Tuesday, October 27, 2009

さくらまやの大漁まつり! Maya Sakura's Tairyou Matsuri

This studio work is a drawing of the very young Enka singer Maya Sakura. Enka music is a popular form of Japanese style singing. Right now her most famous song is "Tairyou Matsuri" which is about the celebration after the fishermen have a really big catch. I did the drawings in pen and ink then added the colors digitally using Photoshop Essentials. I made the back ground with vector graphics using the program PaintShopPro and then imported it into Photoshop for the finished product.


Here are some pictures of the little girl....
If you want to see her in action, check out the following link to see her singing her famous song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NykVICyDx8c

Thursday, October 22, 2009

One week untlil Halloween!

There's only one more week before Halloween. Still time to get a Halloween caricature. This little boy wanted a Halloween theme drawing with a shark.

Here are some other customers who came to Enoshima for some fun in the sun.



Sunday, October 18, 2009

Pablo Picasso

This is a drawing I made of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. I first I made an ink drawing which I then scanned and colored using Photoshop.
I was studying his works for inspiration. I liked his cubist style and textures he created with his paintings...
Due to the medium I was using I didn't really capture the painterly quality that I admire in his works. I was also looking at the works of Andy Warhol at the time and I feel like I was more influenced by his coloring...

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Enoshima event this weekend 江ノ島の秋まつり

This weekend at Enoshima there will be the Fall Festival which will include musicians, street preformers and dragonboat races...

Recntly, I drew a little boy who really liked starfish....
ヒトデだいすきです!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Happy Halloween!!

October is the month for Halloween. Join in on the fun with a Halloween theme drawing with your favorite sea creature!!!