I’ve been keeping track of my daily activities since I arrived in Japan (mood, weather, places I go, things I buy, projects I’m working on and people I meet). Last month I started designing a book to house this information, and realized it was missing a pictorial layer. So although it’s late in the year, [...]
I spent Tuesday at the Chinza Dopeness music video shoot for his upcoming release “Kanpai,” a song about drinking. I was pretty useless on set, but was excited to experience the whole process. It also made me a bit sad—I can’t stop thinking lately about how I still wish I had gone into film! In [...]
I made these a while ago but forgot to post them on the blog … they’re inspired by the Photoshop-version of the JewelUP! Eyeglasses. Yeah, it’s definitely hard to see where you are going!
After so long—YIKES, my birthday was over 2 months ago!—I’m finally getting back to posting. Following the last entry, I gave a short talk at Tokyo Pecha Kucha Night about my thesis work and current research, but unfortunately the preparation for this interrupted my flow. Afterward I was completely confused about what direction to go [...]
I had no idea how long this would take! Still gluing away, jewel by jewel ….
Jewel-UP! A-Z is inspired by the profusion of rhinestone-clad accessories in Japan—a phenomenon that at times borders on the absurd. Here, I bejewel functional objects from my daily life, rendering them unusable. (I’m posting as I go! …)
EYEGLASSES
… because I haven’t made anything worthwhile. Frustrating! But I figured I should put something up, so here are some things I’ve been fiddling with. First, a sketch of the new girl character I’m drawing to accompany Rabaa (a.k.a. “Lover”)—the heart-shaped character I created 4 years ago at RISD—just in time for Valentine’s Day. I [...]
The Tokyo avoiDANCE … For the past couple of months I’ve been trying to figure out a way to graphically translate the feeling of walking around Tokyo alone. This animated sketch is my first attempt to describe street-level social interactions (or lack thereof), which are distinctly different than in New York. There, whether they are [...]
Jpgs of my first project, the Christmas Cake Card … photos to follow
Outer Envelope
Inner Folder
Christmas Cake Explanation
Mini 3D Punch-out Cake
Christmas Cake Club Official Membership Card
Random Fingernail Art Pattern 1
Random Fingernail Art Pattern 2
Random Fingernail Art Pattern 3
Stickers, Reviving Rabaa!
