A tune to start the day

It's been so sunny in the Bay Area, we even had a clear warm night for the 7/4 ! Though most time of the week I spend in an all-year long-ac windowless office, I often start the work with this tune, so to remember the sunlight and fresh cool air in the early morning.

"O N E - ひとつ" - Maverix Art Auction and Benefit For Japan Relief

"It was quiet..."
Watercolor + Pencil
10" x 7"

Here is a piece I've made for the  "O N E - ひとつ" benefit art auction event held by the Maverix Studios this Saturday, April 2nd. 100% of all proceeds from this auction will be donated to Artists Help Japan Fund. There will be 50+ amazing original art donated by artists from the animation and film industry, and will only be up for exhibition at the Super Frog Gallery for one day ! Silent auction starts at 7pm and ends at 9:30pm. If you're in San Francisco area this Saturday night, please do come join the fun event, seeing the art, and this will be a great chance to own an original artwork, and also contribute to a worthy cause ! 


Super Frog Gallery is located 
in the NEW PEOPLE building at -

1746 Post St,
San Francisco, CA 94115

To see more recent updated artwork by other artist, check out Maverix's blog - http://maverixstudios.blogspot.com/

  

Special Edition ROUND ROBIN for Japan

Thanks very much everyone who supported our efforts with Red Cross to help Japan! Thank you for your generosity!

Here are what we made - 

 

 

If you wish to donate through other venues, please consider the "Artists Help Japan" fund, organized by friend and co-worker Dice Tsutsumi and the Give2Asia Organization, or Red Cross.

Artists Help Japan

"On March 11, an 8.9 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan near the city of Sendai. It is the most powerful earthquake they ever experienced. Artists Help Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Fund is responding to the immediate needs of survivors as well as short-term to long-term recovery projects undertaken by the affected communities. "

Art Blocks for Ghana

Here is an amazing online art auction put together by The Picture Book Project Foundation, artists in animation and illustration fields around the world were invited to make their artworks on wood blocks in the theme of "Home" and contribute them for this auction.

"The Picture Book Project Foundation presents Art Blocks for Ghana – a charity art auction of original works created by top artists within the animation and illustration community to provide boarding and education for orphaned children in Ghana, West Africa. Online art auction coming March 12-20. 2011.

* In addition, The Picture Book Project Foundation will be donating part of the proceeds from Art Blocks auction and events to help in the awareness and support Dice Tsutsumi's Artists Help Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Fund and Give2Asia.  


Here is my contribution to  "Art Blocks for Ghana" - 

Happy Rabbit Year !

2011

Happy 2011 !
Hope everyone had a great holiday break, and having a great fresh start of the year ! I've been delaying on posting for my travels...due to the extreme cold weather conditions, disconection from the internet, food poison, pollution, and holiday laziness... and so on ... "f(-. _ -.);,..
but here they are, a clearing of 2010 -

After setting off from NYC, I arrived to Edinburgh, Scotland, in December, visiting my friends Alice & Andrew for a week. It was absolutley a beautiful city ! Even in the coldest Dec. winter since 1962 ( -13C ~ -3C), and with the heaviest snow ever seen in the history (!?).  The sun rose low around 8:30am and set around 3:30pm, I went out sketching, but could not stay in one place ever too long.... my toes and fingers would got totally frozen! So most of the time I could only get the drawing down quickly, take a mobile photo, and finish coloring the sketches next to the heater with a cup of hot tea !

Then after the week in Edinburgh, I went on a 3 weeks trips with my friends, which you'd find out as the sketches are posted -

- Edinburgh - 

                                                      

  - the Cameo Cinema  -            

      

- Paris Apartments - 

- Rainy Sicili - 

- Rome -