Graphic Design 3

Oh right, I am still working on slowly revealing the stuff I've done this past semester as a GD major. So of course I should show stuff from my GD3 class, which was more of a "let's confuse all the students by making this all about FLASH" class.
So here is the final project, which is a flash based site that includes all our previous projects.

Tapioca House: Nearly Forgotten Paintings in Houston

Years ago, while in high school, I've heard that Tapioca House (one of the many tapioca cafes in Houston Chinatown) would hang anyone's artwork on their walls, and I took advantage of it. So I put up a few random stuff, as you can see below. For the past few years (especially since I started college), I sorta forgot about them, and finally this winter break I decided to go check on them, perhaps take one of my paintings back.

These are a series of silly colorful fruitiness that I did for leisure years and years ago.

In a funny turn of events, I get a call last night from someone who is interested in buying the pineapple one. It was really good timing, since I'm actually in town and I was in the middle of thinking of what to do with these. So I sold it. The remaining 3 fruits are still hanging there.

And, feeling a bit nostalgic, I decided to take back my painting of japanese marble soda bottles. It was my very first try with oils, and it won an Honorable Mention in 2004 in a Houston area art competition.

As you can probably tell, it's slipping out of its frame, after hanging here neglected for the past 3-4 years.

I also noticed it's the first thing that comes up when you Google Image search "yvonne weng". Weird, haha.

From PhotoImaging

Here's a random selection of some of my better photos, most of which I did for PhotoImaging class this past semester:

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A belated happy new year to you all...I always forget that I still have this blog. It's perhaps one of the saddest sketchblogs out there I realize, after spending some time browsing through all my other MICA buddies' blogs. (It also prompted me to update my list of links to "sketchblogs that are much better than mine".)

I guess one of my 09 resolutions can be to try to post more worthy stuff. Also to draw more. I rarely draw anymore. Except that will change this spring, because I signed up for a Life Drawing class. I look forward to it. Hopefully I can finish my sketchbook soon.

Posters from Flex Studio

I thought I'd show some posters I've done in Flex Design Studio this past semester.

Baltimore ABC

I got the letters E and I - Edgar Allen Poe and the Inner Harbor. That's a dragon paddle boat represented for Inner Harbor, not a Loch ness monster.

Poster for a (fake) graduation show

It really complements a whole invitation package (which I have not yet gotten around to photographing. But it all has the floral type pattern, with my hand drawn scribbles of stuff that represents me. I designed it to have a spot varnish on the floral pattern, so that it'll have that glossy effect on just the flower things.

Oh man, look at the time...

Wow. It's been nearly a full half-year since I last posted. Sorry to anyone who actually checks this post. My bad? In fact, I don't know why I put up this blog in the first place...most of my work is very graphic designy and uninteresting, unlike cool illustration stuff. I also suck at illustration I realize...mostly because I haven't really seriously drawn anything since freshman year, and I have no style. Or maybe I do, but it's not a very good style. I suppose that this blog will slowly become less of a "sketchvon" and more of a "designvon" - yes, von is the nickname I give myself, only I can use it to address myself. Anyhow, since winter break is upon me soon (in about a week), and I plan on updating my portfolio site with recent works, so I suppose I'll post some stuff here...soon, very soon!