Artist ReChew: Hanabi Drift

Hello people!

Recently i was talking to a good friend of mine who also happens to be an artist and graphic designer in his spare time. After checking out some of him more recent stuff i asked him if he could do something for the site... He agreed, and in exchange i would like to share a bit about the Artist himself and some of his work. The interview is below..... But first, Look how awesome this is!

Great huh?! I feel it really captures me in my purest form lolol.

Interview~

Walnuts
Today I am joined by good friend and fantastic artist Andre Hanabi Drift! Men want him and Women want to be him! Welcome to Radiant Silver Spoon Andre, How have you been?

Andre

Haha, I've been well. my arm's practically a stump from all the drawing i've been doing lately but i'll live.

Walnuts
Good to hear it! So lets get started, first off, tell the audience a little about yourself, your art style and how you get started.

Andre

I'm 25 living in south London, I love lasagne and cookies (not together), and my favourite song of all time is R.E.M.'s losing my religion.

I'd describe my art style as "almost bara" because although I follow a history of manga style conventions I don't think i'd call myself a mangaka (comic artist)
as for how I got started started I was basically bored at school and started doodling, I didn't put a pen down for about 15 years and here I am


Walnuts
Can you describe Bara to the people out there... and lets face it you may need to describe Manga also haha.

Andre

Haha, well Manga is a term used for the Japanese style of drawing comic books, things like Dragonball, Sailor Moon and Pokemon are the more mainstream side of it that made a strong hold here in the west

within manga there are many subgenres

Bara is should not to be confused with Shonen-Ai (boys love) or it's more R-rated cousin Yaoi which tend to feature very feminine pretty boys

Bara is written for gay guys by gay guys so the men tend to be more... well manly

Walnuts

So we could say its basically a Masculine/Muscled sub genre of manga, with a sometimes adult theme?

Andre

Yes yes

very much so

-Andre Reaches for a Cookie, dropping crumbs everywhere. I pretend not to notice but the OCD inside me is freaking out....-

Walnuts
So what would you say gives you the inspiration to draw? Is it certain times? certain situations? certain musics?

Andre
Hmmm, I usually get inspiration at really weird times, like at 3 in the morning haha

I find that music definitely helps me concentrate
I even have a spotify play list specifically for when I'm at work

my biggest inspiration probably comes from talking with other artists, having that community to support me definitely keeps me focused


Walnuts

Awesome, so if you had to recommend an artist to us (asides from yourself) who are you drawing inspiration from currently?

Andre

my darling Emi is an amazing artist who is always great to bounce ideas off of, in fact we tend to be very good at breaking each other out of artistic blocks. Mosskat is also a very talented artist, she just has a natural grace when it comes to setting up scenes, she also kicks me in the pants if I start slacking.
Nickie Charles is also awesome as is my beloved Sable-chan who is a sweet heart.

Walnuts

Woah, sounds like you have a great community there. I have also seen Emi's stuff... she is fantastic! Might get her to do something as well one day haha.

Well Andre, as always its been a pleasure

before i let you get off to your land of art and imagination

i would like to ask you to let my readers in on a secret about you that not many people know!

Andre

I'm a natural blonde.... haha, no I kid

hmmm....

when I was younger I had a brief crush on Jackie Chan, ah the innocence of youth

Jackie Chan?? Really??

Walnuts

LOL! Hilarious!

And with that, i will let you get back to work, thank you for spending some time with me today.

From myself and the viewers of Radiant Silver Spoon i would like to wish you all the best in your future works!

Andre

No problem, hope you feel better

Walnuts

Cheers (sniffle/cough/splutter)

~End~

If you liked any of the stuff you saw here feel free to check out his DeviantArt page HERE. You can also become a fan of his work at his Facebook page found HERE.

Now im off to nurse my Manflu... its serious stuff lol...

Until Next time guys
\(^_^)/

Skipped my mind

Hello all.

I don't know what i have never posted about this before but in 2008 i went to the culinary Olympics in Erfurt (germany)... Being a cooking blog u would think that it would of been the first thing i spoke about... But you would be wrong lol.

Here are some of the pictures.. its was truly amazing. As always i spent my time hovering around all the sugary things!


Obligatory Chocolate Dragon (as you do haha)


Platted selection of chocolate, berry and hazlenut sweets (i think)


My favourite piece! No idea what went into it though lol... except a truckload of thought and precision.

All the pictures can be seen in my facebook pictures here!

Don't forget to like the page in the top right hand corner if you are on facebook guys, i appreciate the support a lot!

- As an extra bonus, Check out what i found on the web.... so simple and yet so effective! -



Until next time \(^_^)/

Happy new years!

I know its a few days late but i want to wish everyone across the globe a happy new year! Hope you all did something worthwhile to see the new year in.

I went to a masquerade ball... which turned out to be mostly debauchery, but also pretty random and amusing so cant complain. especially when you wake up with pictures like this!


Obviously when i was told "Masquerade ball" i heard "Masked Waiters Ball"...


