CTN Expo 2011 & New Book!

Hey Everyone!

I know it's been a while since I last updated but I've been extremely busy lately working on my new book, "For the Love of Lines," which is debuting at CTN Expo 2011! I'll be there this Friday through Sunday, at booth T-63!

I'm so excited! I got the books on Wednesday from Keness, a local print shop that did a fantastic job with my books! I highly recommend printing with Ken if you live in the Bay Area and are looking for a quality print shop with awesome customer service!

If you can't make CTN, the book and many prints are available to order on my brand spankin' new ETSY STORE! ^__^ Here are some pics of the book and a sneak peek of what's inside!

"For the Love of Lines"Paperback, Wraparound Cover Illustration, 60 pgs

Yellow Submarine

Tie A Yellow Ribbon ('Round the Ole Oak Tree)

Interior

I love CTN! Looking forward to seeing all my good friends and meeting new ones, talking to all the peeps I admire in the animation industry and attending their incredible and inspiring panels, and simply basking in the awesome vibe of the con atmosphere! I know whenever I come back from a convention I feel totally pumped and my passion reinvigorated to take on new and challenging projects--even despite the fact I've been killing myself over the previous projects just days before, hehe!

Anyway, CHEERS! To another amazing CTN!
~Genevieve

APE!

Hey Guys!

Sorry about the lack of updates! I've been so busy with many big projects while simultaneously working at Zynga, so my schedule has been swamped for months. But though work's been busy, it's also been a blast so far, and I especially love all the fun and talented folks I get to work with everyday! Recently my friends Pascal Campion and Glenn Kim visited Zynga to have lunch with me and my buddies, Steph and Heather, and we had such a great time! Can't wait till next time when we'll all get to visit their studio!

"I wish they all could be California Girls..."

And for more great news, my friend and awesome Game Designer Jason Weezner was kind enough to let me use his booth for APE this year (he is working on a graphic novel of his own, so stay tuned!). So I will be at APE this weekend October 1-2 @ Booth #561, sharing with two very amiable, down-to-earth-cool and creatively talented friends of mine, Glenn Kim and Chris Frye!

Chris was previously a Production Manager at Fox, Effects Artist for Dreamworks, and Overseas Supervisor at HBO. He will be promoting his company, Musa Entertainment, so keep an eye out for the Musa banner with beautiful art by Glenn! Glenn is an amazing artist whose skills range from visual development for characters and environments, to even storyboarding! He previously worked at Pixar and now works at LOLApps making gorgeous art for Ravenskye City. Check out his site, http://glennzart.blogspot.com/ and his educational, family-owned Sienna Ranch: http://kimfamilyranch.blogspot.com/ Glenn will be selling his new book, Paper Sword (which debuted at Trickster around SDCC 2011) and LOL, Coffee Break (a compilation he did with his co-worker pals at LOLApps!).

"Jeepers Creepers, where'd you get those eyes?"

So come visit us this weekend! I'll have a couple of prints to sell, although the bulk of my latest work will be going into a book which will be debuting at CTN this November in Burbank! I haven't tabled at CTN before and I'm extremely excited!

By the way, for those of you who'd like a 10% discount on the CTN tickets, feel free to use my code: TSAGENX11 when you Register! ^__^

Hope to see you there!

~Genevieve

UPDATE:
Thanks to all those who stopped by at APE today! It was a very good first day, as I got to see old friends and new, even those I hadn't seen for years since Academy days! Thanks to friends who came by and hung with me at the booth to chat and catch up even for a bit, for Glenn's wife who made awesome bacon veggie wraps and brought us much-needed food (at the booth you don't realize how hungry you are until you start eating--and then you wolf it down with tears streaming down your face as if you hadn't eaten for weeks) and to Mike for driving all the way back home to get the box of prints I stupidly forgot this morning! And of course, to Glenn and Chris for being awesome company! ^__^

GDG Vol. 4 Presale!

Hey Guys!

I just wanted to help my group spread word that our new pin-up book, "Girls Drawin' Girls Volume IV: The Way Nature Made Her" is releasing, featuring over 83 artists, including one of my previous pieces, "Mango Tree"! 

Plus, I am illustrating one of the custom 3x4" bookplates that will be included FREE if you pre-order!

Check out the details below and CLICK HERE to order! Please help us out and spread the news! ^__^ 

Official Site: http://girlsdrawingirls.blogspot.com/2011/06/gdg-volume-iv-pre-sale.html

Thanks!!

~Genevieve

VOLUME IV PRE-SALE!

Hello GDG Fans!

We are SUPER proud to announce our newest volume of Pin-Up art!

Girls Drawin Girls Volume IV:

The Way Nature Made Her

Order now (or before July 10, 2011) for your PRE-SALE exclusive!! 

A custom pin-up bookplate by one of our many members!

