circledot

still circles

2012-01-21T23:55:00.000-08:00

Still doing the circle dots.
Here are some snaps of a painting I just completed!

I'm a little behind on playtag.
Gotta catch up!

issue 2

2012-01-09T13:31:00.000-08:00

On the last day of 2011 Twofold Magazine released issue 2, which I participated in. I have yet to see the hard copy, but it looks promising!

Besides that... 2011,

...and happy 2012!!

MyWallpaper

2011-12-21T14:33:00.000-08:00

I am a bit late, but this week I have a wallpaper up at Arte Creative. You can download it for free here!

The Survival Issue

2011-11-27T21:28:00.000-08:00

I'm a tad late, but here are a couple illos I did for the current issue of Hyphen Magazine. The first article, I Quit, is from Hyphen's Popped! section. In the Face of Bullying is one of the featured stories.

playtag

2011-11-06T19:09:00.000-08:00

I've just begun a little ongoing project called playtag.
Linocuts on tags!

circles

2011-11-05T21:41:00.000-07:00

Recently I've been doing all of these circles. Two ink circle drawings and a big painting.
I recorded the process and also learned how to make .gifs, so...

A few more things are being worked on. Hopefully they'll be finished soon!

more circles..

2011-09-25T21:31:00.000-07:00

Preview of something new!

Also, a few days ago Illustration Rally put up a nice feature of some of my work. You can read it here! Thanks Natsuki!

Served

2011-09-14T15:43:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to post a quick little shout to Typography Served for putting up some of my work here. Thanks!

Lettering!

2011-08-22T16:26:00.000-07:00

So finally after about a year I'm able to show the type work I have been doing for TheOrganicType.com. I did most (but not all) of the typefaces for Sketchtype Vol. 3 and a few for Letterpress Vol. 1. Both will be releasing in a month or so!

You can see all of the type on my website as well as some other new work!

From The Dark Hills

2011-08-12T14:06:00.000-07:00

Real quick same-day illustration for Amelia's Magazine!
I've still been super busy, but someday I'll be able to update everything..

printing...

2011-07-19T21:09:00.001-07:00

This is the result of having a short amount of time (and some actual space) to screenprint. Tote bags and pouches. They're really simple, but it was a good way for me to figure out the best way to work in the space I have.

It's been so busy. I feel all over the place!

busy..

2011-07-14T00:25:00.000-07:00

Things have been crazy. Here is a sneak peak at what I've been up to. I'll be doing a full update soon!

atomica interview

2011-06-18T01:03:00.000-07:00

Still in progress.

Recently I did a short interview for Issue 4 of Atomica Magazine (pg 83) and some sketches for their beatbox section. Check it out!

reds & interview

2011-06-04T12:17:00.001-07:00

Recent reds.

Today TheArtfuls.com put up an interview with me. You can read it here. Also, there is a wallpaper I made that you can download here. Check out the rest of the site too!

midori

2011-05-22T19:06:00.001-07:00

It's been a while, but I'm still here.

Also, a few pieces featured in Carpaccio Magazine #26.
I also have an editorial illustration in Hyphen Magazine's most recent issue (The Bittersweet Issue).

coffee bloom/carpaccio

2011-03-20T00:18:00.000-07:00

I'm still here.
Something new.

Painted with instant coffee!

Also, I have a couple of pieces in the latest issue of Carpaccio Magazine. You can see it here!

mummy girl

2011-02-19T01:03:00.000-08:00

recent print.

The Goonies

2011-01-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

Full illustration for current issue of Hyphen Magazine.

the throwback issue

2010-12-27T23:21:00.001-08:00

Here is a preview of an illustration (illustrations?) I did for The Throwback Issue of Hyphen magazine. The online preview can be seen here. The full story and a full page illustration (not the same as above) are only in the hard copy.

I know there's a huge lack of new work on here (and my website); I'm currently working on a project and it should be done early-ish next year!

peace!

2010-12-12T21:52:00.001-08:00

trees and robbers

2010-12-04T12:09:00.000-08:00

Having fun!

ocean.eyes

2010-11-12T13:49:00.001-08:00

It's been busy, but I'm still here.
Here are a few random things from the past few weeks.

