COMIC-CON over!

So! I went to Comic-con last weekend.
There were too many people, and too many stuff!
Sena and I got $100 each budget to be able to spend,well what we got are pretty cool, and we did not spent over budget, so that was cool also.
I got New Hokusai book, tekkonkinkreet books, Elizabeth's print, Morgan and Jeremy's books, Abe Sapien Qee, Haruhara Haruko doll, jyaka jyaka jan frog figure. And Sena got white OX ugrydoll, many tiny figures of pokemon and new Jim Henson's city critters,,,and and Naruto frog bag!
besides fun shopping, coolest things were, we met our favorite people!! I do not think I can see them anywhere except at Comic-con!

Here is Bart and Sena,



And Shin-chan and Sena,



And Blade Runners and me! (new special DVD will come out!)



And our hero parappa the rapper!



And Sena got parappa the rapper hat!



And I found Mel-kun at 3 different spots!



the people at one of store said, Mel-kun was lucky charm!
Soooo coool!



And I met Colby who has tatto of my design on His Body!
wow~!
I will post the picture of Colby when I get pictures from Nucleus!

KENT WILLIAMS

Here is one more big news for COMIC-CON!
At Allen Spiegel Fine Art book store(4701), you are able to get new Kent Williams art works book:AMALGAM: PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS, 1992 - 2007
This is the most comprehensive collection of paintings and drawings by Kent Williams to date, all beautifully reproduced in this large 10 x 12 hardcover, with essays by Edward Lucie-Smith (noted art historian and writer on contemporary art) and Julia Morton.
Also available is an extremely limited signed and numbered slipcased edition (just 75 copies) that will include an original tipped in two color lithograph created by Kent Williams especially for the edition, with the 2nd color being painted by hand, thus creating a unique print for each copy of the book.




Seriously, since I saw his book Kent Williams: Drawings & Monotypes almost 10 years ago, I have been trying to check out all his books and exhibitions in Los Angeles.
Kent Williams's art works are exceptional and evolving in every each moments with his all sensitive creativity and absorbency, and when I saw this book, I just couldn't say any words with exhale, no words, just no words. So many, too many of him.
You really need to see and get by yourself, if you love figurative art works of master artists.
In his book AMALGAM, I am able to see his history, emotions, personality, influences, and possibilities, which make me believe, he is the one of artist whose name will be on many thick art history books with real fine artists.


And for the promotion, I designed AMALGAM tshirts for Allen Spiegel, you are able to buy only at Allen's booth during COMIC-CON!



And one more thing I need to say, Kent painted my cats on his painting, because while he painted, he was drinking coffee with my mug, I designed...
Yey! I know,, here is another big show and tell,,ha ha hah-!

see,, here is a proof..

COMIC-CON!

I'll go to COMIC-CON this weekend, checking out new toys and books, and signing at NUCLEUS booth1128.
Here is my new t-shirts design, just coming out at Con!
Come to get the t-shirts and say hi to me!

from last night!

SO! I went to my groupshow opening last night, I was sweatty and dizzy with medication and heat, but my loveable friends came to see Sena and me and my artworks!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming, hope I can see you soon! oh yes,,, at NINJYA show is for sure... right?!

it is tonight

I am taking antibiotic,,tiny monsters are fighting in my body....feel hot in my head and body,,but I am painting,and some how I feel good.
so anyway, here is the painting for tonight's group show at Nucleus,
title is BRAINOPENER..yes, I had dream I told you....
I went there on Wednesday, and painted around the frame on the wall.
I tried to make it as clean as possible,, but it was pretty hard.... I wish I could use just photoshop to fill in paint in my drawing.
ha ha ha.....well and I put my kichi dude on the wall. I got a one drip on the wall and made me feel like " shoot myself.."
well looks good anyway,, I need more practice.
and I finished hat, which Sena will put on tonight, and my artwork is DONE...at Nucleus only for tonight.
So come to take pictures with Sena and Me!
I hope I can be there 8...pm or so.. Since I know there will be crazy traffic jam on 10fwy......... but I hope I can see my FRIENDS! I will e-mail right now....

