Across the Universe

I did this illustration for a song of the Beatles, Across the Universe. It was the assigment from Portfolio class.
I tried to translate the beautiful lyric into the paper, such as " words are flowing out like endless rain", :drifting through my open mind" and "million eyes". It's done by collage and ink. Now I am trying some color effect on separete material. Then I will play it in the PS.
12.5 X 25.

head study

my friend gave me a CD of collection of awesome head photos.. here is the study I did from one of those photo.
Oil on cardboard, about 2 .5hours.

charcoal and newsprint

Hang out in the school is fun, even after I graduated.^^ Here are drawing I did in the workshop today and last Monday . All finish in less than 2 hours.

raining day. work day.

I am enjoying the time, drawing at the raining day.
Finally I have my on line portfolio done. Check it out

http://helicewen.com/home.html

sketch book!

A Silent Song

pencil drawing of A Silent Song.
It's a bout a blank looking girl who has many to say but don't know how to/refuse to release.
It start from the sketch I did at a cafe. That afternoon I ended up drinking too much coffee then I could n't fall in sleep until 6 a.m.

I will miss it

today is the official end of my 4 and half year studying in AAU. I made it!









oil on panel, 16x20

TWO

Acrylic on wood.12x16. I try to make it work for fashion market too, since I love to draw girls and pattern so much anyway.

From Quick study project. Oil on canvas.

Chairs.

I wasn't sure while I took the picture of chairs on Valencia street in a very early morning. Turn out I like the loneliness coming out from the painting. To me it looks like a greeting card I would send to someone and write down " wish you were here".It took a little over than an hour to finish.

study of girl.

I've been doing research for fashion illustration. here are pen and ink sketches.

some of my illustration work are published in  blir 10, please check it out.

http://www.blir.net/index10.htm

Snow White and Friends

This assignment is Propaganda. When I watch some of the Disney's Films, how human and animal are friendly to each other, sharing and respecting what mother nature provide to us, I think they sugarcoat the reality. Here the innocent looking Snow White stands in the middle of burning forest, the changing of environment hurts the animal, also the human.

11 1/4 x 23, Acrylic on Wood.

I can't stop drawing girl and birds.

When I saw the pen and ink works by Zac Smith in SFMOMA in 2006, the art works amazed me. I love how he combined graphic and realistic element together in portrait. I was trying to design pattern into the girl portrait and making it more interesting to look at.