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An art mural(s) proposal for a residential/commercial lobby. It would be a temporary installment in an upcoming annual art festival showcase this coming September. Salt of the Earth / Landscapes. The concept art diagram has been produced for the proposal. What you see is a triptych mural for a lobby. Recently I have signed up for a "blogger" where I would be able to syndicate and expand to the audience: http://art-withoutwords.blogspot.com I've only archived most of the new year's work and not the older. That would be way too tedious. Hope to see you there.
07.03.2008, d. yee
Odds & Ends added to the collection montage. Based off a few-months-old watercolor drawing from my sketchbook. 06.06.2008, d. yee
soiled added to the collection montage. Soon, a special limited signed and numbered print edition of soiled will be made available where all of the proceeds will be donated to a reputable international global disasters relief fund. 05.19.2008, d. yee
"Sadr Cities" added to the collection. A concept painting from the sketchbook. 04.22.2008, d. yee
Untitled is the most recent new addition to Skins of the Night, an on-going gradual series of wall murals that I've started in July 2007 with I Became Awake. (The series' name may be changed.) The figure in Untitled comes from the drawing titled Spilled Cranberries. Currently all murals are produced on sheets, or “skins”, of matte acetate and placed as decals on walls. Soon, there will be actual walls to be worked on. 04.16.2008, d. yee
Updated the drawings montage with some new work, including an original painting (shown below) that was donated for a gallery's benefit exhibition (Cuchifritos's Project Space, New York City).
Been working on some paintings on canvas (which may also explain some slow updates), but the paintings are re-adaptions to some pieces produced in 2007 that were lost due to one of my external drive crash. It is also quite personally fulfilling to paint on actual canvas. I haven't used acrylics on a more professional level, so it has been quite a learning curve. Nonetheless, I have not forgotten to keep you up to date here. On a random note: something I never got to post here (see below). A wall mural from summer 2007. I am still contemplating on making a series of these.
03.25.2008, d. yee
Added to the drawings, titled Embrace.
The original drawing (pre-Photoshop touches) is approximately 4" x 4" inches in a 8" x 8" inch sketchbook I had purchased new sketchbook last week as a gift for someone. I have a "thing" (yes, I have a sixth sense) in placing hopes in individuals that I feel has something hidden inside of them. I want to motivate, inspire them. Before giving away the book, the drawing in particular has been drawn on a randomly selected page inside the body of the new sketchbook (nearly a quarter into the book), with the hope that the person will eventually work up to where the drawing is located, some day. Life is an epic. Embrace the unexpected. 02.18.2008, d. yee
My submission to The Pepper Project added to the collection, titled Red Pepper.
02.17.2008, d. yee
[below] The painting at its earliest stage (2006) revived for a book cover art titled Roo'd.
Happy new year to all. A month too late. Many things has happened to me personally and in the work field. good and bad, but many to balance one another. I can say there is a whole new learning experience for me as an individual and as an artist. I'm embracing all of the unexpected - and, I have been for a while. Learning to accept who you are is hard to realize, but once you do: it's earier to see and understand things. I'm saying this in general. I'm not preaching. Just writing in a stream of thoughts from the result of people around me and my life at the present time. I am grateful to new chapters that's been written upon in the last several months. Recently one of my external drives, containing my life of 2007, including my paintings, have been eliminated (just to say right now). This is, of course, not a very good thing. No data recovery. It hurts, but things could be worse, but that is as worse as it can get for now. It's a big unfortunate loss, however, I have taken the negativity around and turning it into a movtivation. Possibly readapting some of my pieces from 2007 in the very near future. 01.31.2008, d. yee
New painting Kissing Trees, Landscapes added to the collection. Below are some of the "landscape" concept drawings. Very loosely drawn.
10.19.2007, d. yee
New digital fine art print added to the online store selling in an edition of 5. Each print signed by the artist. I Became Awake
10.04.2007, d. yee
Returned from venturing in Italy. Will post some drawings from the travel. Mostly inspirations and recollections. I am long overdue with an update here. Updated the drawings section with one piece that was drawing based off a page from the set of drawings I did while in Italy. (More to come.) "made in italia" (2007) sketchbook version: 09.26.2007, d. yee
Completed When You Return (one of two side projects I was working on) which you can find here. I enjoyed working on it. First quick collaboration too.
