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These are great days

Hope you're all enjoying spring so far, its been really nice here in Toronto lately.

I've been extremely busy the last month but finally here is a sneak peak of the beginning stages of something I am currently working on for a show on May 18 at Gallery 1988 Los Angeles

Little teaser Gallery 1988 posted up on their blog recently..

Also been finishing up on a book project that I've been working on with my friend Kei Acedera that will soon announce.

more info to come soon...

Oils Portrait Painting Study

About 2 years ago, I found this nice piece of wooden board while I was on my trip to Japan. Something I like to do is to always keep an eye out on new objects to paint on...guitars, skateboards, vinyls, antique old book covers, etc.

This past Friday I found some time to finally paint with oil paint again. A painting study of a portrait for fun, wanted to focus on tones.

I was uploading images on Twitter during the night of #FridayNightArtDorks (a group for artists to share art on friday nights) Here are the images throughout the night, documenting my process so far. Next step would be to start the color stage.

Official Alice in Wonderland Gallery Show at Arludik Gallery

Hey everyone, a bit more than a year ago, Jason Seiler, Thierry 'T-Bear' LaFontaine and I had the pleasure to assist lead designers Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera on some concept art for Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton. Now the film is finally coming out!! To see some of the production art already released, you can visit here.

My friends here at Imaginism Studios - Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera will be having their first big show in Paris, France at Arludik Gallery this coming Thursday, March 4th 2010. It will be an awesome show, through the past few months i've had the pleasure to see them work on these images for the show and they look AMAZING. If you are in the area please go out to see this show!! In this show there will be over 30 pieces of original art for sale and another 20 pieces or so of production art on display. Another awesome lead designer Michael Kutsche will also have some of his production art on display in the gallery!

Arts in China: State of the Arts

Here is an interesting video for aspiring artists interested in the Fine Arts industry. Its also a great inspiration to any artist about believing in what you do. This is a documentary video about the struggles of a group of artists in china where an art market didn't exist when they started to create art. Through their struggles, they eventually become successful fine artists, selling paintings for extremely high prices in the international fine art scene. They did what they love even in a society with a lack of appreciation for arts and education at a time.

Old Man Sketch

Sketch of the day

More observation sketches

Some more... from observation

New drawings

New drawings from the subway.

More to come soon. Working on a few new pieces.

Untitled. approx. 5"x7" Acrylic, inks on moleskine



Untitled. approx. 5"x7" Pencil on moleskine

On to the 10

Today is a day to think about what has happened this year and what we've learned and experienced from 2009.

2009 was an awesome year full of great people, memories, and laughters. Lots of travelling happened this year and it looks like that'll be coming back in 2010. I've learned a lot this year.

One of the most memorable moments must have been the passing of my grandmother. I've known her for so many years and it was tough for me and everyone else to see her leave us. This really made me re-evaluate life in general. You just never know, when things in life might change, for better or worse. Appreciate these moments that you live for, and love them even more. Call those friends you haven't talked to for weeks, months, years. Keep in touch.

2010 is looking to be an exciting one. It will take a lot of hard work and energy to continue the road to my dreams and the ultimate goal - complete happiness.

Thank you everyone for all the support and sharing a bit of you. I'm looking forward to many more great moments in 2010. Thanks for reading and commenting here on the blog. I'm excited to share new work in 2010 as well as seeing new ones from you.

Take care everyone and have a Happy New Year!

PS. JUMP more on New Years Eve! :)

Happy New Year! from Happy Garaje on Vimeo.

LXD "Choices" and "Moments" Trailer

This is nice. Check it.

LXD "Choices" Teaser from Jon M. Chu on Vimeo.

LXD "Moments" Trailer from Jon M. Chu on Vimeo.

A night of colors

Not too long ago, I had the pleasure to jam with two creative talents, Tessar Lo and Erika Danusasmita to experiment with a bunch of media. A night dedicated to good music, drinks and paint.

Its nice to draw and paint to bring out the inner child for a night. Enjoying the process and not worrying about the results.