"Process" at Nucleus

I have been working on paintings for up coming group shows, and I think I finished the one for "Process" I will have at Nucleus, and Opening reception is on 13th, FRIDAY....dark side of me will be awake on that day.. ha ha ha.....
Yes, I am suppose to be done by now,, well, I was not able to stop myself to make my idea complete.( I never be able to complete anything though I know, but I need to try and I want to try anyway... yes that is how "Process" means to me, I think.)
anyway, I will bring the painting and a doll tomorrow to Nucleus, and paint on the wall a little bit...So this show is a little bit different from other group shows I am in..
I painted about my dream I had,, I was in hospital and checking my brain X-ray picture which has two tiny holes bit by vampire zombie....( I think I want to make a short horror movie based on my dream..does anyone work with me..?)
I wanted to post the painting, but it is still wet, so to let you guess how it looks, I will give you hint.
ok and here is my prince bat and kingyo painting which is in "Back for Seconds" show at Gallery 1988SF(they are available now people!), and this painting is for a children book idea, I am developing now with my sister, and story is about the relationships among environment and kingyo and vampire prince bat. and and, I am trying to finish soon.
I think I really like bat, vampire, zombie and stuff, in many aspects of them. so I want to make something super goood stuff with those characters... I do not know how I can explain, but there are a lot of idea in my brain....
Everything I do with bat, vampires and zombies are related eachother in many ways and I am thinking to develop as a big project...
anyway. hope you get interested in what I did for "Process" show and come to see me at opening..lets have some blood with me.
ha ha ha-!

Sena just graduated!

Finally, I got some time to come back to show and tell about what I had been experiencing. And they were pretty exciting.
First of all, Sena finished middle school!
On the day of graduation, she put "hakama" from 7:30 am to 11:00 pm,
since we went to have celebration dinner with my Japanese friends.
We know each other almost 11 years, so they were all surprize to recognize,
how much Sena grow, and how much they got old.. ha ha. not me.
There are 3 layers of kimono and all super tight on her body, but look,,,she servived..
Yeah.. so cute! isn't she? anyway, we went to "GONPACHI", the Japanese restaurant on La Cienega, looks like a hotel in "Spilited Away", in real life..
If you live around here, check out with a camera for sure....oh bath room is super cool too, ha.

And, about me, I just kind of finished creating a music video for "Class of 3000", Cartoon Network show!!
Hooo-ray! for Me!
I needed to create everything in one week, concept art and storyboard, so honestly I had been crazy to visualize so many stuff how I want.....with doing mom stuff. Now I need to paint for my shows.. and clean up my house..
My next job is doing color for "Abe Sapian" comics with the inker Jason Shawn Alexander I am excited!

GROUP SHOWS!!

THERE ARE TWO GROUP SHOWS COMING UP! TOMORROW AND THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!
I know it is prtty short notice.
But, I had been animating crazy, so I was not able to do something else. . I haven't even clean up my house almost 3 weeks again..Ha ha..well, I am taking shower though.. ha
Here is the flyer for tomorrow night show at MELTDOWN on SUNSET BLVD.



A lot of customized GETA will be there. I did TAKOGETA. Do you remember I posted a while ago? Anyway, I am going to go there with SENA to have SAKE a little bit... I guess a little bit. ha ha.
Well, SENA will have CALPICO not SAKE of course.
You should come to join us to get drunk!! ok? my friends!

And on Friday, there will be grand opening show at new store,"MOBIUS", I did one new painting for..
And here is the flyer. I like the design. It is cute, don't you think so?



Many motion graphic artists perticipate this show, my friends from NYLON, and Jesse's debut show in Los Angeles, hooray for Jesse!
Anyway, here is the deal, the "MOBIUS" is right next to PINKBERRY, and they will serve KOREANBEER,
wow, ASIAN NIGHTS! Night!

And here is my new painting for the show!
"OKORU KUMAO"..angry bear is the title.
If you have question about this painting, ask me when you see me at PINKBERRY....Friday night....

again again and again

I am trying to be strong, too much trying making me crazy, making me weak, making me....but again again and again, I am still trying. I do not want to give up yet.
Sena will graduate middle school soon, and she has chosed high school...making me happy.

Honey Bee

I just drew for my new painting. I need to paint... a lot...I love to make myself really busy...And still need to read driving manual to get motercycle licence,, yeah it has been one year,,, I need to take writing test by the end of this month, or I need to take riding test again............I hate reading manuals........I know I am lazy but scared to lose....I will make it.

