Room Magazine

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My first full page cover illustration, yay! This was for Room magazine, a Vancouver-based indie mag for females. The topic of this issue is competition and I did an old illustration “Multiple Me” back in school that fit the theme. It was inspired by my feeble attempts at playing tennis. If you’ve never or rarely play, it’s quite challenging!

Thanks Fiona for having me grace the cover!

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“Girls Night Out” in the making

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Hi dee ho! I’ve been working on some girly and fashionable illustrations for my latest promo campaign. I based this series on my love for fashion, dressing up and girls’ night outs. It’s inspired by actual events from a recent fabulous girls night out I had!

This is an early look at the style and feel of the series. It will highlight main points of the night like primping, posing and dancing. Even the girls’ personas are influenced by real people – pretty girl, urban / sporty, and vintage goddess. Guess which one I am?

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Freshly Baked Donut Girl

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Happy Monday! And what a great way to start the week with a freshly baked Donut Girl. She’s now complete in her sprinkle glory, complete with friendly donut neighbours. Here’s a look at the final and a close up.

Further good news: new Food Girls are on the way! Can’t wait to expand the family and make it merrier.

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Come On Down to Slack’s

I have some Food Girls artwork on display at Slack’s, Toronto’s only true women’s bar. ‘Tis a hip atmosphere for banter, eating and hitting the dance floor, oh yesh. And all the ladies are super nice!

My work will be on display til the end of April 2010. Come on down and party it up at 562 Church Street!

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Donut Girl Update

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Over the Easter long weekend, I made good progress on Donut Girl, yay! I set a personal deadline for end of this week or early next week so she can be my new promo girl!

She’s now living in donut world but still stands out because of the sprinkles. No corporate donut for this lass!

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New Food Girl!

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Spring is in the air and the Food Girls were lookin’ rather lonely. So I introduced them to the new girl on the block! Inspired by Jane Fonda a la Barbarella and sprinkles galore. Mm mmm.

She’s still in the works so stay tuned for updates. Is it odd that whenever I create a new girl I end up with a mad craving for that specific food?

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Social Media Web Design Tutorial

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Since I did the dessert blog tutorial for Advanced Photoshop magazine, it’s caught the eye of Web Designer magazine. They also wanted a crafty design for their latest tutorial in the theme of social media. Here I mix in Japanese paper (a fave of mine) with good ol’ trusty Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This would be my take on Twitter if it were decked out in a funky outfit, hehe.

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I’m a Winner!

2010InviteYay, I won second prize at the 2010 Xto Image Awards for “Food Girls“! It’s an honour to be among winners like Tansy Myer who I adore! Her gothy-cute girls are awesome.

The award show runs April 1 – 7, 2010 at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica, USA. Hope you can make it!

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China 2010!

What a great trip China was! I went to visit Chongqing (my hometown), Xi’an, Chengdu, and Beijing. Lots of yummy food, great scenery and incredible historic sites. I want to back again already!

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Another set of Fashion Girls

fashiongirls_MJAnother Sunday, another group of fashionistas Wendy-style! The latest trends are close to my personal fashion loves: feather hair accessories, cropped tops, waist-belts, and leggings! Since I can’t possibly own all of them, I’ll just draw them for now…

Oh and I was listening to Michael Jackson when I drew this and there are some homages to him. Can anyone spot them?

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