talk is cheap

Watercolour

2007-12-10T05:12:00.001-08:00

I did this watercolour of a sunset I took.. not exactly the best photo, but I seem to have mostly portraiture on this comp. The watercolours themselves were interesting to play with... it's hard to tell how it's going to dry at times and you can't really fix things passed a certain point.

Holiday Cards

2007-12-09T06:41:00.000-08:00

This year I'm making some tiny canvas "cards" since I am dirt poor. I found these tiny square pieces of wood that my landlord had lying around that he let me use, so I thought it would be neat to add some dimension to the piece - kinda like an abstract gift box... woo.

Skatedeck Design

2007-12-08T22:02:00.001-08:00

Queen of Hearts.

Process: Toy Sculpty

2007-12-08T21:46:00.000-08:00

Ice Cream Baby in the works.

Tattoo

2007-12-08T21:22:00.001-08:00

I decided to do a rendition of a lotus flower and pasted it on a photo I took of Gillian.

Trace Project

2007-12-08T21:11:00.001-08:00

Sketch

2007-12-08T20:50:00.001-08:00

Playing with Watercolours

2007-12-08T20:34:00.001-08:00

Hmm... must've been in a flirty mood haha. Love the cheesy.

Sketches

2007-12-08T20:24:00.000-08:00

Hmm just trying to get away from the typical "anime" style... blah. And was also inspired by some avant garde.

Got String?

2007-09-30T22:15:00.000-07:00

Today I attempted to observe all the different times I saw string. I was honestly expecting to find more than what I did, but I guess I was just at the wrong place. Most of what I found was at a Buddhist temple where my grandma resides as a monk. I found string was used for holding her keys together as well as a handle for a gift bag. It was also used for more obvious reasons such as to hold together some rice wrapped in banana leaves. Lastly, I noticed that it was also used as thread for both towels and beads.

Food For Thought

2007-09-30T04:51:00.000-07:00

I tried something new yesterday - I made a vegetarian pizza from a magazine recipe I happened to stumble upon months ago. Making the pizza was an interesting experience. I had just moved to my basement apartment about a month ago and had never used the oven until yesterday [yeah, that is kinda lame] but you gotta start somewhere.

Anyway, I was following the instructions and began to preheat the oven. Funny thing is, it took me awhile to figure out how to even do that since it was an updated model from what I'm used to. It actually says hello and goodbye. Once I figured that out, I began chopping up the toppings and started to get into the rhythm of cooking. I was on a roll baby! I popped the pizza in the oven once it was ready to go, turned on the oven fan, and began to clean up the mess. Ten minutes later, the smoke detector goes off. Oh boy. I went to go check to see if anything was burning - nope. Meanwhile, the detector is still beeping so I go to fan it off with a magazine. After a few seconds it finally shut off. However, I had this happen 3 more times, so I actually had to remove the fire detector from the room. At least I know the damn thing works. Anyway, my pizza turned out fabulously and I was quite pleased with myself. Yay.

It's funny how accustomed you get to a certain mode of living. It becomes so comfortable that you don't realize that everything is automatic. Normally, I don't take the time to cook a real meal because I'm so mentally fixated on doing other things and rely on my old habits, but looking back in retrospect, it was a nice break from my daily schedule. In a way, what was so invigorating about my experience was the different emotions and feelings I encountered - from enjoying my time cooking to the adrenaline rush and the frustration I felt with the smoke detectoring beeping.