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i moved!

2010-03-29T14:50:00.000-07:00

HURRY!

i'm now at http://toffany.blogspot.com !

GGOGOGO!

http://mycakies.blogspot.com/

2010-03-27T23:11:00.000-07:00

i edit this post

so now it says

instead of looking at blogs about animation,

i find myself looking at the lives of married women and their baked goods

2010-03-25T23:57:00.000-07:00

blogger, why you no accept .tif files?

also, i'll be moving to toffany@blogger soon! so be ready for that!

let's all just

2010-03-11T00:51:00.000-08:00

enjoy this while i work on my film

sup, dead blog

2010-02-19T10:33:00.000-08:00

here's a screen shot of my first film!

oh, i don't know

2010-01-08T22:46:00.001-08:00

but i sure miss school.

holy canoly

2010-01-03T12:43:00.000-08:00

kehinde wiley

5ft painting | color&design

2009-12-11T21:03:00.000-08:00

SOOOO LOOOOOOOOOONG

photomerge, wow

so much preparation

2009-12-11T21:02:00.000-08:00

look at all them monkey boys

o i forgot

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some perspective work for you :-)

FILM CHARACTER !

2009-12-08T09:35:00.000-08:00

a sculpture/maquette of my first year final film!

sketchesketchesketches

2009-12-02T13:37:00.000-08:00

2009-11-20T21:55:00.000-08:00

color&design assignment

2009-11-20T16:52:00.000-08:00

monochromatic, analogous, complimentary riding hood!

soooome stuff!

2009-11-12T15:55:00.000-08:00

{life drawings}

{some artsy stuff}

some bears & some life drawins

2009-10-30T11:01:00.001-07:00

FINALLY! my cube! ... and THE KEANE ST. FORT!

2009-10-28T12:26:00.000-07:00

the most successful fort ever made.

{katelyn gannon & sophie diao}

waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait

2009-10-26T16:33:00.000-07:00

{gesture drawings from life}

drawins from out of my heads

2009-10-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

{ the two above are life drawings}

and then i just got kinda rude

below are from out of head

gesture life drawins!

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life drawins!

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gestures of my kid self!

2009-10-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

my eyes so tired

design self as child

2009-10-15T10:23:00.000-07:00

my eyes so chinky

enjoy!

hmmm

2009-10-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

drawings from life | finally!

2009-10-12T09:46:00.001-07:00

some drawings of my calarts classmates!

{Sophie Diao}

{Kai Wu}

2009-09-10T23:14:00.000-07:00

yo, i gotta brb again guys

calarts is CRAZY!

amazon & ballet :: sketches

2009-09-04T17:37:00.000-07:00

2009-09-01T23:59:00.001-07:00

brb

sketches ::

2009-08-31T02:13:00.000-07:00

*i got really lazy with the arms [above], can you tell? lol

*last one's a boy, yes lol

i've been trying some new things here with the presentation of sketchesss, just to play with the background to create that sort of papery feel~

i'm a closet scrapbooker, so i don't like it when stuff's not looking presentable

OH OH!
and i get my brushes from www.brusheezy.com/

tim&florence

2009-08-28T18:46:00.000-07:00

some characters for you! :}

2009-08-27T23:49:00.001-07:00

:( just give me a second, i'll post when i can!

storm & barbara

2009-08-23T12:49:00.000-07:00

[storm]

western zodic | sketches

2009-08-16T15:15:00.001-07:00

i caught a wild hair around midnight last night, and decided it'd be a good idea to try my hand at drawing each of the western zodiacs!

in learning about each of their characteristics, i tried to give them all different faces and show their different personalities

lol i don't know if it worked out, D: but i tried

ARIES
[ the ram ]
(March 21 to April 20):
"The young ram is adventurous, ambitious, impulsive, enthusiastic and full of energy. The Ari is a pioneer both in thought and action, very open to new ideas and a lover of freedom."

TAURUS
[the bull]
(April 21 to May 21 )
"The characteristics of taurus are solidity, practicality, extreme determination and strength of will - no one will ever drive them, but they will willingly and loyally follow a leader they trust. They have a strong aesthetic taste, enjoying art, for which they may have a talent, beauty (recoiling from anything sordid or ugly) and music."

