Christine Chang

JoJo's Cover

2011-12-13T16:07:00.000-08:00

After a dramatic break down of my laptop, I thought I was going to lose the file to this cover. Thanks to the computer people in Taiwan. Took them about 2 weeks to run the system and read the files. And finally today I received the hard drive!
Will be working on the final pages at last. Cheers!

Mini Christmas Decor

2011-12-12T20:40:00.000-08:00

Mini Penguin 2"x 1.5"x 2"
available at my Etsy shop

Teddy Bear with Scarf

But Mommy....

2011-11-28T22:00:00.000-08:00

As an Asian kid living in the city, there were a lot of questions about Santa that were never answered...Mom used to say Santa was too busy sometimes so he asked my parents to get us gifts...and I totally bought it XD

Please vote for Christine Chang @ Anata Gallery

2011-11-28T21:51:00.000-08:00

http://www.anatagallery.com/#!exhibition

For the cover of their gallery book.Thank you and I really appreciated it!

Back from my weddings

2011-11-28T21:47:00.000-08:00

What a year! I'm finally back from my weddings from CA to IL, FL, and to our last stop, Taiwan. Hopefully soon I'll be relocated and have a bigger working space. Life is at the turning page now :)

A touch of my design at our wedding at Disney FL

2011-11-28T12:14:00.000-08:00

Since I'm a big fan of Disney, getting married at Disney World was just a dream came true.
It's hard not to put extra Disney in little things through out the whole celebration, and an illustrator gotta do what an illustrator does :) Working hard like always!
I'm really thankful for every single person that made the day possible. Big thanks to Kim Zgonena's Kustom Kreations for adjusting and printing out all my designs.
Chicago Wedding Planner Big City Bride. My awesome mother-in-law, Susan. Our photographer Robin Sloan from Riverbend Studio, and my dearest family and friends that witnessed our big day.

Wedding invitation and the bridal bouquet

Guest's gift bags and custom printed stuff in the bags featuring our wedding logo.

Wedding ceremony program

I also did the dinner menu and placing cards for the reception. The guests would match their name cards with the table cards featuring my favorite Disney couples. Menu and station cards
would just have to be Remy from Ratatouille :)

I Do Wedding Cake Topper :)

2011-11-28T09:57:00.000-08:00

For our wedding party at Woodstock, I made the cake topper for thecake.
The bride and groom plus our cats, Charcoal and Missy.
It's made with super sculpey, baked for about 30 mins, colored with acrylic paint, finished with acrylic glazing medium.
I do cake topper too :)

Designing wedding invitation

2011-07-16T16:43:00.000-07:00

Designing Disney wedding invitation for my own wedding this year :)

Color update

2011-05-03T19:16:00.000-07:00

Dream within a dream

2011-04-10T11:08:00.000-07:00

Watercolor background update

Another portrait gift for the family

2011-04-02T10:07:00.000-07:00

For dad's birthday coming this month :)

Redoing some old stuff

2011-03-12T12:42:00.000-08:00

As I'm getting closer to graduating, there are some old stuff and half finished projects I'm hoping to slowly sort them out. Goldylocks and the bears is one of the many. I redid the line work and will finish the color later on in either photoshop or painter.

Website updated

2011-03-07T14:14:00.000-08:00

I've just updated a few things and added a online store. More work to come :)
Go visit

The Comic Art of Christine Chang

2011-03-06T14:14:00.000-08:00

Getting ready to graduate from AAU this May,
I'm selling my comic portfolio online! Check it out :)

Inception comic cover

2011-01-08T22:40:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since my last update. Busy semester, but mostly busy life.
The project is for an event, however I am very much into the movie, so it turns out to be more personal than I planned. I started with pencil, then ink, and finished it in photoshop. Two different colors.

Pirate card game design

2010-09-13T09:34:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook head drawings

2010-06-20T13:10:00.000-07:00

Grandma's watercolor portrait

2010-05-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

A portrait of Joe's grandma for his dad. The hardest part is to figure out the features from the old picture reference. Really hope he'd like it :)

Final for inking class

2010-05-15T13:30:00.000-07:00

Jack and the Beanstalk

2010-04-29T21:14:00.000-07:00

Is getting more used to idea of digital painting. Egde control is always the issue. This is from my online book illustration class. I was thinking more of a mild story for kids, so does the style.
Will keep working on the rest of the book :)

Inking practice

2010-04-01T19:36:00.000-07:00

I grabbed the pencil copy last night from Mick's class and started inking around 9. Took me maybe 5~6 hours to finish. Great experience.

