album cover art

a musician friend at work needed an illustrator for his album cover and i offered to do the illustration. he wanted a broken heart that looked like smoke. here's the result:

i drew the heart with a red colored pencil on black construction paper, scanned it into the computer, drew the white smoke and touched it up on photoshop. this is not the final album cover. just the illustration. will he use this? maybe, maybe not. but i had fun with it.

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this is another album cover that i worked on for new london fire's "Happiness Through Radios and Wires" album. it was released on july 27, 2010.

the photograph was provided by new london fire. they wanted it to look like a child drew on it. i printed the picture out on regular A4 paper and used crayons to scribble on it. i did a couple, and they chose this one.

just in case you missed it, click here to see the music video i made for their song "water park."

pigs in a blanket...

...is what i cooked for my sister's friend's bridal shower! that's right, people. i COOKED. or i guess it's more appropriate to say that i BAKED. what what. so i know this isn't animation or illustration, but food is art and i made this piece of delicious art. my sister was so proud of me.

recipe found on the food network website:
"pigs in a blanket with 'curried' ketchup"
recipe courtesy Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh.

here's my baking process:










the "curried" ketchup is reallyyy good. just dipping bread into the sauce is delish.

yum.

doodles of my dog and some other stuff

ink on paper

cookie waiting for her snack

ink on paper

when cookie knows she did something bad

ink on paper

when i was feeling a little blue

ink on paper

we all like to blame others, don't we.

i read a quote at work that stuck with me the whole day, and hopefully, will stick with me forever:

"well done is better than well said." - benjamin franklin

laughing man

found another laughing sfx that i liked and animated. this one's short too. just face and hands.

laughing pirate

i was looking for some sound effects at work and found some laughing sounds. i animated this one for fun in flash. it's real short.

let's play ball

pen on paper (colored in photoshop)

"rrraaaaauugghhh!!!"

bunch of people excited for the world cup this weekend. go reds.

dear love

photoshop

"dear love, i miss you..."

i was rendering a video at work and it was taking too long so i drew this on photoshop while waiting.

what i saw on my bus ride home

the other day, i saw an old man (i think he was a homeless guy) get off the bus and walk towards this big bald guy standing by the bus stop. he then patted the bald guy's head, laughing. the bald guy just stared at him and the homeless guy walked away, still laughing and glancing back at the bald guy. i died.

pen on paper

pen on paper

pen on paper

he's lucky he didn't get beat up by that bald guy.

origami child

pencil on paper

"...and now i shall make a whale..."

films since 2006

1. dwell time (2009)

my nyu senior thesis animated short.
a young lady meets an old lady with an umbrella. the title of this short comes from the subway term "dwell time," which means the amount of time a train spends in the station with its doors open.
i was inspired to make this little film after hearing a true incident that happened to a good friend of mine in hong kong.


2. waiting (2008)

my first stop motion film.
about waiting for someone or something that you've dearly missed and relishing in the moment you see that special someone or something.

3. billo (2008)

based on the story written by grace aechjay jung.
how i would cope with loss--sleep and dream.
this guy won the national board of review of motion pictures student grant award.


4. i want my jelly (2007)

an animated short i made in my sophomore year in college.
about an angry customer and a pissed of waiter. and a pb&j sandwich.
music by james lee.


5. the egg (2006)

my first animated film in nyu.
what is this film about? not quite sure but all i know is that it's a self-portrait.
paper animation + pencil animation + some playing around with lights.