Victoria Ying's Art

Watercolor Portaits

2012-02-08T15:55:00.001-08:00

Started taking a life painting class at LAAFA with Natgan Fowkes! I'm learning so so much about this medium!

Life Drawings

2012-01-17T22:58:00.001-08:00

My new years resolution this year was to do much more life drawing! Here are some of the drawings!

Calendars!

2011-12-17T16:26:00.000-08:00

I made some calendars! These were fun for me because I was trying to think of ways to make prints that could be useful and fun! I always have a hard time finding places to put artwork up and a calendar I thought would be great for other people! The princess one is in my shop right now, but the others will go up soon! I have been selling these at conventions but I realized I forgot to post these on my blog!

Happy Holidays Everybody! I hope you are all enjoying this awesome time of year. I realized I haven't done any of my Christmas shopping yet ughghghhghghghghghgh.....

Some Tangled Fine Art Pieces

2011-12-09T14:17:00.000-08:00

Over the Thanksgiving break I was able to find enough time to do some little pieces for Disney Fine art by Collectors Editions. These paintings are available through them. I had a lot of fun revisiting these characters and just imagining new and fun things they could be doing together!

Using gouache again has been a real treat too. I really forgot how much I liked the medium after playing with watercolor for so long.

Motivarti Mentorship

2011-12-07T17:08:00.000-08:00

Hey All! I'm doing this awesome new program called "Motivarti!" It's a program where you can apply to be a mentee to a specific artist you admire, and I've singed up to be a mentor!

There are two weeks left to apply, It is open to all english speaking people.

Here's the Link with all of the information for those interested

http://motivarti.org/2011/12/02/mentor-of-the-day-victoria-ying/

Check out some of the other Mentors too! My husband Mike Yamada is also a mentor as well as my friend Scott Watanabe!

Wonder Woman!!

2011-11-30T22:26:00.000-08:00

For some reason I always love painting wonder woman! She's just a great female superhero! I've also been playing with gouache again, which I'm finding to be much more fun this second time around :)

This piece is for sale in Mike and Me's new shop! You can also buy FRECKLES and Mike's ZOOM ZOO cards here! Check it out guys!

http://eca.bigcartel.com/

Giveaway Winners!

2011-11-19T22:49:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who entered my give away! I was absolutely shocked at the response! I chose the winners and here are those lucky fellas!

End of the second day of CTN Expo....Boy am I exhausted! I don't know how people manage to do this more than once or twice a year!! I met a ton of great people face to face for the first time and made a lot of new contacts and friends. So many nice people who are excited about animation!

I'm having a really great time, even though I'm so tired! I can't wait to do more of this! Thanks everybody!!

CTN X Info

2011-11-15T11:22:00.000-08:00

At work recently, Lorelay Bove showed me an American in Paris (edited)! I loved this sequenced and got inspired to do a little piece on it! The old Technicolor films are some of my favorites and this sequence was just so brillianty art directed! If you haven't seen this movie, it's worth watching! The art direction is brilliant!

Also, Here's information about CTN-Expo this week! I hope to meet some of you! I'll be selling Freckles, and prints and greeting cards!

There's still 4 days to enter the Freckles giveaway too! Comment on the giveaway post to enter!

Giveaway Giveaway Giveaway!!

2011-11-07T10:10:00.000-08:00

My books have arrived! To celebrate, I'm doing a book giveaway that will end on the first day of CTN X, so you have 11 days to enter and win a Free copy of 'Freckles!'

There are THREE ways to win:

1) Comment Here on the blog under this post: http://victoriaying.blogspot.com

2) Tweet about it! Use @victoriaying and Mention the 'Freckles' Giveaway for a second chance!

3) Comment on my Tumblr! http://victoriaying.tumblr.com/

Each entry will boost your chances!

EDIT: WOW! What a response! I'm adding one more book to the giveaway thanks to all you nice people! This second book will be for Those who are tweeting about it, so one will be for the people commenting and a second for those who are tweeting! Thanks everyone!

Karmen Rider Super Sentai Anniversary Show!

2011-11-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

My Piece for the Super Sentai Karmen Rider show at Q Pop Gallery this weekend! The top piece is the original acrylic painting while the lower piece has been edited with photoshop! I have some of these posted in my shop! If you are interested in the original, please come to the show and say hello!

http://qpopshop.com/

Curiosities

2011-10-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween everybody! I hope you've all had your fill of sweets and booze! This week seemed like the perfect time for me to announce me and my husband's newest collaboration project! It will be a collaborative effort with other artists and writers! It will be ready for the public one year from today! Let the countdown begin!