ELIZABETH"KIKU"ITO

I got a painting from ELIZABETH!!!!!!!!!!(>_<)!!!!!
I just wanted to show... ha ha ha hah-!!!
in case, if you do not know what kind of relationship I have with Elizabeth,,, she is my friend, sister. And she is super talented artist and writer..yes she can use both side of brain really really really well.
We went to CALARTS together, finished school together with putting mickey mouse graduation hats,, it was already 3 years ago...
I still miss a lot how we spent time together almost everyday, almost always right next to eachother.
She was always there, always inspiring, and always she encouraged me to make me feel really better.. And still she does a lot...without her, competing with her, I am not here for sure..
one of my dream is making one super cool project with her and dominate this world together...so anyway watch out what she is doing and she will do.....I believe many of you know.

I just wanted to tell you what I have been doing...

OPENING is TONIGHT!! Well unfortunately I cannot go to, but if you live close to "WINDUP GALLERY" in MESA, AZ, please check out and let me know how it is.!!

I just finished study for my new painting. This painting is for the grand opening show at gallery MOBIUS. My friend Bryan's friend, Wonhee will open new gallery and store in Korea Town. On 6th St. Right next to PINKBERRY,,, Sena and I are kind of addicted to.... ah ah--- pinkberry( mango, coconut and strawberry with plain yogult is my favorite).
Bryan Lee , Jason Cook and I are working together for my new animation project,"NIPPONSEIFUKU-MUKASHIBANASHI" at
NYLONMOTION INC now.
For this project and another animation project, and painting, and designing products, and and....
I am using my brain in full speed, and trying to visualize as much as I can so I am crazy now.

And while I was trying to edit animatic, since KW's computer acted sooooo slow, I made him and my new hat.. oh.. I forgot to scan the hat.. well you now my hat...His name is "KICHI", he is bat bone..dark side of my new character "PRINCE KOUMORI"
do you know who I am talking about.....

And here are my TAKOGETA,
for "KARAN-KORON' show at MELT GALLERY next month. Sides of GETA are pretty cool, but I was not able to scan, so if you have time,
come to see my TAKOGETA and have some sake with me..
AND do NOT forget!!! "Power In Numbers 2" will OPEN TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!

ANIMATION(click title to know what I am talking about)

I saw "TEKKONKINKREET" yesterday. The film was perfect. I just love it. Story diged into my heart, and art made me exhale 100 times, just beautiful.
My favorite artist in Japanese inderstry worked on this historical animation film. TAIYOU MATSUMOTO, KOHJI MORIMOTO, SHINJI KIMURA,yes people who made AKIRA,MEMORIES, ROBOT CARNIVAL.....And and...!!!!!
I believe this film change the idea of animation film in all over the world, specially in HERE...yeah,, should be changed I hope.
I believe everybody who loves animation feels
same as I feel, well at least I know Emilie and Justin do.
You need to see this film... if you did not yesterday, I think it will be shown all over here...in few month, and DVD WILL COME OUT NEXT MONTH, I will get a region free player and get this DVD...save money save money....
so I got enough inspiration to finish up storyboards for "NIPPONSEIFUKU:MUKASHIBANASHI' animation...here is one of concept drawing for it.....I am ready.

tomorrow is the children day in JAPAN

Well, in Japan, it is even national holiday, and people celebrate your sons health and happiness. Yeah it is actually for boys.. not for girls.. There is girls day and for peach trees( to celebrate birth of Spring), and it is 3/3..but not national holiday.....
So...MAN"S world is it...
well... but, most of people do not really care about the difference,, unfortunatly, or fortunatly..
Anyway, I am celebrating childrens' and Sena's health and hoping their happiness....you cannot be a child forever, but you can be like child forever.. that is how we are..

here is a new painting, I just finished for my solo show at Nucleus..this is a very first painting for the show.. she brings luck to me always..
how lucky I am...(^_^)

Look what I found..KW's drawing!!

Ok.. I finished clean up whole rooms..I had ignored 3 weeks...ha.ha.
Well, now everything is clean, kind of.. no more dust..... phew...
And this is what I found....yes, Kent's drawing..I called him and told him I love it and he said he did it last night, and we laughed. I like his big cute surprizes...! I think he is genius.....yes I am serious...


I finished paintings for 1988SF.. I think I got something I wanted while I was painting.. this is one of them.. (>_<), I am still struggling to get right feeling..Painting is not easy..need extra concentration or lose everything..like I feel sometimes, may be offen, I do not know how to paint..well but I figure out a little by little to become a master of painting..ha ha ha.. I am just kidding. I love painting,, that is all about..yes love...

