ftongl

2012-02-08T19:02:00.000-08:00

featured in Swedish gaming mag, LEVEL. Thanks to Linus Josephson.

Also, recieved my copy of Illustrators 53 today. check out my work in there~
i'm on page 491!

2012-02-02T05:08:00.001-08:00

2012-01-18T14:22:00.000-08:00

2012-01-13T13:30:00.001-08:00

A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol - HD from Yuki 7 on Vimeo.

Featured in LEVEL no.68

2012-01-09T14:40:00.000-08:00

'Link' was featured in the Swedish gaming mag, LEVEL. They had a small gallery celebrating 25 years of Zelda. Thanks to Linus Josephson. Check out his blog, here.

figure

2011-12-29T23:02:00.001-08:00

did a little figure drawing at george's.
model: dotty

Four Pieces for Piano

2011-11-17T02:43:00.000-08:00

Frank Lin - Four Pieces for Piano by ftongl
Hadley McCarroll, piano

Tribute to Kazu

2011-10-17T16:49:00.000-07:00

This was my piece for the "Here's to You, Kazu!" project. It's been a long time since I've painted with actual paint.

pascal campion

2011-08-10T00:44:00.000-07:00

really cool stuff here.. i like how this guy thinks bout light
PASCAL CAMPION BLOG

image copyright PASCAL CAMPION

joined tumblr

2011-07-24T19:30:00.000-07:00

finding out people are posting my artwork on there from google analytics, might as well join...!

http://ftongl.tumblr.com/

emmanuelle walker

2011-07-16T01:37:00.000-07:00

so cool!!

http://emmanuellewalker.blogspot.com/

2011-07-06T18:59:00.000-07:00

jeltron

2011-07-04T18:56:00.001-07:00

2011-06-01T03:01:00.000-07:00

we are sensitive creatures. grow.
live inside the artwork, it can only make your art stronger.

be able to express self.
be able to express fully, deepness.
be able to express a feeling other than sight.

experience the world.

that was a strange feeling, like my body was filled with an unknown liquid, and it was somewhat like sadness.

TIGER KNEE

2011-03-21T18:02:00.000-07:00

2011-03-16T02:55:00.000-07:00

all sorts of awesome here
TIFFANY FORD

(c) Tiffany Ford

new look, new header

2011-03-13T01:42:00.001-08:00

here are some thumbs i did recently!

silkscreen

2011-01-04T01:33:00.000-08:00

ILLUSTRATORS 53

2010-12-06T06:05:00.000-08:00

work

2010-10-31T20:40:00.000-07:00

edit: have to put these images away for now.

some work done for 'fun with chinese'.
images (c) MLCC, Frank Lin

met bagger43 at APE. check out his work, f'n awesome.

also! a mighty pen and ink guy, Jed Alexander.

2010-08-30T23:04:00.000-07:00

2010-08-30T01:42:00.000-07:00

experiment

2010-06-03T18:04:00.001-07:00

something i whipped up a while ago.

thao

beautiful grim

2010-06-01T19:10:00.000-07:00

my piece is up for auction! framed! 30x14 giclee print!

my piece

Be sure to check out everything on sale here

comes in a big wood box, hand made by yours truly.

BID AND BE MERRY!

3X3 PRO SHOW

2010-05-30T02:23:00.001-07:00

been working on stuff that i can't show..
three pieces made it into 3X3 annual!

I've come to realize the best illustrations happen when you cover up an area that you spent a lot of time on.

check this young gun out:
SACHIN TENG

(C) SACHIN TENG
what a BAD ASS.

update?

2010-04-17T02:41:00.000-07:00

not really, but it's nice to get comments from strangers! Thank ya kindly!

Some work I've done for Dogopolis!

And a t-shirt I designed for them, which you can order for 25$!

