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I have been away from the digi-painting scene for a couple of months now (literally had to blow the dust off my Wacom pad) and needed to dip my feet back into it to keep things fresh in memory.

Not wanting to spend a whole lot of time on this I decided to grab a sketch I particularly liked out of my book and throw some color to it.

I enjoy the overall loose feel this piece has. Most of my work, in my opinion, has a up-tight stodgy feel to it. Beginning to work in a sketchbook again has reminded me that it's ok to let my hair down every now and then so I can just...well...draw! Without having to worry about cleaning up after myself.

Shazam!

Catch me if you can!

Above is my contribution to the Autumn Society's final show of the season, "Turning Japanese: a tribute to Japanese pop culture."

Originally I wanted to do all the text myself (this was a quickly passing thought)...I wound up doing all the text in Photoshop then going over top of each one with pen and marker to add in the individual mug shots. The Japanese text was accomplished with the help of a friend of mine.

I could geek out and ramble on and on and on about the subject matter. Instead, for those who are interested, more info on Lupin the 3rd is available here >> Lupin the 3rd

I'll be attending the opening show this Friday August 6th from 6 to 8pm. I hope to see some of you there :)