誕生日おめでとう、嵐の釣り人。
My first time trying out watercolour on moleskin; I haven’t touched the palette in years, not since I got acquainted with my wacom anyway. Referenced from one of the 2009 episodes of Shounen Club Premium interviewing Sho on his influence in JE and a bit on his past. He sure didn’t have it easy at all during his teenage and young adult years due to the massive amount of pressure from all sides, most of all from the need to prove himself as an accomplished student while maintaining the job as an idol, but by sheer determination and sacrifice, he had achieved so much more than what others could only dream of. He’s an amazing person who deserves lots of respect <3 *teary eyed*
So this is the end product of rewatching a beautiful drama.. Well! MatsuJun and Takeuchi Yuko’s on-screen romantic chemistry was one big factor that upped the show’s ranking on my list of favourite dramas, and besides, Taiga is such a charming man; I’m sure fans do see traces of Jun’s roles in HYD and Bambino in him, but still very different. Taiga has underlying passion, learns to takes failure in his stride and is unassuming (rather silly as well, sometimes), someone who knows when to back off and when to seize opportunities. The best thing about 夏虹? JUN’S HAIR. It’s one of those few hairstyles that suit him most, methinks.
As you can see I put a bit more effort than usual into the overall lighting, as opposed to copying wholesale from photo references – this time a screencap of Jun. I actually discovered that I like creating the folds and creases on textiles, a process that seems like can be done randomly but awfully tedious because you’ve got to consider and imagine the lighting and the mass beneath that creates that particular form. Time spent on Tumblr has been fruitful; I’m currently following this realist portrait artist Euclase and she sometimes posts pretty comprehensive tutorials and show her drawing process, which I have learnt a lot from.
Anyway, right after exporting the image I dropped my wacom pen and now it works as a dysfunctional mouse, which means I’ve got to buy a new one to replace (for the second time). Daaaaaaayum.
Back to work then.
Remember my last attempt at photorealistic painting that referenced closely a magazine shot of Ohno? Oh, no you don’t. It has been that long, so I thought I’d like to try it again to assure myself of my technical skills. There isn’t much creativity to talk about here since the point is to achieve an identical copy of the original photo.
What better to use as a subject than the charming Ninomiya Kazunari in a Gantz suit? The announcement about him preparing to star in a live action movie emerged last year was how I found out about the long-running manga series and subsequently got hooked onto volume after volume. The prospect of dying and being revived the moment after through an intelligence system that transports them as data so as to battle against aliens is so surreal it makes you want to follow the protagonists Kurono Kei and Masaru Kato to find out how in the world they are going to have to fight to survive this.
Part 1 of Gantz opened in the cinemas ONLY this month, four months after Japan, which is a real long wait for those who didn’t want to spoil the film by downloading. I watched it on two nights in a row with two different groups and it was funny hearing their opinions and reactions. For a such an elaborate world, it was a lot plot to cram in a two-hour action movie hence characters and missions were cut, simplified to a level which I find was okay. What blew me away was the seamless CG integrated with the pretty amazing action sequences from the cast, and THE GANTZ SUIT DAMMIT.
Kurono Kei version くろのけいバージョン ♡
Here’s the Ninomiya Kazunari version 二宮和也バージョン ♡ where I totally have an obligation to draw him in his famed black-rimmed glasses. 黒縁メガネ. At his hottest, you know, like omg.
Cosplay? Very much like it haha. Anyway, for the same reason I was just spazzing about, I prefer the second version :D
咲いた名も無いはなを君に届けよう 消えることない思いと 遠く離ればなれでも 心ひとつ つながってる ~ 嵐