08.16.2007, d. yee
Ramdon drawings from the sketchbooks:
Working on two shorts. Stay tuned. Updated the info page. 08.05.2007, d. yee
I Became Awake added to the collection. Added a new drawing as well. 07.19.2007, d. yee
Got to update the store with some new prints available for purchase. Selling just five edition of each. If there is a specific print you like to request for purchase that is not available at the store feel free to contact me for availability. 06.22.2007, d. yee
The salt of the earth project.
I'm really trying hard to pin myself down on my studio desk to finish the story. You can start to see some of the progress I've made here: page one I hope to have it completed by the end of this month. Limited editions will be made available for sale soon after. 06.19.2007, d. yee
Added To Gather to the collection.
Back in the month of January, this was one of my few daily drawings I did on Painter and kept. I thought of how great it would be if it was used as a source for a photograph, if I ever considered the idea. I did consider a few couples in my mind that would fit this art direction, but I dropped the idea. At the end of February a friend of mine approached me, out of the blue, to ask me if I would be willing to take atypical studio photography of him and his girlfriend. Now, he knows I don't do this sort of work, but I considered it only because of his openness to being different. I thought about this drawing, again. The photoshoot was never brought up since. The last I heard from him their relationship wasn't at a very good stage. I never had the chance to show him the drawing. I kept it away, lost and hidden in my files of my other drawings until recently. I decided to turn the drawing into a painting instead. 05.30.2007, d. yee
This is fairly old news, but the photo is recent. During the summer of 2006 a Russian design firm (Level Design Communication) had purchased a (very old) sketchbook drawing to use for one of their fashion clients. Printed matter and bags were made. 05.01.2007, d. yee
Added salt of the earth to the middle of the collection. It's inspired by my side project currently titled breathe.
04.09.2007, d. yee
Added two new drawings to the montage, below is one of the two (you can tell it's a variation to my latest painting titled Arrest.]
"Peligroso Pop" (named after a single by the Plastilina Mosh) Both of the drawings were originally produced as cover art proposals. 04.06.2007, d. yee
It's been a while I've been able to paint something. Lots has happened (personally) in the last two months. Moving to a new place and taking time off in Paris, France (and one day in London, England). It was a wonderful experirence that I hope to return again. Some day.
During my stay away in Europe, I was contacted by a book publishing house in France (what a coincidence) called Actes Sud. They wanted to use one of my painting for a cover. Here is the composite image they sent me as a proposal.
Upon my return I finally got myself set up again and unpacked. Below is my newest painting, probably since the New Year. Added arrest to the collection montage.
Thomas Newman - "Any Other Name" 03.31.2007, d. yee
Added a piece to the drawings montage.
Created for a music event. Here's the actual flyer design. Experimented, again, with textures and light coloring in Photoshop. I drew the entire piece with two Col-Erase pencils: Rose and Tuscan on vellum. Currenty I haven't been on my painting rountine because of my set up at my place. I had just moved. I do miss the idea of painting right now. A lot. 03.01.2007, d. yee
I'm working on another silkscreen poster art for a music showcase at SxSW 07 (South by South West) in Austin, Texas. The huge festival showcases both film and music. I added the artwork to the first Drawings montage.
Recently I was commissioned by photographer Sean McCabe to produce a mural (on location, on the spot) for one of his photo shoots, an album cover shoot for the band Spoon. There were three styles in photo direction he wanted and one of invovled the idea of using an elaborate/decorative art mural. A generalized sketch I made prior to working on the actual mural:
The actual mural photographed, which some parts got trimmed by the frame:
I've never done murals - at least artwork in lifesize. Scale and proportions can prove a problem, especially without a mirror, but I managed. It was a challenge I took on with enthusiasm and it was invigorating. The entire mural is drawn with Higgins' India ink on a sumi brush. Photographed below is the model resting against the mural, just to give you a sense of scale.
