Bonnie Tang

I put on my suit and wizard cane

2011-11-29T11:10:00.000-08:00

Another one of Jesse's characters.

Yay arting! And moving!

2011-11-28T20:50:00.000-08:00

Lots of art done recently after feeling refreshed from my vacation. I'm moving in a few days to a much more exciting location in the heart of the city, so psyched!

not dead, not quite alive yet

2011-11-25T08:47:00.000-08:00

I've been out of commission for over two months getting over an art block and health issues, then left for Korea for 3 weeks..so I've gotten very little art done until recently. I've finally started feeling better and able to focus again on arting.

Been working on putting my portfolio together, here's a piece~ More to come soon!

Vesper

2011-07-20T00:07:00.000-07:00

celes

2011-07-15T11:27:00.000-07:00

This one didn't turn out so successful =/ Need to do some more touchups. Foreshortening is looking messed up...

creed

2011-06-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

Came out a bit lacklustre, I think I might do another one to do this game more justice. Anyway, Ezio Auditore ladies and gentlemen.

Bullitt

2011-06-03T18:20:00.000-07:00

Everytime I glance at the name I see "butt lit" LOL anyway here's Jesse's character Bullitt who's supposedly part Mongolian, part BADASS.

back from SJ

2011-06-02T22:41:00.000-07:00

Haven't had much to post here since most of my work recently has been 15+ hour paintings. Working on a sci fi gal~ Some progress shot that looks totally derp cuz I still can't do faces OR ANYTHING ELSE unless I brush over it a thousand times.

i put on my cape and magic hood

2011-05-07T00:37:00.000-07:00

Ku

2011-05-05T10:31:00.000-07:00

Randomness.

street walkin LSP

2011-05-03T11:36:00.000-07:00

Can't seem to draw anything too serious in the "morning" (it's like 2pm already wtf) Woke up at 11am today despite trying to get myself out of bed at 9:30am and failing. Anyway some lumpy space love...

Day 1 of freedom

2011-05-02T22:52:00.000-07:00

So I left my job recently, and I've been working out a list of things to get through to improve my work in the next 6 months of projected free time. One thing I'm trying to do is to update the blog with something, a sketch, a painting, anything, as often as possible. Here's something to commemorate the first day:

A 1 hr practice sketch from photo ref. I'm not feeling this one, didn't capture the texture of the graham crust/dough very well. Flakes of chocolate are also a bitch to 'suggest', I think I wasted a bunch of time trying out different brushes that just ended up failing. Ahh good old round brush. <3

Finger lickin' good.

2011-04-06T16:38:00.000-07:00

She'll cut ya

2011-02-27T20:21:00.000-08:00

Still life...

2011-01-26T12:02:00.000-08:00

Unfinished still life sitting around on my work comp...unfinished but got bored..moving on!

An update since forever

2011-01-23T22:39:00.000-08:00

No excuses. Just trying my best to work hard.

Jesse's Domino, finally done!

Sketches

2010-11-08T19:40:00.000-08:00

Been rough recently with back pain, can't sit down to do tablet drawing for long periods of time..sadness! Some sketches...

Some rejected concepts for a character...

Quick doodle on Halloween night..might go back and clean it up.

Summer Art

2010-09-02T18:09:00.000-07:00

Okay, Garrett made me do it...huge dump of all the art I've done this summer (mostly in the month of July)

"Princess Serenity" watercolor painting, measures 16" x 20" which was sold at Otakon Artshow.

Okami "Celestial Gods" watercolor painting with gold ink, measures 9" x 17" (or something like that) which was also sold at Otakon Artshow.

My newest print. Terra from FF6.

Contest entry for DA FEZ contest.

To embarrassed to put up WIP, maybe one day I'll work up the nerve.

It must be con season

2010-06-09T18:47:00.000-07:00

Been busy as hell preping for conventions! Here's a new piece I made for 2010 con season! Kuroshitsuji's Ciel and Sebastian~ Blue is difficult color to work with, especially in the darker shades.

And a quick 7 hour print I did for the animal loving Akon crowd: Wolf's Rain

A fairly successful first two conventions of the year. Going to do some originals for the upcoming Otakon and Fanexpo.

More commission stuff

2010-03-18T21:19:00.000-07:00

This time for a friend - Grace and her OC pirateish looking character Rivek. Getting faster at painting faces, but no improvement in structure or attractiveness -_- Need to work on painting faster and with more confidence...I find I muck around a lot while painting, not sure what I'm doing.

Cake 4

2010-02-28T20:39:00.000-08:00

Found this cake at T & T. First time using real reference instead of digital reference - I REALLY couldn't cheat with this one.

