Faults' Artists Highlight: Yoshitoshi Abe

Welcome to Faults' Artists Highlight, where I write about artists or works whom I took influence from, the ones which I admire, or artists whose works which I found fascinating. I will be writing about my experience with said artists, and attempt a deeper look into what was it about aspect of their works that had resonated with me. 


Like so many other people growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s, I have been exposed to the influx anime/manga/Japanese art during a time when I had decided to dabble with drawing. While I initially started aping the popular shounen style art during that time, I did not particularly have any artist that I strongly ripped off based off from.

I wasn't thinking in such depth during that time, but looking back at it now, I would say that although I was very much attracted to the stylized style brought about by the anime/manga art during that time, I yearned for something darker, something more atmospheric and mysterious...

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Neurosis' Times of Grace turns 20

What's this? Touhou meets Neurosis?

A rather odd choice, if I do say myself, given the two sharing almost no similarity whatsoever (and I’m curious at how many out there who happens to be fans of both)... but if I could use the former as an excuse to talk more about this mighty band, well then…!

With their sixth record celebrating its 20 year release anniversary today, I figured this would be a good occasion to talk about this phenomenal record, and explore some aspect of this influential yet enigmatic band.

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Ms. Patchouli

‘Ms. Patchouli, what went on in your head?

Oh, Ms. Patchouli , did you talk to the dead?’

Saw a drawing of Sumireko ala Aleister Crowley, and that had gotten me to think about that one song by Ozzy Osbourne, and… nasi lemak?

Also:

Comic Fiesta 2018 report comic

I haven’t done these small post-event comics in ages (last one was in 2016), so I’m really forcing myself to get me into the rhythm of comic making again lol

Anyway:

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2019: burning with positivity, or positively burning?

Thought I'd start to use the blog more to post some of my drawings - though don't count too much about that promise just yet!

Summary of art: 2014 - 2018 (a 5 year review)

I recently started to think about where I was going with my progress in art, and realized that I haven't posted that much of art in here from the period of me picking up drawing again back in 2014...

.. so, I would like to take the time to dive through the older pieces, hopefully to see them again with a more objective view:

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Comic Fiesta 2018: reflection and review

I noticed that among the last recent post on this blog was that of Comic Fiesta (way back in 2016), and from the time of that writing, I have managed to participate in the last two years as booth owner under the collective circle of HiBiscuits. And I thought, well I have some things to talk about, and I haven't updated the blog in ages, sooooo.

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