This image, Larikkuma, is a parody illustration of Rilakkuma, a famous Japanese character. Rilakkuma is a mixed name of "relax" and "kuma (bear)", and he is supposed to be kind of a slacking character. On the other hand, "Lari~" is a slang for being addicted to drugs. Yes, it's basically a black parody.
I drew it like about five or six years ago and posted to a certain thread. Somehow, the image was repasted over and over again, and today it is seen all over the web. Man, I still cannot see how things can turn out in web.
2010/11/25
Melancholic 8
Added signs and signal light. I was looking forward to color signal lights, simply because it seemed to be fun.
Drawing Scenery
A work from this summer. The main objective was to mimic the scenery photo as precise as possible.
Melancholic 7
Added an airplane, a pack of juice and a lip stick.
Heart Rim
The character from a musiv video of Heart Rim, a song by one of my friends. I drew it as a celebration when the song was registered to Karaoke in Japan.
Maid and Sword
A work from two years ago. A maid with a humongous sword. Somehow, Japanese RPG characters tend to have sword (a humongous one) and American RPG characters tend to have guns.
Melancholic 6
Added the yellow umbrella, personally one of the most important prop in the original video.
Also added the water gun. I made it transparent and drew in all the mechanical things inside, but it's not really showing up because of its position. Shoot.
Melancholic 5
Added four new objects. Because I usually draw only human characters, it is fun to work on these props.