Since the last post, I started medical school (!), and am moving toward the end of my preclinical years (!!). Time moves fast. Some things that I did in this time frame: Moved! Created an Excel sheet named “pretty okay foods” (all lowercase) for the desserts I (and people I subjugated to taste-testing) thought that […]
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good neighbors
A few weeks ago, my friend and I schlepped down to DC to visit some art museums. I’m still not sure why, as the government was very much shut down. We found ourselves standing in front of one of the Smithsonians with our lack of foresight, surveying the strange emptiness of DC. Well — I […]
the start of another new year
A huge thank you to all for the incredible responses to Women of Hopkins! My Grinch-sized heart had definitely grown several sizes. Hopefully everyone had restful Christmaskwanzanukkahs and New Years. I traveled home to Vancouver for a short while – I didn’t get to see everyone I wanted to see, but I definitely slept like […]
Women of Hopkins
Hellooo!! Today is a very exciting day, because, I can FINALLY reveal what I’ve been working on for the past few months! For the greater part of this year, I have been working with Women of Hopkins to design a series of portraits stemming from their first exhibition, and it’s REALLY cool. The project honors […]
1000 F***ing Heads update
Happy Monday! Since last time, Canadian Thanksgiving descended and left, in its wake a trail of cranberry sauce. Some sketches: Plane sketch of my sister doing her homework on the plane (a miracle!). And now, the actual update. It’s been a while since the last one for this mega-checkbox. I feel like it should be more […]
to all the scrapped drawings
Remember three months ago how I said I’d be back with blog posts with greater frequency than n > 1 month? Ha. Then medical school applications came in and they’ve, just, taken over my life. I haven’t had the chance to draw much until a few days ago, and since this is an art blog, […]
new york pt. 2, ft. father’s day
Although New York was quite a while ago, I finished the sketches on Father’s Day, so they are featuring my old man. For a guy with crackly knees, my dad did quite well trekking around the streets and enjoyed his “first time” in the city. My sister, my mother, and I, who’ve been to New […]
got my BS
It has been a looooooong time! I am alive at last. I know I haven’t updated in a while, but we should be back to our regularly scheduled programming, i.e., once a week. Since last time, I’ve: Graduated with a B.Sc. in Neuroscience! Been working, and then spent the past few months with my nose […]
winter olympics
It’s this time every four years that I feel aggressively Canadian and obsess over curling, hockey, and figure skating at the same time. Maple leaves drawn in all the places. Red and white everywhere. Canadian ALL THE THINGS. Tired? Watch the Olympics. See your Canadian friend on campus? Stop and talk about how amazing Canada […]
when you look forward to automatic parking becoming the norm
It is 2018 and my friend Steph has complimented on my adult life productivity, as I a) finally got my full driver’s license although I should’ve done that approximately a million years ago, b) made chocolate lava cake 3 times in the span of six days, and c) made my semesterly Costco run. And I […]
merry christmaskkuh! and other holidays!
We have snow! Actual snow and not slush. This may be the first time in years (five? six?) that I’ve seen a white Christmas in Vancouver. My sister has been neck-deep (actually, eyeballs deep — her words) in college applications, which means I’m currently her editor, moral support, and sometimes water bearer. Because, apparently, people […]
the food coma after thanksgiving, artist’s edition (pt. 2)
The time after Thanksgiving and before Christmas is the best time of year, because I can fully show, with no restraints, on how much I am obsessed with ugly Christmas sweaters, pretty light displays, bitingly cold weather, and over-the-top cookies. True fact: I made 19 cinnamon rolls last weekend, and they are gone. Already. I […]
’twas the week before thanksgiving, artist’s edition (pt. 1)
Ok, so the apple pie I mentioned last week? I made it. And I’m now a convert. In fact, I was so surprised at how much I like it that I texted my sister about it, and here is a direct transcript of that conversation: Me: I made pie Her: WHAT PIE Me: Apple pie […]
first time posting colour in over a month
Hi, guys. I know I didn’t post last week, but here’s a virtual cookie as apology. The real reason might be that I was a little occupied over Stranger Things and my last Inktobers were “Stranger Things this, Stranger Things that” and if you haven’t been able to notice, I have a slightly obsessive personality, […]
black mirror
Hey, guys! [En lieu to this post, I lost my finished(!) draft and now am furiously typing trying to remember what I said. Serves me right for typing directly in the post…] I finally started Black Mirror and now understand why people call this the show that causes existential crises. I just finished the first […]
inktober 2017, week 3
Inktober week 3! This is the week when people start straying from the sketches. It’s hard to draw and plan a sketch a day when you have other commitments that take precedence. My computer screen has been having a weird two days – there are odd highlights of “physics physics physics” “predict” “PHYSICS” scattered permanently […]
celsius is still better than farenheit
