A Year of Flowers

Don't know why I haven't updated in so long. It's not like I haven't been working on anything this past few weeks. I just finished the month of May last night and already moving onto June. I've got plenty more done, so expect more updates within the next few days.

Getting ready for GDC!

I'll be going to GDC 2013 this year.  Apparently this is a huge event, so thankfully I'll be going with a friend who's been there before.  I'm super stoked to meet other artists and game developers from all over the country.
In other news: Ever since the San Fran Chinese New Year Parade, I've been drawing exclusively things related to China. There'll be more to follow. :)

A Year of Love

Only the second month, and 2013 is already turning out to be an improvement over last year.  Here's my piece for February. A shy little girl working up the courage to confess her adoration. Let's all make this an awesome year!

Raincoat Girl Modelsheet

Modelsheet of a character from my children's storybook concept. I decided to pick up my markers after watching them collect dust for a few years.

Pixie

This is an old illustration but one that I'm quite fond of. She's supposed to be some sort of a wood sprite. My first "nudie" too-although everything has been carefully censored. :) I've started on a couple of Christmas card designs that I plan to give out to friends and family. I'll be posting those for anyone to download and give to their loved ones.
~Ciao!

The 90's.

I am definitely a child of the 90s. Sometimes I miss it, but there are some things about it that I'm glad are gone like cartoon spin offs of every successful movie, and talk shows. I have an entire series of girls dressed in historical costume from each decade of the 20th century. This is the final piece, the 1990s. Eventually I may go back and spruce up the others (which are pretty old now) and post them here.

From Nippon

I live in Waikiki--yes THAT Waikiki, where at least half of our visitors are Japanese. Half of them are ladies, and about a quarter of them wear sun hats. The urge to draw one came to me, and here is the result. Not my best piece, but I experimented a bit with textures and like what I came up with.

walking with myself

Sorry for the late update. For the past two weeks, I've been really busy helping my parents move out of their house and substitute teaching. I've pretty much finished this girl, but there is supposed to be a friend with her. I'll try to add him soon. After this piece, I'll be working in Photoshop again for the first time in awhile.

Tangy Specks

On my old blog, I uploaded a series of anime characters with interesting hair of different colors. Here's orange, the latest of the series. I'll reupload pink since it's my favorite, but the others need a little tweaking first. Unlike the others, this one was done in Flash. I just learned that for fancier shapes, it's better to work in Flash than Illustrator.

I really like the freckles. I added them at the last minute.

Teeny Girl

This is a cute little character that appeared on my sketchbook one day. I'm really digging her pigtails. I hope to color her soon, and maybe create some friends for her to play with. As a matter of fact, I may have to put her in a story.

Just use gel.

I have crazy big hair. It never does what I want it to do, and it always gets in my boyfriend's face. One day, he said, "Your hair attacks me every night." I thought that was a good idea for a character. So I created this girl who literally has hair with a mind of its own. If you look carefully, you'll see it's forming the shape of a sinister hand. :) I drew in a style I normally don't use. It's almost Tim Burton-ish. Almost.
I hope to do more with her. I want to create more characters from her world, but first I think I'd better name her.