tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19782971903800486002024-03-13T11:01:53.418-04:00Julia Minamata Illustration -- the blogSketches, finals, works in progress, odds n' endsJulia Minamatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02333093975977215893noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978297190380048600.post-1910938771569525092017-10-27T14:20:00.000-04:002017-10-27T14:21:10.896-04:00My latest patterns!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I've been bad about updating my blog. but that doesn't mean I haven't been keeping myself busy! Here are some patterns I recently completed,<a href="https://society6.com/juliaminamata" target="_blank"> all up for sale on Society6</a>.</div>
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Here's something I did for the <a href="https://www.albertadiabetesfoundation.com/poke-magazine" target="_blank">Alberta Diabetes Foundation's magazine POKE</a>. I liked the idea of using Snakes and Ladders for this because the snakes have those pokey-pokey teeth!</div>
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I drew the girl with the die under her arm, like she's about to step on a soccer pitch. Game on!</div>
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The art director didn't want the snakes to be too scary. I think they're kinda cute :P.</div>
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I put the lovely Rocky mountains in the background. Alberta's got some gorgeous scenery. </div>
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This is my second Snakes and Ladders illustration. <a href="http://juliaminamata.blogspot.ca/2015/11/snakes-n-ladders-spread.html" target="_blank">Here's the first</a>. I have very fond memories of the game.</div>
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Sketch, before inking:</div>
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Super rough sketch: </div>
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Happy Father's Day! Here's a backyard scene featuring some favourites. </div>
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Wow, it's been a while since I've blogged anything. These cat cards are piling up. This first one is a tribute to my Halifax trip. Georges (no apostrophe, I checked) Island and its lighthouse, the ferry that runs between Halifax and Dartmouth, a couple drinks the bf and I had at The Middle Spoon (mine had a sprig of rosemary that was charred slightly and smoking when it was served to me!)... And DidoCat is holding the chilled seafood platter we enjoyed at Salty's. </div>
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And here are the three cards I made for my aunts, who were visiting from Japan!</div>
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I don't think this one was posted before -- The bf likes Lucio in Overwatch so I cosplayed DidoCat! </div>
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And here is this year's Valentine's card. The little hearts are gold leaf, which doesn't really show up here. </div>
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Dad's birthday card, featuring his new favourite La-z-Body. And little Candy Crush candies! I think he's 300+ levels in both Candy Crush Classic and Candy Crush Soda :P. </div>
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Mom's birthday card with three birds of her choice. Featuring her delicious Swiss roll cake. </div>
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Last summer, the bf and I were lucky enough to travel to Trinidad for one of his med school electives. One of our Trini friends and his wife hosted us at their house! </div>
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We were blown away by their hospitality and the hospitality of their families. </div>
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Here are some sketches and photos of our trip. </div>
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That first photo up top shows a couple Trini staples -- Blue Waters bottled water and Odomos mosquito repellent. On the left is my trusty watercolour palette!</div>
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I painted the exterior of their house. I later got it printed on a plaque and mailed it to our hosts as a gift. My realistic watercolour skills are a bit rusty but I'm okay with how this turned out!</div>
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And here's an interior sketch of their living room. Fans are a common sight!</div>
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Before going to Trinidad I had no idea these electric anti-mosquito racquets existed. Now that I know to look for them, I've even seen them in Canadian Tire! They are a fantastic way to murderize mosquitoes and will provide many an evening's worth of entertainment. </div>
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Here is a close-up of the Blue Waters and Odomos. I like how the bottle has palm trees imprinted on it. </div>
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We saw a Trinbago Knight Riders cricket match! It was the shorter version of cricket, not the multiple-day kind. </div>
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Nighttime doubles from a street vendor. Delicious curried chickpeas in flatbread.</div>
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Beautiful Mayaro beach.</div>
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Overall I think it was our best trip ever. We didn't make it over to Tobago -- Maybe next time?</div>
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Latest for Macleans! I love drawing the great outdoors.</div>
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I finished this one digitally with no intermediate inking step. I still like doing the preliminary sketch by hand, though! </div>
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Here's a fun one I did for St. Louis Family! The art director was super helpful and provided me with reference photos for the event from years past. So that carriage and that Cinderella were both really there!</div>
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Went on (American, and I assume St. Louis!) newsstands on September 27. </div>