Hello friends, and happy Canadian Thanksgiving! (I’m there, in spirit.) It’s around 80% humidity right now, so I feel like I spoke a little too soon a few weeks ago about “cold, brisk, weather,” as my apartment floors are sticky with condensation. I also have a confession to make: I still read my temperatures in […]
inktober 2017
Got ready for Inktober! I didn’t need to stock up on inking pens because I have a gazillion of them, and Jehna sent me Copic markers for my birthday, so I’m unintentionally very prepped. Inktober started as the pet project of Jake Parker in 2009, and has exploded worldwide – it’s now officially partnered with ArtStation and […]
senior year
So, I started watching Rick and Morty, and I don’t think I’ve shut up about it this entire week to my friends about how good it is. Doesn’t seem that I’ve completely oversaturated them yet, because none of them have told me to stop talking about it. But most of them are just too nice […]
the mosquito
If my knees have been looking like fat doorknobs for the past few days, it’s because of the mosquito bite that has magically ballooned to cover half my thigh. Even when I resisted to scratch it! My right leg is now discoloured! Argh! Thankfully, I found the offender mosquito and squashed the bugger both as […]
5 facts
Fall, I AM READY FOR YOU. As soon as September arrived, cold-ish weather also tumbled in and now I can enjoy bowls of hot polenta without feeling judged. Or wear my fuzzy socks at home. I’m not sure how sustainable this cold front is, as apparently the weather will be humid and hot this Wednesday. […]
hold the pumpkin spice lattes until actual fall, please
First off, a moment for the wounded, the killed, and the senseless violence in Charlottesville, for all the families and loved ones and with the thousands who gathered together in vigil. I was scrolling down my Facebook feed (as one is oft to do when one is trying to procrastinate), and something bright and orange […]
one year anniversary
And just like that, it’s been one year since the website was launched. The only reason I remember this, is because I made the World’s Best Card for Jehna as the first post, and now am returning for the World’s Second-Best Card (am joking. That card’s hard to beat). I got a little starry-eyed this […]
it’s july
It’s the smack middle of summer, which means I’m eating all the fruits. You name it. I’ll probably have eaten it. Pounds of strawberries? In two days? Yup. Summer also means that the frequency of exclamation marks (written and verbal) has decreased due to First World Problems, such as frigid air conditioning (honestly, winter is […]
birthdays
Happy first week of summer – it’s been a while! These past few weeks have been slightly busy. My life is currently as interesting as a snail’s crawl, sans slime, so instead, I present (no pun intended) a late ode to my wee sister’s birthday at the beginning of this month. I still think she’s sixteen […]
gal gadot is my new girl crush
We went to see the movie Friday night, and as far superhero origin movies go, Wonder Woman exceeded my expectations. Not that it was very high to begin with, because I thought it would be a Zack Snyder, pretty-colour-boom-boom film. There was actually character development (!). The fact that it was one of the few […]
charleston
Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend! For the rest of the you who didn’t have a long weekend, hope you guys had Mondays that you successfully slogged through. I am now officially finished junior year. This year whizzed by at such speed that I’m not exactly sure where it went… Apparently, this thing […]
my mom is always right
I hope y’all called your mothers and celebrated with great food (pie?). And to all the moms out there – Happy Mother’s Day! I’m more of a cake person than a pie person, but rhubarb pie — strawberries optional– is my favourite pie of all time. Not the GOAT dessert, because that’s flourless dark chocolate cake. Since […]
last day of class
Friday was the last day of class, which means that the year is almost over…?! The year really went by in two blinks of an eye. We’re currently preparing for the annual art show, and had a wonderful drawing session with our model (and complimentary fire ants) in the courtyard outside. We attracted several curious stares […]
how to stretch a smile
Did anyone watch the Hasan Minhaj’s White House correspondents’ dinner speech this week? His burns were just so painfully terrific that his monologue deserves rewatching. This week, we had a model decked out to the nines, resplendent with a shimmering gold hat, gauzy black dress and a seriously bedazzling necklace. But what was most impressive was […]
weird rainbow food
The Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino was released only a few days ago, and the world has already lost its mind over the drink. Baristas had melt-downs over making it, Anthony Bourdain said it was enough to nuke the county, and I still think this trend is very passé. Although I’m not as eloquent enough as Anthony Bourdain, Spirit Animal™ […]
spring has sprung and GERD is no fun
Last week, all of the trees decided to finally bloom and our campus is now its Really Beautiful Phase, which is perfect to seduce those prospective students and their parents visiting the school. (The tour guides also know how to work it. “This is The Beach, where everyone hangs out!” said one, pointing to a picturesque scene of […]
mort de rire
Hello everyone, it’s been a while! Things have been slightly chaotic after spring food break. Not dead (yet), promise. Which reminds me, the phrase “mort de rire” keeps popping up in my head (ironically followed by Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life”). It’s the equivalent of “LOL” in French, except the meaning is much more macabre […]