A lovely body

2010-03-30T17:43:00.000-07:00

First time tryout of coloring a inked figure. Have been using digital a lot more lately. Very fun!

艋舺 Monga cover

2010-03-29T13:49:00.000-07:00

First look of Monga cover art. I'm still working on color at this point.
Feel good to finish something during the spring break :)

Sleeping Beauty

2010-03-08T20:15:00.000-08:00

First time putting watercolor into digital. Somehow makes things easier in many ways.

Sleeping Beauty and her true love kiss. From thumbnails to finish. May come back and look at it in a few days :)

Finally!

2010-01-04T17:17:00.000-08:00

My art woks between the year 2007~2009. 130 pages lol

THE ART OF CHR...

A JOURNEY OF AN IL...

By CHRISTINE SHINCHIN...

Book Preview

Children's book illustrations coming soon!

2009-12-19T12:34:00.001-08:00

Watercolor Portrait

2009-12-19T11:38:00.000-08:00

After having everything done for school, I finally have time to sit down and paint for family.
This was to be a wedding gift but now becomes a Xmas present. Love doing it, she's such a lovely bride.

Portrait in watercolor

2009-12-17T23:45:00.000-08:00

Spent half of a day painting the portrait for my uncle. In memory of my aunt.
Sad subject, so I'm hoping that she looks happy in the picture.

ill3 final!

2009-12-12T19:19:00.000-08:00

See what you can find in here :) Flipping fish tail, shower water,

three versions of Timmy, move the bubbles to see a submarine....

Clothed figure 4 final portfolio

2009-12-08T14:08:00.000-08:00

Clothed Figure...

Fall 2009 Instructo...

By Christine Shin-Ch...

Book Preview

This is my final for clothed figure4, a portfolio from the class.
Great way to publish your work. People can actually purchase your book online.

The cowboy series

2009-10-22T11:10:00.000-07:00

The mystical series

2009-10-22T11:06:00.000-07:00

The cook series

2009-09-30T22:37:00.000-07:00

I turned the drawing into a poster :)

20~40 mins color studies from clothed figure 4; and since it's such a pain in the butt to update works here, I just put the rest on my wesite, lol iweb!

Monkeys throwing feces

2009-06-18T16:53:00.000-07:00

Just that....

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

2009-06-18T16:38:00.000-07:00

Poor Katie came home found out her party had been crashed......

More Bears

2009-05-28T13:21:00.000-07:00

Opera singer

Wrestler

Psychologist

Butcher

Ballet dancer

Heads in pastel

2009-05-23T18:25:00.000-07:00

H&H2 online, just started to play with pastel, and was having fun with warm and cool colors.

About Polar Bears.....

2009-05-23T12:24:00.000-07:00

I was also working on some polar bears inking when I had to finish up the character design during April....
Since the break is here, might have time to go back to the bears.
Let the Hero lead the way!

Little Black Sambo

2009-05-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

Last two assignments from ill2, children's book illustration.
A great journey from researching to the rendering.
Love the story when I was a kid.... is also planning to finish the whole book :)

Comic updated

2009-05-13T20:36:00.000-07:00

Been working on these 6 pages almost the whole semester.
Very glad that it's done. Learned a lot from the class, from penciling to inking....
Planning to start with some new subjects soon.

Roar~ Kurt Angle

2009-03-27T20:49:00.000-07:00

Learned a lot from this project.
I think I'll work on it even more once i get it back....
It's funny how I ended up doing Kurt; he's such an incredible character...full of energy.

Heads and Hands 2

2009-03-09T20:17:00.000-07:00

Texture technic practicing

2009-03-09T20:11:00.000-07:00

Watercolor with salt, alcohol, and Masking fluid.

Watercolor practice on portrait

2009-03-08T13:37:00.000-07:00

Editorial portrait practice with watercolor.
Kurt Angle was just full of fun and energy. It's funny how I started paying attention to wrestling, and got to know about how this world reflects a bit of American culture.

Fun in the tub

2009-03-08T13:35:00.000-07:00

A project for shopping bag design. I was having fun with the concept and color. First time using watercolor ink for outline.

Watercolor practice

2009-02-14T22:54:00.000-08:00

Night time

Day time

Copying Mucha

2008-12-18T21:25:00.000-08:00

Extra credit for my clothed 2. Pen and ink. It's like a perfect definition of this long semester... painful, but worthy.

