"Cold In Yokohama" series - 01 “Morning Tram”

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"Cold In Yokohama" series - 01 “Morning Tram” 「朝の路面電車」

This is a first illustration in planned 10 piece series.

A beginning of a new illustration series. Just like my last one - “Bicycle Boy” this one also somewhat began inspired by a studio Ghibli movie. The movie “From Up on Poppy Hill” takes place in 1960s Yokohama with it’s old wooden houses, steep hills, trams and busy port. I went by myself and with Kanapeco to look for some traces of the old Yokohama but sadly few are left. There are some foreigner houses preserved and few old shops still open (my favourite is the Miyazaki flower shop which was featured in the movie).

So I decided to begin a series of illustrations showing how I picture Yokohama. Not historically accurate - a mix of what I know, what I saw and liked and what I wish was still there. Also inspired by Miyazaki’s comic works I decided to make the main character a dog. Who he is and what he is doing in Yokohama you must find out by following the series.

Technical stuff:

Lines - mitsu-bishi pencils from HB to 8B
Colours - Shmincke and Winsor and Newton watercolours
Paper - 300g/㎡ Holbein SAUNDERS cold press F4 size

新しいイラストシリーズの始まりです。前の”自転車少年”と同じく、今回の作品もスタジオジブリの劇場アニメの影響で生まれました。「コクリコ坂から」を何回も見て、舞台になっている６０年代の横浜をすごく見てみたくなりました。Kanapecoと一緒に探検しにいったら、映画で見た木材の家や店、路面電車、賑やかな港、可愛い坂道はあまり残っていませんでした。

新しいイラストでは、諦めず僕が想像した横浜を再現してみようと思いました。また宮崎監督の漫画に影響を受けて、主人公を犬的な存在にしてみました。どういう人と横浜へ何をしに来たかを知りたいなら是非全シリーズをフォローしてください。

画材の詳細

* 線画ー MITSU-BISHI HB〜８B 鉛筆
* 色ー SCHMINCKE と WINSOR AND NEWTON 水彩
* 紙ー 300g/㎡ Holbein ナチュラル水採紙中性紙中目