Boston Bruins Vs. Vancouver Canucks Game 7

After the success of the winter Olympics last year (click here for past blog entry), once again the excitement generated by the game of hockey returns to Vancouver with the Canucks reaching the Stanley Cup Finals. The series went into a deciding Game 7, which took place at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver on June 15th, 2011.
After a long day at work, I decided to drag my feet to downtown Vancouver for a stroll to get a dose of the hype, and made some drawings while doing so.

Just pulling out my pad and pencil and getting warmed up here.

This guy made a 7 feet tall Stanley Cup out of tin foil so he could stick his head and arms out of the holes and take pictures with people. I caught him on his cigarette break.

People watching live broadcast at the corner of Georgia and Hamilton in front of the CBC Radio building. The big dome you see in this drawing is the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library - my favouritest building in Vancouver.

Here's a slightly different view one block over.

From where they were standing the big TV screen was the size of a dot, so it was understandable that they mistook a Bruins goal for a Canucks goal.

 Yup, this guy showed up, too.

Feeling the vibe on Robson Street.

Before I headed downtown, a wise friend warned me of the possibility of a riot, so I took off at the second intermission. That, plus I was tired as a dog. I guess now that I found out there actually was a riot I sort of regret not staying a bit longer to get to see / draw it, but at the same time I feel fortunate that I got out of there early. Do you think I should've stayed for the riot?




*Edit: After finding out more about that riot, damn I'm glad I got out of there early. It is a shame that the actions of a relatively few douchebags have tainted the reputation of a beautiful city full of nice people.

Ending and Beginning

Finally, the comic book that I've been working on is in its last stages. I'm doing some final adjustments - mastering colors and levels, changing some of the wordings and proofreading, etc.

As if the universe could sense the I'm ready for new projects, I've already gotten some new interesting freelance gigs this year!

This first one is a storyboarding job for a short film that takes place in Vancouver's Chinatown. I got to spend a day walking around and drawing in Canada's biggest Chinatown to do some research. It turns out this place has a very intriguing history.

This second gig is done on a voluntary basis since my sister is my client. Her Gamelan group, which is an ensemble that performs traditional Indian (Balinese / Javanese) music and dances, needs a new logo and t-shirt design, so I got to spend an afternoon at their rehearsal to draw and observe them.

Alrighty, I'm going back to the drawing board. See you soon!

Bring sunshine back to Canada

First of all, happy belated holidays! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves during the break. My lovely parents came to visit during Christmas and New Year's, but I was quite concerned about finishing my comic book, and was kind of in "Bah!Humbug!" mode throughout the holidays. They were very understanding, though, and gave me some time to do my thing, and all in all we did get to spend some quality time together.

And now, to the meaty entree. After the New Year I went down to Florida for an 8-day drawing session at Disney World with my friends. We'd leave from the hotel at 9:30 in the morning and return at 7 or 8-ish, and drew all day long. The idea is kind of similar to a Buddhist monk going into seclusion to meditate.

This is my fourth time going on this annual "drawing bootcamp", and each time it has been a humbling and fruitful experience. Here are some drawings from this year (and a photo):

On the last day I found out that it was snowing in 49 out of the 50 states in America. The one state that wasn't snowing? Florida!

WILD LIFE

Makes my heart warm and fuzzy :)

MoonFishing

Back in 2007, after I just graduated from art school, I briefly worked as a compositor and rotoscope artist on an animated short called MoonFishing by David Michael Friend.

Just yesterday I received the recently completely film in a beautiful DVD case with a hand-written card and a gorgeous little booklet that explained the story behind the story of MoonFishing. It turned out to be such a wonderful film and I'm super proud to have my name appearing in the credits. Congrats David and good luck at all the festivals from here on!

Employee of the month

I was going through old photos and found this in the collateral pile of the comic book I'm currently working on:

Umm.... why I put this in the collateral pile I cannot remember for the life of me. It just might make its way back to the book.

Anyways, this picture had nothing to do with the title of this entry. I just won employee of the month a couple of days ago. Teehee.

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