t r i p l e e y e l i d s a r t

hansel & gretel part I

2011-11-05T23:43:00.000-07:00

here's a glimpse of what I've been working on since the start of the semester, Hansel & Gretel in CacaoLand. The characters have since been revised... will post later :)

bear + hare

2011-10-24T01:07:00.000-07:00

some illustrations for a Liberal Arts class that discuss Crossing Culture Borders :) FUN

She's SOLD!

2011-10-02T09:41:00.000-07:00

It was a good day one @ APE

Adiós Stacey!

I'll be at The Concourse again today, so come and adopt a wicked pet from me!
pictures of the making of my mini cult dolls and photos @APE2011 will be up soon!

motivation

2011-09-24T10:43:00.000-07:00

This was part of the series by Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

im currently working on making stuff and interesting creative work :)

APE

is coming up next week on OCT 1-2

I'll be there will my talented friend LOIS @ TABLE #308 (same spot as last year)

come say hi :))

Happy Birthday Singapore!

2011-08-09T18:13:00.000-07:00

I was honoured to be part of a wonderful team of 10 illustrators @ OIC to be invited by Singapore Cable Car (Mount Faber Leisure Group) to create illustrations for their new project.
The world's first 'Sky Art Gallery' celebrates Singapore's 46th birthday.

photo courtesy of OIC

GUESS WHAT?
it's on ChannelNewsAsia too!

check out more images of other artists @ OIC

Clothed Figure Painting

2011-04-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

i felt accomplished after today's oil painting class.. so i thought i should share :)

industrial design drawing

2011-03-27T02:37:00.000-07:00

I haven't fallen from the face of this planet, i have only fallen in love with the Puch500

Day ONE @ A.P.E.

2010-10-17T05:31:00.000-07:00

naveen, the customer :)

oh yeah.. free sour candy that will make you drool

magnets & stickers

my sketchbook

with barely 4hours of sleep for the last 48 of hours and more to come... i think i looked alright :D

COME SAY HI ON SUNDAY! we're doing a sunday special!!

A.P.E.

2010-10-16T04:55:00.000-07:00

w.o.w.

i finally did it! which is set up shop for Alternative Press Expo!!

at this point of time im still working my epson R1900 to finish up the sketchbooks of my work for sale at the convention but the stickers and magnets are ready to go!
if my body is still functioning after all week of late nights of school, work and work... i'll be posting pictures of my babies tomorrow :)

this is so exciting!!!

Come say HI! i'll be @ #307

p.s. if you can't make it down be sure to check out my online store tripleeyelids.etsy.com after the 18th Oct

Exhibit @ Union Sq

2010-09-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

last weekend i was invited by Ria Foundation to display my work for Hopes & Dreams Art Exhibition @ Union Square. LOVELY!! My first themed exhibition in the heart of san francisco :)))

Thank you Anthony and Andrea.

together with my friends, elba and her husband roberto and their work, we enjoyed awesome weather and ice-cream with the tourists @ union sq

SpringShow 2010 Portfolio

2010-05-27T19:54:00.000-07:00

fly me away

2010-05-20T22:10:00.000-07:00

digital sketch with painter
expectations are tough to keep up with...

lets go for a ride

2010-05-19T16:23:00.000-07:00

trying out painter.. for my thesis project

gimme a shot of J.D.

2010-05-16T22:54:00.000-07:00

it's finals week... and crazy me did this 17 x 44(??) drawing.. all i know it's bigger than the table i work on

red stripes

2010-04-27T23:17:00.000-07:00

4 weeks left for school

2010-04-13T21:36:00.000-07:00

time passes by so fast when you have too much on your plate...

repair workshop

2010-04-11T11:59:00.000-07:00

drawing BGs aren't my strengths... :/ the drawing 17 x 22" was too big for the scanner so this is a picture with incoherent light source from the easel and everywhere else...

joy of workshops

2010-04-10T19:05:00.000-07:00

various sketches from drawing workshops :) each page is prolly no more than 20mins poses

blogspot changed it's setup for uploading photos and it's a mess! does anyone knows how to revert back to the previous UI?

easter weekend @ wondercon

2010-04-07T17:29:00.000-07:00

Wondercon weekend did damage for my pocket, books are my vices. i simply CANNOT stop collecting them. HELP.

