Friday, December 18, 2009

Fall09 Semester: Motivation

It's been a while... A lot of things happened to me this semester and I think it shows up in my school work. The semester in terms of work was no different, but the processes were new, exciting, and frustrating; STORY is king.

My 115 animation project


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My 118 storyboard final and some 9-panels

A great job to everyone-you all worked really hard!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Decouvrir à Paris

PARIS SKETCHBOOK


Ambiguous... Careless... Disastrous... Lively... Colorful... Experimental... Personal... Matured... Evolved... The Paris Class with John Clapp has been more than the experience I could have ever anticipated. So much happened within that month, it felt more like 3 months! We were opened to many new ideas and approaching artwork will never be the same for me.

(thanks Leann and Tiff for the photos)

I am so thankful for the other 13 students in the class as well... they were very helpful when circulating thoughts and advice. We were a very close tight-knit group and wouldn't have wanted any other way! And of course, thank you John Clapp... again I am impressed by your sensitivity towards the subject and all the helpful art and fatherly lectures and advice you gave during the trip.

Looking through my sketchbook back home, I realized I liked more of my pages than I orginally thought. Below are pages that I thoroughly enjoyed sketching... whether or not it was a great page or a failed page, it was still artwork that is me.

Notre Dame overcast


Corwin sleeping on the plane to Paris


Hot Potato Spread: worked on by everybody except me


One of our many sketchbook nights at the maison... wine included




(3 of the)15 Pages assignment


Eiffel Tower night sketch


Monet's Gardens in Giverny


Brontosaurus Skeleton, the 2nd dinosaur skeleton I've sketched... maybe I should collect


Kira! A bizarre portrait I did during a Draw-Off with John



Two museum sketches


Having beer with Uncle Yung-Han


My depiction of Modern Life


Oldest church in Paris (my neck hurt after this and I got the sniffles)


Only sketch I did during our visit to Mont St. Michel... cost = 130 euros


Cafe sketch while waiting in line


Leaving Paris


My timeline or Mario Kart circuit?

Sunday, May 24, 2009

I Wake Up at 4 in the Morning Now

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Long, hard work and patience pays off sometimes. I really didn't think I was going to finish, I might not even be finished at that... It was very challenging (Just what I wanted) and time consuming. My sleep and my goodbye to my roommates were sacrificed... so this film goes to them haha. Art 114 Sack Pantomime. Enjoy!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Wanderer

I did this quick painting despite of the fact that I am behind on my sack pantomime. So i don't know anything about digital painting, so any advice would be appreciated... :)


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And my final reel for my Maya animation class. I plan to retake the class 2 more times so I can get a lot better! But here's a semester's worth.

...Wish me luck,.... that sack pantomime...

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

One Hundred Fourteen 2



David Colman gave me a critique on my elephant drawings. I didn't tell him that these were zoo studies and not character designs, but his advice was still very helpful!


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I revised a little bit of the test and cleaned-up a few frames. I would try and finish it completely but it's now time to concentrate on my sack pantomime! Thank you Jon Magram for helping me with this test.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

One Hundred Fourteen

Went to Oakland Zoo last weekend for 114 assignment, I did this drawing for fun, but I think I'll turn it in...


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This is a rough of my Character Walk, I plan to finish it with clothes and facial expressions this weekend with what strength I have left.


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Based on the reference of NinJei Lee, I had to complete a dynamic action test. It was just a one-pass animation test to practice aniamting a full human figure.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Inniation into Maya Civilization


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This is my first semester animating in both 2d and 3d since getting in the program at SJSU. I'm still learning a lot in Maya but here are some recent test I did. They're not finished but I need a break from them before making the picky edits.

More to come, been working hard this semester...

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Life Goal #123: Completed


It was much bigger looking when I was small kid... last time I went to Science Academy, but nonetheless a magnificent specimen. Too bad it's only a cast.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Panting For Breath Climbing Up-Hill, and It Was the Most Beautiful Thing I've Seen in a Long Time

Docking area before getting to Muir Forest

Top of Muir Forest

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Shiver Me Fingers

School starts again soon, lots to do in between now and then, but here are some of my favorite works during the break......expect this one was done at the end of fall semester

Cold guy at bust stop

A figure drawing I like

Figure painting done at the Marathon

Cemetery ornament on top of tombstone

Cafe sketch of lonely girl

Kiting in Sacramento

I hope everyone is having an enjoyable break. I must say it has been quite busy for a break.