Not much going on lately. I've been busy working on my new years resolution--which is, essentially, "hang out as much as possible," but with the main purpose of creating "community." I felt last year, I've been too busy just trying to "improve" and be more self-focused. This time, I'm looking to be more outward-focused and think of things in terms of building healthy, strong communities. I realize I just need to be a better "connector" than a "collector" of Facebook friends, let's say. Hehehehe
Anyways, here is one of my recent freelance works. I recently created this ad for a client using my drawings, camera, voice, sound effects, and my editing software.
It is what they call whiteboard storytelling, a way to explain complex ideas through a more simpler, visual way.
"Re-cognize your new self!" If you or your business has need of something like this, feel free to contact me! :]
So, I have a sketch book I carry around everywhere. In the last couple of years, I had been attempting to draw something every day. In one way, it was a way for me improve my drawing. Secondly, it was a way for me to see if there was a certain pattern to my drawing habits...and more particularly, to see if I drew better on certain days, within certain situations, environments, and events. At the moment, I'm still observing data and figuring out a logical conclusion. Meanwhile, here are the contents of two of my sketchbooks....in 30 seconds each! This one's for all my friends who asked me to publish my stuff online... Scanning them all would take quite a bit of time, so I created a video!
It's partly a bandwagon thing, but mostly because with the classes I've been taking where the instructors do all their updates on blogspot and given that it'd be easier to update my work for perusal if it was on the blogspot, I decided to set one up and use it.
That is not to say I won't check out the blogs on Xanga nor that I wouldn't update Xanga (especially to vent. Hehe). It just wouldn't be used for portfolio use I suppose you can say.
So what else have I been up to? Not much. I'm taking a class at Gnomon School of Special Effects and Red Engine. I'm learning Zbrush and Matte painting. Meanwhile, I'm freelancing for 2D and 3D graphics.
So, this past weekend, I went to... Comikaze Expo 2011 (at LA Convention Center).
Most recently, the past weekend, I checked out Comikaze, a comic convention in LA. Much cheaper than San Diego Comic Con. $12 per day. Sweet deal. I got in for free because I happened to have an industry pass. I write for Examiner.com on the side, which helped me get in, provided I wrote something about the event beforehand. Here's my article.
I've been taking Zbrush class (at Gnomon School of Special Effects).
So, I'm taking a class at Gnomon School of Special Effects in LA. This was a creature I made for the previous class I took. Currently, I'm taking a Character Zbrush class. I'll start posting my work from the class as time permits.
Publishing my Ecomic on the Nook! Another thing I recently got into is looking at the potential of Ebook publishing. So, I published my first epub book for the Nook. Ecomic, in fact. It's called Out of Order. Check it out! It's only a dolla!
It was too bad I couldn't make the April 16th's International Sketch Crawl. I was celebrating my bro's birthday, so I couldn't make it. Still, I do get sketches done on my own, so it's all good. Anaheim Comicon is already here. I have no press pass for that one, unfortunately.
April 7th was Cypress College's Annual Art Show. I go there to take two classes for very cheap--Maya 3-D class and Illustrator class. I personally prefer community college if I want to learn a useful skill. You go to Universities (I went to UCI) if you want to write essays. Essays don't really make you money, unless you work for the University, or something. I'm not knocking that, of course.
Well, so I found out I won the Juried Award for Computer Graphics category for the Art Show on the 14th. Sweet! Winning!
I had two works in there, but I have no idea which one won. Oh well.
Here were my submissions (both from Illustrator class):
In other news, I gained some weight. I ate at Boiling Crab in L.A. with friends last Wednesday, then ate Korean all-you-can-eat on Sunday. Now, I'm working to lose some pounds. Eat better.
I recently went to Art of The Streets exhibit at the MOCA. Very cool.
Off topic, I recently saw a funny documentary called Exporting Raymond. Very enjoyable. I wrote a review on it at Examiner.com.
Well, it had been a while since I've updated. Gotta move. Until next time!
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