Please do NOT invite me to any Secret Santas. I don't have the time to finish art by Christmas.

Things are going good. I had a great Thanksgiving with ~Tycho7. I have been doing a number of job interviews, and a lot of them are going well! All that stands between me and winter break is a brainstorming project, two programming assignments, a bookmaking project, and two finals. Okay, I guess that's a lot, but whatever! I'm doing well in my project-based courses, and not-so-hot in my test-based courses (why? why? midterm, why must you weigh so much?! my hw grade is a 90!). I'm going part time next semester (2 courses + teaching), so I'll have more time and money - time enough to go to Katsucon and AnimeBoston.

Because I will not be working over winter break, I will be finishing the art I owe and then opening commissions from 12/20 - 1/10. The Rivek 3D model, Prince project, and Otakon Trail have been put on hold, though. I'll be working on my senior project - Phenotype-Based Figure Generation for Human Terrain in Autodesk Maya.

I opened a Gaia Shop. It's mad expensive since I'm charging based on my USD rates/time spent: [link]

If you would like to add me on Facebook (where I am an avid Mafia Wars player, haha) or Twitter, I am "Grace Fong, UPenn '10" and "gphong", respectively. Please tell me who you are, or I will not accept.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HOUSING? Also - We still are looking for people who would like to rent a house in central NJ, minutes outside of Rutgers's Piscataway campus - in a lovely residential neighborhood, no less. The rent is $1500/month. It has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, a dining area, and a living room area. The driveway can hold two cars, but there is near-infinite curbside parking. Pets are negotiable.

Thank you for 100,000 pageviews! I am really busy, so it's hard for me to respond to comments and faves, but I really appreciate your support. I kind of caught my own pageview, though, so I will just draw something original. Suggestions? ;

I turn 21 tomorrow. Man, I'm old. Guess I'll get through two shots and then pass out in bed, haha. I think I'll sketch out my kiriban tomorrow. Still wondering who to draw!

I don't know how it's happening, but even with less classes than ever, I find I have more on my plate! I think it's because I'm coding for research, TAing 3D Modeling, trying to re-structure our school's SIGGRAPH chapter, networking at conferences and on-campus recruiting events, and enrolling in swing and ballroom dancing lessons. @_@;;; And here, I thought my life would get easier! At least I get compensated for my work - don't need to worry about going broke soon.
Oh, last week, my submatriculation got accepted. So, by the end of 2010, I should have a master's degree in Computer Graphics and Game Technology. Haha, I'll be the age most people finish their undergrads~!

As expected, my art muse is coming back, now that I have more to do, haha! And the intense programming has just started. Hopefully, I'll have time to make stuff to post, but - other than commissions - it'll probably be 3D or somewhat related (turnarounds, etc.). Rivek's always been my lucky charm in terms of character design, so hopefully if I put him through a full physical re-design, he'll get me a job. I also really want to do some gallery-quality work (the Prince project, the Grey comics) and enter some higher-profile (ie - not Gaia) competitions. I guess after that, I'll get around to making my Flash game (Otakon Trail).

In summary, I'm doing pretty well, I just don't have much time to spend online. And I have much more inspiration than I know what to do with!

If you would like to add me on Facebook (where I am an avid Mafia Wars player, haha) or Twitter, I am "Grace Fong, UPenn '10" and "gphong", respectively. Please tell me who you are, or I will not accept.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HOUSING? Also - We still are looking for people who would like to rent a house in central NJ, minutes outside of Rutgers's Piscataway campus - in a lovely residential neighborhood, no less. The rent is $1500/month. It has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, a dining area, and a living room area. The driveway can hold two cars, but there is near-infinite curbside parking. Pets are negotiable.

Help! can't come to NYAF. Is there anyone who would like to share my table with me? Cost is $110 and includes your badge. Just drop me a note. Thanks.

To my surprise, I received a phone call last week about an interview with Anime News Network! Take a look. It focuses a lot on my odd philosophy behind drawing, and it's also superbly written: [link]

I'll be going to a few cons this fall.
New York Anime Festival (9/25-9/27, New York City NY)
Video Game Expo (10/9-10/11, Philadelphia PA), sharing with
Zenkaikon (10/17-10/19, Valley Forge PA), not sharing
Game Expo (10/23-10/23, Oaks PA), sharing with
If you're going, I'd love to hear from you. Yay for video game conventions! I'm taking Game Design and Character Animation this semester. I'm so excited.

