WonderCon!

Hello hello! I will be at WonderCon this weekend which will be held in Anaheim this year. A bit bummed that it's not going to be at the usual Moscone Center in SF but at least I have an excuse to visit the happiest place on earth. ;)
If you are planning on going to the convention please stop by. I will be in the Small Press area at table 109! Have a lovely week!

♡ Liana

VERSUS: A Show of Opposites

8x10 Watercolor

I will be in a gallery show opening this weekend curated by the lovely Daisy Church and held at Mission Comics in San Francisco. If you are in the area please feel free to stop by! More details on the show below.
For my versus I decided to do gold v.s. silver koi fish.
Below are my pencil drawings and some close ups of the paintings.
Silver Koi




Golden Koi





Group Exhibition: “VS: A Show of Opposites”
New Works by SF and LA Artists
February 4, 2012 through March 3, 2012
Opening Reception 2/4/12
7pm-10pm

Anand Duncan
Emma Sancartier
Alina Chau
Liana Hee
Ashley Fisher
Karen Krajenbrink
Bill Robinson
Ryan Hungerford
Cat Maske
Shiu Pei Luu
Chris Vear
Sho Murase
Daisy Church
Sherry Delorme
Denise "Dee" Chavez
Steph Laberis
Erin Leong
Wednesday Kirwan
Katherine Waddell

Mission Comics and Art is pleased to announce “VS: A Show of Opposites”, curated by Daisy Church. The show will feature new art and illustrations from over 18 different San Francisco and Los Angeles area artists. The theme of the show is "versus," and features artwork exploring the ideas of contrasts and opposites.

The opening reception will be held at Mission Comics and Art on Saturday, February 4th from 7-10 pm. Hor d'oeuvres and complimentary drinks will be served (wine will be available to our 21+ guests). The exhibition will be on display through March 3, 2012 and is free and open to the public.

Mission Comics is a fantastic retail and gallery space run by SF local Leef Smith, who combined a comic book shop with an art gallery in a fresh, exciting way while drawing on the unique strengths of the Mission District. The gallery and retail space also helps facilitate a greater cross-pollution between the worlds of fine art and commercially produced sequential art. Hours of operation are Tuesday thru Sunday, 12pm-8pm, or anytime online at www.missioncomicsandart.com.

When:
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 4th, 2012 7-10 PM,
Multiple artists will be in attendance.

Where:
Mission Comics and Art
3520 20th St. Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94110
Ph. # 415-695-1545

Painting The Force for a cause

Happy New Year! What better way off to start the year than some art going towards a great charity?
Here are a few pieces I did for the Lucasfilm Benefit Art Auction this year.
I decided to do Ahsoka, Slave Leia and Asajj Ventress. I've never painted any Star Wars characters before so this was a lot of fun to do. :)
All of them are 2x3-watercolor.

Caribbean Mermie

A newer print I had with me at CTN this year. Thank you to everyone who took the time to come to my table! I had an amazing time being inspired by all the talent I was surrounded by at the expo this year and look forward to next year already.

I will be working on a project this next year which involves all different kinds of mermies. More details later!



Here are some mini originals I painted at the con.
Have a lovely Thanksgiving week!
♡ Liana

Up Up & Away

Another new print for CTN! Just a few circus folk going on an outing. :D
Got to Burbank tonight and am posting this from my hotel room...can't wait for the expo tomorrow!

Love is in the air...and so is CTN-X!

Hello!
Here is one of my new pieces I will be bringing to the CTN Expo with me this weekend. If you are in the area please stop by! I will be at table # 55 right next to my dear friend Brittney Lee. CTN is sure to be a blast and I am really excited about it.


I've also painted some new tea themed mini originals! Above is a little preview of a couple of them.
I've been working on a few really fun projects and can't wait to share. In the meantime I promise not to let so much time go in between posting.
xo-Have a wonderful week!
♡ Liana

Original watercolors

I decided to do a few new paintings this week and just added them to my shop! :)



Lime green mermaid



Geisha Koi Mermaid


Geisha Koi Mermaid 2



Lavender & Gold Mermaid


Redhead Mermaid


Royal Purple & Turquoise Mermaid


Blue Tang (Dory) Mermaid :)
Happy weekend
♥ Liana

Liana Vine

This is my submission for the Girls Drawin' Girls nature themed book for this year. The book will be available at San Diego Comic Con in July but if you pre-order a book off of the GDG website you will receive a complimentary book plate by one of the 82 contributing artists including yours truly.

