Anime North Finished!

Anime North is Finished! I'd like to thank all you guys who came by with a promo code for my etsy shop, or at 1%talent. Just enter ANORTH, for 20% off all orders for a week (till june 7).

"ANORTH for 20% off online orders for one week from today"

Also coming up real quick is the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, New york! Its next weekend, so come by if you are in the area! It's an outdoor fair and more importantly, it is free to attend, check out the list of other venders here.

"Located @ McCarren Park"

Anime North Weekend!

"@ the Toronto Congress Center, 650 Dixon Road"

TGIF, today is the start of anime north weekend! I couldn't get my own table but will try to get one day of. For the time being I'll have a little spot i bummed off the kind girls of morico. we'll se located in Crafters Corner right next to the dealers room.

I'll have cool screen-printed bags for you when you get something :)

A muslin bag will come with all t-shirts, FREE! yes free, while supplies last. This includes all online orders from 1%talent  or my etsy, but you'll get a different bag for the books and this one fore the shirts.

Brown paper bags made from recycled paper, here in Canada and printed by me :) you can only get one from me when I'm selling at an event, please reuse them after.

Freedom Clothing Collective

939 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M6H 1L5
Mon - Sun:12:00 pm-7:00 pm

Happy Monday! I now have some shirts at Freedom Clothing Collective, located here in Toronto just a bit west of Ossington Station, they are a non-profit collective that carry many other local talents, so check them out when you're in the area.

I'll leave you with something I've been been carving, not quite done yet so you'll have to wait a little longer. 

"2 colours"

Short Process Video

Happy Wednesday, it has been raining none stop here so hope everyone is staying dry. Heres a really short process video, this is my first attempt at a video, enjoy! 

The Forest Guardian (process) from Hieng Tang on Vimeo.

Art Star

Happy early monday or late sunday! I need to make more stuff to blog about, in the mean time heres a doodle :)

"I have a LOOONG neck"

Also some new-ish news, I have a couple of shirts design being sold @ Art Star which is in Philadelphia, USA. If you are in the area, please stop by and support handmade!

"623 North 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19123"
"(215) 238-1557 Open Tue-Sat 11am-7pm; Sun 12pm-6pm"

Anime Boston

"I'm an alien"

Happy Tuesday! Anime boston just passed and I'd like to thanks all those who came by, said hi or anything, you make a green blob happy. For those who didn't get a chance.. you can still go to 1%talent

or my etsy, and if you hurry, type in ANIBOSTON code for 20%off till the end of april.

"Work It Harder Make It Better
Do It Faster, Makes Us stronger"

Blog on the go

A friends laptop allow me to make a blog update long with the free wifi on the buses that sometimes and work, and sometimes doesn't. All there is to eat is the fast food from the bus pit stops, im starting to miss salads. With all my buses delayed, I will still somehow make it to Boston. Hopefully The rest of the trip is free of problems, and i soon be meet with a hot shower and a good meal. I dont really have a photo of the trip, but i think picture of the bus interior would be rather boring. Here a process shot of a bag print :)

"a small few will be available at Anime Boston, come find me"

"I've been printing him on everything"

"put you hands in the air"

Hieng-Made Stickers

Happy Monday, here's a sketch of warm pink mountains to warm up your day!

Sometimes it's really slow at work, and i get really, really bored. I cant just pull out my sketch book and draw, I have to look somewhat busy. So i stuck some pieces of masking tape together and started draw on the random shapes.

"more mountains with hairy legs"

this mountain wasn't too random but i think the pieces of tape gave it a more organic and natural shape.

"some other random stuff stuck to a wall"

"stick em outside for the world to see!"

You can stick them anywhere really. Oh, and this weekend I'll be at Anime Boston, come find me if you can.

New Season!

Lets get this blog Rolling! Some might notice the slightly newer layout, with bigger images! I'm currently working on new stuff and will be posting as best I can, here is a drawing from my sketchbook.

"keep an eye on me while i keep my eyes on you"

Also Summer is coming and so are cons and fairs! I'll try to get some Toronto con and fairs for the hometown crew but for now im going south, across the border! First up is Anime Boston, in well Boston, MA and its as soon as next week. Please come find me if you happen to be there.

"www.animeboston.com"

Next in early June is the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, NY more info on that later on.

"www.renegadecraft.com/brooklyn"

Happy New Year! and City of Craft!

