Author Archives: Francis

So, here is the finished back cover illustration of the same booklet. As you see, I “softened” the style and atmosphere — because the front cover was so serious. Based on Romans 8: 21. Pen illustration for the back cover … Continue reading →

The pencil sketch、shown below on April 10,  is now finished with pen and ink. This is the front cover illustration of a monochrome booklet and based on Colossians 1:20 of the Christian Bible. Pen illustration for the front cover of a booklet Pen … Continue reading →

The pencil sketch shown just below is for the front cover of a certain booklet. I made another one for the back cover  — I’ll work with a pen to finish this off, after receiving the client’s opinions. This one … Continue reading →

Below, I mentioned pen illustrations to work on. I’ve begun the work, and first I have to work on some pencil sketches. After consulting the client, I’ll make some revisions and work with pen and ink. This sketch is somehow … Continue reading →

Again, nothing much — just a 20-min exercise of drawing with a ball-point pen I wanted to begin my work on the pen illustrations mentioned just below on April 3, but then a terrible rush writing job came in. I’ve … Continue reading →

This is nothing much. Soon, I have to work on some pen illustrations (for monochrome printing). So, at the March 31 croquis session, I worked with a plain, office-use ball-point pen. I experimented with a red one. Later, I added … Continue reading →

            Maybe some of you know that around this time of the year, many in Japan gather around cherry blossoms to hold parties under the banner of “appreciating the beauty of cherry flowers.” The left … Continue reading →

This one is from a drawing session of March 21st. Unlike croquis, we worked on the same pose, same model, for 2 hours. As you see, the model turned her head left, slightly upward — gave me the impression that … Continue reading →

The two 20-min croquis (with backgrounds added later) above show how I treated the two similar poses posted below on March 25. The left image above was already shown on March 13 below. I took a different stance for the … Continue reading →

                  So, why two similar croquis, both done in 20 minutes? This is NOT what I intended — two similar poses were just “given” to me at two consecutive croquis sessions. To … Continue reading →