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Painting WKSP

2010-04-24T23:19:00.000-07:00

WKSP

2009-11-12T20:45:00.001-08:00

Bi...a...tch!

2009-11-10T22:11:00.001-08:00

Escape

2009-11-07T09:40:00.000-08:00

The Shepherd

2009-10-13T22:28:00.000-07:00

Wednesday Workshop

2009-10-08T23:40:00.000-07:00

Hella Fat Boy!

2009-10-04T17:27:00.001-07:00

Space 2012

2009-09-27T12:27:00.000-07:00

Alumni Drawing Workshop - Wednesday Nights!‏

2009-09-24T23:34:00.000-07:00

Interested in brushing up on your drawing skills?

The Academy of Art University School of Fine Art invites all Painting and Illustration alumni to a Drawing Workshop during the fall 2009 semester.

Every Wednesday evening through December 9 from 7 - 9:50 p.m. at 60 Federal. The workshop offers 5, 10, and 20 minute nude poses over a 3 hour period.

Advanced sign-up is not necessary to attend; simply bring a photo ID to enter the building. For more information email alumni@academyart.edu.

Master Chi

2009-08-21T17:36:00.001-07:00

Master Chi is in da house.

tx2500z

2008-09-06T01:45:00.001-07:00

HP Pavilion tx2500z PC tablet is awesome!

The Joker

2008-08-21T19:32:00.001-07:00

Cliff

2008-08-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been awhile. I've just being lazy.

Fear

2008-02-23T01:10:00.001-08:00

Some Drawings...

2008-01-30T23:04:00.001-08:00

Finally I've composed some drawings from my meeting notebook.

Muunokhoi

2008-01-25T00:49:00.000-08:00

Aaahhhhhh~~~ Now I feel better!!!

Ballet Dancer

2008-01-23T00:59:00.000-08:00

Ballet + Movement + Unfinished = Robert Heindel...

The Return

2008-01-22T00:32:00.001-08:00

Whoo... Long time no see. I would like to wish you folks Happy New Year, and hopefully everything is going smooth in 2008!

Green War

2007-08-22T21:59:00.001-07:00

It is all about the environment. Please fight to stop the global warming, NOW!!!

Dodge & Burn Tools

2007-08-15T23:02:00.000-07:00

Dodge and burn tools in photoshop are awesome, quick for details rendering, especially the wrinkles on displacement map.

Old Jaffa

2007-08-13T21:28:00.000-07:00

This piece took me awhile to figure out the light and shadow even though on the simple cube shape, but interesting experience.

Nude

2007-07-27T00:25:00.001-07:00

Back to workshop!

Meeting & Drawing

2007-07-23T22:26:00.001-07:00

This is what I did during the meeting.

Samurai

2007-07-18T01:22:00.001-07:00

Samurai is the servant of a lord... ok, I was painting it and watching "Whispers and Moans" at the same time, I felt very confused and lost.

Chen Uen

2007-07-11T23:42:00.000-07:00

No doubt, I was inspired by one of the best artist I like the most, Chen Uen (鄭問). Again, NOT Yoji Shinkawa.

Rough

2007-07-10T02:31:00.001-07:00

Tired with fashion... it's time to express myself.

Curve

2007-07-07T01:58:00.000-07:00

Maybe I should paint more ships flying around or some explosion here and there, maybe not.

ID4

2007-07-03T23:23:00.001-07:00

Happy Independence Day!!!

Let's Drink Again!

2007-05-17T21:10:00.000-07:00

A friend is leaving for a better career, feeling happy for him that finally he doesn't need to keep his skill in the closet. Show time dude!

Another Concept Painting

2007-05-01T00:18:00.000-07:00

I used a lot of masking technique in photoshop for this piece.

Concept Painting

2007-04-30T02:16:00.000-07:00

The rough sketch above was inspired by LAIR gameplays in YouTube. I can't wait to play the game. Dude, when you guys going to finish the game?

Life Drawing

2007-04-24T20:00:00.000-07:00

Kinda like what I sketched today. It was 2 minutes pose, and everything went very smooth on this one. I think I can't make exactly the same thing again... sigh, fine art huh...

The Trees

2007-04-15T22:48:00.000-07:00

I was thinking the test that I did before for my second job during painting on this piece, alot of trees, branches around the buildings... By the way, the test was in maya and zbrush.

Yokomi Village

2007-04-09T22:42:00.000-07:00

Why Yokomi Village? Because I really thought it was really cool to call that way. Luckily I didn't call it Totoro Town or Potato City then.

Creature Wanna Poo Poo Again

2007-04-09T00:39:00.000-07:00

He is poo poo and checking out some stuff at the same time.

Creature Wanna Poo Poo

2007-04-05T19:49:00.000-07:00

I tried to paint this creature using the photoshop stamp tool and many textures at the background, kinda cool though. Oh yeah, it is looking for a good spot to poo.

Secret Of The Deep

2007-04-03T22:23:00.000-07:00

This is the latest work for EA Artist blog. I was working pretty fast for the background, but took me long time to decide the subject matter.

Again...

