LILLIANCHAN

DOODLING and DREAMING SINCE 1979

Thursday, January 31, 2008 @ 10:08 PM

SEAMLESS: Computational Couture

SEAMLESS: Computational Couture
(Here's the only good photo from my phone -- darn it!)

The show was lots of fun and mimoco was one of the sponsors of the event, which meant that I got in fo' free AND I was able to bypass the line that snaked all the way around the Museum of Science -- it was a sold-out event.

I was amazed at some of the creations:
  • outfits that produced sound through touch
  • umbrellas that you could contract in so as to avoid other umbrella-holders on the street
  • patterns that were based off of soundwaves
  • the most beautiful dress with flowers all over it
  • and a wide variety of LED configurations that were incorporated

The runway was via the escalators, which I thought was pretty neat.
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more LOVE, please!

Make a Wish Love Generator

Have a love wish? Post it at the Wish Maker Generator! I did. <3
FYI - FriendsWithYou mimobots look awesome!!!
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Friday, January 25, 2008 @ 5:14 PM

International MANGA Award

ahhhh -- there's an international manga competition going on!

I wish that I'd heard about this sooner as the deadline is on 2/29. But, I'm going to try and get a submission in anyway.

Prize winners will fly out to Japan for about 10 days and attend the award ceremony. They will also meet with Japanese MANGA artists and visit publication companies in Japan.

Hell, I've got nothing to lose and a kick@ss Japan trip to gain. Sweet. I guess I'll start holing myself up in my studio once again. If it ends up being a bust, then I'll post it as a pdf for folk to enjoy. (However, if you don't enjoy it, then don't let me know. I like to live in my own bubble where everything I do is the shitz).

*note: so glad that I'm a myspacer + facebooker -- get all these cool announcements that I otherwise wouldn't know about at all *
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 @ 6:19 PM

Riding In Style

tokidoki X Ride
ahhh!

tokidoki snowboards + gear?!

If only my ankle would heal faster -- I've been sidelined from snowboarding activities for a few weeks now...dammit.

Oh, and, if only my wallet was a wee bit -- okay, a whole lot -- more fatter. I keep telling people that I have to start playing the lottery. It's time that I stop talking and start doing. Megamillions here I come!

*and it's pink too -- a fierce pink!*
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 @ 3:32 PM

Kelly Kapoor has a mimobot....

Domo x mimobot
the Domo X mimobot to be exact!


Kelly Kapoor
woohoo!
"...I bought this adorable flash drive. Domo Kun, or Hello Kitty's Pyschotic Boyfriend, as I call him, will hungrily eat up your hard work and saves it in his tummy until you need it later. All of sudden you take something totally nerdsville (backing up your important documents) and make into something fun."
Read more here.

If you don't know who Kelly Kapoor is (or rather, Mindy Kaling the actress who plays her), then you need to watch The Office...need.
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L-O-V-E

Valentine's Day BearOMG!

This makes me not be ambivalent about Valentine's Day!

It looks so cute in that really rough and so-ugly-that-it-ends-up-being-cute way.

You can find it at Creature Co-op.
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Friday, January 18, 2008 @ 2:13 PM

I want Red Girl

Red Girl Converse sneakersOh my gosh -- I want these sneakers! But, they're $52...

They do say that a percentage of the purchase price will be donated to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. So really, I'd be helping a really noble cause by buying and wearing them.

As one of my gal pals used to always say, "if everyone would just give me a dollar."

Or maybe, I should break out my acrylics and revamp my old chucks.
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Life at 30

New comic is up.

Remember -- new comic is up every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. I post this because it's a reminder for myself mostly. I'm trying to not give the editor any more anxiety than necessary as I usually send him my work the day of. :)

Anyhow, I'm currently working on a new comic. Pieces of it are being formed and constructed in my Moleskin notebook...I love those things especially the regular un-lined ones where the paper is thinner.

A majority of the work is being done while I'm on the subway. It's the only time + place where I can totally focus. Unfortunately, I'm not riding the subway enough...oiy.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 @ 3:30 PM

tokidoki for Hello Kitty

tokidoki for Hello Kitty

This is old news, but holy moly I can't wait!!!
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Sunday, January 13, 2008 @ 3:08 PM

Appleseed (2004)

Appleseed 2004
I finally got the chance to watch the Appleseed movie (2004) and I loved it -- the CG animation, soundtrack, and the fierce Deunan Knute made it a really good time. However, I am still impatiently waiting to see Appleseed Ex Machina, which I hear is produced by John Woo!

Anyway, I was just blown away visually -- the city backdrop was amazing and the fight scenes were pretty damn good -- story wasn't too shabby either.

I'll be watching a lot more flicks over the next few weekends as I wait for my sprained ankle to heal before hitting the bunny slopes again. Lesson #7463 learned: When ankle is sprained, wait for it to heal properly before trying to wreck it again.
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Friday, January 04, 2008 @ 2:22 PM

2008 Art Resolutions

To create more art:
  • 3 series of paintings...
  • as well as the 4 paintings I've been promising my friends now for the past 3 Christmas'
  • an epic comic novella...
  • which then ties into writing an epic story for it -- currently in the works
  • re-do my children's book because after setting it aside for 2 years, I've come to realize that it sucks. how I thought that it was the greatest thing ever boggles my mind today. now, I can understand why it was rejected by the publishers.
  • design my own t-shirts to wear because I can't afford to drop $20+ for the ones I want
  • get more magazine work
And with that, my latest comic is up and out.
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