Commission

2010-02-01T15:58:00.000-08:00

A commission I recently finished for a friend. Watched all of Code Geass and Code Geass R2 while doing it...

Cake 3

2010-01-22T06:12:00.000-08:00

It's Vince's birthday, so we all drew him cakes for today. Mine's kind of unconventional.

LOL APPLE

2010-01-11T20:28:00.000-08:00

Today's 1 hr challenge - using MS Paint! and drawing something with a big mouth. Here is my doodle, companion apple to LOL WUT pear.

Write it down, keep it up. New Years Resolutions 2010

2010-01-11T08:56:00.000-08:00

A lot of people have suggested writing down New Years Resolutions so more to "solidify" them and thus, somehow they would be more likely achieved. I am writing this as a reminder for myself the things I need improve/obtain/change or in some imaginative way procure to feel more legitimate about myself before 2011.

1) Design, my eye for design is mediocre, my hand far worse. Work on design.

2) Improve my grammar and vocabulary. I can't seem to think or speak as eloquently as I did when I was in middle school. Reading more and writing proper grammar should help this improve.

3) Grow 1" taller. (Hey if I write it down, it's more likely to happen right?)

4) Work on anatomy, color, composition, all that stuff that makes art awesome. Take some life drawing classes.

5) Get a car.

6) Learn a martial arts or dance.

7) Draw more originals this year.

The best drink

2010-01-09T08:40:00.000-08:00

My 1 hr topic - alcohol. This is my favorite drink: the mojito. <3

This picture

2010-01-04T21:27:00.001-08:00

This picture is irrelevant to its topic - fashion.

Zombie Dog Xmas

2009-12-14T18:33:00.000-08:00

Daily 1hr sketch topic- Zombie Dog. Merry Christmas, puppy would like to give you a kiss...

Shoes. omg shoes.

2009-12-10T19:18:00.000-08:00

Today (Yesterday's) sketch topic is SHOES. I can think of no bigger paradox than the ballet slipper. This is honestly a man made torture device, yet it projects grace, beauty, and power. I can't imagine what a ballerina's toes must feel like...

Moar cake

2009-12-09T20:57:00.000-08:00

More delicious cake...2.5ish hours because I was watching Chinese dramas. And strawberries are hard to paint.

Delicious Cake

2009-12-08T21:01:00.000-08:00

You must eat it.

Done for daily 1 hour sketch fest with Filipe~

Here Scott

2009-10-26T21:59:00.000-07:00

I doodled a sexy Luke(tte) just for you.

More doodlin

2009-10-26T21:03:00.000-07:00

Doodles during work lunches...

This was done early in the year around when SF first came out...man that was a long time ago.

Didn't really know who this char was at the time...not very accurate Viper

Anddddd MS paint day...

Kuriko

2008-09-15T17:54:00.000-07:00

Commission work, about 10-12 hours? Can't remember, did it over the course of a few days during my spare time. Need to work more on painting skin and fabric...

Some updates

2008-09-09T11:28:00.000-07:00

Ahh forgot to put my flipbook page up for my film~ it is quite old... This wasn't the printed version but I enjoy this borderless version better~

And for some updates from my freelance~ and doodles I've been doing recently~

2008-07-30T22:11:00.000-07:00

I havn't updated for a while because I got kind of busy with some work. I'm currently freelancing while I look for a full time job. I've decided that remodeling my blog was just way too much work right now, so I'm going to keep it as is. I update my website more frequently now that I've become more familiar with dreamweaver, so please check it out:

http://www.cypri.net

Here's a piece of work from well- work.

Updating...

2008-06-06T21:03:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the terrible lack of updates..I'm currently building my website and blog. Please check back soon.

Indulgence

2008-04-21T22:18:00.000-07:00

After months of work..it's finally done! Here's my final film: Indulgence

doodlin

2008-03-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

bored of drawing cakes.

Color Test

2008-02-21T13:51:00.000-08:00

Testing a frame with background, colored drawing and effects composited. Drawing and BG don't match because they're from different scenes. I've decided to ditch two-toning but shadow effects are still being considered...

procrastination

2008-02-05T13:51:00.000-08:00

Doodled while my animation sat in the background for an hour. I opened Photoshop and just used the two existing colors in the palette.

Fay

2008-01-18T00:48:00.000-08:00

Some quick color sketches of Fay I did during break times between layout-doing. I still don't have a model sheet for her... animation...oh boy.

First Post

2008-01-16T15:37:00.000-08:00

Yay, finally got off my bum and made a blog...mainly because I realized it was too much hassle trying to upkeep my website. Haha. Film stuff goes here.