Poster adaptation: “Tōfu-kozō (tofu boy)” yōkai

Found this cool little dude looking up old wood prints and figured I’d spin out a band poster from it. It’s a “Tōfu-kozō (tofu boy)” yōkai which could easily be a skateboard graphic from the 80s. Super fun.

“In Japanese folklore, tōfu-kozō (Japanese: 豆腐小僧, literally "tofu boy") is a yōkai that looks like a child holding a tray of tōfu.

They are generally depicted wearing bamboo and kasa on their heads, and possessing a round tray with a momiji-dōfu on it (a tōfu with a momiji (autumn leaf) shape pressed into it[6]). The patterns on the clothing they wear, for the sake of warding off smallpox, include lucky charms such as harukoma (春駒), daruma dolls, horned owls, swinging drums, and red fish, and sometimes lattice patterns of the child that shows its status as a child can also be seen.”

More Pics From Yachats

Just wanted to take a few more of my phone snaps and post up here from our trip this past weekend to Yachats. These are just from the a old iPhone which has made me do some research on the new cameras coming out in the 17. Kinda interested from a RAW file perspective.

Houdini Doodle - Dyer

Little doodle I whipped out today for something still cooking in the oven.

Have a lot going on and been busy with the life and work so trying to post when I can. Need to update the portfolio as well, but I kinda don’t enjoy that and it’s a lot of work that I don’t have time for at the moment, lol! But it is on the radar as something that needs to get done.

Houdini Doodle

Some more water explorations going on and playing with displacement.

Houdini Doodle- Cloth study

I am trying to do a deeper dive into vellum in Houdini when I catch a break between jobs and today I did a quick study on some cloth shapes that is kinda interesting. And purple. Very purple.

Houdini Doodles

Messing around with some Houdini stuff today. Starts off with something abstract and simple and slowly worked up an idea.

New Personal Project: Deliberate Acts of Stillness

Just finished up a personal photography project I started in May in Yachats, Oregon called, “Deliberate Acts of Stillness”. I series of Landscapes I made while down there trying to explore some different photographic techniques. Links to here on the Site and on Behance.

Testing new photo technique

Trying out some different techniques with a ND filter. Starting to wrap my head around it a little better.

Houdini Doodle: Beer O'Clock

Was enjoying playing around with glass the other day so I started messing with some beer glasses and a sandblasted looking texture on it. The pattern does interesting things as you zoom in and out and it becomes more abstract.

Houdini Doodle

I saw this piece in Portland Monthly shot by Mike Novak and wanted to take a swing at something similar in Houdini. First image is the inspiration, second is my interpretation.

Oceanside Oregon

Here are some iPhone snaps from a recent trip to Oceanside Oregon we went on. All from the iPhone SE, but I am getting tempted to upgrade to the pro13 possibly.