Rule #8: Smile!

Toy time @ Munky King

2012-01-10T19:26:00.001-08:00

Seamus and the Human Torch cannot be friends...

Cut out Bonsai Omi on Fearnet!

2012-01-02T00:03:00.000-08:00

Watch the video below and watch the vid of Lauren from LA Pride/Munky King being interviewed by Fearnet. She was kind enough to mention my name and show my Bonsai Omi to them (at 2 minutes and 35 seconds). It was posted up 24 days ago and i didn't even know about it =\

Bear spotted!

2011-12-28T16:46:00.001-08:00

Santa Ana, CA.

Random sketch of a random time period

2011-12-15T11:11:00.001-08:00

For my favorite Chueh!

Toy time @ Munky King

2011-11-23T07:35:00.001-08:00

Possessed devil controls more than just bears!

Snagged at D-con!

2011-11-14T23:22:00.001-08:00

Just a picture of what I ended up taking home from D-con.

D-Con 2011!

2011-11-05T09:10:00.001-07:00

Munky King is here at designer con! Come out and visit!

Pasadena Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A 300 E. Green Street Pasadena, CA 91101

Show me your bears!

2011-10-18T08:56:00.001-07:00

Hi guys if you have one of my stickers, stick it somewhere, take a picture of it, send it to ngogialap@gmail.com and I'll post it up here!

Here's one from Fountain Valley!

STOP IT! pieces

2011-09-27T12:34:00.000-07:00

Pieces Christie and I did for Coopers STOP IT! show at Munky King

HERE is more artwork from the show!

STOP IT! Show at Munky King.

2011-08-10T15:07:00.000-07:00

Hi all, I'm gonna be in another show this coming September (the 10th). I'm not much for words, so i'll just copy n past what has already been written.

Cooper Berella (aka SuperCooper), a 12 year old artist, art collector, and supportive member of the art community, is curating his second art show at Munky King Gallery in Los Angeles. "Stop It!" opens on Saturday, September 10th, 2011 from 6pm-10pm. The theme of the show is meant to draw awareness to bullying and cyberbullying. Cooper has confirmed over 70 artists from around the world to participate in the show. Paintings, drawings, custom toys, and prints expressing the artists' view of bullying will be on display. Part of the proceeds from the show will be donated to GLIDE (Gays and Lesbians Initiating a Dialog for Equality) and CHIME Institute (an organization dedicated to inclusive education where kids of all abilities learn together). 

Artwork will be displayed at Munky King Gallery in Los Angeles. 7308 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046  

Below is a partial list of participating artists.  

9-Kei
Adrieanne Gates
Alexander Gwynne
Annie Rivera
Anthony Ausgang
Attaboy
Ayleen Gaspar
BabyVtec
Beau Hufford
Bella Berella
Bert S. Gatchalian
Blake Barry
Brandon Smith
Brian Castleforte
Brian McCarty
Bwana Spoons
Cameron Edison
Cheech
Christopher Bonnette
Dani Bowman
Dave MacDowell
Dave Pressler
David Biederman
David Flores
David Zajdman
Donna Letterese
E O S
Eric Evans
George Gaspar
Germs
Giselle Knight
Greg Berella
J Salvador
J*Ryu
J. Shea
J.E.Moores (JEMTOY)
Jarrett "m0e" Nadrowski
Jay222
Jerome Lu
Jim Mahfood
Joe Ledbetter
Johanes Djauhari (Saltnpaper)
Johnny Ryan
Josh Taylor
Joshua Herbolsheimer
Juan Muniz
KaNo
Kat Rivera
Katherine Brunnegraff
Kevin Dickson
Lap Ngo
Lauren Byrnes
Leecifer
Linda Castleforte
Luke Chueh
Mari Inukai
Marko Zubak
Matt Hawkins
Michelle Valigura
Misha
Miss Mindy
Nao Shimojo (Danke Schoen)
Paul Kaiju
Pedro Balugo
Phil Toys
Podgypanda
Reactor-88
Ritzy Periwinkle
Rusty Sherrill
Ryan the Wheelbarrow
Ryon Xavier Smith
Scott Saw
Scott Tolleson
Sebastien Pablo
Shane Jessup
Shin Tanaka
Sket One
Spanky Stokes
Spencer Wilson
Sucklord
Super Cooper Berella
Taskone
Tiernan Wilson
Van Arno
Yoskay Yamamoto
Zoso

Heroes Unite! A Custom Toy Event

2011-05-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hi all. I know it's late notice but I only it was late notice for me too! It's a custom toy show brought to you by De Korner and Custom Toy Union. Will be held at Frank and Sons at De Korner booth THIS SATURDAY the 7th from noon till 5pm.

Here is a sneak peek of my contribution for the show! (full reveal after saturday)

Glo-dega!

2011-03-03T11:06:00.000-08:00

Custom (kinda) Bodega. First custom of the year.

First Custom of the new year....

2011-02-17T11:16:00.000-08:00

... is almost done! just a pixilated preview.

