Experiment ...

Hi Everyone!

I would like to invite you to my up-coming Arts show on Saturday, July 4th at the Hive:

The Hive Gallery
729 S. Spring St. LA, CA 90014

Opening reception party!
July 4th 8-12:30AM
Show runs July 4th- July 25th 2009

Have a HAPPY July 4!!

Maui Travelogue Ch2 work in progress

Shiny Pear

Top comic is celebrated the birth of Shiny Pear!!

Blank Book Project & more Sat painting ...

The top two postings are for the SFG Blank Book Project. SFG Blank Book is a sketchbook that was sent from Washington DC to 50 illustrators around the world. It's a fun project. The book arrived at my place last week and here is my contribution in the sketchbook ... now it's on the way to the next artist!! Lucky sketchbook get to travel all over the world!!

Below are another painting from Nathan Fowkes' painting workshop on Sat. This week has been a crazy ... been staying up till 2 in the morning working on a board for the studio. ZZzzzzz ... haven't even get enough time to sleep and haven't even draw for fun since Saturday ... storyboard drawing for work doesn't count!! LOL Humm .... hopefully will get to sneak out to the zoo and do some fun drawings soon ... U____U

Color study

I was in Nathan Fowkes' color class on Saturday. Learn a lot in class. Anyhow I try to play with the exercise I did in class and touch it up in photoshop ... for fun.

Doodles and zoo sketches

Zoo and doodles ...

Hiking at Griffith Park

Turtle in the Sky!!

Top is with Photoshop touch up; middle is the original watercolor; bottom is a quick animal drawings!

Fresh sushi anyone?!

Honest ... I'm not even hungry when I draw this. In fact, I just have a huge bowl of tasty soup for lunch ...

Still scratching my head for painting ideas ... I think I have at least 3 paintings need to be done before the end of this month. These are some silly ideas I cook up so far ... I try to come up with something more "sensible" and "profound" ... but my brain can't help cooking up all these weird ideas.

I think the squid need some seasoning ... humm ... going to modify that idea a little bit ... TASTY!! Did I mention I love Andrew Zimmern Bizarre Foods on Travel Channel ... HE! HE!! HE!! HE!! Wonder how do people get a travel job like that ... ?!

Zebra roared like a lion?!

I hear zebras making sound for the first time. It's funny, I have been visiting the zoo for years, never hear the zebras make any noise before. Anyhow, they didn't sound like a horse or what you expect a "horse" looking animal would sound like. They sound like a LION!! So weird. I was drawing with my head down, then I hear this "lion" roars!! I pop up, thought "OOH BOY!!" A lion in a zebra cage?!" I turn around and saw this angry zebra "roaring" at the noisy audiences!! It's COOL, but have to say its mighty "ROAR" freak me out for a second!!

More pelicans!!

I am so amused by the pelicans ... I go back to the zoo and draw them ... again ... LOL

Pelicans are FUN!

Beat Girl Magazine illo!!

This is the final version of the illo, I did for Beat Girl Magazine. Here is the link to Beat Girl Magazine web-site.