sparkdoodle

project pairs packaging, alpha version

2011-11-23T17:01:00.001-08:00

just a little doll project i've been working on. i'm still testing the packaging out. i'm also open to any suggestions or advice!

the image is the front. i put the "pairs" sticker on the front. i also made it personal by making a little illustration of the doll and making it into a sticker. this particular doll is named stashio and he has interchangeable moustaches!

the unicorn

2011-11-07T00:01:00.000-08:00

garr it's a unicorn. it's also about the size of my thumb.

my masqueroon costume

2011-11-03T00:09:00.000-07:00

yay for halloween! i've been sick the last few days and couldn't make it to my computer. so here i go.
this is a costume i made for a crosstume party. you just mix two costumes together. i was a masquerading racoon. so i made the masquerade mask but tried to make it look more like a racoon. i used a dark gray felt around the nose but realized there wasn't enough contrast. so i changed it in photoshop so you can see the difference. i also made the tail. it's really soft. enough of all this writing, here's the picture.

wendy

2011-10-26T17:24:00.000-07:00

this is a little cowperson i did for a friend. it's about as tall as my thumb. i took this picture on my phone...that's why it's so grainy.

ghostie

2011-10-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

i made a friendly ghost. all the other ghosts kept walking all over the friendly ghost. they didn't like her because she was constantly smiling. so the friendly ghost devised a scary mask that would make her the scariest of all the scary ghosts. and she went on haunting many houses and scaring even ghosts. nobody ever made fun of her ever again.

helping hands

2011-10-20T17:13:00.000-07:00

this is the final version of helping hands. i had this in a show but never posted a picture of it online. so here goes!

helping hands process

2011-10-17T18:56:00.000-07:00

i did a 3 dimensional piece awhile ago called "helping hands"...these are the process pictures. the shoes were the funnest to make and mess around with.

trying to paint on the computer again

2011-10-14T14:50:00.000-07:00

this is a cropped painting i did for a special someone. it took me an episode and a half of breaking bad to finish this painting.

wild. fuckin. beasts.

2011-10-14T14:45:00.001-07:00

went to see wild beasts at the echoplex last night <3

the hunter

2011-10-11T01:16:00.000-07:00

this is the hunter who hunts bird and bunny meat.

meat!

2011-10-07T14:13:00.000-07:00

5 little sculptures of bunny meat and bird meat.

mister serronade

2011-10-06T19:13:00.000-07:00

the last of the three misters. available at wwa gallery.

2011-10-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

i saw beirut live at the greek last night and fell in love with his smooth, velvety voice all over again. here's a little clip of last night's magic.

since i do not have a fancy camera/video recorder, i could not do any filming myself. so i found this on youtube. thanks youtube. also, i'm at my work computer (which has a broken stereo) so i don't even know what song he is singing, but i bet it's a good one. enjoy the next 2 minutes and 29 seconds of pure bliss.

eek

2011-10-03T19:33:00.000-07:00

this is one of my earlier dolls i tried to make when i really really didn't know how to sew. it's a bit deformed, but i still like it.

song birds

2011-10-01T09:34:00.000-07:00

this is an oil painting. it's about a relationship between the two song birds.

diane

2011-09-30T14:11:00.000-07:00

this is a present i made for my friend diane. it can fit your iphone, itouch, i guess anything else iphone-size.

mister libre

2011-09-29T16:02:00.000-07:00

i remember the name of this one. mister libre is one of the three "misters" i made for wwa gallery.

miniature

2011-09-29T15:36:00.000-07:00

it was a special someone's birthday yesterday so i didn't get a chance to post anything. so i'll post two today.

this is a little sculpture i did but i currently forgot what i named it. is that bad? i do know it's one of three "misters" i made for wwa gallery and it's currently available. you can contact them here.

reorganizing the blog (start)

2011-09-27T21:29:00.000-07:00

i'm going to reorganize my blog, and then reorganize my life. i just thought that having a post with different types of images was just too clunky. so here it goes.

