G-Force

Sidewalk Sentinel

2007-12-22T03:09:00.000-05:00

This "Intersections" project required a flash investigation of any intersection in Richmond. I chose my apartment's intersection, 2nd and Franklin, because of the high number of car accidents and homeless people...

Fuji Timeline

2007-12-22T02:57:00.000-05:00

I created a flash photolog of my Mt. Fuji trip for my Sequential timeline project.

Chroma

2007-12-21T23:19:00.000-05:00

Cover and interior spread designs for Chroma Magazine.

The Magic Kitten

2007-12-21T23:12:00.000-05:00

Two part illustration for the fairytale, the Magic Kitten. A boy receives a magical kitten that turns into a giant lion. First is graphite and photoshop, the second is black acrylic.

Richmond Times Holiday Calendar

2007-12-21T22:48:00.000-05:00

I won the student contest for the Times Dispatch Holiday Calendar. Super straightforward, the prompt called for a non-denominational winter activity scene. inrich.com

Haiku Interface

2007-11-08T01:48:00.000-05:00

2-step project. First project was to create a purely typographic flash haiku interpretation. Second was to create a flash interface to house all the projects in the class. I was thinking about huge grids of flatscreens in NY and Tokyo used for commercials.

Perpetua

2007-11-08T01:23:00.001-05:00

2-sided poster project based on a type of choice. Poster had to fold down in some way that related to the typeface. Perpetua was originally created for a book, so my concept was to have my poster unfold as a storybook, revealing some kind of narrative. The folded down poster creates an image of a cat, foreshadowing the story that lies within. Since Perpetua is characterized by its beautiful, tapered, stone-cut strokes and serifs, I chose the letters that best accentuated these characteristics to make up the cat. The first fold opens to reveal the isolated narrative of the cat, while the second fold reveals the entire poster. Perpetua was used in early twentieth century manuscripts and such, so the essay side of my poster is set in a similar fashion; such is also the reason for the heavy ornamentation on the conceptual side surrounding the cats.

Boxer Project

2007-11-04T03:43:00.000-05:00

This was a 14-image accordion fold book project consisting of 7 2-page spreads, 7 of the images were to be "found" (photos) and 7 were to be "produced" (illustrations). I gathered up a bunch of awesome nature photography books in the library and developed a narrative illustrating the range of emotions a fighter goes through in a typical bout. I cut the front and back covers from masonite and painted a pair of gloves on the front.

Azabu Kobo

2007-10-13T03:11:00.000-05:00

Commission for coffee package designs for Azabu Kobo coffee shop in Azabu Juban, Tokyo...updates as project comes to completion...

GRTC Project

2007-10-13T02:56:00.000-05:00

Series of GRTC monthly bus passes + schedule

Glofish

2007-10-13T02:19:00.000-05:00

We were told to pick a random topic (I chose genetic engineering after having recently re-watched GATTACA), then next class we were told we were doing a stamp project on our topic. Thats why my stamps are of Glofish, the world's first genetically engineered pets available to the public (Glofish are actually real, they are genetically modified zebrafish with a florescent protein producing gene of a species of jellyfish). The Glofish obviously caused a lot of controversy as all genetically modified animals do; several big pet stores refused to sell them (Petsmart, Petco), and they're illegal in California.

So for the stamp project I went for 50's/60's vintage toy box look and illustrated items that looked fun and playful from a distance, but upon closer inspection were actually prisons and death traps for Glofish.

K-Juban Project

2007-10-13T01:34:00.000-05:00

Back in July I was commissioned to make a four color banner for the K-Juban bilingual Japanese/English radio station for the annual summer Azabu-Juban festival in Tokyo. I was already stuck with "Temple Red" and black because of the mandatory Temple University logo, so I chose two warm muted colors to harmonize the composition. I created a microphone/lantern logo as the central image, playing off the festival theme. The "sound waves" emanating from the radio logo are the distinctive street block pattern of Azabu Juban (honestly the only graphically distinguishing characteristic of Azabu-Juban that I could remember that separated it from any other city in Tokyo).
The school decided that they wanted the banner to match the radio station building's blue, as well as some other edits, and after a few tweaks we have the final product:

The K-Juban guys were nice enough to send me a pic of the printed banner!

ishiku series

2007-07-08T02:40:00.001-05:00

Back from Tokyo! This is the series for my Azabu-Jyuban multimedia project - www.giangalang.com/ishiku

Samurai Vs. Robots!

2007-05-02T22:17:00.000-05:00

Biiig project...3 sequential illustrations (14x26" 300dpi) plus scroll design (overall scroll size=18x62"!!!). Samurai vs. robots. Past vs. future. Cliche but fun to draw. I experimented with James Jean's technique of adding acrylic wash to preliminary pencils to downplay the digital slickness and give a more natural texture. This is particularly evident in the clouds in the second piece. Thanks to John for hookin it up with the prints.

Seven Ravens

2007-04-29T23:27:00.000-05:00

Poster for the Grimm's Fairy Tale Seven Ravens. I'll have a bunch of things to post within the next week or so if I make it through finals...

D.C Traffic Law Editorial

2007-04-10T08:18:00.000-05:00

For an article about ridiculous traffic laws in D.C. Yep, that's Bryan running. On a side note, I'm flying to Italy todayy...arrivederci!

Hong Kong Painting

2007-04-05T23:29:00.000-05:00

For my mom's bday present this weekend. The figures represent the fam. This one's huge...26 inches high...its gonna cost so much to print out...ahhhh

King + Queen of Spades

2007-03-22T19:29:00.000-05:00

*Edit: Jack and Joker cards added

Its been a while since my last post...I've been busy with graphic design projects so not so much illustration goin on...these are the beginning of my face-card redesign project...I'll have Jack and Joker probably by tomorrow, all of them slapped onto cards I have yet to design..

Snow White re-design

2007-03-05T00:41:00.000-05:00

Beasted this out in one session...my ass hurts

Creepy chicks

2007-03-02T00:26:00.000-05:00

Update/Reinterpretation of John Singer Sargent's 1881 Portrait of Edouard and Marie-Loise Pailleron

Cristina + Bryan sketches

2007-02-22T01:47:00.000-05:00

Portrait sketches for class...Bryan's lookin a little rough...didn't have time to clean it up...he kept crying that he wanted to go to sleep

Sci fi cover

2007-02-21T15:49:00.000-05:00

Just finished last night!

Deerhoof cd cover

2007-02-21T12:02:00.000-05:00

For the Deerhoof single, "Milkman." For the assignment we were initially only given the track without the name of the band or song...and since I didn't know who they were and couldn't understand any of Satomi's lyrics, the image only represents the sound and doesn't have anything to do with the creepy Milkman lyrics :(

Ad girl editorial

2007-02-21T11:31:00.000-05:00

For an editorial concerning the negative and psychological effects of advertising on society...

Mai vs. Blanka

2007-02-21T11:11:00.000-05:00

First serious attempt at a digital illustration...thanks to inspiration from Naomi

New Day

2007-02-21T09:04:00.000-05:00

Yo

I'm finally getting around to starting a blog...got out of my first class a bit early so I'm waiting around for my design tech lab to start...I'm starting this mainly because of my newfound interest in digital illustration...so I'll try to keep this as updated as my schedule lets me...I'm out for now