Fund raising project

This is for a fund raising project for an orphanage. I had fun with the project, especially using a a lot of textural effects. I hope this will be a success and will help those kids

AAU Newsletter

Guess who I found on my school's newsletter? ;)

Tribute To The Great Kazuhiko Sano

Owls symbolize wisdom and foresight, which are without doubt qualities Kazu has as an artist and as a  teacher. Kazu, you've inspired as many of us as the stars in the sky. For that, I must say "Thank you".

For other works in this Collaborative Art Project in Tribute to the Great Kazu Sano, please go to:

http://tributetokazu.blogspot.com/

Album Cover

Completed an Album Cover titled "Divine Seasons" for One Love Beats.  

Here it is:

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to my man! Taking him to a steak dinner tonight!

(i know they don't use dairy cows, but they are just much cuter)

Doodles

Well, hello! I've been great, what about you? After coming back from the conference, I finally dealt with the rest of my life like cleaning, planning my next steps, some promotional work, SLEEPING and meet with some patient and wonderful friends...........and of course....doodled :)

I rediscovered the love for using markers! so much fun!

Thats it for now, to be honest....I'm really just procrastinating on my next project.....at least i'm done with all the preliminary work, just gotta paint it! I'll post that up onces its done.

on other news: "Leo's Job" is at the printers right now! it should be done sometime next year. CAN'T WAIT

SCBWI 40th Annual Conference.

I just came back from the SCBWI 40th annual conference. And WOW! I must say.... it was an absolutely rewarding, exhausting and inspiring experience. Learned new information from industry professionals (like Martha Rago, the Creative Director from Harper Collins), heard electrifying speeches from great illustrators and authors (David Small, Gary Paulsen, Jerry Pinkney, Judy Bloom, Bruce Coville......just to name a few), meet some great people, and handed out more promotional materials that I can remember.......

Some information shared at the conference maybe quite basic, but the information and knowledge I've gained through this experience cannot be learned from anywhere but at the SCBWI conference! Also, the dummy book I made for "Leo's Job" got some great responses and I can't wait till it is officially published.

I'm really glad I went and great thanks to my conference buddies Ciaee, Lois and Arthur for sharing this experience with me, you've all have been great and supportive friends!!

Can't wait till next year :)

Finally! Finished project's dummy book and conference

I will be attending the SCBWI conference this weekend and I am super excited!! Been busy printing out promotional postcards, re-printing portfolios, but most of all finishing my book so I can make a dummy book before the conference!! And YES!! it's finally done!! My client and I are both really happy with the results. Big thanks to Lois for teaching me how to bind a book!! Scroll down, I took a few pictures! ;)

charging my ipod, (Todd's) ipad.....thats the cover of my dummy book, Leo's Job! The gold ribbon is only there because I need to attach this dummy book to my portfolio when I get to the portfolio showcase. Not really part of the design or anything....

I hope you enjoy it, Stay tuned, I'll let you all know when it will be printed.

Hope I get a great learning experience and some connections! Wish me luck :P

Long time no post?!

Hello peeps! yes, I am still alive. I'm sorry I haven't got around to post anything in a while. I've been extremely busy with work. For the past 3 months, i've been working everyday on a book called "Leo's Job", written by Darlene Conley, 10 more days to go before the final deadline! So far this has been one of the most exhausting yet rewarding experience, nothing like creating/planning the illustrations for a book from beginning to end. I guess thats why, despite all odds, I will love being a children's book illustrator! Hopefully once its done i'll be able to share some of it with you!

For now, I would like to share some great news! Last week, I found out that my piece in International Watermedia XVII show got a Honorable Mention! Here is the link to all of the results (scroll all the way to the end to see my piece):

http://www.pikespeakwatercolorsociety.org/news/XVIIresults.pdf

Duckiee!

QUACK!

Studies, doodles and practicing some plein air

KITTEHS!

These are the decent ones, if you only knew how many terrible ones I have in my sketch book!! :P

Snow Angels!!

Digital Study

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Its been awhile since I really painted anything in digital. So I decided its due for some practice. And here it is

Quiet Silence

Had some free time on and off lately...

The Semper Augustus Tulip, a flower celebrated for its beauty and rarity. After watching a very well done documentary "The Botany of Desire", and was introduced to one of the most successful plants, the tulips. I decided to paint one.

I like freckles!!