Punch Me!

Modern life is stressful. Why don't you punch away! (either that or meditation. But meditation is boring to a MTV generation like myself) This poor creature is like Jesus. Instead of taking away our sins (come to think of it, it does a bit of that too), it takes away our stress. I feel sorry for it, but it is in human nature to sacrifice a blameless cute things (animals, virgins...etc.).

Ideally, I'd like to program in different random sounds, but I don't know how to do that yet.

Step by step "making of" this doll is on the right hand side Hyein's Arduino link.

I apologize for the Korean soap opera noise at the background. I got addicted to this show called 'Pasta'. There are many things to love about this standard love triangle storyline. I love the actress (she's friends with Doona Bae and she starred in Highschool Horror Story). She brings refreshingly funny and quirky dimension to the female lead character. She is one of the best actresses in Korea, but aside from her craft, there is another thing to love about her. She's not conventionally pretty in Korean standards. Finally, an actress who looks down-to-earth.

Also the show centers around FOOD!!! Dude!!!

Of course the story is ridiculous (but food forgives everything. Yes, indeed). A kitchen help girl (with a dream of being a pasta chef one day) is infatuated with an arrogant douche executive chef. I suspect he'll like her back in the coming episodes. A very rich restaurant owner seems to be in love with the kitchen help girl too. Following Korean soap formula, one can safely predict that she'll go for the asshole executive chef. For once in my life, I'd love to see girls (in Korean soaps) go for the nice, rich, handsome man instead of the asshole. Is this really a popular sentiment? In most 'making of' documentaries of these soaps, the lead actresses always say, "Of course I'd go for the nice, rich, handsome one". Likewise, I find nothing appealing about assholes. It just doesn't make sense to me. But I guess whatever floats your boat. My cousin and I were talking about House MD. Suddenly, she said, "I love House. He's very attractive"

"What?!? He is a complete asshole. I mean, it's funny that he is an asshole, but that's not hot. I'd go for Wilson because he's nice"

"Ew! He's not attractive"

Anyways, Pasta, light-hearted fun. Check it.

Happy Holidays!

I help out my parents' store (it's in a suburban mall) every holiday season. Yes, while most people enjoy this time of the year, I work 13 hours a day in crazy busy retail. However, this year, it has been creepily slow! Even worse than the last year, when the market crashed. Come on, people! Buy things! Capitalism has its faults, but it's how our society is structured at the moment. Bad economy => low consumer confidence => worse economy => lower consumer confidence... etc.

Let's move some money around. I'm not saying this just because I want to buy that cute fuzzy small zip-up hoodie from a shopping site with the money you spent at our store. I swear.

Dating an Older Guy

This was for Shameless Magazine's advice column. The topic was about dating an older guy. An highschool girl is dating a college guy. People judge the couple based on their age gap and tell the girl to leave the guy. The advice basically said to follower her heart.

To be honest, I'd say, "RUN"!!!!!!

From Me to You

I'm having a show with bunch of illustrators. Among them is one of my favourite artist, Scott Campbell!! He works at DoubleFine game company. They made Psychonauts few years ago and the most importantly, Brütal Legend!! Yo. As a fan of metal music, yes, this game is badass. Oh and he also did a cover of "King of Kong" DVD. If you haven't seen that movie, do watch it. Who knew a documentary about Donkey Kong game could have so much drama.

It'll be an awesome show. If you are around town, please do drop by.

And lastly, I apologize to my friends, family and random passerbys for lack of posts in my blog lately. I've been so busy with school. I got 9 page essay out of the way, most presentations are done. Only one big critique on my way. I hope all these school work is going to worth something in the end.

So Cold..

It is very owly cold today. It's a gloomy winter.

Watch Cloudy with Chance of Meatballs! Foods falling from sky! It cheered me up.

Please do keep warm.

Canzine

Come to see me at Canzine!
Comics and prints by me along with cake pins, dresses, lots of things. Featuring my brother's StarTrek comics, "Dip Space Nine". 'Tis funny, I promise.

Info:

Sunday, November 1, 2009
1pm - 7pm
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin)
Toronto

Camilo Music Video is Out!

I had been working with awesome guys at 3:AM Design on a music video for a pop punk band, Said the Whale. I've designed the characters and environment. Hopefully, Said the Whale becomes as big as Billy Talent! Said the Whale is also a Canadian band. :D

I've been aching to post the character and environment designs, but wanted to wait until the music video comes out (out of courtesy). Today, I'm adventuring to the Korea town to pick up some very Korean stuff (ingredients for this -please ignore horrible K-pop, cute character notebooks, tea... etc), so I don't have time to post the compositions I've worked on. I promise I'll soon. Oh and lots of more illustrations to come.

Jellyfish Wrangler

What a late post! This post should've been made a week ago. But because of my Master's I'm very busy. Hopefully, something will coming out of all this madness.

I am having a show with my friends in the theme of "The Side Show". The opening night was Nuit Blanche night, but the show goes on till Sunday. If you are happen to be around Queen and John street, please come take a look.

Here is more info:

2ndHalf Gallery
250 Queen West, Toronto, ON M5V 1Z7

Above work is called 'Jellyfish Wrangler'. It was many weeks of contemplation finally coming together.

I wasn't going to post the following image, but here it is:

I know, I know, it's a big headed girl with big eyes. My teacher at Sheridan, Joe Morse told us, "If you ever paint a big head girl with big eyes, I'll kill you. I will seek out and kill you." He meant the trend (maybe that trend is 3-4 years old now) of Mark Ryden style.

I felt guilty painting it, and that's probably why it didn't turn out as I intended (always find an excuse not to blame my feeble painting skills). I really wanted to paint a girl coming out of a cupcake, and usually, giving into your impulse is a right thing to do. In Jonah Lehrer's "How We Decided" book, our hunch/subconscious/gut feeling is actually a supercomputer. It access all the information without your awareness and gives you a gut feeling.

What am I talking about... So anyways, my 'supercomputer' failed for my Cupcake Girl painting but did okay for the Jellyfish Wrangler.

One last thing about The Side Show... Being in Master's is a strange thing. Other students are all mid-career professionals. Everyone has much more experience than I do. So I always feel intimidated, and it's impossible to fit in. Telling people about the show was a joke (maybe it was arrogant for me to even telling people about it. What can you do. I'm young, therefore stupid).

"I'm having a show with my friends on Queen Street..."

"Which gallery?"

"2ndHalf gallery"

"Never heard of it."

End of conversation.

Either this or nicely shutting me up about the show.

I came to realize that in the real art world, 'which gallery' is very important. I was vaguely aware of the different types of art galleries, but I wasn't aware (naive and dumb, I know) of gallery hierarchy. If your art work is not showing at the top serious galleries, then your art work is not worth seeing. There is a truth to that, but it hurts nonetheless. Would my 'lowly' illustration works ever show in top serious galleries? Probably not.

Sucks.