And They Lived Happily Ever After

William and Kate are adorable...

Missing in Action

Have been out of touch for several reasons... one of the smaller ones being my thesis project, "Hunks"...

Because He Can

Swiss Cheese Elevator Doors by Roy Litchenstein (circa 1985). Dude. Why?!? Because he can, folks... because he can.

Design Within Reach

Le cub and I have purchased a pair of kick-ass vintage Kittenger wingbacks dating back to the 1940s for our formal living room. They are uber-comfy (Josh approved), and uber-chic. The carved details on the chair are SICK... love, love, so much love.

Take a Seat

Cardboard couches are awesome because they're cheap. Yet another peek at one of numerous work-in-process sets I'm working on for "Hunks."

Floored

Hand-painted wood flooring for a scene in "Hunks." (They're made out of cardboard!)

Sweet & Sour

Le hubby and I received the keys to our new (actually very old) home in Silver Lake two weeks ago, and have been working hard towards repairing it ever since. Though we've yet to move in (and probably won't be doing so until mid or end-May), we have been visiting her (yes, it's a "she") every other day. She's the biggest purchase we will probably ever make, and the most important one as well, for it is there that we hope to plant the roots of our lil' family of three. (Beans makes three.)

On a much less pleasant note, I found this chilling image online of a Japanese home that'd be swept away by the tsunami. I can only hope that its owners (family of three?) managed to escape safely.

My heart breaks for Japan...

Source: Reddit. Image taken by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord.

The Illusion of Life

"Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one." - Brad Bird

Yes, well.......... I'm trying to storyboard a woman giving birth to hunks. Since I've yet to squeeze a big head (or heads for that matter) out of my vajayjay, this is all I've got.

Baby, Baby, Baby

Sculpting a dozen average-looking babies for my thesis film, "Hunks". Wait til you see the hunky ones...

Hunks

Thesis film, take two. I've gone back to the drawing board. Snails out. Hunks in. (Two-headed ones, no less!) Nearly finished with the first draft of my script. Much more to come...

Speechless

The week before the Oscars, le hubby and I caught a showing of The King's Speech. The story wasn't as hoity-toity-heavy as I imagined it would be - much thanks to brilliant lines delivered by the immensely talented Geoffrey Rush - and like many others, I adored the heartwarming, uplifting tale. But story aside...

How frickin' amazing was Logue's room?!?
How stunning was that peeling wall?!?

Eve Stewart, the film's Production Designer, used 33 Portland Place for Logue's speech therapy room. The Guardian article described it as "... an unusual vaulted room with large leaded windows at one end, reminiscent of a Venetian palace, and roof lights that make it look a bit like an artist's studio and allow some light in on the pervasive gloom. This room also has extraordinary walls, decorated in distressed browns and oranges like an exotic damaged fresco, if in autumnal colours. When the team arrived, one area was covered in wallpaper infused with oil, which had then been half-scraped, half-burned off. Eve Stewart, the production designer, loved the mottled, peeling effect so much that she decided to reproduce it across the whole wall. The room became so striking that very little furniture was required, and the almost empty set gives the actors space..."

And not just any space. A spectacular, drool-worthy space.

Le hubby and I receive keys to our new home in Silver Lake this coming Friday. I told him I've been inspired by the interiors of The King's Speech. Pieces from Galerie Half would do it... * evil muah-ha-ha laugh *

Illustrations plucked from an ICG Magazine interview with Eve Stewart HERE. (So charming, no? Reminds me of the sort of concept art generated by Wes Anderson's brother, Eric Anderson. Love.)

Bottom photo plucked from HERE.

Room with a View

View from our new crib in Silver Lake. Snow-capped Mt. Baldy paired with a faux lake. Not too shabby, huh?

LOL

Found a lil' something taped to my work desk :)

Let There Be Light

Picking out a chandelier for le cub and cougar's future home... Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Source: All are vintage pieces plucked from 1stdibs with the exception of the asymmetrical bubble piece which is by lindsey adelman.

Fleas

I looooooove a good flea market and finally hit up the Long Beach Flea earlier today. Like the Rose Bowl Flea, the Long Beach one takes place only once a month. So it's that much more meaningful to me when le hubby and I actually catch it.

Hubs and I arrive at Veterans Stadium around 7:30am to make sure we'd get our pick of the good stuff. After browsing the Stadium for 2 hours, we left triumphant. A beautiful new (I mean old) Danish modern coffee table is going to look frickin' fantastic in our new home in Silver Lake, and a near-perfect condition copy of Lloyd Goodrich's beautiful Edward Hopper book now has a new home.

Fever

sick on valentine's day. boooooo. le hubby is sick as well... guess we're not going on a romantic deeeeener tonight. neither of us can taste!

Grammys

Yes.

photo: la times blog

Beiber Fever

OMIGOSH. Check out what Lil Miss Sherman made me! Click HERE. LOL times a million. Best gift ever!!!

Color Me Bad

Base coats are being applied. Wait til you see this baby in its final state...

My Happy Place

Fabricating stop-motion sets relaxes me. I suppose this is a good thing, as my thesis film is in dire need of speed. GO-GO-GO!

Behold! One-third of the cardboard tower to be featured in "Gustave and Claude". I hope to finish the construction by Wednesday evening, and once that's done, we'll paint... boy, oh boy, oh boy...