GEMINI
[ the twins ]
( May 22 to June 21 )
"Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. Most Gemini have a keen, intuitive, sometimes brilliant intelligence and they love cerebral challenges."

CANCER
[ the crab ]
(June 22 to July 22 )
"The Cancerian character is the least clear-cut of all those associated with the signs of the zodiac. It can range from the timid, dull, shy and withdrawn to the most brilliant, and famous Cancerians are to be found through the whole range of human activity."

* i completely wish i did a better job on Cancer. lol it looks like such a random sketch.

LEO
[ the lion ]
( July 23 to August 22 )
"The Leo type is the most dominant, spontaneously creative and extrovert of all the zodiacal characters. In grandeur of manner, splendor of bearing and magnanimity of personality, they are the monarch's among humans as the lion is king of beasts. "

VIRGO
[ the virgin ]
( August 23 to September 23 )
"Virgo is the only zodiacal sign represented by a female. It is sometimes thought of as a potentially creative girl, delicately lovely. They are usually observant, shrewd, critically inclined, judicious, patient, practical supporters of the status quo, and tend toward conservatism in all departments of life."

*Virgo also looks random rofl - and spacey

LIBRA
[ the scales ]
(September 24 to October 23 )
"Librans are sensitive to the needs of others and have the gift, sometimes to an almost psychic extent, of understanding the emotional needs of their companions and meeting them with their own innate optimism - they are the kind of people of whom it is said, "They always make you feel better for having been with them."

*those hands were hard! :'(

SCORPIO
[ the scorpion ]
(October 24 to November 22 )
"Scorpios are the most intense, profound, powerful characters in the zodiac. Even when they appear self-controlled and calm there is a seething intensity of emotional energy under the placid exterior. They are fortunate in that their strong reasoning powers are tempered with imagination and intuition, and these gifts, together with critical perception and analytical capacity, can enable the Scorpions to penetrate to profundities beyond the average."

SAGITTARIUS
[ the archer ]
( November 23 to December 21)

"Sagittarians have a positive outlook on life, are full of enterprise, energy, versatility, adventurousness and eagerness to extend experience beyond the physically familiar. They enjoy travelling and exploration, the more so because their minds are constantly open to new dimensions of thought. They are basically ambitious and optimistic, and continue to be so even when their hopes are dashed."

CAPRICORN
[ the goat ]
( December 22 to January 20 )
"The sign Capricorn is one of the most stable and (mostly) serious of the zodiacal types. These independent, rocklike characters have many sterling qualities. They are normally confident, strong willed and calm. These hardworking, unemotional, shrewd, practical, responsible, persevering, and cautious to the extreme persons, are capable of persisting for as long as is necessary to accomplish a goal they have set for themselves."

*i think Capricorn's angryface is the result of me being too hard on myself - me being a capricorn and all. (And i'm feeling like i actually just drew myself for this sketch? rofl) Whenever i read about my sign on the interwebs, there are very little friendly things to be said about us lol

AQUARIUS
[ the water carrier ]
(January 21 to February 19)
"Aquarians basically possess strong and attractive personalities. They fall into two principle types: one shy, sensitive, gentle and patient; the other exuberant, lively and exhibitionist, sometimes hiding the considerable depths of their character under a cloak of frivolity."

PISCES
[ the fishes ]
( Febuary 20 to March 20 )
"Pisceans possess a gentle, patient, malleable nature. They have many generous qualities and are friendly, good natured, kind and compassionate, sensitive to the feelings of those around them, and respond with the utmost sympathy and tact to any suffering they encounter. They are deservedly popular with all kinds of people, partly because their easygoing, affectionate, submissive natures offer no threat or challenge to stronger and more exuberant characters."

> All descriptions & details were taken from Astrology Online

Darlin, do not fear!

2009-08-14T15:31:00.000-07:00

darlin do not fear what you don't really know!

i don't like using printer paper because it kinda looks like the box is being squished in by the edge of the page.
;| fuh, we'll make good.

playing with oils

2009-08-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

oils are intimidating
but i'm keeping on :)

masks | thaliand & bhutan

2009-08-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

some paintings for you!

acrylic on a long wood
/lol how vulgar :(

um

2009-08-08T01:28:00.000-07:00

i ran out of paper

today is not a fun day

:'-(

2009-08-05T19:06:00.001-07:00

LA reprzent!

