Chanya Hetayothin

Oct07_sketches

2011-10-07T07:59:00.000-07:00

I went to class without any canvas or paint and ended up buying oil pastel and some paper to work on something.
I had no plan about what I would do. So I sketched some of people in the class.

Nang Talung Folk Characters

2011-06-26T04:24:00.000-07:00

Study of Nang Talung Folk Characters for my animation.
Hope idea and inspiration come to me more and more.

Watercolor sketch

2011-06-16T08:09:00.000-07:00

I always enjoy working with watercolor. :)

Sketch for an animation

2011-06-16T07:59:00.000-07:00

These are a study of Thai shadow puppets. I was totally blank about what I was doing. I'm not used to the figures yet. It might take a while for me to work on this.

First time knitting

2011-06-16T07:37:00.000-07:00

Knitting has become my new hobby. This scarf will be my first piece. :)

2011-06-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

Depressed!

Sketching through SKYPE

2011-05-30T14:21:00.001-07:00

A good friend of mine, JingJo, and I were chatting through SKYPE. Then we came up with this fun activity.

Meze Menu

2011-05-12T06:03:00.000-07:00

Meze Menu as a gift for my friend, James.

On-Going Sketches

2011-04-12T05:05:00.000-07:00

There is an after math from last night when I doodled the ladies. I feel comfortable to play with curvy shape more. So today's people on the train get a bit chubbier in my sketches.

last night doodling...

This I tried to draw without models. I started sketching the chubby lady on the left, then I changed my mind to draw people on the train.

April Sketch

2011-04-05T07:34:00.000-07:00

Even though the patterns of rectangles is an economical use of paper, I kinda get sick of it. So I'll try to make other way of composition.

It's too fast to catch what's going at the platforms.

The bloody chef of the restaurant where I work. This was sketched without seeing the model though.

More and more people...

Mar17-22 sketch

2011-03-21T11:32:00.000-07:00

Again...people from the underground.

Neighbour

2011-03-16T07:55:00.000-07:00

A restaurant next to the river Thames near my place.

Sketch

2011-03-11T07:57:00.000-08:00

last but not least sketch for today's post.

The Unknown 01

2011-03-11T07:28:00.001-08:00

Underground is the great place to sketch people. These unknown people I drew on the tube.

The unknowns 02

2011-03-11T07:05:00.000-08:00

The last picture is me. I drew myself as a cute aunty.

more sketches

2011-03-11T06:44:00.000-08:00

A view from Starbucks on Fulham road.

I drew this on the bus. It was so shaking that I was so dizzy while drawing. You can notice this from the lines.

Study from the film"The Phantom of Liberty"

2011-03-11T06:18:00.000-08:00

Another inspiring artist, Luis Buñuel and a film of the chance encounters.

Study from the film "Metropolis"

2011-03-11T06:11:00.001-08:00

Fritz Lang is one of my favorite directors. I made a study of his film "Metropolis" here.

After Fahrenheit 451

2010-12-25T18:47:00.001-08:00

I drew inspiration from Julie Christie's hair style for this portrait.

old painting

2010-08-21T09:25:00.000-07:00

I like the energy of drawing from real model. It took me about an hour and a half for this picture. That's why it's quite rough.

Farewell to Anucha

2010-06-28T01:50:00.001-07:00

This picture is for P'Nu, a storyboard artist of the company I'm working at right now. I hope we'll still hang out together even though he doesn't work here permanently.

Shark is hard to draw

2010-06-16T09:49:00.000-07:00

Just like what title says, shark is hard to draw.

The Fifth Sister: The Family Portrait Project

2010-06-12T11:42:00.000-07:00

Her nickname is NgoNgo.

Self-Portrait: The Family Portrait Project

2010-06-10T10:28:00.000-07:00

The first picture of the Family Portrait project.

sketch

2010-06-03T02:56:00.000-07:00

A work from procrastination

Before and After

2010-05-23T10:48:00.001-07:00

The first picture was an old BG design for my thesis "On The Bus". I later changed the style to be more cartoony in the second picture.