this is an earlier digital painting i tried to do. this is an illustration for 2010's year of the tiger. i read somewhere that tigers are known as protectors in the chinese zodiac.

bodynature

2011-09-27T21:22:00.000-07:00

this is another design venture.

super cali

2011-09-27T21:20:00.001-07:00

i tried to be a graphic designer and this came out.

button cards

2011-09-27T21:19:00.000-07:00

these are cards i made out of paper, buttons, and felt.

zodiac sketchbooks

2011-09-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

i made some sketchbooks as thank you gifts for a few special people. the animals on the sketchbooks are zodiac creatures (2 american, 1 chinese).

cancer

tiger

capricorn

reorganizing the blog (end)

2011-09-27T21:11:00.000-07:00

this is the end of my blog organization for now.

this is a doll i made awhile ago.

trying out the computer

2011-09-27T20:56:00.000-07:00

just trying out the digital aspect of art.

neen

2011-09-26T17:37:00.000-07:00

this is neen. he is one half of a pair in my new project pairs collection (website/blog in process).

starting things...again

2011-09-25T15:37:00.000-07:00

i'm going to start blogging again. first up, little baggies i made.
"Grrrr? Grrr!" bag. this is made out of felt and thread, lined with off white linen, and it zips!

"Leaflet." this bag is made out of felt, thread, lined with off white linen, and sequins.

to soojin

2010-07-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

this is a painting i did for my cousin. it's a painting of her and her friend, kris. i gave this to her for her birthday along with other little trinkets i made.

long live unicorns

2010-07-27T15:24:00.000-07:00

this is the unicorn piece i did for wwa's i believe in unicorns show. this is a portrait of a warrior trying to save the unicorn race.

taken by industrial squid

small file

large file

painting inspired by this photograph of my young grandpa and his brothers

birdies!

2010-07-27T15:16:00.001-07:00

it's been awhile, so i decided to post something. here's a 3D piece i did. it's mix media (mostly sculpey) in a shadow box frame. i did this for j+k gallery's wanderlust show.

this is the final piece (small version)

this is a larger file, if you want to see the little details

these are pictures of the individual pieces

one process picture.

patterns/colors inspired by this picture of my grandma

Waaanderlust

2010-05-18T13:47:00.001-07:00

this is the first show i'm coordinating from start to finish with 2 other lovely owner and designer of the gallery/creative world art school! i'm also a participating artist. it's going to be really fun. so come check it out, and then check out the la luz group show that jaw cooper and jessica dalva are in.

more info here

A Night for the Unicorns!

2010-05-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

Come check out this show i'm going to be in.

hello, my name is...

2010-05-06T17:15:00.000-07:00

for any of you who live in downey, i'm sorry. but check out this show i'm in. it'll be better than walking over to your local krikorian and/or the downey landing.

cowboy!

2010-05-04T18:40:00.001-07:00

i also love cowboys. cowboys are the pirates of the land and pirates are the cowboys of the sea. this is my first commissioned piece and it was the first piece the client commissioned. we basically popped that cherry together.

plush toy. i made the hat out of felt and added pimp feathers. facial expression and star is embroidered. made the guns, star on vest, and belt buckle out of sculpey. made the holsters and belt out of leather.

gun in holster detail

pirates!

2010-05-04T17:31:00.000-07:00

i love pirates. that's all there is to it.

"love is a good friend" acrylic on board
i did this for a charity event and half the proceed went to some third world country.

"backyard adventures" acrylic on board
i did this awhiles back, like last year, for the "voyage" group show cecil hosted at his delicious restaurant, Lilya. i traded it for a new website (hopefully coming soon).

finally

2010-03-05T17:53:00.000-08:00

this posting one thing every week isn't gonna happen. i guess i'm just not up for it. but i'm finally posting a few things i've been working on. i still haven't taken pictures of more recent work. but here it is.

dolls i made for my cousin and brother

i made a cowboy and indian doll set for my cousin's two young sons

**i recently edited this post. i had a few other images in this post but it all went to september 2011.

birdie

2009-08-14T06:57:00.001-07:00

yay. i think i'm almost done...just need some final touches. but i'm off to vegas so i'll deal with it when i come back.

and then it became an obsession...

