketch of it. Now that I look at the painting again ... I kind of like the rough more so then the final painting ... hummm ... I was experimenting with a different approach ...

The more I look at it, I more I doubt whether I should submit this piece ... it's getting more temping to shelf this one, and try a different approach with the same theme.

Top is a painting idea sketch ... called "Pepper Mint Mocha." I love Pepper Mint Mocha!! To me, count down to Christmas start when I have my peppermint mocha from Starbuck! HE! HE! ...

The Christmas tree sketch is drawn at the Americana. They are installing a giant tree on Sunday!! This is the first time I see people decorating a huge Christmas tree. It's a lot of work!! Well ... guess that blow the misbelief of the magical Christmas tree elves ...