Aubrey Plaza

This woman is all sorts of interesting

Husky year

I've always loved Huskies ever since I rode on a dog sled during a trip to Alaska when I was a kid. I've always wondered about those amazing dogs.

Almost finished working on a series of paintings. But for now, A quick sunset from today.

LA>SF

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Thinking about technology lately. I missed seeing the Spaceshuttle flyover. Since we are all mostly stationed on the ground, I thought that we would be seeing mostly the bottom tummy of a 747 so I didn't put much effort to watch out for it. Fortunately, friends have been posting pictures of Endeavor all over facebook and making me deeply regret missing out!. It looks like it got pretty low. Looked sexyy. Anyways, slightly unrelated...I've been thinking/wishing/dreaming about a high speed line to San Fran for forever now and just recently heard about Elon Musk's mysterious Hyperlop idea. LA to SF in 30min! It made me want to paint this piece. Also, nothing is publicly known about this hyperloop thing except for the few sentences Mr. Musk spoke of, therefore no one knows how it works or what it's supposed to look like so...HAA I draw what I want! Hyperloop going through California.

New in town

I wanted to do a piece based off my personal experiences. This one is about traveling and the awesome inevitable event of getting lost. Also, the guy holding the map is smart and doesn't want to waste battery on his phone since he's lost so that's why he's looking for directions the old school way.

Yikesss...I suck at blogging. Sorry for the lack of posts and for anyone that came expecting something new. It's been a crazy year. Basically I've been busy illustrating a children's book for a super awesome vfx studio called New Deal Studios. When I know when it's coming out, you will know! Anyways, I took a color and light class awhile ago with the great and legendary Bill Perkins. He's as good a teacher as he is an artist. Solid knowledge and wisdom. He breaks down light and color in such a manageable way when observing and applying. I stitched together my in-class studies that we did after the lecture. I liked how he emphasized NOT letting the temptation of trying to create a cool art get in the way of focus on learning and discovering(which is pretty much what anyone can only do with 40min - 1 1/2h of painting anyways) Very freeing. I think the best exercises were when we had to paint the same setup over again with different lighting. Comparison is enlightening. Some of these are horrible and some are I think OK, but the learning was incredible and it altered the way I think and paint. Actually, the failed ones are exciting for me too because I can analyze what went wrong and figure out what I would do differently now. Weeeee self-improvement!

The Witches' Gathering

This is a continuation of my senior graduation project at Art Center where I Illustrated passages from the book The Subtle Knife. Well... actually, I initially sketched out a rough version but forgot about it until I recently flipped through my old sketchbooks and wanted to flesh it out. OR I just wanted a reason to paint the Milky Way. I title this scene, The Witches' Gathering.

Some more about the piece: The witches live in harmony with nature, but to emphasis the ancient and sacredness of the gathering, I designed the trees and rocks to mirror Greek/Roman architecture in order to evoke emotions those motifs(columns and arches) bring. It's always nice to find the opportunity to fit in a metaphor no matter how subconscious-y it may be. At least for me, it makes the piece more interesting to do(for those out there that call out bullshit hahaha!).