2013年4月5日金曜日 - 
Jason - Digital Portraits
My interest in Japan began at an early age, going all the way back to my first year in elementary school. I remember my school days ending early in the afternoon, and that left me ten minutes to pack my books and run to the day-care center to catch the beginning of "Space Battleship Yamato" and "Gatchaman". Afterwards, my friends and I would sit around a table and draw all our favorite characters until our parents picked us up.
That began my interest in art, which led me to study art and illustration after graduating from high school.
A few years ago a few Japanese friends of mine asked me to participate in an art
exhibition they were putting
together in Osaka, and I readily
agreed.
I decided to focus on portraiture, so I began by asking friends and acquaintances to model for me. I then had to decide
what medium to work in! Would I use oils,
acrylic or watercolor? In the end I decided to try digital art,
using Photoshop, Illustrator and Painter to
execute my work. For eight months I brought my laptop with me to the MM Center and painted during
my lunch break and for many hours after work and on weekends. In the end the effort was worth the experience; I was able to display ten
works of art, receiving praise for my rendering
ability.
Nowadays, if I see an interesting
person when I'm out and
about, I ask if I can take their picture to use as reference for my next
painting!
to catch = 間に合う
picked us up =
自分たちを迎えにくる
led =
導いた
illustration =
イラストレーション
graduating =
卒業
participate =
参加する
art exhibition =
アートの展示会
putting together =
一緒にする
readily agreed =
２つ返事で同意した
focus on =
焦点を当てる
portraiture =
肖像画を書く
acquaintances =
知り合い
medium = 材料や技法
acrylic =
アクリル絵の具
watercolor =
水彩絵の具
to execute =
製作する
laptop =
ノートパソコン
in the end = 結局
worth = ～する価値がある
rendering ability =
表現力
nowadays = このごろは
out and about = 外出する
reference =
参考