Illustrative 2008 on art channel Zurich

Illustrative 2008

I will be showing at the Illustrative 2008 exhibition, which starts in Zurich this year. Fresh autonomous illustration art, discussions and installations, come check it out!

http://www.illustrative.de/home/

First sketches for Treescapes

Been getting into plants and trees and nature a lot. There's mad cityscapes and skyscrapers in there...

Quick gouache sketch from when I was in Seoul with my wife. Was gonna work on it more until my friend Barend came to visit here in Tokyo and fell in love with it so badly I wasn't allowed to touch it any more. So this one's for Beamer. 

Noods

Yesterdays figure drawings. 

Randomizer

More random pen and watercolour sketches...

Cancelled figure drawing

so did some people at a terrace (ink on paper 2 x F6)...

More Figures

Including a hint of space here and there...

Pen and watercolours...

Figures

Some figures from yesterdays session, mostly five minute poses. The photos could be better, I might have to scan or reshoot these..

Self portrait

30 x 51 cm, ink on paper

in the house...

Black Thought - The Roots

Main man Black Thought from The Roots... Can't wait for their new album to hit Tokyo.

Brushpen on F6 Cotman Take Bristol, 

from ref

ブンブーーーン

more peeps

More people sketches from ref:

Continuing portraits

Been drawing a lot of objects these days, which is probably the reason why I keep doing portrait sketches in the evenings. 

Ink sketch and watercolour version on Arches paper. 

Obama Portrait sketch

Obama portrait sketch I did a while ago:

Article and resource page about the new Orphan Works Copyright Proposal:

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3605#

http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00185

admitting to my shoe fetish...

ブンブーーン。。

vroemvroem

Tribute to some of the wicked transport in Japan.

Still lifes

Some still lifes.

Last one is a little yatai around the corner of my house - these are little bars/restaurants that are closed up during the day and then in the evening they're hauled to a spot and the owner will start to sell drinks and small bites.

Heads

Here are some quick portraits from ref. 

ink figures

Every Saturday that I can I go to figure drawing sessions here in Tokyo - these are from last weekend. 

Poses range from 3 to 10 minutes. 

All marker/ink on craft paper.  

Mikosa

The new Mikosa magazine is out, just received a copy in the mail... Issue 4 has two spreads by me and some other peeps I dig like Mr. Malin. 

You can check/buy online overhere.

As always, handmade and limited to 500 copies.

Cheers to all the Mikosa peeps...

 

Shenzhen Bienalle

Got invited by my main girl Charlie to exhibit at the Shenzhen Bienalle. Had a wicked time working and seeing people responding and connecting to all the art that was being made.  

My main installation was called Post-Apocalyptic Optimism that featured a selection of cityscapes in lightboxes. 

(lambda durst prints in lightboxes (1,0 x 0,75 m).

Because a lot of the projects in the bienalle were either about the metropolis or about architecture, I wanted to do something more small scale and local. 

This last drawing is a tribute to the backstreets of the Shenzhen Handshake Apartments (Wo Shou Lau). 

These apartments are so close together that neighbours across the street from each other can shake hands. The narrow backstreets are full of function and life - worthy of putting in an exhibit. 

Posca ink and oil bar on print (4,25 x 1,5 m).

hajime

Some pen and watercolour sketches I did while in Amsterdam.

I'll dedicate this first post to Teun Koolhaas.