2007-03-30T00:22:00.000-07:00

I just love to paint this type recently, it is actually all started from my sketch book.

D-Painting Again...

2007-03-26T23:58:00.000-07:00

Those chinese words are important in chinese community. It is... yeah go to learn chinese and you know why it is important.

D-Painting

2007-03-26T03:30:00.000-07:00

A quick photoshop painting, and a big empty space on top of his head.

Concept Art

2007-03-22T09:27:00.000-07:00

I was not thinking to do the narrative piece but just painted the background at first. But somehow it turned out like that, couldn't help it, as Phatt said "Follow the flow... bla bla bla..."

WoWoWoWorkshop

2007-03-20T20:28:00.000-07:00

Charcoal drawing, errrr... but not really drawing, more like rubbing and erasing and cleaning and cheating...

Concept Painting

2007-03-19T15:58:00.000-07:00

Done! Yeah... kinda done... thinking to paint some interesting background, but I prefer to keep it that way.

Ah

2007-03-18T20:15:00.000-07:00

Incredible short! Exremely well done! Amazing visual!

http://www.ah-lefilm.com/

Picasso and American Art

2007-03-16T21:28:00.000-07:00

Exhibiton at SFMOMA Friday, February 23, 2007 - Monday, May 28, 2007

Also don't miss out other best-known American artists of the modern era, including Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson Pollock, David Smith, and Max Weber.

http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/

An An An

2007-03-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

An An An, Totemo Daisuki, Doraemon, Hey! (don't stop, keep repeating...)

Concept Painting Process

2007-03-14T14:22:00.000-07:00

I am working on this concept painting base on the drawing from my sketchbook. I am not sure the right path I wanna go for, but seem like she is freezing.

Yakuza

2007-03-11T07:46:00.000-07:00

My computer was down few days ago due to the big fat bugs from no where keep disturbing my system. I had no choice but reformated everything again and again and again, and again and again... and again... Anyway, problem solved, but need to install all the programs back to the system again, shit... I hate this the most. F microsoft! F global warming! F you all people!

Wondercon 07 Snap

2007-03-08T01:04:00.000-08:00

It was fun that looking some creatures walking around the crowds. Also I met Craig Elliot there, looking at his sketches and thinking wanna take all his works back home. Please check out his works at http://www.craigelliottgallery.com.

The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe

2007-03-06T17:19:00.000-08:00

This is latest work for EA Artist blog. I was not sure what I was thinking, kinda freestyle, also did alot of composition and texture treatment.

Made In Hong Kong 1997

2007-03-05T23:51:00.000-08:00

This movie poster painting (arcylic on canvas) brought me alot of fun back in 1997, when the time Hong Kong was returned back to her big mama, China.

Learn From The Master

2007-03-05T01:29:00.000-08:00

"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh." -- John Singer Sargent. So, I sketched his drawing.

WonderCon 2007

2007-02-28T22:08:00.000-08:00

Let's go to WonderCon 2007 on this coming Saturday 03/03/07, 10:00am-7:00pm, at The Moscone Center, San Francisco. Just showing your business card or/and pay stub to get a free entrance with one guest.

WonderCon 2007: http://www.comic-con.org/wc/
Moscone Center: http://www.moscone.com/site/do/index

UI

2007-02-27T23:28:00.000-08:00

Tried making the UI design for my personal project, coming to the youtube near you soon...

Female Artist

2007-02-26T23:12:00.000-08:00

In 1971, the magazine ArtNews published an essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" Obviously the question has no longer appeared because women today can even play football. When I say football mean using legs to kick the ball, not like some people using hands... duh!

Graphic Comic

2007-02-25T01:48:00.000-08:00

To be honest I don't really like graphic comics, but it's cool to experience the skill and knowledge, and I am quite happy about this one.

Chinese Opera

2007-02-23T02:28:00.000-08:00

Chinese opera is a popular form of drama in China. So, you see some folks are singing the chinese opera in chinatown, but do you really understand what the hell they singing about? If you don't, pls check this out!

Draw & Paint

2007-02-21T23:09:00.000-08:00

Drawn by Phil, a funny awesome concept artist sitting around me. Painted by Boon, a boring chinese dude like to eat Ha Kao and Siu Mai. Thanks alot Phil.

Pencil Sketching

2007-02-20T21:29:00.000-08:00

When doing this sketching, I kept thinking the time back in TOA when needed to produce 15 pieces fully rendered figure drawing every week, it was crazy but fun.

Workshop

2007-02-19T02:07:00.000-08:00

Hmm, hmm, yeah I made em' abit bigger.

Playing Guitar

2007-02-15T00:33:00.000-08:00

I watched good guitar players at youtube these days, well.. actually song writers, whatever they call but they making their own songs and singing better than those pop singers.

Make Yourself An Elf

2007-02-13T23:07:00.000-08:00

You can try to make yourself an elf at www.elfyourself.com, but I think you need to wait until next x'mas, sorry.

Photoshop Painting

2007-02-13T00:36:00.000-08:00

I tried to paint with different kinda brushes that I created in photoshop, so that I could have the oil painted feeling. Unfortunately, digital CANNOT replace traditional way, at least in some particular emotion.

