the Smoking Pencil

2012-01-20T09:05:00.000-08:00

Hey Ya'll! Here's another Illustration for fun of course! Have to get better at visualizing and storytelling!

Thai Flood Fundraiser@Qpop

2012-01-16T02:10:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody! This was for a Fun Funraiser for the Thai Flood Relief at Q Pop shop in Lil' Tokyo. So Many good Artists there donating amazing works! Very Inspiring!

Totally 80's RiGHT?

2011-06-10T01:32:00.000-07:00

Remember these days? It was cool......kinda?!?! I guess there's good and aweful stuff in every Age. But it was Pretty Cool!

New brushes

2011-06-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! Just loaded up on some cool brushes thanks to the awesome BG guys @6PH. Thanks Guys!

Lil' Yellow Drifter

2011-04-05T23:49:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks! Did this piece in flash and then polished in photoshop. Lil' Yellow looks pretty happy on that track. Thanks for visiting!

Day of Racing

2011-03-29T04:59:00.000-07:00

Hello there! Welcome to the blog. I missed Ya. I miss drawing for my blog! Drew this awhile back. I used to watch auto racing after the sunday cartoons were over. You remember?

Happy Holidayz!

2010-12-17T02:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays to you guys in blog world have a safe holiday! Peace!

Flash Painting

2010-09-03T03:30:00.001-07:00

Hey Everybody! I am back! Been feeling good about a lot of things in my life and thought I'd Celebrate with a Blog post! Like I said, been feeling good about drawing again and made this.

I like stout Space Shuttles. I like Foodie Trucks! I wanna see a space shuttle up in the air. Is this a rant, I don't know. Thanks for visiting!

You So Crazies!

2010-05-13T17:09:00.000-07:00

Hello Everybody! This illo was for a fake website for the movie "The Crazies." Kinda messy but turned out okay. Thanks for stopping by!

2009-10-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

Hey Y'all! It's been too long! I have neglected my baby(Blog)! Sorry for the long delay! But if you're new to the blog, your just in time! Here's a piece for ma' pal Jeffery Ross modeled after his book cover. It was a present from his girlfriend for his birthday, how sweet! And for you guys who keep coming back for a visit............Thank you!

X-Wing Fighter

2009-01-23T07:51:00.001-08:00

Hey Ya'll! It's been a while so here ya go! I don't know why I did Star Wars as a theme but it was fun. I might do a few more for the hell of it!

2008-11-16T17:02:00.000-08:00

Hey Ya'll! Here's a design for my good friend Todd's Pastease.com company! They make the coolest nipple stickers around! Now that winter is here(not nearly winter yet in L.A.), those lil' suckers will keep them toasty warm! So if your hankerin' for nipple stickers then you should go check them out! I used a combo of Flash builds and Photoshop for this one!

Flash Fun!

2008-09-09T04:20:00.000-07:00

Hey Ya'll! Had some time to do some Personal Illustrations finally! Hope ya like it!

Ebony & ivory

2008-06-18T03:20:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! It's been like forever, but I finally did something! I want to do more of these series of cars and girls! Hope ya like 'em!

like a kite

2008-04-12T02:21:00.000-07:00

Anybody notice the weird advertising hits in the comments section of the blogs?

ds paints in secret location

2008-04-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! Guess where I was for this painting! Hmm?

NDS Paints

2008-03-19T00:10:00.000-07:00

Hey Yall!!! Here's some NDS(Nintendo DS) paints! The DS is simply amazing! I would like to thank Mindy Lee for Inspiring me to get a DS. I'd like to thank Nintendo and R4. And I also like to thank Mindy Lee again for inspiring me to get the R4. Last but not least are all the HomeBrewer making all of this happen!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Halloween Painting

2007-10-26T11:53:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks! Just did a painting in psd for a coffee shop gallery thing where the theme is Halloween!

Monstars!

2007-09-19T10:23:00.001-07:00

Hey Y'all! Time is whizzing by really fast again, thought I'd sneak a quick drawing in for old time sake. I'm always behind with the themed holidays so this time I'm a bit early! Peace!

YENyenCafe!

2007-08-08T02:52:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted in a while, but here's something I did for my family's restaurant. I did this in Flash and am going to need to paint it on a 6'x20' wall!!! Hope it works!

Fresh Paint

2007-05-22T02:14:00.000-07:00

Hey Everybody! I finally figured out what my password was for my blog account! Sorry for the long absence, I'm an idiot!. I've been wanting to paint for a while but never really had any time......until now!

Happy B*day Shan!!!!

2007-03-22T18:17:00.000-07:00

This Illustration was made for my friend Shan for her ??th Birthday! I apologize if I butchered the Korean Language with my bad spelling! I tried! I hope you had a wonderful and memoriable Birthday!!!

