Three Little Words

Last year I had the wonderful opportunity to illustrate Three Little Words, the picture book inspired by DisneyPixar's next animated film Finding Dory. I had a lot of fun working on this book! Three Little Words goes on sale today along with the rest of the Finding Dory books. Check them out at your local bookstore or on amazon.com!

Children's Book Week poster revealed!

Last year I had the incredible honor of receiving the award for Illustrator of the Year for my work on Sofia the First: The Floating Palace. This wonderful experience continued with the opportunity to illustrate the 2015 Children's Book Week Poster which is revealed on USA Today!! Special thanks to my awesome coworker for designing this poster and my amazing brother who has been my endless source of inspiration. heart emoticon

http://www.usatoday.com/…/childrens-book-week-pos…/23947819/

For those interested in getting a free copy of the poster.. please visit

http://www.bookweekonline.com/poster

Bees

I met the cutest Girl Scout this past weekend. I was in Calabasas with a friend and we stopped by the local farmer's market. As we were walking through there was a stand with Girl Scouts doodling on tote bags. They were hosting a fundraiser and before anyone even spoke to us I knew I wanted to buy one. I was a Girl Scout as a kid and I dreaded selling stuff. So now whenever I see a Girl Scout selling something I have to buy it! haha. =D I was eyeing a bag with colorful polka-dots that another girl was working on. But then this one little girl came up to me, showed me her ear and with a huge smile said.. "Hi! A bee stung my ear.." I was shocked speechless. Her ear was swollen and oh so red, the poor little girl must have been in so much pain! And then she held up her tote bag and said she made this one and I immediately said I'd love to buy yours! Her bag is quite adorable. A future illustrator in the making. =) 

The day ended with my friend and I going to Koreatown to try out a new ice cream place called HoneyMee. I got the special and it came with a free bee! haha

Happy Father's Day to all the super dads out there!

 I have the most amazing dad, he's worked hard his entire life to provide our family a safe, comfortable and extremely loving home. And since the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, my brother is just as amazing. With these two incredible role models,  I'm positive that my two little nephews will grow up to be supermen too. The Lee family children have a very special trait passed down from our ancestors. It's the "Dumbo-like" ears that always find their way to poke out of our hair. As children my brother and I would often get teased about our ears. We would feel embarrassed and try to hide them. But over the years we've learned to love them because we know they make us special and now I hope to teach my nephews the same. =)

Children's Choice Book Awards!

I had the unbelievable honor of winning Illustrator of the Year for the Children's Choice Book Awards for 2014 for my work on Sofia the First: The Floating Palace!! It was an incredible event held at Capitale in NYC. I was in a room surrounded with so many talented people and then I had the Fanciest Robin Preiss Glasser present me the award!! This was an unforgettable night. It has been an unforgettable journey.  Thank you so so much to my dearest family and friends, the amazing team I am a part of at Disney Publishing Worldwide, the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader and most importantly all the kids!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

My adorable nephews and dog wishing all the amazing moms out there a wonderful Mother's Day!

Merry Christmas!

I received a really lovely purse for Christmas this year from my mother's good friend. It was really nice of her to think of me. I made her a little card with the purse to say thanks.  =)

Happy Holidays!! Hope everyone has a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year!!

The purse is by Junior Drake and it has a really nice history to the brand.

It's the Tracy JR1279

I got mine in rust.

SUPER CUTE =)

Frozen Little Golden Book

I had the opportunity to work on the Frozen Little Golden Book!  It was such a great experience getting to work with the film makers and with an incredible team that helped me put this book together. I created the cover and managed the book. The super talented Max Narcisco worked on layouts with Andrea Cagol and Valeria Turati on the beautiful paints. Our amazing designer Tony Fejeran put it all together with the fun typography. =)

Watercolors with Lily Allen

Playing with some photoshop brushes and filters while listening to Lily Allen (photo reference)... and being inspired by David Downton. =)

Sofia the First The Floating Palace

I had a wonderful opportunity to work on another Sofia the First picture book based on the television episode that will be airing in November. It was a lot of fun working on this one! This book is now available at your nearest bookstore or on amazon! =)

Happy happy birthday friend!!

I met my friend in art school.  She's one of the nicest and most thoughtful people I know. She is super creative, an awesome cook,  and an incredible friend. She is a woman that I admire in so many ways. I feel so lucky to have her in my life. We often get ourselves into overly ambitious craft projects but we always manage to have lots of fun doing them!
We both own the same pair of Toms red polka-dot shoes (flats and wedges) and share the love for cute coffee shops (mustache coffee from Alfred Coffee and Kitchen). This piece is for her and it is inspired by our amazing friendship.

Happy happy birthday!! =)

Landscape Painting...

It's been a while since I've painted out doors. A few of my friends and I started getting together on the weekends to go painting. Feeling super rusty but it's been really fun.  Let's hope we keep this up. =)

Sofia the First

I got to work on my very first picture book this past year! It was for Disney Channel's new series Sofia the First. The show is pretty cute! For anyone who has a little girl, or for someone who is a princess at heart.. check out the book! ;) Here are some pieces from the book. You can pick one up at your local bookstore or at amazon.

我 eye 你!

This year is going by so fast! My nephew is two now and he's learning to talk. It's so adorable! One thing my brother teaches him is to say "I love you" in chinglish. hehe. 我愛你 is what he says and he gestures it too. Love in chinese sounds like eye in english so he points as his eyes when he says love. It's really cute. I made an illustration for my brother for his birthday this past July. Happy belated birthday bro!=)

My Best Friend

I met my best friend in 7th grade. We were both transfer students and were required to take an ESL test on the first day of school. I still remember us sitting at the round table in the library complaining to each other that we don't need to take an ESL test! Little did we know that test would spark an incredible friendship of 17 years.  I guess I did need to take that test.. otherwise I may have missed out on meeting this wondefully amazing person. =)

My best friend lost one of her favorite coats on a trip. And I had an unfortunate mishap with a really lovely scarf...So this sketch is to immortalize her lovely red coat and my fabulous blue scarf... =)

It's a Small World! =)

Digital

Joey Chou just came out with a beautiful book and invited a group of artists to put on a show for his book signing! I am really honored to be part of the show which opens this Saturday September 17th at Nucleus in Alhambra from 7pm-10pm. Please come check out the show if you're around the area! Gallery Nucleus

Check out Joey's new book and his beautiful pieces for the show on his blog! Joey Chou







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My lovely friends

I was organizing all the files on my computer and found this image hidden away! I started it two years ago after being inspired by a photo my friend's husband had taken of my friends and I trying to jump with balloons. They are the greatest friends anyone can ask for and I can't wait until we reunite to do more silly things. =)

Happy Holidays!!

Thank you all for visiting my blog! I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
I'm an auntie for the very first time!! Braydon is precious and definitely an inspiration for me to create some new pieces. =) He's currently 6 months and loves to put everything in his mouth... hehe =)

Art Blocks for Ghana

I was invited to participate in a really wonderful event called Art Blocks for Ghana. Check out the site for more details and to see beautiful work created by other artists!!

Wow its been a year!

Time flies! I can't believe almost a year has gone by since my last post. I actually haven't done much personal work lately. I think its time to get back to that =) For now I have one new piece to share and its a housewarming present for one of my favorite couples! =) Congrats!!