YUPI LOCKS!

052 - Allergy

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:10:00 -0400

Japanese translation: Motoi

English version

YUPI at Tidung Island one of the Thousand Island in...

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:59:23 -0400

YUPI at Tidung Island one of the Thousand Island in Indonesia.

Thanks to nana!

YUPI in Dubai!

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:18:00 -0500

YUPI in Dubai!

Thanks so much, pm monkey! ♥

Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world (2012)

YUPI in Vietnam!

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:29:00 -0500

YUPI in Hanoi, Vietnam!

Thank you very much, Cati & Marco!

NYLON

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:04:27 -0500

Damn!
It’s been a long time since my last drawing. I really really hope I can go back to my periodical drawing sessions…

The head is weird… the proportions are weird… this angle is always hard to do for me =_ =

Anyway… I think I want to make a series of pinups featuring oshare YUPI.

I would love to draw like this from scratch xDI used a photo...

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:51:00 -0400

I would love to draw like this from scratch xD
I used a photo referent~
Anyway..hope you like it!

#051 - iPad

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:49:00 -0400

日本語訳: Motoiさん

-English
-Español

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YUIさん、おめでとう！

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Yeaah I’m back with the low quality strips xD
Still, this took about a week to complete…
It’s kinda tiresome because I’m still bad at drawing so I often find my self struggling trying to draw a hand or an arm… sigh…

Sorry if not very funny ^^;

#050 - YUPI, 6 years old

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:20:00 -0400

日本語訳: Motoiさん

English
Español

Wow..it’s been like forever Y_Y
I’ve never done something at this level of detail… it took me a lot of time.. but it still sucks!
I wanted to make two strips to finish the story, but I think I’m just gonna leave it as it is =_ =

Anyway…I wanna go back to drawing regularly everyday… I need motivation!
Please leave comments and hearts >_<

EDIT:
For some reason I had a file of young Utada Hikaru at different ages from her school days.
After looking at them I realized it would be better if i changed YUPIs age from 10 to 6 xD

YUPI in Easter Island!

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:28:00 -0400

Easter Island is part of Chilean territory, and it’s locally known as “Rapa Nui” wich means Big Island.

First let’s take a look of the map!

Heading out~

Moai!

So much walking got YUPI tired… Let’s get something to eat!

…

Maybe you should try some local food, YUPI!

These pictures are thanks to my friend Panda!
(Not pwrtsm panda.. another one xD )

YUPI In Hong Kong!

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:38:00 -0400

Well well well, YUPI and I went to YUI’s first concert in Hong Kong!

We wanted to find the place where YUI played her street live..

But we couldn’t find it….

Wait a minute… where da heck is YUPI?!?!

Hogwarts??

..You’re not a wizard, YUPI!!!

Finally we found YUI-Lover bus (and friends)!!

Once at the venue.. time to buy YUI Goods!

Lining up, we found an autographied copy of HHITS DVD! Woot!

This item is a regrettable simbol to me: “YUI’s signatures are for sale”. Sad…
Or you could also lend a guitar to YUI and get three autographs..
ANYWAY! moving onto happier thoughts~ xD

Time to poke G.C’s nose!

*Pon*

Concert is about to start!

Panda: This way, YUPI!
YUPI: Let’s enjoooooy~!
Kicchan: Wait for mee!

*Pictures inside the venue not allowed*
(Yeah right) xD

After the concert. YUI-Lover (and friends) Karaoke!

YUPI: Time to say good-bye, Kicchan. Adieu~
Kicchan: YUPIIIIII help meeee!

Thanks a lot to GC, pmmonkey, Kim and Gotchi for these pictures.
Maybe I’m missing some credits, just leave a comment if I forgot.

To the casual readers, I didn’t really go to HK, only my paper version did.
Hopefuly next time! ;)

Thank you everybody!!

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Sigh… Tumblr entry editor kinda sucks too…. I guess next time I will edit in wordpress and paste in here… xD

Welcome to the new (same) YUPI Locks!

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:18:00 -0400

Okay peeps, if you are reading this is beacuse the internets worked and now we are in Tumblr. The website does look better don’t you think?

