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- It’s Fall! 1:24pm Sep 30
- Santa Fe Reporter ‘Sweat’ cover 11:58am Sep 28
- Life drawing sketches 8:20pm Sep 25
Events
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- Renderfist @ FanExpo 2009
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Friday, August 28 at 4:00pm - The Deep Inside
Bloor Cinema
Monday, May 11 at 7:00pm - Illustration at B42 gallery
Unit B42
Sunday, December 14 at 3:00pm - SpeakEasy comic book show
Gladstone Hotel
Thursday, November 6 at 8:00pm - Street Fighter tribute party
The Beguiling
Sunday, September 28 at 6:00pm - SpeakEasy Illustration Show
Gladstone Hotel
Thursday, September 4 at 8:00pm - Work/Life book launch
#204, 100 - 7th Ave SW
Thursday, June 5 at 4:00pm
These were done earlier in the year for Acco Brands. A bunch of illustrators were asked to create designs for laptop skins, and these were the two I made. I’m not sure if they are available for sale yet, but if they are I’ll make an announcement!
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I’m Altpick’s latest ’spotlight’ feature! Check it out here – http://altpick.com/spot/charlene_chua/ The interview is a summarized version from this other one I did for this here website.
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13 ghosts of halloweenI love Halloween, and this year I set a set of goofy ghosts called the ‘13 Ghosts of Halloween’ as a client promotional. Each ghost is based off an actual client of mine. It was a lot of work but ultimately very fun to do! I hope the clients liked them!Check out ...
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The final days of free moneyThis was a fun little piece that was rushed out over a weekend. The article for Seattle Metropolitan was titled ‘The final days of free money‘ and it was about some financial incentives that were about to run out. I just went with the concept the art direc...
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Here’s part 2 of my illustration Q&A on DeviantArt! Click on to read more.Asked by onionringQ: What percentage of your time do you do illustration, compared to self-promtion marketing and office stuff (billing, taxes, etc.) Asked by zorrinoQ: Can you describe an average day or week in ...
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princessFinally colored her up over the weekend. Brush pen with colors in Photoshop.Interesting story behind the piece, originally she had a face but while I was inking her I realized that the piece had a lot more meaning for me if I removed it. The idea of ‘princess’ is floating arou...
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I decided to open up a question and answer session with people on DeviantArt, to see if I could help answer their questions about illustration. I found that illustration to a lot of people there was this beguiling, near mystical thing that everyone wanted to call themselves but few people were wi...
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Santa Fe Reporter cover Did this recently for Santa Fe Reporter, for their 2009 ‘Sweat’ issue. The art director wanted a kickboxing girl (since that is a feature article), and it so happened that I already had a girl in a kickboxing pose from an old illustration. I ...
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Charlene Chua illustrates the cover for Santa Fe Reporter 'Sweat' issue
Went life drawing at TSA today. Man, I miss going for life drawing. I wish I could do it more regularly – so hard to find the time! Anyway there are a bunch of sketches, click the link below if you want to see them all. ...
Here’s the latest cover for OWL Kids. Halloween this year features Mummies thanks to the upcoming King Tut exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Here’s a better look at the cover. Th...
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Little spot I did a while back for Seattle Metropolitan.
Little spot I did a while back for Seattle Metropolitan. They had a reporter covering a local election completely by Twitter, so the art director asked for a Twitter-esque bird to be pecking on a Blackberry.
