Join Wacom and pixiv for a free online drawing event to learn drawing and creative techniques from popular creators OMOCAT and Ogipote on June 10 and 17 2023.
Tokyo, Japan – May 19, 2023 - Wacom and pixiv, both headquartered in Japan, announce Drawfest4, a live event that will be streamed on YouTube, June 10 and 17, with three 90-minute lectures and three evaluation sessions of attendee’s illustrations created during the event time. The featured artists are OMCAT, art director of the OMORI RPG; KawaiiSensei, a collective of creators popular on various social media platforms with their unique how-to-draw tutorials; as well as popular illustrator Ogipote. The event will provide consecutive interpretation in both Japanese and English, with secondary audio channels for Chinese and Korean on Twitter Spaces for attendees from global community.
In conjunction with Drawfest, pixiv will be holding the illustration contest “Draw! Draw! Draw!”, from June 1, 2023, JST. One of the prizes will be a Wacom One Creative Pen Display.
To learn more about Drawfest and how to participate, please visit this link:
https://pixiv.net/special/drawfest4/
Event Information
Event Date:
Study Day: June 10, 2023, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm, JST
Feedback Day: June 17, 2023, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, JST
Language:
YouTube Live: Japanese/English Consecutive Interpretation
Twitter Spaces alternate audio: Chinese, Korean
・pixiv official Twitter - Traditional Chinese account (https://twitter.com/pixiv_zh_hant)
・pixiv official Twitter - Korean account (https://twitter.com/pixiv_kr)
Programs: programs (3 programs per day)
Event Platform: YouTube Live (Private Livestream)
Price to view: Free to view (Registration required) *the event will not be archived.
Event website: https://pixiv.net/special/drawfest4/
How to Join:
To join Drawfest4, registration is required. Applicants will receive an exclusive Drawfest4 digital artbook by the creative group SSS by applibot, as well as free access for three months to pixiv Premium as special thank-you gifts.
Register here: https://pixiv.net/special/drawfest4/
Registration period: May 18 to June 16, 2023, JST
*The registration for the event may be closed early once it reaches the maximum number of registrations.
Drawfest4 key visual creator:OMOCAT/
Website: https://www.omocat.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_omocat
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omocat/
Shop: https://www.omocat-shop.com/
Program
1. The Birth of OMORI: Illustrating Your Own Headspace
Date and Time
Study Day: June 10, 9:00 am - 10:30 am, JST
Feedback Day: June 17, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, JST
Outline
OMOCAT will guide participants through the process of creating “OMORI”, from the original idea to the final release. OMOCAT will discuss how the colorful, nostalgic world of the game was born, and offer hints to participants on how to draw their own original “headspace”.
Lecturer
OMOCAT is a multi-media artist, shop owner, and the creator of OMORI.
2. KawaiiSensei's Lesson on Anatomy & Composition
Date and Time
Study day: June 10, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, JST
Feedback day: June 17, 10:30 am - 11:30 am, JST
Outline
KawaiiSensei, known on social media for their unique how-to-draw tutorials, will teach a master class on useful hacks for drawing catchy illustrations. This class will focus on composition and figure drawing, detailing important points to consider when drawing line art. The class will also incorporate KawaiiSensei’s “construction lines diagnostic” to guide participants to discover what kind of construction lines work best for them.
Lecturer
KawaiiSensei
With Followers adding up to 2.600.000 people, they are famous on many social media platforms for their unique how-to-draw tutorials.
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kawaiisensei_jp
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kawaiisensei_jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KawaiiSensei_jp
3. Ogipote teaches “anime coloring and revision” by drawing an illustration of the VShojo talent Ironmouse!
Date and Time
Study Day: June 10 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, JST
Feedback Day: June 17 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, JST
Outline
Ironmouse is a talent associated with the VTuber group VShojo who creates primarily English-language content. Illustrator Ogipote will guide participants through the process of drawing an illustration of Ironmouse, highlighting tips on character design and composition. Ogipote will detail secret techniques for using light, shadow, and special effects, to create dynamic anime-style coloring effects, as well as how to incorporate elements of narrative story into an illustration.
Lecturer
Ogipote
Ogipote is an illustrator based in Niigata, Japan, who is currently involved in a wide variety of projects related to 2D illustration. Ogipote’s work is based on an anime-style aesthetic and attention to fine details to build atmosphere, creating the effect of realistic, sweet snapshots from the lives of young girls.
pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/users/2131660
Twitter: @ogipote
Website: https://ogipote.com/
Content Sponsor
Ironmouse
A demon queen who goes by several names... but has also been rumored to be Satan herself. She is a friendly, fun-loving demon who ran away from her duties and escaped the confines of Hell/the underworld to make new friends, learn new things and live her life to the fullest. She is obsessed with the internet, music, nerdy and all things cute. She wears special magical bells on her body to contain and control her power in order to better blend into the human world. If her bells ever get removed only pure chaos will ensue. It has been said that once the bells are off her true demon queen form will be revealed. All she ever wants to do is have fun and see what the human world is all about and... make as many friends as she can.
Twitter: @IronMouse
Twitch: ironmouse
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChgPVLjqugDQpRLWvC7zzig
VShojo is a VTuber talent management agency representing VTubers in the USA.
Website: ： Website: https://www.vshojo.com/
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About pixiv https://www.pixiv.net
pixiv is a social networking service for creators, focused on "communication through sharing works". It launched in September 2007 as a specialized service for presenting and exchanging artistic works (illustrations, manga, and novels), based on the philosophy of "creating a space for making artistic activities more fun". Currently, pixiv has more than 90 million registered users.
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