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I work for a production service studio as a 3D character animator, storyboard/concept artist, and a part time CG animation professor of an university. Most of the postings in my blog are quick ideas and experimental sketches for personal exploration and improvement purposes. Appreciate any comment from you! :) Also, visit Alina's Book Store, Films, and Art Store.

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1. Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!!

By: Alina Chau, on 11/21/2009
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I have been trying something different with the Snorrie board. Here is the latest version of the Snorrie board, I pick smaller sections from the entire story and try to play with different camera angel and cut ... This week will be a bit crazy, with CTN Expo and Thanksgiving coming up ... I may not be able to put up any new post till after Thanksgiving! So Early Happy Thanksgiving!!

Also I would love to invite all of you to two of my my coming Gallery shows:

“Gifted Artist” is a charity art show and auction to benefit the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital in Loma Linda, California. The event will be held on Saturday December 19th from 5 to 10pm at the CCAA Museum of Art in Rancho Cucamonga.

POWER IN NUMBERS 4
At Nucleus Gallery
December 12, 2009 - December 28, 2009
Opening Reception / Dec 12, 7:00PM - 10:00PM

I have been up-dating my web-site lately. Please come by and check it out!! Happy weekends!!

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2. Pasadena and Flash stuffs

By: Alina Chau, on 10/27/2009
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More paintings from Saturday Bill Perkins' painting workshop. The weather is beautiful that day, it's a lot of fun and take my mind off job hunting and worry for a bit!! ^_____^ And the bottom are 2 FLASH illos for Global Wonders. The flash illos are copyrighted by the studios.

Going to start cooking up story idea and add extra seasoning in my portfolio WOO HOO!!

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3. Outdoor fun!!

By: Alina Chau, on 10/25/2009
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I just up-dated my on-line portfolio for seeking new career adventure, please come by and check it out!!

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4. Page of Cups

By: Alina Chau, on 9/14/2009
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This painting is for the upcoming Hive Gallery Tarot card theme show. Below are brainstorming sketches for this painting ...

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5. Chapter 3 ... just started ....

By: Alina Chau, on 8/28/2009
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Starting on Minty's Travelogue Chapter 3 ...

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6. New painting idea ...

By: Alina Chau, on 8/25/2009
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7. A bit figure drawings

By: Alina Chau, on 9/2/2009
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We have a figure drawing section at the Girls Drawn Girls closing reception party, here are the sketches I did on the evening.

BTW, for all of you who love animation and would like to join the fun!!

Check this out!! Creative Talent Network in Association with the City of Burbank to Create "Animation Week" For more information, please check the official web-site of CTN Animation Expo.

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8. Fun and silly ...

By: Alina Chau, on 9/6/2009
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The second episode of my radio show with KMRB 1430 is on-line at my Podcast web-site. If you like cantonese radio show, please come by check it out.

This post-it drawing is a little contribution to Aaron Hartline's Daily Post-it Blog.

One reason I never have my ears piecing ... never know when a ear ring would decide to EAT my ear, when it get hungry!!

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9. Luncheon at the zoo

By: Alina Chau, on 9/9/2009
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Below are some painting idea sketches ...

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10. Doodle and zoo sketches of the day

By: Alina Chau, on 9/16/2009
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11. LA SketchCrawl FUN - Part 1

By: Alina Chau, on 9/20/2009
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Have a wonderful sketchcrawl today!! Here are some of the sketches, will post more in the next posting. Have a great weekends everyone!!

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Biocreep said, on 9/20/2009 5:08:00 AM

Sweet!!!!

Miss Carole said, on 9/20/2009 5:21:00 AM

Love this!

EHSAN HAJEE BABAIEEE said, on 9/20/2009 6:47:00 AM

beauty works...
thankful

Pablo said, on 9/20/2009 11:15:00 AM

Fantastic work. Love these sketches.

Kendra Melton said, on 9/20/2009 12:54:00 PM

Cute! Love how you captured the old elevator shaft. That one probably sticks out most for me because I actually saw it in person and now I get to see your interpretation. It was nice meeting you yesterday! Hope you had a wonderful day! :D

marcello murru said, on 9/20/2009 2:57:00 PM

the iron work is great!!