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I did the sketch by hand, then took a bad iphone photo of it and opened that in Photoshop. After that it was all digital! Sometimes I use a paintbrush and ink and I did a recent Macleans illo with a brush pen -- But they all look fairly similar. Still, it's good to know I can produce decent results with whatever the situation requires. </div>
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This illustration ended being in the same issue of Macleans as the <a href="http://juliaminamata.blogspot.ca/2016/08/tragically-hip-for-macleans.html" target="_blank">Tragically Hip spread</a>, so it's a twofer!</div>
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I used a brush pen (Pentel Color Brush) to ink this one. Usually it's a Winsor & Newton Sceptre Gold II, 202 Size 1 brush with Speedball india ink. My friend Robin Nishio got me onto the brush pen and I gotta say it's kinda hard to put down. It keeps a super fine point and can go super thick. And great for sketching because it forces me not to overwork stuff!</div>
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I've been psyched to share this one -- a map published in Macleans paying tribute to the Tragically Hip and the Canadian locations mentioned in their songs. </div>
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It was a challenge squeezing all of that stuff into the map -- hope it's not too much of an eyesore! </div>
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Yay, I love when I get sent the issue that's got my illustrations in. These illustrations were for St. Louis magazine, for an article about real-life detectives trying out an "escape the room". </div>
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They get double-booked into a room with some recent college grads, compounding the chaos! </div>
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Here's my Father's Day card this year! My dad requested these birds, as they are ones he and my mom have seen this past year. </div>
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From top to bottom: Sandhill Crane, House Wren (who has settled into this nest box at the end of the yard!), Kentucky Warbler, and American Avocet.</div>
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The House Wren would try and get these long twigs into the nest box. Sometimes he succeeded!</div>
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Julia Minamatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02333093975977215893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978297190380048600.post-32158748225212753322016-05-21T12:45:00.000-04:002016-05-21T12:45:44.595-04:00Alice Through the Looking Glass -- Hero Complex Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm happy I can finally share this illustration I did for a gallery show hosted by <a href="http://hcgart.com/" target="_blank">Hero Complex Gallery</a>! The show opened yesterday so if you're in LA check it out! Giclee prints of this illustration are on sale at the gallery.</div>
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The show is based around Alice Through the Looking Glass and is sponsored by Disney (they've got a new movie coming out). <a href="http://nerdist.com/alice-through-the-looking-glass-inspires-an-art-show-in-l-a-exclusive/" target="_blank">Nerdist</a> and <a href="http://amysmartgirls.com/inspiredbyalicecontest-meet-5-creative-smarties-featured-in-the-alice-through-the-looking-glass-art-showcase/" target="_blank">Amy Poehler's Smart Girls</a> and<a href="https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2016/05/20/alice-art/" target="_blank"> Insider Disney</a> have all posted about it. </div>
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It's been an educational experience for me, dipping my toe into the gallery world. Last year I did <a href="http://nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/pixel-hearts/products/julia-minamata-momohime-peach-princess-wood-print?variant=14690184455" target="_blank">PIXELHEARTS with Gallery 1988</a> and I was in the <a href="http://sc100.co.uk/" target="_blank">Showcase 100</a> with Hire An Illustrator over in the UK. I hope to exhibit more in the future!</div>
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Inspired by Yuko Shimizu's (one of my favourite artists!) article on using Google Maps for photo references (<a href="http://yukoart.com/blog/on-accidentally-discovering-google-map-as-a-virtual-location-drawing-tool/" target="_blank">here's the article</a>) I decided to give it a try.<br />
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I was able to find images of Arnprior, Ontario's Sears and No Frills, both of which figured into the life of this week's Macleans illustration.<br />
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Latest Macleans, should be out now/soon! Mostly stays true to the sketch. Hope you like it!</div>
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This one's long gone off newsstands I think, but here it is! I like to include buildings and landmarks sometimes, places that would've been important to the person.<br />
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There's something about water towers that really catch my eye. There's one by my house and it's always made an impression on me. Tallest thing around for quite a ways, weirdly cylindrical and smooth and featureless, except for the painted sides. Folks seem to not be able to resist painting those things and it's often with the town's name! Kinda adorable.<br />
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I think this one is off newsstands now, but my latest one. Sometimes I start directly digital with my tablet but for this one I did a pencil sketch. I'm not sure which way I prefer, but I get the feeling that starting by hand might give the whole thing more flow. </div>
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Some minor alterations between sketch and final but overall fairly close!</div>
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Momohime! (Kinda pronounced mo-mo-hee-meh). A tribute to Princess Peach and also to Momotaro, a Japanese folktale in which a boy is found inside a giant peach that's floating downstream. "Hime" means princess in Japanese!<br />
