End of an era

The 27th of September was my last day to draw caricatures for Caricature Japan at the Enoshima Aquarium shop. I'd like to thank all the coworkers and customers who I was able to share this experience with.

９月２７日を最後に、カリカチュア・ジャパン新江ノ島水族館店での勤務を終えました。

江ノ水スタッフの皆さん、この店舗で一緒に絵を描いてきた同僚の皆さん、そしてご来店下さったすべてのお客様、すばらしい時間を共有させて頂き、どうもありがとうございました。

Lady Gaga Meat Dress

After seeing Lady Gaga's meat dress, I thought it would be a very interesting subject, so I tried to come up with some gags of what it would be like to be walking down the street in a meat dress.

Gift drawing

Here's a gift drawing of a family who lives near the ocean. They wanted to have their drawing done windsurfing together.

Dog Days of Summer at the Aquarium

There's a special day for dog owners at the Enoshima Aquarium on Sunday, September 4th. Sunday evening until 9:00 pm customers will be allowed to bring their pets with them into the aquarium to share the fun!! And maybe get a drawing too!

Tube Aquarium

Come for Tube, stay for the Aquarium!! On Saturday, Aug. 27th the Enoshima aquarium will be having a promotion in conjunction with the band Tube after their beach live concert. The aquarium will reopen at 6:15pm for special admission until 9:00pm for a special evening experience.

Baby and Penguins

This is a live sketch I did of a baby and penguins. The baby was still pretty tiny and I came up with this idea on the spot, so the composition was done kind of quick, but I still think it was a fun new pose.

Studio Work

Here's another studio work. It's of Japanese handball player Daisuke Miyazaki. He's known for his jump attack and muscles so I wanted to make a drawing of him catching some air. I did the line drawing with a Japanese sign pen which has a small brush like nib which is used mostly for writing Japanese characters, but it's also great for drawing too. I finished the color using Copic color markers and Artstix. Then I finished the background in Photoshop.