Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas 2011

Gingerbread Wonderland

    Merry Christmas! It's that jolly time of the year again. So this cute illustration was something I came up with when I suddenly noticed that a lot of my friends were making gingerbread houses, gingerbread man, and all that sugary goodness for the holidays. I have never been a baker and so I've so never made any sweets, but I've always wished to make some. It seemed really enjoyable decorating the baked goods with whipped cream and candies for some reason, even though I'm not too fond of eating sweets. This was my way of "baking" I suppose. 
My Friend
  
    This painting probably does not seem very Christmas-like at all, but that's because it's a present I did for my best friend. For about 3 years now, my friend have always requested me to do a drawing of her favorite character named "Lucid." She always wished that I made him more "realistic" and that's what I did this year. I also included her favorite subjects into this illustration such as book, window, tree, and Shiba inu. Inside the book I wrote a little message for her that reads as "watashi no tomodachi" which means "my friend" in Japanese. I think this title is quite suitable for this image, after all a dog is a man's best friend and I'm dedicating this to my best friend *cues laughter*. I hope this illustration makes her happy.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Stairway of Versaille's Court

This is an acrylic painting done in 3 class sessions (about 8 hours in total). The models wore beautiful European costumes, making this an exciting piece for me to do. I really enjoy working on lengthy painting like this, because I feel I learn a lot more when I'm given more time to complete an artwork.