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Mario is a woodsman, holding a Hammer Bros. hammer,<br />
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Mushroom retainers are fairly unchanged, same goes for the squid and the fish!<br />
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I also used something close to the same colour palette as Super Mario Bros.<br />
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<a href="http://www.printsonwood.com/" target="_blank">Prints On Wood</a> wrote an article about the show, <a href="http://www.printsonwood.com/blog/chogrins-pixel-hearts-at-gallery1988-x-pow/" target="_blank">read it here</a>.<br />
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To see more artworks from the show, <a href="http://pixelheartsart.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">check out the Tumblr</a>!<br />
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I'm excited to announce I'm part of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChogrinArt" target="_blank">CHOGRIN</a>'s latest art show, PIXELHEARTS! The show will be displayed at <a href="http://nineteeneightyeight.com/" target="_blank">Gallery1988</a> West in LA. The theme is video game culture. Each artwork is printed on a 12x12" wood panel that's 3/4" thick and cut into a pixelated heart shape. A pretty fun and unique project!</div>
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The show's <a href="http://pixelheartsart.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tumblr is here</a>.</div>
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The subject of this illustration was very safety-conscious so I gave the frame those soft foamy safety corners. Or they could be those Styrofoam corners that picture frames come with. </div>
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I'm always pleased to do these. My parents have a subscription to Macleans so it's a treat for them to get my art delivered right to their door!</div>
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Wishing everyone a happy, healthy holiday. </div>
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I remember reading about the death of Alberta MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar in the news. Little did I know I'd be commemorating his life a few days later. It was a privilege to read about him and his accomplishments. He died helping others and service is the Sikh way. </div>
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Not sure if this one's still on newsstands. I am lagging behind in posting things again. Maybe a New Year's Resolution is in order..</div>
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I've done a <a href="http://juliaminamata.blogspot.ca/search/label/Macleans" target="_blank">bunch of back page illustrations</a> for Macleans over the years, but sometimes the art director has something a little different. I always say "Count me in!".</div>
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One time I got to do an illustration that looks like a colouring book page:</div>
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And here's one for J.K. Rowling's first venture into grown-up fiction, "A Casual Vacancy":</div>
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This one is a vintage-looking Snakes n' Ladders board with a bunch of tidbits about the Canadian economy. We were always a board-gaming household and one of my first favourites was our old-school Snakes n' Ladders board with moral lessons for the snakes and ladders. Example: Eat snacks before dinner / spoil your appetite! Snake! Study hard / pass the test! Ladder! </div>
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Here are some of the spot illustrations that go in the little game squares. I don't often draw full body shots of teeny-tiny people so that was something new for me:</div>
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I had a lot of fun coming up with concepts for each tidbit of writing.</div>
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This one's straightforward -- Target stores in Canada miss their mark and close all their stores:<br />
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Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. I made them wear old-timey bathing suits because the board was supposed to have a vintage flavour: </div>
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This one was my favourite. Had to do with the Bank of Canada Governor shocking the market by cutting the overnight rate :D :</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Food, glorious food! One of my <a href="http://juliaminamata.blogspot.ca/search/label/hydrocolloid" target="_blank">favourite</a> subjects to draw. So I was psyched to draw a bunch of Rhode Island's most delicious and representative tasty bits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That first illustration is kind of like those <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=toaster+exploded+view&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI48uLpvqGyQIVCv1jCh1gLghc" target="_blank">classic exploded technical drawings</a> of toasters and such, the ones in the manuals that shows all the parts that make up the toaster. Rhode Islanders call submarine sandwiches (subs) "grinders". I love learning regional stuff like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also learned about "kawfee milk" made from coffee syrup. Why haven't I heard of coffee syrup before?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4x milk and 4x sugar in coffee is called the "Xtra Xtra"!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here are the illustrations that are meant to go around the hed and dek (headline and sort of sub-headline writing)! Clockwise from top left: Ravioli, some type of slushy lemonade that comes with a pretzel stick, calamari, and a zeppoli (a type of pastry that sounds pretty awesome). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's fun making a series of illustrations like this -- A unified collection that shares a harmonious colour palette. Nice to do it when given the chance!</span><br />
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