Todoroki Kawaii

  December 19th from 1:00PM to 4:00PM , my next figure drawing workshop will kickoff at the Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design ! The event is open to EVERYONE, so please come and join me for a fun drawing session! https://www.sokeiabroad.com/figuredrawing Our very special model will be the renowned burlesque dancer Tokyo Katie🌟🌟 人物クロッキー会のご案内 (Figure Drawing information) ＊すでに予約済みの方は内容が重複しますがご了承ください。 12月19 日（土）13:00-16:00　開催決定！ Next class will be 19st of December (Sat) 13:00-16:00 今回はKi Innis先生が担当し、 バーレスク・ダンサー のKatieさんをモデルにお呼びします。 女性、体のライン、構造が見やすい着衣（セミヌード） We will draw a Female Dancer  (Semi-nude) クイックポーズを多めにダイナミックな動きのあるポーズを描きま す。 1分、3分、5分、10分のポーズを予定 We will draw many Dynamic gesture poses. 13:00-13:30 Ki先生によるドローイング ・レクチャー お時間がある方はぜひ13:00までにお越しください。 Mr. Ki Innis will give us a drawing lecture at 13:00. 13:30-16:00 モデルさんのポーズ Model posing will start at 13:30. 定員がありますので、ご予約がまだの方はお早めにお願いします。 A capacity is limited, please make a booking as soon as possible. https://www.so...

"A figure is not done well unless action appears it in it that expresses a state of mind."   -   Leonardo DiVinci  "If you don't have the gesture and the action, you literally don't have anything."   - Glenn Vilppu World renown Disney, Dreamworks and UCLA drawing instructor  Glenn Vilppu   is returning to Tokyo again for his second drawing masterclass with Master Drawing Japan.   It will be a four day drawing seminar on November 7th, 8th and 14th and 15th. One of the most coveted drawing instructors in the animation and production art industry, Vilppu has taught the art of figure drawing for over 40 years in workshops around the world teaching principles and techniques professionals in the animation industry such as Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros.    Vilppu will help participants master techniques of drawing the human figure in the first session and teach a special class on the human head in the second session..     He...

How do these movie titles make you feel?  King Kong (2005), Godzilla (2014), The Chronicles of Narnia, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Adventures of Tintin and the Academy Award nominated for Best Picture film, District 9.   If you are at all familiar with the outstanding visual effects of these films, you might know that they were all designed under Peter Jackson's award winning special effects company:   Weta Workshop .   You should also know that all these films were all designed in part or directly under the creative direction of  Greg Broadmore .   Sunday, October 17th, 2015, for ONE (1) day only next month, Greg Broadmore will be coming to Tokyo, Japan to conduct a concept design masterclass at Akiba Hall.  At the event Greg Broadmore will discuss working as a concept designer on major blockbuster films,  his experience with Weta Workshop and do a live demonstration of for all the attendees.  The event is being produced by Japan's  Born Di...

"No rules just tools."  - Glenn Vilppu Internationally renown Disney, Dreamworks and UCLA drawing instructor Glenn Vilppu will be giving a two day drawing seminar in Tokyo on August 16 th and 17 th .     As a premier drawing instructor to the studios in Hollywood, Vilppu has taught the art of figure drawing for over 40 years and has done workshops around the world teaching principles and techniques of drawing to professionals in the animation industry such as Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros.   In each 6-hour seminar, Vilppu will teach participants the master techniques of drawing the human figure as well as anatomy.    It will be an opportunity to receive instruction and feedback from a drawing master whose instruction has been coveted globally by artists and illustrators for generations. Vilppu does not teach a style but teaches the tools to master drawing so that the artist to use them in any direction he or she wishes.   The event w...

These are the paraphrased words of Antoni Gaudi that will greet you entering the Mori Art Exhibition:: Takehiko Inoue Interprets Gaudi's Universe.   It would be plain to say the works of both Gaudi and Takahiro Inoue's were impressive and compelling. The greater thing to come away with from exhibition is the consideration of  artistic creation and expression come from.   We are moved and compelled by what we observe. Nature served a great part in influencing Gaudi's hand.  As for Inoue-san it seems that Gaudi, the man himself has compelled his hand rather than his expressive voice.  Indeed he has interpreted Gaudi in his own way -- interpreting his work with Gaudi's voice would be of course, just copying. "The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create, he discovers.  Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.  Copiers do not collaborate.  Because of ...