Photo Dump!

Vomiting photos from these past several weeks.

I've been extremely busy and I can't believe the year is almost coming to an end. I will be in my fourth and final year in Autumn!! GAH!! 

The latest piece I have completed for the Illustration 3rd year display.

Acrylic ink on wood board

 Studying dragons

 Working extra large!

 Practise Practise!

 Free hand with machine. Random design

 Tengu sketch and practice! 

 Sketch design for tattoo assignment.

 Posters I made for the school's Art Swap program. 

 First tattoo attempt on human skin. 

Refine piece for dragon full back design. 

Ink on watercolour paper

Man, things are getting really hectic and I am about to pull all my hair out from stress. I always remind myself to work hard and work harder in order to get closer to my goals. I feel so close to my goals yet it is so far. I have a lot to learn and a lot of mistakes to  be  made. 

Recently, I noticed I've been drawing a lot more. This is extremely good news, because I haven’t drawn this much since high school. I'm really rusty due to lack of motivation and laziness. I went hiatus on drawing and once in a while I will half-heartedly doodle something in paper and abandon it shortly after. Now, I try to complete full sketch almost every day; looking and study on inspirational art and tattoos at least an hour a day. Unfortunately, I haven't been attending life drawing/painting for more than a month now because of the apprenticeship. I really miss painting and hope to get back to it when I have a little more time in my hands.

My thought on this month; it is really exciting but tiring. I am learning so much but at the same time it is hard to absorb all the information I have learned. This includes tattooing, business and essential information for art in general. It takes time and a lot of patience. [Although I feel I am rushing into things too quickly] Also, that mistakes are acceptable and I do need to stop moping whenever I make mistakes. It is part of the learning process. Be patient and take your time! Never rush into it!

It will take time to get over these bad habits. He he he 

Anyway, I need to go back to sketching. Toodles!

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-Evan 

Photos from couple weeks back till now.

Dumping photos that had happened couple weeks back till now. Mostly about my apprenticeship process. 

sketches for mentor's critique.

photo from: http://www.facebook.com/chronicink/photos_stream

Apprentices grinding on grapefruit. I am on the left.

Our grapefruit!

"Tattoo Lyfe"

Second try on the a grapefruit!

 photo from: http://www.facebook.com/chronicink/photos_stream

Taking notes on everything my mentor's say. Valuable shit, yo!

Personal sketch. Tucked away for now as it will probably be someone's tattoo one day. :d

Man, I can not get enough being at the shop. Every school day I dream about being at the shop and tattooing. I am not kidding. I literally had dreams related to tattooing every night. Eat, breathe, sleep about tattoos. 

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Work Hard and Don't Really Play Hard.

Wow, it is getting extremely hard to keep this blog going. A lot had happened and I am pooped.

Couple weeks ago I was stressing over my portfolio and getting ready for my interview for my co-op/apprenticeship at Chronic Ink Tattoo Shop Toronto. Here are some works in process photo...

working on my 'External Crystalline' series

costume figure painting study, oil paint

I am happy to say that it was a successful interview! I am officially an apprentice! My mentor [Tony] is extremely down-to-earth, talented and a hard worker. [plug plug plug]
 It’s been several weeks now and each minute of being at the shop made me crave for more. 4 hours of commuting means nothing to me when I enjoy being there that much.

work desk for some studies

little traditional studies...

tiger studies  because it is very popular!

Although commuting from home to Toronto is quite long, it is an opportunity that I can’t refuse and I cannot risk slacking off. I jumped into it as soon as I can even if I am still in school and working at my part time job. My days are completely filled up and I have little to almost no time to do anything else but draw and meet my mentor’s expectations.  It is my current priority.

It reminded me of the documentary, “Jiro dreams of Sushi” [which by the way is a great/inspiring documentary! A must see!]

Anyway, I am enjoying my time there and I am learning a lot. The atmosphere, amazing people and even meeting the clients while they are getting their tattoos done is very pleasant. Work hard! 

Please take a look at their shop and the works of many talented artists.

