Harajuku Lawson Girls + Fuzzy Bow

My favorite place in all of Tokyo to watch people is on Omotesando street in Harajuku. People pass by here every afternoon in order to get their picture taken. So many photographers from various magazines sit on the bicycle racks, hoping to get the the shots they need. My favorite spot to sit is right in front of the Lawson Convenience store. It is so fun to watch people hanging out, that are totally in tune with the epitome of street fashion culture. Kids dressing extremely expressive and creatively, hoping for someone to take their picture. The illustration I did of the girls sitting on the bicycle rack is inspired by those moments, as well as a snapshot I took when I was in Tokyo last. I hope you enjoy it! (Click to blow it up!)

From my blog "Street Snap Recap! http://streetsnaprecap.blogspot.com

The inspiration from this next illustration grew out one object. A big bow, that has some kind of old teddybear, stuffed animal type of texture. After that, I developed the whole character around that. I also wanted to include Katakana writing on her somewhere. I've noticed that a lot of the coolest kids in Tokyo are starting to incorporate Japanese characters, whether anime or just symbols, into their used clothing/high fashion style, etc. That's one thing that is so great about Tokyo fashion. Making the uncool cool again, and mixing stuff up like crazy.


Also..I am constantly updating two other blogs. This is my main blog, however. The other two are:

Lactose Intoler-Art Inspiration-

http://lactoseintolerartinspiration.blogspot.com

A blog with lots of images that inspire me creatively, and hopefully they can inspire you too!



Street Snap Recap-

http://streetsnaprecap.blogspot.com

A collection of my favorite street fashion photos from around the world! Mostly Tokyo, this blog is meant to support street fashion web sites, and link people to various sites!

Be sure and check out all 3 blogs to get your full street-fashion-inspiration-creativity-fix!

heads+lost art

Today was a free day for me. It was nice to browse lots of sites that give me inspiration. Right now, I'm really interested in design that has kind of a contrast between minimal/simple, but also complicated. What I mean is maybe using minimal colors, peices, but making them really interesting. When using design minimally though, I think its interesting when the minimal that IS used is actually very bold, such as interesting form, bright colors...Etc.

If you'd like to pick my brain as an illustrator, check out my inspiration blog. You can see some of the work that gets my ideas going, and what inspires me creatively. Check it out at http://lactoseintolerart.blogspot.com.

As for now, here is an illustration I did today. I hope you like it! Below that is also another image I found on my computer that I never unveiled to the world.

Lactose Intoler-Art Inspiration!

http://www.dropsnap.jp
Hey guys! I've gotten some more followers again...I'm pretty excited about that! But to the point of this post...I just wanted to give my regular readers an update, and let you guys know that I updated my other blog.."Lactose Intoler-Art Inspiration." This blog contains tons of images and material the inspires me, and my artwork, and everything creative that I enjoy doing. Just check it out. Here's a snippet of some of the content, and what's inspiring me right now. There's a lot more there,(art, clothes, people) so check out..

http://lactoseintolerartinspiration.blogspot.com (Still can't figure out how to post a link here..? It never works for me, any help on that from someone would be great). Please copy or paste the URL, or click my profile, and you'll see my other blogs.

Style From Tokyo Illustration

So, as you as many of you know, my passions are art, Japan, and street fashion. Today, feast your eyes (jk) on a mixture of all three! I've desperately been wanting to do an illustration from one of my favorite street style bloggers photos. I know some of you guys are already familiar with "Rei Shito", from the "Style From Tokyo" blog. I absolutely love her photos. The people she captures in her photos are not only inspiring for my art, but they take me back to my travels in Japan. I guess it helps me not miss it too much...Or I don't know..Maybe it makes it worse.

Anyway...Here is an illustration I did from one of my favorite photos she's had lately. The photo IS NOT MINE, and all rights belong to Rei Shito, from the blog http://stylefromtokyo.blogspot.com . I'm showing the image so you guys will check out her blog, and so you can see where I got the inspiration for this latest drawing. I hope you like it! Let me know what you think.

And like I said, be sure and check out Shito-san's blog at http://stylefromtokyo.blogspot.com