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Moostache Tour Poster

Here is the concert poster I recently completed for Moostache’s “The Body Disagrees Tour”. The original was created for their album release party a couple weeks back and featured a slightly different color scheme. Concert posters are always fun because I can fully utilize my artistic style to portray the style of the band and their music. The process is both challenging and fulfilling. For this particular piece, I took elements from their album cover art and shook it up with my own spices. I also spent many hours listening to Moostache on myspace to make sure I portrayed them correctly. And even though I rarely listen to this genre, I can honestly say I enjoy their songs. Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/moostachetheband

Backyard Reptilians

We opened up the screen door yesterday and found this guy carelessly strummin’ along on the concrete. Good thing I’m just a friendly guy with a camera and not a red-tailed hawk.

BBQ Goodness

Not quite summer yet, but the thirst for some good ‘ol bbq has long since arrived at the household. Bobby Flay, come challenge me.

One day, text from Ben: “want to Korean BBQ?” I reply: “sure!”. I arrive home an hour later and here we go. Fresh from Zion Market. Way to deliver Ben.

Once the meat was on the grill (pan) and the aroma was adrift, taking pictures became number 10 on my to-do list, behind eat the Kalbi repeated 9 times.

Intermission. This is the last surviving soldier in our tank. Him and about 20 ghost shrimp. You cannot see them here because (1.) They are “ghost” shrimp, thus clear. (2.) The goldfish likes to eat shrimp.

BBQ #2! Now featuring jumbo shrimp grilled to perfection (notice my smooth transition using “shrimp” from the previous image).

Steaks that Junya overcooked and many many kebabs, with eggplant .

Some playoff basketball through the screen door. What’s a great Memorial Weekend BBQ without a great game?

Junya tries to make up for the overcooked steak.

Closeup. Butter and sweet corn. Perfect combo for some sausage on a stick, just like in Taiwan.

Meet Gonzo, our backyard hummingbird King. He sits regularly at the highest tip of our tallest tree. Various female hummingbirds come by on the daily, seriously. Today, he flew down and hovered for a good 5 minutes about 2 feet away from us. Couldn’t grab a good photograph but a very beautiful moment.

SGF09 Snapshots

UCSD’s Sun God Festival for 2009 has stormed through campus and quietly left. Congratulations to everyone who helped make this beautiful event come to life. Some  quick shots of the festivities:

The gigantic Dance Tent, featuring Girl Talk as the final performer. I did not make it through the crowd to the front, where I heard it was phenomenal.

At 9 AM, a line that spanned 1 mile  through 4 separate colleges. Ridiculous…

Sun God Avenue, filled with food, laughter, and a lot of lights.

And the finale with N.E.R.D. I had the pleasure of meeting Pharrell afterwards along with a few other student artists to discuss his exciting artist and musician networking site, http://artst.com. Check it out if you’re a creative looking to share your work or just be inspired.

A great end to a great day, but WHY didn’t I take a picture of Pharrell???? Sigh…

Great Game

High five BG and Ray Allen but man… I did not notice the shocking speed/quickness/coolness of Derrick Rose ’til these playoffs. There were a couple plays where my eyes seriously could not keep up. Have you guys seen a really excited hamster on the running wheel?

Design: Chew and Vote

Here’s one of my more unique pieces for UCSD’s general elections neutral voting campaign. Only 500+ units were made but I’m really glad the ASGS and election committee is down to even consider some less traditional advertising items like this. Since there are 8 pieces of gum in each pack, we are hoping that each pack will last each person through the entire voting week, at some point prompting them to vote. Deep Sea Mint….refreshing…..

Vinyl: Panda Kindergarten

These are officially the sickest toys EVER. Besides being an avid panda fan, the detail and quality of each piece is incredible. There’s even a panda riceball…

Design: ASGS Killer Cutout

I present Derek, the first of hopefully many Killer Cutouts from the ASGS. I squeezed out this guy at the last minute for a campus-wide promotional event. A couple hundred copies were printed on cardstock and given out for free. Hopefully, people took some time to build him. Let me know if you want one.

Another Blog is Born

Amidst the excitement of All-star weekend and Valentine’s Day, borns my new blog. Here you will find frequent updates on my design, good food, fun times and much more. It will be marvelous.