The works contained in this Gallery page are among some of my favorite Rakugaki (or sketches) from the year 2004. It was a busy year that year, a period of growth in which I was gaining a distinctive feel for working paperless. Most of the illustrations here are for the most part drawn or painted in Painter 6.1 under classic environment, and or penciled, scanned, and then painted in Painter as well as Photoshop CS.