Adventures in Korealand

All my travels, exploits, and discoveries while currently living in Korea...

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One of our tenants has had her antique store in our little town for 20 years! I made a couple sandwich board signs for her store's party as a "Thank you" for being such an amazing tenant. I also made a selection of French macarons in kumquat, raspberry, and strawberry flavors. Here's to awesome tenants!!

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Skydiving with Jenn at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, Florida. Probably not the smartest thing I've done since I'm supposed to lay low until my surgery in January. But you only live once, right??!!

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Father daughter time... Truthfully, I've never been a huge sports fan. But over the years (while I've been off traipsing around the US and Asia) my dad and I have always"watched" the Gators together - texting and sending pics during the games. It was our way of connecting no matter how far away I was or what time of the morning it happened to be (often 4-7am). The tradition carries on, even though I'm home. Go Gators!

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It's canning and preserving time again! This time I'm whipping up some locally grown pears in a simple syrup. (at Dade City, Florida)

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Tailgating at the Gators game (at The Swamp At Florida Field)

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Baked a homemade coconut cream pie with meringue for father's day. Happy father's day to all you dads out there!

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Shuckin' Apalachicola oysters... Welcome back to Florida!

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Final Braai at Braai Republic with Roddy, my former co-workers, roommates, and people I've known since I moved to Korea. (at Braai Republic)

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Can't stop freaking crying... I love these guys so much I don't want to leave them ㅠㅠ

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Trying to determine if this is indeed a thing (legitimately, I mean). Because if it is, Korea is about to have a coming to Jesus... In the form of orgasmic cheesecakes. #juniorscheesecake #probablynotlegitbutfuckificare #getinmymouthhole

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Finished my Hoaquin, Sachi Faker, and Hatz (Hatsu) chibi. Still need to clean up the line work. I'm working on Kun (Aguero Agnis) now.

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For doing so well on their English test, I rewarded my students by drawing their favorite webtoon character. Obviously, Tower of God and Noblesse are ones I'm very familiar with, but 연애혁명 isn't. It was fun familiarizing myself with the characters and story, as the dialogue is riddled with Korea's crazy, ever-changing slang. If you want to stay on top of it, I'd suggest reading this webtoon. I still have one more piece to finish, which is Xenon from the game Maple Story.

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I'm now working on my Kim Jong Un pinup I started a few years ago and ended up setting aside. I started blocking in the color a few months ago, opting for a more pop art Mel Ramos-esque style. However, my decision to retackle the piece found my brush and paints taking a trip into a more traditional illustrative vein. It's new territory for me, but I'm excited about the outcome thus far. It obviously means that I have to carry this style throughout the rest of the painting, but if I can do so successfully, then it symbolizes a huge milestone in my recent attempt at working with acrylics. Re: the painting as it stands... Only the face has been addressed. But the eyes, teeth, and ear aren't complete.

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It's been years since I saw Les Miserables and I'm so thrilled to have been able to see it in Korea with the absolutely stellar Korean cast. I cried almost the entire time. There are very few instances where I feel as though I've missed out on pursuing a dream of mine, but Les Miz will always be the ultimate dream I've failed before even trying. Regardless, I'm so glad I went to see it and it's highly probable I'll go again before I leave Korea. My awesome sister will be the recipient of one of the Korean programmes I purchased.

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One of the games for last month required CDs and I was having fun decorating my CDs with webtoon characters and Pororo (I’ll upload pics later). Here are the ones I did using Noblesse and Girls of the Wilds images.   

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I rewarded my top students with art. I told them they could pick any image, person, character, whatever and I would render it for them. Since they're all 5th and 6th graders, they immediately opted for webtoon and video game characters. I was hoping I'd finally get at least one portrait, but no dice. I wound up with Koon Aguero from my favorite webtoon, Tower of God, and GyungWoo from 연애혁명, which hasn't been translated into English (though, tbh it'd be rather difficult, since a lot of the humor is rooted in the dialog, which is loaded with slang that changes at a staggering pace over here). The other two, which I've yet to complete are Raizel from Noblesse (another personal favorite) and the main character from the Kakao Talk game, Maple Story. I've been super conscientious about trying to redesign the characters, so they aren't a direct copy of the original. However, I neglected to do so with GyungWoo and made up for that by doing two illustrations instead of one. Anyway, once these are done, look for more Tower of God chibi!!!

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These are some new designs I've been working on. A few years ago a friend of mine asked me to design a pinup for his Triumph motorcycle side covers and I came up with something similar to the pinup at the top. My skills at painting were seriously lacking back then and I didn't have the confidence to finish them. Now, I'm revisiting the project and plan on painting the pinup on metal instead. As a result, I've been trying to dream up a webtoon character based on the idea of a female motorcycle riding/racing/wrenching protagonist. Hehe... Inspiration comes from what you know and love, right??