Monthly Archives: August 2018

Clair Colors has Ko-fi!

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I am trying to create more content and it would be great if you could help me out by buying me a Ko-fi! Ko-fi is a way for people to support artists that they believe in. Some artists offer some kind of reward in exchange for the Ko-fi their supporters would give them.

You could check out my Ko-fi page via ko-fi.com/claircolors! I haven’t advertised that page much because I have been so scared of putting myself out there.  It’s just that I realized recently that if I don’t put myself out there, I will not find opportunities for growth and collaboration.

Recently, a couple of supporters have supported me through Ko-fi and I am excited to work on the brush script pieces that they have requested.  I am committed to giving an artwork in exchange for getting me Ko-fi. If you have been wondering how to get something written prettily for you, I hope you could consider supporting me via Ko-fi and we could coordinate over email or DMs about it.

I like Ko-fi because I could also support my fellow artists when I have some money to spare. At the same time, I could leave them a note as well, to encourage them aside from giving them financial support.

Ko-fi has a Ko-fi Gold feature but I have yet to think about it because it looks similar to how Patreon works. For now, I am sticking to regular Ko-fi.

Hope you could drop by my Ko-fi page one of these days!

 

Seung Gil Lee fan art

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If you follow me on social media, you’d know that I am a fan of the anime “Yuri on Ice.”  It’s a figure skating anime with the main character named Yuuri Katsuki, a Japanese figure skater with anxiety and the show features his growth as an athlete.

But I am not here to talk about Yuuri Katsuki. I am here to show that I like one of the side characters, Seung Gil Lee.  He is a Korean figure skater and there’s so little known about him.  He was shown as an aloof type of character, not friendly at all.  Even in the episode where Yuuri was looking for hugs, Seung Gil was shown as not happy about it at all.  He was also shown as someone not social with his fellow figure skaters.  In the short while he was featured, I can’t help but feel that he is character who has plenty of potential, but the timing wasn’t right.

I’ve been looking at some Korean models and pop idols to use as reference for him when I try to paint him.   His hair reminds me of Jumin Han’s (Mystic Messenger).  Here are some relatively recent attempts at watercolor painting him.

Seung Gil is a rather grumpy looking character, but I take it as his portrayal of being a driven and serious at figure skating.  He likes being calculating when it comes to the sport and he will do anything to excel at it.

I do like painting flowers too so I could not resist painting him in chibi form with lots of flowers, specifically bachelor’s button flowers – a type of flower during the Come Floral With Us challenge this July.

Maybe I painted him too soft and relaxed in this one but hey, the character does deserve a break from his serious side too. 😉  Some people did say that there’s no such thing as “too soft Seung Gil” because we do love him a lot.  I think it’s how I do watercolor that makes every character I like as soft, too.

Speaking of Seung Gil, there’s a zine dedicated to him called Mujigae.  If you are also a fan of Seung Gil Lee, I hope you would buy a copy because many artists in there are doing such great work in creating artworks focused on him.  For a side character that was barely featured, I am so happy to see that there are other people who love him too. I can only wish that someday he’d get a bit more air time in the movie or, hopefully, a second season of the anime.