Friday, January 12, 2007

IF: 80's


Top is a pic I took in the 80's when I lived in Japan, of little boy and his sister dressed in traditional hakama and kimono for Shichi-Go-San Day, which is celebrated the 15th of Nov. I took their piture right as they were entering the gate of the shrine with there mom. I did this watercolor of them in the 90's. Below are sketches I did during that period of time.


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20 comments:

  1. isay Friday, January 12, 2007 7:31:00 PM

    geisha? nice painting

    you were Japan that time?

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  2. TeriFriday, January 12, 2007 8:33:00 PM

    Wonderful personal sketches. I hope you have good memories to go with them.

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  3. valerie walshFriday, January 12, 2007 8:56:00 PM

    Very cool Michael! I know just a small amount of Japanese so I could communicate minimally with my Japanese agent. Always wanted to go but ot yet... Beautiful image and cool sketches.

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  4. patiSaturday, January 13, 2007 7:54:00 AM

    Awww... That must be quite an experience. I admire their culture a lot... and I loooove sushi!

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  5. Michelle LanaSunday, January 14, 2007 8:32:00 AM

    very nice micheal!!!

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  6. TwisselmanSunday, January 14, 2007 11:19:00 AM

    Wonderful color palette used on the watercolor, and those futuristic sketches remind me that now, two decades later, the future is still a ways away.

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  7. UnknownSunday, January 14, 2007 10:55:00 PM

    Nice works!! The color palette is wonderful!

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  8. Robert McLaughlinMonday, January 15, 2007 12:35:00 AM

    I like your watercolor. Never could get the hang of the medium myself.

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  9. Amy ZaleskiMonday, January 15, 2007 8:14:00 AM

    How interesting it must have been to have experienced the 80s on the other side of the world! Nice to have some commentary from you as well!

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  10. AnonymousMonday, January 15, 2007 4:34:00 PM

    you´ve created a very nice atmosphere, great!

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  11. LindaTuesday, January 16, 2007 2:09:00 AM

    Beautiful painting Michael!

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  12. Tony LaRoccaTuesday, January 16, 2007 4:52:00 AM

    The guy in the sketch on the left is just too cool for the blog.

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  13. chiyokoTuesday, January 16, 2007 12:18:00 PM

    How amazing!
    At that time, did you eat chitose-ame? (thousand-year candy)
    Wonderful works. And, wonderful 80's.

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  14. JOTuesday, January 16, 2007 6:46:00 PM

    It's so great to see past work. Love your piece from Japan especially.

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  15. Liz JonesTuesday, January 16, 2007 9:05:00 PM

    Shichi go san!! That's gret! I started short story about tht, but since I've never lived there, I was missing some really basic stuff I needed to know to make it fly. But it was a really cool concept, all the same-- how neat!

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  16. esillustrationTuesday, January 16, 2007 10:38:00 PM

    I love Japan. That's a neat piece

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  17. constance wongWednesday, January 17, 2007 7:49:00 AM

    Very unique sketches and watercolour. Like the watercolour piece very much...

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  18. HARDWAXWednesday, January 17, 2007 6:51:00 PM

    I really like that watercolor and the in the moment feel to it. Japan seems beautiful and charmed, your piece reflects, I'm with another commentor-beautiful color pallette.
    I like your sketches, seems like there's a lot hidden by the use of those sunglasses.
    Wonderful stuff!

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  19. PickledogWednesday, January 17, 2007 10:19:00 PM

    Wow that's much cooler than what I was doing in the 80's! The drawing of the rap around shades-beard-vest combo is wicked. It's like the Macho man meets the Office. Awesome!

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  20. Ian T.Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:03:00 PM

    An all round lovely composition that really draws you in - quite a think-piece (ie: definitely a work of art).

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