Next project!...

2010-12-29T21:43:00.000-08:00

...on the list anyways.

take a look! i got a hold of a GID Uprising! i THINK im gonna make it into a lamp for the living room, maybe a really big night light. no painting on this one, all electronics!

Merry Christmas everyone!

2010-12-25T18:29:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone!

and now a picture of waffles!

red dawn.... or bloody sunset? i dont know.

2010-12-09T18:21:00.000-08:00

preview/wip of my last entry for the Omi show...

Omi Night Lights!

2010-12-09T10:12:00.000-08:00

Here are 4 more of my omis for the show on saturday!

OMI SHOW WIPS

2010-12-03T15:24:00.000-08:00

just a shot of what im working on for the OMI Show at Munky King! full reveal on the 11th! (or after depending on when i get back from the show)

Next Project, Project Omi!

2010-11-27T10:13:00.000-08:00

For the inauguration of their first platform toy, Munky King is hosting a HUGE custom Omi show, an im gonna try and get a couple Omis into it!

www.Omiproject.com

Finished Sketchbot! U-5M1L3 (u- smile)

2010-11-21T11:33:00.000-08:00

hope you guys like it!

Sneak Peek of Sketchbot!

2010-11-15T11:28:00.000-08:00

Sketchbot WIP shots

2010-10-25T23:46:00.003-07:00

Hi guys just wanted to post a little WIP shot of my Sketchbot for the custom show at MK!

Custom Sketchbot show!

2010-09-21T14:58:00.000-07:00

look what i got today!

its a DIY sketchbot! for the show at Munky King. what should i do with this little guy?

hmmm

SOLD - Bonzaieeee!!

2010-07-31T15:35:00.001-07:00

woo whoo!! publicity!

2010-07-26T14:07:00.000-07:00

at the bottom of this link!

light works!

2010-03-05T13:30:00.001-08:00

a little dim but that cause it's not fully charged.

happy =)

Merry Christmas!!!!

2009-12-25T03:41:00.001-08:00

Wishing ever one a very merry, safe and brilliant Christmas and New Years!

go.be.brilliant!

_lap_

Burning Monk: SOLD

2009-12-17T16:44:00.000-08:00

Teddy Trooper WIP Pictures

2009-11-02T00:49:00.000-08:00

Just what i did have done so far on this project.

Flickr Feed

2009-10-27T13:37:00.000-07:00

hey guys just wanna let you know, if you didn't already, heres my Flickr page!

HERE!

enjoy!

taco bell's chase fig!

2009-09-10T15:00:00.000-07:00

Look what i found when i opened my bellhedz from taco bell?! WTF?! is this their chase fig? i wonder.... if i bought more.... would i find different colorways it seems like they have 4 of each design.... hmm.... lunch tomorrow at taco bell anyone?

projects due in OCT.

2009-09-02T15:43:00.000-07:00

Blobpus (contest)

10" Teddy Trooper (gift)

I'm baaaaaack.

2009-08-20T10:41:00.000-07:00

So i finally got internet back into the house sooo... once things settle down here, updates are going to start... uh... updating again. lotta projects coming up!

go.be.brilliant.

Into the Darkness tease

2009-05-20T00:04:00.000-07:00

"grin"

"tri"

"jack"

Mini Skully show @ Chuckwa on the 16th of May

2009-04-25T10:45:00.001-07:00

Come out May 16th, 7-11 and take a look at all these awesome artists (including ME!)

Hope to see you guys there!

(see thats my name on the postcard!)

Chuckwa

2453 E. Chapman Ave

Fullerton, CA.92831

~Show runs: May 16 - June 5

~Opening Reception

May 16, 2009

7PM-11PM

Burning Monk Finished.

2009-04-21T00:11:00.001-07:00

(w/ flash)

So i spent the day spraying and once the dust settled, this guy was done!

And for all you who dont know what the significant of this guy is, here it is.

Inspired by Thich Quang Duc a monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the Catholic Diem regime that controlled the South Vietnamese government at the time. Buddhist monks asked the regime to lift its ban on flying the traditional Buddhist flag, to grant Buddhism the same rights as Catholicism, to stop detaining Buddhists and to give Buddhist monks and nuns the right to practice and spread their religion.

As he burned, he did not move an inch. Peace in the center of a raging fire.

Go.Be.Brilliant.

(no flash)

(lights off, internal light on)

Skully show at Chuckwa (WIP)

2009-04-15T01:39:00.000-07:00

Preview of a WIP (one of 2 or 3, have not decided yet) im making for the Custom Skully Show at Chuckwa in Fullerton! May 16th, 2009 Come on out!

Happy Chinese New Year!

2009-01-25T09:08:00.000-08:00

So if you know what the image above is, then you already know what time of the year it is! and if you don't.... it's CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! (P.C. would be lunar new year.... but when was i ever P.C.) so...

... Happy year of the OX everyone! Don't lose all your money betting on the freaking NAI (DEER)!!!!

