New Bobby Chiu Original Watercolor for Charity Auction

CTN expo in Burbank. Table 40-41

CTN expo is happening this weekend. One of our favorite shows. It's quickly become a must for people wanting to get into the feature animation industry.

Oils back in Effect

Been working with some traditional Oil Painting again recently between projects. I have a lot of pieces scheduled in the next months. Will be updating on the progression throughout. Here's one for now, before going into the 'color' stage.



This technique used is the dutch flemish technique which is taught by Tom Fluharty from Schoolism. It is a great technique to build your confidence in oils first with tonal work before going into colour. If you are interested in this, go ahead and check out the class, there is a lot of great info to be learned.

Happy Halloween 2011!

Happy Halloween everyone! The Imaginism crew spent the day carving pumpkins with our 4 wonderful artists that are participating in our 30 day In-House workshop.

So much fun!

Bobby

Leisl & Po by Lauren Oliver

A while back, I had the pleasure of illustrating this wonderful childrens book, "Leisl & Po" by Lauren Oliver. Its finally in stores and now I can show you some of the art inside. It is a unique story about a girl, who is visited by a ghost that tells her her dead father is stuck on Limbo and that only she can help him cross over...
I heard the book has been getting alot of praise from the children's book industry, and I am just happy and proud to be a part of it.










Some preliminary sketches..



from Youtube..




If you'd like to know more about Lauren Oliver and her books here is her site :
www.laurenoliverbooks.com

Also, I would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to the fine people at Harper Collins for being such great people to work with~ And to Lauren, for writing a terrific book!



-Kei

Kei Acedera Drawing

A drawing of Kei Acedera.

FYI: Kei, Chanp and I will be at the NY Comicon next weekend! Come by and say hello. Table U15 & 16

The Familiars - "Secrets of the Crown" Released!

Recently the new children's novel that I have been busy with drawing and painting late 2010 to Early 2011, has been released now.

You can purchase a copy of it either in your local Chapters, Indigo, Borders, or Barnes and Noble or Amazon.

On Amazon.com, you can purchase it as a hardcover book or an e-book on kindle.

After illustrating the first book, the adventure continues in book two of 'The Familiars - Secrets of the Crown'. The book will be a continuation of the first book.

When human magic disappears suddenly from Vastia, it falls on the familiars, Aldwyn the telekinetic cat, Skylar the know-it-all blue, jay, and Gilbert the gullible tree frog--to find the Crown of the Snow Leopard, an ancient relic that can reverse the curse. They learn that the only way to do this is by following in the purple paw prints of Aldwyn's father, who'd gone missing while searching for the Crown years earlier. This magical spirit trail extends into the Beyond, where our heroes encounter new enemies and danger, while Aldwyn learns about his mysterious past.

Full of high-flying adventure and heartwarming friendships, SECRETS OF THE CROWN shows how great it is to be familiar with The Familiars!

Here are a selected few illustrations that I worked on - all of them were done traditionally, in total I have completed about 20 illustrations for the book:









Follow @the_familiars on twitter for more future updates on the series.