Back from vacation

went to fanimeCon... a link to Pictures soon to come!

edit to add:

The photos I took at Fanime-Con 2006 can be found at http://photo.alberttruong.com

My humongoid backlog of sketches

Here's the backlog of art done from various QuickStudies workshops... those are the only ones i can find time to attend ? :( On a brighter note: School Interview - I got interviewed from the Academy about my role in Lucy: the Daughter of the Devil. That's sweet! NAME ReCOGNITION woo hoo!

I thought that the interview fell through the holes, but then someone at the school pointed it out that it was on the main illustration dept web for a while. That's nice! I'm happy :)

more backlog

Some more quickstudies.

My backlog of posts.

And yet more...

DS LITE!

I got my navy ds lite from Lik-Sang.com!!!!

GOOD BYE DRAWING! HELLO GAMES!

if there WERE any games :( such a small selection of games.

OOGA BOOGA!

Workshop, 3 minute sketch.

OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!

Nude model but she was holding up some skull, so I changed it to a mask and added grass skirt and some things to make her look "Native"

WORKSHOPS... how engaging...

Workshops, why? Think of it like a cop going to the shooting range. 1's, 2's, 3 minute drawings.

Lucy's Official!

Greenlight, 10 episodes. I was told to keep hush about it till [AS] officially released news on it.

G5

Demo G5 at work with a 30 inch Cinema Screen. Monkeyed around. drawing is nice on it. want bigger tablet.

sweeto.

PROMOTION!

I got promoted to Art Director for an [AS] show. Does my pay stay the same? i dont know. i just got the news today. WOO! Here's an illustration i did for work. Hope they dont take it down. Hope they dont find out! Yay... happy aL.

Workshops...

3 minute drawing...


While at the workshop, I had a chance to glimpse at work by Jason Chan. I was really impressed. People say that he doesn't draw from the model much (or uses it for reference) - what's the big deal? Who cares? As long as Jason loves the work that he does, then doesn't that count? Art is for the individual and that individuals extension of their mind. Otherwise, why bother? Just take a photo and trace.

Too many artists with too many self objected opinions and throw in arrogance to boot... I really don't care. I consider my work to be not as good as others, and always seek improvements... but I seek it in my own way with my own discoveries. I believe that is why I still have the job that I do and why some people enjoy my work (PBS, KQED, and the folks down in L.A.).

So if people want to draw what they want, more power to them. That's the way it should be, no one else should tell you what to do or what you should be doing.

tOo lazy to update the real website?

WHY YES I AM.

i'll update it with this one soon. i like her... except for her shrunken mutant hand.

Workshops...

Other sketches done in workshops this week - mostly quickstudies (these are 3 minutes tops)

and more Workshops...

Quickstudies from this week. Met Andrea Wicklund (spelling?) -concept artist to Episode 1 and many book illustrations. She freelances mostly. Very nice person, very good work. Uber.

Lucy DOTD Ep. 1

BTW forgot to add a link to LUCY DAUGHTER OF THE DEVIL

i designed all the characters (with tweaks done by the director and other artists), worked on storyboards, and matte work.

ENJOY!

Lucy

My Art !@$#

Oh my god... my art sucks balls. Today @ work realized designs closely matched some of miyazaki's stuff... real bad, looks like i ripped em off good. UGH... UUUUUGGGGGHHHHH i hate that. very depressing when one of your work resembles another person's work. It really could just look like a nice lawsuit on me.

YAY BLOGGING!

I Surprisingly now have a blog! BLOG! The above image is for a PBS pitch. I think this might be published somewhere on the net, but not sure - so it might get taken down :( but for the interim, i'll be testing image posts.

can't wait to scan some sketches and post!