January 2011
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Japanese Folk Tales - Peach Boy 日本昔話・桃太郎
This is the story of Momotarou, or…Peach Boy!
The story dates back from a waaay long time ago, so I decided to set it in Heian Era Japan (around 1000AD). I have no idea what Heian Era Japan looked like, so it took awhile to dig up photos of the typical home interior, but its pretty awesome to learn about how they lived, and what they wore.
Once again an old, kindhearted couple make...
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Japanese Folk Tales - Kasajizou (2)
I did a quick mock up in pencil of the thumbnail I thought had the best composition (from my previous post) to see if it still held up when I did it almost full size. My goal is to eventually do this in watercolor without the help of the computer. I may be biting off more than I can chew.
And some more old man character studies.
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Japanese Folk Tales - Kasajizou 日本昔話・笠地蔵
I’ve always loved old folklore, especially the stories from Japan. I’m going to try my best to do a series of illustrations based on some of my favorite stories. If its good enough, I may try to hold a gallery when I go back to Japan. I’m really excited about the cool illustrations that could come out of this, there are some wonderful stories to choose from.
These are my...
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New Year Postcard 年賀状
Its the year of the rabbit! In Japan everybody sends out postcards on New Years to practically everyone they’ve ever met in their life. Here’s mine…about 2 weeks too late. Happy New Year :)
あけましておめでとうおがざいます！今年もよろしくお願いします！
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Nothing is Forgotten: My Process
A few people asked to see my process on my short story Nothing is Forgotten, so I thought I’d try to explain as best I can how I did it. Its always a bit strange showing my workflow though, cause it feels like I’ll be found out for cheating. I can imagine the sigh of disappointment “oh…that’s how he did it? meh.”
I spent a good deal of time sketching out the...
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Nothing is Forgotten - FINISHED!!!
FINALLY it’s finished! Sorry about the crazy long wait Thanks for checking it out! Click here to start reading!
や～～～～っと出来あがりました！大変お待たせしました。読んでくれてありがとうございます！ パート１