Denmark & Lego

Pailin and I were invited to go to Denmark to work on a Lego project. We were really excited. Did you know that Denmark was voted the as the happiest country in the world? Lego headquarter is in Billund. It’s a corporate town. Even the airport in Billund was built by Lego.


We took KLM and had a layover at Amsterdam Airport. That airport has really tasty food! I kind of craved thai for some strange reason, so I ordered a thai fusion place which surprisingly wasn’t too bad. We ate the whole thing. (On the way back, we had sushi and Udon, those were amazingly good.)




Upon arriving in Denmark, the first thing i notice is that their power outlets are super cute. I mentioned that to the project manager in Denmark and she laughed. She said since they are so used to it, they never noticed that it looks like a happy face.

Lego is extremely strict about confidentiality, so I won’t put up the pics of their super cool office. It’s more like a toy store though. Everywhere you go, you see Lego models. They also had a wall with a collection of the Complete Star Wars minifigures. There is a giant room that has all the Lego parts. The designers there are so lucky. They get to play with Legos all day. That definitly seem like a fun job ;) There were a lot of prototype models and Kids would come by to test out their new ideas and products. The designers were really friendly. The team that we worked with were extremely nice. Other than a few Danish girls, the others came from different countries like France, England, Portugal. We also got to shop at the Lego Employee shop. Since the other designers went crazy by the Lego Architect series, Pailin and I bought a set too. They said it’s really hard to get a complete because each of them are sold at different places. The only place that they know that carry the whole series is the Employee shop (plus we also get a discount ^_~). It was fun filling our bags with those Lego Architecture series (top image) and tons of minifigure keychains.

They actually wanted us to stay for 3 weeks, but I could only stay for 1 week because I also have some work to do for MEG as well. On the last day, the team took us to Lego Land and ate at the castle there. The menu descriptions were funny. I got the salmon that was caught “from the sparkling water of the King’s own river” lol. Oh and Denmark has really good dairy product. I don’t know why the yogurt, icecream, milk taste extra great there.

Photoshop and Me

old sketch
Lack of Sleep + Photoshop Mishaps x Deadlines = very very Angry Patara...
Gaaahhhh~ I'm so tired. I haven't update in a while, so I figure it's good to update now that I'm done with work.

Pailin was craving McDonald's breakfast, but because of jet lag, she goes to sleep at 3-4am and wakes up after McDonald's breakfast hours. A few days ago, Pailin and I went to a meeting and met up with a company that was very interested in some of our original properties. They were so nice and laid back. They also seemed very genuine. It would be really cool to see my characters become toys or animation. Maybe I'm daydreaming too much *haha*. Anyways, we were so busy with work, so we ended up not sleeping and just go straight to the meeting. Pailin was happy though since she finally got her McDonald's breakfast xP.

After the meeting, we continued on Lego project through the weekend. I didn't sleep for 2 days straight T_T. James came over to set up my server and set up some computer things, but after he left, my computer acted up. It's hellish when a computer won't cooperate with you during a deadline. Photoshop and Painter crashed on me 3 times, so I lost a lot of works. Then I realized that my Photoshop is acting VERY VERY weird when I save. The color shifts horribly causing me a lot of confusion. See! --> EVIL EVIL PHOTOSHOP It drives me crazy! I hate not being in control. Why can't my computer just cooperate with me! >_<;;;

I'm getting sleepy now, so Zzzzzzzzz.

Sample Toys

Steve sent me some samples of the new series of toys that I worked on. They are mostly sold in Italy, so the packages are in Italian.

done with work~ Yay!

Done with another job. It's going to be a postcard for a convention. I didn't put the whole image up since it's not out yet. Now I have some "fixes" to do for the other company @_@; I also have homeworks!! >_<

Mewmew was diagnosed with a skin allergy. Poor cat. The doctor gave him a shot, so that should help out. I swear.. I go to the vet like 1-2 times a month. Mewmew has insurance, and I don't even have any health insurance!

Coco's Money

Yay! I got paid! Coco is happy :D

Cloud

There was a cloud in the sky that looks like a sleeping giant fluffy thing.

and Mmm.. work

Toy Samples

Some samples of the toys that we designed came in today. I think the Jungle animals are only sold in Europe at the moment. Some of them came out extra nice ^^

Working ...

ARgghhhh 12 more to go



and.. they usually don't get along too well, but since it's cold, they decided to cuddle up next to each others. Awwww *rare moment*

Ironman

Did you guys go watch it yet? I really liked it.

Oh, I worked on the comic cover Issue #69 *feels all special* XD

Work

So much work.. I just finished inking these. Now I have to color them, and then ink 16 more sketches >_<;

I was working hard.. see???

Making things Cute...

For those of you who are wondering what exactly I am doing lately... this is what I do for work. Usually I get to draw cute kitties and puppies. But lately, I have been asked to draw really strange animals, and they have to be CUTE. So how do I make something like this cute?

This is the best I can do..


and something like this?

This one.. has a cute face to begin with so it's a little easier to draw hehe.


But now!!! They are asking me to draw Frog, Snake, Hyena... how am I supposed to make those look cute??? *rant rant* .. Challenges are always good, but this is getting kind of hard T_T.

Back to work <3