Happy New Year to all, I hope it was a good year for everyone. It was certainly a busy with me trying to branch into Craft Fairs, doing 2, The Renegade Crafts Fair in Chicago, and City of Craft here in my home town Toronto. Here are a few Pictures from City of Craft and as always, thanks to everyone who came out to support.

"Paper Goods"

"The Space was really nice!! "

"1%talent"

"more to come"

More to come with a new exciting year ahead. Stay in Tune.

Fall and winter

O M Gee... well it feels like I might have disappeared for a while.. but only on the interweb. Anyways let get on with it, I've been busy running around trying to get stuff done and doing a couple of fairs and events since the last post.

First up, was The Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago. It was my first crafts fair and i was pretty excited. It did rain the first day but it still turned out to be a pretty goo fair :D, thanks for everyone who came out. This was my first craft fair, and it wont be my last.

"it was the first time I had a giant tent to myself, didn't know what to do at first but it somehow worked itself out"

"elephant march"

Next up, was New York Comic Con/New York Anime Fest, I had a great time at the con, and again, thank you to everyone that came by and said hello and everyone who picked up something from my table, you guys are keeping me alive.

"this picture was a bit blurry."

"watching the crowd"

Up next, was CANZINE!!! except i didn't take pictures, dummy, but take a stroll to Myra, Peter, and Jeannie from some CANZINE goodness.

"Sorry No pictures :("

Now, I would like to invite all those who are in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) to come out to what may be a cold and chilly day, for........ City of Craft!!! This will be my first year there and hopefully not my last. IF you are one of the first 100 attendees, each day, you get a free goody bag, so come on out!

That is all for how, I'm working on new shirts and hopefully some some stuff for colder weather.

Fan Expo 2010, and Renegade Craft Fair

Last weekend was Fan Expo! Id first like to thank all those who came by, it made my last min trip there worth it. This year it was not in the basement cave room of the convention centre, so the light and mood was a lot better.

"These guys were awesome!! they each made their own costumes"

"There was an alien at my table or not..."

So next weekend, I'll be in Chicago for the Renegade Craft Fair, it'll be my first outdoor craft event in a tent, with so many other crafters, so I'm a little nervous. It a free event so if you are in the area please come out, and check out all the artist, and try to find me :)

Fan Expo Toronto

Just a quick shout! Last min, I got a call from some buddies asking if I wanted to go to FanExpo since they had an extra table, yesterday, and i said yes. So Yes I'll be there, so for the rest of the afternoon, night, next morning... I'll be printing my way to the con.

"I'll have, totes shirts and more!"

So please come find me :)

Cat Thief returns! on a shirt

As Promised the Cat Thief is now available on t shirt form, and also some process sketches. You can order online @ 1percenttalent.com or pick one up locally (Toronto) @ function13.

"this one was originally some kind of alien cat, but ended up as a Cat Theif"

"I looks like candy corn"

"Ready for an invasion!!"

"invading alleys"

"stickers"

The Cat Theif

A new zine character? It is first a new shirt design. Introducing the stealthy Cat Thief! He is to be printed on a shirt as early as next week, I'll make another post then. Before it was printed on a tee, I printed some posters to be put up around some parts of Toronto, who knows where they ended up.

"Unlike the posters the shirt will be a lighter ivory colour"

"a little printing process :) "

"Strength in numbers"

If you do find the Cat Thief or have your own photo of my shirts, you can post them on the 1%Talent (<- click) facebook page, thou I'm not too sure how these things work.

Otakon 2010

Well, the past weekend was Otakon! and an eventful one at that. One box i shipped didn't quite make it so some designs were not at the show. So make sure you guys check out 1percenttalent for more shirts. There was also that fire alarm that forced everyone at the convention centre to leave.

"The Forest Guardian sold out, thank everyone!"

"The Nerdy Boss Elephant was also quite popular :)"

I somehow made it through, with the help of friends, fellow artist, and of course everyone who picked up something on the table big or small, even if it was a business card i made on the spot, I hope everyone was able to read my website off it!

"luckily I had everything with me to be crafty"

"HiengTang.com"

So much to do and so little time, I'll try to keep this blog updated as much as i can, I'm prepping to go to Chicago for the Renegade Craft Fair, I'll have a booth there and it'll be my first craft fair so i'll try my best to be more crafty. If you are in Chicago around sept 11-12, please come find me at wicker park!