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• Wrapping UP Summer

  Sunday, Aug 23, 2009 4:09AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  Its been awhile since I last updated and I think it would be appropriate to use this entry to wrap up summer.  I'm a bit in disbelief that school is going to begin on monday for me T_T....
  
  SO...We went to Disneyland..
  
  Me and a couple friends road tripped to Disneyland during late July.  It was literally Disney ALL the way to Anaheim and ALL the way back to the bay area...so we were listening, singing, laughing about disney music the whole time x__x.
  
  
  
  YMCA epic-ness!!!  (probably the picture that highlighted our trip)
  
  Twas fun.  Good times.
  
  SF Wushu BBQ Bonanza!
  
  And...a couple days ago the sf wushu group finally got together for a bbq.  It took about 4 hours to prep and cook all the food x__x...I was there at 10am to help out and we ate at around 2:30ish, haha.......it was crazy, but well worth it. 
  
  
  
  Witnessing Jared's Burning Inferno!
  
  
  
  A pair of the most sexiest chickens I've ever laid my eyes on....breast to breast in an endless dance of steamy ecstasy :)
  
  
  
  I know what you're thinking....we dress totally different, right?...
  
  
  
  Glorious...glorious bbq ribs...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  LOOK at ALL that YELLOW! haha
  
  
  
  Fenton's in Oakland :)
  
  
  
  
  
  Someone Took an incriminating picture of me finshing off my Guilty Pleasure >__>;;;...lol.
  
  Last Works of the Summer
  
  These are probably the last sketchbook works of the summer.  And my final free zoo day until winter break :(
  
  
  
  Mandrill studies - I love this species of baboon because of their vibrant facial coloration, plus...they have pretty gnarly fangs hehe.
  
  
  
  Mandrill portrait - I guess I was so inspired by sketching the mandrills at the zoo that I wanted to dive into a portrait painting afterwards.  Although it was from a photo, it helped me get out of my painting funk since I haven't been painting with acrylics for so long.
  
  
  
  Pagoda at Stowe Lake - I like how this one overall turned out...probably because of how the shadows the trees really accent the pagoda itself.
  
  
  
  Japanese Tea Garden Entrance - Probably not the best sketch since I screwed up a bit on the perspective, but it was a decent attempt.  Twas pretty complex.
  
  
  
  Samurai Armor of Domaru Gosuko - Me and a couple friends made a trip to check out the Samurai exhibit at the Asian Art Museum.  It was pretty interesting, though I thought there would be a lot more to see......but I have to admit, the samurai armor were very impressive and complex...especially this one which caught my eye with the dragon ornament on top of the helmet.
  
  
  
  Sharpei Portrait - Another acrylic painting I worked on for fun.  I've always loved this breed of dog :)
  
  
  
  Clash of the Titans
  
  A project that my friend asked me to do for him. He wanted a charcoal drawing with a dragon, great roc, and a tiger all in one composition. I actually had fun working on this one, but did a good amount of research and reference searching beforehand. For example, the dragon was tricky because it is a creature from imagination/myth...so I looked at images of crocodile heads, eagle talons, deer antlers, and bearded dragon scales for reference. The turbulent water was also tricky to capture and I still need some practice...but overall, it turned out decent.
  
  By the way, sorry about the photo, it definitely doesn't do justice to the actual 18x24 drawing :/.
  
  
  
  
  Winged Qilin - My last charcoal drawing of the Summer...and a gift for a friend :)
  
  That will be all. Agh...Summer went by TOO fast :/
  
  -Kevan