Flying on Xmas Eve

Flying on Christmas Eve

One of my sketches from my travels.

Happy Holidays and have a Happy New Year!

Film Studies

J. Lee Thompson's Cape Fear (1962)

Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Portrait Painting I

The Hipster
24 x 24 in.
Oil Paint on Canvas

Not Clowning Around

Not Clowning Around

A pattern piece I generated today. Inspired from an in-class assignment from Image and Idea.

The Brain: Art and Design

A quick poster sketch I did after a small personal research on the left and right brain. 

Union Station Sketches

Illustrative Storytelling Midterm with Jeff Smith

A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Conner

548 by John Cheever

The Visitor by Thomas M. Cain

Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl

My midterm project for Illustrative Storytelling. All the pieces are inspired by Josh Cochran, the amazing Illustration alum from Art Center. I'm actually really surprised, these came out a lot better than I expected. Some pieces (like 548 and A Good Man) are drawn from little toy models while other pieces were from observation or photo reference. Really learned a lot from this project, I do prefer the toy drawn images over the photo references and I hope to use that process more in the future. 

Foxy

Here's something fun! One of my sketches turned into a pattern. Enjoy :)

Boy Rabbit

Boy Rabbit

This is my first time using sculpey! And I have to say I'm addicted!! Really can't wait to start my next little figurine :) Boy Rabbit just kinda came to my head as I was sculpting him yesterday. The moment I started shaping his head I knew I had to finish him within 24 hrs, the whole process was really spontaneous and relaxing. I know I'll be starting and finishing another one before I leave for the East Coast tomorrow so stay tuned!! Enjoy :3

Lost At Sea

Lost At Sea
Mix Media: Graphite, Tracing Paper, Crayons, Photoshop

Riding the Waves

Illustration: Riding the Waves

This totally satisfies my need to go the ocean. Enjoy!  

Exotic Masks

The masks are for a short film I'm working on with a friend of mine. She's planning on starting a Kickstarter project to help fund the film so keep your eyes open!

Been working on this for awhile. These are the two simpler masks that I have finalized. The other two masks are a lot more complicated and will take another two days to finish. Though we are taking these babies to the laser lab today and see how they turn out, I have no idea how it's gonna look as a metal mask. So excited!


(left side: the general silhouette when cut out, right side: outline of the finished mask ready for laser cutting)

Cinderella Project

Finally back and with a new project to share :)

First piece done of the large format series. Each piece will be at least 18"x24" on Art Center special paper. I hope to finish everything by the end of this summer, digitalize each piece and play around with different textures. Enjoy!

Another Day at the Bus Stop

A sketchbook exercise and experiment.
Pen, graphite and watercolor

It's been awhile! Things are pretty hectic these days since I'm not in school this term (I know, you would expect the opposite). It's definitely a lot less stressful but I'm still a busy bee, especially since I'm moving in two weeks. Most likely not producing anything for the next two weeks as I'm packing everything up. The move will bring me into a new chapter into my life and I can't wait to get started with all the projects I have lined up for the summer. I won't give everything away just yet so ya'll just have to wait.

I was messing around today in my sketchbook and came up with this little illustration. Inspired by my public transportation travels last week, enjoy :)

More Sketchbook

Mr. Crazy Bear is Born

Mr. Crazy Bear says Hello to the World!

Belated but here he is! I did three versions: Mr. Crazy Bear for boys, Mr. Crazy Bear for girls, and Unisex Mr. Crazy Bear. These templates are meant to be printed on a tabloid size paper, especially since Mr. Crazy Bear can be placed over a water bottle. Though Mr. Crazy Bear can still be created on a 8.5" x 11" letter paper. Click here for the link to download the high resolution templates. Enjoy and have fun with Mr. Crazy Bear! He is a very close friend of mine so take good care of him :)

New Sketchbook

New sketchbook. New process. Really gonna try to break out of my normal sketchbook routine and try new things with this sketchbook. I've never done a whole lot of collaging and mix media so I'm pushing for it for this time around. Hope you all like 'em!

Day Around Pasadena

Went around Oldtown Pasadena to get some pictures in today and then headed back up to school for another round. I'm really digging these photos, much better than the first time. Thank you for modeling Leigh! And thank you Tarek and Martin for assisting, you both are lifesavers. A few more shoots and I'll be done :)

Hiking at Eaton Canyon

Today, I went to Eaton Canyon and trekked all the way to the waterfall with my friend and best friend, AP Fischer and Martin Locante. It was a long and wet journey (which got me more sick) but was worth it. The view was amazing! I do encourage people to go whenever you can. Thanks for modeling Abram and thanks for helping out Martin. 


Hope ya'll enjoy these photos as much as I had fun taking them! Enjoy :)