America! Fudge Yeah!

2007-02-17T02:07:00.000-08:00

This here was an unfinished sketch, in flash, for the SD Comic Con Souvenir book! Oh well maybe next year!

Catsuki!

2007-02-17T01:35:00.000-08:00

Here are some sketches of cats from the land of the Rising Sun! Sayonara!

2007-02-17T01:10:00.000-08:00

Sorry folks for the "NO POST" in January! Work has been killing me! But I found some sketches on my computer that I thought might be fun to post! This was a card for my friend Tata! Tada!

2006-12-21T22:44:00.001-08:00

Thank you to all that have visited The Smoking Pencil this year! I appreciate all the Questons and comments! 2007 I will be posting more stuff! Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!!!!

2006-11-13T23:02:00.000-08:00

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.

2006-11-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

This here is one of my favorite things in the whole wide world. It's called a 1977 toyota celica! There's nothing cooler and cuter than Japanese muscle cars! I hope one day mine will be nice like this. One day..........

2006-10-27T01:51:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks! This here is an Illustration I did inspired by a friend of mine. Hey Shannon! Is this the Jag you like? FLASH is what I used and I still think the program is really amazing! If you haven't tried it yet, I suggest you give it a test drive! Peace!

2006-10-24T19:20:00.000-07:00

Hey Yall! Here's a Poster piece I had the pleasure of designing for the World Famous and Lovely POUBELLE TWINS for their Lucha VaVoom Performance! Lucha Safe Everybody!

2006-10-10T02:28:00.000-07:00

Painting!

2006-10-09T22:51:00.000-07:00

THIS IS FOR ALL THE DEEP SEA SAILORS OUT THERE IN THE OCEAN, WHEREVER YOU ARE! ROCK ON!!!!

2006-10-08T16:13:00.000-07:00

Look Everybody! It's My Downward Spiral! More ways than one!

2006-10-05T01:18:00.000-07:00

Flash is a surprisingly fun and incredibly cool program medium for painting! 6 years ago you should have seen me cursing the program, but now it's the only program I feel most comfortable with!

2006-10-05T01:13:00.000-07:00

THE WEATHER'S CHANGING here in Hollywood, CA. The sun is so bright and golden. The air crisp and cold. My kind of weather.

2006-09-16T02:39:00.000-07:00

I'm so drunk right now! I can't believe I'm doing this at this moment! Whatever! Man! Well I hope you like it. I don't know what it is but it's pretty obvious. But I like to think maybe the house represented industry and the rabbit represents (mother)nature and in the end mother nature will triumph!

2006-08-22T23:15:00.000-07:00

I dedicate this one to my pal REE! Thanks for all the inspiration and motivation to start painting again! This is also dedicated to my friend Brenda for inspiring me to paint Don Quixote as a Robot!

2006-08-02T02:39:00.000-07:00

This illustration is for my lil' bro who has been trying to quit smoking many times, but is at it's mercy. You Can do it!

2006-07-17T03:15:00.000-07:00

Painting is hard!!! Well, this is the best I can do for now. Practice, practice, practice!

2006-07-08T02:05:00.001-07:00

LATE NIGHT PAINTINGI forgot how fun painting is! It really helps loosen the old brain to see color and shape for what they are and can become.

2006-06-23T04:15:00.000-07:00

"THE RUNAWAYS" I call this one. Sometimes running away can be a good or bad, "+" or "-" thing. Running away from a problem(FEAR) is bad, but from monotonous routine, I think it's okay. My lil' bro calls this method of illustrating with shapes "isometrics" but I think the correct term is "POLYGONIC ISOFORMS."

2006-06-19T00:57:00.000-07:00

I hate Vampires! So I drew this to help me sleep at night. Just kidding, I love vampires!

2006-06-19T00:04:00.000-07:00

Hey yall! This here is an old piece circa 1998. This is what I used to "draw under stream of consciousness." Sometimes I think I drew better back then!

2006-06-17T01:40:00.001-07:00

Friday Night
So instead of going out tonight to hang with Kennedy at a Karioke Bar, I thought I try sketching a few pieces. These two are just my thoughts streaming, not thinking much about it, letting my pencil wander.

I'm having so much fun so far and hopefully I can keep this up!

2006-06-14T17:27:00.000-07:00

Here is one of my other drawings, and one of many things I like to draw. RoBoT!

2006-06-12T21:59:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to The Smoking Pencil! I'm an animation artist doing character design in "Hollywood." I'm sort of new to the whole cartoon scene, but I've been drawing my whole life and miss drawing stuff that is not work related or needs to fit some formula. I am using this blog to help liberate me from the constraints of the job and explore my inner creative consciousness!