Cat Circus

2011-10-14T15:37:00.001-07:00

My now husband likes to always entertain me with little stories about our cats, one day he said that my old cat boots had run off to the circus while I was away. I imagined what a circus full of cats looked like and was very amused. I imagine there would be lots of cute kitties and lots of fur flying!

I have this also listed in my shop as a large and small print! I'll have some at CTN X too!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83885634/cat-circus

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83907587/cat-circus-85x11-print

Small World

2011-09-15T08:17:00.000-07:00

I'm participating in a show this Saturday at Gallery Nucleus! This piece will be up for sale! It's a 16x20 Acrylic, Paper, and Washi tape piece. When I saw the Mary Blair show at Imagineering earlier this year I was impressed at how she used so many materials and I wanted to experiment with it myself. Here's the result!

Hopefully anyone in Southern California will come down on Saturday to say hello and see all of the beautiful art that will be on display! Here's a list of the artists participating

Joey Chou
Lorelay Bové
Patrick Awa
Brittney Lee
Becky Dreistadt
Patrick Hruby
Michelle Romo
Eric Diaz
Michael Fleming
Grace Lee
Brendan Wenzel
Justin Parpan
Israel Sanchez
Seb Mesnard
Griselda Sastrawinata
Rad Sechrist
Nellie Le
Pete Oswald
Mark Sperber
Winnie Ho
Christian Robinson
Victoria Ying
Ryan Kramer
Alex Chechik
Kevin Chan
Sean Sullivan
Ryuku Uratsuji
Chris Turnham
Josh Parpan
Jesse Tise
Elizabeth Ito
Jing Wei
Ben Butcher
Brigette Barrager
Chris Sasaki
Claire Keane

Uwe Heidschoetter

Oliver Akuin
Edward Juan
Linda Kim
Jackie Huang
Patrick Raines
Eren Blanquet
Drake Brodahl
Christina Song
Olga Stern

More Hunger Games fanart

2011-08-24T16:20:00.000-07:00

Secretly I'm a giggly 16 year old girl! It's interesting how my mental image of the characters seems to be very pliable. As I keep sketching I keep discovering things that I realize feel more like the characters than the way I had imagined them!

I wanted to do a piece where the characters were wearing the black fire costume that Cinna makes for them

Announcing my book! Freckles!

2011-08-07T20:56:00.001-07:00

Hey all! Exciting news! Last week I mentioned that I will have an art book available for CTN-X! This is a temp cover, the text I think will change. It's going to be 72 pages of artwork, about half of which has not been posted before! I'll be printing 500 of them, so I'll have some for Emerald City con and for sale in my shop as well! I'm so excited for everything this fall! I'm so excited to get to meet everyone!

Katniss Everdeen

2011-07-31T22:15:00.000-07:00

On my most recent trip to Taiwan, I bought the Hunger Games series on my Kindle, and I had such a great time reading them! I'm very excited for the films, but I wanted to do a sketch of what Katniss looked like in my head. I imagine her with large Doe like eyes, but a narrow sharp jaw and strong eyebrows. In my dream casting, I would have had Jennifer Carpeter from Dexter 10 years ago!

I also wanted to announce that I'm going to be printing an art book for CTN-X in November! I hope to see you all there where I will be sharing a table with my Fiance.

He's doing a really cool project too, Go to his blog and check it out! I'm helping him with the animals in his cars

Mike Yamada's Blog

Paper Cut Stylez!

2011-07-25T11:01:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago at Imagineering, they had a Mary Blair show where they displayed many of her original pieces of art! We managed to go on the last week and got to see some of them in real life. I was shocked at the quality of them as well as how much process you could see by seeing the originals. On many of the pieces you could see her grid lines, and how she cut the paper or tape. I loved how you could see that the pieces were both very planned and also very spontaneous.

I was also surprised at how much paper cut she used in her pieces many of the scanned images you see in the books don't show the little folds or curls or cut marks. I got really inspired and I wanted to do some pieces integrating paper as well. Here is my first try, using Pricessia Pia again, I also used gold tape and some Washi tape for her dress and crown! I had SO much fun doing it, I can't wait to keep exploring these materials!

Original Acrylic Painting available

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

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a little bit unfocused! I decided to try this Acrylic style from my Art Director, Mike Giaimo at work! He's an amazing artist and and has taught me alot about handling the materials!

