Motomichi is renown for his striking black and red monsters, but how do they start? We talked about his process for creating so many individually unique characters...
Picasso Pictures: How does a character start? Is it in your mind before you draw?
Motomichi: Yes, most of the time I have an image of how it's going to look especially the eyes or the mouth (teeth) but it doesn't necessary turn out the way I originally imagined. I start with red pen to sketch it out and go from there.
PP: Where do you get your inspiration from?
M: I normally get the inspiration from mythical or cryptozoolgical monster stories.
PP: What pens do you use? Does that effect the character?
M: I use "ZIG writer" markers.
PP: Do you ever discard a character if it starts to not turn out as you want, or do you commit to it no matter what?
M: I commit to it to finish and if I feel that I made a mistake I change the direction and adapt the mistake to it. Sometimes I leave it as is and come back to it days later to continue again.
PP: Have you ever accidentally made an identical monster years later?
M: I actually draw same characters many times but they come out differently each time such as Water Horse, Mothman, Mongolian Death Worm, Yeti, Killer Otter etc.
PP: How many monsters have you designed in your career, approximately?
M: Ah, good question. I have never thought it... If I count the monster drawings I made maybe around thousand?
PP: Do you creatively feel like you have more to creative?
M: Definitely!
Motomichi: Yes, most of the time I have an image of how it's going to look especially the eyes or the mouth (teeth) but it doesn't necessary turn out the way I originally imagined. I start with red pen to sketch it out and go from there.
M: I normally get the inspiration from mythical or cryptozoolgical monster stories.
PP: What pens do you use? Does that effect the character?
M: I use "ZIG writer" markers.
PP: Do you ever discard a character if it starts to not turn out as you want, or do you commit to it no matter what?
M: I commit to it to finish and if I feel that I made a mistake I change the direction and adapt the mistake to it. Sometimes I leave it as is and come back to it days later to continue again.
PP: Have you ever accidentally made an identical monster years later?
M: I actually draw same characters many times but they come out differently each time such as Water Horse, Mothman, Mongolian Death Worm, Yeti, Killer Otter etc.
PP: How many monsters have you designed in your career, approximately?
M: Ah, good question. I have never thought it... If I count the monster drawings I made maybe around thousand?
PP: Do you creatively feel like you have more to creative?
M: Definitely!
