Fumio Obata's Blog, page 4

Illustration Exercise - My dippy soldiers

Tried something British related. About boiled egg and toast.I always liked the idea of calling these small cut pieces 'soldiers'. They say, 'cut the toast into soldiers'.

Illustration Exercise- Frame by frame

I have brought back fonts design.Getting somewhere, I hope.

Illustration Exercise - Smoking is bad for you

Very random, very abstract.No deep meaning.Just keep producing.

These illustration exercises I'm doing recently means little regarding content.This is not to forget to making things, producing pictures and staying consistent.Not to be consumed into teaching.

Illustration Exercise - Crying man

Further complication with texture involved.Took two days while doing all the marking at the Uni.

Illustration Exercise- A praise for food

My small reflection on food.

Doodle sketches- 'Mohican Jump' 'Hey, how r you?' ' Let's computer!'

Quake News from Elsewhere - Kesennuma, One local man's hope and struggle

 Thanks to the editor from INTERNAZIONALE, I managed to put out another reportage about the North of Japan where the aftermath of 2011's Tsunami is still long lasting.
The episode tells a story of one local man’s on-going fight to help the residents at the makeshift housings in this port city called ‘Kesennuma’. His name is Mr Mitsuru Murakami and his activity really shows how frustrating it is to carry on practical supports often prevented by prejudices and bureaucracy. 
If you're interested in other previous episodes, please visit my renewed tumblr page dedicated to the event.I'll now regularly update the stories I collected over the last 2 years.

The Festival of Bande Dessinee in Amiens 7th-8th June

Yet another return to France, this time I'll be at the festival of Bande Desinee in Amiens, France between 7th and 8th June.I can't wait to see all the great names in the scene.

My face is there, in the middle circle.Anyway I'll come back with nice photos and in-depth report.

Extracts from the Quake News from Elsewhere/Tumblr page updates

Still waiting for the publication of my episode over KESEN-NUMA, although I still update my Tumblr page for this. It still hurts showing some photos of the place.Feeling guilty talking about it.

The Comc Book Festival in Bastia, Corsica 3rd - 6th April 2014

Finally I got time to write about my visit to the comic book festival in Bastia, Corsica in the beginning of last month.I went there along with all the brilliant marvels of the UK scene including Glen Baxter,Glyn Dillon, Karrie Fransman, Ian Culbard, the art director of Nobrow press Ben Newman, illustrator Nick White, children's book author Viviane Schwarz.


The UK invasion - Ever more cool looking Ben  on the left and slightly blurry faced Nick, and in the back there are legendary Glen Baxter,Ms talented upcoming
Karrie Fransman, the maestros Glyn and Ian. The guru Paul Gravett is hidden behind but his presence was always so strongly felt.Pity that Viviane stayed in the hotel that night.

 A bunch got together and drove into a drawing session.What a scene and what a flux of talents.
Me and Nick.

Here is my result held by my new friend, one of the organisers June Julien Misserrey and I created  a character based on him. So glad he didn't take it as an offense.Please visit June's blog for further scenery of Bastia

Our space


I'm not sure when we can next get together in this kind of setting again, and for me it was an absolute honour to be exhibited with all those guys, and hopefully our association will continue to grow.

For more gallery pics, please click here