COMIC PANEL/POP ART (study ROY LICHTENSTEIN)

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Speedball super black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

COMIC PANEL (study of DANIEL CLOWES)

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Speedball super black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

COMIC PANEL (study of JACK KIRBY)

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Speedball super black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

COMIC PANEL/POP ART (Roy Lichtenstein style)

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

105 2ND AVENUE NEW YORK, NY

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush, Yasutomo sumi ink, uniball pen and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

TIGER AND SKULL

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush, Yasumoto sumi ink and graphite in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

MY TAKE ON JACK KIRBY'S GOD

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" FUde brush, Yasutomo sumi ink, uniball pen and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

JAPANESE HANNYA

18" x 24" Fude brush, Yasutomo sumi ink and watercolor on apaper

UKIYO-E DEMON FROM THE HAUNTED WORLD

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Fude brush, uniball pen and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

JAPANESE HANNYA DEMON

18" x 24" Fude brushes, Yasutomo sumi ink and watercolor on paper

FIGHTING DEMONS IN THE FLOATING WORLD

18" x 24" Fude brushes, Yasutomo sumi ink and watercolors on paper

36 GHOSTS (Horiyoshi III)

18" x 24" Fude brushes, Yasutomo sumi ink, graphite and acrylic on paper

108 HEROES OF THE SUIKODEN

 18" x 24" Fude brush, Yasutomo sumi ink, Pitt big brushes and watercolor on paper

FLOWER

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Fude brush, Yasutomo sumi ink and watercolor in Moleskine A4 sketchbook

FOUR EYES IN PINK

18" x 24" Fude brush, Yasutomo sumi ink, acrylic on paper

DRAGON

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush, Yasutomo sumi ink, uniball pen and Pitt big brushes in Moleskine A3 sketchbook

GROWLING TIGER

18" x 24" Fude brushes, Yasumoto sumi ink, Dr. Ph Martin's Bombay India ink on paper

TIGER

18" x 24" Fude brushes and Yasutomo sumi ink on paper

TATTOO FLASH SKULL

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush, Yasutomo sumi ink, uniball pen and Pitt big brushes in Moleskine A3 sketchbook

JAPANESE TATTOO FLASH ONI

JAPANESE TATTOO FLASH - ONI - 11 1/2" x 8 1'2" Fude brush, Yasutomo india ink and Ph Martin's Bombay inks in Moleskine A3 sketchbook. The Oni Mask tattoo in Japanese tattoos is extremely common and refers to the belief in a spirit world in which demons carry out their roles of punishing the unjust and evil, as well as spreading disease (seems like a random thing to be responsible for, but I guess it fits in with the whole evil-doing business).

While Oni are known for being evil, some Oni are good and are seen as protectors. One instance of this would include a monk who becomes an Oni after death to protect his temple. In English, the word Oni is best translated as ogre or troll (the Japanese word for “demon” is actually “yokai”). Oni, in traditional Japanese folklore, we marauding ogres known for terrorizing villages and tormenting villagers. Their association with demons in Japanese tattoo art has more to do with ogres being grouped into the realm of supernatural creatures (along with yokai) than anything else. Still, the symbolism holds as the imagery of the marauding ogre isn’t far from the idea of the evil spirit which the tattoo aims to convey. - (From Richmond Tattoo)