Amy Chen Jr.

Sketches

2012-02-21T09:42:00.000-08:00

Art Center Entertainment Design Portfolio

2012-02-01T20:25:00.000-08:00

This is what I submitted to Art Center for their Entertainment Design Major. Wish me luck!

It's True.

2012-01-17T15:27:00.001-08:00

Trying out Rad Sechrist's painting style :)

Creature Design w/ Jerad Marantz

2011-10-25T13:49:00.000-07:00

I'm sure I've said this to a lot of people but I really respect Jerad Marantz, his class was entertaining because he was really cool (and extremely intelligent) and I probably learned the most from his class. :)

On a side note, having to look through Rotten.com for inspiration and reference, made me realize how lucky we are to be alive. There are so many accidental deaths, car crashes, etc. that I'm honestly surprised I managed to live to level 23. It almost makes me wonder who I know, in my life, will one day randomly be gone. :(

Also...During Jerad's class I had a really hypocritical moment. Since reference is the key I was looking up pictures of starving people. And while browsing through African children who were covered in maggots yet still barely alive, I realize how cruel that exact moment was. That I was using that reality to produce entertainment. We're taking the reality of starvation, murder, injustice and creating fantasy. For who? First World Moral Problems.

What if it Wasn't Enough

2011-06-23T02:08:00.000-07:00

bahhhh i'm supposed to be doing environments.

A Story About Jack

2011-05-28T12:48:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh. I finally finished this. It has limited animating because I realized how much I suck at it but the story (created by Chris Quinonez) is amazinggg. So please watch!

A Story about Jack from amoschen on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday Xander! :)

2011-03-16T16:40:00.001-07:00

amy kit teung xander! xander yoo nai?

Back in the Day. (Painting/Drawing)

2011-02-07T23:18:00.001-08:00

Random Artsy Fartsy Thing

2011-02-01T16:36:00.001-08:00

I was in a lousy mood.

Daily Bruin

2011-01-31T23:29:00.000-08:00

I used to be an illustrator for UCLA's newspaper, the Daily Bruin. These are just some of the better ones haha.

Back in the Day. (Ceramics)

2011-01-30T19:05:00.000-08:00

This comes apart into two separate pieces and can stand either way with the

dragon at top/tiger at bottom and vice versa. When separated, they both also stand either way as well

Assignment was to make the glaze/"painting" of our ceramic piece 3D. This was also an installation piece using a projector.

Assignment was to just make a replica of something taller than 8 inches.

Do not know why I picked something way way longer than tall.

Assignment was to take a classical piece and make it contemporary

the teapot I made where the head is the handle and the tea comes out the other way.

I know i posted some of these already but I'm just trying to re-organize it again. Anyways these are just some ceramics I did while at UCLA. I'll upload more tomorrow.

Girls Girls Girls

2010-11-28T22:34:00.000-08:00

why are girls so beautiful

GO GO GO.

2010-11-18T13:34:00.000-08:00

Dear Amy,
You don't draw enough and need to do so way more often, cmon wtf. seriously. get going.

whatever you do won't be enough though, honestly. But that isn't a bad thing - that just means there's so much more to do, more to improve on, more moments to throw a fit, get angry, feel lost, more moments to regain balance, more moments to be in love with the moment, more moments for these realizations and to just keep trucking.

Southern Country Singer...from California.

2010-11-11T23:10:00.000-08:00

I think one of my biggest issues, other than having still so much to learn, is consistency. Sometimes it looks like the model, other times...like a 4 year old tried to draw with her broken foot. Anyways, some of the better sketches from today's figure drawing session in Walnut.

Go you already.

2010-11-08T00:36:00.000-08:00

There is never enough time, and it's a waste of time to complain about it. I gotta stop complaining and taking it easy. I have dreams to accomplish!

I like feeling things up.

2010-11-07T23:07:00.000-08:00

While in college I had the lucky opportunity to play with clay, there's just something so homey about it that I kept going back to it...and eventually during the "I specialize in _______ material" seeking phase of college, I would always retreat back to the friendly ceramics lab, away from painting and the overloaded baggage of critique that came with it. It's funny how much I look back at college and see that I've learned an incredible amount but at the same time, maybe nothing at all. You learn and study and use this knowledge to see how and what you do will stack up against its predecessors. This can help you to come up with a new thesis or work of art that will astound the world (either in a good and bad way but even that doesn't matter because good is good and bad can be good), or it'll help you to realize how good it feels to ignore what you've learned and to just do.

That being said though, knowledge is never a bad thing.

Anyways, these are just some fun times with clay.

Btw, I realize I have a tendency to freak people out with the way I say things that sound promiscuous, am I a pervert? Maybe, but I really just find that type of humor funny. And this is the only time I'm warning you about it, it's my blog anyways.

Woo!

zooot!

2010-10-18T23:21:00.000-07:00

Hello. Nice to meet you.