because it has been so long...

since it's been quite some time since i've last made an update, i'll just give you guys a sneak peek of what i've been kind of working with. it's not perfect, and it still needs a professionals review, but it is what it is. what is it exactly? i'll tell you later.

rockets and scientists!

lies.

just thought id post some random pics i had on my phone. and by some, i mean two.


this is a cropped picture of a painting i painted that is part of a long story. regardless of the details (which i'll probably get to at some other point), pacman fish.


and "coffee & coffee: sandwich". just when you thought you'd finally found a place that was solely dedicated to coffee (and coffee), BAM! a sandwich. like the most delicious "FUCK YOU" ever. too bad the place is now closed... sadness.

you tell me do things...

been doing some more drawings for another flash game. about detectives and stuff. i didnt draw the dogs though. well... i traced the dogs off someone else's design.


the game itself isnt done yet. hell i dont even know if they're going to use these drawings. the few-cha! SO UNPREDICTABLE! oh and i got a fortune cookie today. it reads: depend on the predictability and steadiness of life to support you. i have never heard a more roundabout way of saying "be lazy forever, it's good for you".

oh yeah. the drawing only reads boobies because im a child. a child of wonders.

captain mcdonalds?

was at mcdonalds one day collectin' me stamps (arrgh?). you know, for the one MILLION DOLLARS prize. the last thing i expected in a mcdonalds in the middle of koreatown was a captain of the seas. and of course the last thing i would expect is always the first thing to happen. that's right. there was a captain at mcdonalds.

i tried to take some pics of the guy, but it was hard to do it without him seeing me. plus my phone just sucks at taking pictures. stupid phone.


this is him at the parking lot to mcdonalds. with his pipe (HELL YES).


and this is a terrible picture of him in mcdonalds. i was trying to not look like i was taking a picture of some dude in the middle of a busy mcdonalds (people in koreatown gotta have their big macs).

other than that... im just kinda wasting time. and i still havent won anything from mcdonalds. which is now the last thing i expect to happen. which means it might happen. except now that i think it might happen, it's not the last thing i'd expect anymore. lame.

children stuff and environmental things.

hello. i am only a few months away from a BIG paintings show in march, even fewer months away from creating a concept art portfolio to submit to concept art schools for a possible concept art future (whole other story), and lately ive been kinda busy not doing both of those things. what have i been doing? well... this.

it's a weird little flash game for kids and shit! well... mostly kids, not so much the shits. the game is supposed to teach the childs (and i guess myself) about how nature is often a great source of inspiration for a lot of man made doodads. if i hadnt been working on the game myself, i would have failed this game miserably. check it out. it has weird little flash animated doohickeys and whatnots.

and if you really feel like learning things children are learning, you can go to the main page at the kid's science challenge website. ive got one or two other illustrations in there, although i am not going to find them for you. i suck at finding things. ask my keys. if you can find them.

also, not really related, but i tried out making texture brushes and the such on photoshop for the first time by cleaning up my sketch of my space exploration painting. it was... interesting. im not very good at making texture brushes. yet. but just so you all have something semi new to look at, i suppose. im going to have to get started on some acrylic work soon, but i might also have some random concept things here and there. we'll see. future and etc.

JESUS! and some.

ok i dont usually use this blog to post cool things i find on the internet (that be a little ridiculous anyway), but this is simply AMAZING.


apparently this was posted about a month ago, but i only just saw it today. whatevs. im sure if youve seen it before, you wouldnt mind seeing it another 20 times.

also, this frame was going to be in the latest monster candy, but i removed it. because i can. and now it is here, for all to see.


and um... i guess one more thing wouldnt hurt. i mean it's so pretty! i dont really know the story being told, but it's still very fun to watch. it's about 8 minutes long.

one at a time i suppose.

"moon" 10x14 inches

anyone go to the hive show last saturday? unfortunately, i did not. and i was looking forward to it too. it turned out i was too busy being hooked up on energy drinks and trying desperately to finish another painting for the day after. the good news is, the other painting was completed on time. the bad news is, i forgot to take a picture or scan it. gave myself a good ol' pat on the back for that one. simply outstanding.

anyway, i guess i should at least mention what the other painting is for. good friend and mentor cecil kim had invited me to do a painting for the first art show at his restaurant/gallery. got to see the place for the first time when i dropped off my work on sunday. chill little chinese food place (fusion, maybe?), now featuring artwork from otis alums and faculty, myself included. the show opens on the 17th of october (i believe. im honestly not very sure how it's all going to work). if you cant make it then, do consider checking out cecil's restaurant anyway. the food smelt good (didnt get to try any) and they have fortune cookies. i enjoy fortune cookies. i shall leave you all with the restaurant's address and the digital sketch for the painting i did for the show. who knows, i might just get the painting back. maybe i should overprice it... hmm...

"more lines and a space ship" 8x10 inches

[actual painting colors not quite like the image]

Liliya China Bistro
102 West 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA
90012