::Ume Otaku::
Umeboshi (Japanese : ; literally “pickled ume”) are a Japanese pickle (tsukemono) and are well known for their healing properties and sourness. The Ume tree (Prunus Mume) is a species of the asian plum. Umeboshi are made by harvesting ume fruit when they ripen around June and pickling them in jars with seasoned pickling liquid, or vinegar. Purple perilla (member of the mint family) leaves are often added to the mix, giving the Umeboshi a dark red colour. Umeboshi are often eaten with white rice and can be found in a variety of bento boxes due to their high salt and citric acid content, which acts as a preservative.
::Ume Otaku:: belongs to the following groups:
Japanfluence and Vector Goodness Lounge
FireRabbit
Fantastic Character!!!!!
BigFatRobot
Love this! Any chance of getting it in card form? ... hint, hint:)
innocentgirl
Mike- Sure! I need to upload a print version though! Will do… maybe morrow? Will let you know.
BigFatRobot
yay – consider it bought (i’m the last of the big spenders:))
emma jane murphy
Just wanted to know if you sell alot of work, its just that they are great, So Cute & yes very innocent, My eyes are green with envy. Great Work. Emma.
innocentgirl
Mike – “Hey Bigspender! Won’t you spend…..?”
Emma Jane – Thanks, so far only selling them as cards… the prints are actually limited editions of 20 and I have them printed on hand made Japanese paper so can’t sell them here. However I am making a new set of prints to sell her so keep checking back. Thanks for the comment!
mikoto
Me riki
cheerishables
Great image and character you have created!!! Love the colors … very fun and whimsical!
BLYTHART
You have “digital” as one of your tag words – is this 100% digital, or did you start it in the traditional way? It has a very pure feel to it and I particularly like the shadows in the neck. I’ve added you to my watch list because I know we will be seeing more great pics like this soon from you.
Jovan de Melo
Great! Really great!
Mugsy
Love the cute face…love the image!
Rose Moxon
beautiful work
Paula Birch
hot pic.
Hiroko
you have a wonderful flair for this type of art, very unique
innocentgirl
mikoto – me wove dat you riki.
cheerishables – it’s funny the colours in this image I liked the least when I created it but it has been one of my most popular!
Dave Edwards – good question, I sketch the entire image up to begin with, it is generally quite heavily detailed and then scan that into the computer. I use illustrator to start building the work… adding lines and fill, etc. I do not use the auto trace as this tends to make the image look very generic. I then add some of the photographic elements using Photoshop and keep playing with colour and fine detail until I am happy. Can take anything from 3 hours to three weeks to create. Will be putting up new images soon as I can find the time!
Jovan de Melo – thanks!
Mugsy – thanks!
Rose Moxon – thanks!
Hiroko – arigatou!
kookylane
oh my gosh I’ve finally received the card on the mail today, It looks even more FABULOUS printed. LOVELY!!!! totally love it!
innocentgirl
UWa! It was you ‘Kookylane’ that bought one!!! Thanks so much! So good to hear you are happy with it, I was going to buy one myself just to see what the print quality was like…. now I don’t have too .. I trust your opinion! Thanks KL, you rock!
Benjamin Scheurer
fantastic innocentgirl…I love it!
innocentgirl
Benjamin – thanks!
chantelle hartley
love this
trickyruby
love the colours, so pretty. good design too.
margaretfraser
I love the colours in this , your style is so unique
grammatik
so many awesome
kvalle
YAY on the home page…..
twolittlefruits
Wonderful Work, we love it!
Pip Gerard
this is fantastic!!