Concept Art for UCLA Anderson School of Management's animation project

2009-09-24T05:10:00.000-07:00

One of the background I designed for the animation project.
I hope to finish the animation this Tuesday. I think this
will be the last work I do before leaving the states.

On The Bus stills

2009-08-02T14:31:00.000-07:00

Here are some still shots from my thesis film, On The Bus.
I hope I keep my art work coming up every month from now.

The Comedy Show@Hollywood

2008-07-31T01:38:00.000-07:00

Since my friend will go back to Pakistan for good. Two nights before he and his sister left, we all went to see the comedy show at Hollywood. I thought I might not get an american joke, so I brought sketchbook with me. Apparently, the joke was quite universal. I stopped drawing at the middle of the show since I enjoyed the show so bad. However, I drew some pictures. Here's one of them. My friend's sister -Nosheen is the girl in the front.

Sketchbook project 01

2008-07-20T23:46:00.000-07:00

This is an excerpt from sketchbook project I'm working on this summer.

Make Art/Stop AIDS-Illustration project

2008-07-06T23:42:00.000-07:00

These are some illustrations I did for a booklet for Make Art/Stop AIDS exhibition at Fowler Museum, UCLA. I should have posted them since February, but I totally forgot.

NYC subway

2008-06-28T12:35:00.000-07:00

She is one of the most charming faces I drew when I took the subway in NY. Here's the color version.

Untitled

2008-06-13T15:06:00.000-07:00

This is the PSA I worked on last month. It took me 6 weeks to finish. It's about how to live in a world that's built for speed. And it's time to find a balance with your life by slowing down.

Stills from my upcoming animation

2008-05-26T16:51:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated the blog for months. These are stills from the animation I've been working on now. It will be screened in Prom Festival on June 7th. I can't wait!

Manhattan

2008-03-16T20:53:00.001-07:00

It's been three months already since I've been staying in New York. Time is very very very fast.

Going back to school!

2008-03-16T19:10:00.001-07:00

I feel like I've run away from school for quite a while, and now it's time to go back. I'm more than ready. These are my characters for my film, the one that I have a long term commitment, and it's still work in progress.

My website

2007-12-28T14:54:00.000-08:00

Here is an excerpt from my website. Please follow the link below to visit the webpages. http://www.chanyadesign.com or click "Chanya Hetayothin" at links on the right side.

Ramenya...

2007-12-11T17:02:00.001-08:00

It's very good to have some ramen, especially in this winter, isn't it?

Etching

2007-11-15T21:56:00.000-08:00

This is what I did for printmaking class. Etching took a lot of my energy but it was so much fun. I did enjoy it. The picture I did still has something related to the film I try to keep working on. As you can see those ladies on the left side, they're waiting for the bus.

My Breakfast...

2007-10-22T06:52:00.000-07:00

Here's the breakfast I made this morning...I mean the art, not real food though. I'm not a sausage or bacon fan. I might have some cereal or just toasts, eggs and tea for today's breakfast.

I also like to see it in black and white...

Illustration for the play

2007-10-04T01:27:00.000-07:00

These are illustration I did for the book which recently came out in Thailand. Actually there are 3 plays, and the connection I found after reading all plays is these female characters. I tried to draw a bit more traditional, not quite stylized just to enhance the tone of stories. The original illustrations I did are in color, but they're printed in black and white when the book got published. Here are the original ones.

Klimt and Egon

2007-05-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

This is my lastest painting. It's kind of study using references from other paintings . I combined the painting from Gustav Klimt and the landscape one from Egon Schiele. I love both artists' works. After I had finished painting, I felt like I should know more about their biographies, so I read more about both of them. Apparently, I found out that Egon, who was inspired by his mentor-Klimt, died when he was just 28. If you want to know more, just go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schiele That made me feel sad for this young talented artist. However, I'm glad that I combined the paintings. It has become an homage to both artists.

flower...

2007-04-30T15:52:00.000-07:00

Get back to still life, just to take a break from the film I'm working on...Then I'm thinking about having a blog, just for painting! I'm now working on some paintings while doing my film. Hope they works.

