Goodbye CandleStick, Hello Levi's!

In 2014, CandleStick Stadium is going to be demolished. The Levi's Stadium, new 49ers home, will take over from the 2015 NFL season. SF sketchers paid our visit to capture this historical moment with our pen and paper. It's an honer to be part of this big history. Thank you and bye bye Candlestick! :)

Best quote of the conference!

This it the highlight of the Mozcon 2014 i attended besides all the great SEO tricks i learned. 



The Transcript:

I’m afraid the price for doing professional work is a good deal higher than you are prepared to pay at present. You’ve got to sell your heart, your strongest reactions, not the little minor things that only touch you lightly, the little experiences that you might tell at dinner. This is especially true when you begin to write, when you have not yet developed the tricks of interesting people on paper, when you have none of the technique which it takes time to learn. When, in short, you have only your emotions to sell.
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald


Simply brilliant.

Sketchcrawl #43 - North Beach SF

My First time sketch at North Beach area in SF. Parking wasn't too bad, traffic at bay bridge was. :)

We started from Caffe Greco, coffee was great, and met up with Laurie's crew at 2pm at Washington Park:


Then i moved to this cute corner cafe with trolly stand at their patio:

See you next time sketcrawlers in july at Portland! :)

New Sketching Project

I recently started a new project that I was committed to it 12-13 years ago. It was a casual conversation in the ADs Mag's conference room that Jully and me went together for internships. We said one day we'll draw a book for each other! She did a sketchpad book for me when i went to US the first time. Now is my turn to draw one to her for her wedding! :)

Sneak peak of the couple pages i did, hopefully I can finish the book before my beloved BFF, jully's wedding. and she won't read my blog until she sees the book......

We share the same philosophy in life.

We were talking while I drew this.....

a Tom's brochure, portrait practice.

SketchCrawl #42, Haight Street, SF

Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight. The neighborhood is known for its history of hippie subculture. (Wiki)

Yes, a hippie town reminds me of Ximending (西門町) in Taiwan. The difference probably is there are more younger people hang out at Ximending.

We started at People's Cafe, then explored around the whole haight street. Here are the 2 drawing I'd finished on spot. 


People in People's Cafe



The Haight Street Highlight: one of the million weird stores, the record shop, lady's legs, a tattoo place.

Another Star To Look Up In The Sky

Opa became another star to light up the sky, guiding us through the night. My heart missing a piece with the lost and gain a piece because of the love and memories you gave. Trying to bring you the joy thru my drawing. I'm grateful and felt blessed i'd shared it with you. bye bye opa.

Family Trip to PaRiS!

It was cold for couple of days. raining as well. The rich culture and arts enlighten and amazed us. Every little detail touches my heart. Even the Gipsy girls tried to steal my dad's wallets was part of the adventure. :)

Cetrue Pompidou, hasn't had a chance to get in. Got an hour of drawing time outside of the building. colored it when got back to the hotel. I think the temperature was about 7-8C that day.






Box of Maxim's chocolate



Mercede Car Museum. Drew them on the train to Paris. (1hr 30mins.)

Meet up @ Grace Cathedral, SF

The hill nearly killed me, but it was a fun and nice day to draw the cathedral. Lots of people showed up. Thanks Laurie again for organizing this amazing meet up. 

This is my 3rd attempt of Grace Cathedral, getting better?



Fountain at the park.




First attempt here.