Link to the sale

Original Art Available at my Etsy

2011-06-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try and just do some original art here and there, hopefully one a week! I'm going to be listing them on my etsy for sale! This one is on there currently, it's a small ish piece 5x7 experimenting with different ways to use watercolor.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/76657616/bathing-lovely

Power in Numbers

2011-06-07T09:47:00.001-07:00

Gallery Nucleus has an online program where artists are constantly updating small pieces for charity. I participated, and have submitted this piece called "Princessa Piea" She's a spoiled little girl. I'm going to try and do a childrens book with her!

It's a really great program for artists and art buyers alike! The prices are always fairly reasonable for original art! This piece will be sold for only 100 dollars!

Here's the link to the sale

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/pin

My Piece hasn't been listed yet, but I'm sure it will go up soon!

Japan

2011-05-14T09:28:00.000-07:00

A Piece I did for Japan :) I had a pretty great time painting it, I need to get more watercolor practice.

My friend Lorelay is doing a show at Nucleus tonight! If anyone is in the LA area they should swing by and say Hi!

FRINGE

2011-05-02T11:58:00.001-07:00

I love Sci Fi! Ever since LOST ended, Fringe has been my weekly event. Sometimes I sketch during the show and did some caricatures of the characters. I might do another one with Fauxlivia, Walternate and Lincoln Lee.

April 2

2011-04-03T17:01:00.000-07:00

Outfit of the day post!

Hung out in Silverlake today, had lunch at one of my fave spots "Forage!"

I've been having a lot of fun doing the text for these pieces too. Illustrative text is one of my favorite things nowadays! One of my biggest regrets is not playing as much in my classes and learning how to do things other than illustration...

Outfit:

Hat: Urban Oufitters

Dress: Steven Alan

Shoes: Anthropologie

march 31

2011-03-31T17:39:00.000-07:00

Feeling summery! It's 90 degrees in LA....

I spoke to a group of students today at Disney Inspiredays, it's great to talk to other young people who are passionate about illustration/animation!

Outfit:

Top: Urban Oufitters

leggings: Target

Shoes: Marni

Bag: Chloe (same as yesterday...I don't usually change bags often)

Watch: Channel

March 30th

2011-03-30T17:43:00.001-07:00

Chose jeans today! It was a warm day though and with a walk to the lot....I feel like it was a mistake...

Outfit:

Top: Franche Lippee

Bag: Chloe

Jeans: J Brand

Shoes: Frye

Jewelry: Forever 21

March 29th outfit

2011-03-29T11:42:00.000-07:00

Outfit of the day! It's a beautiful spring day here in Los Angeles! I got all these adorable socks from Madwell and I need to get some open toed Heels shoes to show them off better!

Outfit:

Hat: Urban Outfitters

Dress: Forever 21

Socks: Madwell

Shoes: Deena and Ozzy @ Urban Outiftters

March 22nd

2011-03-22T22:46:00.001-07:00

I got this idea to start doing doodles of my outfits from a few diffrent people, I saw Nancy Z's blog, which is awesome, but I sadly don't have the time or energy to photograph myself, but everyone should check out her work!

I also saw recently this awesome chick Tiffany Ford's been doing it too! It's so fun to see into people's normal lives outside their art!

Outfit today:

Feeling a little lazy, which for me means Jeans and a tee

Top: Scolar

Sweater: Madewell

Jeans: J Brand

Shoes: Toms

Bag: (not pictured) Stella Mcartney for LeSportsac

Accessories: COFFEE

I've been feeling a weird desire for coffee lately. Thank goodness for good coffee at work ;)

Some Disney Commissions

2011-03-13T09:53:00.000-07:00

For Christine, she wanted her kids playing with Rapunzel and Jack Sparrow! I had a good time doing these...I started using watercolor to line the pieces instead of the colored pencil. I think I'm starting to get a technique that works well!

Sketches of Ladies

2011-03-02T17:00:00.000-08:00

Some very loose thumbnails I did for a commission....They were quick, but I enjoyed doing them!

The first is an opera singer, the second a geisha, and the last a christmas themed gal!

Fat Unicorns~

2011-02-23T17:42:00.000-08:00

I did a few more fabric designs! These are fun for me because I like to do things that amuse myself.

I have pre-orders for these fabrics on my fabric shop!

Snow Girl

2011-02-15T13:10:00.001-08:00

Watercolor on paper, This little lady was a commission I was asked to do! I always love painting blondes with watercolors~

Pamplemousse Fabrics for Crafts!

2011-02-10T12:37:00.000-08:00

So I'm a pretty crafty person and recently I heard about this awesome website called Spoonflower where you can print all of your own fabric! I thought it could be fun to print some fabric and sell it as limited editions for quilits...or pencil cases or anything else people can come up with!

I just love craft supplies!

I have a seperate shop for this apart from my shop for pints

The newest designs will be added to the shop on Friday at 3pm PST! Look for it!

fabric shop!

