Ricardo Montalban

Best known for Mr Roarke (from Fantasy Island) and KHANNNNNNN!.... We'll miss you Mr Ricardo Montalban. May you rest in peace.

What the?!

I found out today, that someone used my fan art of Rorschach (made it a pin) and selling it on Ebay. So I emailed this person and hopefully he'll take that auction down. Funny thing is, this person is also selling other pins from other IPs (Intellectual Properties). The seller calms that it's a "fan tribute only".... but the thing that makes it not just a "fan tribute" IMHO is charging for the buttons. Hey...I'm not a lawyer so I could be totally wrong.

Anyway, if you ever see someone's artwork being sold on ebay or whatever, please let the original artist know!

*UPDATE 1-14-2009 The auction is closed. :)

Another UFO!

Just another quick UFO concept.... They sure come in all shapes and sizes.

UFO

Quick concept sketch of a UFO moving across the sky.

Happy New Year!

Goals for 2009:
1. Find the truth about UFO/government cover up.
2. Finish Betsy Mae Bite #2 in time for Emerald City ComiCon.
3. Use a jet pack to fly to work.
4. Battle zombie horde with a baseball bat.
5. Over come my fear of clowns.
6. Invent a safety device in case the jet pack fails during flight.
7. Design paper toys.... because we all need more toys.
8. Smile more and frown less.
9. Lose 5 (or 15) pounds.
10. Post 100 times on this blog. (gulp)

Après la Pluie

A short French film... you can see a larger version (on different site) by double clicking on the video. Incredible animation!

Ambush

This morning, another round of SNOW! That makes day 7 of being stuck at home.
*Well, I actually got out and finished x-mas shopping. Yay... just in time!

Frozen in Seattle

12-21, Day 4 of the snow in: Here's a quick concept of Seattle with tons of snow! It's not that bad.... well, you might have a different opinion if you were driving in it. ;)

12-22, Day 5: What the hell? There's more snow today!

Indiana Jones Masterpieces

A batch of sketch cards I did for Indiana Jones Masterpieces set.

Baby Mok

Here's a paper toy for the holidays!

Create your own toy at Paper Critters. If you do, leave a note in the comment section... I would like to see. :)

Robin Williams

Today, I went to Zanadu Comics in downtown Seattle. After a while, I heard some one talking at the counter and it sounded familiar. I looked over and saw Robin Williams with a lady friend. He was shorter than I thought he would be and he got some fancy shades on. I didn't stare that long (only a few seconds) then I pretend to look at something else and got a couple more peeks at him. The store was empty, he started looking around the new comic racks and I left at that point. It was a cool surprise...That was my first celeb sighting in a comic store!

Shopping

Got all your gifts shopping done yet? Me? I'm going to wait to the last minute. Not because I got some strategy.... it's just because I'm too lazy to plan ahead. sigh.

Thundarr the Barbarian

While researching the cartoon, I found out that Alex Toth did the design for Thundarr and Jack Kirby worked on the other character designs. How cool is that?!

Ariel! Ookla! Ride!!

Alien Cow

This is a concept of an alien/ cow hybrid. One advice.... don't drink the milk! ;)

Cape

Waiting for the elevator the other day, I saw this lady with a cape/coat on. So here's a quick sketch of that. Too bad wearing a cape is hard thing to pull off.... otherwise, I would wear a batman cape to work everyday! ;)

Sunset

When I was coming home, I say this sunset. The cloud opened up and you can see the sun coming through it, which made this bright yellow/orange hole in the sky. It was kinda cool... it reminded me of an egg, sunny side up.

Storm Chasers

There's this show on Discovery called, "Storm Chasers"... basically bunch of folks driving around and try to collect data on tornados. One guy on the show made a armor vehicle called, "TIV" which stands for Tornado Intercept Vehicle. His goal is to drive into a tornado and film it for a documentary. That's half the fun of watching, to see if he can do it.

Alien

This is my spin on the gray alien.

Amy Winehouse

I was checking my email and I saw this picture of Amy Winehouse in the celeb section of aol. It was so odd to say the least and thought it would make an interesting sketch. The angle is different from the photo and I took some liberty with the expression... otherwise, she did look like that! Poor Amy... I hope she pull it together some day.

Scared

Lunch time sketch. :)

Magma

AKA... Goldar (in the US), is a giant alien robot that can turn into a rocket ship. It's a manga and TV series in the 60's. Of course there's a boy that can call Golder to fight evil monsters like most of those old rubber suit monster shows. One cool thing about Goldar... his belly can open up and fire missles. :)

James Bond

I thought Daniel Craig makes a pretty good James Bond. I have my doubts at first... but Casino Royale was a fun flick. Yes... the ending was a little wonky but overall... it was entertaining.

La Main des Maitres

This is a animated short from France. There are some graphic violence stuff...but it's pretty dang cool. If you read French... check out the official site... La Main des Maitres.

Lennon and Ono

While surfing the net, I ran into a photo of Yoko Ono and John Lennon holding a "War is over" sign. It’s probably taken shortly after the Vietnam War. I thought the photo was pretty cool and I quickly sketch it out. I'm not trying to make any political statement (well, war in general is bad...) ... the photo just inspired me to doodle this sketch and I thought it turned out okay.

Ghost Hunters

One show I try to catch every week is Ghost Hunters on the Scifi... (on Halloween, there's a 7 hours live show...wee!) Jason Hawes (left) and Grant Wilson (right) is the founders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) and they go to supposedly haunted place to gather evidence of paranormal activity. The things they usually catch are EVP (electronic voice phenomenon), orbs (always dust), and sometime shadow people. Once in a blue moon, they might have a picture of mist...perhaps form by a spirit. I put three of paranormal phenomenon in the picture above.... can you find them? One hint, the device Grant is holding is a EMF scanner. A bonus point if you know what that is. :)

Do I believe everything on the show... of course not. I'm actually a big skeptic about all these stuff but just find it entertaining to watch. At the same time, I am open minded and don't think anyone got everything all figured out. The universe is a big place... there are plenty of things that will surprise us.


*UPDATE... I sent the artwork to Grant Wilson and he used it as his avatar on his Myspace. How freakin' cool is that?! You can check for yourself on his Myspace page right now cuz I don't know how long he'll leave it there... or just click on the pic on the right, to enlarge the screen capture.

Morning

This is what I saw this morning when I head out to work, right before I get on the freeway around 7:15 AM. This time of the year, it's really hard to get out of bed when it's pitch black outside. So it was nice to see the sun rising this morning.

Wonder Woman

Just want to get the word out about Wonder Woman Day , October 26th in Portland. Here's a little short description from their site... "Wonder Woman day III coming to Portland OR and Flemington NJ raising money and awareness for Domestic Violence shelters and a Women's Crisis Line! Over 150 pieces of original art for auction and cool collectibles!"

Go HERE to see their site for more info. If you scroll down, you can check out all the artwork for the auction. Pretty cool stuff!

Palin and Biden

Yes... that's Joe Biden in the corner, just steaming mad at Sarah Palin. For someone that most American never heard of couple months ago, Mrs. Palin really jump into the spotlight. The VP debate average 70 million viewers! It doesn't hurt either to have Tina Fey doing your impression on SNL. Maverick!

Obama and McCain

Final debate tonight! Should be interesting to see.

Nosferatu

Well, it's October and pretty soon it'll be...HALLOWEEN! To get in the mood, I did Nosferatu!