Crate Art & Design

I haven't posted anything on Sketch Blogstars in ages. I started doing freelance graphic design work under the name Crate Art & Design. My new logo is the one you see above!
Check us out at http://cratedesign.blogspot.com

www.CrateArtDesign.com

Castanha

Can you advice me HERE?

Megan Fox Portrait

Done in photoshop CS2 with a tablet
Reference was used. It took about 2 hours to complete.

Lifeguard

All the story HERE!

What is going on with me so far.....

Hello all. I am still alive :) I am just working on a comic to submit right now and is taking longer than expected.... I might show off a page if I get rejected lol

Carnival?

An old woman

Views from Above

Some Los Angeles-area nighttime sketches from about three stories above ground, 25 miles (40 km) apart on opposite ends of town: looking at a processing plant from a rooftop in Pasadena, and a view from a bridge over busy traffic on Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica.

New book!!

Acquerello - my watercolor arts book is out in paper format and E-book format!! It's now available in my on-line book store - Ice-Cream Monster Book Store. The E-book is iPad READY!! Please come and check it out!!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Alina Chau

My Obama.

This is my land.

New Year, New Sunset

Sunsets over the beaches in Los Angeles and Santa Monica are simply spectacular.

I keep sketching them - here is the first sunset sketch of the year. This is a view from a pier overlooking the beach. There happened to be a telescope - to me, it feels symbolic, like "looking ahead" to the new year:



Visit my blog for a reference photo and a slideshow of more sunset sketches!

My iPhone Book is out!!

My iphone Artist Sketchbook just released. The title of this book is Acquerello. It's available at ArtistsSketchbooks.com. Acquerello is a digital artbook with collection of high resolution beautiful watercolor paintings and drawings by Alina Chau. This book included many of the gallery favorite pieces, which have been exhibited in Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Francisco, and Sapporo, Japan

You can also find the book at iTune store. Thank you the cool folks at Imaginism Studios for the cool app!!

An early invitation to an up-coming Nucleus Gallery Group show.

CURIOUS AND CURIOUSER: INSPIRED BY 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND'
February 27, 2010 - March 29, 2010
Opening Reception / Feb 27, 7:00PM - 11:00PM

Alina Chau

Happy 2010

A little too late maybe but... happy 2010!