Howard Shum said, on 9/20/2009 6:03:00 PM

Good stuff!

Linisha said, on 9/20/2009 9:29:00 PM

This is cool.. I love the intricate building..

Desiree Cassidy said, on 9/20/2009 11:47:00 PM

these are fantastic, but the mid one is just amazing! love the detail!

Hobo Divine said, on 9/21/2009 12:18:00 AM

These are wonderful... gentle lines and colours with sold structure!

Thank you for posting.

:)

Shiho Nakaza said, on 9/21/2009 2:18:00 AM

I love your colors and lines - I missed the giant gumball machine, thanks for posting it for my viewing enjoyment :) It was great to SketchCrawl with you!

Phattro said, on 9/21/2009 2:44:00 AM

Is that the Bradbury Bldg? that's a wonderful sketch!

Viv said, on 9/21/2009 3:32:00 AM

LOVE your work, Alina!!! I enjoyed meeting you at the SketchCrawl – I've been a fan even before we met! Also, thank you for your nice comment. Cheers! :)

encaracolada said, on 9/21/2009 5:51:00 AM

How difficult it seems the architecture one!

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 9/21/2009 7:51:00 AM

wonderful sketches, as ever, Alina.

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Alina Chau said, on 9/21/2009 11:06:00 AM

THank you everyone for your visit and cool comments. It's great to meet many of you in person too.

Phattro,
Thank you. Yes, that's the Bradbury building. ^___^

Edward Ernest said, on 9/21/2009 12:25:00 PM

Looks Awesome.You've got great stuff! Hey, If you have time to stop by my blog please do and drop a comment on what you think!

Reverent Green said, on 9/21/2009 12:58:00 PM

hey wow! love the raw feel and energy of your works. totally digg it! brilliant choice of colors in most of the paintings. great job. good luck ! :)

The Ivanator said, on 9/21/2009 4:09:00 PM

Awesome work. Trying to get details on the elevator on my sketch, but your came out way more intricate and just lovely. Like Viv, I too have been a fan even before the sketchcrawl. Just dang lovely.

Stephan Royer said, on 9/21/2009 5:37:00 PM

Your work is breathtaking, I looked through your portfolio and started grabbing screens like a kid in a candie store. VERY inspiring and creative :)

I am humbled you stopped by, thanks!

Meesimo said, on 9/22/2009 1:13:00 AM

Lookin great! Sweet shots of the building interior, that middle one is Fantastic!

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12. Sketcrawl part 2

By: Alina Chau, on 9/21/2009
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We went to the Grand Central Public Market and the Bradbury building at downtown LA for sketchcrawl.

Below are photo of the LA sketchgroup at the staircase of the Bradbury building! And the bottom piece is a crayon drawing on the wall of the Nucleus Gallery at the Terrible Yellow Eyes show. It's great to meet other talented artists and see their original paintings. What a fun inspiring night!

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13. I just want a ham & cheese croissant!!

By: Alina Chau, on 9/26/2009
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I spend my lunch time sleeping, wake up hungry. Then I decide to go to one of my favorite bakery to get a ham & cheese croissant. But the road to the bakery is blocked. So I decide to go to my favorite cafe to get a ham and cheese croissant. I was very exciting when I found the cafe has one last croissant!!

But there is no one in the cafe!! The owners of the cafe is not there!! So I have to go to a third bakery to get a croissant ... but they don't have ham and cheese croissant ... in fact, they only have the sweet kind. After running around looking for food ...

I get too hungry, and have to settle with a sweet almond croissant. It's tasty, but it's not the same!! It's not the same when you really really want a HAM AND CHEESE CROISSANT!!

Anyhow ... long story short, I am not too happy that I didn't get my ham and cheese croissant ... so I come up with a bunch of drawings of ham and cheese croissant to make it up!!

BTW, enough about food LOL ... I have a new KMRB 1430 radio podcast episode up-loaded today. In this episode, we chat about Hayao Miyazaki's lastest film - Ponyo. Hope you will enjoy it!!

Also I would love to invite you the opening reception party of my up-coming group show - the Rivets and Rockets - A Robotic Techno Fantasy Art Exhibit.

