My friends Tetsuya and Masayo are getting married, and they asked me and my wife, Ai, to draw them a big ol’ welcome board for their reception party. And here it is :)
You can see more of Ai’s work on her tumblr HERE
I recently got to do my first ever book cover illustration! This will be the new cover for Avi’s young adult historical fiction novel, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, published by Scholastic.
Thanks to Jen Linnan for snagging me the job, and Natalie Sousa for being a great AD :)
I’ll maybe do a process post on this later this week.
This is my contribution to the Moebius tribute Ryan Sands put together on his blog, electricantzine
FINISHED!
My newest comic, Sarah and the Seed, is finally done!
Thank you for hanging in there for the final chapter. I severely underestimated how long 15 pages would take! Also thank you so much to everyone who shared and reblogged this along the way.
Kaguya Hime
The princess returns to her home world.
I did this illustration earlier this year, but am just now getting around to posting it. I’m still not totally happy with it, and may end up redoing it at some point. It’s a great story, and I’d love to a full set of illustrations for it one day.
Night on the Milky Way Railroad
Chapter 5 :: The Weather Station Pillar
Giovanni came to the base of the weather station pillar at the very top of the hill and plopped down into the cold grass. The lights of the town below were burning through the darkness as if the town itself were a miniature shrine at the bottom of the sea. He could faintly hear snatches of children’s screams and bits of whistles and songs. The wind howled far away and all the hill’s plant life rustled.
銀河鉄道の夜
第５章：：天気輪の柱
Night on the Milky Way Railroad
Chapter 4: Night of the Centaur Festival
As Giovanni was about to cross the road, he looked off toward the bridge, where in front of the general store, he could make out 6 or 7 dark figures, with white flowing shirts, headed his way. They were blowing horns and laughing, each carrying a lantern made from a snake gourd. He could tell from their laughs, they were kids from his class. His immediate reaction was to duck away, to hide somewhere while they passed. But then, he made up his mind to go over to them.
十字になった町のかどを、まがろうとしましたら、向うの橋へ行く方の雑貨店の前で、黒い影やぼんやり白いシャツが入り乱れて、六七人の生徒らが、口笛を吹いたり笑ったりして、めいめい烏瓜の燈火（あかり）を持ってやって来るのを見ました。その笑い声も口笛も、みんな聞きおぼえのあるものでした。ジョバンニの同級の子供らだったのです。ジョバンニは思わずどきっとして戻（もど）ろうとしましたが、思い直して、一そう勢よくそっちへ歩いて行きました。
I feel like I have enough images of Giovanni looking alone and sad for the moment, so I wanted to show the kids from his class getting their lanterns ready to float in the river. Had a lot of trouble getting the color right on this one and eventually settled for this two color approach.
Night on the Milky Way Railroad
Chapter 3: Home
“Your father said he’s bringing you back an otter skin coat when he returns home this next time, didn’t he?”
“Everyone at school makes fun of me for that whenever they see me.”
“They all make fun of you?”
「お父さんはこの次はおまえにラッコの上着をもってくるといったねえ。」
「みんながぼくにあうとそれを云うよ。ひやかすように云うんだ。」
「おまえに悪口を云うの。」