This latest volume features over 83 artists, and is our biggest and most beautiful book to date! This will be the premiere of our FIRST hardcover book, and clocks in at an art-filled 174 pages. Page after page of flora-inspired beauties await, featuring art from our mucho-talented ladies!

This book is really beautiful; we are sending everything off to the printer to have in time for San Diego Comic-Con, so we are starting pre-orders as of now! Books will start shipping the week of July 10th, 2011.

PRE-SALE PRICE $40
FREE SHIPPING!!*
*US only; outside US subject to shipping costs

Order before San Diego Comic-Con (July 20, 2011) and receive your PRE-SALE EXCLUSIVE!!!
 

A unique pin-up themed GDG Member created
3"x4" bookplate as a special thank you!!

Thank you so much in advance for all your love and support!!!

Mango Tree

For the Girls Drawin' Girls Vol .4 book, "The Way Nature Made Her"

Coffee & Mangoes

Hi Guys!

A couple more I did recently...

Coffee & Bagels

 Rough colors for my submission for Girls Drawin' Girls' Vol. 4 book (my theme was Mango); I'll take another stab at coloring this one again with a more clean style later. For now I just wanted to convey the warm noon sunlight...

Have a great weekend! ^___^

~Genevieve

Transitions!

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the lack of updates--for many months work and life kept me incredibly busy! I haven't had much time to tend to my own stuff while working in games, so I needed to take a break to take care of some personal work, see family, etc.

I'm very excited to have taken this huge step for my future (and peace of mind!). That means I'll probably be updating more often, I am expanding my portfolio towards feature animation/tv, and eventually, all those commissions some of you have been waiting on, will get done! ^__^; Also, though I am not tabling under Islands in the Sky for WonderCon, Fanime, or SDCC this year, I am planning to have my own booth at CTN Expo 2011!

Also, I will be participating in the Girls Drawin' Girls Vol. 4 Book! Check out the GDG blog!




My sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project will be on display June 18, 2011 at:

111 Minna Gallery

111 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105


As always, it was so nice visit all the uber-talented artists at WonderCon this year! I'd like to give shoutouts to my friends Pascal Campion (who just recently reached his 2000th Daily Sketch!), Nidhi Chanani (see her recent interview on CNN!), Sean ''Cheeks" Galloway (check out his latest book "Cheeks:Freshly Squeezed" and his upcoming 2011 "Cheeks:Still Together" cover--it's SIIICK! He's currently taking pre-orders!), Ryan Benjamin, Fabian Molina (congrats for his successful new book "Animating in the Nude"!), Corinne Wong and Alan Lau at Ghostbot (who were donating 100% of their proceeds to help Japan!), Brianne Drouhard (check out her stunning "Billie the Unicorn" book!), Debbie Huey & Sherwin Viray (on their new Little Laura children's book!), Anthony Hon, Heather Dresbach, and Brendan Oshima ... all you guys helped make this year's WC memorable to me!

And to Mike who had guts enough to join me in cosplaying M.O.D.O.K. & M.O.D.A.M. which I made out of foam core, dismembered baby dolls and a cardboard bucket. XD

Ok, time for another Art Dump!

Some Daily Sketches!
I just came back from Tahoe!

Remembering how, as kids, even rain couldn't ruin a pool BBQ!

 

Inspired by a game I'm looking forward to...

 

Other work from my Sketchbook Project:

I love tea!

Dog sketches:

Finally I'd like to share with you a little web comic I'm working on (the comic is still in progress and has yet to be posted) called Monster Hunter Hunter, based on my favorite game, Monster Hunter! XD It was featured on the front of Capcom Unity!

Monster Hunter Hunter

http://monsterhunterhunter.blogspot.com/

Hope you enjoy! ^__^

~Genevieve

CTN Expo 2010

CTN Expo was a wonderful experience for me and I learned so much more there than at any comic convention I had ever been to! I was fortunate to get to speak to a handful of artists I've admired for many years who've worked on some of my favorite films!

I loved catching all the making-of panels that involved the character design and animation process behind movies such as Megamind, Tangled and Despicable Me. I learned so much at Armand Serrano's "Power of Thumbnails" panel, and spoke with vizdev artists/art directors from Sony Animation (Armand Serrano, Luc Desmarchelier, James Williams) and Disney Animation (James Finch), who generously gave me positive and honest feedback on my work, which was extremely encouraging and helpful to me! ^__^ And to top things off at the very end of the convention, I even got to attend a special early screening of Tangled at Walt Disney Studios--such an amazingly beautiful film, and now one of my favorite movies, to date!

I was so excited to see many of my incredibly talented friends around the booths: Pascal Campion, Nidhi Chanani, Craig Harris, Tuna Bora, Michael Buffington, Scott Watanabe, Bill Robinson, EunJung June Kim, and Brenden Oshima! And I was really happy to bump into Sherrie Sinclair, my dear mentor, instructor and Director of Animation at the Academy of Art!!