FINALLY!MARIINUKAI.COM IS UP

Hoooray!!
finally!!
my web site is up!.. my super duper talented friend Emilie helped me out! Oh my gosh, I do not even know anything about script and stuff, you know it is too complecated crazy, but she did it..!!!! she could do it not only because she is kick ass talented, but also she got genius cousin MIKE, "master of web designer" is always besides her...thank you so much for help MIKE!! thank you sweetie Jessie, and especially, to EMILIE !!
thank you so much for your friendship and love always, without you I cannot be here now..
Check out her website, she is my private 3D modelar..yes only mine...not for anybody else's..except for her jobs...

GAKE NO UENO PONYO and TEKKONKINKREET

I just heard from my sister, there will be new HAYAO MIYAZAKI'S SUPER TRADITIONAL FEATURE ANIMATION FILM coming out in JAPAN Summer 2008!
And so I was not able to be patient not knowing the detail about.
And I found one image from the film.
YOU know why I say super traditional, it is because he just uses watercolors and pastels to paint and draw with!
EVERY SINGLE FRAMES MADE BY HANDS!!!!!NO DIGITAL!!!!!
HOOOOOOOOOOORAY!!
I CANNOT WAIT!
I wish I could work with him...so I will try to find a way to make it happens,, what? is it impossible? Who knows anyway... I just WANT to work with HIM! Hope it is not too late...may be too late...
Story is about the relationship between a 5 years old boy ( HAYAO's son is the model) and a gold fish princess,"PONYO" who wants to be a human(HAYAO's original story). MUST BE weird GOOD! I can tell from the character design. AWESOME!


Oh by the way, there will be one super creative feature animation film coming out next month, but only for ONE DAY!
The title is"TEKKONKINKUREET", and which is based on the comics by TAIYOU MATSUMOTO..one of my favorite...( who made a hippo ring, I am wearing all the time now..thanks KATSU!)
Well.. DVD will already come out in June in Japan though...I want it but I do not have DVD player which plays any region.. Anyway, I just got tickets to go to see with SENA at SUNSET 5 on May 6th. If you are interested in, get tickets now, or you will miss it.

THE RISING show at WINDUP GALLERY

Hooray!! I finished!
Here is my new painting, and title is" I can fly-SORA WO TOBU", and is for a new gallery in ARIZONA,"WINDUP GALLERY"
I will be a part of their grand opening show!! how exciting!!
Hope many people will check out the opening night. Unfortunatly, I am not able to attend the opening, but hope I can go there someday soon to check out.
Anthony! Thank you so much for giving me a chance to be part of your gallery opening show! I hope you like my painting.

RINGO_TO_SARU: KURO_TO_SHIRO

I drew and it was so fun, and I was sooo-- happy.
hah~. I seriously understand why my very best favorite master Egon Schiele wanted to draw them.. Children..


They are beautiful, full of miracle inside of them. I think we really need to protect children...to give them safe future. Even it is possible or not.. need to try and do my best. The Earth is getting broken.. we are braking it. Let us do something before it is toooo late.

I have started

since I am so lazy that it is not easy for me to decide to move on.

but I need to anyway,,,,so I drew.
may be I am making everything dramatize, but I do not feel like I have energy,,missing something from my body...oh yeah,, I need to work out.... for sure ha.. well so I think I am lazy and unorganized. I should do something anyway,
I do not want to feel unsafe with unemployed status...so I need to organize my plan seriously...

I start working on "NIPPONSEIFUKU" animation, with NYLONMOTION Inc. It will be 3D animation..
and
I start working on making new t-shirts..
and
I decied my solo show title.
It will be"KURO TO SHIRO-another dreams"
I already have some drawings.. but not starting painting yet. I will draw Sena and Sena's friend on friday...I want to make super duper cute scary sexy drawings and paintings,,,ha. since kuro to shiro means black and white...hahaha.......

I finish a commission piece...and hope I can finish one painting today.... I will post it ..when I finish.
YEY!!
thank you so much for all of my friend who give me love.
I should be ok anyway.......right?

What I have learned

I took a background painting test last week, and yesterday, I got the result. I was not able to get the job..
I was trying not to expect too much positive, but I thought I would be able to work with my favorite friends.
I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad.
I still hope there will be ways to work with my favorite friends someday soon..I do not want to give up..but It hurts.

I hope I can go to have drink with my friends and get drunk crazy this weekend...yes I am dramatic..why not anyway...

What am I doing..

