Good times

Its been pretty insane at Laika, working my ass off the past few days. And then my marathon training has gotten intense. And then I've got this music video to direct. And then I've got this gallery show in April. I'm so dead! I love it, the drama. Too bad my boyfriend has to deal with all my whining and complains. And I still find time to do this 24 hour film, its below.



I also got my new scanner replaced. Bad idea of ordering it at amazon.com bah! But Canon was nice enough to sent me a new scanner, as long i sent back the old one. Here are some of the lovely holga scans I did. Look how clear they came out!

A typical Victorian house near my apartment.


The Pearl, Portland.


Vi @ Portland.


Kim @ Portland.


Fremont Bridge, Portland.


Near a friend's store/studio.


People lining up to see Obama during the primary.


Near my apartment.


A dog on the waterfront.


A really old negative I found. Taken last summer.


Beautiful houses in downtown Toronto.


Toronto, see me taking the photo from the reflection? I'm on my brother's bike.


Brigette and Sean in LA.


Palm tree in Los Feliz Village, LA.


My friend Jules talking to some attractive stranger at the Hollywood Farmer's Market.


Bell apple pickers.


Coconut trees at my parent's house in Taiwan.


Buildings in Taipei are really ugly.


Well, its the weekend and I'll be going to a friend's concert. Unpacking at my new apartment, cleaning my old apartment. Painting, drawing, and hopefully practice my accordion. Cheers!

I'm moving again!

My roommate is in London working freelance on stop motion gigs, and she isn't coming back until the summer... that means... I gotta MOVE! My apartment is pretty big and awesome, I can pay for it, but right now I prefer to save money. It is the recession, but next week I could be spending $500 on a Mjolk bag... I hope I'm ont abusing my retail therapy points. So I got more of my holga photos developed and scanned. I just bought a new scanner though earlier this pass weekend. I am still trying to figure out how to scan negatives properly. But the holga photos below are scanned with my ghetto 4 year old scanner.

Here are some Taiwan photos. This is the beach where my brother and I surfed amongst rocky corals... dangerous!

Those are bell apples, unique to the island of Taiwan. They taste so good. Not too sweet, crunchy like an apple, but juicy like a watermelon. Ruby pink! Apparently my hometown is famous for bell apples and seafood restaurants and surfing. What a combo!

Coconut trees lined up around my parent's house.


And some of the Portland photos I took last summer, I finally had them developed.


I scanned this one with my new scanner. See how it kinda blurred? I'm still trying to solve that problem.


So I've been pretty laid back at work, busy but without pressure. Since Coraline is doing well on the market (made $16.5m on opening weekend, film costed $80m) everyone at laika is secured with their jobs. I am working on their next productions, and hopefully they will get greenlit faster now due to Coraline's success. So thank you if you watched the film! If you haven't, go see it. Either you like it or not, you have to admit the craftsmanship is historical and unique. Meanwhile, I'm busy as hell outside of work. I've taken the great opportunity to direct a music video for a local band called Jared Mees and the Grown Children. I did some early initial storyboards and character sketches. The band leader is pretty happy with the idea. Right now I am working on flushing out more ideas and organize a calendar of deadlines. Making sure it gets completed. And I just got the news today, I'm doing a joint gallery with two other Laika peers. The gallery is located in Astoria, Oregon (where they shot Goonies), its called Lunarboy Gallery. The show is in early April, I'll have more details later. The show is sort of an Audubon Society show. That means I'll be painting a lot of birds. I am going to be busy. Meanwhile, I did this painting below after all of those fashionista character designs. This is just an idea after I read the story of Endymion, a semi-romantic Greek mythology. Its not really romantic, 'cause... it involves... undesirable sex... and its pretty unusual. Just wikipedia or google it.