Here is a pdf of a 12 page zine I created

HandwrittenLetter

There is a possibility that I might change my mind once again. But I am considering on creating a book on letter writing:

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

http://www.letterlover.net/

http://www.myspace.com/LetterLover

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=36166917

For the illustrator project, I decided to create a “Not All” series that is ongoing. I accomplished one for the time being.

Three years ago I was in Calgary wandering around China town in the morning with my mom. The old folks there were screaming or saying “Jo-san!” and I kept on glancing thinking my mom or somebody who knows me is calling me. I got weirded out when it seems to consistently happen. “Jo-san!” here, “Jo-san” there “Jo-san….” everywhere! My mom never taught me chinese so I asked in frustration “What the hell is going on? How come everybody seems to know me here, though they’re not acknowledging my presence?”. My mom casually replied “Oh yeah… your name means ‘good morning’ in chinese” Wow. I never knew until 3 years ago.

I am going to be part of a group show at Elliott Louis Gallery in Vancouver. I think I will be one of the few representing the city. It’ll be nice seeing familiar faces from Emily Carr at the exhibit. Shall I see you there?

Check out for more information: Emerging Artists Show

Check out this site for a bit of inspiration for your individual illustrator project for Digital Imaging. Good luck to us all

http://www.illustratorworld.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josan/

I keep changing my mind on what Im going to do for this project. Here is an example of what I’ve decided to stick too.

After that workshop with Carlo, I was intrigued by the Adobe Lightroom he briefly mentioned. I downloaded a trial version and checked it out at a Mac shop. I thought it was a really cool software. You can edit the color tones of your image to the littlest details. It’s time consuming, yet it works. But for $375, you could get the same effects (without as much control as Lightroom though) in scanner softwares and plug-ins either for free or cheaper.

P.S: Nothing still beats taking good photos and doing just a little bit of editing in photoshop/lightroom. Most photos I took for this project are under crappy lighting (very tungsten) and when I corrected them in the softwares, it became grainy