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iris leu

@irisleu.bsky.social

illustrator, musician, crankybear work inquiries: irisleu@gmail.com main: www.instagram.com/i___leu/ sumo shop: www.inprnt.com/gallery/irisleu/

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2d ago

nagoya basho: day 11 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🗻🌱

figure study of shishi vs kotoeiho on day 11. in this basho's best bout, shishi gets lifted. then kotoeiho is lifted. shishi prevails, and gets his portrait drawn here alongside 2 of his beloved toys, the labubus

3 drawings of ATAMIFUJI, celebrating his day 11 win over onosato, and overall 3rd win over onosato (correction: not a kinboshi)

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 5d ago

nagoya basho: day 10 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🗻🌱

day 10 sketch of the wrestlers gathered for dohyo-iri, but performed at ghibli park, underneath a giant totoro

day 10 figure study of asanoyama vs fujiseiun. asanoyama is slapped early on, but prevails as winner

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 6d ago

nagoya basho: day 9 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 😎🎂

figure study of roga v oshoma on day 9, which fell on marine day. mongolian river fishes finish out the piece

portrait sketch of chiyoshoma for day 9. he wears 300-shaped sunglasses representing his 300th makuuchi win, over kazuma. the fighters are drawn as cake toppers, as it was also chiyoshoma's 35th bday

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last wk.

nagoya basho: day 8 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 😎🎂

sketches of ichiyamamoto doing his arm stretches pre-bout on day 8. also a pic of nagoya's famous ogura toast, because ichi loves toast

mitakeumi won his first match on day 8. this is a sketch of the moment he pumped his fist, and the crowd went wild (as wild as a japanese audience could get)

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last wk.

nagoya basho: day 7 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 😎🎂

sketch of kotoeiho performing his beautiful shiko. using his amiibo will summon an in-game macaron and a sea bream. the artist is doing her best shiko

figure study on 2 views of kirishima throwing kotoshoho on day 7

sumosketch @sumosketch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hiyonoyamas. #sumo #nagoya #sketchbook

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2w ago

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 6 - #sumo #相撲 🍊🍓🥝

sketch of shishi throwing salt and entering the ring on day 6. after the day's bout, he is 6-0

sketch of shodai bowing after his day 6 win, with takayasu sitting in the sideline and plotting shodai's defeat on their day 7 match-up. in contrast, shodai is thinking about fruit sando

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2w ago

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 5 - #sumo #相撲 🍊🍓🥝

sketch of NHK's day 5 thumbnail showing gonoyama holding on to hoshoryu for dear life

portrait sketches of churanoumi, hiradoumi, and gonoyama in their post-win, full-blown ginkgo hairdos on day 5

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2w ago

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 4 - #sumo #相撲 🍊🍓🥝

portrait sketches of ura's faces on day 4: breath in, breath out, relief, and tongue out

figure study of yoshinofuji performing an uwatenage throw on aonishiki, day 4

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2w ago

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 3 - #sumo #相撲 🏯🍉

figure study of abi v takerufuji on day 3

sketch of aichi native, fujiryoga. fans wave his support towel. 3 totoro stand behind him

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2w ago

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 2 - #sumo #相撲 🏯🍉

sketch of kazuma striking a pose when defeating asakoryu. he is also holding a chibi plush of majima from the yakuza game series.

sketch of fujinokowa receiving zabuton throws upon his day 2 defeat of onosato.

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2w ago

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 1 - #sumo #相撲 🏯🍉

sketch portraits of aonishiki, onosato, and hoshoryu

sketch portrait of wakatakakage, surrounded by his yusho trophy filled with fruits, and a small bouquet of "vitamin"-colored flowers

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 3w ago

kibori kuma, modern girl version - #taiyaki #鯛焼き 🐻🐟

girl in bear pajamas, munching on a taiyaki

Zero Gravitas @zerogravitas.bsky.social · last mo.

I have become more powerful than ever before now that I have the tegata of my 3 favorite rikishi along with matching prints by @irisleu.bsky.social. Also shout out to @tegatastore.bsky.social From left to right - Ura, Hoshoryu, Nishikigi #sumo

A row of three framed tegatas, signed rikishi handprints. From left to right - Ura (宇良) - in a pink frame, Hoshoryu (豊昇龍) - in a dark blue frame, and Nishikigi (錦木) - in a dark green frame.
Directly below is a framed row of prints by iris leu depicting each rikishi.

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last mo.

grand sumo in paris (france edition) - #sumo #相撲 ⛰️🐴

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last mo.

happy 4th wkend 🎆 here's a fun postcard from JP - #sumo

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last mo.

july 1. too tired. -kafka

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last mo.

dear gonoyama, plz stay in your lane xoxo 🎳😉

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last mo.

the grin (2026) - #illustration #alligator 🐊🛏️

alligator and a woman in bed, its jaws open at the small of her back.

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · last mo.

fujiryoga, winner of the fave face division - #sumo #相撲 ☀️😎

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

summer mix at the sumo shop. check out 7 new works now in rotation - #sumo #相撲 #prints #stickers ☀️🍧🥭⛱️ - link in bio

the sumo shop has been updated! the summer mix is now

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

grand sumo in paris - #sumo #相撲 #paris 🥐🇫🇷🥖🧀

two rikishi looking through a pâtisserie's shop window, in search for their next treat.

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

i want to add "chicken with plums" alongside "persepolis" as essential reads

Between the Gutters@betweenthegutters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Marjane Satrapi. Persepolis is a classic. In these times we be in, it's probably more important than ever to read it.