It is true that tumblr has a couple of…limitations.. (tag list and search engine won’t work/exist lol)

And I couldnt get any third party script to work xD But all in all I think it is better than blogger.

If you are new in this website, please have a look around and gimme some thumbs up and hearts ok? xD
If you see any broken links please do tell me so I can fix them..I’m sure there are hundreds… orz

That’s al for now. Hopefuly I will finally finish the strips that I started months ago…

Adieu.

Laugh Away

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:23:00 -0400

This was a request from aaron and dso

Once again Illustrator, trying a photographic approach. It’s more time consuming, but doesn’t require much creativity… just copy what you see… :S
It took several weeks!! DX
I was later playing with the colors to make something fun / interesting / crazy, but it’s not really working… aah need more color expertice.

Is this from Laugh Away promo pictures right?
Uhmm It looks like they made three different photoshoots for I LOVED YESTERDAY
This, with the sky background, the box and the truck~
I really love the truck pictures, but YUI looks a little different from usual on those.

Do you have any requests?
PV screenshots would be fun. (HD screenshots please xD )

I’m currently working on a new strip. Really! xD
Please wait a little longer >_<

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Sigh… blogger updated it’s entry box and now it’s even worse than before lol..
They are doing a very good job with google+ I wonder why not putting a couple of thinking heads on blogger as well? xD

YUI and YUPI

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:39:00 -0400

I think I made a drawing called like this before.. xD

This was a request made by blackdog, and it took me a lot of time!
…and it is very different from what he requested .. SORRY! >_<¡

I accept more vector requests, but you should know I always take requests as starting points and the outcome will be very different from what you have in mind… actually this drawing is very different from what I had in mind xD

hope you like it~

“HELLO cloud” was made by Gotchi! Thanks! and… I’m so envy T___T

Now i will definitely try to continue YUPI’s comic.

Why is YUI and YUPI’s hair blue? I have no idea xD

RE: Yusuke

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:29:00 -0400

Everybody were really happy and grateful for Yusuke’s kindness towards us. Being a person so close to YUI, you would expect him to be more distant when it comes to interact with fans.

But we were surprised when he showed himself so concerned about our birthday present to YUI.
I was almost completely sure the present got lost after the earthquake’s confussion. Even Hisashi -who even talked about last year’s present in his radio show- wouldn’t reply our messages, so I was about to give up on the subject. But since I have always distrusted Icchy, I had to find a way around him to confirm the present’s whereabouts.

The timing was perfect. Icchy was in Hong Kong making arrangements for the -at that time yet unknown- concert YUI will hold this month over there. And I recalled a contact email in honeybee’s website. I wasn’t sure, but I had the feeling that it would be Yusuke the person in charge of dealing with those emails. So I gave it a try.

The next step wouldn’t had been possible without the help of azmikun and hirotana. Yusuke must have tought: “This gaijin can really speak japanese!” But no. The brightest side of globalism made this possible. When I was sleeping, these guys were translating my messages with Yusuke back and forth. Thank you!

Finally, the present “appeared”, and a couple of days after, YUI was holding our CD in her hands for everyone to see.

After the raffle in aid to Japan, PWRTSM and MrSean won the two copies we put up for the contest, and Panda decided to give his copy to Yusuke in gratitude to his effort.

I don’t remember if it was my idea or someone else’s, but I thought it would be nice if I included a little cartonish portrait along with the CD. So I made this drawing:

And I didn’t sign it, on purpose. I’m still affraid that any kind of info related to me or to YUPI-Locks will automatically be banned from being published. But I’m 100% okay with that.

Gotchi later wrote a letter -again, translated by hirotana- explaining Yusuke the reason of this present to him and also telling him we raised money for Japan.
And the package was sent…

いただきました！
I got it!

会社に行くと・・・
When I came to the office…

以前「海外から」YUIさん＆e.u.Bandへ届いたプレゼントが僕の元にも！！！
The present “from overseas” that was given to YUI & e.u.Band was given to me too!!

何でもメンバーに無事に届けてくれたお礼の意味を込めて送ってくれたそうです。
I think they wanted to express their gratitude for helping them to deliver the present.