The photographer show this particular segment of the shoot on black-and-white film for the intention of having the model blend into the artwork. I'll post the actual photographs taken by the photographer, if I get them. Regardless whether or not this ends up being on Spoon's next new studio release, I am stoked and excited to have been a part of the project. 02.05.2007, d. yee
I've been having trouble holding a pen/pencil steady due to a drug side effect I was temporarily prescribed with. I found it interesting at how denser and looser my liens are drawn as I try to control the tremble. 02.02.2007, d. yee
I've found myself drawn away from my newest sequential project [currently titled Breathe], which I hope to post some panel work here soon. Although, I'm rewriting the script and thumbnail a bit. The process can be a killer some times. I had a chance to watch Paradise Now (2005). A fantastic movie on two childhood friends who are recruited as suicide bombers for an operation to Tel Aviv. Devoid of any violence and blood sheds, as you would expect, the movie is poetic and riveting in psychological conflicts and emotion. It's told in a humane manner. Paradise Now haunted me days later just as to Darren Aronosfky's The Fountain (2006). It's a movie I could've seen myself write. Both of the movies currently sits high on top of my personal Best Ofs.
Had a nice opportunity to check out a brief performance by the original cast of Broadway's newest musical Spring Awakening at Virgin Megastore in Times Square. The music is written by the amazing musician Duncan Sheik. Spring Awakening is an adaptation of an old German play (dated around the late 1800s) as respectively titled of sexual discovery and tragedy. Oh, and with satire and a fantastic soundtrack. It's unfortunate at the moment I cannot afford to see a show myself. I will. Soon. Hopefully. I'm a fan of seeing live choreography as well. They deserve an exclusive artwork:
01.12.2007, d.
yee Added untitled_awhiteflower to the collection montage. This was my last painting made for the year 2006.
Whether you ignore the festivities and caught up with sleep, I wish you all a good neue year. I may be self-publishing a full-color art book collection. 01.02.2007, d.
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Added växthuseffekten to the collection montage. Inspired by various things, including the fashion of a "Tomorrow".
12.28.2006, d.
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Added Fall [2006] to the collection montage. The small painting started off as a practice on technique/process. It's not a complete painting.
12.22.2006, d.
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Coming off a set of storyboards for a postponed photo shoot. It's a generalized idea for what the models would wear for a particular segment including lighting. Any type of storyboarding work will always remind me of my first gig with the Dsquared2 Spring/Summer 06 campaign. I have a hidden enthusiasm for narrating fashion culture in visual ways, as strange as that may sound. If I had chance I would take it on. Seasonally, even. I have recently posted a set of life drawings over at my art journal. 12.13.2006,
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yee Added another speedpainting titled Simon to the collection montage while adding the digital pencil drawing to the drawings montage.
This is old news, but a few weeks ago (or a month ago) I was selected as Editor's Pick over at the ubiquitous web portal illustrationmundo.com! Here's a screencap of my 15 seconds of fame. 12.09.2006, d.
yee Added nebulæ to the collection montage. Inspired by Darren Aronofsky's film The Fountain (2006). I thought it was quite beautiful and captivating. It left me speechless.
The soundtrack suited the motion picture so perfectly. couldn't be any better, capturing the ambience and the abandonment. I don't think I have ever felt this way for any motion picture. Not that I can recall as of late. I have also read the original (now out of print) hardcover edition illustrated by one of my favorite illustrators Kent Williams. 11.30.2006,
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Added Dolce to the collection montage. Inspired by pink cotton candy, legs, and Guy Bourdin.
10.29.2006, d.
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CMJ Music Showcase Limited Hand-Silkscreen posters are up for sale at the on_print online store. Thanks to Kayrock Screenprinters for doing an awesome job on the prints.
10.22.2006, d.
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You may notice some new changes. I changed the orientation to the collection ("paintings") and drawings. I feel this presents the work a lot better than thumbnails. Not all of the galleries will offer full pop-up previews, yet. Only the first art montage in the collection will. The Boy with the Bird is the new addition to the collection (now renamed to "paintings").
The most attention the new painting drew was the "black thing" on his head. As a speedpating, I saw the black blob as a bird, which some could decipher as any bird they wish. You can also call it an Alexander McQueen bird-feather headpiece. Really. It exists. 10.15.2006, d.
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It's October! A lot has happened. I have received a wonderful email from one of you, how you were inspired by one of my paintings. Thank you (you know who you are). That is quite an honor to hear. Onto some updates. A lot has happened since my last update. I must say it has been a good productive moment for me. I better keep it up before the streaks dries up again. Added Allure and Sweet Cherry to the collection.
Pas/Cal will be releasing an EP titled Dear Sir (Nov. 7th). Over the late of summer I had the opportunity to collaborate with Sean McCabe on the project. Here's the stylistic illustration montage mixed with additional graphic elements.
