some free thinking...

I've been mulling over a few new ideas and found an old rough of a spring scene with a few friends eating. I haven't decided whether I want to do the final as a watercolour, digital painting or even finish it, but at least I have the main idea bouncing around - eating sushi and sake with friends.
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old artwork turned new!

I just found a watercolour piece I was working on during the summer that I submitted for the Hong Kong Comic Convention (whether it made it there or not, I'm still not too sure).
It's still incomplete but I haven't found the time to add the final touches yet. It's been a while since I've done both some watercolouring and digital colouring together so I hope to pick it up again soon.

The setting is reminiscent of a group of friends/characters I've created, hanging out in a nice place at night while soaking in the ambiance of the outside night life. It's a lot like my place, except with room, furniture, money and not the view of a concrete wall. Read more...

Update to the Zodiac Series

I just put the finishing touches on my updated Zodiac Animal/Little girl series. For this portion, I present the Dragon, Rooster and my favourite the Tiger. Please check it out!

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Update to Yien Yip Illustration War Series

It has been a very busy. I've had time to finish another series, "War Time Romance". I was inspired by the work I did for "History's Greatest Tank Battles", and did two pieces inspired by the battles.
Piece one is based on lost love letters sent between a World War II soldier and his fiance. Piece two is based on a lost journal of a dead WW II soldier and his account of the war addressed to his girlfriend that was never sent.
The pieces were done in a more monochromatic tone in watercolor, ink and digital.

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Update to Yien Yip Illustration Family Series

New update to my illustration site. I've just finished one of my new series "The Family Seasons Series". It's based on my friends and family and on the different stages of life we go through. Spring is school graduation. Summer is coping with starting a family when you have a long distance relationship with your significant other. Fall is the start of the family and all the problems in between. Winter is the silver years of your life.

All pieces are done in watercolour, ink and digital.

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Hello Kitty

You wanna know what I love kittens! Little bloody stuffed kitten with claws! Read more...

old wedding sketches

It's spring time again and it's been really nice hot weather. As an ode to spring weddings, I've been doing some quick water colour sketches. These are sketches of my lovely friend Karen and her husband Jack.

Thanks you two!


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Short Story work for Rubicon

Late in some posting, these are some pieces done for a Mayan short story, "Why Butterflies don't sing" for Rubicon. The story is about how the cardinal gods gave the songs of the butterflies to the children on earth.
It was a fun experience and they let me go crazy with colours! Awesome!












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Ah, memories

Colour - MemoriesInk verion

It's a bit of an experimental week! I had an old sketch lying around - memories - which is my interpretation of what happens to a person when they look at old photographs and other nostalgic items. So I re-inked it and re-tooled it with some watercolour textures and voila a new piece with a bit of a softer feeling that I really like! Read more...

New series of Illustrations -personal work

It's been a long few weeks with good friends coming in and out, paperwork here and there and work on a new series of paintings. I'm really excited about this batch of personal work which involve a mix of digital/collage and watercolour and an abstract view of how women interact as:

the bringers of music

a surreal force of love

a man eater

Hope you all enjoy!




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Watercoloring practice

I just discovered a new love for watercolors! Did a new watercolor piece earlier and in order to prep for this piece I did some watercolor sketches.
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Watercoloring my favorite show!

Just updated a new piece for my site. As an homage to one of my favorite chinese shows, You're hired, I did a watercolor piece of the two main protagonists, Song and Ching. The gist of the show is an uber successful but guilt ridden business man, Song, who regrets a few of his career choices meets a broke, shopaholic loan shark, Ching. She tries to learn from his business savvy and he tries to make up for his money grubbing past and they both ultimately fail. Read more...