jihyun working at karaoke ^^

Robot Prince~ This man is amazing! My friend Jules had a chance to talk with him- he is another super OG~~ watch at -8 sec (the move is layered in two motions- his jaw action and him going back all robotic like) must see clip!

http://www.westcoastpoppin.com/playvideo.php?id=341

really awesome japanese mime!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HanD2FsbMsc&mode=related&search=boppin%20andre%20botting%20popping%20hitting%20hit%20pop%20bot%20robot%20funk%20west%20coast%20og

super OG dancer/performer/mime Marcel Marceau just recently died. A world renown performer that inspired animation and poplocking! check out the clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNqskkKMkFQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewestcoastpoppin%2Ecom%2Fplayvideo%2Ephp%3Fid%3D337

man.. another AWESOME clip of amazing musicality.. this guy's named is Flatopp.. OG of strobbing and animation.. check out 4:20 in to it.. He starts animating to the trumpet horn.. INSANE!! ^ ^

http://www.westcoastpoppin.com/playvideo.php?id=331

this clip is a must see!! It's a korean bboy show- really inspiring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=youfDZgY82U

Hey everybody! Look at my interview at the character design blog on http://characterdesign.blogspot.com/ or click on my link section to the right. I put up some more artwork there that's not on my blog~ ^^

Seoul is such a amazing place to go visit! So many interesting things to see and learn~ I saw this old man selling these electric tennis raquets that fry mosquitos!! man did I have fun back at my friend's place ^ ^

just got back from tokyo and seoul~ it was so amazing! ^ ^ u guys have no idea~

kid gettin some DS action ^ ^

o snap~ another U-min clip. Awesome ^ ^

http://www.westcoastpoppin.com/playvideo.php?id=300

Class of 2006!! a great group of awesome artists!

sorry I haven't posted for awhile.. had this idea of a fopish english knight lost in the desert.. ^ ^

super OG poppin taco~ most of you might have seen him in breakin with poppin pete... This guys is a Superhero when it comes to popping.. I was actually able to meet him in person with my friend jules at one of the howthawestwaswon.. asked him if he would give a lecture at CalArts .. but he said he was busy.. still was happy to able to shake his hand~ ^^

one of the pioneers in snaking, cobra, and waving.. watch the clip!

http://www.westcoastpoppin.com/playvideo.php?id=270

long line of Dancers waiting for an audition.. ^ ^

this is a new layout I'm working on... a lil scene in a ktown boba shop ^ ^

been noticing lately that most of this blog has been about animation.. so here are my top ten poplocking (popping & locking) clips .. just copy paste the address..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M7nF4dAhZw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewestcoastpoppin%2Ecom%2Fplayvideo%2Ephp%3Fid%3D159

the tightest bottin/animation style crew I've ever seen in my life.. supposobly they were taught by OG Boppin Andre (creator of style of boppin or bottin) .. anyway incredible control.. precision.. awesome musicality! this is fantasia in real life~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1FEE1sCQU

jsmooth.. one of the top new school heads bringing the funkstyle crown back to the USA.. student of poppin taco.. also taught by Electric boogaloos.. amazing musicality (animation done to the music!) .. but the highlight of this clip is the finger tuts in the middle of the set.. he knows how to pace himself well and add variety and complexity in them.. !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3QUDHKocVY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewestcoastpoppin%2Ecom%2Fplayvideo%2Ephp%3Fid%3D139

OG of strobing.. this is one of the originators and pioneers of strobing.. and he can do it while he's singing! no one is on his level of creativity/control/musicality in strobing~

http://www.westcoastpoppin.com/playvideo.php?id=115

Salah.. from France.. amazing dancer.. amazing performer.. he won the popping and locking competitions here in Hollywood called HowThaWestWasWon... a wonderful human being also in person!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkoAfjLJviA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewestcoastpoppin%2Ecom%2Fplayvideo%2Ephp%3Fid%3D101

boppin andre.. OG of bopping (aka botting).. he is the originator of this style.. strong presence and charisma~ he is the dancer in red..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_jlK1Z217I&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewestcoastpoppin%2Ecom%2Fplayvideo%2Ephp%3Fid%3D94

budda stretch and link.. the two brothers after the brazilian guy.. they define beat freaking in this clip! listen to how they accent the music with their movement!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mwvQrtKeEQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewestcoastpoppin%2Ecom%2Fplayvideo%2Ephp%3Fid%3D89

boogaloo Sam.. supposobly the originator for popping... but definately the originator of electric boogaloo style that is popular today.. respect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_L5YDHmlKI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewestcoastpoppin%2Ecom%2Fplayvideo%2Ephp%3Fid%3D61

media serkus.. OG of routines.. they are one of the first groups that started popping way back in the 1970s! before all that breakin and enterin and beatstreet.. these guys were doing it a decade before that in the Bay Area.. some popping history for u guys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScmEAvE42Vk

for those of u who dunno the difference between popping and locking.. these guys are definately lockers! They are from Japan and have world wide rep of locking~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYfoX6LMwk

acky is my favorite popper/dancer! He is a dancer from japan and is in a crew called OGS~ he was taught by poppin pete and most of the electric boogaloos... I luv this guy cuz he reminds me of a mix of poppin pete/fred astaire.. real smooth transitions.. nice musicality.. strong definate poses.. he is the guy in black and with the yellow hat~ ^ ^

hope everybody enjoys the clips! tell me if there is a problem with the addresses

Hey everyone! Shane had a awesome two week character design workshop at calarts in which the assignment was to design characters from Christmas Carol.. I actually couldn't make it to the first class so one of my characters wasn't actually asigned.. (-_-).. on top of that I didn't really have time to read the book or do research.. and I squeezed it in during breaks at work.. arghh.. anyway.. here they are.. I am goin to address some of the notes I got and update them here on my blog.. hopefully I dun kill it or stiffin it up.. ^ ^

some sketches I did with some friends at glendale.. ^ ^

some development sketches for my film.. some of these were done after the film also ^ ^

more dancers ^ ^

heres some calarts students I doodled today.. I'm doin another set 10 years after calarts.. ^ ^

more kungfu teahouse waiters.. ^ ^

more doodles at work.. ^ ^

heres some concept stuff I did last year for my film.. wanted to do a children's book style kinda like wut Sanders did for Lilo and Stitch.. learned a lot about watercolors.. they'r hard to do!! hopefully I'll have time to practice more..