Liberation of Speed Painting.

I've signed up for Noah Bradley's Art Camp. Its the second week in and I've already been learning a lot and developing a habit of working everyday despite having a 9-5 desk job.

The focus of this week is on painting from imagination. I've always been the type to obsess over small details and render the shit out of elements where I should have been concentrating on the entire composition as a whole.

Here is my first piece from imagination. Not that original but I am happy with it considering I spent about 1 hour on it. It seems like all the mental blocks I had before are now gone. I need to make a lot of work to make great work. Creating a lot of shit work is better than no work.

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known"

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" -Carl Sagan

Sketched this with two Pilot Hi-Tec-C Gell ink pens. I love these pens. I don't know why but I always feel my sketches look better whenever I draw in these. It might be because whenever I sketch in pen, I am forced to be a lot more confidant in my lines so I am a lot more mindful of things.

Anyway, I've always been inspired by the vastness of our universe and how insignificant our problems are in contrast to the big scope of things. Life goes on, and the most you can do is keep on bettering yourself while still retaining childlike wonder about the world. No use in stress and anger because in the end we are just one tiny speck on this "pale blue dot."

Trying New Things

Been working on this sketch the past few days for a weekly(or so we try) writer/artist collaboration that has been going on the last couple of months. 

I wanted to try a different approach and try doing a greyscale underpainting before adding colors so I can really concentrate on values and depth. I am still not sure what to put in the foreground, water? Tall grass? Gravel? In my friends story there is no distinguishable path to the cabin there so I'm going to have to think about it. I know I know, right now it looks like cold blooded murder has occured in this cabin to innocent people aside a huge fucking rock so I will make sure to provide a context story via my talented friend when it is finished. 

On a side note, I just saw Life of Pi with my mother and was blown away speechless. My mother was definitely glowing with pride because of Ang Lee and our Taiwanese blood. Now I am going to go off to watch one of my favorite movies, Brokeback Mountain again and cry. Thats right Heathy-and-Jakey-can't-quit-you in all its glory.

Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all

And one day we will die 

And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea 

But for now we are young

Let us lay in the sun  

And count every beautiful thing we can see 

Love to be 

In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me

Welcome!

Hello, I decided to start this new blog and will be talking about art, video games, movies, and fashion. Oh, and also little snippets of me ranting about my uneventful life :D.

I'm in video game design class slacking off and have a midterm next class!! eek!

I miss my friends. :(