Time:7:00PM-11:00PM Saturday, September 26th
Location:Coma Gallery
3503 W. Pico blvd, L.A. 90019

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14. Disaster weekends!!

By: Alina Chau, on 9/28/2009
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My bathroom sink has been having some drainage problem since this past Friday. On Friday, the draining isn't good, but it still drain ... but then it get worst, on Sat, it doesn't really drain ... instead, dirty water back flow into my sink, even when I am not using it. But it was not too bad ... after a while it clear up ... but then thing get worst on Sunday and today ... let's say, I have been spending last night and today ... cleaning my bathroom floor with antibacterial ... Err ... make that the whole bathroom ...

Anyhow ... it get so gross and ridiculous ... it gets kind of funny ... now that all is fixed ... I can laugh at the mess ... OK!! Back to do some final clean up for good!!

Below is a computer monkey ... the kind that everyone should have in the office to do your work, when you aren't around. LOL This is actually a B-day card for the tech guy at work ... I keep asking them to get me a computer monkey!!

Two painting ideas ...

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7414Stars said, on 9/28/2009 9:06:00 PM

Fun stuff!!! Like that singing little bug :D
Thanks for sharing, Alina!

7414Stars said, on 9/28/2009 9:07:00 PM

Tho you posted fun stuff here, sorry to hear about your sink. Glad it's fixed already :)

Kendra Melton said, on 9/28/2009 9:27:00 PM

Oh man that sucks, I'm glad it's all fixed now. :]

Meesimo said, on 9/29/2009 1:43:00 AM

Yikes, glad the plumbing got fixed though.
Sweet painting ideas too! You're already so prolific, if you had a helper monkey you would be unstoppable!!

Pepi said, on 9/29/2009 2:13:00 AM

Jajajaja......que gracioso el bicho en el fregadero. Preiosossssss.....estos dibujos que has hecho me encantannnnn.... saludos.

Tom Jones said, on 9/29/2009 3:29:00 AM

Man, i sure wish I had an office monkey to do my typing. Any idea where I can get one...? ;-)

MONICA said, on 9/29/2009 4:37:00 AM

Hi Alina! thanks for your visit :)
fun style in your ilustrattion.
Kind regards and nice day.

Arun Kumar said, on 9/29/2009 8:58:00 AM

I love your watercolor illustrations...

NewArms said, on 9/29/2009 10:18:00 AM

Lovely painting ideas!!

mike r. baker said, on 9/29/2009 11:08:00 AM

Glad to hear things are cleaning up in the bathroom! Yikes!

Great painting ideas. Hope you do them!

Food and Drugs said, on 9/29/2009 11:16:00 AM

Don't you mind if I borrow your monkey for a few days?
We can agree a reasonable fee. Of course, the monkey won't see a dime.
Bussiness politics.
:-)

Ryan Green said, on 9/29/2009 5:15:00 PM

Awww...I'm gonna clog MY sink to see if that guitar-playing roach appears!

Alina Chau said, on 9/30/2009 12:19:00 AM

Thank you everyone for your visit, fun comments and care! ^_____^

Alex Chechik said, on 9/30/2009 4:39:00 PM

Those are great Sketchcrawl pieces, Alina!

Visedo said, on 9/30/2009 5:08:00 PM

I do need a monkey to do my job for me. Actually, he'd probably do it better than I do :P Hey, maybe you can use the monkey to clean up the mess in your bathroom.

Thanks for your comment in my blog.

Gaia said, on 10/1/2009 2:06:00 AM

Well, this really gave me a good laugh! :D Love the computer monkey, now I want one too :D

pakoto said, on 10/1/2009 4:30:00 AM

I like very much your watercolor drawings

Goobeetsablog said, on 10/1/2009 11:07:00 AM

computer monkeys, roaches, and ham and cheese croissants?

haha
very entertaining

A.J. Bell said, on 10/1/2009 6:15:00 PM

Mesmerizing.
Work was so chaotic today, and these brought a smile to my face.
Thanks Alina

tibó said, on 10/1/2009 7:55:00 PM

Tell me about roaches!! sometimes you should make a deal with them: they clean the bathroom and you let them have dinner while watching Princess Mononoke.
Nice drowings there!
I love your watercolours!

chromasketch said, on 10/2/2009 12:32:00 PM

I like your first painting idea! better than the second..

