all images courtesy hama-house
Rarely do I write two posts in a row about the same person, but as I was digging through the work of Tokyo-based illustrator Hama-House for my previous post I discovered the artist’s Instagram account.
As I quickly learned, Hama-House, when not doing commercial work for TV ads and magazines, enjoys doing speed sketches of people in Tokyo like commuters, musicians and café dwellers. Hama-House quickly sketches a contour, fills in a few details and then adds a final touch – an Instagram photo of the subject in the background of the drawing.
February 12, 2014 at 5:26 pm
Does he show them to the people in the drawings and sk their position before making them public?
February 12, 2014 at 8:45 pm
@Alan – I’m not sure if permission is obtained. Perhaps the artist felt that the subject was blurry and obscured enough to not have to get permission?
February 15, 2014 at 8:14 am
I hope he asks their permission. It is legal in some countries not too but I still hope he asks the people first.
February 17, 2014 at 8:22 pm
大爱
February 24, 2014 at 5:16 am
not everybody wants to be sketched, photographed etc…don’t naturally assume that under the pretense of “art”, everything is permitted. this will of course fall on deaf ears.