Podcast feature, and trip to Japan/ Taiwan

Hello all! It's been a while again.
Apologies for the silence. The new job in Austin has kept me quite busy; I've been doing a lot of work for it, but none of it is material that I can post just yet, so that'll have to wait.

In some exciting news, I was actually just in Japan for Christmas, Comiket, and New Years; and I got to meet up with Deconstructing Comics, a fantastic manga/comics podcast that I've been a long-time listener of. We sat down over coffee, and talked extensively about comics and comic conventions, including all the unique differences to comic cons between Japan and America. Give it a listen HERE!

And here's a dinosaur sketch I just did to make up for the recent lack of artwork. :)

 And here are a few pictures from my recent trip, which included Tokyo, Kyoto, and then a week in Taiwan. What a fantastic vacation it was. QuQ <3 br="">

 

Lust Caution

Pinup!!!!
I feel like I go way overboard every time I decide to do a project. I initially wanted to spend a few days whipping up a pin-up for Ang Lee's Lust Caution, since I like the film and it's a style I rarely tackle.
But of course, as soon as I start drawing, everything has to be PERFECT; so as of now I've spent a month on and off noodling on it. The full-res file is so big it's stupid. -_-

Well, here it is, more or less finished. I'm pretty happy with it, though I think I'll come back to it tomorrow with fresh eyes. It's late and I've been staring at it too long.

*EDIT* I saved a few WIPs as I worked so I figured I could share my process on this one. My very hectic, muddled process......yeah. Haha. :p

It's the 10th of the 10th!

Happy October 10th, e'rybody!
For those who don't know, 10/10 is Taiwan's birthday. ;) So here's a bit of love for one of my countries!!

台妹說雙十節快樂! (Translation: Taiwanese Hillbilly Chick says happy Oct 10th.)

YAY! Oh and I found this while surfing Google Land for something funny to Facebook about the day:

If the person who Photoshopped this sees my blog, can you please contact me so I can personally shake your hand? ^_^