Editorial illustration

2008-12-16T15:57:00.000-08:00

Editorial of Asian education.
I picked this subject cause after done with my last illustration, I just wanted to do something I can actually relate to....something I know.
The pro side would be- being a super kid that makes his parents and teacher proud.
The con side, which I chose to be my final, is the exaggerated version of how I felt when I was in high school. I did the color study with color pencil, and they had totally different touch. However, I ended up using gouache and ink for the final.

con sketch

pro sketch

Clothed figure

2008-12-12T21:24:00.001-08:00

Celebrity spot

2008-12-10T14:08:00.000-08:00

-Joaquin Phoenix

The Lovely Bones illustration

2008-12-10T13:15:00.000-08:00

I watched my beautiful sister running, her lungs and legs pumping, and the skill from the poolstill there- fighting to see through the rain, fighting to keep her legs lifting at the pace set by Samuel, and I knew she was not running away from me or toward me. Like someone who has survived a gut-shot, the wound had been closing, closing- braiding into a scar for eight long years.

Person Passion

2008-12-08T21:57:00.001-08:00

My MPT boyfriend working on his script. This is actually my favorite pen and ink piece through all semester. I got to play around with his characters in his story, and also staged things that meant something to him in the picture; including the movie posters he likes, skull ashtray, his cat, and a bong.

Heads and Hands

2008-12-08T21:54:00.000-08:00

In class works from the past few weeks.

An illustration for The lovely bones

2008-11-08T19:48:00.000-08:00

"Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow fall gently around the penguin. The penguin was alone in there, I thought, and I worried for him. When I told my father this, he said, "Don't worry, Susie; he has a nice life. He's trapped in a perfect world."

Character Design

2008-11-06T15:51:00.000-08:00

Oh, and I think it would be fun to post my references.

Some colors, finally

2008-11-03T21:42:00.000-08:00

Something playful from class. The cool colors are a bit off though.

Room scene

2008-10-16T19:26:00.000-07:00

This scene is about the guy just killed his wife.

Teddy's Garden

2008-10-05T13:04:00.000-07:00

Our broken Teddy started his new job as a scarecrow
guarding buds in kids' garden

With the help of toy soldiers
company of ladybug and snail
plus some out door fresh air....

Life isn't so bad at all

Clothed Figure study

2008-09-24T17:03:00.000-07:00

A 2~3 hours study focused on the folds. Charcoal on Newsprint.

New work finally

2008-08-04T19:46:00.000-07:00

Sea sight it is.

2008-07-20T21:53:00.000-07:00

It took me forever to decide what the sight should be outside the building.
I think I'll color it with marker or photoshop later.

Sight from a room

2008-07-14T12:53:00.000-07:00

Marker version

2008-07-07T14:08:00.000-07:00

Thumbnails for an untitled tale

2008-07-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

The story is still in progress. Thumbnails are always helpful when it comes to developing ideas. So it's a tale about dragon, an old city built on the mountain which was facing the sea, villains, a curse, and a love story.

Skeletons

2008-05-16T22:04:00.000-07:00

An old drawing from Anatomy2 during last fall semester. It was an amazing class which changed my perspective forever; I fell in love with drawing skeleton since then.

Some old digi works related to skeletons; Hero v.s Villian.
Ha I know there's so much to improve.....

Vampire Family Portrait

2008-05-15T19:52:00.000-07:00

The last project of Illustrative Digital Imaging. Something different from my other works; it's more like showing the fun side of mine.

Constantine ~ New comic updated

2008-05-14T23:25:00.000-07:00

Adapting scene from Constantine; It's my final for this class, which I feel the end is really the beginning. Hope I'll get more chance to do movie clips and inking...it's really a lot of fun.

Thumbnails

2008-05-08T23:19:00.000-07:00

Layout thumbnails for The Road based on Cormac McCarthy's novel.

Some new drawings

2008-05-04T20:27:00.000-07:00

Another set of in class 20~30min drawing with a little bit of story telling.

Head study

2008-05-01T17:36:00.000-07:00

A head study took me about 3~4 hours. I didn't plan to do a complete drawing, but i couldn't help to do more. So it turns out pretty finished,
and i love it :)

Comic inking

2008-04-28T16:31:00.000-07:00

These are from a clip of 30 days of nights, the assignment was to adapt a scene from any movie or whatever source and practice characters composition and create a emotional impact.
It was a lot of fun and did take me days to gt it done. It's pretty much the second time i did inking so there were a lot of difficulties and some parts i just didnt get them right...well that's just a part of learning. It turned out ok after i fixed it in photoshop. I guess i will do more action next time :p

Clothed figure

2008-04-28T15:15:00.000-07:00

Some 20~30min drawing; the model was great and inspiring, so i tried adding a little story telling in some of the drawing. It was fun and i enjoyed the process :)