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Commission for Shari of her son Sebastian

Lunchtime at the PPG food court.

Did this during the Steelers win!!!!  BOOM.

Been a while since I've done some creatures.

One more before bed.  Sleep time.

More figures...

Catching up yo.

I got a new hat (see above).  It is awesome and keeps my ears very warm without messing up my hair.  That is all.

The figures are from a gesture drawing site that Eric sent me.  These are set to two minutes.  Check it out here:  http://pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html

But these were so suck it.

These were done while I was on a cruise in December so I guess they don't count toward this year.  Lame.

A note from the desk of A. Li:

New Year's is one of those holidays I always forget about until right before it actually occurs...more specifically its only in those last 10 seconds of the old, used, soon to be discarded year that I am finally reminded of how much I love it.  I don't know if it's because Christmas decorations distract me in the weeks leading up to its Eve or if I've just come to realize the night will never live up to expectations but on the morning of New Year's Day, I am suddenly aware of how new things become.  All my actions become the first of an unused year and that thought is surprisingly optimistic for my collection of not so positive borderline masochistic philosophies.

Part of me thinks that Jan 1st is simply another day and no different from the 24 hrs that came before and after it.  Another part is also pretty convinced that calendar years may well just be arbitrary ticks dividing a sequence of events in our lives to give some kind of order.  Whatever inkling is left though does believe in the promise of a new year and the ability to start anew, plan, improve and change.

I started this blog a year ago with the resolution that I would have 365 drawings by Dec 31, 2010.  I have 108 images today.  Not bad considering the year before I had maybe ten.  I learned to hold myself somewhat accountable.  I learned that unrealistic goals can be helpful and self destructive all at the same time.  I also learned that doing a little and repeating repeating repeating ends with a lot more than you would expect even though it really feels like nothing at the time.  Perhaps most importantly, I've begun to understand that doing is what separates a person from the rest of the pack.

Anyways, enough looking back, 2010 was a great year and I learned a lot...there are a multitude of things I also failed to learn.  Thank goodness there's another year ahead yeah?  So here's to another 365 in the new year...I'm already two behind.  Dammit.

Resolutions for 2011:
Draw everyday, post to blog.
Find mechanism to motivate self when unmotivated.
Avoid riding feelings of frustration and annoyance for too long.
Exercise more.
Cook and eat healthier.
Read more.
Bring lunch to work.
Cut back on coffee.

Invitation for my company's Christmas party.  :)

A girl and her elephant.  Duh.

Boom.  I miss drawing animals.  I'll do some more in the upcoming weeks.

Ok, trying to keep up with this til the end of the year.

Ok, I felt pretty crappy about the previous one so I did something else to prove that I am not regressing.  which, after this, is still questionable.  sigh.  bedtime.

I kind of want to take this down because it kind of sucks. Uff. My friend Justin gave me the topic for this one. Sorry to disappoint! I have no patience these days. :( I'll revisit this topic again sometime.

Check him out at: jpatt.tumblr.com

It's the future. Everyone has chips in them. Aliens attack the satellites to control all humans. Who will save mankind?! The only people who have not installed chips in them...the Amish!

Coworkers at work during meetings. Boom.

Some random from work. Iron Man is number 100! The original version that is not as cool as the new one. First super hero evarrr.

Did this drawing again cuz I forgot it was on etsy and it sold only to realize I already gave it away. Anyways, here it is again, perhaps better? I dunno.

A couple of portraits done during meetings. Will find more time to draw...after my deadline on the 25th. I swear. Hahah, k, boom for now.

Ok, so the reason I haven't posted...uh, anything lately is because I have been employed by the Division of Personal Financial Planning at Texas Tech University. Above are some sample pages from the project I am working on. They were looking to revamp their image/graphics and wanted a new print/web document to distribute to prospective students. My friend Altan is currently a grad student in the PFP program and was the coordinator for this project. He was responsible for content and I, the art direction. Together we banged this out in a little over a month...which is not a lot of time considering I have a full time job and he is a full time student and this was the first time both of us have taken on a project like this. Factor in personal summer plans, faculty schedules, multiple sources of input, the 1500 miles between us...and boom, major obstacles. We're finishing this week after crazy hard work, mad coordination efforts, and a lot of trial and error. Interestingly, we did everything digitally either through Google Wave (omg i know, and you didn't think anyone used it), Gmail, Box.net, Skype and cellphone calls which is really crazy if you think about it. Two people connecting via various forms of digital communication to get things done without ever meeting in person. There's no way this could have been done a few years ago. A-MAZING.

All in all, we're quite happy with what we created. Altan and I make a pretty bad ass team if I do say so myself. I am finalizing and getting faculty review this week and hopefully posting the final pdf here before the end of this week. Boom.

Edit: You may now find the full book at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/pfpflip/