a drawing from the sustain figure drawing class taught by Francis Livingston, the model Angie, was actually Filipino+white but i was inspired by the Princess and the Frog panel @ Wondercon that i decided to apply some New Orleans into the drawing :)

life after spring break

2010-03-31T08:38:00.000-07:00

wait.. what break?!

tatarasei

2010-03-17T08:53:00.000-07:00

exploring character sketches for my thesis project..

lesson

2010-03-16T16:59:00.001-07:00

i'm bummed today.. :( i didn't get a job i was sure i could do well in.. my bad for assumming art directors who have seen my work will be able to know i can draw 'non-cartoony' figures with all the posts that i have of my figure drawing. it's disappointing.. but life has to go on.

Who has some pb&j to offer?

p.s. the colors look funky today..
#1. i had a bad setting for the camera
#2. sad day for me :(

i attended class today

2010-03-09T20:12:00.000-08:00

color your psychomoth-er

2010-02-24T22:04:00.000-08:00

artist room

2010-02-24T15:37:00.000-08:00

this is just a first pass of an artist studio, im still making changes to this layout to give a clear direction of whose room this is. i'm pushing myself to draw more 3-dimensional, pardon my perspective mistakes :P

figures in pastel

2010-02-23T16:37:00.001-08:00

its a rainy day here in the bay area...

2nd semester in grad school

2010-02-16T22:26:00.000-08:00

i might have said this before, but GRAD SCHOOL IS INTENSE! so to make life even more challenging for myself, i'm planning to present the concept for my thesis this summer (!!!!!) this presentation usually happens after the 3rd or 4th semester... but i think i'm ready. I'm in the process of brain-storming for an epic story idea right now... boy! that has been quite an ordeal. if you have a cool story for me to create concept art for, HOLLA!

that's when a life-drawing class with Francis Livingston comes in handy, it balances the stress of writing a story.

nupastels

quickstudies sketch

huh?

2010-01-05T19:16:00.001-08:00

sometimes life catches you by surprise :)

happy 2010!

2010-01-05T00:22:00.000-08:00

happy new year, pull your ear! (a common saying in singapore)

Right after finals were done, i popped myself on the plane to Seoul for christmas and Singapore for new years ;) it feels awesome to be home! To my surprise, the art scene here has been growing, an organisation like the OIC had a portrait drawing event on 020110. Got to meet local creative folks and even old friends, a perfect way to start the new year :)have you spotted me?

i did the one on the right

sold three pieces @ the event.. pity there were no photos of the last one, which was my favourite. photos are courtesy of mindflyer, when i get my hands on a scanner ill scan the rest of the unsold pieces ;)

psychomoth

2009-12-08T00:41:00.001-08:00

it's the week of finals cramping and this is how i look...

post CTN

2009-11-24T15:51:00.000-08:00

CTN was awesome! had to use the creative energy picked up over the weekend at a quickstudy workshop the very day i got back from burbank.

im younger

2009-11-17T17:15:00.000-08:00

I'll be heading off to CTN in Burbank this weekend, totally EXCITED! hope to see you there! ;)
last friday, the 13th! was a day of happy surprises... starting off with my favorite people presenting me with balloons in the middle of class with Joe Weatherly... Thank you Dax & Tash! <3

sketching @ minna

2009-11-09T22:12:00.000-08:00

wasn't feelin' it that night @ Minna's Sketch Tuesday...

midterm madness

2009-10-23T16:10:00.000-07:00

yikes! i'm drowning in paints, sleeping in paints, eating paints...here's a glimpse of my progress for figure studio's midterm, i'm only on stage 2 out of 458 >_<

prepping the wood canvas took awhile, laid layers of matte medium and a thin coat of clear gesso. This is by far the biggest canvas i've worked on with oils, 30x24
and that's not even the challenge!
natural lighting, you confuse me!blocking out the figure

laying basic colors

my assistant

i am inspired :)

