Random Illustration

If I were to only remember parts of my life that I forgot, and to forget things that I remembered, would I still be the same person?

Reworked Illustration

I added details and coloring to this unfinished piece that I began since my senior year in high school. The original assignment is "the opposite". The concept behind this piece is the contradiction between appearance and personality. The red devil is enslaved by the angel who accuses the devil of guilt. It is a piece that challenges the preconceptions of human mind and the often mistaking imagery that we take for granted.

Study of Faces

These two are quick drawings I did when I was in Taiwan. Each took around 20-30 minutes. I used faces that contain emotions one has while praying as my subjects. The outlines are done by color pencils with an emphasis of graphite. The background is filled with black crayon, symbolic of a child-like drawing that is simple, yet meaningful.

Pastel, color pencil, graphite.

Pastel, color pencil, graphite.

Final Concentration Profolio

Art Show_ Kriewall-Haehl Gallery

These are some pictures of my first personal art show. It was fun working with space and setting up the show. The process was tiring but somehow it worked out pretty good. Most art are open for sale.
Unfortunately, one piece of my art work broke due to its fragility... =(

It broke somehow.

Borders

Art show is starting on 14th March at PAC! I will start preparing on Sunday so hopefully I can finish it during class on Monday...

I: 18" X 24"

16" X 22"

II: 18" X 24"

15" X 15"

III: 18" X 24"

Lin Style Jumba-Cheesecake (Improvisation with Strawberry CC and Godiva)

Finished Piece

As requested, I made my signature cheesecake once again. This time I had a little fun experimenting different things. First, I precisely measured the amount of sugar used with the US-cup system instead of measuring in grams (which I didn't do previously anyways lol). Second, I used two kinds of cheese. One was strawberry flavored cream cheese; the other one was Neufchatel cheese (later mixed with shaved chocolate), which, according to its label, has one-third less fat compared to cream cheese (pretty good huh, plus it didn't affect the taste at all). I semi-mixed the two together at the end (before baking), and the taste turned out to be pretty exciting. Third, I used a small cake-mold my cousin bought a while ago, which made the cheesecake cookie-like. Lastly, I used gelatin and banana slice to decorate the cake and took the pictures with my aunt and uncle's camera since I left mine in the dorm...

Experimentation =]

The recipe is pretty similar to the one I used last time. Refer to this article "Lin Style Cheesecake"posted last August (whoa, time flies).

Left: Strwbry Cream Cheese/ Right: Neufchatel

Main Cake Prior to Baking

Fresh-out-the-oven; you're not supposed to eat it yet lol.

Reworked Self Portrait

The color pencil part was done a while ago, but somehow I picked up the sketchbook today and reworked it a little bit.

like our shadows
our wishes lengthen as our sun declines
-E. Young

#6 Lantern

......after the final addition. The photo was taken in my closet, the only place where I can hang it in my dorm room.

#6 Work in Progress_ a Wingless Lantern

Looks like a crumbling tower

      The concept is an inspiration from visiting the shipyard in San Francisco, where artists have their own sort of studio and space to work in. The piece is still at its "wingless" mode. But hopefully, it will grow its wing by the end of next week and will be ready to fly. I built a prototype out of green paper before the execution. However, it is now kind of different from the original design in terms of the patterns and the additional riveted ring. The "wings" are going to grow from the side of the riveted ring, and will hopefully contribute to the emission/ reflection of light at a different level. I'm still considering whether to hang this piece eventually or not.

Interior, a bottom plate will be added later

That polished side has a reflection