1. 8 Mar


    It’s finals time again, so naturally I decided to procrastinate by doodling some pokémon “remixes.” Here’s an attempt at the original ghost family, drawn with lanterns and oni in mind. Note: I drew a “scary clown” Gengar a while back, with very different sources of inspiration

    It’s finals time again, so naturally I decided to procrastinate by doodling some pokémon “remixes.” Here’s an attempt at the original ghost family, drawn with lanterns and oni in mind.

    Note: I drew a “scary clown” Gengar a while back, with very different sources of inspiration

     

  2. 17 Jan


    First concert poster of the winter term! O’Death is playing at my school on Friday, but I’m missing it and fleeing New Hampshire for a few days for job interviews in sunny Silicon Valley. In other news, it looks like my cintiq’s colors are way off. Tweak and color-correct as I may, I can’t seem to get the color palette to resemble what I thought I was working with on my tablet.

    First concert poster of the winter term! O’Death is playing at my school on Friday, but I’m missing it and fleeing New Hampshire for a few days for job interviews in sunny Silicon Valley.

    In other news, it looks like my cintiq’s colors are way off. Tweak and color-correct as I may, I can’t seem to get the color palette to resemble what I thought I was working with on my tablet.

     

  3. 25 May


    It’s a ghost butler! “Of course…there’s always my way”

    It’s a ghost butler!

    “Of course…there’s always my way”

     

  4. 26 Apr


    I had the titular line from the song Dead Girls Dance, by Oberhofer, stuck in my head until it lost context. So even though the song’s not literally about a ghostly dance party, that’s what I was picturing while doodling. Short story shorter, I drew another ghost, and this time it’s female and dancing. Fun facts: Oberhofer played at my school a few weeks ago, but I am at the opposite end of the country this term so I sadly missed ‘em. I’ve heard it was wonderful. In my opinion, the kid’s at his best when his lyrics consist almost entirely of the letter O. At this point in time, exactly 25% of all posts on this blog are pictures of ghosts. Although one could make an argument that this is actually a picture of a zombie. I will not fight that battle.

    I had the titular line from the song Dead Girls Dance, by Oberhofer, stuck in my head until it lost context. So even though the song’s not literally about a ghostly dance party, that’s what I was picturing while doodling. Short story shorter, I drew another ghost, and this time it’s female and dancing.

    Fun facts:

    1. Oberhofer played at my school a few weeks ago, but I am at the opposite end of the country this term so I sadly missed ‘em. I’ve heard it was wonderful. In my opinion, the kid’s at his best when his lyrics consist almost entirely of the letter O.
    2. At this point in time, exactly 25% of all posts on this blog are pictures of ghosts. Although one could make an argument that this is actually a picture of a zombie. I will not fight that battle.
     

  5. 19 Apr



    Gengar

    P-p-p-pokémon REMIX.

    It’s Gengar! He’s mostly the same ol’ ghost you know and love, but with a bit of “scary clown” thrown in there. It also bugs me that Gastly’s such a black sheep in his family, so I tried to close that gap by making Gengar more vaporous and transparent.

    Note: Check out another take on Gengar that I drew some months after this one.

     

  6. 17 Apr


    Here’s another oldie, which I dug up from my sophomore year. It’s a curious spirit of some sort. I think of it as a demon, but in a much different sense than my demon drawing from a few days ago. I like how loose the term “demon” is in Japanese media, in which it can basically be applied to all supernatural or mythical beings. I still think the term carries some ominous connotations (which may just be artifacts of my white culture), but it’s much less one-dimensional. Whereas in Western culture “demon” has a very specific image associated with it. It’s likely that this flexibility is just the result of lossy translation and cultural misunderstanding, but I like it nonetheless.

    Here’s another oldie, which I dug up from my sophomore year. It’s a curious spirit of some sort.

    I think of it as a demon, but in a much different sense than my demon drawing from a few days ago. I like how loose the term “demon” is in Japanese media, in which it can basically be applied to all supernatural or mythical beings. I still think the term carries some ominous connotations (which may just be artifacts of my white culture), but it’s much less one-dimensional. Whereas in Western culture “demon” has a very specific image associated with it. It’s likely that this flexibility is just the result of lossy translation and cultural misunderstanding, but I like it nonetheless.