You can get more information about our 4th volume and pre-order right here!

I chose the rainforest tree theme and thought it would be fun to draw a little woodland sprite hanging out in the canopy sunshine. Did you know Lianas were a vine? ;)

♥ Liana

Maui Mermie

Maui is amazing. I'm posting this from my hotel room and I'm sad that I only have 2 more days left in this tropical paradise. I swam with fishies and sea turtles yesterday but have yet to find a mermaid. :( I painting this one on the plane..she is getting ready to lei someone. ;)
I can't believe this is my 2nd post in a week. I'm really proud of myself!

WonderCon Commissions and mini paintings

Here are some commissions I did at WonderCon! Thank you to everyone who stopped by my table. It was wonderful to meet you all and I had a very exciting and busy busy time! :D

I also wanted to share some new mermaids for my mini frames. I will probably be saving and bringing them with me to conventions later on in the year.



Here are the pencil drawings



And with watercolor! I try to fit as many on a 9 x 12 watercolor sheet as I can. Usually it works out so that all the paper is used unless some turn out yucky and get X marks through them...


I will leave you with a mini painting of this little tropical girl. My company is taking us to Hawaii for a week and I'm really excited!!! I'm sure I will have paintings to share when I get back!
Ta-ta!
♡ Liana

Updates and Wondercon!

Hey everyone! So sorry for the lack of posts lately..a lot has been going on! I recently got back from the Emerald City Comic Con where Brittney and I shared a booth together. I will have to add some recent commissions and photos from the con in a bit which by the way was a FANTASTIC convention. I can't wait until next year! Above is a new print I made for Seattle.


So...this weekend is WONDERCON!It will be my first year exhibiting here so I am very excited! Come find me in the small press area at S-75. I will have a couple new prints and my mini original gouache & watercolor paintings.
I've also finally set up my Etsy shop so feel free to take a peek!
Happy Thursday and looking forward to seeing you this weekend!

Mermaid and little fishie

A new print for the Creative Talent Network Expo (CTN-X) this weekend! A little fishie is showing some bubbly love to his new mer-friend. :)

It's only going on its second year but this convention has got to be one of my favorites...seriously there is so much talent there it will make your head spin!
I'll be at table T-06 selling prints and will have a bunch of new mini gouache paintings with me. I look forward to seeing all the familiar faces from last year as well as meeting new people!
Please stop by and say hello!


The International CTN Animation eXpo®
Putting “The Talent” Center Stage
Nov 19-21, 2010
Burbank Convention Center
800 604 2238 | 818 817-7138
www.ctnanimationexpo.com

Kung fu card

Something I forgot to post a long time ago. Well, specifically May of this year. Here is a card/painting I made for my mother. My entire family does Shaolin kung fu including her and she's totally awesome. I wanted to do something different from my normal cards so I painted little caricatures of her breaking out the kung fu moves. :)
I ♥ you Mom!

Introducing...

'It Girl' is a flash based game for Facebook that I have been working on since June.
Your goal is to become the ultimate 'It' Girl by traveling to the hottest cities around the world where you shop and party your way to glory! You can have a boyfriend, car and house but everyone starts from the bottom so it's crucial to be the belle of the ball wherever you go. ;)
You start of in the big city ready to shop for fabulous and trendy outfits for all the events you get invited to, you can stop at a local coffee shop for an Americano pick-me-up if you get tired and can call your friends when you need some confidence! Watch out for the snobby wannabe trend setters on the street who will try to showdown your outfit.
If this game sounds like something you might be interested in and you have a Facebook account, please add this application and be my 'clique' member!

It's been really exciting for me to have a strong influence in the design and look of the avatars and I look forward to all the new features and cities being added in the near future.
Here are a few screen shots! :)
My avatar in different outfits


Since Halloween is right around the corner we have limited time costumes in one of the specialty stores...here is mine,Cleopatra.

shopping!
Santa Monica




5th Ave NY

APE 2010!

It's that time of year again! This weekend I will be exhibiting at the APE expo at the SF Concourse.
I'll be at table #614 with a couple new prints and my mini originals. Hope to see you there! :)

Birthday and tea time!

I celebrated my 25th birthday a couple weeks ago at one of my beloved and favorite tea places Crown and Crumpet, 'a stylish room with tea and wit.'
Being delightfully girly, this place was an amazing place to get my girlfriends together to celebrate.

For party favors I gave each girl a pin-up cutie to take home with her. I hope they enjoy them as much as I had fun making them.