Kwonton Doodle Soup

Return of the Frontdeersman

2012-01-28T13:32:00.000-08:00

"You ain't from aroun' deer, is you?"

"I'm lookin' for the mutt who shot my paw."

Bentz Press

2012-01-26T21:53:00.000-08:00

Today I saw a dude in the parking lot
doing bicep curls next to his car.

Keep doing those curls big guy!

Sapolsky fam

2012-01-25T17:35:00.000-08:00

Today I saw the coolest family. They studied baboons and all had glorious, thick, flowing golden manes.

Elijah

2012-01-24T21:30:00.000-08:00

I've decided to try posting more regularly,

with a drawing of someone/something cool I saw.

Today I saw Elijah Wood. I think this is a good place to start.

Happy Kwon-zaa

2011-12-24T23:53:00.000-08:00

During the holiday season, my mother makes a ton of dumplings.

mom: "Michelle come here and help me make dumplings"

"Can I do it later? I'm in the middle of something."

Meanwhile, my brother was next to me trying to split open an apple.

Dad: "You're doing it wrong. Let me try."

Mom: "Here, hand it over."

"You have to push down on this arm."

"Mother what can I help you with"

Merry Christmas everybody!

That's a wrap!

2011-12-11T10:18:00.001-08:00

First semester is over.
It has been challenging but lots of fun.
I have learned many things.

Here is my last CA project of the semester!

Primitive Theater

2011-10-28T12:11:00.001-07:00

Finally, finished!
Here is my primitive theater assignment.

This was fun to do
I hope you like it!

Preparation

2011-10-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

Lately I'm inspired to do more personal work

So i scoured the internet and printed 200+ pages of art
started creating a proper environment for a source constant motivation
and bought expensive supplies.

After a week of preparation, i managed to gouache out a few decent things.

just kidding

The new year

2011-10-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

Hello, it's been about 2 months since school started. The year has definitely been more productive. Here's a compilation of sketches. I should start drawing more animals...

More to come!

Bouncing Balls

2011-09-19T20:38:00.000-07:00

My first Computer Animation

Dipsy Famous

2011-09-16T17:21:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme for the Digital Paint club: Creature you wouldn't want to touch!

Rage Monkey

2011-09-12T07:56:00.000-07:00

Finally got around to posting animation from TA class! This is my exaggerated quadruped run.

Dipsy Famous

2011-09-06T05:26:00.001-07:00

Something I did for the first meeting of the Digital Painting club. The theme was "Scottish Warrior".
2nd year has been busy but great so far!

Scenes from the Suburbs

2011-08-08T00:34:00.000-07:00

(all the time that we wasted
i would love to waste it again)

Can't stop listening to this

Scene One

2011-08-06T15:19:00.001-07:00

That time of day when the fireflies come out

The world spins madly on

2011-07-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

Squirrel and Raccoon having a romantic rooftop dinner

Overdue

2011-07-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

I drew this after the tsunami in Japan last semester. Never got around to posting it till now...

2011-06-28T18:19:00.000-07:00

I decided to try murals. Here is the outcome!

Boardwalk Empire Color Studies

2011-06-27T11:34:00.000-07:00

Some more bootleggin' Prohibition era gangsters for you

EDIT: ....aaannnd more. I couldn't help myself, they were just too much fun.

Boardwalk Empire

2011-06-26T01:15:00.000-07:00

I took some screenshots from Boardwalk Empire and did some color studies. Great show by the way - lots of awesome cinematography!

Dear Friends,

2011-06-24T21:26:00.000-07:00

Dear friends,

Sometimes I miss you guys so much

that I draw your faces
and my face on spoons

and stack them.

love, Michelle.

I can't wait to do my favorite kitchen utensil things with my favorite kitchen utensil!

Fireflies

2011-06-15T22:07:00.001-07:00

I wasn't happy with the other one, so I redid it.

Hmmmm, I still don't know about the colors.

Summer Night

2011-06-14T21:57:00.000-07:00

paparazzi of fireflies

Punch the clock

2011-06-10T15:04:00.000-07:00

Regine Chassagne is so lovely!

Midnight Motorcycle Run

2011-06-01T18:51:00.000-07:00

Something nice about being home: motorcycle rides with dad!

Kwon Gallery

2011-04-06T19:47:00.001-07:00

My friends started holding little drawing contests every other week - this week their subject was me. Here are the entries for the Kwon gallery.

1st Place - Bryan Bae

2nd - Charlie Parisi and Sharon Huang
2nd - Megan McShane

3rd- Mike Bidinger

3rd - Reece Porter

4th - Greg Mako

Bidinger Gallery Entry

2011-03-17T09:25:00.000-07:00

True story.