2009-08-04T12:25:00.001-07:00

a preview

2009-08-02T22:08:00.000-07:00

i'm catching a bug
CAN YA DIG IT?

more to come. ♥

more mermaids?

2009-07-31T18:39:00.000-07:00

yaaaaah!

the CalArts porfolio!

2009-07-30T16:48:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!
uploaded.

i feel that my drawings have changed a little bit since completing this portfolio, but i also feel like i'm the only one who hasn't uploaded my accepted portfolio yet. so here it is, world!

here you go!

Portfolio

life's gifts

2009-07-29T12:54:00.000-07:00

look, it's glowing!

the effect of a setting sun directly hitting this jar of pink paint water

i wanted to share this picture for a while, but i didn't know when would be appropriate.
i'm no fancy photographer, so i can only promise that the way this jar sits in this window is an honest representation of how it was in real life :)

i did not photoshop this image!

mermaids from bravo

2009-07-28T14:07:00.001-07:00

i was really inspired to draw mermaids after talking to the coolest guy on the block, Bravo !

the sweetest tweet on the street

2009-07-26T16:49:00.001-07:00

http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/2009/07/hey-hi-look.html

if you tweet, this is the way to go on July 29th
hooray for activism!

drawings~ from life

2009-07-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

on another note!
i'm celebrating my love for these colors, and where i fell in love with them. here's my chart! i hope you like it as much as i do :)

[mind you, i do not own any of these photos. google is a friend, and these pictures are used solely for the sake of reference]

obvs, i am not a photographer

2009-07-25T00:55:00.001-07:00

but guys, i gotta share this with you:

i really wanted to share this because this is the most marketable Diet Coke i have ever seen in my house

LOOK AT IT! it's like dripping with commercial goodness... those droplets of icy cold refreshment just rolling down the sides~

mhm. looks familiar doesn't it

lol more turtles - sorry world!

2009-07-23T21:23:00.001-07:00

on a white, sandy beach...

2009-07-23T15:41:00.000-07:00

2009-07-23T15:31:00.000-07:00

more hula, that's right! Get at me, hawaii!

2009-07-22T19:55:00.000-07:00

Sorry brudduh's and sistas, but i've got crazy jungle fever for hawaii right now. Iono what's gotten into me, :(

but it's brilliant, i love it.

i watched several videos to understand how these lovely ladies move, doing that thing they do, but this video here is my favorite. I think the dancer is just so charming and beautiful, i love her subtlety.

[ embedding for this video was disabled, so we're gonna have to keep it hood around here and work with the clickable .jpeg's - nawm sayin? Clickity click. ]

I love to mute these hula videos and dub over with some Jack Johnson or IZ Kamakawiwo'ole ~ is that bad? lol, they're good poeple

Ho`olaule`a

2009-07-21T19:40:00.000-07:00

[this big version above is my fave]

the road trip in May...

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... was so great

2009-07-15T19:50:00.001-07:00

alright, alright. i triiiied~ but i have to admit in pure honesty that i am just having a difficult time with the cats. i'm trying! we'll figure it out. but right now, i tell ya - this is new lol

way inspiring

2009-07-15T17:01:00.000-07:00

teen wolf & a friend

2009-07-14T19:11:00.000-07:00

[edit: this is a little indian boy without a name. :) suggestions are perfectly welcome!
Sameer, i'm looking at you.]

fly like papers

2009-07-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

cadet

2009-07-13T15:10:00.001-07:00

a woman on the go | a lady on the prowl

2009-07-13T15:07:00.000-07:00

fur and cocktails

2009-07-12T19:27:00.001-07:00

be FIERCE! // study of facial expressions

2009-07-11T14:11:00.001-07:00

[ singers]

still feelin' that hung gar

2009-07-11T14:04:00.000-07:00

misc. upload!

2009-07-11T13:55:00.001-07:00

?update

2009-06-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

i do not know why this did not get posted earlier D:
i'm still trying to work with this vectoring/minimalistic kinda style, so lets see how it go-goes :>

tryin somethin a little new...

