Based on a scene of a fairytale-remixed-into-fanfiction by *someone* currently in the works. ^^
Coloured in greyscale as a practice for shadow and lighting (although it felt more like trial and error), and failing pretty badly as you can see. I was attempting to steer away from total realism when using photo references, but it’s not easy because I don’t draw manga.. or rather I can’t. More details on this project later, maybe.

#1 was supposed to be set in the forest during the night; the tilt of the moonlight spilling on the lone horse-rider as he seems to have discovered something.

#2 Hello.. stranger.

A couple of selected sketches out of the whole lot that I did while cracking up at the video. Sketched in black ink on paper, coloured in Photoshop – I had to force myself to stay away from the Smooth Round brushes :< Colour scheme was referenced from arnistotle @ DA. Comments are greatly appreciated! <3

( So, what about the Yama Hentai Bar? )

Well, be warned. I will not be responsible for the loss of blood through nosebleed, and/or whatever consequences you suffered after browsing my art – and nope I don’t mean the quality, but rather the content. (no, really, I might get stoned for posting those. lol) Most of them spontaneously sketched while some ideas were discussed/planted in my head beforehand. Basically, this continues until I run out of steam. (pray pray it won’t be today..) I foresee it to be until.. Christmas? Or when there are more pieces than can be counted with one hand.

14 Dec. Confused? Mulling? Looks like he forgot something. If you think his top looks familiar, it’s what he wore on the shukudai narikiri talk episode.

02 Naked

14, 16 Dec. Not totally, but. That’s the title of Matsumoto Jun’s solo. Yes, I finally got down to drawing some nice pants on him, plus a new perspective I never tried drawing before. He certainly does not own such a well-toned body.. (like Sakurai’s, hmmm) Nonetheless, somebody everyone would be really happy, ’cause I know you all wouldn’t mind XD Unreferenced, hence the purrfect bodey (remember? hehe).

Take off, take off　夜を超えて (and overcome the night)
もっと自由に　君に会いたい (I want to come face to face with you more freely)
Naked, naked　何も言わず　抱き合うだけ… (We only embrace wordlessly)
それだけでいい　君と (With you, this is good enough)

03 Kissing faces キッスの顔

16, 17 Dec. <3 Ohno + Ninomiya = 大宮 Ohmiya, of course. Trying out different perspectives (for Nino), human interaction and a slightly new style. Now that I look at it, they seem to have taken on the forms of carved stone figures; dream-like, in a world of monochrome. For such a pretty picture I can only describe it quoting lyrics from an old Arashi song I've been very addicted to.

君の横顔を見てる (I’m looking at your side profile)
夏の日射しに似たシルエット (Your silhouette is just like the rays of summer)
これまでの僕の心には (Up till this moment in my heart)
一度もなかった感覚なんだ (Is a feeling I’ve never once felt)

迷わず抱きしめてKissからはじめようよ (Without feeling lost we embrace, and let’s begin with a kiss)
水しぶきのように　キラめいて (It’s glistening, like splashes of water)
21世紀はKissからはじめようよ (The 21st century begins with a kiss)
胸こがれて君と　つないだ手 (Yearning in my heart for you, our hands are linked)
まるで夢のよう (It seems quite like a dream)

Rating: R (for obvious reasons), don’t view if you’re not comfortable with the idea.

( Under the cut! )

04 Death of the DS

18, 22, 23 Dec. Ninomiya mourning his broken DS (that’s equivalent to 1/4 of his life.. the second quarter = magic tricks, third quarter = ..Oh-chan), based on Silverfa’s ingenious prompt “broken DS” and statement “that’s the only time he can be sad”. A very detailed piece considering my usually lazy approach to art, but extremely fun to draw. This entire picture stemmed from a mental image of angsty Nino in boxers (hence, the focus); a little bit of weird humour and cuteness amidst the sadness. His pose took the longest to correct, while the remaining details filled themselves in naturally.

