ToniBabelony Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hello all, this is a bit of a cross-over of my work and hobbies. Well, my work is also my hobby, but that's a bit of another branch than trains usually. Most of the things I produce can't see the light of day (because, oh the children!), but this time, I have an exhibition in Yokohama that has trains as a theme. It's a series of exhibitions called Train-Train展 (ten) and attracts photographers and digital/traditional artists alike. The place the exhibition is held in, is called AAA Gallery and can be found right next to Motomachi-Chūkagai station on the Minato Mirai 21 line (through service on the Tōkyū Tōyoko line and beyond). The exhibition will be held from the 18th to the 24th of October and all are invited to come and visit! Entrance is free, the staff is friendly and they sell drinks as well (one of which is the excellent Kirin Heartland beer). For this exhibition I'm preparing a combination piece of a fictional railway company, which is a continuation of a previous Sagami Electric Railway related project. The work in progress can be seen here: http://fav.me/d7zleym The idea is to have this piece up with complementary 2D works (map, company logo) and if time and finances permit, a model of the train (a modified Tōbu 8000 type) in the illustration and a T-Trak module (finished or unfinished) to display the model on. If you happen to be around or have the time to visit, please don't hesitate and drop by for a bit! The surrounding area is also very worthwhile visiting! Chinatown offers the food, Motomachi the style and the Yokohama harbour area your modern and maritime needs. Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Aaaargh, I'm out of the country then, otherwise I absolutely would come and have a look. Good luck with it though! Link to comment
cteno4 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Toni, Wow, this sounds great! Lots of fun crossover and hopefully good exposure for you in a lot of angles for work in the future! Looking forward to what you create. Cheers, Jeff Link to comment
katoftw Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 In Toyko 18th-20th. Will attempt to visit. Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 We will have an opening 'party' the 18th, so if you'd like to join, please let me know. It's a very small venue, but I'm sure they welcome everybody. IIRC it has an attendance fee. Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) The WIP poster for the exhibition. Yes, I will have a model of the train displayed on the illustration: Created in the mid-eighties as a new series to cope with the increasing passenger numbers on the Sagamihara Development Railway (相模原開発鉄道, Sagamihara Kaihatsu Tetsudō). The plan is to extend this train to six or eight cars in length.More information about this type of train will follow later.Model made from a mishmash of Greenmax kits and a mediocre paintjob. N-gauge 9mm, scale 1/150. Runs originally on 1,067mm gauge tracks with through-running on the Sotetsu network to Yokohama. Edited October 3, 2014 by Toni Babelony 1 Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Illustrated in Manga Studio, coloured in Photoshop, printed at the 7-11 around the corner, and then cut and glued on foam board. I'm thinking of adding some more details like electricity poles for the train line, just to enhance depth a bit.The model is a modified Keio 6000 model from Greenmax and the box used to contain some high-end sōmen (noodles) from Shimabara. 5 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Very fun Toni! Well done! More! More! Please post some Picts from the show. Jeff 1 Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Very fun Toni! Well done! More! More! Please post some Picts from the show. It was certainly fun to make, but I'm not sure if I can apply these techniques to a more serious T-Trak module. Well, at least the printing and pasting on paper I can do. Seven eleven certainly does some excellent quality prints for only 50~80 yen! I could make a few buildings like this... And pics will be made and posted! Link to comment
The Next Station Is... Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 That's a really interesting combination of things all in the one box, good thinking! 1 Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Hello all, It's been a while and I've been out all weekend, with just returning home for a quick sleep and a hug from the wife and kid. Saturday, I installed the exhibition in Yokohama and had a good chat with all the other artists there. It was a lot of fun again and a totally different crowd from my previous exhibition -which I will not talk about on this forum, since it's not very 'family-friendly', whatever that may be. Anyway, it was a good and varied mix of photographers, illustrators and collectors. Both professional and amateurs and all from different regions (Nagano, Hiroshima, Kansai, Kantō). It was fun to talk about trains in more artistic terms, rather than about the technological aspects of them. Here are the photos of the exhibition. I have skipped two exhibitors as one prohibited taking pictures of her works: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1843980 (Humanified-Shinkansen). En-route, taken at Nishi-Yokohama with a Sōtetsu 7000 and 11000 in the background, the oldest and newest rolling stock. Completely in the theme! :D Some people even believed this to be a real railroad under construction. AFAIK, I was the only one promoting a fictional railway company. Other exhibitors: - Kurumi Takafuji: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/puupoo110 (A photographer who uses trains as an atmosphere element); - Yota Tsukino: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=581788 (A very talented Illustrator!). My little space: I hope you like the pictures! Edited October 20, 2014 by Toni Babelony 4 Link to comment
Densha Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Looks like you had fun! :D I really love that way (Kurumi Takafuji's) of photographing. I regularly see it with other Japanese photographers as well. That kind of photos are really inspirational to me; I try to make such pictures myself as well. 1 Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Looks like you had fun! :D I really love that way (Kurumi Takafuji's) of photographing. I regularly see it with other Japanese photographers as well. That kind of photos are really inspirational to me; I try to make such pictures myself as well. Yes, there is a movement that wants to step away from the trains as a main focus in their works. There are already so many people snapping shots of trains in the 'boring' way and there are so many interesting landscapes a train can run through. I can only applaud this as well. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 This looks really nice Toni! Very well done! I liked the picture in front of the two parked trains, sweet looking! The cartoon character and the Mascot (is that a racoon?) looks very cute too! :) Link to comment
ToniBabelony Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 This looks really nice Toni! Very well done! I liked the picture in front of the two parked trains, sweet looking! The cartoon character and the Mascot (is that a racoon?) looks very cute too! :) Thank you! The mascot is indeed a Tanuki. I've intended to make that the mascot of the Sagamihara Development Railway (I really should shorten the name... SDR? SKT?) The cartoon character should represent the railfan in me. She doesn't have a name yet. :P Link to comment
cteno4 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Great work Toni, glad you got to do this, sounds like you had fun! Congrats! Jeff 1 Link to comment
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