"Nigaoe(似顔絵)"(ni-gah-oh-eh) is a caricature. It's a portrait realistically drawn by capturing or deforming the appearance and characteristics of a person. Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved drawing nigaoe. I find people's faces fascinating. It's the wrinkles, the freckles, and the idiosyncrasies on their faces that I find them so beautiful. And the more unique their faces are, the more I find joy in drawing them. Perhaps it's not the people's faces I love; -it's the stories behind their … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Yukitchen is available in Japanese!!!
I finally finished translating all my recipes into Japanese!! Some of you might be thinking "So what?" but this was A LOT of work for me. I love languages. I can pick up new words quickly because I find languages extremely fascinating. But I don't really enjoy translating. I've worked as a translator before, but that might be the most excruciating job I have ever done. So I decided to only take translating jobs with my own set rate, so it makes more sense doing it. It was a lot of … [Read more...]