2011-01-24T21:51:00.001-08:00

A little commission I did recently~ I was very inspired by the watercolors in Miyazaki's books and wanted to get that loose, vibrant feeling I get from them in this piece. This girl made me think of a wild and tough princess like Princess Monoke.

I had some trouble with the water, but I learned I need to practice things like that :P

Mike Yamada

2011-01-06T22:55:00.001-08:00

My Fiance posted on his blog for the first time in a year and a half. I've seen all of this stuff, but it's new to the world! I thought I would share for those of you who maybe have not seen it

http://mikeyamada.blogspot.com

Watercolors

2010-12-22T22:56:00.001-08:00

More original art! I did these as commissions, the character is not mine, but belongs to the commissioner.

The peice I did for the Girls Drawing Girls gallery show, I actually did not find the time to frame or send to the gallery :( I was very dissapointed to not be able to participate in the show, but I'm now selling the piece in my Etsy,

http://www.etsy.com/listing/64726073/original-watercolor-painting-snow

55$ Plus shipping!

Santa Santa

2010-12-20T17:25:00.000-08:00

Last life drawing workshop of the year with Bob! I pulled out some acrylics for the occasion. Most of these were done in 10 minutes, I only did every other pose.

This second painting I just did to try and use up the paint left on the palette.

Artwork from Tangled!

2010-12-08T10:47:00.000-08:00

Some actual production art to show what I have been working on these past two years! This project was just so awesome and fun, I'm a little sad that it's over, but I'm glad it's a hit!

My Snow Gentleman

2010-12-05T20:20:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year again...that time of year when Christmas themed art appears!

This was done for a show coming up on the 18th at the Syrup Gallery

939 Maple Ave, 3rd Floor
Los Angeles
7pm-1am

I won't be able to make it, but this little piece here is a steal! for sale for only 50 dollars!

Micro Gallery +Kevin Nelson

2010-11-30T13:19:00.000-08:00

5x3 Mixed Media on Panel

One of my little pieces for our SUPER BIG MICRO GALLERY SHOW at Gallery Nucleus next week! It's going to be artists from Disney and Dreamworks and Pixar all doing small pieces (under 6x6) It should be a great opportunity to see some great work and maybe pick up some Christmas Gifts!

This is only one of my pieces the other one will be a secret shown only at the show! But that's only because I forgot to photograph it before I sent it off :P

Also! My Mentor and 15 year Disney Vet Kevin Nelson finally started a blog! Go on over and check out his awesome work!

http://artofkevinnelson.blogspot.com/

Tangled is in Theaters!!

2010-11-24T10:57:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone! Tangled is in theaters today! I'm very excited and I think I will be taking some of my friends from high school to go and see it tonight! I hope that you all manage to get out there this weekend to see it!

CTN-X!

2010-11-19T10:26:00.000-08:00

A couple of Christmas elves! I know it's a little early, but this was a little test for a christmas card this year.

Also, CTN-X starts today! Pecknpaw will have a booth there, and will be selling the book for those of you who have not yet gotten your copy! We will be at booth E11.

I will be there for the mixer tonight, and will be working the Pecknpaw booth on Sunday! Stop by and say Hello.

I will be taking some comissions while I am there. I will have a list of 5 small postcard sized pieces, watercolor for 50 dollars, and I will also be doing 3 larger letter sized watercolors for 100. CTN seems like it will be great this year, I hope to see you there!

Gaga Life Drawings

2010-10-26T19:04:00.000-07:00

I had such a good time at life drawing this week! We had Sarah who is my favorite model!

Bride

2010-09-28T17:09:00.000-07:00

A little speedy approx 30 min, Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed I just gotta get a painting out!

Life Drawing!

2010-09-27T15:23:00.000-07:00

Went to life drawing today! I had a really great time doing these, the model was great and had some great poses! Next week we're doing Lady Gaga! I seriously cannot wait! I'm a die hard pop fan and Gaga is just amazing!

Tangled Little Golden Book

2010-09-21T15:11:00.000-07:00

The book I illustrated is in stores now! I illustrated the Little Golden book for the film I've been working on, Tangled!

I hear it is in stores as well as online! I'm so excited to have something of mine in print! I've linked the image to the Amazon link.

I also wanted to mention my mentor Claire Keane, and my friend Brittney Lee did a book for Tangled as well and their books are AMAZING!! Check them out too!

Dancer

2010-09-02T20:25:00.001-07:00

I always find Dancers to be such amazing performers! The great shapes they can make with their bodies tell such amazing stories!

