Haunted Zoo!

  

If you’re ever in LA and you have a free afternoon, go to the LA Zoo. And no, I’m not talking about the current zoo. I’m talking about the creepy, abandoned zoo that’s just a few minutes away from the current one. All the cages and enclosures are still standing, but everything is slightly overgrown, glass-strewn, and graffiti-covered.

  

Holy crap, this place was moody. I felt like I just walked into an episode of Scooby Doo. I went with some local friends (not imaginary), and we walked through the cages for a good couple hours. Unfortunately, you couldn’t hear the lonely screams of ghost bears, because there were tons of tourists wandering around. I think we saw three separate movie crews (UCLA students, probably) filming stuff in some of the more cinematic areas. Still, it was an awesome day. And I finally met my spirit animal.

  

She was a tortoise.

science

 

Another marker drawing. This time, I wanted to capture my conflicted feelings about going to the doctor when I was a kid. It was always exciting and a little scary. And every time I had to take some medicine, I always knew that there was the slightest chance that I'd turn green or invisible.

In short, I loved medicine.

gnome and friend

Hands

sprite

pray

wave

mermaid and friend

Scream

happy monster.

FAMILY PORTRAIT

This is my high-school-era experiment with a Sharpee and a ball-point pen.

SHACK

I would be an awful architect.

SCIENTIST

My freshman year science teacher.

CLOUDS

Kids playing in the clouds.

(I had extra strips of tracing paper and this is what I did with them.)

Dinner Time!