Sketchbook and an eyeball collage from halloween. I've been thinking about doing more collages. I need to find more magazines to cut up..

pikaland

2010-09-24T09:40:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to do a quick mention/thanks to Pikaland for posting some of my work the other day! (Check out the site, it's great!)

scarf 1

2010-09-20T20:30:00.000-07:00

Close up of something recent. I've been really into (drawing/painting) scarves recently.

Also, I recently updated my website. There is a design section now!

CIRCUS interview

2010-09-07T13:16:00.000-07:00

Recently CIRCUS bookazine interviewed me via e-mail. Full thing can be read here.
Hooray for the circus!

little match girl

2010-09-02T00:02:00.001-07:00

Just finished. I didn't think too hard about this one and it felt nice to just do.

floating

2010-09-01T15:25:00.000-07:00

sky

This is the first piece of a series in my head. Lately I've been starting a lot of things, but I haven't finished them yet..

goodbadapple

2010-08-15T14:18:00.000-07:00

I recently made a tumblr for smaller/random things (like above). I also made one for collecting images I like in general here.

in progress

2010-08-13T20:59:00.000-07:00

One of the things I'm working on recently. Again, sorry for the phone photos. Now that I have my camera my memory card reader decides to act up..

small things

2010-08-05T19:37:00.001-07:00

The triangles are from maybe a month or so ago. The girl is from today.
I was getting tired of drawing so tightly. Sometimes it's hard for me to do things loosely, like people without too much planning/sketching beforehand.
I'm trying to update this more frequently! It seems I've been really lazy about it..

new girls

2010-08-03T13:28:00.000-07:00

Some girls from a week or so ago. Recently I've been playing with using pen and pencil as well as texture.

I can't seem to shake drawing heads since doing the head dresses..

new flowers

2010-07-19T00:22:00.000-07:00

Recently I was able to screenprint a few things for Florin Buddhist Temple's Obon Festival/mini-bazaar. This is how it came out:

original drawings

tote bags

cards

I ran out of most of the bags (there are still brown ones and one black one left), but I had a lot of cards, so some of those are still left waiting to be written on!
Besides that.. recently I feel all flower-ed out. On to the next?

obon time!

2010-07-07T17:34:00.000-07:00

2 poster/flyer designs for Cortez's annual Obon festival. It has been printed in black on color paper, so this was a test to try out some colors.
A few other things are in the works, but not close to done yet.

I did, however, get a new sketchbook! (Hopefully in the future I will also get a real camera or somehow find my very old one..)

And a thank you to Kim Zingale for dropping me an email and putting my site on their feature page at Poccuo yesterday!

prints & book

2010-06-24T23:54:00.000-07:00

Here are is a photo of the prints available here. I ordered one of each to see how they came out. I'm quite pleased with them!

And the books that I mentioned before got here today! In the picture is each side of the book. Both sides are the 'front'. It is read in both directions if you flip it over.
I apologize for the phone photos. I'm currently out of a digital camera.

owlish

2010-06-22T12:25:00.000-07:00

Recent watercolor. It feels good to use color again.. I was going through an all-ink phase for a while.

prints

2010-06-12T14:14:00.000-07:00

A quick update, these two prints are now available for purchase here!

microscope: test #1 & #2

2010-06-11T16:42:00.000-07:00

test #1 on vellum

test #2

I can't seem to get away from circles.
Lately I've been looking at microscopic images. I especially like cross sections of plants. I really enjoyed working on vellum. Unfortunately it doesn't translate well scanned.

suits

2010-06-09T02:04:00.000-07:00

Random drawing maybe a week ago. I'm not one to use a whole lot of color, and I don't use photoshop much except for touch ups, but I thought I'd try it out on this.

End result. Sloppy, I know. I didn't go in with the intention of adding any color. Maybe I'll give it another try in the future?

also, thanks to Jason Dean who dropped me an email letting me know he featured me on his site, The Best Part!

'head dress'

2010-06-04T18:01:00.001-07:00

I didn't realize how much I missed drawing text until I started doing it again. I'll be putting together a head dress book, so hopefully the finished product will be complete soon.

Also, slightly unrelated, but I found this and was wondering, does anyone know any Russian?

...start!

2010-05-20T22:35:00.001-07:00

selections from Head Dress series

The website has been updated with new work! Hopefully I will constantly be keeping this blog updated with what I'm working on.
Go!