Girl with a Tiger >EDITED

2010-08-29T16:04:00.000-07:00

Just a quick little thing for a Sunday, Thank god the weather is finally cooling off!

Edit: Most of the time, with quick doodles, I just let things lie, but this time, I decided that I should fix the things that were bothering me :)

Life Drawing

2010-08-26T14:43:00.000-07:00

It's been a really long time since I had a chance to go to life drawing. I decided to drag my tush to the class and had a really great time!

I recall during school how important it was for me to have a nice drawing at the end of class. I was always trying to emulate the teacher or the other great students in my class, but I think that because of that I didn't learn as much as I could have from life drawing. Instead of focusing on finding forms and rhythms, I was always just trying to make my drawings look like "that guy's" Today I decided to go into class just trying to learn and doing my own thing without worrying about a nice drawing that looked like anyone else's, and things worked out quite well! I both had decent drawings and I learned, and I had fun!

Watercolors

2010-08-12T12:03:00.001-07:00

A couple of pieces I did as commissions! Watercolors have always been pretty fun, but I am definitely getting the hang of it! I've ordered a number of books recently on watercolor techniques but I really wish there were a class I could take!

I hope that everyone is having a good summer! Pecknpaw is planning on doing CTN this year and I think I will also be doing commissions and prints!

An intreview I did for Tangled!

2010-08-09T11:28:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys! Just thought I would post this, as many have seen it already :)

Pecknpaw At Gallery Nucleus

2010-08-02T16:32:00.001-07:00

Hello Everyone!

Our Book is going to have a signing at Gallery Nucleus! Please come by this SATURDAY at 7PM to say hello and check out some of the original artwork and get a book signed by the artists!

Comic con 2010

2010-07-26T22:25:00.001-07:00

This year at Comic Con, we worked at the Pecknpaw booth selling our Disney Vis Dev Collaborative art book! It was a great con where we met tons of awesome people!

Scott Watanabe, and My BF Mike helping to set up.
On Friday I started to take my commissions. This is one I particularly Liked of Jessica Rabbit!
This one was a simple prompt of "Girl with a Dragon" I did one with a girl and a large dragon but it was so embarassing I had to redo it! This one turned out much better!
My very First Commission! Princess Leia with a Chibi 3P0 and R2. I'm a huge Star Wars Nerd, so I super loved doing these!
Padme with a Chibi old 3P0! These two were a set.
This wonder woman I actually did for myself. I always loved wonder woman's design and did her for fun, but this piece actually ended up selling as well!

Skeches for a Harley Quinn Commission. I like to test out poses before I commit to anything on the watercolor paper

This guy was great. He had a Rascal but dressed it like a dragon!

Vamperella and Red Sonja. I ended p adding a little black bat to the Vamperella piece so that she wasn't staring at nothing.

I actually had so much fun doing these commissions! It was my first time doing so (which is why if you got one from me, I might have seemed sorta scatterbrained) But I loved it!

Comic Con!

2010-07-20T16:12:00.000-07:00

These are some bookplates I did for our Book! These will be for sale at Comic Con!

I will also be doing Comic Con Commissions too, 30 for a drawing, 50 for a painting like the ones above! Come on by to our booth 4819 and say Hi!

Snow Girl

2010-07-19T23:27:00.000-07:00

I feel like all I ever post anymore are quick things! I was doodling at home and ended up liking this one

Claire Keane

2010-07-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to make a little post about my Mentor Claire Keane! She started her own blog! GO check it out, she's got some really fantastic work!

http://claireonacloud.com/

Pecknpaw Giveaway!

2010-07-13T16:48:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone! Two little announcments,

1) Comic con is only a week away! We are doing a special Pecknpaw raffle on the blog! Please become a follower and be entered to win this great book signed by 20 of the artists in the book!

http://pecknpaw.blogspot.com

ALSO: The Piece from the "Sugar and Spice" show is still available! If you would like to purchase it, here's the link!

http://gdg-sugarspice.blogspot.com/

Girls Drawing Girls Sugar and Spice

2010-07-07T16:56:00.001-07:00

Friday night will be the Annual Girls Drawing Girls Sugar and Spice show! Here is the painting I did for the show...the title is Strawberry Cake!

Come by and check out the show! It will be Friday at 7 at The Animation Guild building in Burbank!

Edit: This piece is still available! Click here for info

http://gdg-sugarspice.blogspot.com/

Watercolors

2010-06-22T15:35:00.001-07:00

I've been experimenting with watercolors recently, Here is what I've been doing! This last one is a piece for a benefit for the Oil Spill here at work! The rest will probably get put up on Etsy

Gulf Coast Paintings

2010-06-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

Some watercolors done recently, both of these are available in my shop. All of the proceeds for the paintings in my shop that will appear over the next few weeks will go directly to the Gulf Coast Effort. With the Colbert Nation's Gulf of America Fund.

