Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! There’s an art piece I drew a while back…I dunno, a few weeks back. Haven’t posted it anywhere yet. But that piece made me think about anime art. I’ve been drawing anime art for years already, but that particular piece made me think: “is this actually anime art.“ And the short answer is yes. It is anime art, but…...
8 days ago • 4 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! Currently, I’ve been drawing with my “trusty” old Surface Book 3 laptop and the touchscreen it has. I’ve been using the pen that fits the tablet (don’t remember if it had some name; also don’t care), and while it is good(ish), it’s also, at the same time, a pen that glides. And that is where the troubles start....
15 days ago • 3 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! You might or might not have heard about the art book project I’m currently investing some of my time in (the other part is going on Hades II and beating the bosses left and right). Now, as I suck at writing things and you know that world-building thing. I decided to take advantage of AI tools and created something...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! This time the newsletter will be a bit longer as there are quite a few things I wanted to unravel and bring to light. Mainly, I believe these will likely help you make better decisions if you are thinking of art as your main passion and something that would make your life better if you could only be able to do it...
29 days ago • 4 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! For the longest time, I’ve thought that only dynamic art makes things look interesting. Only dynamic poses for characters make them more alive and interesting. However, a few days ago, I realized that maybe it just isn’t so. Maybe dynamic art isn’t the only way for characters to look interesting and beautiful....
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! Not too long ago, I finally got the chance to watch Chainsaw Man - Reze movie as it landed on Crunchyroll (love that service - and only a few bucks a month). The movie was just insane (no spoilers incoming, so don’t worry). First, as the movie started, I was a bit hesitant and thought to myself will this be any...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! I just recently watched an interview (a short, brief part on AI) with the CEO of Take-Two (Strauss Zelnick), and it was fascinating to see the viewpoint he had on AI. Like, think about it. While he didn’t say they use AI or that AI is their main creative innovator or anything of that sort. The thing that stood out...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! A few days ago, I sent you an email outlining what has happened (roughly) in a year and so on. And no, I won’t be sending emails every other day…not going to happen. But I might send a few now that I’m starting to get my groove on. Direction It might also be that there are just so many things to say. I’m full of...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Newsletter Konnichiwa, Welcome to my (Okuha) newsletter! The newsletter is always more or less about anime and manga art, artist life, and anime, of course. I hope you stick around! What happened this week or so... A member of mine posted this week about the concept of 10,000 hours. While the concept isn’t new or anything, it was a good reminder of how things work in life. This week I’ve been playing Metaphor: ReFantazio quite a lot, and as I was saving the game, I noticed that I’ve already...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read