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Recipe for Guilt

Well, I have to say that I am slowly getting into my working groove. It is terribly sad that it is taking about 4 weeks to get back into drawing. -sigh-

I am working hard to keep up with school work while working on a side project one for my professor and as well as juggling to prepare for co-op, and work. -crosses fingers- Wish me luck!

This is one of our projects we have completed recently. I could go in detail what the project was about, but unfortunately I have some brain farts and can no longer type a summary of the criteria.

So I will leave with you my final work:

 Recipe for Guilt, Gouache, 8 x 11

I wanted to get of my comfort zone and play with handwritten typography. Honestly, I have horrid handwriting and I previously struggled with type. [look at the ugly type in my Manergy drink assignment!] However, I am starting to get obsessed with handwritten typography! Such a dream to play with! It makes projects more fun and stimulating. I would like to continue to play and experiment this new found love. 

As you look/read the image you might have noticed I miscount the steps:

1, 2, 3, 6, 6.5, 7.

 I could cry at this point, but shit happens. My professor gave me a valuable tip: 

"Always take a rest, look back at your work and look at it as a whole."

2013: A very quiet start.

Hello fellow readers!

I am not dead. This year has been in fact a very quiet but experimental year. Ever since mid-December I got reunited with two of my oldest and closest buddies: Cooking and Baking.

I decided to change my eating and lifestyle in order to stay more active and healthy. 

So far, so good. I adopted vegetarianism [with the exception of fish/chicken for special occasion]. It is mostly for health, but a tad bit of moral reasons.  For a person truly loves food of all types, I try to keep my option open. In another words, I'm kind of bored of eating meat.

Here is some orgasmic food porn to look at:

Mmm. Unfortunately, during that time of getting reacquainted with baking and cooking, I kind of neglected my current friend; art. I was supposed to work on my portfolio and get it done before the term starts; however, I fail to stick to that promise. Although I was quite active during the holidays, I was still procrastinating on the tasks I set up to complete. T_T

Speaking of procrastination, this lovely lady go by the name of Allison M. sent me a message of her infographic she helped created regarding the topic of procrastination. Ha ha ha. Since my blog posts are filled with complaints about procrastination, it was quite relevant. So, sharing this seems very appropriate. Take a look and learn!

http://www.onlineclasses.org/2012/12/17/procrastination-nation/ 

Thank you, Allison for showing this to me. Great work! 

Day 2

'looking very enthusiastic" 

Day 2

I decided to start the portfolio today because this was the last day to work in the school. [Closing for the holidays]

 Turns out it took longer than I expected, as I had to research for shitload of references and go through the tedious method of: rough sketch, refine sketch, ink, trace, ink [again], and colour. 

So far, slow but very interesting.

I wanted to practice on old school style as it is one of the most difficult styles to work with and I had little experience on it. 

IT IS HARD. SO HARD. Even though it looks simple, the style itself is very complex than you think. It is not what I am use to. I kind of need more details about the rules to this style.

So my first attempt was a bit of a disaster, however, I will still continue to practice by doodling more often. -sigh- This definitely shows that an experienced mentor is mandatory in order to continue the road of the tattoo artist. 

Anyway, wish me luck! 

See you soon! 

The Battle is Just Beginning: Day 1

WIP for Figure and Painting Lecture project.

Tattoo Portfolio in progression: Day 1

The first term ended and we are currently 'enjoying' our winter holiday.

Kind of. 

I am trying to re-work my portfolio in order to accommodate my placement for co-op [and future apprenticeship]. So, a couple of my friends and I decided to come to school during our days off to work on our portfolio.

I am straying off my research and study to write this blog entry. He he he he

There is a lot to learn about tattoo especially on the styles and I find it completely different from what I usually do. I like to draw narrative images with movement. In result, my images tends to be swift, inconsistent and loose [lots of erasing and mistakes]. I am studying in detail about the different styles and designs in tattoos while trying to restrain myself from using my eraser too often and staying coherent. Hard, but practise makes perfect.

Well, back to work. 

Happy holidays everyone! I'll try to keep in touch about my progression.