前によりもっと近くだね Closer Than Before 🌱

Okay, so this is super W.I.P. but I really want to know if you all would be okay with/interested in seeing short comics in this style. I’ve been really into colored pencil lately and wanna just create short comics sometimes without stressing so much over the inking. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo8GqY3FOEy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sf3bg596swhk

[2016] - Sushiboy 🍣

#drawing #art #illustration #comics #manga #art #漫画 #漫画家 #アート #らくがき #イラスト https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQzeqIA_a5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=60tet19msyw4

On a real note: I look at my manga and genuinely see that I draw and compose shots well. I used to be so insecure and beat up over dickhead Toshio Maeda telling me I’ll never be a pro for being weak/sick, but it’s nice being able to look at my art and be like “This is fucking AMAZING I CAN’T BELIEVE I MADE THIS??”

As days go by, I can see my hard work objectively rather than clouded by my views of my art. I’m actually super good at making manga ESPECIALLY considering I was crying and writhing in such bad, constant physical CPPS pain while drawing ALL of these. I would literally fall out of my chair and just scream on the floor, holding my pen with ink rolling down my fucking hand. It’s some shonen manga type perseverance sort of shit. No one has ever seen my art when I’m healthy because I’ve been sick for so long now. But man, I can’t wait until I’m healthy and my art just darts up insanely in quality. Anyhow, thanks for all the support. I can’t say something to really express my gratitude, but I know I exist on this planet to make people feel something through ink and panels. Times change; technology changes, desires change, but the necessity to create does not. Thank you for standing by my during this journey 🌱

Please read this and my others if you haven’t!

https://tapas.io/lukestuart39/series

Feedback super welcome~ Ah, and… please share with someone if you enjoy!! Or if you wanna see my art do well ofc haha. You can very easily support artists by nice gestures like comments and sharing their work around. It isn’t all about money! (￣O￣;)ハあああありがとうございます！#drawing#art#manga#anime#illustration#comics#ink#sketch#drawing#comicaboutdrawing#jammo#jammocomics#jammomanga#mangaartist#americanmanga#comicart#mangaart#artistsoninstagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnFB9GKFIAJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jcqn45o45uqm

early 2017

So I’ve sort of incidentally ended up making an album. Mot of the bulk of this (compositionally) has been completed for a while, but messing with levels and such for a while. I’m no professional so this is pretty lo-fi; made from my bedroom out of chance, but it’d be cool if some of you guys would check it out. There’s some love put into this for sure! Ah, and also: the last track happened totally incidentally; it isn’t masterpiece or something necessarily extraordinary or better than the others, but I had been contemplating “what’s missing… what’s missing…” for a while now, scrapping other songs and even thinking I wasn’t going to put out an album entirely because something just felt off. My buddy Mat and I were messing around at guitar center and as usually, I obsessively recorded the few bars of piano he played with me lightly playing rhythm guitar under. I think it’s one of those songs that isn’t the best on the album, but sort of makes the album, if that makes sense. Anyhow, thank you for the support always and I’m more than grateful if you even take a look at one of these songs!

#music#lofi#shoegaze#ambient#synth https://www.instagram.com/p/BpxzBwsANcp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z3pzmtz29cco

“Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see It’s getting hard to be someone But it all works out It doesn’t matter much to me Let me take you down ‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields Nothing is real And nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever”

The text to the right of the illustration reads in Japanese “Okaeri Punpun,” which means “Welcome back, Punpun.”

Who else’s life was changed because of Inio Asano or Oyasumi Punpun? Who else was there when the final chapter was released in Japanese on the scanlation sites? Remember when his works were just becoming popular overseas? Remember when http://hoxtranslations.blogspot.com/ was making an effort to translate all of Inio Asano’s manga which at the time wasn’t available overseas in English language yet? Remember when the only way to read Punpun was the “illegal” way? I remember reading this manga; 2013, just a mere few months before the final volume was released. Punpun was still this unknown, obscure indie manga that merely had a small western following on Tumblr. The term “utsu” manga (depressing manga) hasn’t been ascribed to Inio Asano’s works yet. It was yet the early days for his works over here… I remember those days fondly; those days made me who I am now as an artist. The way to describe the relationship I have with Inio Asano’s manga works is “A friend I’ve never met.” Wonder who else feels this way…

#oyasumipunpun #おやすみプンプン

#drawing #art #illustration #manga #mangaka #inioasano #asanoinio #浅野いにお #漫画 #漫画家 #らくがき #イラスト https://www.instagram.com/p/BtY-LT9AYW9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=escobq3530p2

Hi there,

Just want to update everyone who ordered within the time frame of 10/30 - 11/26!

I’ve received one of my boxes of inventory but am still awaiting the second. Once both are here, I’ll begin directly fulfilling all orders of the products in stock; “COOL CAT,” “Super Soft, Super Strong” ringer shirts and sweaters alike, “Sushiboy,” and “Doctor! Doctor!”.

“In Gloom” and “Pink Triangle” both sold out at AnimeNYC due to unexpected reception of both, so there is no residual inventory.

“In Gloom” is made with screen printing and I already have the blank garments here in stock in the room, so I’ve just got to bring those over the the printer. I’ve already started sourcing the bulk fabric for the second batch of “Pink Triangle” hoodies so once my printer receives that, we’ll begin the production!

My only worry is that these may arrive to some shortly after Xmas, because I don’t see these getting completed and shipped on my end within the next two weeks. Initially, my friends Alex and Jonathan were working on this operations-wise, while Alex and I were mutually involved in the creative process with his project 3-Legged Threads. Though, Alex realized he needed to fulfill his own creative desires and chose to depart shortly before NYC (we’re still good friends). While in NYC, some really sort of stressful and troubling instances occurred on both ends, henceforth Jonathan is no longer working on this project with me. Jonathan is credited on the “Pink Triangle” design due to his input during its creation, while Alex came up with the initial sketch we used in “COOL CAT,” along with photographing much of the clothing. I apologize if all of this takes some time, but please remember that printing on its own is a major part of this art form. I’ve learned that there’s more to the art I make than drawing itself, and that’s come only with realizing each time I drop a new wave of apparel that the more time and love I put into this, the better it gets :’ ) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2hZyzgzNk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n5wr854fy048

late 2016

late 2016