Its only available in a tan shirt right now, but i'll update again when the navy blue versions are back. HUZZAH! HUZZAH TO DACHSHUND!

send an email to tees 'at' dogopolis.com (replace the at) if you'd like to order one!!

images copyright (c) Dogopolis, Frank Lin

SPLASH!

2010-02-27T05:23:00.000-08:00

new splash for my re-vamped website.

quality

2010-02-15T01:36:00.000-08:00

firefox or blogger is making my jpgs look really pixelated..
either way, I thought I'd re-post some of my more recent work in PNG.

!!!

2010-02-03T14:57:00.001-08:00

!!!!!
www.sirencomic.com
YEH~
WHAT A COO GUY~

Beautiful Grim

2010-02-01T23:57:00.000-08:00

This is my contribution to Beautiful Grim.

Braving the Morning Mist

2010-01-25T04:11:00.000-08:00

Next in the 'Fix'it Bros.' series!
This is my submission to spectrum this year. good luck everyone!

2010-01-13T02:18:00.000-08:00

this is an experiment I did a couple monthes back, a lot of people ended up telling me she looks manly. not totally happy with the end result.

This test ended up being the design on shirt of the woman in my 'hyphen' illustration.

a little more work from my sketchbook:

HYPHEN

2010-01-05T11:58:00.000-08:00

see my work in the latest HYPHEN magazine. I'm also on the header of their website!

The article is about asian american issues bloggers having to deal with being paired up with ads that degrade asian women.

The Art Playground

2010-01-03T02:03:00.000-08:00

I've been featured in 'The Art Playground'. Thanks to Chema Mansilla!

Also!!
I think people should check these guys out. their drawings make me happy.
JOHN POWELL
and
TIN SALAMUNIC
This guy makes everyone look lazy....

thought I'd post up some work done in my sketchbook:

TEASER!

2009-12-16T02:33:00.000-08:00

As artists we must always be willing to face challenges in exploring our medium and our styles. As illustrators we must have a library of visual vocabulary, to be able to create any recognizable symbol at whim.

Analyzing our art is always a great hardship that we must continuously think about, else we fall to traps of false safety. Currently, I'm working on an illustration for the Fix'it Bros. series, where I'm exploring elements of nature in my style. I haven't done much with plants, water, weather, and so I want to experiment and learn what I can from doing this illustration.

After I came up with my thumb, I started wondering about mood and environment. What weaknesses can I work on while I do this piece? how can I experiment within my style while still having everything work? My friend once remarked about how experimenting was for school, while being professional, experimentation should stop so that your style is set as a product. I argued that this was like trying to stop growing at adolescence. (atleast that's the cool analogy i thought up later)

True mastery of style means that you must know how to do everything in that style, that you can see and think in that style. And though my recent pieces have all been in this style, I still think I'm learning and growing.

(c) RAGNAR
Just got Ragnar's Big City. Its huge, and the art inside is beautiful. I've found him a bit late, but his work is inspiring none the less. I want to bring different styles to fantasy art, and this guy is doing it big time. RAGNAR!!

My piece shipped back from the spectrum show in NY. It was the first time I've ever shipped a framed piece to a gallery. Here's the diagram that Chuck emailed me to make a cheap 'art safe' for the piece.

it was pretty fun making the box, I learned a lot about how to compromise with over-estimated measurements!

What an honor to share the walls with the legends...
Thank you to Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Irene Gallo, Gregory Manchess, and Arkady Roytman.

also! congrats to Ed and Monico! they got into the latest spectrum! have them sign your copy!

PROCESS CITY

2009-11-13T01:13:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd show some more process.
Here are some of the pages from my pixar portfolio,
preliminary work I did for 'Masterminds' illustration from the Fix'it Bros. series.

Chess Piece Designs:

I thought of the cats as having well-crafted ivory pieces, which would contrast the bros' nuts and bolts. The game being deplicted is 'The Evergreen Game'.

