Immigration Foliage

Spending a few hours at the Immigration Office in Tokyo gave me more than a few hours to get out the sketchbook and pen.

 

 

Nothing mind blowing, but prepping for the foliage on the Sekaido canvas seemed a good idea.

 

Didn't have time to apply the deterioration concept to each piece, but did get a visa renewal.

 

Sekaido - day 1

Day one - just laying the foundations. Getting the perspective down was pretty smooth sailing, pixels up next.

 

Finding a strong foreground visual was pretty tough. Going with the theme of digital dreaming or digital deterioration was always the concept but having a human element always draws the viewers attention.

Sekaido - Bugs Eye

Missed a trick last year relying on my limited perspective drawing for the final piece. Always been into the concept of small looking up.

Slices

Sliced is a theme started a couple of years back, focusing on contours and form.

Floating is an element that I hadn't really explored, so looking into it now should breath new life into it.

The apple melting from a few weeks back got me into the blobs look.

It's another way to describe the form and emulate movement.

Slices

Not quite where I want to be but I'll take it.

This kind of floating look needs a lot of work.

Sketches

Thanks to a national holiday here in Japan managed to get a few more hours of sketching down.

Hoping to get these acryld up by the end of the week..

More Pigeons

I legit saw a pigeon land on its head like that.

Love drawing pigeons, and the single line works a great for them. 

Just some ideas but I'm liking the crowds a lot. As a simple study but also as a kind of pattern too.

Make it Pop

Various angles still cause me no end of trouble, and this pose was no exception.

2014 is my "dig deeper" year, meaning accelerated output, quality and creativity. Thick black boarders are something I've rallied against, but they actually make pictures pop.

Pigeon stuff

Pigeons rock.

 
Drawing them should be easy enough but I'm still struggling.

I'll look into their anatomy a little this week to strengthen my bases.

Sekaido - 2013

2013 entry - F3 canvas / Acrylics

Initially setting out for a bugs-eye-view visual, missed the mark a fair bit. With a few more hours I'd like to have darken the women's facial contours a little, as the light against dark backdrop was a little harsh. But all in all, scaling up on last years work, creating 2 pieces on a right deadline, it didn't turn out half bad!

2012 entry - F2 canvas / Acrylics

Jigsaw Concepts

Mocking up some ideas for the childrens book.

The story is about 60% complete.

Cherry Pop probably won't make the cut.

Adventure Time with Finn and Jake has been eating so much of my time recently. It's pretty fantastic.

Jigsaw concept

Pizza last night had me feeling guiltier than usual.. Let's see what we can do with that greasy box!

Using the card as a template allowed for plenty of mock ups of the jigsaw character. 

Working with shading to create a more vivid environment.

Keeping in mind the idea of a childrens story book, at this point keeping it simple is best. Flesh out the story or theme, then build the environment to fit this lil guy.

Pink!

A lonely tube of pink acrylic had been lying the apartment for months, needing a good home.

Sold

Pretty happy with the result ")