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Hello Kitty Three Apples Art Exhibition. Impostor by Bobby Chiu

So Peter, Kei and I were in LA on Thursday to attend a freakin super cute art exhibit of Hello Kitty. Very fun! The 3 of us were all exhibiting paintings in the show. Here's mine! I called it "IMPOSTOR". I really LOVE this painting! It was very fun to do and it always kept me smiling from start to finish.

This is a digital one of a kind canvas print. So unfortunately there will be no prints made of this. But feel free to update your wallpaper :)

Bobby







Got to meet some celebs as well. Jason "Mayhem" Miller host of MTV's Bully Beat Down! Super cool guy.



David Navarro also super cool guy.



Kimora Lee. Didn't get to talk to her. She was surrounded by cameras all night. Very tall!



Kei met Paris Hilton that night! She said Paris was very sweet.





Red carpet action

Serenity by Peter Chan

Here is a painting I contributed for the Hello Kitty 35th anniversary show 'three apples' at royal/t art space in Los Angeles.



Serenity, Acrylic and Oil on Paper. 18" x 24"

Each hand represents a certain hello kitty on the side..can you name them all? Answer is at the bottom...

Thank you again Jamie, for having me in this show. It was great meeting all the artists at the VIP opening as well. Wicked event! Will be posting photos and images of the event soon as well!

Royal/T Café/Shop/Art Space
Los Angeles, CA
October 23 – November 15, 2009



Heres an image of it framed at the show via AM


VIP Night Coverage Video:


answer: from top middle clockwise (angel/normal, zombie, princess, tattoo/piercings, vampire/bat, emo, harajuku)

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IMAGINISM

Today be innovative, creative.
Always think about things from all points of view.
Appreciate what you have in life.
Remember where u came from.
Dream about where u want to be. See, hear & visualize it. Live in that moment, experience how good it feels.... Let it be the fuel to bring u to ur goals.

This is what I live by & the way of Imaginism.

Bobby

Bloomie lll - cover for the Village Voice.

This is "this" weeks Village Voice cover. I did the sketch Friday afternoon, blocked in the painting Sunday afternoon and then completed it on Monday. This was a fun job to work on. The art director for the V.V. was great to work with, and that always makes my job much more enjoyable.





There were some challenges with this job. The main challenge was maintaining a strong likeness while completely changing Mayor Bloomberg's appearance. The Village Voice wanted me to paint Bloomberg as "Clubber" from Rocky Three. A funny idea, but tricky to pull off. They wanted me to "beef" him up and give him Mr. T.'s Mohawk and beard. I was concerned that it would be hard enough to tell it was Bloomberg with the muscles and Mohawk, so I did two versions. One with the beard and one without. This way they could choose the image that would work best for their needs. I'm happy I was able to pull the likeness through the beard, muscles and Mohawk! Would be fun to see Bloomberg's reaction when he sees it!




This is obviously the beardless version.

Interview with Jason Seiler and Step by Step for 3D Total.

My INTERVIEW with 3D Total.






Step by Step of my Aretha Franklin painting, with 3D Total.