Put on your yarmulke…

HERE COMES CHARNULKE!

The owner of the Seattle Supersarnulkes // celebrates Charnulke!

Hi everyone :) I hope you’re having a nice festival of lights! And to everyone who isn’t Jewish…

I made some french fries. Okay now on to some painting.

One of the things that made me go, “holy SHIT I have to learn how to do that,” was the more modern movement in Japanese woodblock prints called shin-hanga. Here’s on of my favorites, Morning on Tsurugisan (1926) by Yoshida Hiroshi.

And here’s my version. I have a long way to go, but I learned a lot. I might re-do this sometime soon… maybe. Probably.

I also wrote a bunch of lore and design notes for a card game I’m loosely working on called PSYON-X. It’s kind of like Magic + Chaotic + Netrunner + … idk if this sentence will even mean anything to anyone… My notes are not very pretty to look at right now but here’s a poster I made.

I finished a sketchbook yesterday! Front to back! Which means it’s time for a…

SKETCHBOOK SKETCHROSPECTIVE

Here are some of my favorite pages in reverse chronological order, starting with pages from yesterday and this weekend!

Above: we got boba with Alex’s friend. Below: self-indulgent dragon.

Above: studies of art by Kyle Ferrin from the board game Root. Below: scenes from the 2023 DCI World Championship Finals.

Two page spread of bowling with my friends. The Latin root of cicada is cicada.

Above: my Mom! Below: also my Mom!

Above: Sydney in New York! Below: QUADRAPONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

Above: Abstract Sela (upside down). Below: farbrengen fest.

Above: Alex (lol). Below: some guys.

Above: cyclops dragon. Below: some more guys.

And that’s it! Okay see you next time, and don’t forget to say hi and share with a friend!

BONUS MANGA