2009-08-08T16:09:00.000-07:00

for some reason i've been drawing, painting, making things about a parent bird and their kids.
here's some more...

this is STILL IN PROCESS..it needs lots of work but i'm already getting bored of it. oh boy.

i wanted to make a 3d version of the bird i painted awhile ago...here's the head.

next is the body with feathers!

me being a novice seamstress is an understatement. i suck at sewing but i keep wanted to alter all these clothes i have in my closet. so i decided to draw out how i want my clothes to be altered, show it to my uncle and let him work his magic on my clothes. i thought showing the before and after might be fun. here's the first drawing. wish him luck!

ok.

2009-08-01T15:39:00.000-07:00

i'm finally putting stuff up. more will come.
i'm going to post at least once a week so check it out.

i've been doing more collage and mixed media stuff
like the two below.

i wanted to see it without the background.

i did another mama bird with her chick but this one's done digitally.
actually, i just made it a papa bird.

i did this one to cheer up a friend!
i'm not that good painting digitally so i thought i'd practice more.
hope you enjoy!
guess who? a hug for anyone who guesses right.

before and after. i like the after.

something i'm hoping to get paid for. did this in photoshop

some senior work

2009-05-15T21:18:00.000-07:00

part of senior show.

series title: the superego and the id

medium: acrylic on wood panel

control freak

perfectionist

lady dragonfly

title: happy campers

medium: watercolor on arches 300lb.

what skinny, old people do when they're not baby-sitting their grandkids.

treasures! lost and found pieces

2009-05-15T20:53:00.001-07:00

these are pages from my elementary school sketch book that i found over winter break!

tree twins

this is "my perfect summer" having a pool sponsored by Coke A Cola with blonde asian kids

i was pretending to be an aspiring fashion designer by drawing what my elementary school crush wore that day.

still life, pencil

i really wished i had a straw like this....so i drew it to life

i remember drawing this at the park on rives street

whoa crazy line work

i was organizing/cleaning out my hard drive and found this!

about a year ago i repackaged a tea canister for JT Steiny....

JT's face ended up being the face of the newly packaged tea.

exercises

2009-01-28T06:56:00.000-08:00

i did some photo referencing (and some not) exercises with watercolor...i'm just posting the ones that are more successful.

This one's one of the first drawings for a painting that i'm doing.

happy new year!

2009-01-03T13:07:00.000-08:00

wow...it's been almost two months since my last post. well, this is some of the stuff that i did during the time. hopefully i'll post new things sooner.

this is "mercury" the modern reincarnate woman version of hermes. you can make her move! it's an interactive piece.

this is kat. it's the first page to a very short story about a girl and her cat that dies and comes back to life 9 times.

sketches

i actually did this some time last year. thought i'd just put it up cuz i made it the same way as the mercury piece. (paper and board cut outs with acrylic and watercolors and inks)

john singer sargent

2008-11-12T10:45:00.001-08:00

this is my master copy painting. i copied john singer sargent's "egyptian girl" (1891) to learn cool shit. i think the girl in there is supposedly 16 fyi. the tangible version of the master copy has more subtleties, the scan was just mediocre/good, not great.

mercury

2008-11-12T01:32:00.001-08:00

i'm doing a series of paintings that reincarnates greek gods and goddesses into present day women. here's a paper cut out of mercury (hermes) done with watercolors. background is in process.

face detail

shoe detail

more sketches

2008-11-12T01:19:00.000-08:00

sketches of girls

2008-10-27T21:24:00.000-07:00

did a little sketch with oils and color pencil on watercolor paper

this is a watercolor sketch from my sketchbook
this is a character sketch in acrylic