Thumbs/Character Design:

original Sid concept has been dubbed 'S&M bear'

A student emailed me for an interview recently, and that got me to put this together to show process for 'Fat Peach's Bakery'. Fat Peach's is actually based loosely on my local bakery, Fat Apple's.

I didn't really have showing process in mind when I saved my wips, so the jumps from one stage to another are pretty big. Still, I think this shows how I work. I go from one element to the next, painting until it's close to finish. Then I come back at the end with minor tweaks.

Looking for ways to use digital's cheap tricks without it screaming digital is always a challenge. One way I've found is to half finish something you plan to duplicate, copy/paste them, and then go on to each individual item and paint/erase them differently. You are gaining a bit of time, while the element still gets the look of individual attention. Usually, I don't like to duplicate. There's something great about having someone assume duplication, look in, and realize that each one is done individually. That being said, deadlines are deadlines.

While I'm working, I usually think of making my characters as puppets. Everything is separated into layers and groups, and can be moved and adjusted. This is an economical method to keep characters looking the same. You will never have problems with scale, and require only minimal adjustment and painting to get them into another pose. This usually results in many, many layers. I'm usually well over 300 layers at the end of an illustration.

but hey, why build puppets in your head when you could actually build them.
Check out Chris Sickels, he's awesome city!
Red Nose Studio

featured on academy newsfeed

2009-11-09T01:11:00.000-08:00

ACADEMY

thought I'd share some actual illustration work. This is a cover I did for Civitas Review. Illustration for new green sources of power, such as chicken poop.

sketchtues

2009-10-29T19:24:00.000-07:00

SIREN SELLS OUT AT APE!

2009-10-24T03:16:00.000-07:00

SIREN sold out on both days!
Thanks to everyone who came by the table to chat and look at the book!

It's still available for pre-order on the website:
PRE-ORDER WHILE YOU CAN!

Here's a fan art of my character from my story done by the bearded one himself, Mr. Ben Jelter!

buy his graphic novel! The Tumor.

APE

2009-10-16T02:15:00.000-07:00

come preorder your book at APE! We'll be selling a limited amount of copies!!

here is some of the preliminary work that went into 'haunt'.

Also, I wanted to say a late thank you to John Nevarez for putting my blog in one of his posts!

testing expressions and style.

I was thinking that it's hard to distinguish between the shadows of men and children..

sketchtues

2009-10-08T17:04:00.001-07:00

WARREN ELLIS

2009-09-08T21:36:00.000-07:00

super little plug for SIREN on his website!

SPECTRUM

2009-08-29T02:13:00.000-07:00

See ya there?

Fat Peach's Bakery

2009-08-22T16:49:00.000-07:00

SIREN

2009-06-23T14:49:00.001-07:00

I've just printed 250 postcards with the wrong image on them.
Help me recuperate my losses!!!

SIREN

Sleepover

2009-06-05T20:54:00.000-07:00

This is part of a story I'm writing.

SPECTRUM GALLERY SHOW

2009-06-02T23:01:00.000-07:00

'Princess' has been selected to take part in the 2nd Spectrum Gallery Show!!!

See my work at the Museum of American Illustration!! Sept. 1st to Oct. 17th!!

SIREN process.... sorta

2009-05-24T16:07:00.000-07:00

I've been getting some emails about process.

Here's a look into how I work, just a peek. (i'm a little bit secretive!)
I put a side by side comparison of my thumb for the first page, with the finished first page. I've also included an early WIP of the first page.

enjoy~

ALSO!
SIREN is now available for PREORDER!!!
a measly 22$, and the promise of the book being signed by every artist!!
it will be a limited first run of only 200 copies, so...

PRE-ORDER NOW!

btw, i won Best in Show and 1st in Advanced Ill in this year's spring show. huzzah~
i printed 'em out pretty big (atleast 2ft long) so go check them out if you can!

SIREN

2009-05-12T00:34:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd post up a preview for my comic, haunt. It's for the anthology, SIREN, which will be available at APE.

