bara-bara drawings

018 | The Gods of Harvest

2008-08-23T17:10:00.004+08:00

Took a couple of weeks, in between work and trying to have a life.

Final version can be seen HERE.

017 | lonely city love affair

2008-04-05T19:58:00.005+08:00

no references used. japanese text derived from several images floating around the internet. 6 hours. getting the right graphics took most of the time.

on a general note, i have obviously failed to create daily updates for this blog. for my sanity, the new schedule will be: whenever.

thanks for looking.

final image can also be viewed here.

016 | rock restoration regime

2007-10-22T20:37:00.000+08:00

i find that this method is working smoothly for me at the moment. rough sketch, block colors, blending, layout.

015 | face

2007-10-07T03:02:00.001+08:00

trying out a painting technique that's quite new to me: painting without lines. started out with blocks of color then refined the image to what you see now. it's damn hard and i need more practice with that technique. for now, this'll have to do.

014 | hydrophonic

2007-08-29T19:30:00.001+08:00

watch the fishies swim.

013 | in strips

2007-08-28T00:04:00.001+08:00

anatomy practice without lines, direct painting. takes a while to get used to. need more practice. hrrmph.

- intermission 001 - mr. samura's workshop

2007-08-27T00:02:00.000+08:00

bara-bara drawings is temporarily taking a break to give you a peek as to what other things occupy my busy, little life at the moment.

in lieu of this, can anyone tell me what these are...?

012 | entranced

2007-08-24T00:26:00.000+08:00

she slinks into bliss, like fire and honey burning on my tongue.

011 | fiddle-diddle

2007-08-17T23:54:00.000+08:00

not really going for a specific concept here, just a random girl in random clothes playing with a random kitten.

010 | turquoise

2007-08-16T22:43:00.000+08:00

nothing like a turquoise sky at 4pm. don't quote me on that. i'm color-blind.

009 | midori

2007-08-15T03:18:00.000+08:00

means green. roughly inspired by characters in haruki murakami's "norwegian wood" and "kafka on the shore", and sailormoon's cat, and hiroaki samura's "ohikkoshi". strangely enough, i think all those inspirations are related somehow...

008 | hunters

2007-08-13T01:52:00.000+08:00

experimenting with some as-yet-unapparent style. maybe it'll shine through in the finished version. we'll see.

007 | fierce

2007-08-10T20:42:00.000+08:00

just a sketch of a fierce dude. i should start drawing more guys...

006 | kunoichi kitchen

2007-08-09T05:21:00.000+08:00

serving quality shuriken cookies since 1989.

bakers are ninjas too, in their own special way.

what was intended to be a simple sketch turned into another one of my long, drawn-out, monstrous experiments.

005 | ready.set...go!

2007-08-07T02:25:00.000+08:00

got some ideas for this sketch... will finish it hopefully within the week.

004 | i believe

2007-08-06T20:23:00.000+08:00

that love is the answer.

for relationships brought down by other people's prejudices.

tried using one brush in different sizes and a limited color palette.

003 | radiance

2007-08-05T23:31:00.001+08:00

i've always been a fan of bus scenes. like in movies, comics, or in real life; 'girl by the bus window' will always be as much a modern classic as 'girl with headphones' is. well, for me at least

expect to see a finished, pretty-fied version of this sketch soon. most likely when i scrounge enough free time again.

UPDATE! uploaded inked and colored versions. for some weird reason, i prefer the inked version out of all the three images.

002 | dare to fall

2007-08-05T23:21:00.001+08:00

remember when you were in high school, when every little issue felt like an insurmountable barrage of problems brought upon you by THIS. CRUEL. WORLD.

well, this sketch is pretty much about that. you're not really as fucked up as you think. other people have it worse. of course, this realization would dawn on you 7 years too late.

post-bara-bara results:
+ concept: 65%
+ execution: 50%
+ mood: 60%
+ verdict: will work on this more when i have the time. i like using extreme perspective... maybe i should do more stuff like this?

001 | open yourself to me

2007-08-05T22:04:00.000+08:00

first post! victory!

playing around with custom brushes. i've always been a default brushes guy, and use only a couple custom brushes frequently. so, in the hopes of expanding my aptitude with custom brushes and maximizing photoshop's features, here's a practice piece. oh, what am i saying, this entire blog is all about practice!