Fan art.

bmwracer wrote:

Fan art.

nice work.. but why did it have to be of Juri crying?

bmwracer wrote:

Fan art.

very impressive.

redkazuo wrote:

very impressive.

Especially when you have a great subject.

I wanted to have a go at Juri fanart I used to spend a lot of time drawing, but I don't have much time anymore

redkazuo wrote:

I wanted to have a go at Juri fanart I used to spend a lot of time drawing, but I don't have much time anymore

whoa that's pretty good.. i recognize each of the source pics
i've always wished i could draw.. my faces were always a shaded mess

redkazuo wrote:

I used to spend a lot of time drawing, but I don't have much time anymore

Same here: I was an art student in high school, but didn't think I was good enough to make a career of it, so I changed majors before college...

po0t wrote:

whoa that's pretty good.. i recognize each of the source pics i've always wished i could draw.. my faces were always a shaded mess

Thanks! Drawing women's faces is a real challenge. I know my current style is perhaps too much manga influenced, but I couldn't find any other sweetspot yet...

This fanart thing gave me some insight as to why Juri is gorgeous and funny-looking at the same time. Her eyes are just a little bit farther apart than what's considered ideal. (I know I overdid it a bit in the drawings) And, other than that, her proportions are impeccable.

In hindsight, nearly all her commercial modelling shots are in 3/4 view, aren't they.

If you want to draw, maybe you can give the book "Drawing on the right side of the brain" a try. It's not scientifically accurate, but it helps me a lot.

redkazuo wrote:

Thanks! Drawing women's faces is a real challenge. I know my current style is perhaps too much manga influenced, but I couldn't find any other sweetspot yet... This fanart thing gave me some insight as to why Juri is gorgeous and funny-looking at the same time. Her eyes are just a little bit farther apart than what's considered ideal. (I know I overdid it a bit in the drawings) And, other than that, her proportions are impeccable. In hindsight, nearly all her commercial modelling shots are in 3/4 view, aren't they. If you want to draw, maybe you can give the book "Drawing on the right side of the brain" a try. It's not scientifically accurate, but it helps me a lot.

i like how subtle her mouth is in the center drawing.

"gorgeous and funny-looking" eh? : P the funny part for me is being unable to peg down what her 'normal' look is.. coz it's always changing. i wonder if the distance between her eyes makes her eyes appear bigger.

not sure about the 3/4 view.. i was able to find a fair amount of straight on/face-forward shots in my repository

i'll have to set aside any aspirations for drawing and the visual arts for now.. music's more my thing, and that comes after gaming

po0t wrote:

i like how subtle her mouth is in the center drawing.

She's got an incredible mouth.... It was even pointed out several times in Nodame...

new updates in Juri's Report and Art. sounds like filming is almost done? i can only guess

edit: checked the twitter(they sure like their soup).. looks like shooting finished on Feb 28th.
hopefully there's some promo appearances coming up

po0t wrote:

hopefully there's some promo appearances coming up

Without Matsujun, hopefully.

juri art, translated:
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2013.03.01

Director Yaguchi and director Kawamura came to visit the set of Sunny Side the other day.

It had been a while, so I was all smiles with the sudden reunion.

I met Koshigaya-san, the author of the original, for the first time too, and we could talk for a while,

which made me really happy.

Together with the pleasure of meeting them again, and talking to them,

I felt how I've been given the precious experience,

of getting to mature in a big way through forging on in this line of work.

I realized once again, that with the joy of creating a new work,

there's also this feeling of gratitude.

I got to do my best, so I may create a work with them again some day.

My fans who support me, and wait for me in anticipation,

I want to continue to deliver wonderful works to you.

Please continue to favour me with your support.


Filming will end real soon. The staff and cast

work hard together enjoying it till the end.

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0xDEADBEEF wrote:

juri art, translated: -------------------------------------------- 2013.03.01

thank you soooo much once again deadbeef
really get a sense of humility in her posts.
gotta wonder.. did the two directors coordinate a time to visit together? are they buddies or something?

po0t wrote:

thank you soooo much once again deadbeef really get a sense of humility in her posts.

Don't get too carried away about it. I've seen words like, "I got to do my best, so I can work with them again someday", out of the mouths of C-grade idols. A lot of it is the culturally expected thing to say. That doesn't mean it isn't appreciated by those it's directed at though.

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gotta wonder.. did the two directors coordinate a time to visit together? are they buddies or something?

One seems to be more of a movie director, and the other a drama director. Keiko has used ��� (senjitsu = the other day, a few days ago) for things that I knew happened over ten days ago, so maybe "in the past days" would fit better in this case, although that might imply that they didn't visit together, when the original implies nothing either way.

English is just too darn precise to translate a vague language like Japanese into.
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Translations of Kitagawa Keiko�fs writings: kitagawa-keiko.org

0xDEADBEEF wrote:

Don't get too carried away about it. I've seen words like, "I got to do my best, so I can work with them again someday", out of the mouths of C-grade idols. A lot of it is the culturally expected thing to say. That doesn't mean it isn't appreciated by those it's directed at though.

Juri seems to have a history of bucking cultural expectations : P i was just wondering.. have you noticed any change in the tone of her posts from past years?

0xDEADBEEF wrote:

One seems to be more of a movie director, and the other a drama director. Keiko has used ��� (senjitsu = the other day, a few days ago) for things that I knew happened over ten days ago, so maybe "in the past days" would fit better in this case, although that might imply that they didn't visit together, when the original implies nothing either way. English is just too darn precise to translate a vague language like Japanese into.

if i'm not mistaken, one directed Swing Girls, and the other, Nodame Cantabile.

i've been wondering if the precision of the language is a good thing or a bad thing.. i find it kind of annoying that we have so many words to describe basically the same thing. some words one can use simply to sound more intelligent : P

Scans of Juri-chan's 2006 photobook A Piacere at Baidu: http://tinyurl.com/c842r2g