Quick update: We'll also be raffling and Signed Uncharted 2 Art Book at Comic-Con. Hey everyone! I’m going to be at Comic Con again this year at the Tofu Girls booth (#2445) if you want to stop by and say hi. As always, Tofu Girls is what helps keep characterdesigns.com up and free, plus we’ll be having a daily raffle of Uncharted 2 games signed by the Naughty Dog team throughout the show. So come on by, it’ll be great to see you all there this year! -Hong Ly |
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June 25th 2010
Here are photos I took at the Powerhouse museum Sydney Australia. This was part of The Steam Revolution Exhibit.
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com
“For more than 200 hundred years, steam did almost everything … pumped water, drove factories, and powered ships across oceans and ploughs through fields. Steam turbines still provide 90% of our electricity. The steam revolution shows how steam touched the lives of millions. Twelve working steam engines, ‘hands-on’ displays, old boilers, videos and much more show how steam engines developed, what they did and how they changed the world.”
All the Monsterpalooza photos are finally up online. Over 700+ high res images from the world’s best creature artist.
Many thanks to all the artists who were gracious enough to let us take photos of their fantastic work; if you have a moment, please take the time to visit their websites found at http://www.rubberroom101.com/monsterpalooza2010/artists/index.html .
-Hong Ly
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May 21st 2010
2010 Ipad Wallpapers
Wallpapers for All! Hey guys! Spring just skipped by and summer’s rolling in fast! As a countdown bonus to the San Diego Comic Con, we’ve made several wallpapers for the iPad featuring our various characters and designs – we’ll also be including common screen resolutions very soon as well. Let us know what you want to see by mailing us at info@tofugirls.com. It’s been fun making these, and we’d love for you to have Tofu Girls wherever you go! We’ll also be sending out our newsletter with this year’s secret password for keychains – you’ll not want to miss out on this year’s designs! Stay tuned!
Part 1 of 2 of Photoset 39: Lighting and Background is now up! I'll be
posting the second half of the set next week.
Additionally, I've updated the details for the CC license. Please scroll further down to read them. Thanks.
This set was taken in collaboration with a good friend of mine, Eric
Ng over at bigwhitebazooka.com. We managed to secure time at a
fantastic location, so this'll be great not just for foreshortening
and lighting, but also the setting behind the model. Hope you all
enjoy!
-Hong Ly
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I’ve added a creative commons license for all the images on this site
and here are the points you need to know:
- Usage in commercial work IS allowed: you can use it for reference (directly painting the image is fine),
for your photo manipulations, for textures and anything else you want
to sell. You just need to link back to my site and mention that it was
my work that you used.
- You CANNOT simply take the image as it is and sell it as it is. I do
NOT have the rights to the likeness of the model. I have the rights to
just the image itself as it is on my site.
- Redistributing the images in their original form WITHOUT profit is
perfectly fine. I'd love it if you used it in a classroom setting or
as demo examples or just to spread the word. Save it to your computer
for personal use! Again, all I ask is a link back to the site if you
are posting it elsewhere on the internet.
- Obviously, do not take credit for my work, but I haven't had any
problems with that so far. You guys have been really great.
I hope that's clearer for everyone that's been asking questions
regarding the usage of the images on this site. Thanks! -Hong Ly
This work by Hong Ly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at www.characterdesigns.com.
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"Faces of Japan" photoset.
Japan is balance of old and new. You see ancient traditions and Western influences in everyday life. It has become an important player on the world stage in fashion trend, street culture and among other countless things. Here are photographs of mine taken during my stay.
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Hi all, we've been meaning to do this for a while - all the forums have been locked until further notice to prevent further spam as there are no available admin to take care of things properly. We've left all the old posts for reference, and will let you guys know when it's safe to venture back there. Thanks all!
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Happy New Year from everyone here at CharacterDesigns.com, illustration.org and TofuGirls.com!!!
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Happy Halloween from illustration.org, CharacterDesigns.com and Tofu Girls!
