Author Archives: Francis

Some progress — いくらか進みました。  

Stage 4 of “Earth Mother” — Still in progress. “Earth Mother”, ステージ４。 まだ進行中です。    

Yet another absurd cartoon for my other website — an anti-nuke site written in Japanese. Usually, a state conducting a nuke test claimed that the authorities secured a “safe distance” between the test site and the surrounding inhabited places. But … Continue reading →

I know many want to see some “high art” paintings here, but I occasionally need to make some really silly and clumsy cartoons, though I’m not trained to create cartoons! Sometimes, creating absurd cartoons leaves me no time for “fine … Continue reading →

Here, I’ve begun the “drawing process” of “Angel of the Dawn”. It’s just begun. “Angel of the Dawn”、描くプロセスを始めました。 ほんの、描きはじめです。  

Here, this is in Stage 3. Some progress. Still in progress. こちらは、ステージ３。いくらか進みました。 まだ、制作は進行中。    

At this stage, I am still developing my imagination and here is how I develop it. So, it’s quite unintelligible. I’ll work on a more intelligible sketch — A certain friend of mine asked me to create a picture of … Continue reading →

Many cameras are unable to capture the subtleties of wax pastel, especially its subtle colors while the work is in progress. So, I have to use both a camera and a scanner. The wok is still in progress. 多くのカメラでは、ワックスパステルの微妙な色合いを 捕捉できません。特に、製作途中だと。 … Continue reading →

(;; ^o^)  I know this image is unintelligible, and I know well that most artists do not show their creative processes to the public. Yet I’m an exception. Here is an initial imagining process as I try to create an … Continue reading →

“Mother Earth” is almost a cliche, but I imagined an “Earth Mother”, who gave birth to the planet and nurtured it. Here is Stage 1 (just begun). “Mother Earth” （母なる地球）というのは 今やほぼ常套句ですが、私が想像したのは “Earth Mother” （地球の母）。 この惑星を産んで育てた母ですね。 こちらが、そのステージ１ （描き始め）