2009-10-19T17:26:00.000-07:00

life has been pretty hectic, I have been working on a secret project for months and it's finishing in about a week, would love to show and tell on my blog but i've been sworn to secrecy on this :P
BUT keep those job opportunities coming! I'll be more than happy to work with YOU :)

making art makes me happy :)

by Clifton Burt

more oils

2009-10-16T00:10:00.001-07:00

started another new session in class but i just can't get pass the ala prima stage in painting. why?
bad picture quality too, i blame the iPhone ;)

oil on wood panel 16x20

edie for vogue

2009-10-10T18:24:00.000-07:00

WIP portrait assignment for a narrative illustration class. i decided to pick edie sedgwick, the poor little rich girl as the subject, played up with secondary images of the men in her life in the 60s. now it's time to put some paints down!

sketch on wood panel 9 x 12

workshop sketches

2009-10-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

lately, i've been socially inactive due to drawing workshops... Apologies to my dear friends, but it was all worth while. enjoy :)

@ gallery girls

@ minna gallery

I'm finally smelling turpentine in my nostrils!

2009-09-30T17:44:00.001-07:00

HOORAY! I'm finally get to take a class from the master, ZhaoMing Wu! It has been couple of years since I had turp in my nostrils... I'm out of practice :( but hopefully I'll be able to produce better work at the end of this year!

basic sketch

blocking out the forms

at the end of the 1 1/2 session pose
hardboard panel 16x20

oh, FYI, I had to use a limited palette for this session.. FUN!

i am

2009-09-04T16:20:00.000-07:00

back... into GRAD SCHOOL!!! Apologies for the lack of posting, if anyone of you are still following my humble blog... Lots have happened during the span of 2008 and rolled into 2009, but I'm really excited to have matters resolved. With the help of very kind people and sponsors I'm able to refine my skills back at AAU.
THANK YOU for believing in me!

The rest of 2009 is going to be a busy one as a tutor at AAU, so why not post a piece of one of my old classwork in Color & Design, all done in gouche for the amusement of my students :D

and... the Yoga Studio which I practice at and also volunteering at has kindly offered their wall space for a showing of my work sometime this year =) I'm keeping my fingers cross for that and promise to post an update soon!

I am truly grateful, really.
नमस्ते

happy easter

2009-04-13T18:09:00.000-07:00

kill the chicken

2009-04-11T17:56:00.000-07:00

i'm vegetarian by the way

fly me to the moon

2009-04-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

kitty love

2009-03-20T13:58:00.000-07:00

MEOW

happy friday 13th

2009-03-13T11:51:00.000-07:00

silly test i did for Gonzo Studio's Eric Calderon

when i had work

2009-03-12T15:50:00.000-07:00

character mockups

never too late, GONG XI FA CAI!

tomato twins webisode

2009-03-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

a piece i worked on when i was an animator in Singapore. Towards the end of the 26 episode that i was an assistant director on, i was given a chance to direct and animate my own webisode for the series Tomato Twins, a television series featured on Nickelodeon Asia. When was that? 2002 i guess..

p.s. there's music with this clip but i have been having problems syncing it with the swf. H.E.L.P

passion

2009-03-12T13:13:00.001-07:00

i have not stopped what i'm passionate about...

"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music"
- Angela Monet

i still hear the music

Rats in the wall part II

2009-01-21T04:27:00.000-08:00

Coraline

2008-12-11T15:30:00.000-08:00

photos extracted from animation archive

i cant wait to watch Coraline! The article on animation archive about the mystery boxes the crew have been sending out to bloggers got me even more excited. Who doesn't like receiving packages in the mail?

rats in the wall

2008-11-20T15:48:00.000-08:00

stuff that i've been working on for anthony christov's class which im still trying to be precise on the artistic style of the era and make it believable.

my wish

2008-11-13T14:04:00.000-08:00

on this day would be that my family would understand my need of space to grow and let me be

.me.

no art for today

quickstudy landscapes

2008-11-04T12:19:00.001-08:00

these were done years ago in Craig Nelson's quickstudies painting class.. we went somewhere across the bridge to paint. all i could remember from the trip was that it was COLD!!

oil on 5 x7 masoniteoil on 5 x7 masonite

this was a homework piece

if you havent seen them

2008-11-04T12:06:00.000-08:00

some of the old traditional stuff...

pastels

caran d'ache

believe in me

2008-10-16T09:50:00.001-07:00

if not im leaving!this was done out of frustration after getting off work as a 'flash generator', pretty much officially my first try in DI. I didn't go to art school togo back to do what i did 6 years ago. digital painting may not be my forte but i will prove to all who don't believe that i can do it.. WRONG!

i miss quickstudies

2008-10-14T12:29:00.000-07:00

i miss quickstudies workshops, especially Lee Ballard's ones!
this would be only ones you will see me post for this semester unless Drawing for Film class with Anthony Christov that im taking on thursday night is canceled, which conveniently is the same time as the QS workshop...
im sad...
cos i miss drawing....

started with the 1min and 2s...

fun

yoga poses rocks!

