Today we’d like to introduce you to Bryan Noe.
Hi Bryan, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
Japanese anime otaku culture has been a major influence in whatever I create. My introduction to this was back in middle school when a close friend of mine built these Gundam model kit sets and would show me them whenever I would sleep over. I was fascinated and curious and I fell into the rabbit hole and discovered Japan and its many different otaku cultures. At the time, I didn’t know how to draw anime until I reached high school. I would practice between class periods just by looking at random anime screenshots from different shows and just recreate them as best I could.
In my early high school years, I would post these drawings just for fun to get laughs on my social media page “Redeadica”. I started Redeadica with the encouragement of the same friend who introduced me to the Gundam kits. Most of my early work was just using references from all kinds of anime I enjoyed at the time. Over the years, I had built up a following just through these simple funny anime drawings recreations. I didn’t realize it but all those days and hours I spent looking, referencing, and recreating anime illustrations helped me improve to a point where I could create my own original pieces. I took the time in late 2019-2020 to focus more towards my own work all while still doing the same formula on my public pages. In between this time, I was shifting my interest more towards street art/designing and discovered many talented people who would inspire my current style for my personal original works today outside of Redeadica.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
Learning a new hobby or skill is definitely energy consuming and takes time to develop. It’s hard to find your own style but starting out just having fun and experimenting is the best way to push through it. When you fall in love with a hobby, you’ll do it so much where it just becomes second nature to you.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Creating Anime art is my most well-known work. What set me apart was how I introduced a more humorous take on anime artwork. Most of my work on my social media pages is just for fun and get people to smile but recently I’ve been trying to expand outside of that bubble and show more of my original pieces inspired by street art and my city in Los Angeles.
Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
I want to jump-start something new for the art scene here in Los Angeles or even all of the west coast. I feel like getting the people in the west introduced to a Japanese anime otaku culture will open new doors and inspire many people like myself. Now that anime has started to become more popular there is no better time than now to begin this process. I can see a lot more anime-inspired creativity in the next few years.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redeadica/?hl=en
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/redeadica
Image Credits
Jeremiah G.
