Some of my fave Cosplay costumes @ ComiCon

Comic Con is now full of mass produced merchandise, brands, celebs, big movie & game studios, but my favorite stuff is still the personal creativity expressed by the artist/creator, through sketchbooks, art books, original art,  but I especially love the Cosplay costumes! Here is just a hint of what I came across.

Comic Con 2012-The Con of the ages? The Con at the end of time? or just an excuse to aquire more stuff?

Packing up and getting ready to head out for Comic Con 2012!
Its been 2 years since I was there, missed last year in order to take a photo workshop. But boy did I miss it! Never again. Here is a photo I took by the wharf in Sand Diego during my visit in 2010. There is a group of really cool sculptures along the wharf there, beautiful stuff.

I'm really looking forward to capturing some new classic Comic Con photos this year, always some special Cosplay treats awaiting us.
But I'm not looking forward to this, every year it's getting more & more crowded.

But where else can you pose with a Clone Wars Bobble head thats taller than you? Gotta love it.

       All Photos/All rights reserved ©Adriana M. Galvez 2010

My tour of Lucasfilm Animation plus Skywalker Ranch

I was able to take another tour of Skywalker Ranch-( 3rd photo down from top) & Lucasfilm Animation home of The Clone Wars animation recently. This fountain-(top photo) is 1 of 2 that bracket the lovely Yoda bronze-(2nd photo) by sculptor Lawrence Noble. The sculpture & fountains are at the entrance to Lucasfilm Animation. I had the honor of meeting Larry Noble at an art opening that same weekend, what a treat! It was a Star Wars filled weekend for me, got to have dinner with John Rinzler-editor of many Lucasfilm books on one night, dinner with concept artist Mark Gabbana on another, hang out with Pat Presley-concept artist for The Clone Wars and  Pak Han-photographer and Star Wars art collector. What fun.
All these photos were originally posted on Instagram.
Follow me on IG @SleepyTiki

Interior photos are not allowed. :(
I also took some video;



All photos & video /All rights reserved ©Adriana M. Galvez 2012

Chinatown

http://instagram.com/p/M2NMEiMN55/

Hanging out in SF

http://instagr.am/p/M5aTvjMN4O/

The "Kitchen Gallery" Exhibit in Ohio

I was asked to submit some photos from my Valentine Treats series to this exhibit -( see previous post in February) Here is a photo of my contribution to the "Kitchen Gallery Exhibit". 3 of my photographs were on display as digital prints in May at the Cincinnati Park National Bank Art Gallery at UC Clermont College from May 4 - 21. 
Exhibit was curated by UC Clermont College, assistant professor of fine arts, Kim Taylor.
Here is an article on the art show in a local paper.
http://local.cincinnati.com/share/news/story.aspx?sid=192864

 

Selections from my Valentine Treats series;

1-Milk and Cookies with Straws, 2-Glass Dome with Ice Cream Candies, 3-Candy Jar
(See my post below from February for some close ups on some of the photos)

                                                  

 Photos on the right by ©Kristan Taylor

An angle on the Kitchen Gallery Exhibit

 Valentine Treats series;

©Adriana M. Galvez Photography 2012

(Props provided by~Candee by Sandee; https://www.facebook.com/candeebysandee?ref=ts set up at "LA Shoot This!" an event put on by Joelle Leder Photography)

*Photos from the Kitchen Gallery Exhibit above were provided by curator; ©Kim Taylor 2012.

You can see more photos and other art from the event by going to Kim's blog;

http://www.kimraetaylor.com/KimRaeTaylor.com/PHOTO_ALBUMS/Pages/Kitchen_Gallery.html

Fun Tilt Shift video

I love tilt-shift time lapse! Check out this view of Rio during Carnaval. Let's Samba!
The City of Samba from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Creativity tips

Very interesting article about being creative.
12 Things You were Not Taught In School About Creativity.
Click here for article!

Planned Obsolescence: Not about green but about greed

Watch this video!
The Lightbulb Conspiracy - The untold story of Planned Obsolescence -Video
A really powerful documentary about planned obsolescence.
Very enlightening. Please watch it, then share it.

Toad Hall!

Went to the ol' Disneyland for a belated B~day celebration.
Love that Toad Hall! Can I live in it please?
© Adriana M. Galvez Photography 2012

Valentine Treats

These are a couple of photos from my 'Valentine Treats' album. What a fun exercise! Just shooting away with my handy Droid! If only my DSLR were that portable! Photos from this album are on display in Second Life at a Gallery called 'Fotografio'-(see below for more info) Inspiration? Valentines of course! February is upon us which means Valentine's Day is almost here! Astrologically I heard that we are entering Aquarius, while we have just entered the Year of the Dragon from the Chinese calendar, and of course its the notorious 2012! What a blissful month this is going to be. I wish you all lots of love this Valentines month!
© Adriana M. Galvez Photography 2012
(Props provided by~Candee by Sandee
& shot at an LA Shoot This! event-hosted by Joelle Leder Photography)

