Daniel Choe Daniel Choe







daniel choe

Some like to refer to me as an "artist," whatever that means.

l e   s t a t e m e n t
"I'd like to perceive my works as an encompassment and visual representation of all my thinking and a way of expressing said thoughts. And when a glimpse of any one creative endeavor comes to fruition, I am ecstatic to share it openly with all those willing to receive and be affected by them."


s e l f
My entire life I have found that my more colorful neurological hemisphere had always ran the show. Over the years I have allowed it to fester and grow wildly, it has since evolved into a leviathan of a cog essential to my functioning. It has allowed me to surpass impossible pain and hardship in my life, and propel me towards that next moment, and the ultimate success of whatever it is that I am pursuing.

s y n o p s i s
Made in California, and raised in a strict household. I was always somewhat of a black sheep in the way I carried myself. I pushed through much hardship early on, most awful of which were the all too soon passing of both parents. I have made plenty of mistakes before and after hard lessons learned. And somewhere in that jigsaw of experiences my idea of where I wanted to be, who I wanted to become, and what I ultimately wanted to achieve completely pulled a 180 for the supremely better. Currently holding two degrees, I am further continuing my progress towards a Bachelors in Fine Arts and developing my own footprint in a vast wilderness of expressive colleagues.

a s   a   c r e a t i v e
I am overly thankful for all the experiences, good and bad, that have led me to this point. I had always marveled at anything creative. It was always something that felt wholesome, natural and easy to digest. While growing up I would mimic creative things surrounding me and aspire to one day achieve as they had. I would make horrendous attempts of my favorite childhood movies, game characters, wherever there was interest. It was because of this gentle obsession with creating that I furthered my hand-eye coordinated efforts in replication and technical knowledge. And before I knew it I was generating my own imaginative works and developed a taste and unquenchable itch for the endless possibilities the creative process provides. It has since become a crucial piece of me that I cherish above all other aspects. It is such a surreal experience reflecting back when I once aspired to become like others. Although there is still much to learn I have since found myself through that journey, and here I am today inspiring others to become their own entities. It blows my mind.

i n t e n t i o n s
☑ Expand my craft / Inspire and promote differently
☑ Begin to tattoo
☑ Develop my brand
☑ Art commissions
☑ Murals / Public events / Live projects
☑ Vending of handmade custom materia and art
☑ Collaboration / Volunteer projects
☑ Concept art
☑ Publication content / Creative independant contracting / Art curation
☑ Product conception, production, marketing, and distribution
☑ Internships, apprenticeships, and creative opportunities
☑ Continue doing what I love doing

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  • a poem i fancy. [click me]

    t h e i n v i t a t i o n
    o r i a h m o u n t a i n d r e a m e r

    It doesn't interest me what you do for a living
    I want to know what you ache for
    and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

    It doesn't interest me how old you are
    I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
    for love
    for your dreams
    for the adventure of being alive.

    It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
    I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow
    if you have been opened by life's betrayals
    or have become shrivelled and closed
    from fear of further pain.

    I want to know if you can sit with pain
    mine or your own
    without moving to hide it
    or fade it
    or fix it.

    I want to know if you can be with joy
    mine or your own
    if you can dance with wildness
    and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your
    fingers and toes
    without cautioning us to
    be careful
    be realistic
    to remember the limitations of being human.

    It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me
    is true.
    I want to know if you can
    disappoint another
    to be true to yourself.

    If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
    and not betray your own soul.
    If you can be faithless
    and therefore trustworthy.

    I want to know if you can see Beauty
    even when it is not pretty
    every day.
    And if you can source your own life
    from its presence.

    I want to know if you can live with failure
    yours and mine
    and still stand on the edge of the lake
    and shout to the silver of the full moon,
    "Yes."

    It doesn't interest me
    to know where you live or how much money you have.
    I want to know if you can get up
    after a night of grief and despair
    weary and bruised to the bone
    and do what needs to be done
    to feed the children.

    It doesn't interest me who you know
    or how you came to be here.
    I want to know if you will stand
    in the center of the fire
    with me
    and not shrink back.

    It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom
    you have studied.
    I want to know what sustains you
    from the inside
    when all else falls away.

    I want to know if you can be alone
    with yourself
    and if you truly like the company you keep
    in the empty moments.

    石灰含味の



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