The Sword and the Flute

Water Color Pencil on Paper: The Sword and the Flute

While listening to Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) tunes, images came rushing into my mind. The rising sun on a valley, (or is it the setting sun?), the trees, the river, the swordsman with his katanas on his left while his right hand ready to draw one if needed; and the Sakuhachi (flute) player--playing his tune as he walk on a road by the river.

So I grabbed my sketch pad and water color pencils and brush, then I started drawing the scene that was then fixed in my imagination like a photograph. For each of the following days, I spend sometime, adding details on the image.

My Early Works on Photoshop

 I can't remember when I started using Photoshop but I had been drawing for as long as I can remember. It was about in the late 1990's I believe that I have made my first digital image. Most of the time, I've been drawing samurai's . I would first sketch my drawing on a piece of paper then scan it and do the rest of the works in Photoshop.

The Samuari I- one of my earliest works. A long haired modern day Samurai wielding two swords. One long sword and the other a shorter one. The floor actually is done with Corel Draw.

The Wizard of MU.When the game MU started to gain some popularity as a MMORPG,  I downloaded one of their wallpapers and well, placed my head on the wizard's body.










Tales of the Swordsman. I started to create a story about an IT expert who worked in Japan. There he joined an Iaido school and studied this form of Japanese swordsmanship. This frame shows two of the senior students, a husband and wife tandem. The guy is also the main character's direct supervisor and the wife happens to be the daughter of the grand master of the dojo. The background is actually a mixture of digitally created images and real photos.

This guy is supposed to be the main character of that story as he is practicing Iaido.












*Iaido is a Japanese form of swordsmanship that focuses on drawing the sword and cutting the opponent in one motion.

Welcome to Digital Art Bytes

Welcome to my Digital Art Blog!

For the 6 months that I have been active in Redgage.com, I have come to know several great photographers and other artists that have re-lighted the artistic nature in me. Because of their amazing photos and digital arts, I was inspired to post some of my own works.

Though I had no formal training when it comes to art, I had been drawing as long as I can remember. From the paper and pen medium, as I come to age and got into computers, the medium has changed but still I kept on drawing and lately, I have been doing some digital paintings, which I will be posting here soon.

Recently, I have started two new media, digital photography (I'm a certified newbie at this), and oil pastel on paper. Still, I have no formal training on these two, yet, since the net contains lots of information regarding these subjects, I read some tips and view some tutorials from time to time.

Art, as I have come to understand it, can only be developed by continues practice.

I hope you'll like the contents of this blog.

For now let me refer you to some of my works in Redgage.

Breaking Dawn http://su.pr/2zelfT - A picture of a morning sky at dawn.


Fullmoon at Dawn  http://su.pr/1jWXI1 - Taken just outside my hose.


Digital Painting: Blue Moon http://su.pr/1VmiaM -pure digital painting. 


If want to see more, join me in Redgage.com


There will be more to come.  Enjoy.