what you should know about drawing models
For the second week in a row, a model came into the studio. She was wearing clothes — as was the previous model — as this class focuses primarily on the portrait, but in figure drawing, models are generally in the nude, because it’s very hard to gauge form and proportion otherwise. In high school, I would […]
allergy season
I took an allergy test two years ago due to a cough that never ended (it was bronchitis), but somehow the results weren’t communicated as well as I’d hoped, and I left the next day vaguely understanding that I was allergic to “some tree.” And bereft some lump sum of money from the test. Well, that […]
self-portraits
Drawing self-portraits is the worst. Which is exactly what we did in class last week. It was actually quite funny in how uncomfortably focused everyone was (including me). In that, hey, jowl-of-pudge-that-definitely-wasn’t-there-last-year uncomfortable. Before we started, our professor showed us some examples of self-portraits by other artists. I was definitely inspired by Käthe Kollwitz – her […]
“winter” weather
If you have weather anxiety like me, you’ll understand that when I tell you that today was so warm for February day that it sent sends images of derailing weather and global warming signs flashing in my mind’s eye. It doesn’t seem like anyone else is particularly concerned, as people celebrated with summer clothing. Prime example below: Lyft driver […]
portraiture
I know it’s weird that the title and the featured image are at odds with each other, BUT KEEP READING. Classes have started, which means it’s back to my erratic posting schedule. I know. I used to scoff at Valentine’s Day and its cheesiness, but ever since I realized exactly how much I spend on […]
westworld is so much better than I thought it would be
Guess what? I have TWO sketchadays for you. That’s right. But if you call now, within the next twenty minutes, ’cause we can’t do this all day, we’ll give you a second set absolutely free. So that’s 8 shamwows sketches for – I really did want a shamwow after I saw that infomercial. When I was […]
hawaii, part II
Not depicted below: we went to Diamond Head, sans night-owl sister, and saw the sunrise. Our journey was more eventful than the climb, as my parents and I debated if we should go at all for the longest time (dad: but we could sleep!! BEFORE THE SUN RISES), then we had trouble finding our rental […]
what I did instead of freezing off my toes, part I
As promised, here are some sketches from Hawaii. Part II to come. If my printing looks like chicken scratch, well, you might have to squint a little. (I tried to switching to all caps but I’m not sure how much that helped.) It was the first time we travelled to Hawaii (and somewhere that wasn’t incredibly […]
new website in progress!
Happy New Year everyone!! If you’re wondering why the website looks so strange, and why you’re not getting any updates, I have shifted web hosts. The new web host and server are sooooo much better than before. Meanwhile, please bear with me as I try to get everything organized. I’m currently in Hawaii — will have […]
12 days of christmas start… tomorrow
And the last day of the semester has come (including Painting). I have somehow gotten oil paint on every single piece of Non-Painting outerwear that I own, including my former blindingly white winter jacket (by blinding, I mean that when I walk in the sun, it hurts my own eyes to look down, so I can’t imagine what […]
it’s december!!
My favourite time of the year is here. Let me say that again: My favourite time of the year is here! So far, I’ve crossed off several things on my Holidays Food Dessert List (I promise this is not a food blog despite my extreme gravitas toward anything edible) including: making cinnamon oatmeal cookies, pumpkin custard, amaretti […]
1000 f***ing heads
In an earlier post, I mentioned the project that I was working on was called 1000 F***ing Heads. It’s actually an art challenge I decided to participate in back when I was a wee babe foolish to think that I would actually accomplish this in some reasonable amount of time, but since I am more stubborn than the gum on […]
the thanksgiving coma
It’s been a looooong time, but I’ve been doing art! I’m currently in the Thanksgiving Food Coma (TFC), having been stuffed full with rotis and Indian food and Jeni’s ice cream. (Although you can never go wrong with turkey and cranberry sauce and brussel sprouts and cornbread and pie…) On another note, Catherine Kehoe came to […]
post-chuck close
I have moved in! Not only have all boxes have been cleared, but I’ve been using actual cookware with lids instead of balancing another sauce pan on top of another one. I’m also watching a lot of movies, with copious amounts of Oreo mint ice cream and my lactose-intolerant stomach. (Worth it.) Because classes haven’t started yet, I also baked […]
rogue one is coming out soon(ish)
In less than four months, y’all. But mostly, I just wanted an excuse to draw Adam Driver’s face. I saw that he was featured on a TedTALK, and after watching him in Star Wars I was really hoping that he wouldn’t be an airhead actor, (this is also why I avoid any videos of actors talking In Real Life), so […]
see, it exists
When I started this blog, I very much so wanted to write in all lower-case letters like my all-time food idol Molly Yeh, but I felt that my love of sarcasm and italics would be slightly diluted, so here I am, in full punctuation. Past sketch highlights: There’s this thing I do called “sketchaday,” where […]