If you would like to add me on Facebook (where I am an avid Mafia Wars player, haha) or Twitter, I am "Grace Fong, UPenn '10" and "gphong", respectively. Please tell me who you are, or I will not accept.

School is starting up again. I can't believe I'm in my final year. I may switch DA accounts near the end. Depends on where my work is going. Anyhow, I haven't forgotten to do peoples' commissions. It's just that every time I try drawing something, it comes out horrible. I think, when I get back to coding, my art skills will return as well. I hope to have everything finished by the end of October. My senior project works on figure generation for crowd simulation, which is very hard, so cross my fingers I'll have some time to spare!

There's also a kiriban at 100k. Yes.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HOUSING? Also - We still are looking for people who would like to rent a house in central NJ, minutes outside of Rutgers's Piscataway campus - in a lovely residential neighborhood, no less. The rent is $1500/month. It has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, a dining area, and a living room area. The driveway can hold two cars, but there is near-infinite curbside parking. Pets are negotiable.

EDIT 08.11.08: Thank you, all. I will be sharing my NYAF table with :iconneggme: ! Ah, it's good to see old friends who dropped out of the con circuit a long time ago...! (Srry, Naomi. I heard from Dana you were interested, but Negg asked first).

EDIT 08.11.08: At someone's request, I uploaded my reference folder for a friend. Specifically, I uploaded the reference folders for attractive men, haha. Those with separate sub-folders are references for particular original characters of mine. The download file may contain some artistic nudity, but no shots of genitalia. So download with that warning. Link here: [link] (260 MB)
Disclaimer, I don't take any credit for any of these pictures, nor do I use the actual photos in my work. It's for inspiration, not photomanipulation.
And uhm, second disclaimer... they're like... all Caucasian. >.>;

I'm alive. That's all I can say right now. We still haven't moved back into our house, but I'm excited for school. I'll be going part-time in the Spring, so hopefully you will see more of me then. I'm bogged down right now, working on my senior project (a figure generator with a prop linker for crowd simulations) and a contract project (a warp tool program for researchers to collect data on how schizophrenic patients see faces). I'm also tossing a few personal projects around, but they're all in the idea stage.

I'm just sorry I haven't posted much art up, but I haven't been drawing much that's worth posting... or even blogging.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HOUSING? Also - We still are looking for people who would like to rent a house in central NJ, minutes outside of Rutgers's Piscataway campus - in a lovely residential neighborhood, no less. The rent is $1500/month. It has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, a dining area, and a living room area. The driveway can hold two cars, but there is near-infinite curbside parking. Pets are negotiable.

EDIT 7.21.09: Cons are over. What a relief. I am glad I ended positive. The drama's not done yet, though. Please don't bother me about that stuff. I don't really have any idea what's going on. I just have my reliable business model which follows the theories that I've learned. It works for me. I don't really have the time to talk about it, anyhow. Instead, what you really should be doing is ENTERING THE DINOS vs. HUMAN CONTEST! That's right! It reeks of awesome! People versus the great reptilian beasts of the past. RAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRWAR!!!! Check it out here: [link]

SORRY, BEEN GONE!Sorry I haven't updated. I only just caught up on sleep from AX (the 5 AM nights for Kamui were pretty killer). Things still aren't going expertly in the household. Grandma is at the nursing home, but we're still at the hotel, waiting for the repairs to be completed. But now, my father needs a new car since he totaled his. Mom ended up losing a significant portion of her salary. And I need to pay for college housing. Yeah, so that's my world right now. ~Tycho7 has offered to let me move into his apartment until things cool off. What a sweet guy. ILU BFF 4 LIFE, haha. dunkillmeplz.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HOUSING? Also - We still are looking for people who would like to rent a house in central NJ, minutes outside of Rutgers's Piscataway campus - in a lovely residential neighborhood, no less. The rent is $1500/month. It has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, a dining area, and a living room area. The driveway can hold two cars, but there is near-infinite curbside parking. Pets are negotiable.

NO ONLINE COMMISSIONS. I am being bombarded with contract work (3D stuff, web design stuff, coding stuff), so I don't think I will be opening private commissions this summer (after all, half the world is doing them already). I feel bad enough for the ones I am still working on. Anyhow, with how things are going, I hope you will bear with me.