Desktop Wallpaper!

Last night my brother changed my desktop background to a picture of spiderman pulling Venom-slime off his face. This is what the wallpaper used to be:



I'd like to do more work in this style someday. The pipes are all art brushes constructed in Illustrator--so technically, I only had to draw one pipe! No, no, that's not laziness, it's efficiency.


G'night!
T. King

Vanity Search! (Because I'm too lazy to upload my own videos)

I just googled myself (hey! don't pretend you don't do that too, haha). Surprise! I've got stuff on youtube now.

First, the trailer to El Salon Mexico, posted by my close friend and mentor Paul Glickman. I was on design duty, and Paul was on animation/direction duty:



Second, a a freshman version of me talking about the Intel Computer Clubhouse. The video was shot about a year ago by the very cool clubhouse community liaison, Jeff Arthur:



And finally, one of my first ever animations, drawn as a flipbook on post-it notes. After watching the little cartoon, Paul generously scanned and assembled it in Final Cut. Fine memories. He's been an amazing mentor--I'm really thankful for the years we got to work together.



Wow two posts in two days. I guess I'm covered until November. Haha, just joshin' ya!


Happy 5th of July,
T. King

It's Yeti Time!

Sloth is sin. I haven't posted anything since last school break! Here's an update.

Well, I didn't land a dream job in California, but that's okay! I'm back in my hometown for the summer teaching animation and media at the Intel Computer Clubhouse (a community center that provides free access to computers for kids all over the world). How awesome is that?

Also, I did get to be an illustrator for the Stanford Graphic Novel project last quarter. It was amazing! The novel is called Pika-Don, and it's based on the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, one of the few people to survive both atomic bombings at ground zero. Not only did Mr. Yamaguchi survive, he also went on to spend the rest of his life promoting peace, teaching children, and eventually addressing the UN. I really hope that our novel will help forward the cause that he left behind.


(I penciled and inked this picture!) ^

We sent the novel off to the presses in June. I'm supposed to be getting my copy soon (yay! there will be pictures!). Anyway, the post production team has been working hard to get the website up, and they can explain the project far better than I can.

Also...


This summer I got recruited to help illustrate a book by Chris Kientz, the creator of the animated series Raven Tales! The book involves Manhattan, vinyl, and abominable snowmen. That's all I can say for now--stay tuned for more very vague, cloak-and-dagger updates, if you feel so inclined :P


Thanks for reading, and Happy Independence Day!

T. King