There’s suppose to be some kind of back story to this? *fiction, of course* :3 Someone said Ohno did this to his DS in revenge because Nino broke Ohno’s favourite fishing rod. Now that’s an idea, isn’t it ….XD Super Mario characters and elements (c) Nintendo.

05 Itterasshai いってらっしゃい

18, 24, 29 Dec. A pity this piece did not make it on time for Aiba’s birthday, though #miracleboy did make it to the trending topics on Twitter *happy*. Featuring Masamune and his little girl Koharu from the drama My Girl. I referenced, tried and.. oh my, I must admit, that I don’t know how to draw Aiba.. *gomen* D: Anyway, alongside the cute squeaky-voiced Koharu, Aiba does make a wonderful daddy <3 Glad the producers noticed that lol.

06 The Dreamfisher

29 Dec. I’m really sorry that this is so ugly. It didn’t even turn out, it was from the beginning; about 15 minutes ago. Sorry for the nonsense hahahaha XD

( Do you fish when you dream? )

07 Right Back To You

23, 28 Dec, 3-6 Jan. Sakumoto AU; the end product of Silverfa’s and my constant discussion about how utterly HOT Sho would be if he was a vampire (DoM, but the concept never made its way into this drawing). I owe her, because she drew me this! By far the most difficult piece; I relied heavily on picture references for Sho’s side profile and figure, whereas I gave up on Jun’s weirdly angled face T___T”. A first attempt on this theme; it did turn out as dark as I had intended. So, sue me. *though sceptical about the general responses*

Rating: R (for violence?). Please, I don’t want you to be scarred for life ^^

( Well, if you really insist.. )

08 Ohoku 大奥

24 Dec. A quick sketch and colouring — the first thing I did when I heard about the live action movie adapted from the manga Ohoku Nino’s going to star in, alongside Shibasaki Kou. Movie’s to be released in October 2010. Reverse harem sounds like an interesting concept doesn’t it.. I’m equally curious how he’d actually look in the film. Well there isn’t much about this drawing except that it’s shamelessly referenced from the manga character Mizuno and a picture of Nino from the winter season AU KDDI CM. Haha.

09 Mr Sloping Shoulders ミスターなで肩

1, 8, 11 Jan. OMG, Sho has the hottest sloping shoulders in the world (especially when sulking). NADEGATA. Period. I wonder why Maoh-chan didn’t quite appreciate it XD And recently I started calling him “Sunny Sho” <3 because of Arashi's song exchange "Sukiyanen Osaka~" by K8 during JE countdown. *flails*

10 skmt untitled

14, 15 Dec. One of my first experimental figure drawings of this spree.

Rating: R (the same reason as Ohmiya).

( Stop gawking at the drawing already. Even though you haven’t seen it. )

11 Jan – We have reached the end of the fanart spree lasting for a month from December 2009 to January 2010! Final artwork count: 10 (excluding drafts and sketches). *Big hugs* to Silverfa and Atikah; your aksjdfjkl;stalker comments make me really happy ^^ You guys = FREAKING AWESOME DA YO!~ <333333333333

I feel rather accomplished knowing that this is the most number of non-sch related artwork I've created within a single month, and they're not simply lineart/sketches. Varying themes and styles for practice was definitely worthwhile and had piquedpeaked my interest in drawing Arashi. XD じゃ、またこんど！

FOR SILVERFA 8D *GAHAHAHA* I hope this makes it even more impossible to get this crack moment outta your head, simply because you made me laugh too hard yesterday. Revenge. LOL.

From the epic episode – epic because I’ve watched it more than 10 times in, idk, 4 days?.. and still counting – of Arashi no Shukudai-kun「なりきり80秒トーク」。For this part of the impromptu 80-second talk, Arashi turn into blondies speaking with a fake gaijin accent about the given topic (good points about their fellow members). 片言 Katakoto means to speak with a smattering of a language.

