The Latest Events In My Artistic Journey

 
After trying to hunt this model kit down for 2 years, I finally was able to buy it at around retail price. This model kit is arguably the best model kit to have ever been made by Bandai yet, and along with a movie being released last month featuring
A quick sketch in pen of my commute home tonight. It was a long day, and I was not feeling this commute home, but thankfully I made it back home in one piece. I am grateful for a home to come back to. I’m proud of myself for keeping a promise
Spring is almost here! I am very excited to see the sunrise before I leave for work, and for it to not be dark at 4:30 anymore. Also, the number of plum blossom this week that have sprouted has really gotten me excited for cherry blossom season next
I finally got to see Kiki’s delivery service (魔女の宅急便) for the first time last night. I have to admit that it was a little underwhelming in terms of the story, but the music was really good. I find it a little strange that Hayao Miyazaki recycle
Progress on the daruma piece. I have so many unfinished pieces right now, but I was determined to chip away at this piece and my Gundam piece over the weekend. I feel very accomplished. #art #artist #artwork #artistsoninstagram #arts #Japan #japanes
Still chugging along at this piece. I tried desperately this weekend to buy the actual model of this Gundam, but this model kit was either sold out or extremely difficult for me to get. One store sold out of these model kits in 2 minutes. Another sto
For Valentine’s Day last week, I made my girlfriend and her cat a portrait from one of her favorite Ghibli movies, Kiki’s Delivery Service. We also had a wonderful time a few days few V-day at a new Super Sento, which is a large hot spri
WIP. It’s been a while since I’ve almost fallen asleep while painting. But it’s been a long day. At least most of the initial colors have been put onto the piece before applying more shadows and other colors to it.
I had to make a few small quality of life changes in the past month to just lighten my workload and just manage my work life balance better. I’ve always had side hustles, and other things to my schedule outside of my day job. In a sense, I felt
The infamous Yaki-imo man. If you’ve been here in Japan long enough, you will eventually find an old Japanese guy selling baked sweet potatoes out the side of a truck for really cheap along with a high pitched chant playing out the side of the
Another IT meme with more than one meaning to it.
The most recent sensational scandal in Japan has to do with Miss Japan 2024, Karolina Shiino. She was recently disqualified for having an affair with a married man. However, the controversy really centers around the fact that Ms. Shiino is a Ukrainia
I’ve had this idea in my head all week to take some of the most intimate moments in film and add an Apple Vision Pro to them, just to point out how dystopian our realities may become in the near future. Technically only one of these doggies i
Stopped and frisked tonight on my way back home by the police tonight. This usually happens at least once a year, and every time they catch me slippin’. Tonight I looked suspicious for theft because my bag looked heavy. Or was it for being Blac
One of my favorite places to visit on a snowy day like this week is my local shrine, Okunitama Jinja. It’s almost 2000 years old and one of the biggest Shinto shrines in Tokyo. Throughout the year there are different festivals and ceremonies he
WIP. Today is the first of a two day snow day. I started off my day at the hospital getting my annual health check. It felt so depressing to see my youth whittle away every year. I feel like these eye tests get harder and harder to pass every year. I
The Apple Vision Pro came out this weekend. I’ve seen the memes, and an extensive review, but it wasn’t until I saw Casey Neistat’s video that I understood the dystopian era we are all about to enter. “This will be the worst
Pain. Pain is when you get only consonants in scrabble. Somehow I ended up with 2nd place after only having 2 vowels the whole game. I hosted a trivia night tonight and played some scrabble with friends afterwards. It was a messy one. I had been rea