I am happy to announce that my very first monograph is currently in works with a German design publisher who has been putting out a lot of great design and illustration books. I will announce more details soon, so please stay tuned. I am very very excited about this!
Finally finally started working on getting a new website. I am working with the talented guys at Sideways, NY based web developer. In the meantime, I will make more updates on the current site. My assistant is in works updating the illustration section right now.
New interview article online on Yellowtrace of Australia, thanks to a local illustrator/comic artist and friend Matt Hyunh.
Also in CMYK Magazine volume 49. And some illustrations accepted into the latest Communication Arts Illustration Annual 52 both in newsstands.
Museum of Comic and Cartooning Art Festival is happening this weekend in New York City. I will be speaking on a panel on Sunday, 4:30PM, moderated by my friend Jeff Newlt. If you have time, please come stop by.
The Academy Awards of comics: 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards nomination just got announced. It is my very first nomination, for The Unwritten covers for DC Vertigo series I have been working for about two years.
I am very excited to be nominated, so thank you so much for those who put my name up, and for the nice people I have been working on this great project with.
My thoughts are with those who are affected by the recent tragedy in Japan, directly or indirectly. Even in the areas that are far from the center of the quake, tsunami, or nuclear reactor failure, everyday life of the people are very much inconvenienced. I hope you keep them in your thoughts too, and please do not overreact or panicked by misleading information coming from some irresponsible media. I am talking to my family and friends every day, and although they are experiencing inconveniences, they are carrying on their everyday life in a calm manner. I believe in quick recovery of the country, although directly affected areas may need a lot of support from kind people around the world in the years to come.
Thank you.
I am done (for now) with business trip circuit. Two more lectures left in New York, and this school year’s lecture and school visit will be done. Weather in New York has been life spring, and everyone on the steet looks so happy. Hope we can keep this weather for a while.
In the meantime, heading out to School of Visual Arts MFA Illustration to lecture there tonight.
I am visiting Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and spending some time with students there. I will be back to my NY studio on Monday. Have a good weekend everyone.
