plastique monkey » vein http://www.plastiquemonkey.com yuka yamaguchi's art blog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:27:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 en 3 am http://www.plastiquemonkey.com/2008/03/24/3-am/ http://www.plastiquemonkey.com/2008/03/24/3-am/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:10:29 +0000 yuka http://www.plastiquemonkey.com/2008/03/24/3-am/

this drawing is for a group show titled ‘100 stories’ at hosfelt gallery in NYC, april 11th to may 31st. you can sneak a peek at the show on the gallery’s website and read about it on todd hosfelt’s blog.

it was also mentioned on the juxtapoz blog last saturday. exciting!

hosfelt gallery
531 w 36th street,
new york

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the kanji say “ai no toriko”, which means “slave for love”.

another drawing i did for the “girls at play” show at compound gallery, in portland.   the show opens thursday, november 1st, at 7pm.  i’ll be attending the opening.  if you can come, please do.

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i’ve been staying up late drawing for my show at compound gallery in portland (opening november 1st). i’ve done 13 drawings so far. i only started drawing for this show at the end of september, so i’ve had to work pretty hard, for a change. i think i’m going to submit 9 or 10 of them to be included in the show.

this is my favorite of my new drawings. it’s called “my first time”.

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it needed more veins…

i wanted this girl to look stoned, but i’ve never been stoned before so it’s hard for me to imagine the feeling. she ended up just looking sleepy — a feeling i know very well.

i need more practice.

since i got pregnant, i can hear my pulse clearer than ever, and my veins have been growing all over me. i can see my veins running across my skin so clearly, they’re like a tattoo. i don’t have any tattoos on my body, but i’m enjoying looking at my temporary tattoo.

you can view the process of this drawing:

art recipe 1
art recipe 2
art recipe 3

16 x 20″

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something is missing…

you can view the process of this drawing:
art recipe 1
art recipe 2

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you can view the first step here:

art recipe 1

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