Places I'd love to go

I think this is a place in Scotland. The image wasn't labeled.

Just Keep Swimming

Practice time! It's been a sweet & relaxing Sunday. Spent some of it practicing digital painting. 

I thought these had neat colors and wanted to try to extend the compositions. Each were done 20-30 mins 

at a very small scale to keep rough.  All of these images were found on Pinterest. I love Pinterest :)

  La Grotta Cove, Corfu Island, Greece

Poppy Fields in western Antelope Valley, California

Tuscany, Italy. One of my favorite memories and places I'd like to go back to. 

Flying home

                     

                     

Visited home and got to celebrate many things!!! I arrived May 12, 2013 and celebrated dads homecoming, Mother's day, brother's birthday, and my new sister-in-law! It was very special, and I'm glad I flew home to see everyone. I miss them already! Fortunately I'll have two more chances this year to see them, August and October.

(Re)present

                                            

I recently got to display some of my Daily Doodlez at an event called (Re)present. It's a South Bay First Thursday (SBFT) shindig that celebrates Asian-Pacifice Islander (API) community. The idea of SBFT is to "inspire, educate, and mobilize the community about API relevant issues by promoting safe and facilitated dialogues. It was a great experience being amongst those that got to share their passion. This happens monthly (www.sbft.org)

Out of Nowhere...

Life can get rough, so I like to make things to cheer me up! 

I found an awesome DIY tutorial online on how to make these beautiful roses 

(http://www.scribd.com/doc/16197978/Coffee-Filter-Roses-Instructions-) 

They are so simple, inexpensive, and elegant. I hope to make more! 

As for the journals, my dear friend Adam taught me to make them,

and have been making them since! I'll have a small library

of sketch journals soon

Quick Paints

 

There are a lot of beautiful architecture in Disneyland. So for a few mornings I did a "quick"paint of various iconic Disneyland buildings. 

This took me about an hour? Not sure some days I'd go and get coffee at one point. 

Anyway, adding another thing to my plate to try. There are so many things 

I want to do! Still fingering out how to do it all.

"Practice, practice, patience"Even though I color picked, 

I still learned a  lot from doing it. Very surprised at what colors showed up, 

especially in the shadow areas. This was fun, might do it again.

Tale of Two Puppies: Bed Time

"Tale of Two Puppies: Bed Time" I'm trying to start a series 

of doodles about my doggies. They have so much personality that 

I would love to document. D.Doodlez#104

Duck or Rabbit?

Spent the weekend painting. 

Trying my best to make an illustration a month. 

"Duck or Rabbit?" is for month of January.

Duck or Rabbit? Pass Two

I got valuable feedback from my friend, Priscilla. 

so I adjusted some elements according to her suggestions.  

This version is a lot more cinematic than the previous. 

Thanks to her help, I now have a clear focal point. 

Duck or Rabbit?

Getting into the rhythm of painting and drawing little by little. 

It's really hard to stop when I'm focused on my work, but I must go to 

bed at a reasonable time.That said, for the past couple weeks I've been 

working on this illustration for a couple hours at a time. 

Here, three sisters huddle together in a sheet fort, making shadow puppets. 

I thought the characters from "Paperman"were breathtaking, 

and tried to use that as reference for these characters.