Zombie In Love @ Nucleus

Gary was bored so he called and asked if I wanted to go to the opening of "Small World Exhibit" at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra. I think most of the artists from this show are current Disney concept artists. It's obviously heavily influenced by Mary Blair (she is the original designer of that ride), so it was super cute and colorful. I enjoyed the show :).


Of course we also had yummy food :p. We stopped by Noodle King this time. The dessert was at Dessert garden. I didn't like the dessert place as much, but Noodle King was pretty tasty :d.

Food Network/LA Times Picnic

It was an amazing event hosted by Giada from Food Network. The location was nice. The food were amazing. This was Picnic on the Hills hosted by L.A Times and Food Network gathering 30 amazing restaurants and 30 wine vendors together. All you can eat goodness :). I went with my mom. The thing that stood out for us was the Pitfire Artisan Pizza booth. We had the heirloom tomatoes with Burrata cheese pizza and it was probably the best pizza ever. We all agreed that it's better than Mozza Pizzaria by the the Iron Chef Mario Batali, so that's saying a lot. The guy that was making the pizza also said that he's heard that quite often :p.

Waffle de Liege had interesting waffles. They were made of dough, so the texture reminded me more of Roti than waffle.. I liked them. Ice Ice Shavie also had very good shaved ice. They tasted like they were made of real ingredients rather than artificial flavored syrup. I loved the orange one that I had. They also had a mojito flavor which James would probably love. Angelini, Inn of the seventh ray, The Counter, Pizza Antica, Fig & Olive, BLD, Sprinkles... they were all there.

I wish I have better pictures of this event, but the whole thing was a big blur because I got a call from the vet saying that my cat will need to be put down the next day because he didn't respond too well to the IV fluid and the blood transfusion. Despite the event being really amazing, we were just all too sad to stay and eat more, so we left to go pick up Coco from the vet.

Jordu Schell workshop

He seriously sculpted that hand in less than 2 min in front of us.
I've always wanted to learn more about Sculpey tricks. I'm more of a 2D artist, but once in a while, I'd get the urge to sculpt things, so it's good to know some basics :p. I tried doing sculpey sculptures before, but they'd always crack on me. That was so annoying, so I decided to ask the master Jordu Schell for tips and tricks. We also got to visit his studio, so I took some pics. He really is an amazing sculptor.

As for today's food, we went to BJ's Brewery for lunch and got a GIANT Pizooki (hot baked chocolate chip cookie in a pan with icecream on top).

Mark Mcdonnell's sketch

I got sketches from Mark's class today! These are 5 minutes sketches. I think he saw how frustrated I was because I was having a hard time doing these super quick sketches. T_T

I'm so happy. I'm going to hang it on my wall! *dances with joy*

Happy Birthday to me :D

Today is my birthday! What did I do today...hmm. Well, I just relaxed. I hung out with my dad :D. In the evening I went to Armand Serrano's Power of Value Seminar at LAAFA. It was great! I learnt so much. I think value has always been my weak point. I just have never paid that much attention to it. When I color, I just go by how I feel. OMG, I used to be a professional comic book colorist! lol Tsk tsk. shame on me. I really should've paid much more attention to values since way back then.

Other than that, I got the best present ever this year. Thank you! <3 Look! It's a polar bear spirit hood! So warm, so cozy, so cute! *wiggles*

I also finally got a car phone charger lol. yay! gifts! XD

Tim Burton Exhibit & More

Tim Burton Exhibit!
My friends and I decided to visit a few different exhibits today. First stop was LACMA's Tim Burton Exhibit. I thought it was awesome. There are so many things to see. He's so crazy! (in a good way) You can see all these super cool things that came out of his head lol. There were a lot of creature designs, character designs, and cute little poems that remind me of Edward Gorey's works. I think Tim Burton is like a dark Dr. Seuss lol. His sketches are whimsical, weird, funny, and scary. They are very lose and rough. He seems to especially like ink and markers. I love the way he adds patterns and color to make his sketches really pop. There are also sections in the back with costumes from batman, Edward Scissorhands, etc. It's really cool. They didn't let you take photos inside, so I only got pics of the entrance and the exit. I also bought the Romeo and Juliet print as a souvenir (last image) ^_^.
Other than the Burton Gallery, there are a lot of other things to see at LACMA. The architecture outside is really nice. There are a lot of statues, and other fun interactive things. There are also a few other galleries going on as well. I didn't get to to around much this time, but I'm definitely going to come back and visit again soon :d.


After LACMA, we went to Merry Karnowsky Gallery. I fell in love with Femke Hiemstra's works. Unlike Tim Burton's rough sketches, Femke Hiemstra's artworks are extremely polished and detailed. These were wonderful illustrations. The subjects are also very fun and they made me smile. She's so skilled. They are also currently showing Audrey Kawasaki and Dee Dee Cheriel's works as well.

Femke Hiemstra's artworks

Audrey Kawasaki's artworks

Dee Dee Cheriel's artworks

Then we went to The Beauty Cultrue Exhibit at The Annenberg Space for Photography. That one was very cool, but it left such an eerie feeling afterwards T_T. It shows different views of Beauty and how it changes as time goes by. There are photographs of tribal girls, overweight girls, super skinny girls, body builder girls, models, etc. It also talks about how young girls feel about being beautifu as well as what older people think of beauty. The show is really quite interesting. No pictures since they didn't allow photography.

After that we stopped by 3rd Street in Santa Monica and walked around <3

A cute boy

My favorite bookstore is closing down. *sob* I tried going to Barnes and Nobles and it was packed. I couldn't find any place to sit, so I went to sit in the Children's book section. A cute little boy came by and handed me an Elmo plush. Then he ran to grab Big Bird plush and ran back to hand that one to me too. Aww he's gonna grow up to be such a kind boy. Either a super kind type or a totally playboy type! lol ^^