{"id":980,"date":"2015-03-21T01:12:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T17:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=980"},"modified":"2015-03-24T12:30:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T04:30:05","slug":"watercolor-couple-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/watercolor-couple-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercolor “Kilig” Couple Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I started drawing actively again late last year, I think my unconscious\u00a0aim was to rediscover the\u00a0mojo that, as evidenced by this blog post<\/a>,\u00a0somewhat fizzled out\u00a0due to dependence on\u00a0Photoshop and Illustrator. Now that I got my fill drawing animals, plants and flowers teehee,\u00a0I’m finding myself being drawn to figure drawing and watercolor. At first I thought colored pencils were going to be my go-to medium<\/a> (I still love them\u00a0but they\u00a0make my hand hurt after a while) but after doing the portraits of the Eraserkids<\/a>, I felt the urge to keep on painting.<\/p>\n

I knew I wanted to paint more people\u00a0and again I remembered this old artwork that\u00a0I made in school.<\/p>\n

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\n“Fence” 1990<\/p>\n

I figured that it would be fun to paint\u00a0couples\u00a0in “kilig” moments and realized that hey, the anime,\u00a0J-dramas and J-movies I’ve been watching all these years are full of those. Not only will I get to hone my figure drawing and watercolor painting skills, I’ll also get to draw my favorite characters.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

So, if you’ve been keeping an eye on my Instagram feed<\/a>, you’ve already seen these.\u00a0But since you’re here, let me tell you the back stories for each of them. I didn’t want to just copy and make illustrated versions of stills and posters\u00a0so I added\u00a0a few twists.<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0The artwork I made for “Bokura Ga Ita” (on the right) was based on a scene in the anime series’ closing theme (top left) but\u00a0I tried drawing the characters as they were portrayed\u00a0in the live action movies which starred Ikuta Toma and Yoshitaka Yuriko.<\/p>\n

\"koizora<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0I based my fan art for “Koizora” on the manga poster (top left) but again, I used the live action movie’s actors’ (Gakki and Haruma Miura) likenesses in my drawing. Of course I also took some liberty with their outfits. It’s so warm\u00a0that\u00a0I couldn’t bring myself to draw cold weather clothes. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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3. For my “Nodame Cantabile” fan artwork, I tried to do the opposite — base the pose on the live action poster and draw them as the anime characters. But I love Ueno Juri and Tamaki Hiroshi so much that I ended up drawing them as they were…. except, again, for the winter clothing. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Beck<\/a><\/p>\n

4. My most recent fan art is for the anime series “Beck.” Arnold and I love this series, thanks to the recommendation of my brother Calvin and wife Inches. \ud83d\ude42 The pose in my fan art isn’t based on anything but the outfits are inspired by\u00a0what Koyuki and Maho wore in the anime and\u00a0the faces are again based somewhat on the actors.<\/p>\n

(Slight diversion:\u00a0To be honest, we thought Sato Takeru and Kutsuna Shiori were miscast as Koyuki and Maho respectively. Takeru was perfect as Rurouni Kenshin but as Koyuki? Koike Teppei would’ve been more believable… but that’s just my opinion. As for Maho, I think Chiaki Kuriyama would’ve been a more suitable choice. And my biggest issue with the film —\u00a0why no singing voice for Koyuki?)<\/p>\n

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On another note, I’m excited to use this thing of beauty in my upcoming artworks.<\/p>\n

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Time to level up from Prang ????(which will always have a special place in my ??). Couldn’t wait to try out this paint set hence those cupcake doodles in wash and opaque #watercolor styles. ????? #gansaitambi #kuretake<\/a><\/p>\n

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