Hello!
After my longest article, here’s something I impulsively wrote in the morning.

The theory that late-night F1 races make humans more creative

The F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on April 20 was a night race, starting at 2 AM Japan time.
Additionally, the Jeddah street circuit is notorious for being difficult to overtake on and for frequent safety car interventions, making the risk of falling asleep quite high.

I had no choice but to create something!

So, I decided to make custom-character badge designs…
I based my typography on the Kanteiryu style, using motifs of ancient fish and the High-Back Golden Dragon (Asian Arowana).


I do admire Asian Arowanas, but realistically, keeping one is impossible with my tank size…
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When the dragon with a double peace sign from last time was arranged into four psd sticker design templates in a rice-field pattern (田 shape), the remaining space in the center seemed strangely wasteful. Thus, the sudden decision to create this was made.

Since the central space was inevitably rhombus-shaped and small, I chose the style of a large-head illustration. Furthermore, two horns would look awkward, so I leaned towards a unicorn-type… and then I thought of a ridiculous pun, which led to the decision to draw a rhombus lion (In Japanese, “rhombus” is pronounced “hishi” and “lion” is pronounced “shishi.” Additionally, Edo dialect replaces “hi” with “shi,” so this drawing can also be read as “shishi-shishi”).
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“Citrus Dragon Digital UKIYO-E” Japanese Pattern Splash-Resistant and Weather-Resistant Sticker
サイズ：W136xH193(mm)



“Snake and Spiny lobster” Japanese Pattern Splash-Resistant and Weather-Resistant Sticker
サイズ：W135xH193(mm)

“Umbrella ghost x Gecko” Japanese Pattern Splash-Resistant and Weather-Resistant Sticker-mini-size
サイズ：W96xH128(mm)

“YOKAI Sketch One-legged cat” Japanese Pattern Splash-Resistant and Weather-Resistant Sticker mini-size
サイズ：W85xH120(mm)

I combined a gecko and a Karakasa-obake (umbrella ghost).
The umbrella shelters from rain and wind, while the gecko can climb walls.

Kantei-ryu Lettering

“風雨に勝つて( Withstanding the wind and rain )” refers to the Karakasa-obake, and “壁越えて( overcoming the wall )” refers to the gecko. In Japan, overcoming difficulties is expressed as “climbing over a wall”. So, this symbolizes overcoming adversity.

In this Artwork, I drew a lot of citrus fruits. Last year, the summer was brutally hot, and there was no season that could be called autumn. The other day, Obihiro experienced the heaviest snowfall on record, and the four seasons have become completely mixed up.

So, I created a drawing that might happen someday. There is a citrus fruit called “獅子柚子(Citrus pseudogulgul)”, a type of pomelo, growing in my neighborhood, and I thought “What the heck is this?” when I saw it.

Real “獅子柚子(Citrus pseudogulgul)”

It has a very rugged shape! (It is mainly used for decoration as a talisman, but if eaten, it is made into jam)
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