meticulous

I suppose most artists have a tendency towards OCD. I certainly do. I live for tedium. Zoning out in a field of gradation is my idea of bliss. Cheap ballpoint pens are completely awesome. I didn't know about biro art until recently. I started doing these in 2005. They're crazy fun, but you go through a lot of pens.

This is Miyavi. He is a guitarist of Japanese Rock fame, in a genre referred to as Visual-Kei. I enjoy the energy of his music. I enjoy that he is such a spaz. Strange as it sounds, of all the sets of tattoos I've seen, his are my favorite.


We might as well stay in the same genre for these two. Above: Aoi-san is the rhythm guitarist of a band called the GazettE （ガゼット）. He's decked out in kimono here. All of these use photo references, by the way. Below: Yoshiki-san is the percussionist of the legendary jrock band X-Japan. This piece was my entry for a contest at jrockrevolution.com. I won it, which surprised me to no end. 　



From Japanese Rock we hop over to Korean Pop. I got into TVXQ (5-member boyband) in 2007. This drawing is one of the members, Xiah Junsu. I cried uncontrollably the first time I watched him sing 'Beautiful Thing' in a youtube vid. Been obsessed with the group ever since. Figured I ought to draw him.
Both Junsu and Yoshiki are drawn with mechanical pencils.

let's get digital

For years, I used a mouse to work in Photoshop. It was painstaking, but I was accustomed to it. Then I got a Wacom Tablet and my world changed. There is no way I could go back to a mouse now.


Above is my first whack at the Tablet. Got a feel for it with a little self-portrait.


Summer heat-induced boredom.


A quirky work in progress during a time when I got rather excited about obnoxious colors.


And finally, taking MarbleBlast Ultra far too seriously on my Xbox360. Once a nerd, always a nerd. Geek4life, yo!

munny see : munny do

We will begin with Munny dearest. This is Reggie Munnoda Jr. He began as a white vinyl customizable toy from the oh-so-addictive kidrobot.com. This was years ago. Nowadays, the site is brimming with DIY toys. The challenge now is to not go broke buying all of them.

A bit of sanding and acrylic paint goes a long way to make one of these little guys really shine.
Working on a curvy 3-dimensional surface was new to me, so it was mostly experimental. If I ever get around to making him a companion... well, we'll see. ^^

it's time

I am in need of a place to post artwork in a format like this.
Here we are.
Art spam will commence soon. From time to time, there will be little ramblings in Japanese or rants about my various geekdoms.

This hole I've been worming in for 14 years needs a little redecoration.

Life in progression begins now.

*blowsraspberry*