Enlighten! One Night of Light

I got invited to do the Enlighten! One Night of Light show at the Helms Bakery Building in Culver City.
Enlighten! is a group exhibition of table lamps featuring printed shades with artwork by an eclectic roster of over 85 fine artists and illustrators working together to support arts education for children in Los Angeles. Each artist’s lamp design will be sold in a limited edition available for one night only. The lamps can be previewed and pre-ordered on the website at www.enlightenshow.com. The event is free. A portion of all sales will benefit Inner-City Arts, an organization offering opportunities for at-risk children from Los Angeles schools to build artistic self-expression, enhancing their ability to perform both creatively and academically in challenging environments. The lamps are produced by Lamp-In-A- Box in Culver City, California. Enlighten! One Night of Light will take place at Helms Bakery Building, 8723 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Free parking provided directly across the street.
here's my design. called Lamp Shopping, which is inspired by the chair shopping painting.

Yuki 7

go check out Kevin Dart's amazing "Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7" Book release at Gallery Nucleus! July 3, 2009 - July 14, 2009 Opening Reception / Jul 3, 7:00PM - 11:00PM.

Chair Shopping

Daylight Moon

I am planning my trip to New York and Iceland this coming month. It's gonna be cold!

The Classic of Mountains and Seas .part 1

I recently discovered a book called ShanHai Jing (The Classic of Mountains and Seas) is a Chinese classic text that is at least 2,000 years old. It is largely a fabled geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a collection of mythology. The Classic narrates episodes of 204 mythical figures, notably the gods Foremost, Fond Care, and Yellow, and goddesses like the fearsome Queen Mother of the West and the doomed Girl Lovely, the nurturing solar and lunar goddesses, and many others unknown outside this text. Here are the three of the ancient Chinese mythical creatures I did for fun. maybe I'll continue to do some more.

feliz año nuevo 2009!

Can't believe its already 2009. just wanna wish everybody a happy new year.
It has been almost one year since the last time i used real paint. here are some little paintings i did for fun last night.

JibJab Halloween card

I did some Halloween cards for Jib Jab awhile back. milf (monsters I like to f***)

Lotus Field

Curious George

I recently just saw "curious george". very colorful movie, in the good way.

Back in LA

Thanks for those who came by my booth at comic-con this year. We had a great show. saw some old friends and make some new ones. I bought so many amazing books, cool toys, edgy t-shirts..etc. I'll post all the cool stuff I got soon!

The travel diary of a yellow beetle

Comic-con 08

for those who are going to San Diego comic-con this year. I'll be at booth 734 in Hall A. can't believe all the tickets are sold out for all 4 days. come by and say hi. I'll be selling prints, books, t-shirts and bags.

Sniff Sniff

fashion doodle

some quick doodles.

it has been too long!

It has been too long since the last time I updated my blog. I have been quiet busy with work lately. here's a commission piece I did couple months ago. I'm gonna try to do more personal work again, I hope!

Edna Mode

Usually I am not a big toy collector. but recently I found this toy is just too awesome. It is a talking Edna Mode (from The Incredibles) with director Brad Bird's voice. personally, I think she is one of the best animated characters ever developed. Interactive Edna even come with over 60 responses in her original voice. what a great toy, just too funny.

Art Market in Old Pasadena

This Sunday (march 16) I will set up a little table at the Art Market in Pasadena selling books, prints and t-shirt. If you are in old town Pasadena this weekend, come by and say hi, there are gonna be plenty of artist and designers from art center and PCC :) we will be in One Colorado Courtyard area (behind Crate and Barrel, GAP) here's some greeting cards I design for the art market.

Pooh wannabe

here's a little t-shirt design I did. and was wondering if the image reads as if the bear is trying to paint himself into winnie the pooh. if so, would it look cool on a t-shirt? let me know your thoughts :)

Heiresses

Trying something new. Still keeping things somewhat graphic and flat, but with a bit more rendering than my usual style. It was a lot of fun to paint this piece.

WonderCon 2008

This year was my first year to have a little booth at WonderCon in SF, we had books, prints, t-shirts and tote bags. For those who came by and say hi, thank you. It was a wonderful experience for me, and people are super nice in SF. I've met quiet a few amazing artists there as well. and I have to thank my friend Mario who helped me set up and took care of the booth when I was out shopping for others' goodies! Here's a little sketch I did while I was there.

face study

The Producers

Just watched the movie "The Producers" last night. The visual design of the movie was very nicely done. Some parts of the movie was a little slow, but there are lots of really funny characters in this movie. I read a lot of negative review about the film, but I actually like the movie. what can I say, Mel Brooks is genius! Here's a painting I did after the movie.

snowy day

Tuesday night doodle

drawing rich old ladies is so much fun!

Good Night Tree

Landscape doodle

quick character study

fishing

Amadeus

I recently saw the movie Amadeus, story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Directed by Milos Forman (1984) The color and the visual design in the movie was amazing. For those who hasn't seen the movie, you should check it out. here's a pic i did from Amadeus

The Year Of The Rat

February 7, 2008 is Chinese New Year. This is the year of the rat. here's a painting I did and Happy New Year to everyone 新年快樂!

Kiwee birthday countdown widgets

I did some background illustrations for Kiwee last year. these are the backgrounds for birthday countdown widgets. you can customize the countdown of people's birthday on myspace, facebook..etc. check out the animated version and send them to friends for free at kiwee.com

Sprite Xmas Card

Here's the xmas card that I did for Sprite Animation last year.

quick face study

Unity08

This is a commission piece I did for my friend Dave, who works for Unity08, a political non-profit trying to save the country. It was a fun piece to work on!

mini show

here're are a few paintings i did for the upcoming "Mini Show" at Abacot Gallery. group show coming this December, featuring about 50 artists, it's a small sized paintings show. The show is design for Xmas gift to people. I had a lot of fun workin on them. they are all 7 inches by 7 inches acrylic paintings.




here's more info for the mini show.
Dec. 8-18 at Abacot Gallery
970 N. Broadway Ste 201
Los Angeles CA 90012
213-626-1599
Opening Reception is this Sat DEC 8th from 6 to 12 pm