Sho [pic] あ、後は何だろうな、じゃだれにも一人（引く?）話聞くかな。★ Ah, what’s next.. So, I wonder if we should just talk about one person for now (don’t know for sure lol)..
Nino [pic] じゃ、翔。。。鼻曲がってるよ！★ Okay so… (looks in his direction, observing) Sho… HA-NA MA-GA-T-TE-RU YO! YOUR NOSE IS CROOKED YO!
Sho [pic] (making a huge fuss) OH–MY–GOD!
Nino [pic] 何で？★ Why?
Ohno 何で？★ Why?
Jun 何で？何での？★ Why? Why?
Nino 鼻曲がってるよ！★ YOUR NOSE IS CROOKED YO!
Ohno 何で曲がってるの？★ Why is your nose crooked!
Sho [pic] WHY!!
Nino WHY! 何で？
Ohno WHY! 何で曲がってるの？★ Why! Why is your nose crooked!
Sho [pic] HELP ME! HELP ME! *nose falls off*
Nino [pic] はー！怖いよ！翔、鼻取れたよ！★ Ahh it’s scary yo! Sho, you managed to catch hold of your nose yo!
Jun [pic] 翔, 取れたよ！★ You got it back yo!
Ohno [pic] 取れても鼻あるん ★ You got your nose back..
Jun おっ、治ったよ ★ Oh now it’s fixed.
Nino 本当だよ。★ Yeah.
Sho [pic] I’M BACK.
Nino びっくりさせてないでよ ★ Please don’t surprise us like that yo.
Sho [pic] I’M BACK. (smirks)

When I’m brain dead from the lack of sleep and subsequently being hyped up over the top, when I watch Arashi crack, this is the sort of nonsense you’d get. I actually enjoy drawing ugly *coughNOSEScough* things. Nino is too awesome for coming up with that line. XD

*video credits: ArashixDream

I don’t know which is more embarassing – the News Zero caster, following soon after his solemn report on the 64th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, dressed up as a China man and having to wear this white frilly band over his hips with a swan head attached, attempting ballet dance to the tune of swan lake.. *お母さんやめて！!*. He strutted around nonchalantly while the swan dangled in mid-air like the most obscene thing ever – or simply the people watching it T_T;

Then afterwards they had him zipped up in a red sleeping bag and applied gold powder all over his face. But then again, who hasn’t seen the worst of Chesuto Sakurai Sho? XD Reminds me of his *swan 吸わん joke that wasn’t even funny. I seriously don’t know what to make out of this. Oh wait — fanart! LOL.

* In Japanese, you say “(tabako o) suwanai” for “I don’t smoke”, which can be shortened to “suwan” as a slang. On D no Arashi (they made him do it as part of a batsu game or something): A person would ask Sho if he smokes たばこ, so with his wrist and arm imitating that of a swan’s head and neck, he replied “swan”. XD

PS: The Ohchan panda-swan-warrior = *SQUEALS!!* ^_^ Too cute!

I still cannot get over how funny this clip from Arashi no Shukudai is. Sho’s (plus Jun’s exclusive giggles which we hardly hear of recently.. so there you are Erfa, it’s sakumoto time!~) moments like this are like drugs.. I have a dose of them almost everyday, even if it means repeating and laughing over the same things over and over again. *beams*

Ok, silly.
Another Arashi fanart to end off a good day :3
Keep drawing!

And so, late at night, I randomly began a quick spontaneous sketch of Sakurai Sho (referenced from the popolo pinup some time ago) which developed further into a wallpaper! I’ve been so obsessed with Sho’s “nyan nyan” game on Arashi no Shukudai but that’s not the only one at the moment ;) Anyway, here’s pretty boy Sho with his very famous drawing of the ear-less mouse. They can’t wait to be near nyan-nyan (sho-chan) hahaha <3 He has the cutest "nyan" ever!

one, two, three

3 versions (the mice are sketched in different colours) in 1024 x 768 resolution
Ah, yes you may use them as your wallpaper :D