The new years gang in The last Tuesday society chaos


No words needed...

Needless to say my friends and i had a great time!

Lol. Ive made 2 new years resolutions. These are realistic ones that i cant really not start doing because time is getting away from me and i need to keep focused on atleast a few things once in a while.

The first is I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE GYM! i lay in bed playing with my belly fat about an hour ago and suicide seemed like the only other option. Suicide is messy and a bit selfish so the gym it is lol. Used to go religiously, but you know what happens when u take some time off and get lazy... you just forget about it :(

The second is to start working towards my entrepreneurial goals.... If i want to make it into the catering industry i need to pull my finger out and start actually doing some work.

Ah, before i go, The Christmas meal was delicious if i dont say so myself. I spent about 8 hours in the kitchen with my mother trying to get everything prepared and awesome looking for Christmas day. This is how it turned out.


The table did look very indulgent! especially that decanter... i dont even know where that came from lol.


These were my favorite, My sister and Brothers fiancé have dietary needs which wouldn't permit them to eat the meat. So we made these Pygmy cranberry, lentil and red onion stuffed pumpkins.

Wishing the best for all of you. Have a blessed New year and stay tuned!

See you soon \(^_^)/

Worldwide Celebrations!

Happy Halloween!!!
I did my first Jack'o'Lantern for the ghoulish holiday!



It was Also Eid recently... So Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim friends out there! Also it was recently Diwali, so happy diwali all you Hindus.

My work colleagues decided to share thier celebration with us by bringing in some amazing indian sweets!



As far as i can tell these sweets are made from curdled milk, sugar and a vast arrangement of spices and decorations. Ranging from pistachios to edible silver leaf! If you have never tried Indian sweets, then its definitely an enjoyable and different experience especially if you are use to your western sweets. Not saying western sweets are bad, but its just different. Like when u go to Germany or Belgium and buy some chocolate... In the UK we have chocolate and its pretty good.... but the Belgian chocolate is like on a whole new level of epic!



Anyone else celebrating anything let me know how it went!

Ive got something a bit special Coming up next...

Until next time everyone, stay cool!
\(^_^)/

Move Completed... Finally!

Hello subscribers and visitors!

Its been a long LONG struggle lol.. and majorly stressful to boot.... but im finally moved into my new house!



Dining area!



Living Area!



Plant!



And a Bigasss TV! My Housemates idea.... but im warming to it lol! :)

So this is where im living now, will be able to upload alot more freely now. Hope everyone has been good and i will be back with something delicious soon!

Until then.... Stay cool!

\(^_^)/

A game of two halves...... both of them disproportionatly wealthy

Uni is over and after a gruelling, heart thumping event of trying to check my results several times by typing in the wrong password... which annoyed the hell out of me, but finally I got in and I have graduated with a high tier second class degree, which has made me incredibly happy. As the first child of my generation in my family to achieve a degree (and a good one at that) words cannot express my joy... and my heart is actually pounding as I type. Lol, but this post is not about this incredible feeling.

At the moment I am watching Manchester united on one of my housemates dvd's (I’m not watching really, my Gameboy is in my hand and i’m listening to the commentary in the background). The fans are jumping and everyone seems to be in high spirits. My friends seem to enjoy it but i am not entirely sure why they are so transfixed by an average game played by overpaid lower-tier athletes.

Don’t get me wrong, I think athletes are worthy of admiration. The mental state required to devote your life to something on such a large scale is mind boggling and i wish I had the ability.

However......

It bothers me immensely that these guys get paid an ungodly sums of money for doing some that is, while impressive, not world changing. The money given to these people can be used for much better things, David Beckham for example is on a mind boggling wage of around 250000 pounds a week.... now that is obviously a nice lil packet of money to go home with.... but what has he honestly done to deserve it. While he is sitting on that ludicrous sum there are doctors who are saving lives, fire-fighters who risk their lives, policemen, even teachers who devote their lives to benefiting the lives of every child they teach..... These people are getting pittance compared to these athletes and personally it disheartens me to know that the world values physical strength and prowess over that of selflessness and mental capability.

I am probably sounding like I have had some kind of bad experience with sports at an early age. But I didn’t, I played sports and I enjoyed them. I still enjoy watching some sports and whilst it isn’t so much the sportsmen that I consider at fault, but the fans who devote their lives to, regardless of its connotations, a GAME. The winner of this game will probably have no effect on the state of the world, and the money people pay to go and see these games really does beg the question… are we inherently selfish? Putting our fleeting moments of pleasure above the life of those suffering in desolate areas of the world.

If I was earning the money that they do I wouldn’t be complaining for certain, I would be loving it and probably be dictating this post to one of my several underlings which I would no doubt have wearing ridiculous hats, interchangeable for every day of the week, purely because I could. But my conscience would get to me; so much that I would eventually have to give money to some form of charity. Hell, David Beckhams yearly wage could actually probably wipe out hunger for a small third world country....

Yet still the crowd stands and cheers blissfully.

*sigh* (^_^)/