My heart just breaks seeing all of the devastation in the Gulf...

My Shop

September Issue

2010-06-05T17:47:00.000-07:00

Just a quickie while I was watching "The September Issue" I got really inspired by one girl's amazing makeup!

New Paintings Listed on Etsy!

2010-06-01T17:47:00.000-07:00

These were all illustrations testing some watercolor techniques! They are all listed in my shop!

My Etsy Shop

T straps!

2010-05-25T09:32:00.000-07:00

I purchased my first pair of T straps! They're white not black, but I was excited :)

Pin up Kitty

2010-05-17T17:17:00.001-07:00

Just a doodle :)

Work in progress

2010-04-28T19:28:00.001-07:00

Sometimes, I browse the internet and I'm amazed at how prolific so many artists out there are! I'm slow, so I decided to post this WIP :)

Prints are GONE!

2010-04-25T20:26:00.000-07:00

PRINTS ARE GONE!
Thanks for all the interest!!

So, I was cleaning out my house trying to figure out what to do with these 5 huge boring Ikea frames I had from my graduation show, and had to figure out what to do with the prints inside of them. I felt terrible about throwing them out, and decided to give them away!

Anyhow, onto the prints, if anyone wants these, please let me know, theyre all 13x19 and FREE! I will ship them anywhere in the US for 10 dollars (just for shipping) First person to email me gets em! (Please, US only...int. shipping is a big pain in the buttz)

sshaoshao@gmail.com

I would post new artwork too, but we had our house fumigated, and I'm not yet set up for painting yet :( I'll be doing artz soon tho!!

Elsa picked up the prints, I checked out her blog! This gal is talented! Check her out!!

http://elsasketch.blogspot.com/

Loving her pieces for Richard's Color class esp :)

PecknPaw and the Black Mirror

2010-04-14T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hi Folks!

Still working through some art stuff, but otherwise things are pretty good! Working on A Little Golden book for work, which has been stressful due to the pressure (Golden books are all so beautiful!!) But I'm so glad I got the oppertunity.

And here is another project I've been waiting to tell you guys about!

My friend Scott Watanabe approached me last year about doing an anthology for Comic con! I helped Assistant Edit the book with him.

Anyhoo, our whole book is all original artwork from 16 of the super talented visual development artists here at Disney! We've put together a blog, that will be used to talk a little about production of the book.

The awesome story guys who did Torch Tiger will be giving us our booth this year at comic con, so please, stop on by! Say hi, pick up a book! We'll be at 4819 XD

Suckinesssss

2010-04-07T22:40:00.000-07:00

Just a doodle :(

I've been feeling in an art rut lately, sorry for the lack of posts :P it happens to us all from time to time, its just tough to find a way out!

Clown!

2010-03-22T22:12:00.000-07:00

Circus' always sounded fun~

The Red Shoes

2010-02-24T17:32:00.000-08:00

I realize one of the reasons I dont post much is because I think most of the things I do are not worth posting. I'm going to try and post more doodles and random stuff so that this place doesnt dry up again

Rain Rain!

2010-01-25T16:48:00.000-08:00

Just a Quickie, The rain in LA has been wonderful lately!

Gah! Been too long!

2010-01-19T11:46:00.001-08:00

Its been way too long since my last post, Apologies to all, I've been pretty distracted lately :)

Here's a work in progress I've been fiddling with during my breaks!

Micro!

2009-12-15T13:45:00.001-08:00

These two watercolor pieces were for our Work's Micro Gallery! It was a lot of fun and I hope to keep doing them. I want to try to do some watercolor environments too, but I've been struggling a little with that stuff lately.

Loma Linda Children's Hospital Auction

2009-12-09T21:38:00.001-08:00

Hello guys! I'm showing off my piece for the Loma Linda Children's Hospital Auction! It's a great little cause and if your in the Inland Empire, come on down and check out some of the other great names that are going to be there!

Here's their site for more info!
http://giftedartist.blogspot.com/

More Vegs!

2009-11-30T10:32:00.000-08:00

So much fun to do these! I haven't had a lot of time to do personal work....I've been redoing some stuff around the house recently so not a lot of personal work...I've got to get on it!

Turnip!