Spring Break

2011-03-14T09:52:00.000-07:00

Staying on campus for spring break doesn't leave much room for deviation from my daily routine.

I still wake up in the morning,

get ready and decent for the day,

care for my health,

procure necessities,

and do work.

I don't mind so much, though.

That Darned Hag

2011-03-09T13:55:00.000-08:00

You know those inexplicable moments

when you wake up and find yourself in a half-awake, half-asleep, nightmarish state of mind in which

you feel as if everything around you is throbbing,

you begin to see terrifying apparitions on your roommate's Optimus Prime bedsheets

and you can't move or speak or wake up in time for class?

Anyway, apparently "I was sleep-paralyzed" isn't a good excuse for tardiness.

My Friends

2011-03-08T09:04:00.001-08:00

My friends:

They always know what to say.

Giant Sketchbook Post 2

2011-03-08T08:53:00.000-08:00

Bits and pieces of 2010 and 2011 as shown in my sketchbook:

Giant Sketchbook Post 1

2011-03-08T08:30:00.001-08:00

An overview of the year 2010 as depicted in my sketchbook

Let's catch cicadas!

2011-03-06T21:03:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I made something outside of school. This is for one of my closest friends. She asked for something nostalgic. Yeah you. You know who you are.

Productive Figure Anatomy Session

2011-03-06T20:58:00.000-08:00

Our focus in class that day was the lower region of the body.

Fort

2011-02-07T11:28:00.000-08:00

I have a fort in my room. How am I going to get any work done?

Ice Skating and Sad Girl

2011-01-30T10:25:00.001-08:00

I went ice skating the other day! We spent our time playing tag, seductively sliding on the ice, and just having plain old good times.
We were all taking a break when all of a sudden a girl passed us.

She drifted by, staring directly at us with the saddest expression I had ever seen. As I looked into her dewy eyes, I wondered "what have I done to this girl?"

My friend tried his best to hold in his laughter.

The sad girl continued to drift slowly to the wall.

We all tried to hold it in.

It didn't help that the speakers were blasting Leona Lewis's "Keep Bleeding".

Like I said, all in all good times!

"It feels like a dream!"

2010-12-27T09:56:00.001-08:00

Come back summer!

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F.E.W.S Long Pose

2010-12-03T20:34:00.000-08:00

Last day of FEWS for the year!

2010-12-01T19:58:00.001-08:00

lighting practices

2010-11-22T17:48:00.001-08:00

My mentor told me drawing from photographs would help me with lighting, so I practiced it on photoshop like a good protege.

Three months

2010-11-21T11:43:00.000-08:00

These are some things I've been doing in figure. The first batch is kind of in order. I feel like I've improved! Ringling has been amazing so far. The people are great, the weather is warm and the amount of enthusiasm is inspiring. Can't wait to start animation next semester!

Two and a half.

2010-10-28T10:11:00.001-07:00

My 3d hobo toy project

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2010-09-05T20:26:00.001-07:00

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Two weeks at Ringling

2010-09-04T23:21:00.000-07:00

The theme at DIPSY was "bird girl". I retouched this one after an awful rushed 1 hour sketch.

Will post more later!

butts and torsos

2010-08-01T13:06:00.001-07:00

so many muscles on the human body. i think i'm finally getting a better grasp of anatomy, though!

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torso studies

2010-07-30T13:35:00.001-07:00

I finally got around to borrowing he following books from the library:
1) Dynamic Figure Drawing --Hogarth
2) Drawing the Human Head --Hogarth
3) Bridgeman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
Time to be productive!

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Adrien Brody Caricature

2010-07-29T10:40:00.001-07:00

This one was a challenge because brody's face is practically already a caricature and i kept making his face more proportionate in my first few attempts. overall i dont think it looks like him, but im happy with the new tehnique i tried. :)

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hmmhmm

2010-05-01T17:01:00.001-07:00

Hit Girl!

2010-04-18T08:49:00.001-07:00

Watch Kick-Ass.

Practice

2010-04-01T21:33:00.000-07:00

Wannabe Concept art

2010-03-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to lay out a clearer pictures of some things I had in mind...characters, places, cities and whatnot. Now I sketched out a city on photoshop already but it seems I have a knack for losing files! Hahahahahahaha! Damn it.

Blog.

2010-03-30T06:41:00.000-07:00

This was my portfolio.

Since everyone in Ringling seems to have a sketch blog, I thought I'd make one too! I'll be posting more art here soon.