Sakura D.C. 桜ディスィ
In an attempt to restore some kind of calm to my life and because I've been reading WAY the hell too much manga, I'm going to try drawing some things. I may or may not post them, because, well, I'm not terribly good at drawing, so there's some embarrassment there. I've got an idea though.
We have loads of books on how to draw manga style, so I'm going to start reading a few of them and trying their techniques. For my subject matter I'm not going to try and tell a story or anything, because that's way too much for me to deal with right now. But what I can probably do is just make little scenes. I'm thinking I could just do some silent scenes of life, nature and work in D.C. I'm going to keep a little sketchbook in my bag and call it "Sakura D.C." which is a fairly manga type name, but there's a lot more to it.
Sakura, as you may know, is the Japanese Cherry tree, and D.C. is loaded with them. Every spring they bloom these beautiful bright pink blossoms, and within days these blossoms litter the streets. The Sakura is a symbol of the ephemeral nature of life, the certainty of death, and the priceless beauty of both. So my little scenes will hope to capture some of that priceless beauty in a single scene. I don't know how well I will do, but I will try.
We have loads of books on how to draw manga style, so I'm going to start reading a few of them and trying their techniques. For my subject matter I'm not going to try and tell a story or anything, because that's way too much for me to deal with right now. But what I can probably do is just make little scenes. I'm thinking I could just do some silent scenes of life, nature and work in D.C. I'm going to keep a little sketchbook in my bag and call it "Sakura D.C." which is a fairly manga type name, but there's a lot more to it.
Sakura, as you may know, is the Japanese Cherry tree, and D.C. is loaded with them. Every spring they bloom these beautiful bright pink blossoms, and within days these blossoms litter the streets. The Sakura is a symbol of the ephemeral nature of life, the certainty of death, and the priceless beauty of both. So my little scenes will hope to capture some of that priceless beauty in a single scene. I don't know how well I will do, but I will try.