(note: being who i am, i didn't plan ahead enough to draw my own images... so images are from google image)

Paintings I found.

2009-01-20T21:56:00.000-08:00

So i was cleaning up my room and i found a couple of paintings of some no name characters that did a while back. here you go Lee.

Acrylic and Oil on Cardboard 8" x 17.75"

Oil on Cardboard 7" x 10.5"

Acrylic and Oil on Cardboard 8.25" x 11"

Spray Paint, Acrylic and Oil on Wood 13.75" x 22.5"

New Year, New Sketchbook, New injury.

2009-01-07T00:14:00.000-08:00

hi guys! happy new year! so this morning i cut my knuckle off..... don't ask. so i've been thinking about a couple things. i need to get on my projects and i need to start doing things that are outside my comfort zone. so this is just a small list of some things:

~Develop "wings"

~Develop other characters

~finish "wings" toy

~put a painting on wood and cut it out (you'll get it when it's done)

~flags

~bandanas

~Mad'l lamp

~Enter into shows

so i that's all i can think of right now... goood night!

Go. Be. Brilliant.

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-24T11:52:00.001-08:00

New: baby birdies.

2008-12-24T02:42:00.000-08:00

Just a new WIP from a 8'' GID Munny.

BONZAIEEE!!!! (Sunrise)

2008-12-17T21:46:00.000-08:00

Just a little guy i've been working on for my dear friend "D".

Sunset and Sunrise

Welcome to the world little ones =)

2008-12-03T16:08:00.000-08:00

Welcome, little nephew (Aidan, top) and niece (Brooke, bottom), to the world on Dec 2nd 2008!

Congratulations Chi 2 and Anh 2!

Burning Monk Update

2008-10-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

I painted it. kinda. almost done, i chose a GOLD to put on the inside, it doesnt really translate on the photo but its really pretty cool, i tried it out with the light from my first bonzaieeee!!! munny and i am really excited to get this one done! i need to go get a AAA battery housing, some AA batteries for the soldering iron and a switch. hope you like it!

Go. Be. Brilliant.

SAD news =(

2008-10-14T13:58:00.000-07:00

Mask project is SCRAPPED! sigh. the prototype broke and i have no more money to start over =\ oh well maybe i can salvage the pieces to make something cool for Halloween we'll see.

Happy Birthday Beautiful! =)

2008-10-12T13:00:00.000-07:00

So yesterday was X-T's birthday! yay! We had planned to go to Knotts SCARRRRRRYYYY farms... but the line was ridiculous! an hour to wait to buy the tickets, another hour to wait to get INTO the park, completely surrounded by little teenie boppers with more money and better clothes than i do(haha.... sigh). After waiting in line for maybe... 15 minutes, we decided to leave and just head to a bar. went to "Club 330" in Brea and just had a few drinks and played some pool! Had a great time, hope you did too babe!

Test = Stress = Delay (list of projects)

2008-10-05T01:40:00.000-07:00

So i got a couple tests coming up in the next week, that means I've been a little stressed, a bit snippy (sorry anyone i snap at), but this also means my project list have been put on the back burners... again.... sigh. oh well, such is life. For those of you who don't know my project list, here it is:

~Title/Name (medium) [stage/progress]

~Universal Aquatic (Website) [sketch]
~Mask (Original DIY) [prototype]
~French "Box" (Painting on wood crate) [digital sketch]
~Bonzai!! 2 (Mini Munny Custom) [waiting for paint, electro]

~30 Years of Chi Lang (Painting) [brainstorm]

~"WTTJ" Project (Paintings) [brainstorm]
~Burning monk (Mini Munny Custom) [waiting for paint, electro]
~Large Angel (Original toy) [prototype]
~Small Angel (Original toy) [thought]
~"Untitled" (10" MadL Custom) [brainstorm]
~"Untitled" (Cre8tive Peeples Custom) [brain drizzle]

On another bit of news, I'm really digging steampunk style art. go ahead, google it, or you can just go here to http://www.spookypop.com/ and take a look at DoktorA's custom toys. Wiki definition here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

Go. Be. Brilliant.

Burning Monk Preview

2008-09-28T01:13:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. Just a little preview of what i am working on. Inspired by Thich Quang Duc a monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the Catholic Diem regime that controlled the South Vietnamese government at the time. Buddhist monks asked the regime to lift its ban on flying the traditional Buddhist flag, to grant Buddhism the same rights as Catholicism, to stop detaining Buddhists and to give Buddhist monks and nuns the right to practice and spread their religion.

As he burned, he did not move an inch. Peace in the center of a raging fire.

Mission Statement (i guess)

2008-09-27T15:39:00.001-07:00

On this plot of cybernetic land, I Lap Ngo, aka Flying Bear, aka L-Up, shall update the world (at lease those who would read this) about my artistic goings on, projects I am working on, projects i have finished, projects in the fetal stages in my mind, sketches and really anything that might catch my fancy.

go. be. brilliant.