This portrait is "the face" of the mini album.
I received this before everyone did.
I felt intuitively " this is the Mona Lisa. "
I was surprised because the impression was
farther different from her past image ( especially hight chrome of "Trouble" ).
What is the concept in this photograph?
What is the meaning of this offer to ' Kazuharu Ishikawa ' ?
I had to understand them enough and respond with my best.
That was the mission in this time.
At the first, I did dessin.
It was as good dessin as expected to a person from an Art University.
It was also correct anatomically.
However it was getting and getting close to the photograph,
far from Kriesha Chu. I was into mysterious trap alone.
Help!
I know I need change of air at this kind time.
Relaxed and relaxed, I made myself empty and then I did a little graffiti.
It brought a some good feeling.
But this graffiti also didn't resemble her.
So I added scribbling her name so loosely.
Time was coming when I should email about what kind of work I would create.
I showed both of them and I couldn't but say the middle of them would be born.
I felt sorry ..
However I got an unexpected reply.
My rough graffiti interested and pleasured very much.
Moreover, President of Urban Works Entertainment liked my letters.
That's why the adoption of my unique letters was decided.
That encouraged me so much. As if it was rocket booster, it gave me
max power of concentration and drove me to the goal.
My mission was not copy of a photograph but expression of
Kriesha's brilliance with Kazuharu's quality.
A photograph itself has been already completed. To draw it
is impossible for me. But the schedule was too tight for us to meet.
I needed to near to the situation we actually faced each other naturally.
In passage of time, breathing at my pace, as usual….
Fortunately,
a lot of videos are shown on web although it has taken only a half year since her debut.
I could study enough about her various expressions,
peculiarities of her skeleton and moving of muscles, meanings of makeups.
Now, let me introduce the best video helped me.
Playing the clown with happiness of debut and bracing herself before show time,
Profile at voice training and aspect sounding lips to ease the tension,
Relief and thanks after show time.
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And one more.
Concert in Philippine.
Speech in the excitement,
and singing a song - the most famous ballade of Philippine.
I realized the exist of the people waiting for this album.
Then my chest got hot.
Soon you can see the completed work!
3 .., 2 .., 1….
Sfumato of Leonardo da VINCI and HASEGAWA Tohaku,
Cubism of Cezanne and Picasso,
and the element of caricature, etc..
This work contains of my sympathy and respect for ART of all times and places.
Twist, lenience and severity, intersection, stop, jump, sweep….
my experience about yarn also has been used full.
Creating the ' usual ' situation,
grasping ordinal unconsciousness and being natural intendedly.
I could enjoyed them.
' As usual ' for me, for example...
when I draw a quiet cat, although he seems to keep still,
he is breathing calmly and he might change the direction of his tail suddenly,
I try to catch this alive line.
When I draw woods, at the same time, I feel the wind and I try to read
the story crystallized in its shape going from the ground to the sky.
In fact,
this work is all different from the photograph.
Hairstyle, forehead, eyebrows, angle of the face,
gesture of her finger, distribution of the weight to her foot of right and left, and etc….
That would prove I caught the truth of Kriesha Chu .
As if I were together in the moment of releasing the shutter.
I have self-confidence so as to feel such.
By the way,
the deadline was nearing!!!
In this time, I had one more challenge.
I photographed my work by myself.
When I couldn't be satisfied with Indoor photography,
I heard the voice inside my heart
" it should be in the shine and the wind of SETOUCHI
as same as my works in Naoshima, shouldn't it ? "
Ordinarily an art piece on canvas must avoid the sun ray.
This case was so exceptional. I decided to go outside.
I was trying various situation.
Then!
The ray of the afternoon such as the miracle shined.
I felt surely Kriesha's lucky had helped me.
I admired her virtue without her knowing.
I think this ray finished this work.
On the CD and the booklet, it came to monochrome for overall design balance.
We can enjoy two version, it is our lucky.
This color version is showing on web and Fan meeting.
It's my honor that my work can be new ' face ' of Kriesha Chu.
This is very simply my pleasure that I could create so good work
and that I could be recognized.
Finally I 'll send a message to everyone who kept company at this long sentence.
Thank you !