Sunday afternoon,, I just finished my freelance job to make style frames for a commercial pitch pack..I hope they will work for getting a big job! however, while I had been working on that project and another project, I had been thinking about what I want to do next, and what I need to do next. and made me frustrated... you cannot do what you want to do AT ONCE anyway.
It is 100% sure, first I need to paint to finish up 5 paintings sitting behind me right now, they are all my new characters.. I love to paint characters, which are animals, creatures, monsters with stories to make them alive..,( besides I am thinking to develop them in as children books, or animtion..toys and stuff) Sometimes there are too many of them inside of my head, so that I cannot even think and see real world I am in,, well here is the proof of what I am thinking all the time.. people..check this out!
I finally found CLUTTER MAGASINE# 9I am in.. you can still order it...but I put the article, so you can read it actually only first page, since I cannot upload big image,,,well still hope it is ok putting article on net.... well I know...Elizabeth did it.. so it is ok right? GEOFF!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GREAT ARTICLE. so encouraging!!!!
ok.. I will start painting.. PAGE1&2PACE3&4

Animation X Internet.>>Revolution!!

HOOOOOOOleeeeyyy!!!!
Check out this site,AIR It is super fun!, why because you are able to see hippest Japanese animation studios' short animation films!..
my favorite is "ぽぷぱら”(just click light green icons, you can see these characters animations! I believe you can laugh without understanding Japanese.. )
well...not only able to watch animation shorts, you are able to get most of all information about what is going on in animtion, game, film industries..wow.. need time to check out all....
and here is my exciting news!! my two animation shorts will be on AIR!!!
"Blue and Orange" will start from April 20th...and "Piece of Hope" will start from April 27th.
my nipponseifuku begins..muha ha ha---!

you know what I have been thinking..

yes... banana,,, monkey,,,naked girl....
here is my new commission piece...I haven't finished yet...........I have been buzy doing something else.....
but. I believe I would be able to have freeeeeee time! from next week,, again...since I will finsh my freelance job by the end of this week.....well. well..

Richard Colman

YE---Y! I got Richard's artworks book!!
I met him through Mary's gallery in 2004 I think. He does crazy weird but kind of cute ART (super my type) , and here is!
His first art works book! You should get it, it is limited! So click his NAME and order it...(you go his website.. super awesome...)
AND check out his solo show at Merry Karnowsky Gallery, opening will be on April 21, saturday..yey.

Thursday afternoon...at OISHII production

I think I am super luckey to see cool new people......here is one of them,I got a new friends from my new work. Alex who shows me a WAY(yin and yang),
one day, I told him, how much I got excited and inspired from one artist and she is still 26 years old, and sells her oil painting which is geniously awesome gooD,,700,000 dollars..yes just awesome.
and he said to me,
" you make things to show, or to sell 700,000 people... how cool is that...."
...see?! you know what I mean.
I thought that I want to make things to go to all over the world....in many different way..
there are a lot of things happening right now.....
I will do my best for everything.
and guess what..?
I played Wii at my new work!! YEY!!!!! my another new friend,WEIRAN just brought from home,,,,!!!! thank you! It is just amazing, I played real bowl!! can you believe that...?
and I killed some people sitting behind me.......
I mean in the game...
there are actually 360c animated enviornment going on...well of course,, but......
I through a ball and it went to behind me, and there are some audience in the sheets moved crazy,,,,
funny.....

New paintings,"fish dish"1 and 2 for Power In Numbers at Nucleus

I have started painting. This is my second week being in OIL smell, and feeling good..
I have been painting for a commission and for some group shows.
Here are two of tiny paintings I did for Power in Numbers show at Nucleus. I finished last week, they are water color paintings, so I did not take long time..... I like them.
If you remember, I did another set of paintings, which title was "fish dish" for last year Power in Numbers show, so I did same title but different characters this year.. I thought that it would be fun to do series for same show...
The opening date is May 12th... so I will post later around the time again...
And I will be in a group show for a brand new gallery "WINDUP GALLERY" in Phenix, Alizona in May.
and for a group show at "Gallery1988 SF" in June.
and I need to start painting for my second solo show at NUCLEUS in November.
So awesome to be in OILPAINTING mode.....
oh...
by the way.
one of my another dream comes true!! yey yey..
I designed a ROBOT, yes finally, I cannot show you yet, it is confidential, and in progress, but you know, that means something will happen soon..yey! My Robot will take you a dream world... soon.......ha ha ha...(>_<)!!