Eric Fortune

2009-04-15T16:50:00.000-07:00

Just found his blog. f'n cool beans.
Eric Fortune

wow, just figured out how to make LINKS!
anyways, go check it out, his work is awesome!

also,
i've been featured on this blog:
Creative Holly Color

a little news:
Got a bronze in the next issue of Creative Quarterly for 'For No One'. I'll be in issue 15, coming out this summer. 'Clockwork' got a runner's up, and it will be featured on their website.

In other news, didn't get into anything else :' (
oh, i was accepted into SOI student.

The Crystal Bearer

2009-03-04T03:04:00.000-08:00

m-f'in

2008-12-29T23:22:00.000-08:00

forgot to post this up from a couple weeks ago. my friend, Monico, did a portait in class.

go check out his blog!
http://monichavez.blogspot.com/

2008-12-22T13:12:00.000-08:00

Finished Illustration 'The Rogue',

Portrait of Ernesto Sabato, done for a book, Antes del Fin, translated by my mother, to be published in Taiwan.

aaaand the portrait I said I'd put up a couple weeks ago, plus Alla ad deen's face.

Alla ad Deen

2008-12-04T21:40:00.000-08:00

some pre-lim work for an upcoming illustration.
putting up a painting I did with my left over paints tomorrow, when the sun's back out.

2008-11-21T10:27:00.000-08:00

2008-10-13T22:47:00.000-07:00

edit: changed some values, added in more birds.

special thanks to Dusty!
check his blog if you haven't already: http://dustydivine.blogspot.com/

my little drawings on the side

2008-10-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

its....DUSTY?!

looking to buy a good quality printer. anyone have any suggestions?

2008-09-20T21:29:00.000-07:00

2008-08-09T17:21:00.000-07:00

lobstar monstar.

beautiful short, 'Handmade'

2008-07-24T16:42:00.000-07:00

Handmade_med
by xenofilms

2008-07-23T23:14:00.000-07:00

speed paintin

2008-07-19T05:58:00.000-07:00

came home, inspired to create!
batman was too awesome!!
total time: 2 hours.

Raiden

2008-07-06T13:58:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since a game has enveloped my life so!

Also, Check out me and Eli on Inside City Limits. "It airs in San Francisco July 9th, 10th, and 11th, then bay area wide on the 12th. Comcast Channel 11 in the City, wed 9pm, thurs 8pm, fri and sat at 6:30 pm."

Watch me figit!

2008-06-15T17:23:00.000-07:00

More DS paintings!

ds

2008-05-28T22:42:00.000-07:00

i've jumped onboard...!

Samus Aran

2008-05-26T09:56:00.000-07:00

2008-05-22T22:26:00.000-07:00

congratulations everyone!
if you ever need an extra eye to catch them tangents, gimme an email.

Into the Wild

2008-05-18T11:51:00.001-07:00

3x3

2008-05-13T01:50:00.000-07:00

made it into the 3x3 student show! i'll be in the next issue!

got 5 pieces in from 'The Journey!'

2008-05-10T05:16:00.000-07:00

It is in what we seek, the ideal ideal.

2008-05-07T00:01:00.000-07:00

I used my french homework to make a more playful young children's book version of my style.

we will go out into the world and burn brightly.
goodbye Barbara.

"whatever we did, we'd always tried to impress you."

i think there's so much truth in that. I was so proud whenever she gave an inch and praised my work.

CMYK!

2008-04-26T15:33:00.000-07:00

made it into july's issue!

SPECTRUM

2008-03-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

MADE IT IN!!

Mr. Miyamoto

2008-03-07T10:49:00.000-08:00

Snake

2008-01-18T15:39:00.000-08:00

Link

2008-01-15T02:21:00.000-08:00

The Four Ghosts of Christmas

2008-01-02T23:36:00.000-08:00

The Ghost of Jacob Marley

The Ghost of Christmas Past

The Ghost of Christmas Present

The Ghost of Christmas Future