2009-06-08T21:53:00.000-07:00

So, i always see my drawings to be really simple - in my head. I'm never all that into adding too-too-too much detail or all that, so i'm trying this out this color technique...

ya know, it might not be the mega-best picture ever, but i'm so happy about the way it turned out, lol

:) yay life ♥

yeah yeah, whatever. i'm late, sorry Brad

2009-06-05T23:32:00.001-07:00

Just watched Benjamin Button

What a great, great movie

finally! a good postcard!

2009-06-04T22:32:00.000-07:00

I was actually trying to understand coloring with photoshop - and then this turned out :)

a favor, a postcard

2009-05-31T00:07:00.000-07:00

drawingsgsgs

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:) and one more time.

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2009-05-01T21:44:00.000-07:00

life drawings!

2009-05-01T21:39:00.000-07:00

life drawing update : brown

2009-05-01T21:35:00.001-07:00

SORRY I'M LATE!

2009-04-26T01:49:00.000-07:00

PUAPO says my blog is updated daily, and I'm always lagging.

I *have* been making some postcards, but I have yet to post them, and am not even sure if they'll ever see the face of the internet (since they're not very good lol)

But here's a little something I have for all you Lolitas out there!

you know i got love for the Japanese fashions.

;)

life drawings

2009-04-16T17:28:00.000-07:00

:) it's that time again, friends!

lol, silly bean

2009-04-13T18:46:00.000-07:00

the tofu mobile (6:45:46 PM): i feel bad for mentioning it now
"sameer" (6:45:51 PM): why?
"sameer" (6:45:52 PM): cuz im an ass?
the tofu mobile (6:45:57 PM): because i'm an ass!
"sameer" (6:45:59 PM): nah
the tofu mobile (6:46:05 PM): i guess we could be ass holes together
"sameer" (6:46:07 PM): you just are observing
"sameer" (6:46:09 PM): yay
the tofu mobile (6:46:11 PM): hahaha
"sameer" (6:46:16 PM): assholes ASSemble!

2009-04-11T14:53:00.000-07:00

AND HERE IT IS!
the amazing animation station...

I'M SORRY I'VE BEEN AWAY!

2009-04-11T12:01:00.000-07:00

Sorry, friends.

My hands have been busy for the past few days.

But here! A consolation post~ lol. I was at Disneyland the other day (instead of updating my blog). Later on, I'm going to post the most incredible video you'll ever see in your life.

For now! Settle for this:

This is what I looked like on the Tower of Terror.

And no. I'm not posing.
Sometimes I just get really fucking scared

my fab 3 in D

2009-04-04T20:24:00.000-07:00

So as of lates, i've been thinking really hard about 3D animation, and I've been really passionate about the following three. I'm not gonna lie, I used to be a little indifferent about 3d, because I was brought up around the 2D stuff and it was hard to accept all the 3D nonsense.

--- this is where i wrote a bunch of stuff and remembered that everytime i write more than a paragraph, i feel like i'm rambling. I'm a talker, not a writer.

Keep in mind that there's always mad respect for films like Toy Story, Bug's Life, um... all those others. But these movies have been the ones that've been really catching my attention lately, yeh. Good beans

My fab 3:

THE INCREDIBLES
So this one's pretty obvious. I HATEHATEHATE to be such a trendwhore, but it seems that all my animation pals are in love with the incredibles (and with good reason)!

To me, The Incredibles has such a unique sense of personality that I just can't see existing anywhere else. The confusion, the indifference, the underhanded anger on a character's face is so priceless.

If you don't come out of this movie feeling like you were just sucked into a completely different world, then you need a prescription for anti-prick. Like, today.

Also, I have seen this movie about... a lot of times (big whoop, rite?). But i still have to admit that I always get so caught up in the direction and cinematography. Basically, i just nut up. End here pls.
SURF'S UP
I LOVE Surf's Up. I laugh every time. Before I go on rambling, take note that I am a complete sucker for small little gestures that make a big difference. Just like The Incredibles, Surf's Up is absolute dank in depicting emotion and gestures.

Especially in the first ten-some minutes of the movie, (the interview segment) Cody's quiet anger and his awkward quirks/tendencies are the dopest dope.