To all my friends at CTN, it was wonderful and inspiring to see you all again! Thank you for all your help, kindness and support! ^___^

  

 

 

~Genevieve
blog: charicreatures.blogspot.com
portfolio: genevievetsai.blogspot.com

Final Purrcasso Piece 2010

I've finished my second piece for Purrcasso 2010. This one is called "Rescue Party." It actually stemmed from a sketch idea I had that illustrates the caption, "Where did you last see it?" In the original idea I imagined a little girl looking for her cat and a team of firefighters were searching through ridiculous places; unbeknownst to them, the "cat" is actually a giant monster hidden in the tree one of them is climbing. The idea evolved from a team of firefighters to the girl dressed as a fireman ordering a bunch of animals trying (and failing) to climb a tree. My friend asked, "But dogs can't climb trees... what if you had them form a ladder to the top?" And this is what I came up with!

This next one was just for fun. I'm sure as a kid we've all stared into the deep water while on a boat and imagined those shadows we saw were some enormous sea creature underneath...

I'll be attending the gala this weekend! For more information go to: http://purrcasso.wordpress.com/ and read more below!

The 5th Annual Purrcasso Art & Craft Gala takes place this weekend!

Please join us Saturday night for a silent auction and art sale, complete with live music, entertainment, and mingling with artists.

On Sunday, we will be offering lots of fabulous handmade crafts for pets and pet lovers in addition to beautiful art featuring cats and dogs.

Special thanks to our sponsors Wareham Development, KDFC FM 102.1, and the BEBHS Feline Angels.

November 6-7, 2010
Saturday 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Sunday 12-4 p.m.

At the old Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory
914 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, California 94710

Learn more at BerkeleyHumane.org

~Genevieve

Happy Halloween! Purrcasso, Commission List & Other Updates...

Hey Guys!

Wow, this blog has been kinda neglected, hasn't it... Sorry about that! Here's a little sketch I did during APE 2010. Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by our "Islands in the Sky" booth this year!

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Here is a piece I donated for Purrcasso, a silent auction gallery to raise money for the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society.

"Calico's Hunt"

Information about Purrcasso!

The fifth annual Purrcasso will take place Saturday, November 6th and Sunday, November 7th, 2010.

Please join us Saturday night for a silent auction and art sale, complete with live music, entertainment, and mingling with artists.

On Sunday, we will be offering lots of fabulous handmade crafts for pets and pet lovers in addition to beautiful art featuring cats and dogs.

2865 Seventh Street (at Heinz)

Berkeley, CA

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A little piece called "Lagoon" that I sketched up while learning watercolors:

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Commissions in Progress!!

I greatly apologize for the huge delays in getting all your commissions done and/or mailed out! m(-_-)m Please try to bear with me a little longer as things have been crazy hectic for me lately but please know I haven't forgotten about you!! I've decided to make this list (in no particular order) and once I send a piece out, I will keep you guys updated! ^__^; That said, for anyone else inquiring about future commissions, I won't be taking any more until I've assured that every person on this list gets their commission!

Tony G. - Done & Sent

Robert J. - Done & Sent

Juan R. - Done & Sent

Ryan S. - Done & Sent
Mike V. - In Progress
Toby - In Progress

Mike U. - In Progress

Rich - In Progress

Stephen - In Queue

Kiyoshi - In Queue
Tu - In Queue

Alex - In Queue

Evon - In Queue

Norm - In Queue
Nie - In Queue

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Quick Sketch at the Foster City Dog Park. More of these soon!

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Some storytelling exercises...

 "Ducklings."

Here is a sketch about getting ready in the morning:

 This one's about a cocktail party; the caption is: "You're a pig!"

"Backseat Gamer." The guy is lazily using a candy bar to mimic a Wii-mote to explain how to beat a level in the game.

Watching the giant wood grubs episode of "Man VS Wild" does not mix well with dinner!

 "Weiner Dog Envy" Haha!

I may use this idea for my new portfolio website:

Some 4 panel boards depicting how a celebrity would enter a room, take off their hat and put it on a rack, and the last panel is open to any possibility. I don't feel some of these were successful but I had fun with them.

Sigourney Weaver

Angelina Jolie

Clint Eastwood

Keanu Reeves

Thanks to my wonderful friend and amazingly talented artist Pascal Campion for the helpful feedback and exercises!

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I don't think I've shared this yet, but it is a collection of MySims Sky Heroes concept art for the game that just released recently.

And some Morgan art from MySims Agents 2, a sequel that was never released.

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Ok... seriously, I apologize in advance for this next one... here is a random and disturbing Drawing Meats Comic I threw in last minute for my friends' Drawing Meats ashcan at APE. I'm sorry... XD

Thanks everyone!

~Genevieve