Roar~ Kurt Angle

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

Texture technic practicing

Watercolor with salt, alcohol, and Masking fluid.

Watercolor practice on portrait

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

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

Watercolor practice

Night time


Day time

Copying Mucha

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

Editorial illustration

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

Celebrity spot

-Joaquin Phoenix

The Lovely Bones illustration

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

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

In class works from the past few weeks.

An illustration for The lovely bones

"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

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

Some colors, finally

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

Room scene

This scene is about the guy just killed his wife.

Teddy's Garden

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

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

New work finally