Most of all though, especially during the first half of the movie, I am in love with the documentary style filming of the movie. Everytime i think about it, i am so taken aback by the idea of an animated character being interviewed for a documentary, as though they live in their own world, breathing their own air --- because you know, in a lot of ways, they really do.

i am barack obama, and i approve this message
MEET THE ROBINSONS
"Keep moving forward." I swear, it's my only reason for watching it. A few other things, of course (but all those points have been covered by the last two movies).

The entire movie is basically an epic build up to the Walt Disney quote at the end. Watching Meet the Robinsons feels like... a very pleasant hug from all your closest friends.

happy birthday, val!

2009-04-04T17:55:00.001-07:00

sigh, it was such a good day.
this is going to be a great year :)

today's postcard!

2009-04-04T00:30:00.000-07:00

I would have posted some pictures from my sketchbook, but :( weird things happen, and now i don't have any nice drawings tomorrow.

IT'S VALERIE'S BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VAL!

i think tomorrow's postcard will be for her :)

eskimo kisses

2009-04-02T21:54:00.000-07:00

not only did a dog bite my best friend in the face,
but i'm finally bringing back the 365 postcards!

1 POSTCARD
EVERYDAY
FOR 365 DAYS

let's do this thing.

the m&m doug

2009-04-02T17:03:00.001-07:00

Especially if you're Sameer, I know you will enjoy knowing that this Doug Funnie head is actually a weird shaped m&m

LOLOLOL

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taken with my camera phone
and totally making my day.

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THE ARREST OF DON BASCO! and misc others lol

2009-03-29T15:17:00.000-07:00

some character designs

2009-03-28T18:29:00.001-07:00

[the dialogue above is cut off. it reads:]

" ~hissssssss~ see, yeah... like, i don't really see that happening. We've got like... 8 people against um, er. 9. --- We'd love to have you on your team but.. we just don't take pussies, ya kno?"

sketchbook! pt. 3

2009-03-28T18:25:00.001-07:00

sketchbook! pt. 2

2009-03-28T18:21:00.000-07:00

sketchbook! pt. 1

2009-03-28T18:18:00.000-07:00

life drawings pt. 2

2009-03-28T18:13:00.000-07:00

life drawings pt. 1

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2009-03-28T16:45:00.001-07:00

LIVE, blogger! LIVE!!!

Hung gar and hungry to animate

2008-09-06T00:17:00.000-07:00

I'm especially excited lately to begin working on a hung-gar/kung-fu animation. I've always super loved kung-fu movies and any sort of martial arts film and art. All the different movements eat me alive, and I don't really know what to do with myself.

When I was younger, it was frustrating because I always wanted to copy the kung-fu I was watching and put it on paper. But all the movements were so hard, that it's real easy for a kid to get discouraged - nawm sayin?

Drawing the actual moves aren't too hard anymore these days as I'm getting older; but animating it is a whole different story. In my mind, I'm always really ambitious about what I'm gunna animate, and how I want it all to look - but alas, my abilities only go so far. So, what was in my mind, and what's on paper are often pretty different in quality.

I'm real excited about this one, because I wanna see if I can make all the fluid movements successfully, and not only this but keep my characters readable.

The last animation I did was one of a guy doing crip walk, which I referenced with a bunch of youtube videos of others doing their c-walk thang. [below]

So we'll see how long this'll take me to finish. To achieve one second of animation typically takes 12 or 24 drawings (I'm going to use the 12 drawings to 1 second ratio). I've pulled some pretty epic drawing speed before, especially when pressured. Sometimes, a 10 second animation will take me months to complete. Other times, it'll only take three days.

SO WISH ME LUCK!

KUNGFUUUU

sailors&things

2008-08-19T21:30:00.000-07:00

This is a piece I'm working on~ It's not done yet, I think It's gonna be a two part project. Maybe even four parts.

I've been really leaning towards ocean and nautical themes lately. Well, you know, I've always been really drawn to the ocean (even though I've been pretty deathly afraid of under ocean for a while), but I've never really done anything major in my art devoted to the sea.

I love sailor colors and all the designs that go into boats, and ships~, and the clothes people wear on the shore. Also, it's all about the light houses, baby.

I'm really excited to get started on more nautical-themed paintings and drawings.

And I'm also doing a lot to get over my fear of underwater. :) I've been looking at a bunch of pictures of octopus (SERIOUSLY, the source of my phobia) and under ocean scenes.