And, something I don't do as often as I would like to, added a new watercolor piece titled Psy-qué to the drawings section (which I hope to organize more properly, soon). The original watercolor piece has been given away as a personal gift.
10.11.2006, d.
yee Added Touch to the collection.
09.24.2006, d.
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Added Angels on My Body to the collection.
08.30.2006,
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How is everyone doing? Sorry that I seem to be missing out on action here. I've been busy with some exciting projects that involves everything from illustration to photography and design that I hope to share with you in the near future. I'm currently working with the extraordinary photographer and designer Sean McCabe. Another gig I'm currently working on is photo-documenting some summer concert series held here in New York, which included the Village Voice's Siren Music Festival and - still ongoing - JellyNYC's Pool Parties, with the hopes of making it into a huge photography book in the end. Self-publishing it myself.
I even had the great opportunity to catch a rare performance by the Danish rockers Mew.
Updated the drawings section, including some of my digital scrap work and added some recent work over at the collection. The store on-print is up with prints for sale. Check it out. Buy a print. Get a hug. I'm working on renovating the site... ever so slowly. I do it on my spare time. 07.30.2006, d. yee
Updated a bit of the drawings section. Still need to fix it up a bit and get rid of some old junk. I also want to add a place for some of my digital penciling in there. The store on-print is up with some new prints on sale. (Some of my more recent work will be added soon, so keep checking.) The World Cup is coming to a closing: Italy vs. France. I can feel the tension since the last two games by both of the final teams. 07.07.2006, d. yee
Added to the collection: The Red Matter.
_______ I have a couple of ink drawings I need to update the Drawings section with. I have a goal to redesign this website. Soon enough. While I was in Norway I had the opportunity to work with Atlantic Records on one of their debuting artist's cover art proposals. The one shown here was one of my favorites from the set for the solo act:
What they wanted was the ink line-drawing art style of the singer. I added some wash onto the paper. For decorative purposes. This was done with ink and wash. I had no scanning access so I used my digital SLR to photograph the piece. 07.03.2006, d. yee
Added to the collection: Accusation. Simply trying something new out.
I have been quiet about the art. Sadly, inspiration doesn't always come around that easily. I have many work that left in progress without completion. They simply lost their lust. I recently visited the beautiful Bergen, Norway with a great friend of mine: Bergen, Norway. I was quite inspired in another respect to nature and the people (many beautiful). I definitely had an atypical experience from the stereotypical tourist since you don't often get to live with some locals who are the host to your entire stay. The Norwegians (or "weegies" if you want to be humorous) I stayed with were pleasant and fun. Quite the hosts, I must say. I also created a small photographic essay from it. Confronting the end is a sad moment, but sadness can sometimes be beautiful. But, being home isn't! 06.20.2006,
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Added to the collection: Chackmarks. Title derived from a track by act The Academy Is.
Other news: Signed and limited art prints soon to be up for sale. Possible original artwork may be available as upcoming auctions. 05.17.2006,
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Added to the collection: Tear Drops. Title inspired by Massive Attacks' track "Teardrop".
04.23.2006,
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Art prints soon to be promoted for sale. Portfolio season has killed my already emptied pockets. I'll keep you posted. An update on those Art Brut covers: I was asked to produce a cover art on the British act Art Brut. Proposals version 1 and 2 (in respective) for the magazine editor:
It's an unusual palette from my streaks of blacks and contrast, huh? Had fun with both versions. 04.21.2006,
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I have been busy running about. Current music on my rotation in the past weeks: Snow Patrol Eyes
Open That's going to change soon. I'm sure by next week. I feel the need to simply anything to give a reason to update. Here's some sort of montage that I'm still working on as a DVD promo reel package design. Not my typical "style" of work, but am having some fun with:
More updates later. 04.09.2006,
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New additions to the collection.
_______ Way back in October when I was asked by Giovanni Bianco/Studio 65 to do a bit of storyboarding for one of their fashion clients: Dsquared2. The project were for D2's Spring/Summer 2006 ad campaign. It was certainly interesting to work in a gig like that and see the entire thing come together. Certainly would like to grab another gig like that in fashion edits, not just storyboarding, but illustrating for features. Here's a spread of panels with really really quick thumbs/roughs (no styling was involved) of poses. The studio archived most of my original thumb/pencil work.
You can view the entire S/S 2006 Dsquared2 campaign while some of them float around in various magazines. [Below are just some.]
03.03.2006,
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