Last week I went to an international go tournament, the KPMC in Korea, 54 players from 54 different countries, my job was to draw all of them, and I had 3 days to do it but in the end it was only two days and a little more, so it was fast drawing and challenging haha. Anyway I still enjoyed it a lot. I like to do sketches while looking at the scene or the person but for this kind of event, considering the time and the context of the tournament I worked with photos. I think I love drawing a lot like this because it's different from drawing a portrait or several people in a picture, it's something else, an inner dialogue between the player and the stones ... don't know how to say but really interesting and I was really inspired by it, and it helped me focus a lot.
For the players : I want to write everyone's names but I forgot the papers with this and the only list I have is half correct, please write to me about any mistake or forgotten names. Sorry and Thank you :)
Guatemala
Edgardo Caceres Estrada
Serbia
Mihailo
Ireland
Carol Doyle
United States
Jeremy Ting-Sheng Chiu
South Korea
Heesoo Kim
Heesoo Kim
Finland
Vesa Laatikainen
Italy
Tashi Walde
Tashi Walde
Mongolia
Tugsbilegt Tseveenravdan
Costa Rica
Leiner Rodriguez
Luxembourg
Bernard Linster
Bernard Linster
Mexico
Alejandro Rafael Curiel Sanchez
Alejandro Rafael Curiel Sanchez
Portugal
Fernando Joao Ferreira Goncalves
Fernando Joao Ferreira Goncalves
Peru
Carlos Francisco GALVEZ MORA
Carlos Francisco GALVEZ MORA
Croatia
Zoran
Zoran
Lithuania
Giedrius Tumelis
Giedrius Tumelis
Iceland
Olafur Sigurdarson
Olafur Sigurdarson
Bulgaria
Teodor Nedev
Teodor Nedev
Norway
Severin Hanevik
Severin Hanevik
Belgium
Gabriel Mercier
Gabriel Mercier
China
Rundong Yang
Rundong Yang
Colombia
Francisco Castelblanco
Francisco Castelblanco
Czech Republic
Jan Hora
Jan Hora
Switzerland
FELIX Benoit
FELIX Benoit
Sweden
Weiying Sorlin
Weiying Sorlin
Spain
Jesus Roldan
Jesus Roldan
South Africa
Lloyd Rubidge
Lloyd Rubidge
Japan
Shota Ando
New Zealand
Barry Phease
Barry Phease
Russia
Grigorii Fionin
Grigorii Fionin
Slovenia
Janez
Janez
Netherlands
Herman Hiddema
Herman Hiddema
France
Tanguy Le Calve
Tanguy Le Calve
Turkey
Ukraine
Mykhailo Halchenko
Mykhailo Halchenko
Canada
Yongfei Ge
Yongfei Ge
Slovakia
Milan Jadro
Milan Jadro
Poland
Kamil Bartosz Grabowski
Kamil Bartosz Grabowski
Denmark
Ruairi Powell
Ruairi Powell
Chile
Jose Miguel Gomez Pinto
Jose Miguel Gomez Pinto
Romania
Sergiu-Dan Iugulescu
Sergiu-Dan Iugulescu
Israel
Reem Ben David
Argentina
Francisco Manuel d'Alburqueque
Francisco Manuel d'Alburqueque
Belarus
Vasil Galinovsky
Vasil Galinovsky
Germany
Daniela Trinks
Daniela Trinks
Morocco
Amine Bachri
Amine Bachri
Hungary
Gyorgy Csizmadia
Gyorgy Csizmadia