this is what the cover looks like as of late, and below is the process

this is the mock-up of what the album will look like, front and back, plus the inside booklet

my workstation at home, plugging away on the project

i wrote the type by hand with paper i found in my closet and charcoal i bought back in 2003.

lyrics of the song  and my old charcoal. the charcoal was so old, it broke after a few strokes, but i used that to my advantage.

photoshopped images of the text

this is the summarized progression of work. the middle drawing is 90% finished, and the last leg of the work was polishing the illustrations so that it will look great when printed.

i made an installation at syrup desserts using my paintings and cookies.

the set-up

the pocketwatch is a painting inside a make-up case.

mister bunny biscuit and orange frosting are both acrylic paintings on watercolor paper

black gesso and acrylic paint

besides teaching, i’ve been busy with a few projects which includes painting and a few commissions. everything is in progress and i dont want to post pictures yet, so instead, i’m posting randoms.

doodling at a tea house. maysa’s phone.

my sister got a new haircut, and i cut and pasted me and my other sister’s faces into the photo.  can you tell which one is the real one?

i want to be a cookie master. this is what i made for my boyfriend on a typical monday.

it was me and the boyfriend’s anniversery, and he gave me these

i special ordered celia’s cheesecakes a month in advanced for our anniversary

i picked out our anniversary dinner

this is our son, dutch. he is military-grade  belgium shepard.

best friends

why you dont microwave hard boiled eggs.

cheat meal for the weekend: pasadena’s dog haus, the blast hot dog.

dog haus tater tots

lately i’ve been feeling pretty good. first, i sold a couple art pieces to the starring voice-actors of the cartoon network series, adventure time.

i sold my painting to john dimaggio, the voice actor for jake the dog from adventure time, aka bender from futurama.

i also sold my pillow to jeremy piven, who is the voice of finn the human from adventure time. its a cool feeling knowing that some of my favorite cartoon characters literally own something of mine.

second on the feel-good list, my student, kenny mok, won the “people’s choice award” for the congressional art contest. his work will be shown at the white house.

third on the list, the helmet i did for offroad evolution is making its wayy to abu dhabi. mel of offroad evolutions participates in several offroading competitions and activities, and the helmet i painted will be trotting the globe with him.

im also working on another commission – will post the process later. but so far, im feeling pretty good. smiley face.

for this month’s downtown los angeles artwalk, i decided to make people finger mustaches

dont forget to check back at facebook.com/asiaengart and “like” my page. thank you.

salvidor dali

photo: kerry lam.

color correction: dinh thai.

painting, body painting, photoshop art: asia eng

photo taken at Syrup desserts: 611 s. spring st, la, ca.