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Stained paper

Finally put my coffee stained paper to good use.

More cards

Here are some more cards done for mother's day (except for the first one).


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Cards

Turned my shirt design into a card. Liked how it turned out.

Mother's Day

I know I'm a day late in updating this but this was a little card that I made for my mother.



That pretty much sums up her passion when she has time.

Screen Printing final

here's my final piece:


voila!

Don't be Sad

Vote for my design!

entered my design for a snowboard design contest. I really liked the way how it turned out and I really think it's something people would buy, hahah. Getting ahead of myself. Anyways, please go here and vote for my design!!!

Much love!

A Better Look

Pharaoh-Pus

Had so much fun making the previous design so I decided to make another. This piece is influenced by my fascination with ancient Egyptian civilization, this t-shirt, and Transformer. Why Transformer you ask? Well...nothing much is related to Transformer other than the fact that Fallen is one badass character and he looks like a Pharaoh to me. I might put some background just like the previous design. But instead of words, it'll be hieroglyphics.




With just the outlines:



Ink:

Did a horrible job inking because of shaky hand. Good thing there's AI.

Sketch:

T-shirt

So I've always be fascinated by t-shirt design, more into the artwork that' ON the shirt, not the shape/design of the shirt itself. Anyways, I just wanted to do some digital art and asked myself "what would I wear if I were to design the art." And this is what came to me.



I've been drawing this octopus for a while now and in a way, it had incorporated into my art and sorta like an icon/mascot for me. After a while of doodling, the sunglasses came to me. I guess I drew it because on the day of Michael's death, I waited on a mother and a son. Long story short, they were the one that told me of Michael's death and the boy was wearing this kind of sunglasses. I thought he looked ridiculously funny but I give him props for having the balls to wear it in the streets.
The glasses then lead to the text in the background. Every time I see those sunglasses, it reminds me of Kanye's "Stronger" music video and I thought I'd incorporate the lyrics to the background.

Maybe I'll get those iron-on transfer sheet and print it on a t-shirt :-D

Coloring

Wanna touch up on my coloring skills and also had some free time :-D A quick painting that I spent about 1.5-2hrs? To me, that's fast.

Digital Coloring

Practicing my digital coloring. Not finished, yet.

Logo for my father

You're probably wondering...."what da?" Logo for Jon's father? Why would "Jon's father" need a logo?
Lately, my dad had been making lots of food. Mainly traditional, small, Chinese snacks. Such as steam buns, dumplings, baked buns with curry on the inside, and few other stuff that I have no idea. But I guess he loves his dumplings the most and he wanted to take it to the next level. This is when opportunity knocked on his door.
He has a friend that is about to open up an Asian market and my dad gave him the idea of selling "local, homemade dumplings." And the future owner thought it was a great idea and told my dad that he has 2 weeks until the store opens (this was a week ago). And for me, I thought this would be a fun little project to tackle. That and I just bought a NIIIIICE new printer and I've been making my own stickers (maybe more on the stickers in the future). Anyways, that gave me the idea of making a logo for the package. And I also believe the logo will make it more legit and people will more likely to buy it. Can you imagine if you go to a market and bought something with no logo, no package design what so ever? DON'T TRUST IT! And always, ALWAYS!!, look for the expiration date when shopping at an oriental market.
So, here is my design.


I had my dad to calligraphy his title. I suggested that because A) I think it would be a nice, unique, and a personal touch to the logo and B) My computer can't type chinese, hahahahah.
I've played with many shapes of the design and I wanted to stick with something very oriental style. If you live near china town or have been exposed to American-Chinese signs, shops, etc. it always reminds me of signs that are traditional block style, very rectangular. Or, some shops will kick it up a notch by making a sign in a "curved" format. Well, I played with both and I like the "curved" format the best. I also remember seeing a cheesy cursive handwriting somewhere and thought that I would toss it into the package as well. And yes, that's a direct translation.
With the design, I also kept "cuteness" in mind. My dad's dumplings is not like those dumplings you would normally find in the dumpling aisle. My dad's dumplings are small, rounded, and I'll admit....quite damn cute. And his dumplings gave me the inspiration to draw a cute little dumpling for the package.
As for the pig. Well, it's quite obvious because it's pork flavor. But not only am I drawing a pig for simple and obvious reasons, it's also something that I never thought in a million years would happen. You know the saying of...."I'll blah blah blah when pigs fly"? Well, I guess this small little business is represented by the flying pig and I guess I'll design something for my dad when he has a small little business. In other words, "I will design a logo for my dad when pigs fly."
Any comments, critiques, ideas are welcomed. Enjoy!