Hiros
graphite on paper
29,7 x 42 cm
2018
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I began this tribute/fanart to two of my favorite character, Sathar (by Riandy Karuniawan) & Yar (by Hiro Kimura), in May 2017. Riandy, who built his universe of Sathar in dream-like color and straddled between reality and fantasy, and Hiro, a a Japanese artist who created package illustrations for 4 of my most favorite Atari 2600 games (Joust, Galaxian, E.T Extra Terrestrial and of course Yar's Revenge).
Sathar and Yar reminds me to be still even in toughest time, be persistence and continuously strive for clarity (yet frequently left in mystery). I often found myself drowned in hours of shooting down barrier to release Zorlon Cannon to destroy Qotile. I feel happy with bursting color appear on screen as the cannon took the evil down and staring endlessly to Sathar's fantastic, pink-turquoise dominated realm on my window sill.
Hiro Kimura took a brave step to use airbrush for the first time in painting Yar of Planet Razzak. Many times he pushed his boundaries in creating new work, Yar was his first package illustrations and also his first attempt in creating chrome surface. He was struggling mightly with it.
Also, I found myself in them time and again. Isn't it weird?
