Draw/Design everyday, week 1 – Yokai
I can be kinda lazy, as much as I enjoy drawing and designing things sometimes it’s just easier to play a game (I’ve gone through Borderlands twice in a couple of weeks) or watch a movie in my free time. So to get me doing something more productive and get the creative juices going I’ve decided to draw or design something new everyday.
The rules I’ve set for my self aren’t to strict (Hell If i break ‘em who’s going to punish me?) Every week I’ll have a theme, which I’ll extend into the next week if I feel like it.
I don’t plan to spend too much time on it every day – max 40 mins (unless I really get into and have the time)
The first week has just ended the theme was Yokai, creatures from Japanese folklore.
1. Monday 28/12/2009 - Kappa, water sprite, usually seen as mischievous troublemakers. This was done in photoshop with a Wacom Tablet.
2. Tuesday 29/12/2009 - Kasa-obake, a type of Tsukumogami, a form of Japanese Spirit that originate from objects reaching their 100th year of existence, this guy reminds me of the Queens Of The Stone Age song “Monsters in the Parosol” so I drew him giving the devil horns. Sketch was real quick so I took into Illustrator and played around with pressure sensitive brushes.
3. Wednesday 30/12/2009 - Rokuro-kubi. Pencil on paper.
4. Thursday 31/12/2009 - Tanuki. Pencil on paper.
5. Friday 01/01/2001 - Nure-onna, pencil on paper , yeah I know this one sucks.
6. Saturday 02/01/2010 - Oni.
7. Sunday 03/01/2010 – Yama-uba. quick and dirty sketch, straight into photoshop with wacom tablet.
This week I’ll be doing Ninjas.