Here are some photos. Courtesy of Mr. Lo

Lunch Bunch Print Auction

One of my last few Limited Edition Giclee (of 10) print 'Beenoculars' will be part of the 'Lunch Bunch' Print auction starting tomorrow organized by Ana Bagayan.



100% of all proceeds will go towards Lunch Bunch meals!



What Lunch Bunch is about >> Feeding L.A.'s Homeless
Lunch Bunch consists of two friends that get together once a week to create home-made meal packages to pass out to the homeless of Los Angeles

Artist's prints/artwork in this auction will include Amy Sol, Gary Baseman, Chet Zar, Tim Biskup, Glenn Barr, Amanda Visell, Jeremiah Ketner, Jeremy Berkley, Shannon Bonatakis, Liz McGrath & Morgan Slade, Fang Ling Lee, Peter Chan, Dominique Fung, Natalie Shau, John Zaso, N.C. Winters, Jeannie Lynn Paske, Christopher Umana, and more!

Thanks for putting this all together Ana!

Sketches from the Subway

Almost every sunday, I will go draw on the subway with a group of artists.

Depending on how I feel, I use different paper or mediums. Sometimes i might feel like drawing finished drawings, and sometimes I just want to draw loose and experiment with new ways to draw.

Here are some drawings from this past Sunday to loosen up, the beautiful thing about drawing with ink pens is you have to live with your mistakes. Accept them or start a new drawing.

For those in Toronto, come out to draw this coming Sunday, we meet at Union Station at 3:30pm.

I would pick more daisies

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Things like this are truly inspiring.

Make more mistakes,
take more chances.

Thanks to my friend Sherwin for sharing this.

Moments of Life

a beautiful shortfilm directed by william hoffman about appreciating the small, simple things life has to offer.

"its that thing thats beyond the senses.."

Half Minute Horrors Halloween Cabaret!

Half Minute Horrors Halloween Cabaret was fun!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the gladstone on halloween for the event, it was a lot of fun and was great to see so many young children interested in reading. Here are pictures!

Hello Kitty books and videos

Here are some pages from the Hello Kitty Artbook as well as the toys and grab bags they gave to every artist in the show!






Also, recently Ken Tanaka uploaded a new video on youtube about the birthday event at Royal T!

A Halloween Day Family Cabaret

Hey everyone,

Just a friendly reminder that Bobby and I will be doing a book signing for Half-Minute Horrors at The Gladstone Hotel on Halloween tomorrow from 2pm-4pm

You can also meet many of the great writers who contributed their horror stories for this book. Come drop by if you're in the area, happy halloween!!

Serenity

Here is the piece I contributed for the Hello Kitty 35th anniversary show 'three apples' at royal/t art space in Los Angeles.



Serenity, Acrylic and Oil on Paper. 18" x 24"

Each hand represents a certain hello kitty on the side..can you guess them all? Answer at the bottom...

Thank you again Jamie, for having me in this show. It was great meeting all the artists at the VIP opening as well. Wicked event! Will be posting photos and images of the event soon as well!

Royal/T Café/Shop/Art Space
Los Angeles, CA
October 23 – November 15, 2009



Heres an image of it framed at the show via AM


VIP Night Coverage Video:


answer: from top middle clockwise (angel/normal, zombie, princess, tattoo/piercings, vampire/bat, emo, harajuku)

Off to LA!

Going to be heading off to Los Angeles today for the Hello Kitty Three Apples Art Show. An exhibition celebrating 35 years of Hello Kitty.

The show will be opened to public on October 23rd and will be at Royal T in Culver City, Los Angeles.

Royal/T Cafe
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232

Here are some press information for those interested:
Juxtapoz
CoolHunting
Vinyl Pulse
Collect 3D
SLAMXHype

Part of the proceeds from art sales will also benefit event charitable partner, LA WORKS. So if you're in the area, come and check it out!

I'll be updating this blog with pictures from the show when i return. :)