seattle drawn aki ra oh iso
seattle drawn aki ra oh iso
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about In 2016, my family moved from New York to Seattle. As we entered Seattle, I stopped at the Space Needle and snapped a photo from a 7-11 parking lot on Denny Way. Days later, I drew the photo on my iPad and Seattle Drawn was born. I briefly managed an Instagram account by the same name, the profile reading “Artist drawn to Seattle draws Seattle”. Over the next six years, I documented the Emerald City with fresh eyes. Here is a collection of those drawings. All drawings were rendered using an iPad with Procreate or Tayasui Sketches apps. I used my left index finger as a stylus. On rare occasions, I used an Apple Pencil.
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about th e author Akira Ohiso is a Seattle-based artist who has been working with digital applications since 2014. He works mostly on an iPad using Procreate and his index finger. Before he moved to digital , he was primarily exploring collage and assemblage processes . Akira plays with the relationship between digital and analog and enjoys using mass-produced services such as Fed Ex to print his art and IKEA to frame it. Utilizing “low brow” materials and processes hints at his comfort with pop and outsider art iconography. As a child, he studied painting with Aida Wheden, a regional artist who was taught by Thomas Hart Benton and Hans Hoffman. Akira received his BA in Studio art in 2001 where he received creative guidance from Lilliana Porter, Maureen Connor and Debra Priestley. He lives in Seattle with his wife and three children.