Charming Procrastination

Sorry I haven't been around...but!

2011-09-14T11:20:00.000-05:00

Okay...anyone who looks at this blog on a semi-regular basis (I won't delude myself by thinking there are any of you) will have noticed I haven't posted anything for awhile. When I started this horrible blog I made a goal to post at least every couple of days. I would be good and not treat this like a new years resolution that fades after the first two weeks. And I won't let that happen! I promise! I have a really good excuse this time...

I GOT A JOB! And if that's not a good enough excuse to ignore my personal projects, then I don't know what is. This is my first real grown-up job people! Be excited for me, because I am! I am now a cog in the wheel of industry! A productive member of society. I will have to pay taxes and have health insurance. In other words I am now an adult...and it's pretty kick-ass!

Oh, here is now where anyone can find me from 9 to 5. Because I have a job...like a real person.

Truman Speech

2011-08-29T22:28:00.004-05:00

This was a typographic exercise I did a long time ago in AfterEffects. I just now went back and fix it up a bit to put on my youtube channel.

Request #3

2011-08-27T11:12:00.003-05:00

Just for the record, I'm starting to worry what this blog is turning into. Or maybe I'm just starting to wonder who my friends are...

Request #2

2011-08-25T21:19:00.002-05:00

Snooty Pterodactyl

This is Sarah's second request. She had other ones, but like a 12-year-old boy they mostly included dicks...so I don't think I'm going to get around to those anytime soon.

Monster Hill #1

2011-08-24T16:18:00.001-05:00

Eat Your Greens

I was looking in one of my old sketch books and found a series of monsters for an animation that never got off the ground. Anyways they were so cute I thought I'd clean them up and post them as a series.

Request #1

2011-08-23T15:37:00.000-05:00

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. Oh, man. I did this one for Sarah awhile ago. I have a wacom tablet now and am going to redo it, but I just needed this to see the light of day.

Sewing Project: Apron!

2011-08-19T16:52:00.008-05:00

After I reupholstered my antique chairs I had a little fabric left and decided to make an apron. It's hand sewn while watching Victorian Farm a historical BBC documentary TV series.

Sketchbook Fun #2

2011-08-17T13:11:00.001-05:00

Heartbreak Road

Giving Love

Just some fun illustrations I finally got around to finishing. They were sketched in pencil, colored in with color pencil and cleaned up with photoshop. They were inspired by my friend Sarah.

Panda Cakes!

2011-08-16T16:12:00.000-05:00

This Monday my sister and I decided to make these cute little guys. They're vanilla cake and vanilla icing with Oreo crumble. Yum! :)

The recipe is from the cookbook "Hello, Cupcake!".

Sketchbook Fun

2011-08-16T15:55:00.001-05:00

New Vintage Beauty Lounge

2011-08-15T21:03:00.001-05:00

Right before I left Portland I decided to treat myself and get a new haircut. I stayed around my neighborhood and went to New Vintage Beauty Lounge on Mississippi St. (Portland, OR). They were fantastic! It's super laid back, but really professional.

I've had long hair for awhile and was thinking of changing to a short cut like one of these.

I was really happy with the way it turned out and Sadie (my hair dresser) was great. She has a really dry sense of humor. :)

Sadie's Card.

Normally I wouldn't write about something like this, but Sadie is so great! She was also the one who gave me bangs (in the first picture).

Color Study / Lounge

2011-08-14T21:55:00.002-05:00

I finally got around to finishing this illustration from a class called Drawing Media with Dick Varney. This piece has been sitting in my closet for awhile. It's oil paint on illustration board. I put down a base color of orange then using masking tape sectioned off areas to rub on oil paint with a paper towel.

The Professor

2011-08-14T20:17:00.001-05:00

Abominable Snowman on the way to work.

2011-08-12T15:52:00.007-05:00

What is it with cats and boxes??

2011-08-10T15:17:00.000-05:00

No matter how my cat sits, she always looks like an old man.

California Painting

2011-08-03T00:31:00.001-05:00

Like I said in the last post, I got the opportunity to stay in California for a month. The colors were just extraordinary and really inspiring. It made be get off my butt and do my first painting in a LONG time. I became obsessed with this funny plant that grew outside my window on the sea cliffs...

This is how the painting turned out. I forgot how much I loved to do things like this and wonder why it's taken me so long.

And here it is in it's natural habitat. :)

California Color

2011-08-03T00:20:00.000-05:00

For the last two weeks of June and the first two of July I spent my time in Carmel, CA. Every morning I woke up to an amazing landscape. The light could transform everything in a matter of minutes. Every hour felt different with stunning colors that the camera just doesn't really capture. All these pictures are taken within feet of each other, just at different points in the day.

