I used to play games a lot in my teen years. I still play some mainstream titles but I find indie games generally more interesting (and less demanding on hardware). Making fan art from indie games that I like feels rewarding; I believe the hard working developers always benefit from a bit more promotion.
I first discovered the Fire Emblem franchise when Marth and Roy appeared in the super smash bros melee game. I played all the GBA north American releases after that. When I discovered that there was a fire emblem card game in Japan I was really impressed by the artwork printed on the cards. This motivated …
I’ve found so many artists on instagram with styles and techniques I want to integrate in my own. By imitating their style I tried to understand their decisions process and tools to achieve a similar result. Sketches gives you a good idea of their line work, but making a completed piece can teach you a …
Line is the most popular messaging app in Japan. Within the app you can purchase stickers that can enhance chat conversations, similar to emojis. The characters of High School life stickers are based off a friend’s high school students. I made this set with 2 goals in mind. First, each character needed to look like …
Line is the most popular messaging app in Japan. Within the app you can purchase stickers that can enhance chat conversations, similar to emojis. Imani’s design is based off a friend of mine. At the time I felt that the representation of black people in the LINE sticker lineup was limited and even problematic sometimes. …
Line is the most popular messaging app in Japan. Within the app you can purchase stickers that can enhance chat conversations, similar to emojis. The concept behind this set is that the characters only answer yes or no (with a few variants). I thought that western sarcasm wasn’t properly conveyed in the Japanese sticker set. …
Inktober is a drawing challenge started by James Paker during the month of October in which you draw one ink drawing per day. Each day has a suggested prompt to go with the drawing. Since I had a lot of time on my hands in the fall of 2019 I made an elaborate comic for …
Inktober is a drawing challenge started by James Paker during the month of October in which you draw one ink drawing per day. Each day has a suggested prompt to go with the drawing. I wasn’t able to finish the 2018 Inktober because I had to study for the JLPT. I still managed to make …
Inktober is a drawing challenge started by James Paker during the month of October in which you draw one ink drawing per day. Each day has a suggested prompt to go with the drawing. The 2017 Inktober was my first time trying out the challenge. Although the inktober challenge has rules they aren’t meant to …
When I was living in Japan I did a few comics on some funny anecdotes or concept. Here are a few of them. Teaching first graders Transportation in the Japanese countryside English textbooks in Japan The Card Saga