Bakeling said, on 10/3/2009 7:41:00 AM

祝你中秋快乐！

Alina Chau said, on 10/16/2009 10:24:00 PM

THank you all!! ^______^

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15. Big teeth!!

By: Alina Chau, on 10/3/2009
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Lost internet at home for a few days, finally the cable company fixed it!! WOO HOOO!! Nice to back on-line ... oooh!! Here is a new painting, sort of fit the IF theme!! Hummm ... not sure I like a germ that big ... >.< Below are ideas sketches ...

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16. Sketch of the day & old stuffs ...

By: Alina Chau, on 10/4/2009
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Went to Marching Thru History at Chino today!! It's a lot of fun!! Take lot of pictures ... only get to draw one though. LOL Feeling a bit lazy!!

Tidy up my hard drive and found some old storyboards I did at work ... the bottom two are concept ideas for Narnia Prince Caspian DVD. The top one is DVD interface concept board for the original Operation Valkyrie film.

The storyboards are copyrighted by the studios.

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17. Belated Moon Festival

By: Alina Chau, on 10/9/2009
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Been very busy lately ... every year I like to make an illustration to celebrate my favorite Chinese holiday - the Mid-Autumn Festival or AKA the Moon Festival ... but been a bit crazy lately, so didn't get the chance to make an illo during the day of the holiday. It was last Saturday. I did find time to buy a box of moon cake though!! Once per year, can't miss that!! HA! HA!! Anyhow, I finally get a bit time to doodles two quick sketches during break time for the festival ... well ... better late then never right?!

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18. Autumn!!

By: Alina Chau, on 10/11/2009
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Fallen leaves flying around, weather start getting cold ... time to cook up new ideas for the season.

Found an old Toy Story illo, I did for the DVD a long time ago in my hard drive. LOL This illustration is copyrighted by the studios.

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19. L'Amour

By: Alina Chau, on 10/12/2009
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Here is the painting of the sketch from the previous post. Below are more old work stuffs. Top is a flash illo for Global Wonders and bottom is a rough concept for Narnia DVD design. Both artworks are copyrighted by the studios.

BTW, I updated my Film Blog with my animation work from Ben 10. Please come and check them out!!

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20. Finally it's raining season in LA!!

By: Alina Chau, on 10/13/2009
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Top 2 are painted at Descanso Garden. Bottom piece is another Flash illo for Global Wonders. This illustration is copyrighted by the studios.

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21. PARTY Time!!

By: Alina Chau, on 10/16/2009
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Top two are B-day card I made for my friend, and the bottom piece is another FLASH illo for Global Wonders. Global Wonders illo is copyrighted by the studios.

I have two Art show coming up, and would love to invite everyone to the opening reception parties!!

"Up Up and Away!" Super Hero Show
Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery on 24 Oct, 2009
1618 Silver Lake Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026-1367
I will post the detail info about this show soon!!

Animal Instinct
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 7-11PM WITH DJS, FOOD, AND DRINKS
Runs November 7th-15th, 2009

The ARTery Gallery @ The LAB
2930 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Behind Urban Outfitters

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22. Zoo and my 4th Podcast!!

By: Alina Chau, on 10/21/2009
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Kind of busy lately ... been a bit slow with posting drawings. These zoo drawings are from last week. And the bottom piece is another Global Wonders Flash illo, copyrighted by the studios.

Oooh I have a new new radio Podcast with AM 1430 on-line!! This time I talk about my funny work experience in the Game Industry.

And I would love to invite you to my up-coming art show opening reception on Sat!

Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery proudly presents
UP UP AND AWAY!!!
A friendly neighborhood Super Hero group show
Curated by Jonathan Balajadia, Stylist extraordinaire

Oct. 24th - Nov. 29th
Opening reception: Sat., Oct. 24th, 5pm-9pm

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23. Work in progress ...

By: Alina Chau, on 11/2/2009
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A storyboard I am working on these past couple of days ... ^________^

To be continue ...

BTW, I make some up-date to my web-site, please come and check it out!!