Re-Upholstered My Chairs

2011-08-02T23:36:00.001-05:00

I've been meaning to post this for awhile, but keep forgetting. When I was looking around for new furniture in Portland I can across Lounge Lizard Vintage Furniture. They were really great and I found a table and chair set I really loved. Except for the fabric which looked like this...

After I took off the roses, layer after layer of fabric just kept coming off. It looked like the oldest was probably from the 50's. It was like pealing back time and I really wish I would have thought to take a picture of all the different fabrics all lined up. *Sigh*, oh well. At least I can show how the chairs look now!

Ryan J. Woodward

2011-08-02T22:14:00.000-05:00

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

Ryan J. Wood is an amazing artist whose work I keep coming across. During a trip to Honolulu last year I went to a play called the "Ha- Breath of Life". It was a multimedia performance with great animation playing to help narrate the stories of the main characters on stage. At the time I had really wished I'd known who the artist was and I just found them! Not only did he do "Ha", but it looks like Ryan has had his hands in all kinds of awesome cookie jars! I just wanted to share one of my favorites from his Vimeo page.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

2008-12-02T13:46:00.000-06:00

Web Click Through

2008-11-03T20:30:00.000-06:00

Hey, if any one wants to give me feedback on what I have up for the web project that would be great. I actually really like working with Dreamweaver, more than I thought i would. :)

Scuba Sunken Treasure

10 web sites

2008-10-07T15:03:00.000-05:00

Project One

2008-09-30T14:43:00.000-05:00

DONE.

First Render

2008-09-30T14:36:00.000-05:00

My first try...not very good.

To Suggest List

2008-09-30T01:53:00.000-05:00

-- Clean

-- Should feel modern but not cold

-- Friendly

-- a feeling of space

-- sophisticated

Small Group Review

2008-09-29T01:45:00.000-05:00

My group thought the story, message and feel of my movie was right, but did have some suggestions.

Slow down my text in the beginning that says “Asian American”
Work on some working of sentences.
Some of the opacity transitions aren’t quite on. Have to play around with them.
Make the ball or ‘ball like’ at the end. Have it bounce or something.

Overall...

Organization-Good, understandable

Content/Story- Good

Infographics- When 100 men come up on screen I can play with it.

Understandable- Good

Redundancy- Bring back the bouncing of the ball.

Color Help

2008-09-29T01:15:00.001-05:00

I’m not sure who I was talking to about this about in type, but I thought I would put it up for everyone. It’s just a neat little site that has color combinations if you have a hard time with those. I think I found my color palette for my book covers last year with this.

Colour Lovers

And while I’m on the topic of color you might want to go to this site (especially for the new dreamwever project coming up). I had to work with a bunch of web codes this summer and this site really helped me out.

Color Scheme Generator

Readings

2008-09-29T00:52:00.000-05:00

AfterEffects Wordlist

2008-09-29T00:43:00.000-05:00

Powerful
Clear
Friendly
Serious
Impact
Inspirational
Resounding
Informational
Motivational
Intelligent
Plain
Clean
Simple
Mature
Personable
Charming
Helpful
Kind

I want, I NEED

2008-09-04T15:15:00.000-05:00

Karl Szmolinsky, raises a breed of rabbits called giant grays, in his homeland Germany. Karl is showing Robert, a 20 pound giant gray, in his backyard.

video of a giant gray

Mood Board

2008-09-04T14:59:00.000-05:00

Step Two

2008-09-04T14:48:00.000-05:00

Just too busy?

In the 2004 election Asian Americans were one of the least likely minority groups to vote. Only 29.8% went to the polls. This percentage was below African American, Caucasian, Jewish and gay voter turn outs. Reasons given where conicting schedules, registration problems, and just plain lack of interest. Why aren’t Asian Americans voting? Are you really too busy?

Dropping the Ball

In percentage terms, Asian-Pacic Islanders are the fastest growing minorities on college campus’ today. The report suggests that the Asian/Pacic Islander undergraduate population will swell by 600,000 students between 1995 and 2015, an 86 percent increase. This group will grow from 5.4 percent to 8.4 percent of all U.S. college students. However only 29.8% showed up to vote in 2004.

First Project!

2008-09-04T14:40:00.000-05:00

In this next project our objective is to explore and promote an issue we think needs to be heard pertaining to the up coming election. The class will do this by making a motion graphic in AfterEffects that will be at least 20 seconds long. To prepare for this we will research issues that interest us and figure out how to transfer the issue into a motion graphic. We will also make storyboards, mood boards, and animated storyboards before the final project.

"Font Conference"

2008-08-21T15:57:00.000-05:00

I saw this video and thought it was great. Definitely made me laugh.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766