Tarot Card Inspired Necklace

Reblogged from Art-Z Jewelry:

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Ever since I started etching I can't seem to do anything else in jewelry.  I'm obsessed with the possibilities of creating mini works of art to wear.  I finally get to draw, letter and doodle again  by creating images on metal.

The center piece of this necklace was inspired by one of my favorite Tarot card images - the Ace of Pentacles. 

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This is so awesome, I love it!!! The design looks prefect with the winding leaves around the pentagram and the rich purple amethyst gives it a magickal look. Do more tarot cards and Druid symbols :D

Sakura Matsuri: Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival – May 4th, 2013

I’ll be exhibiting and selling my Ronin Yoshino manga books, art prints, trading cards, Ronin Yoshino chibi charms, kokeshi, taiko drum and cherry blossom pendants! If you can come, stop by my manga table and say hi? The festival has performances of traditional Japanese music and dance to modern with various indoor events, kimono, games and other Japanese arts & crafts.

The festival is held at the Charles B. Wang Asian American Center at Stony Brook University, Long Island NY on Saturday, May 4th 2013 starting at 12noon – 5pm. You can view the event at my Ronin Yoshino Facebook page! For more information, please visit the official website here.

Here’s a picture I took last year. Check out more of my photos here: http://www.shinrinart.com/asian.html

Long Time no Post

Sorry that I haven’t posted in a while… been busy preparing for the Sakura Matsuri: Japanese Cherry Blossom festival and doing custom pet art, sculpting, getting Ronin Yoshino volume 4 book printed and traveling to our farmland upstate. New art, photos and many posts to come!! For now, here’s a cute shot of our collie Yuki:

Catskill Mountains in Winter Photos

This weekend we traveled all the way Upstate NY from Long Island, about 154 miles! We went to go look at some land…that didn’t go too well but it wasn’t a total waste, Yuki enjoyed the ride and the Catskill Mountains looked beautiful covered in snow! Here are some photos I took of the trip:

A New Portrait, Anime Style!

I just finished my newest drawing, a portrait of my friend in anime style!

This was definitely different! I usually draw animals, mythical beasts and people in historical clothing. It was a fun challenge! I drew this by hand with my manga pens and it was digitally coloured. The drawing looks better in person, the computer doesn’t capture the richness of the colours… I used 3 photos for reference:

(^reference photo used for the pose)
(<reference photo for the jacket and sunglasses look)(<reference photo for the Les Claypool bass guitar replica)    <original pen sketch