Art House Co-Op project!!

I sign up for a Art House Co-op project with the Brooklyn Library. They send me this little Moleskine sketchbook with a bar code on it ... Oooh will take a picture of the bar code next time ... anyhow ... long story short ... the theme of this month is "This is Where I Live." I will need to fill in the sketchbook with drawings and then ship it back to them, and then the little sketchbook will become a permanent collection of the Brooklyn Art Library where anyone can look through the pages of the sketchbook! I miss out their big sketchbook project, so very excited that they have a little mini sketchbook!!

OK!! This is the very beginning of my sketchbook ... hopefully I will fill up the sketchbook and complete the project!! I will try to do more line drawings in this book as well ... cause I don't think this tiny little Moleskine can handle too much watercolor paper. LOL YUP!! I am going to glue some watercolor pages in it eventually ...

The sketchbook is the same length as my pen!! So tiny!! How cute!!

This top piece is a quicky on-location drawing demo for a outdoor drawing workshop at the university.

Cherry Blossom season!!

To me, it's not really Spring, until I start seeing cherry trees blooming with fluffy pink and white petals!! Cherry blossom is one of my favorite flowers ... it's also one of my favorite fragrances - most of my lotion, shower cream and perfume all have a touch of cherry blossom in the ingredient.

These sketches are drawn at the Descanso Garden. Right now is one of the best time of the year to visit the garden, many flowers are blooming, the garden is cover with amazing spring color!! And of course, all the cherry trees are blooming. I was hoping to paint more then two paintings today ... but then ... half way through the paintings ... I get hungry and start day dreaming about Sicilian gelato in a bun ... so I take off, call up my friend up and look for dessert ... But I would love to go back again soon ... may be sometime next week!!

I would love to invite you to the opening reception night of the HIVE's 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW. I am one of the participating artists in this exciting show and their up-coming anniversary book, "A Field Guide to the Denizens of Hiveland." I am showing the original painting of the piece from the book.

Hive Gallery
729 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Opening reception party:
April 3rd 8-1AM
(Show runs Apl.3rd to 24th)

Greystone mansion

I have been trying to do more sight seeing around LA. It's kind weird to hear someone decide to be a tourist of their own city. One thing I like about LA ... there are so many hidden historical sites and interesting spots. Even after living here for over 10 years, I still discover new places, where I never heard or visited before. This is drawn at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. I learned about this place from one of the fellow sketchcrawl members.

Originally Vandal Heart only has one ending (Top). But later on, they come up with two possible endings (Below set).

Top and bottom are alternative ending of Vandal Hearts. All storyboards are copyrighted by the studios.

Jello Duchess

One more illo for the Girls Drawn Girls Book. Below is another set of Vandal Heart Storyboard. Storyboard is copyrighted by the studios.

BTW, almost forget!! My new radio episode is posted on my Podcast web-page!! If you miss the show in live, it's available on-line now!!

Tribute to Miyazaki and Kunitsuna

This is a painting to a Tribute Art Show to Miyazaki. I always love Japanese classical paintings, this piece is also my personal tribute to another Japanese master, Utagawa Kunitsuna.

This last piece is another "Veto" painting. LOL

CUP CAKE!!!

This is for a good old school pal's Birthday!!

More Vandal Hearts storyboard - top is the final version; bottom is based on an earlier script. These boards are for end credit section, so it more like background plus layout design, then "story" "storyboard" ... All these production boards are copyrighted by the studios.

BTW, major web-site up-date!! Up res all my demo reel and change the front page of the site!! And NEW NEW Previz/3D Layout reel!! Re-edited!! Come by check it out!!

Serenade

This is the second "Insect" theme piece. The concept behind this painting is one of those random weird ideas pop into my head ... how about a little grasshopper falls in love with an owl ... Err ... you know Romeo and Julie sort of love between the "dinner" and the "eater" ... HA! HA! HA! HA!! Sometimes my brain just wire funny ... haven't quite figure how the relationship of these two will end though ...

TAX come first!!

It's me, Minty posting again today. Alina is being grounded right now. I am not going to let her get close to the art supplies and the computer, until she finishs our TAX!! She has been talking about doing the TAX since like a month ago!! And she still hasn't done anything. We could so use some TAX return $$ these days!! What would happen to my cozy little fridge, if we don't have enough money to pay for the electricity!!

So more Vandal Hearts storyboards for now ... until she finish the TAX and clean up my fridge!! OOoh yea!! She is behind with house cleaning too!! All boards are copyrighted by the studios.

Yours truly,

Minty - a very worry ice-cream cone U____U

Minty's poster

Alina just realized she has to make some sort of a name tag for her feature artist wall at the Hive Gallery. Most artist usually paint their name on the wall, but since the girl has some of the ugliest hand writing I have ever seen ... I told her, she better not write on the wall. Not like there is an UNDO button, if she messed up!! So we make a poster for the wall instead!! I didn't paint this poster, but I come up with the idea and art directed the process. HEH!! Have to make sure ME look handsome in the poster you know!!

BTW, we would love to invite you to the Hive Gallery's March show opening reception party! Alina is one of the feature artists in March.

The Hive Gallery and Studios presents:
"Alice in Wonderland" Themed show!!!
Date and Time: March 6th 8-12:30AM
Address: 729 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90014

$8 at door/ $5 for those dressed in Alice in Wonderland costume
Show runs March 6th-27th

Please feel free to bring your friends and family along!! More people merrier!!

These are more storyboards for Vandal Hearts. All boards are copyrighted by the studios.

Yours truly,

Minty, the ice-cream cone