Charlene Chua, illustration news

I will be at Fan Expo this weekend, Aug 28-30th, at the ‘Renderfist’ table @ A20. 6 of us chipped in to get a premium table, so it ought to be fun. We are right opposite G4’s booth near the gaming section!

I will probably not be at the table all throughout the convention (will miss out on the mornings and it remains to be seen how the workload will turn out later in the week). Am hoping to be there in the afternoons/ evenings.

Drop by and say hi! Artists at the table:

Craig Adams http://www.superbrothers.ca
Charlene Chua http://www.charlenechua.com
Ted Kim http://www.tedkimchee.com
Sanford Kong http://www.santopiastudios.com
Hilary Leung http://www.S4LE.com
Vince Chui http://www.kidchuckle.com

I am going to be part of The Peek art show, co-organized by Urbanbloc and Mindzai. Expect lots of art, color, music, coolness, fantastical magic bunnies and technicolor unicorns. Ok, maybe not the last two, but nontheless, it’ll be awesome. Bring friends. Lots.

Or be all fancy and RSVP on Facebook.

Peace ‘n love, all that good stuff.

Went to The Deep Inside show yesterday, it was fun hanging out in the old Bloor cinema! That place is so old-skool. Someone burnt popcorn I think. Check out more photos and art on my Flickr, and pull out your 3D glasses!

P.S Limited edition prints of the artwork are on sale for $150 each. Each print is beautifully hand printed by Studio XIX and are signed and numbered by the artists. Prints are 18×24in. For more information or to purchase prints contact Rafi at Keep6 Contemporary.

Lots of thanks to Chris Palonka at B42 gallery for inviting me to be part of his upcoming ‘Illustration’ show. The show features 9 Canadian illustrators and will run from Dec 14 2008 to Feb 15 2009. Please check the galley’s website for location and hours.

Got my copy of Exotique 4 today – it’s a beautiful book and I am very glad that they decided to include my two pieces, XeroxMe and Bunny girl, in the selection. Check it out at your nearest bookstore, or visit Ballistic’s website for more eye candy.

The Speakeasy Illustration show was a blast! I had a great time. It was really tiring standing till midnight, but it was worth the sore feet. A whole lot of people showed up and there was some great artwork on show. I took some photos, you can check em’ out on my Flickr account.

Speakeasy’s annual Illustration Show is this Thursday, 4 Sep, at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. On display will be works from Toronto illustrators. Some of my work will be there too, and I will be there to put up the stuff and attend the opening. I may not be able to stay all night due to work, but if you are coming down do let me know so I can try and say hi!

For more information check out Speakeasy’s website at: [link]

4 Sep 2008
8pm-Midnight
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen West, Toronto
“Pay What You Can”

I will be joining some pals from my illustration group Sketch Motel in New York later this week for the ICON illustration conference at the Roosevelt hotel.

On Tuesday, 2nd July, there will be a roadshow at the hotel where various illustrators and illustration reps will be showing their work. Admission is free to art directors, designers, editors and art buyers. We have table there where we’ll be showing off our work, talking to art directors (hopefully) and dishing out postcards when not trying to make ninja stars out of them.

So… blog is going to be a bit slow for the next little while. Got sketches to scan, just haven’t gotten round to it. Work and the general tiredness persist.

Keep6 gallery is having a show called Eco-Bag, Eco-Life which features eco friendly tote bags painted and customized by artists and designers. Here’s mine (a bit of a rushed job, but I think it turned out ok). The bags will be on sale at the gallery and will also be on tour around the world – see the gallery for details.

I just drew straight onto the bag with a HB pencil. I have been rather busy lately so I didn’t have that much time to work on this, so I decided to do something simple and funny. Oh Noz is a funny expression to me.

I painted in the colors with acrylic paint. I was wondering if I could get away with not using an outline but it didn’t really work out.

Finished adding the black outlines. The waves seemed too bare, so I decided to put in lines with a white acrylic marker.

Here’s the final bag!

I am part of Work/Life, a directory of Canadian illustration & photography. The book and its accompanying exhibition are going to launch on June 5 at Uppercase Gallery in Calgary, Alberta.

I won’t be attending the show myself, but if you are in Calgary do drop by and take photos! The book will be on sale afterwards, and I believe some will be distributed to art directors.

(The first image is the book cover; the second one is my entry)