Rabbit dishes
November 29th, 2008
Today a charming set of rabbit dishes to brighten the meals.
Categories: Deco, Zanies | Tags: Deco | 11 Comments
Sumi-e
November 25th, 2008
After the smoothness of the panda, here’s something more aggressive. Well, meet everyone’s taste.
Some may ask what does that title mean. In japanese that’s how we call this kind of drawing, « sumi » means ink, and « e » means drawing.
Categories: Sumi-e | Tags: Sumi-e, tigre, zodiaque chinois | 10 Comments
Recycle lamp
November 23rd, 2008
Recycle lamp made by Monique, with a piece of plastic lattice, shoes wrapping paper, some few plaster and homemade stamps.
Categories: Deco | Tags: Deco | 3 Comments
Panda
November 21st, 2008
To start the day smoothly, a mommy panda with her baby drawing.
Categories: Sumi-e | Tags: Sumi-e | 9 Comments
Dog Tee shirt
November 19th, 2008
After the cat tee shirt, i had to meet with the dogs supporters!
Categories: Sumi-e, Textile | Tags: Textile | 4 Comments
Sanctuary of the sea
November 17th, 2008
This week-end, i dropped by the « Konpira-san sanctuary of the sea » exhibition held in the Guimet Museum of asian arts. A wonderful exhibition that shows for the first time out of Japan many of the main masterpieces of the Konpira-san sanctuary on the Shikoku island, Japan.
« In the sanctuary, the cult of the mountain meets the beliefs relating to the protective divinity of maritime transports, which guards against the dangers of the sea, and became a major devotion centre in the all archipel. »
Among the many artwork exposed, some gorgeous paintings on screens and sliding partitions, and even a beautiful collection of oil paintings of Takahashi Yuichi (wich was quite rare for Japan).
This last photo is from the exhibition website and shows a quite surprising artwork for this kind of place.
Aquatic painting
November 15th, 2008
Inspired by the animals, I made a painting myself.
Categories: Peinture/Illustration, Zanies | Tags: animaux, Peinture/Illustration, Zanies | 4 Comments
The « ch’nord »
November 14th, 2008
(Only if you’ve seen or at least heard of this French movie called « Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis », then you’ll understand the title .. anyway) Last week I’ve been to the northern France to give a visit to a T-shirt supplier and a the T-shirt printing company. Yes, I’m thinking about making T-shirts with my Japanese illustrations, since I noticed that many people are interested in them.
I’ve been first to Leers, not far from Lille, to an apparel supplier. They were very welcoming and rather generous with the samples of their good quality T-shirts.
Then direction Villeneuve d’Ascq to meet a printer specialized in textile.
The conclusion is that it was a positive day, we came home with more or less what we expected, and we’re ready to work with the people we met. A plus, we had the region speciality food : La Carbonade Flamande (beef with brown beer) served with a BIG bowl of french fries.
Categories: La société | Tags: Le projet | 2 Comments
Face your manga
November 13th, 2008
You’re gonna tell me there’s nothing new with this umpteenth online avatar editor (some of you may even know it since ages). Anyway, I found it pretty cool with its « manga » style, perfect to create your own avatar for your messenger or for any one of the many social networking websites.
Face your manga
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The project, continued
November 11th, 2008
One of the essentials things to launch a new brand, is (ofcourse) finding a brand name, and while we’re in it .. a logo that goes nicely with it. After a week of thinking, and findings (believe me .. it wasn’t at all that simple to find a name that hasn’t been taken by a concurrent, plus we can’t take something that partially resemble to the existing brands). Finally, the name will be “Zanies” comes from “ze” (the french pronunciation for “the”) and “animals”, we find it pleasant and easy to remember and to pronounce.
Categories: La société | Tags: Le projet | 1 Comment
