See me, Feel me.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
-Albert Einstein

There will be blood.

Blood plays an important role in all of our lives. It gives us life and runs through all of us. No matter how different we all are on the outside, our blood is all the same color, the same substance. we are all connected.

I've had a fascination with blood for a while now. Most people get squeamish when seeing or hearing about blood but it never really seemed to bother me. The actual reason for how the blood was spilt makes me more squeamish than the blood itself.

The taste of blood is something I'll never forget, whenever a tooth would come out, that metallic-y, iron-like flavor. I have a "fetish" you could call it, with nose bleeds, and any sort of liquid substance coming out of  the mouth, eyes, nose, etc. If you look at my artwork, a lot of my pieces contain one of these elements. I have no idea where it comes from, it's just something I find beautiful.

One other element of blood is it's beautiful vivid color. Red. Red is probably one of the most powerful colors. when you think of red you think of anger, passion, warnings, wrath, blood(of course), error, etc. all emotions and actions that harbor intense, loud, meaning.


"It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood." - William Shakespeare

Thinking with your heart, not your head.

"But those things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart." - Matthew 15:18

"for whatever is in your heart determines what you say." - Matthew 12:34

Gods "mistakes"

Gods "mistakes" of any kind are absolutely beautiful. Recently I've been greatly inspired by animal as well as human mutations. I love animals already and love them even more when they have an extra limb or natural amputation. These creatures remind me of dreams, everything seems pretty realistic but there's always something off, it may be just the feeling you have or something more obvious.

This little guy was the inspiration behind my newest ink piece, "But remember, Be careful what you do, Because I'm not Bulletproof." He/she is definitely my favourite, I'd like to know him/her in real life.

I'm probably going to do a piece inspired by these two also. How could you say no to one cute little face like this, much less two?

 This is an actual animal from years ago created when they bred a horse/donkey and a zebra. They still exist today and are called Zebroids. They're sort of like the Liger, a hybrid between two close animals. I think there's something kind of magic about them, they don't seem as believable as the Liger.

This guys name is Eclyse. He's pretty rare based on the fact that most Zebroid have a zebra father and horse mother, he doesn't. The sad thing about these hybrids is that they aren't the work of God but of humans, and because normally these two animals wouldn't breed, they're hybrid offsprings are born infertile most of the time.

Self Portrait

July 2010

Shanice

Speechless

Lady Gaga, Speechless(live at the VEVO Launch Event)

Waiting

These were taken this same day last year. I had to wait after my Drawing I class for a while every time and witness the most beautiful clouds and sunsets. I'd like to feel like I'm really connected with nature but I'd say that the skies are what I find most fascinating around here.

July 2010

July 2010

July 2010

July 2010



Keep dreaming.

07/04/2011

Happy July fourth everyone : )

( model: Eriko Nakao)