BG sketch and Character Thumbnails

2007-04-10T13:29:00.000-07:00

Background sketch was done when I was a visual development intern at Kantana Animation Company in Thailnad. But all character thumbnails are for my film I'm now working on.

Channel 3 Jingle Animation

2007-03-18T00:54:00.000-07:00

This is a still from my ex-demoreel. It was a jingle animation I did for Channel 3 two years ago when I was in Thailand. I also got a merit award for this Jingle Animation Challenge. I just found it today somewhere in my computer. Then I feel like I should post it even though it's not the work I did recently.

Colorkey-In The Bus

2007-02-26T11:29:00.000-08:00

It's color key for my film I'm working on...I feel like I still have to change it eventually. :D

layout for falling lizard short

2007-01-30T02:00:00.000-08:00

The theme of falling lizard this year is 60 second fairy tale. I came up with an idea already and started working on it last night. Actually today I should have sent the film already but I just finish the first layout. I started very late though. Hope I get this very short film done before the screening. If you want to find out what falling lizard is, you can go to http://animation.filmtv.ucla.edu/evenfra.htm

Concept art for my film

2007-01-10T00:51:00.000-08:00

Here is concept art for the film I'm working on right now.

Illustration on December

2007-01-09T23:56:00.000-08:00

The story came to my mind after I heard news about people in northern part of Thailand, I think it was in Mae Hong Sorn where the weather was so cold at that time. I felt sad for the people there and then thought I should do something...

Drawing on 11/05/06

2006-11-05T23:40:00.000-08:00

Model didn't come on last friday. So, Daisy, our senior, played a role as model instead. She also did very good job. This is the painting that I was just done with it today.

Actually she didn't make up at all, but I really like it this way. :D

figure drawing 10_27_06

2006-10-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

at Glen's class again...

KhanKluay's artwork

2006-10-22T21:29:00.000-07:00

Khankluay-the series's finally come out after the feature is very successful in Thailand. These are the concept arts for Khankluay-the series I did when I was doing the internship in art department at Kantana Animation company last summer. (Characters were done by other artist for the first two pictures.) It was the first time that I drew by pen tablet intensively. Such a great experience I have.

No end

2006-10-21T11:50:00.000-07:00

No end is one of animation from my first year at ucla animation workshop. (Click above the image to see the clip.)

bouncing ball

2006-10-21T11:06:00.000-07:00

I've found that it's such a hard thing to make it feel right. (Click above the picture to see the clip.)

Friday 13

2006-10-13T23:43:00.001-07:00

I did pretty bad drawings today. I feel like I can't even understand what I was doing. So, I drew Glen instead of model who did very good job today. I feel sorry for myself that I can't get any good drawing from the guy who was so sacrified with every single pose. I saw his muscle trembling while he was doing his fantastic poses. It was such a hard time for today..Friday 13. oh, Clinton came to sculpture garden in the morning too...such a wierd daY for me.....

Summer 2006

2006-08-06T01:33:00.000-07:00

I did some stuffs during this summer. Most of them are like sketches, not something completed. I still have no idea about the film I have to do this fall. Anyway, I kind of enjoy using water color once again. I didn't touch it for a long long time. Let me begin with the painting of my living room. Hope I get more when I'm back from Thailand. :D

Thumnail sketches - Aqulibrae

2006-08-02T02:22:00.000-07:00

These are thumnail sketches for the film. I did this before starting the storyboard. I feel like I was obsessing by black and white color so much last year. Everything I did was all in black and white. I think I'm gonna go back to do color work soon.

All images in this blog are copyright to Chanya Hetayothin.

drawing sketch-Jul06

2006-08-02T02:02:00.000-07:00

These people are high school students, I kind of make them look 10 years older. :D

portfolios 2004

2006-04-06T05:06:00.000-07:00

Character design
copyright 2004 chanya

Character design
copyright 2004 chanya

copyright 2004 chanya

Color Key
copyright 2004 chanya

Comic stripe
copyright 2004 chanya

portfolios 2005

2006-04-06T01:12:00.000-07:00