Go! Go! Swallows! - May 16th 2025

Out in centerfield drawing

Hi!

Grabbed a last minute ticket to see the Yakult (Yakult is a lil milk company) Swallows take on the Yokohama DeNA (DeNA is a software company) Baystars. It was a Friday night game, with a local team, so tickets were scanty. Was able to find one out in center field for ¥3100 (around $21 USD). Not my favorite area of a ballpark to draw, but options were limited unless I wanted to pony up.

*In case you were wondering, my preferred area to draw in the ballpark involves a seat with a nice view of the scoreboard / jumbotron. The jumbotron is the perfect spot to house any important information about the game, and it looks nice in the composition.

Not a ton of leg room.

11” x 14” is my go to paper size for drawing at a game, but in Tokyo, I think that size might be too big. Compared to CitiField (where most of my game drawing experience comes from) you are much closer to your seat neighbor. With the view I had, I’d have normally drawn horizontally. Since it was such tight quarters, it was more comfortable to draw vertically. No need to be a nuisance to my seat neighbors.

My drawing board. I tape my paper to a slightly larger board (lil bigger than B4 size). This helps make for a more comfy drawing experience, and I like the clean edges that the tape provides.

MEGA highball ¥1000 (around $7 USD)

Another game, another Tsubakuro. Hoping to round out the collection this year.

A fun, high scoring game, but ultimately didn’t pan out for the Swallows. We’ll get’m next time.

My favorite part of the drawing.

Thanks for reading along, and see you with another game drawing soon.

Until then,

Herm