The Return

Just a few images from yet another sketchbook. These are more than a year old...yeesh.

In Kansai (Umeda to Sannomiya)

On the plane back to NYC

Back in the city

A bit rusty, but trying to get back into the groove of things

Chemo Sucks

I've been busier than normal this month, but I've finally gotten around to uploading some more sketches.

These range from January to September 2010.  In that time, I had what was probably and hopefully will remain the most intense experiences of my life. The most intense being that I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and then had to spend a little over half a year doing chemo. My drawings slowed down considerably during this time, mostly because I was often to sick to go out, or because the residual pain from chemo made it hard to hold anything in my hand. Still, I did get some drawings in when I felt a little better.

今月は普段よりばたばたしたけどようやくスケッチを載せることが出来る。

これは２０１０年１月から９月までの描いたものでその時はおそらく人生で一番辛い時だった。その中で最も辛かったのは腫瘍ができてホジキンリンパ腫と診断されて六ヶ月間ぐらい化学療法を受けた事だと思います。その結果、体調が悪くて出かけられないせいか化学療法の副作用として鉛筆が握れないほど腕全体が痛いせいか絵を描く事が少なくなってしまった。それでも、体調が良くなった時、絵を描く事が出来た。

Osaka

Various things in Fukuoka

Grandfather and grandson on the way to Karatsu

唐津に行ったときに描いたおじいちゃんとその孫のスケッチ

A new year in Fukuoka

On the train/subway in Fukuoka (2010)

福岡の電車・地下鉄にて

Return to Kyushu

This post finishes yet another sketchbook of mine. The following sketches begin from my return to Japan and bring me around Kyushu with a short break in Tokyo for Design Festa.

もう一つのスケッチブックはこれで終わりです。下のスケッチは日本に帰る時に描き始め、九州に戻ったあととデザインフェスタを見に東京へ小旅行に行った時のものです。

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Tokyo 東京

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka (Hakata Station) 福岡（博多駅）

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Fukuoka 福岡

Somewhere along the way to Tosu　鳥栖へ行く途中

Cafe in Fukuoka 福岡のカフェ

Summer's End

The end of my summer in New York. Next, is my return to Japan.

NYCへの夏休み旅行の終わりです。

続いて、日本に戻ってからです。

Taipei 台北

Taipei 台北

More odds and ends

Continuing from the last post, here are some more things that I had scanned but neglected to post.

The first sketch is from my NYC sketchbook in 2009, and the rest are postcards that I sent to some of my art buddies. The postcards were drawn on the train between Nakamozu and Izumigaoka on the Senboku-line while on the way to work.

続きまして、ちょっと前に載せれなかったスキャンした絵を載せます。

一枚目は夏休み旅行の続きです。

二枚目以降は泉北高速鉄道で中百舌鳥駅から泉ヶ丘駅まで通勤中に描いてアートの友達に送ったはがきです。

Odds and ends

So, I'm back after a VERY long absence.
すごく久しぶりです。

I don't want to spend a lot of time on why I haven't been posting, but I will say that one big reason was that I was battling cancer for most of 2010. ...I guess that's probably a bit shocking, but I've been in remission for the better part of a year.
なんで更新しなかったかは長くなるので今は語らないけど、一つだけ言うならば２０１０年のほとんどはガンと闘っていました。かなりショッキングなことだけど幸いなことに一年以上たって今も寛解しています。

Also, I moved back to the United States in 2011 and I think now I'm just starting to get back into my normal groove.

そのあと、２０１１年にアメリカに帰りました。長い時間がたってやっと元の生活のペースを取り戻した。

Despite all that, I haven't stopped drawing (though my output has definitely slowed down here and there).

それでもその間も絵を描くことは諦めなかった　（描くペースはのろくなったけど）

Anyway, I won't bore you with my life story...On to the sketches!

僕の話だけでうんざりさせたくないからスケッチを載せます。

I have a lot of catching up to do, so I'll be posting sketches starting from the last time I posted...which was 2009. At the time, I had gone to visit NYC from Japan for the summer. So here are a few more sketches from that sketchbook.

たくさん載せるべき絵があるけれどもとりあえず中断した時 (2009) からの続きです。下の絵は日本からNYCに夏休み旅行に行った時のスケッチです。

More sleeping people on the subway.

Boy standing while on the subway.

Trying to draw with water+ink.　（水＋インク）

Guy on his cell phone...I think.

This guy probably noticed me...

More ink + water　（水＋インク）