わざわざ似顔絵までありがとうございます！
Also thank you for the special portrait!

たくさんの方々に支えられていることを改めて実感しています。
Once again I feel that I’m able to help a lot of people. (not sure)

いつも応援ありがとうございます。
Thank you always for supporting us.

ユウスケ
Yusuke

http://honeybeestudio.jp/information/index/606

This is actually the first time one of my “YUPI style drawings” appear on a YUI related website.
I wonder how far can I push this?
If I put a little www.yupi-locks.com on one corner, would have Yusuke still shown the drawing?

Pirate Arisa

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:27:00 -0400

Drawing by Kit Fong.
Colors by me.

Hope you like it ^_^

YUPI Travels!

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:49:00 -0400

Paddy Fields in Sekinchan.
Malaysia.

Great picture!! I love the colors *o*

YUPI prods a dead horseshow crab. We don’t have those in Chile… I want one! xD

Thanks a lot to pm monkey!!

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And now pictures from Cambodia!

Siem Reap - Angkor Wat

Thank you, Cati and Marco!

YUPI and Kikino Travel!

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:17:00 -0400

I decided to make a new version of YUPI conmemorating YUI’s concert in Hong Kong. This time I used my favorite look from HELLO MV. Rocker YUI with ~~fake~~ bangs ♪

G.C also asked me to make a paper Kikino, so I could join YUI-Lover members somehow ;__;
Did she ask for it or was my idea? …can’t remember xP
I’m wearing YUI-Lover t-shirt… that has not been printed yet!! …anyway:

This is just a sample! It’s not meant for printing.

DOWNLOAD THE FILE FOR PRINTING HERE.

Take me and YUPI to Hong Kong!! >o<

Yusuke

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:42:00 -0400

YUPI Travels to Japan!

Wed, 18 May 2011 13:51:00 -0400

In Spanish, Japan it is said “Japón” (hapon), wich rhymes wih nippon :D

Hiroshima

Miyajima

Kyoto

Manga museum in Kyoto

No idea what this is xD

Nara

Thank you so much to Cati and Marco!!

HTT Rolling Star Claimed by Sony... and other rants

Thu, 12 May 2011 10:38:00 -0400

Edit:::
Video reuploaded here

After working so hard to make this video, and writting a bunch of good arguments about why this video was made to SUPPORT and PROMOTE YUI instead of making profit for myself, it was finally claimed by Sony.

I can’t believe how narrow-minded these people are. YUI could be so much greater if Sony could accept the fact that they don’t live in the 90’s anymore. Youtube is there. All big artists use it, and millions of people have acces to their beloved artists.

Sony instead, keep everything to themselves.

Recent example: HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~ Limited Edition DVD:

Contents:
1. It’s My Life PV
2. Nothing
3. Else

We have It’s My Life PV in HIGH DEFINITION. Why should I bother to buy that shit?!!
Next single will come with a blank DVD… It can’t get any worse than this.
(I did buy it tho)

What about Live in the Dark? Jasmine and Shota included it in their works I believe.
What about It’s My Life making off? HELLO Making off?? e.u.Band’s trip??? Now you don’t even upload these material to GyaO anymore, and Mezamashi TV reports are shorter and shorter.

What are you fucking thinking? How this can possibly help YUI’s career in any way?
All this looks more like a boycott against YUI.

Not to mention MY WALKMAN PLAYLIST…
They promoted it as a LIVE broadcast. It wasn’t. It was poorly edited. At some parts video went off, at others the audio was out of synchronization!!! I mean COME ON!! Aren’t they professionals??

It really looks like they try their best to take as much money as they can with the lesser effort possible. Or even worse, doing things wrong on purpose.
And don’t make me start with that Maritime Square scam. If YUI doesn’t sing at least three songs, even the blindest fan will rage after all that money they wasted.

YUI deserves a lot more than this. Her songs are better and better. YOU is completely beautiful. I’m sure this single will be a success. But it could be so much more if Sony stopped being so stupid in their management poilcies.

I will upload my video again and again and again…