Manga Sketches

I want some birthday cake too !!!

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:08:29 +0000

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。

Shibuya Singer event

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:52:30 +0000

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 …

Tsuji san Jazz fiesta …

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:40:48 +0000

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 ...

Finally, the following is a video of my friend Tsuji dancing … He is the guy dancing on the left

[See post to watch Flash video]

That’s all for now …

Illustration Friday

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:10:51 +0000

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

Happy New Year 2009

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:57:31 +0000

Here is the little card I sent this year …

The happy panda that plant seeds for the future

Fantasy worlds …

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:30:57 +0000

Uh … I caught up with my latest sketches … Here are some quick imaginary worlds …

Fantasy world ...

In the following sketch, I have inserted 5 portrait of people I saw on the train … Can you spot them ?

Fantasy world ...

Shibuya …

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:30:38 +0000

Shibuya is such a nice place to be … I love it when it is over-crowded … Especially the famous scramble crossing in front of the station … I took few minutes to sketch people passing quickly in front of me …

In the Yamanote Sen ...

Shibuya train station ...

various …

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:00:12 +0000

Quick post …

In the train ...

In the restaurant ...

Manga sketches: new format …

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:29:05 +0000

I still post sketches from the same sketch book, but I cropped the edges … Now, I also use a bigger image size (150dpi resolution) …

various

Portrait of A. San

small tank ...

various manga chars ...

In the train ...

Trying to draw Cobra from the depth of my memory !!!

Quick try with Manga Studio

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:39:44 +0000

Well, I just gave a try to manga studio … Here is the original …

original

And here is the result …

result ...