Gallery Fotografio~Second Life

A few of my photos from my series 'Valentine Treats' are on display in a virtual world photography gallery. Amazing right? I would never had thought it possible! Most of the photos were created with iPhone & Droid platforms. If you are an SL member, go to Gallery Fotografio. You can also sign up for the monthly challenges and maybe your photos will be chosen to be on display there as well.
'Valentine Treats' photo credits;
© Adriana M. Galvez Photography 2012
Props~Candee by Sandee
& LA Shoot This!
( Photos to the right of my Valentines belong to; ©Jackie Diglione 2012~gallery owner)
Second Life teleport address to Fotografio Gallery is; 913, Tamaqua (113, 114, 23) - Moderate

Drawing the Line; art of comics, illustration, animation" Art Show

"Drawing the Line" Art Show signage (by Matthew Hernandez)

Red Eye Art book can be seen on stand through the gallery entrance.

Our display. (framed piece by Matthew Board on right)

Red Eye Art is a group of present and past Simpson artists which I am a part of. Our Red Eye Art's first book was on display this month of May 2011, at the Clermont Art Gallery in Ohio, at the "Drawing the Line; art of comics, illustration, animation" art show. According to the curator of the show Kim Taylor, the show was a success and inspiring to the students. A print of "Tiki Devil" by me-(SleepyTiki) which is in the art book, was also on display along with the Red Eye Art group's book. The Red Eye Art group and I send a heartfelt thanks to Kim Taylor & the Clermont College Gallery for inviting us to participate in this awesome show of multi-talented artists.




To see more photos of the "Drawing the Line" gallery show in Ohio, and enjoy all the art on display, go to Kim Taylor's Blog-(the curator) by copy pasting the following link;
http://www.kimraetaylor.com/KimRaeTaylor.com/PHOTO_ALBUMS/Pages/Drawing_the_Line.html#grid While visiting Kim's page, check out her fine art. She is an amazing and talented artist.

For more info on Red Eye Art group click here: The Red Eye Art Group's Blog

If you are interested in buying a copy of the Red Eye Art
book, or a print of "Tiki Devil" , contact me. I have copies of both.

Senior Portrait

Been toiling away, learning as much as possible about the ins & outs of photography. So much to still learn. I've been practicing any chance I get. I took some shots of my beautiful cousin while visiting her in Nevada a few months ago. There are so many shots of her that turned out well, but this was her favorite. She decided she wanted to add this to her Senior portraits to give out as wallets. I'm so honored!

Red Eye News! Red Eye Art is a group I belong to which consists of artists that work or have worked on the Simpsons animated series. http://redeyeart.blogspot.com/
Red Eye Art's art book & 1 of my Tiki prints are going to be on display at the upcoming exhibit "Drawing the Line: The art of comics, illustration, animation" at The Park National Bank Art Gallery located at Clermont College, University of Cincinnati in Batavia, Ohio. This event is curated by Kim Taylor. We are very honored to be included in this art exhibit. Opens May 4th, 2011.
http://www.clc.uc.edu/collegecalendars/art_gallery_calendar.html

Gallery Girls Annual Figurative Group Show

In early March of this year, I exhibited a photo at the Gallery Girls Annual Figurative Group Show in collaboration with Gallery Godo. All mediums were accepted, but it had to be from one of the Gallery Girls events. The photo was taken at the Bali workshop in Palos Verdes. What a great show! Lots of beautiful sketches, paintings, sculptures & drawings from the past year's Gallery Girls workshops around the city. Have to try to fit more drawing workshops into the ol' schedule.
Photo ©Adriana M. Galvez 2011~All Rights Reserved

Eaton Canyon

Wow, time flies! I went to Bali for 3 weeks late last year, the holidays came and went, and now Easter and springtime are upon us. I've been enjoying some time off, relaxing, getting chores done and working on my photography. Really loving playing around with cameras and images.
I've been trying to get my exercise going, so I started hiking again. So lovely! Due to all the rain, there are flowing streams & waterfalls right here, near Pasadena!
I always forget, you don't have to drive for hours to get away, or hike doggie poo Runyon Canyon either. I took the photo above at Eaton Canyon, Altadena. Enjoy spring everyone!
©Adriana M. Galvez /All rights reserved

Testing the waters of the DSLR world

So its been a long while! Yes, my new job is keeping me way too busy. Not that anyone is reading this. Blogger's counter says that basically, almost no one has come to read my blog since I last checked, yet the counter on the front page of my blog shows 500+ more people than Blogger's counter?? Weird! Anyway, with my constant search for new creative endeavors, it has resulted in producing some photography attempts. I was always into photography, but had not yet jumped into the DSLR area. Well now I have, and have quickly outgrown the camera I bought last summer. Although, there is still much to learn of course! I've been meeting some great new people, & I must say the photography community has been really welcoming and supportive! Here are some pics from some photo shoots I've attended with the SoCal Photo club.

Playing with Photoshop and Virtual Photographer

Before & After. Results of applying Virtual Photographer fixes to an under exposed photo. I was just testing how far one could go to save an image!
Photos ©Adriana M. Galvez 2010~All Rights Reserved