2009-11-11T11:38:00.000-08:00

Turnip Turnip Turnip! I find turnips to be a tasty winter veggie! Especially good in a crock pot with a roast :)

AlSO! I got a twitter! (I know I know...late to the party, I decided to get it just to follow people I'm interested in!) If you have a twitter, post your link here!

here's mine

http://twitter.com/victoriaying

Space Rover

2009-11-01T21:45:00.000-08:00

A super duper speedie...Just wanted to try something Sci Fi :)

I hope everyone had an awesome Halloween! Mike and I went to SB for some beer and wine tasting and had a really great time even tho we werent participating in the Halloween festivities.

Couple of Things...

2009-10-16T16:07:00.000-07:00

Two TOTALLY different styles of painting, the second is a study of Sargent's One of my faves since it seems so effortless!

Whenever I try to decide what kind of style I like to pursue, its sort of hard because I like to do so many things :P

Also! I'll be at APE this weekend! Not as an exhibitor, just a spectator, but if you see me feel free to say Hi!

Ice Creams!

2009-10-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

Mint Chip and Rocky Road! MMMMmmm...

Sargent Study

2009-10-01T21:46:00.001-07:00

Just a quick study today :) I Love Sargent!

I've done a few of these recently, at work, I'm doing character renderings, Sargent really is the master of subtly, and I've been learning a lot doing them!

Final Raffle Winner!

2009-09-24T22:37:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone who has decided to Follow my blog!

Today is the final drawing for the winner of the Raffle. All 3 Retro Prints!

And the winner is...

ERIN HUNTING!

Congratulations! Thanks again to everyone who is following me. Stay Tuned for more free stuff!

Rites of Spring

2009-09-22T18:00:00.000-07:00

Inspired by the Centaurs from the Original Fantasia....Working at Disney has it perks, I was looking around for old Freddie Moore drawings, and Just had to do a couple of pretty centaur girls! It was my fave short from the old Fantasia!

I've been messing around with watercolors, but I've mostly been doing it on the regular bond paper I use to draw on, but soon I think I will bring in a pad of arches to do it on real watercolor paper :P

Raffle winner Number 2!

2009-09-17T21:53:00.000-07:00

This week's winner was...

Wayne B. Medina!!

Congrats on your prints!

Also, Congrats to my dear Friends Georgia and Brian, Who announced their engagement this week. I get to be the Maid of Honor! So Exciting!

Raffle Winner!

2009-09-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

And a little Illustration to go with it!

and our first winner....of One Retro Print...is.....

Manola!!

I will be emailing you shortly to get your decision on what piece you would like!

Our next drawing will be next week! Stay Tuned!

Oh Gizmo...

2009-09-04T11:53:00.000-07:00

Mike likes to joke that our Kitty's spend the day driving around in little cars running little errands...I think that Gizmo is more of a joy rider! so I did this little illustration. For a while I was thinking of doing a childrens book based on Gizmo and Gizmo's adventures, but for now this will do. It reminds me a little of the Richard Scarry aimals that I used to love as a kid too!

Retro Illos

2009-08-28T11:35:00.001-07:00

I've been watching a lot of Mad Men of recent days, and its really a fantastic show! I love the styling and all of the cute outfits and great decor.

Inspired by my friend Jeff Turley (http://turleysketch.blogspot.com/), I'm going to be doing a raffle for these prints! A big thank you to all of you who have chosen to follow me on blogger!

The first drawing will be for one print of the three, choose which, the second will be two, and the third will be all three! Follow me to be entered.

here are the dates

Raffle #1: Thursday Sept 10th
Raffle #2: Thursday Sept 17
Raffle #3: Thursday Sept 24

Winners will be posted on my blog on the dates above

For more info on how to follow Click Click!
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=104226

Thanks again everybody!

Hard and Soft

2009-08-24T14:38:00.001-07:00

I posted prints of these two on My ETSY and thought that perhaps I should post them here as well :)

I got inspired when I was bored and started watching videos from this year's Spring shows on Style.com! It's always a sure fire way to get me to do art LOL

I've also started a little blog for my Doll obsession. As weird as it is, I thought maybe I could post a link to it here in case anyone was curious about my other weird hobbies. My boyfriend has had a little bit of a difficult time getting used to all of the dolls and doll parts hanging around the house HA.

Fruity Blythe Blog

It hasnt been updated in a while, but I'll be posting more pics of my custom dolls soon!

I also bought a wood burning kit from Micheal's the other day (If you search Google for Micheal's coupon, you'll find one for 50% off!!) I've got a couple ideas of cool stuff to do with it, but I'm a little afraid of the...hot burning...bit....lol. I'm excited to start, I just gotta get up that courage!

2009-08-09T23:00:00.000-07:00

Inspired by a feature at "Apartment Therapy" About Creams...Pinks...and Yellow!