3sthen i got tired....

for your amusement

2008-10-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

Im back animating, not something I had planned or saw myself doing...
give me some concept work... SOMEONE!
anyhow i hope you enjoy it =)
the hat is for monico
flower for carissa <3

this is just a rough for a project im working on that's gonna get trashed out

circus freak me

2008-09-24T14:17:00.001-07:00

the hades in san francisco drawing workshop by the GalleryGirls got me excited about drawing again! there were wine, snacks, great models and amazing artists at the historic house on Fulton St.
i cant wait for the next one!

im rusty...
i know

painting sausalito

2008-07-01T19:42:00.000-07:00

what do you do when San Francisco is rarely scorching hot in summer? you go out to paint! maybe it wasn't really a good idea for carissa who hid under her b l a c k brolly 80% of the time.

the painting crew.moni.ed.carissa

first sketch

2nd quick sketch before carissa whisk me off to lunch

graduated!!

2008-06-12T13:54:00.000-07:00

With the persuasion from friends to give myself more credit for the work that I do... so here you have it, the winner in the 'Background Design' category in the Academy of Art Spring Show.

... and runner-up in 'Character Design' =)

I've officially graduated! My family was in town the last couple of weeks for the ceremony and to remind me that I need to get a 'real' job instead of doodling in my sketchbook and painting... so after hours of trying to recall web design skills which I had buried. I present you my website!

www.shawnachan.com

rei.myself.rex waiting to walk the stage @ cow palace

the end of little red.... for now

2008-05-19T12:55:00.001-07:00

the final for the visual development class was to compile a book of everything we've done so far. I had included reference photos used for inspiration...

i had so much fun designing yogi grandma so keep a look out for the sweet O' lady! =)

cya at the Academy of Art Spring Show! wish me luck =)

marry me

2008-05-06T19:15:00.000-07:00

sketch of the 'couple' in class =)

hail the queen

2008-04-29T22:39:00.001-07:00

i'm losing inspiration for the recent workload..
so... for some productive procrastination i went back to work on some old ideas i had for alice in wonderworkingland.

seasons

2008-04-24T12:47:00.000-07:00

time is passing me by soo fast!! this was a painting i did in fall... and i'm only positing it now... whoops!

tomato twins

2008-04-17T13:04:00.000-07:00

test for tomato twins, a flash animated series for Nickelodeon Asia. this animation was done probably about 6 years ago when i was/am/maybe will be again/ an animator...

thoughts

2008-04-16T17:01:00.000-07:00

this sketch by far is one of my favorite, I had to tilt the board diagonally while painting to achieve the vertical composition. with this painting I'm trying to move out of my comfort zone of my usual palette... it's gonna be another fun project!
oh yeah... i like to paint red noses... don't ask me why.

acrylic on wood 16 x 20

little red characters draft

2008-04-15T19:32:00.000-07:00

I apologise for the lack of posting.
For the last couple of weeks I've been a tour-guide, evening receptionist, TA, model & student!

too much to handle!

