Manga Sketches

Love Manga … Love to sketch.

Yesterday i went out with the design team at my company. The people next to us at the restaurant were having some birthday party. So when they sang happy birthday, I sang with them and that was it … Not so! A big cake came along and my eyes were locked on it. I told my friend Saisho san that I should draw a portrait of the birthday person in exchange of a piece of cake. However, I also told my friend I didn’t have enough guts to do so … But slowly, helped by my friend I stood up and moved toward the table next to us … I was told I was crazy, I was blocked … But I went … Saisho san helped me again to explain the situation, and the people accepted … As it was the birthday of two people … we took the last two remaining piece of ice cream cake and I started to draw the two portraits (while my friends started to eat the cake !!!).

Here are the two portraits …

Go san

Hiroshi san

こんにちわゴさんとヒロシさん。たのしかった。これはhigh　resolutionイメージ：

Go san

Hiroshi san

また。

I went to Shibuya the other day. I saw a singer performing on the street. I made few sketches of him and his fans. His name is Zenichiro Uema and he is the singer of the CATAMARAN (-カタマラン-) band (http://catamaran.syncl.jp)

Zenichiro telling a story

Fans standing and listening a song

Fans entranced by the singer

Sketches of the CATAMARAN group members

Manga version of the CATAMARAN band's member

And that’s all for now …

Today, a friend invited me to see a Jazz concert where he did some dance choregraphy.
Here are the sketches I made during my journey to see the event.

It starts in the train, then in the Jazz club and back in the train on my way home …

I also added a video and some photos I took in the club.

First sketches in the train

Just a note to say I saw in the metro those two high school girls gigling about some male idol teenager’s picture inserted in some kind of transparent plastic case keyrings. They had about 10 of those picture keyrings each.

In the metro and Jazz bar

This is the front of the Jazz Club: "BB FLAT"

The stage, still empty, waiting for the artists...

Can you feet the music? Ha ha ha

The following are sketches of the Jazz singer. She was moving too fast for me to draw her … I should do it from the pictures I took.

The cute singer.

Singer, Pianist and Drummer

As I was leaving the jazz bar, I passed next to the singer artist as she turned around, she walked on my feet… Ha ha ha!

Trumpet ...

Many people came to see the concert

And here the last page of sketchbook number 3. I had to rush outside the club to buy a new sketchbook before the concert starts.

Many cute girls ...

And here sketchbook number 4 …

New sketchbook first page

Tsuji kun is about to start to dance...

People are watching the concert

Too fast… There is no way I could draw the dancers. The following sketches are just flashes of moves imprinted in the back of my brain…

dancers

More dancers move glimpses ...

This dancer was really gorgeous ... Ha ha ha

In the train on the way back home

And here are some photos

BB FLAT Jazz club

Jazz band

Sitting singer !!!

Dancing...

dancers duo ...

That’s all for now …

Update:
I did a bit of pick and mix in photoshop layers properties and here is what I got:

Drifting with Watercolor and Photoshop

Illustration Friday’s “Drifting”
That did hurt !!!

Illustration Friday