LA Car Show 2010

This morning, I went to eat Dim Sum at Harbor Seafood in Rosemead with Lak and Rudy. That place is sooo good. I definitely overate, but my tummy was super happy especially since I’ve been on rice broth diet for a few days. I was sick during Thanksgiving, so I couldn’t eat anything. Finally! this totally made up for that thanksgiving dinner hehe.

In the evening, I went to LA Auto Show with my dad. I’m not as into cars as my dad, but it’s always nice to spend some quality time with dad <3. I do like the Fiat though. They were so cute. Look at all the fancy car pics :p!

CTN expo

I found out about CTN animation Expo a little late, but I decided to go check it out anyways. I heard that it’s a relatively new convention. I finally got to meet Glenn Vilpuu. He is such a kind man. When I was taking oil painting class in college, my teacher was such a big fan of his. He would always tell me that I should look at Vilpuu’s art. I love that teacher. He really loves what he does, and it showed. Since he was such a big Vilpuu’s fan, I’ve always wanted to meet Vilpuu in person. He told me that there are so many famous artists at the show. It’s too bad I can’t recognize anyone :(. There were also a lot of students everywhere.
I met someone from Canada and from England. They were here for portfolio reviews. Disney booth had a very long line for that. I didn’t see Nickelodeon there which I thought was rather odd. The studio is right down the street from the con. There were a lot of panels going on. I went to Chris Sander’s How to Train Your Dragon one. They were funny. It was mainly about the storyline. The lines for the panels are super long, so I didn’t really go to too many. I sat in the overflow room to watch some of them on the screen though.

I got to talk to many artists. Armand from Sony pictures was especially sweet. He had a lot of nice things to say about my works which made me very happy. I was glad that he was able to see my though process for many of them. Not too many people actually notices little things like that. I also got to play with the Cintiq for about an hour. I think I’m still more of an Intuos person, but it was still fun to play around with the Cintiq for a bit.

Package from Germany

Something wonderful happened today. I received a package from Germany from a very sweet girl named Aileen. (Not too long ago, I drew her a picture of Katara.) She sent me a gigantic box filled with a bunch of goodies. There were so many variety of chocolates that will definitely make me gain a few Kilos. Her mom also made me a stained glass butterfly that’s super pretty. The best thing in the box has to be her letter with pictures. She framed my drawing and put it in her bedroom, and took a picture for me. She looks so happy :). The content of the letter gave me a super big smile. It’s so nice to see that something that I did can make someone so happy. It makes me like what I do so much more. I’m glad I decided to stick with drawing :).

First Vuduberi Order

Sent out first Vuduberi Orders :o. This should be a good beginning, right? :)

and the new and improved Website is kinda up too! :p

Picolettes - Colored

Colored:

Picolettes - Sketch

Less graphic and more magical fantasy type of design for the Islet where my little Picolettes live :).

Sketch:

Cubilee

I'm working on some "Cubilee" artwork. Designing their world is fun.

Pickle Wiggling:

Some Backgrounds:


Fruits:

Dirty pet needs a bath!

Sparkly pet after a bath :D
My agent asked how Rococo would look like with her eyes opened, so this is what she'd look like. Her eyes are deep violet colors :)

EVE!

Greg just sent me link to a video interview of his daughter, Eve. She was interviewed while shopping at the flea market by WhoWhatWear Blog.
Video of Eve's Interview
and she has an awesome Etsy Shop that she opened with her grandmother full of their knitting/crochet goods.
Etsy: Twoknit shop

Coco and Me Zzz

Everyday is like this.

Christopher Elbow Chocolate

There is a fancy chocolate store next to Paulette Macarons in SF called Christopher Elbow. They are sooo good. The shell snaps and the inside is smooth, soft, and not too sweet. They look like little gems and are super pretty. I love their Maple Walnut, Orange Pekoe, Macadamia Praline, Spiced Pear, and Salted Caramel. My mom got me a box :D

MewMew & The Door

Aha! I caught him again! *tsk tsk*

Emmy Award and UN Passport

I went to visit my uncle Tony and aunt Gina in Santa Monica. My uncle just won another Emmy! Look it's all glowing and shiny *_*. He has so many Emmy awards and Golden Globe awards now. This one is for an HBO mini series, The Pacific. Then we went to have cake at Sweet Lady Jane. My aunt and uncle are so cute, aren't they?


Then I went to visit my grandparents in Hollywood. My grandfather worked for the United Nation, so he traveled everywhere. Look at how thick his passport is! He actually has to carry that stack with him whenever he flies.


I love my family. Everyone is so accomplished and lived such an interesting and fulfilling lives.

Disney Halloween 2010

Last time I took my mom to Disneyland, it was a disaster. She tripped over the train track and sprained her ankle. All the shows were cancelled (even the fireworks), and they ran out of food at the restaurant, so she got the last bits and pieces they had left. This time, James wanted to come too. He hasn't been to the Halloween event. To me, I think the Halloween event is my favorite. The decoration is really cool and fun, and the haunted house is Nightmare Before Christmas Theme. The only thing that's not so good is probably the parade. Christmas parade is definitely a lot more elaborate. Everything went well this time, other than the dead escalator to the 6th floor of the parking lot. My mom wasn't too thrilled about walking all the way up.






I got a really cool looking Jack Skellington balloon :D

Dream: Dancing Cherry Tomatoes

I had another strange dream yesterday. I kind of miss having strange dreams. The mermaltese dream was pretty awesome. Anyways, yesterday I dreamt of dancing cherry tomatoes.

Wagashi @ Minamoto Kitchaon

Living in California is nice. It seems like we have access to anything even the rare tasty treats from other countries. There are asian markets everywhere, and you can find pretty much every ingredients/food. Recently, I discovered Minamoto Kitchaon. I've heard of them before. I just didn't think that they'd be inside Mitsuwa market in San Jose :p. They have a shop at the entrance of the market, and they carry many beautiful looking Wagashi (Traditional Japanese Sweets). I bought a Yuzu Rabbit one and Chocolate Mochi. Yummy!