Green

2009-08-02T14:38:00.000-07:00

I've always loved painting this white girl..After observing her, I think she reminds me of geishas! I will call them Maiko's from now on. Maiko, are Apprentice Geisha in Japan.

Antler Girl

2009-07-29T17:10:00.000-07:00

A doodly doo, exploring a mood and getting back into fashion illustration!

Drusilla

2009-07-20T12:58:00.001-07:00

I just started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu and I have to say, I'm totally in love with this show! Some (okay, Most) of the characters can get annoying, but I love the bad guys! Esp. Drusilla and Spike.

Someone told me Spike gets all crappy later in the series but since I've only seen up to season 3, I have to say that he's probably my favorite!

Cloudy Days

2009-07-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

A quick study of clouds, using brushes stolen from my super talented coworker, Jeff Turley! Still can't quite get the hang of the pen tilt angle jitter, but it looks cool!And a doodle from a meeting :)

It was a pretty exhausting weekend actually, I forgot to post on my blog that I would be at Anime Expo selling Prints and sketchbooks! It was great fun, I got to meet a lot of people and sell some goods, I think I will do it again next year!

Then on friday, Yuki 7 officially opened at Nucleus! Thanks to everyone who came by to show their support it was a really amazing show and Kevin did such a fantastic job with the character and the book!

Comic con is coming soon too O__O! I can't wait! It will be the first time I have had a hotel room since I was in high school. I hope to meet some awesome people, if anyone has a reccomendation of books to buy let me know :)

More Yuki!

2009-06-04T11:42:00.000-07:00

Yuki 7! I'm participating in the show in July at Nucleus! I hope to see some of you there!

So! A little update from me. I got a tiny promotion at work! I'm now a Vis Dev Apprentice as opposed to a Vis Dev Trainee, it's pretty exciting and I've got new mentors and I'm starting to work on stuff that will really be in the movie!

Summer?

2009-05-31T21:39:00.001-07:00

It's June already! I cant believe its already summer...I suppose the next question should be "When can I go to the beach?"

Doodly Doo

2009-05-14T00:32:00.000-07:00

Just a quickie! I've been so bad bout my blog! :(

Yuki and Darkstalkers

2009-04-05T13:33:00.000-07:00

I recently had a great opportunity to do some art for the awesomely talented Kevin Dart's Yuki 7 book!

Here's the peice I did, hopefully I will have a few more for the Nucleus show

I heard about Udon doing a Tribute book for Darkstalkers, and I felt like doing a piece, I never got around to finishing it, so I never sent it in. :P

Cats!

2009-03-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows me knows I love my cats, I thought it could be fun to do a childrens book, a sort of buddy comedy starring the two of them, Gizmo who is spunky and happy and Boots who is fat and angry. :)

Browsing my old posts, I noticed that I dont post much here other than characters, I think most people who read my blog probably think that I do characters at work too, but actually I spend most of my time doing environments. I should probably start doing more location stuff in my free time as well so I can show them on my blog!

Happy Valentines day!

2009-02-16T19:22:00.000-08:00

Here's a card I made for my boyfriend this year, the eggs are our cats, although we only have 2

Posion Ivy

2009-01-31T18:20:00.000-08:00

I always loved Redheads! Theyre so pretty and suductive, in a uniquely exotic way :)

Totally Random, but I saw this guy at my local whole foods and thought it was pretty funny, we're all predisposed to see faces in things and this guy was totally a character when I looked at him!

More Nerd Stuff!

2009-01-22T23:01:00.001-08:00

More Nerd Stuff! These have been pretty fun recently, I might try to do a couple more, maybe Batgirl and Poison Ivy.

I also got a pretty cool opportunity that most artists don't get. My dad flies and owns a few planes, recently he acquired one from WWII Called Nanchang Nancy, Apparently the Chinese made some planes for America during that time, and they were very good fighter planes. It's a little 2 seater war plane with a funny little pinup girl painted on the side of it. He asked if I wanted to paint a new one for him (he's always been very supportive of my art) So I'm gonna do it! I've got to do some research on what type of paint to buy, but it should be really exciting! I'll post up some sketches later this week perhaps. The one on the plane now is a chinese girl in a pseudo-mao communist outfit, she seems a little bored, so I'll try to remedy that :)

Wonder Woman!

2009-01-18T13:40:00.000-08:00

I've always been a real big nerd at heart, and the other day I thought about how fun it would be to illustrate some classic DC girls. I always sort of liked how Iconic they were compared to Marvel ;) And here is the most iconic of them all, Wonder Woman!