Lydia

We took a break and did quick portraits of eachother.

NUVO Magazine Winter 09 is out!

NUVO Magazine Winter 09 is out!

Boys and Toilet Paper

self portrait and doodles

Since September I've moved into my new studio space at 221a Artist Run Center. Its been great working around a bunch of talented artist and designers. Recently, my studio-mate Sarah and I decided to come up with a bi-monthly theme to work on individually. Here's a self portrait I did as a response for the first theme : pattern. I'll explore a little more with this theme in the coming week.



Below is a small illustration to be used as part of the cover for the next issue of Ricepaper Magazine.



Also, here are some random doodles I did last weekend:

REVOLVE at Vancouver Asian Film Festival

My animated short, Revolve, was screened at Vancouver Asian Film Festival last week. It was shown on the opening night with a feature length film, Children of Invention directed by Tze Chun. It was exciting and scary at the same time to see my film on the big screen and speak about it in public. The 4-day festival was an awesome experience!
*To see clips and stills from my animation, please visit my site

To Eat or Not to Eat

An illustration for NUVO magazine for an article about Vegetarianism, dolphin hunting, and the dilemmas of eating meat. I was surprised that I went for a bright and saturated color combination I've never tried before. Also I found the perfect background texture from google - a pink rug that somewhat looks like ground meat.



concept sketches:

Possum

Illustration for Possumumbrella.com




a few concept sketches before I began:

Living on Words- Editorial Illustration for Briarpatch Magazine

I just finished my first editorial gig for a local literacy magazine called Briarpatch. Its a full-page illustration for an article on freelance writers in Canada. The deadline was pretty tight so I had to make some minor compromises. I really enjoyed the process as it reminded me a little bit of painting, which I haven't done in a long time. Looking forward to see it on print!

My Awesome Mixtape T shirt.

It has been a while since my last update. I designed a T shirt last month for the Bolognese band, My Awesome Mixtape. A limited edition of 42 tees will be sold, and they can be ordered here. Click here to see the detailed design.

Illustration Mundo

I'm fortunate enough to be selected as the editor's choice and featured on one of my favorite sites, Illustration Mundo. Thanks to Nate Williams for adding me to his favorite!

News

First of all I'm delighted to be featured on Epilogue Magazine this week. Epilogue is a relatively new online publication that features works and interviews from creatives. I really like the magazine for its minimalist aesthetic. Another good news is that my animated film Revolve has been selected for the upcoming Vancouver Asian Film Festival and it will be screened at Cinemark Tinseltown Theatre in November.

Illustration Friday - Wrapped

The color palette of this drawing reminds me of my favorite crayon colors back in elementary school - purple + pink.

booooooom.com

Thanks Jeff Hamada for posting my illustrations on his awesome blog www.booooooom.com!

Good o Kolding

Here's a drawing of Kolding - the small and simple town in Denmark that I stayed at for 8 months.

35mm

Love my $10 Minolta 35mm point-and-shoot and its sharp contrasty photos. Below are the first rolls of photos I developed, taken during my Tofino camping trip. Unfortunately I had to color adjust them a little bit to bring out the blacks due to the bad developing from Costco.

Illustration Friday - Idle

My first sketch submission for Illustration Friday's weekly topic - Idle. This is exactly how I feel now as a jobless illustrator...Comments are welcome :)

Threadless

My Threadless designs are finally up! Please rate them within a week by clicking the images below~

I've been occupied with other things, now finally get the chance to pick up where I left off.
This is the 2nd banner I did for CJ for their blog.

It's been a while since I last updated my blog, because shit always gets in the way and I had no time for my own projects. But - I got some new ideas which I will get started on pretty soon.
Meanwhile, above is a banner I did for Christine Jewellers, and its probably the second (if not first) paid commercial work I've done. While the company is hoping to reach younger costumers, they wanted something cartoony to go with their elegant theme (which can be tricky). I was free to come up with any idea so I chose a 20s (a prosperus era) theme for the NEWS & EVENTS banner, inspired by those vintage fashion catalogues with mink coats other commodities.

Lesson Learned

Didn't have enough money for a new digital camera after breaking my old one in Denmark, so I got this 6.99 80s auto-flash film camera from Value Village last week and tested my first row of film. For some reason it cost almost 20 bucks to develop and get the scanned on a CD rom. Never thought the grain could cost that much.....maybe I should use the money to invest on a proper DC later.

My latest poster design