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macqueen @ the met

The Savage Beauty exhibit was breathtaking and utterly captivating for anybody, from art/fashion enthusiast to 7 year old boys, everyone loved it.  It was curated to all the details you would expect from this great artist.  I was disappointed at the Met because they capitalized the situation and sandwiched the people like sardines into the exhibit.  If you had bought the Met membership, you would cut the line and go straight in, while us normal folks wait patiently in line.  It should have been handled with more organization because the demand and popularity to see Savage Beauty grew toward it's final weeks, so you would expect changes in how it was handled.  After spending at least 2 hours in line, I went into the exhibit with the intent of zoning out people and appreciate the craftsmanship of the dresses and the shoes.  Below are various styles of the armadillo shoes, studded booties and the spine shoes.

It was exhilarating to see the clothes up close and I love the quotes written on the walls and floor.  The music was chilling too because it fit the mood of the clothes shown on the mannequin.  I enjoyed every moment of it and successfully tuned out the other people and had my moment of seeing wearable art.

pasadena chalk festival

I happened to stumble upon the remnants of the Pasadena Chalk Festival on a Monday night, on my way to happy hour. I can only imagine the hundreds of people and the heat; it made me happy that I didn't partake in any of that madness since I was working both, Saturday and Sunday.  I was glad to just walk around and even step on some of the art because I felt doing so and no one was gonna stop me.
I heart mondays.

Mario and Luigi from my childhood!  My mom still has the complete set of the original Nintendo, including the gun and stomping pad.

My favorite take on Van Gogh.

Toy story and the National Geographic girl.

Batman and Robin.  

This take on a Renaissance painting is hilarious, a bit perverted with these cherubs on top of the lady goddess and Wicked!

Aerial view of the chalk art.

art in the streets

When Banksy announced that he would pay for the admission price for the exhibit, Art in the Streets @ the Geffen, MOCA on Mondays, my sis and I gladly took advantage on anything free.  I actually was interested in seeing it because having an exhibit about graffiti art is kinda weird.  Most of the art is in the streets and a person would just randomly see it as they go about their business.  It was an interesting experience because I saw all sorts of people with their expensive cameras clicking away and capturing the graffiti in and outside the museum.  The mayhem reminded me of this one part of Banksy's documentary, Exit through the gift shop where he poked fun of art enthusiasts and the art itself.  Ever since seeing the documentary, going through the exhibit made me feel as cheesy as those people in the documentary.  In retrospect, I actually thought it was a fun event to partake in because the museum made fake alleys and vandalize the walls with graffiti.  There was even a skateboard ramp and they showcased spray paint and markers, which I thought was lame because it was clearly promoting wannabes and the majority of the people at the exhibit were youngins' with their Vans and skater boy t-shirts.

"I hate mondays!" is by Banksy and my fave are the tile work from the Invader.

A take on Ck One, which I didn't understand, but I did love this scent in the 90's, and some random painting I like because the man is wearing a beret.

Me, outside the museum.

The drum set looked really cool with these faces spray painted on.  I saw some little tikes causing a stir and drumming away.  The two ladies are made of paper cut outs and it filled the entire room.  The pic doesn't capture the grandness of these cut outs.

This one was hilarious because it's a mannequin moving around spray painting the wall. There were lots of interactive pieces such as moving hands behind bushes.

Anywhoo, if your free and want to see graffiti nicely displayed in a museum, catch Art in the Streets since the admission is free on Mondays.  It's a type of exhibit one shouldn't pay, just like what Banksy had stated where graffiti art is all around us, free to the public.

moleskin

I really want to post more here and hopefully I will. Here are my moleskin doodles.  I tend to doodle when I am waiting to get in a plane or in one, or I am in a bookstore taking a break from my usual trashy mags. I love to doodle and I used to doodle more when I was in school.  Especially when listening to boring lectures on the human body. My notes were filled with randomness.
The first page. My motto is, to keep someone interested, keep it interesting.

My hk keychain and flower ring. I was drawing this while in the book store, bored out of my mind.

In the St. Martin airport waiting for our flight. Scuba was still on my mind.

S is for Sonia.

Asian girls. My plan is to scan and color in photoshop.

Awaiting for our flight to LAX, a sketch of Salvador Dali's sculpture. I didn't even know he sculpted.  Amazing talent.

Motif doodles.

The back side, I love this fortune.

cupcakes

For the love of cupcakes. I cannot take credit for these cute cupcakes, I just had to post and share to make your day. Yummy!

lizzi photagraphy

I haven't been designing for ages since my career switch and when the opportunity to brand my sis, I say why not. The good part about designing for family is the lax in the deadline and the ease to think up a logo because I pretty much grew up with her.  I made a few sketches and was inspired with a polaroid picture as a logo. I played around some more in illustrator and the final product is what you see below. The coolest thing about the logo is you can dissect the design in many parts, but it can still be referenced as the original logo because it's part symbol and signature.  I also had a hefty task in creating a logo, banner and disc cover.  It's been met with positive results and woo hoo, happy!  Click here to peruse around her blog.