A Few Paintings

I just finished making a painting of Spiderman for my nephew. I based it off of a cover to one of the comics for Into The Spiderverse.

Starting off I wanted to make the background blue and red with white stripes. Referencing the original Spiderman colors. After adding the stripes it made me think of a web and changed it to that.

I really like how the black costume turned out. First I made a base of blue and purple then built up the blacks.

I also made a couple paintings of Link from Legend of Zelda. And the Ayame Festival in Itako.

A big reason why I went on my trip to Sado Island was to make a painting of the mountain the gold mine was built out of.

Trip to Sado Island

I just came back from a trip to the small island of Sado. The trip involved taking a bus to Tokyo, where I spent some time in Shinjuku.

From Shinjuku I took a night bus all the way to Niigata, a seven hour ride. It was still early, before dawn. I took the car ferry over to Sado Island. I watched the sun rise on the boat.

One of the first things I do is go to explore the caves of the Sado gold mine. The mine had been in use for over 400 years, closing in the 1980s. Most remarkable the mountain has been mined so extensively that it has been split in two. In the mountain, are robotic dioramas of mining operations in the mines. 

On my first night at Sado, I went out and ended up meeting with a member of the city council. We went out drinking and singing karaoke.  The next day I continue exploring the island.

Returning home I take the Shinkansen from Niigata to Tokyo. The Shinkansen only took two hours. Sado was a fascinating place that I am glad I got to see.