Workshop

2007-02-11T01:53:00.000-08:00

I forgot my paint box today, but luckily a good guy borrowed his paints to me. Thank you Hong.

Env. Concept

2007-02-08T19:56:00.000-08:00

Found another concept piece for the kung fu game. Actually the environment artists did the good job in modeling and texture. Thank you guys.

Children Of The Sky

2007-02-07T01:07:00.000-08:00

I did this for an ea artists blog. The goal of the blog is to create an online space for artists to share their artworks. Also, the blog is to help inspiring others to create artwork and in turn to be inspired by others.

Indian Dance

2007-02-06T13:32:00.000-08:00

"Dance is the hidden language of soul."

Quick Study

2007-02-04T18:29:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on hardboard. I like the green alot, so I might go further for it, will see.

Volcano Sketch

2007-02-03T02:59:00.000-08:00

It was very fun having a couple good friends doing some sketches in Volcano Tea Station (Boba Milk Tea Cafe) at Santa Monica. We basically sketched randomly from live who sat around us. Sometimes we would sketch from the magazine or still images.

But most of the time we ain't sketch at all, but just kept the eyes open widely checking out the hot chicks there.

Charcoal Drawing

2007-02-01T19:27:00.000-08:00

I did this one when I was taking the Zhaoming Wu's Figure Drawing class during Fall semester 2003. If you are the student from AAU, this is the class you don't wanna miss.

Sketch

2007-01-31T21:05:00.000-08:00

Just some sketches with different kinda pencils, from HB to 4B, from sharp to flat.

Env. Concept

2007-01-29T23:01:00.000-08:00

Concept paintings for the best kung fu game ever... I wish the game could be finished one day.

Japanese Tea Garden

2007-01-27T18:09:00.000-08:00

Name : Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park
City : San Francisco
Designer : Hagiwara Makoto, Sakurai Nagao
Construction Period : 1894 - 1942
Hours : Open daily, hours vary by season; usually 8:30am to 5/6pm
Admission : Adults $2.00, Children $1.00
URL : http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Japanese_Tea_Garden.html

Turistas

2007-01-27T14:27:00.000-08:00

I found a very nice song in this movie, Turistas. It's called Fico Assim Sem Voce by Adriana Calacanhoto. Nice music video though, check it out!

TOA Works

2007-01-27T11:14:00.000-08:00

Look what I found... my very old works at TOA (The One Academy). The one above was done by using guoche with the washing technique. Ofcouse the teacher from this class was really awesome, but due to produce 10 pieces of figure drawings and other junks every week, I hardly paid attention to learn much from him. Luckily I met the master here at AAU (Academy of Art University), Kazuhiko Sano. He was not only demonstrating the technique, but also inspiring students to develop their own personality through the art.

I think this was the final project of 1st semester in TOA. Guess what, it's watercolor, man... took me a couple weeks to finish it.

The Combination

2007-01-25T22:53:00.000-08:00

Think about the combination of Ryoichi Ikegami and Jackson Pollock... hmmm... Anyway, it was really fun! Maybe I should try Ma Wing Shing and Vincent Van Gogh next time.

Workshop

2007-01-24T20:19:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on hardboard. As usual, I applied the gesso on top the board before I started painting. Obviously the bright color of arcylic is a lot stronger than the oil medium. Also the dark is always glaring, and that able to create different effect or texture on the painting.

I guess he is not from the Brokeback Mountain... Anyway, this is just another quick study, don't think too much.

"1/2"

2007-01-23T00:27:00.000-08:00

Both were done in Photoshop. I tried to experiment divide the works in a half, as you can see the top one divided with a rock line, and the bottom one with a big red flag. Somehow I prefer the top one better, due to the balance of light and shadow, and also the layers of actions. What do you think?

300: The Art of the Film

2007-01-21T19:55:00.000-08:00

When watching the trailer of "300" a month ago, I was shocked and impressed that every frame is just like a piece of painting for me. Without any hesitations, I picked up the book from the shelf and quickly found out how the hell they made that. The book takes you behind the scene of "300" from story boards to finished product. Yes, it's including concept arts, costumes, make-up, special effect, CGI and more that related to the art of Frank Miller. It's a very beautiful book, and hopefully the movie won't disappointed me.

Workshop

2007-01-18T21:05:00.000-08:00

John Singer Sargent: "Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire."

RMVB: "Becareful, it's not dry yet."

D-Painting

2007-01-16T23:56:00.000-08:00

Added gesso on canvas with a couple big brush stroke on top, and brought it to the photoshop and did the rest of it. Oh, it's inspired by Ashley Wood.

Originally it was a rough sketch of "Amigo", and then photoshop painting at the background layer.

21

2007-01-16T00:22:00.000-08:00

Don't remember where I did this sketching, but the "21" catched my eye very much.

Quick Study

2007-01-13T14:56:00.000-08:00

I took about a couple hours to figure out the composition. Not much fancy stuff happening there, but light and shadow should tell the story. Oh! btw, I call this piece "Whatever You Like To Call".