Quote Originally Posted by kikimm View Post
If you could just post what you wrote in your blog HERE as a post that would be great!
Okies.

Words cannot express how surprised I was by the announcement of this gallery opening. Yosh<i></i>itaka Amano in Sarasota. It seemed so impossible. Quite fortunately, it wasn't some off-the-wall rumor started by crazed Otaku fankids, bored by the wait for Final Fantasy XII. Nope, it was the gods' honest truth. <span style="font-style: italic;">Amano's World</span>, an exhibit at some unnamed gallery, one which used to be a country music bar, opened on Friday - about one mile from my home, no less. <br> <br> Amano flew in from Japan on Friday morning, did a (translator-aided) lecture at RSAD at about noon, then came to the gallery for the grand opening. <br> <br> (the gallery)<br> <br> <br> ...of all the people I admire, here's one I never even imagined I would be able to meet. The man is remarkable. If you put a pen in his hand, he'll start drawing as though it were automatic.<br> See?<br> <br> <br> <br> Amano was presented by the City with a framed paintbrush<br> <br> <br> Here is Amano doodling a Vampire Hunter D for me:<br> <br> <br> Kind of a bad/weird picture of Amano and Lisa:<br> <br> <br> Amano doing a quick portrait of Lisa:<br> <br> <br> Finished:<br> <br> <br> He is a really nice and friendly person. Instead of simply signing his books, he does little drawings for everyone; some of which take ten or fifteen minutes. Drawing for people seems like his way of breaking the language barrier, as he speaks very little English.<br> More artwork:<br> <br> <br> Sephi-ROTH! duh-DUH, duh-DUH, DA-duh!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> So, uh, yeah... that was a once in a lifetime chance. I'm really glad I went.<br>