FINALLY! After 8 weeks of beat boards we have moved on to designing characters for the story of Little Red. This is basically my first draft of basic shapes of my characters...

created in flash

beats

2008-02-27T23:01:00.000-08:00

work for the visual development class.. it's INTENSE!!
i'm taking ages on the value studies for the beats adapted from Little Red story...

busy

2008-02-21T11:10:00.000-08:00

School has started and lots have been going for me since the start of 2008, did lots of travelling and visits from friends and family. Besides helping Kazu Sano out in his painting class I'm currently taking a visual development class with Robert Kondo. Will post those work soon....

acrylic on canvas 8 x 11

honey bunny

2008-01-22T16:54:00.000-08:00

here's a glimpse of a painting i hope i would be able to complete soon..

sketch on 30 x 30 wood

a closeup

whale & i

2008-01-22T15:33:00.000-08:00

my friend periwinkle sent me writings he has for a children's book and it got me all hyped up and started experimenting with gouache and old magazines!

have you ever woken up and find a Blue Whale under your bed?

mixed medium

this is only a start, i promise there will be more of lily and her blue friend to come.

zeng family

2008-01-21T19:44:00.000-08:00

they look familiar? some of you might have seen postcards of them floating around the city couple of months back.
these are character design work i did for EA's SIMS2 competition which were shown at the AAU art gallery and at EA Redwood City silent auction.

rosie

2007-12-11T08:53:00.001-08:00

a friend and awesome model =)
hope & uncertainty...
only 2 more weeks before my life as a student ends....

I'm experimenting with layering matt gel medium lately for a peek-a-boo effect of the wood texture.. any experts out there?

18 x 16 acrylic on wood

jon

2007-12-10T16:15:00.001-08:00

im back! school has been alil' crazy lately =/
the model for my painting class had an astonishing diva attitude, that gave me inspiration for this piece... so this is Mister Jetsen as a she ;)

acrylic on wood 16 x 18

meow

2007-11-09T16:58:00.001-08:00

after visiting Antiques by the Bay over the weekend, im totally hyped up! This is my in-class painting and tribute to Vargas Girls =)
! can't wait to finish this @_@ !

acrylic on wood 18 x 16

wonderworkingland

2007-11-08T12:10:00.001-08:00

concept sketch for alice in wonderland

i-need-a-break

2007-11-03T11:15:00.001-07:00

in-class painting... as you can see there's still quite abit more work to go.
I'm learning to smooth out my brushstrokes on this piece.

acrylic on wood 16 x 18

happy halloween!

2007-10-31T16:58:00.000-07:00

wicked kids

2007-10-30T19:29:00.001-07:00

wicked kids in Halloween costumes

bunny boy

broomhead

claudio

2007-10-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

another in-class painting.. i was feeling alittle frustrated hence the strokes.

acrylic on wood 16 x 18

purple

2007-10-26T00:38:00.001-07:00

midterm painting for Kazu's class which he wasn't keen on so...
here's a glimpse before it gets cover up...

acrylic on wood 18 x 20

BOO!

2007-10-24T06:59:00.000-07:00

trick or treat =)

created using flash

sherman

2007-10-23T04:19:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: thanks for the feedback! =) xoxoisn't sherman a cutie?
currently i'm working on flat stylized graphics as per request (if you are reading this... alison =)

created using flash

shapelogy

2007-10-22T05:00:00.000-07:00

i'm into shape designs lately... aren't they just fun? =)
these are done with magazine cutouts... time to put some junk into use

i introduce... *drumroll*.... my superheros!!

pinkillicious

XYZ

if you look at the timestamp... i've messed up sleeping hours
damn the eyebags

wonderland

2007-10-22T04:17:00.000-07:00

my take on alice and her counterparts =)

purple rabbit beats the white ones

pencil & digital paint

lost

2007-10-16T03:59:00.000-07:00

sketch of my next painting project

lyric

2007-10-15T21:56:00.001-07:00

i'm trying out malcolm liepke's skin tones here....

connie

2007-10-09T18:29:00.001-07:00

UPDATE: October 22nd

i primed some textures before painting this piece without knowing what i was going to do with it.

quick studies

2007-10-01T19:31:00.001-07:00

im not crazy about my linework...

matt WIP

2007-09-29T11:31:00.000-07:00

another WIP from kazu's class

acrylic on wood

sarafina WIP

2007-09-22T12:02:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: 25 Oct

another trial & error piece...
still in WIP, will update another when im done =)

acrylic on wood

figure in acrylic

2007-09-20T23:11:00.000-07:00

my 1st try in painting figures in acrylic... it's fun! can't wait to try out new stuff

acrylic on canvas

from the closet...

2007-09-18T22:56:00.001-07:00

these are a few of the hundreds of quickstudies in oil i did in craig nelson's class last Spring 2006