Enfu Gelaskins Skins

Hello DIYers.

If you'd like to use my art for Gelaskins skins feel free to use the following images below.  Just go to Gelaskins create page, pick a template, and upload an image.  I made the template with the iPhone in mind.  $14.95 plus shipping.  Just as a disclaimer I make no money on this transaction, I simply enjoy offering these images up for fans of the work and enjoy just the thought of that.  If you could send me pics of your newly adorned phones I would post them on my site.  Thanks!

 

Links to original size downloadables below after the jump....

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Uwajimaya Niko Niko Boy Designer Bag Debut

The day has come people.  Uwajimaya has announced the days that they will be debuting the new enfu Niko Niko Boy Designer Bag!

Here is when the bags will debut:

Beaverton:  Friday Sept. 18th

Renton:  Friday Sept. 18th

Seattle:  Monday Sept. 21st

Bellevue:  Tuesday Sept. 22nd.

The price is $4.99 and they have only 6000 of them!  Get them while the gettins good.

The poster at the gift shop is $20.  Pick one up.  Pick another one up for a friend.

Hiroki x enfu

Hiroki is a small dessert and cafe located in North Seattle near Greenlake.  It was a perfect location for a nice cozy enfu opening.  The show runs through September 2009.  Take your little feet and get your body there to view the fu.

I debuted two new pieces here.

1.  Niko Niko Boy Poster / Uwajimaya Designer bag.

I was very lucky to be able to design their fall bag for them, which well be sold at Uwajimaya for $4.99. The bag is limited to only 6,000, so we'll see how fast these puppies sell out.

 

2.  NihonTown Minis:

I've released many versions of NihonTown, only because of the demand for more.  I've delivered the NihonTown Minis.  These are small snippets of NihonTown on stretch canvas.  They have a branded enfu logo on the back, and are easy to hang anywhere in your house.  They make great gifts and are easy to pick up.  Kobo will carry them starting next week.  More on these on a later post.

You can view the set of pictures from this show here on enfu's flickr page.

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Compound Art Gallery x Enfu :: Textbook History Show

Did a day trip to Portland for the art opening.  So worth it.  Thank you Compound for putting on a great show and packing the entire place with so many awesome people!!

The show was: Textbook History:  Pikadons Diptych is the new piece shown, which depicts both of the nuclear weapons of mass destruction being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

 

The prints along with my description of the prints will be in my catalogue section soon, but you can buy the prints through Compound's online store here.

More pix after the jump.

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Sakuracon 2009 recap

Sakuracon was like one of my new illustrations.  Color explosion.  I was blown away.  

This year was my first year at Sakuracon ever, and I had an exhibitor booth.  I just watched people pass by it was amazing.  I would say more than any other place I've exhibited, Emerald City Comicon or Akimatsuri, Sakuracon by far had the most people reacting to my works.  It was a great feeling, thanks.  The most popular prints by far were 'Nihontown' and the new 'EnFuBar' prints.  The new prints will be posted in the catalogues section soon.  Until then the only place you can get them in the Seattle area is at Kobo.

 

More pics after the jump...

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Blue C Sushi Bellevue Grand Opening!

Today was the grand opening of the Bellevue Blue C Sushi.  We were their first customers yay!

They bring the culture of kaiten sushi to Bellevue with a new hip spin.  Its right on Bellevue way underneath the skybridge between Bellevue Square and Lincoln Center.

These pieces will soon be available at galleries and from my site, but not yet.  To see them in person visit them here.

Right as you get in there is a big mural of one of my newest works.  KokeChix Triptych. 

As of this minute 3 of my works are up, more to follow.  More pictures after the jump.

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Nanami Cowdroy

I've heard of this artist before, but I've got to say her stuff rocks.  I especially like it when people who 'get it'  actually create Japanese inspired art that looks great and contemporary for that matter.  From her bio on her site she states that her  "close bonds to her mixed Japanese-European heritage" influenced her art style.  You can tell too.  There are alot of artists out there that create Japanese inspired art that don't get it and you can tell.  She gets it, and her designs are top notch.  This is an image from her site of a skate deck that is laser engraved!  Awesome work, go see her website!

 

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Lomography in Japan Part 1

Photography is something I've always had fun doing.  I figured if I was already going to be stereotyped as one of those Japanese 'toursits' who shoot pictures I might as well try to learn.  But with that logic I should know Karate too but lets just say I'm lazy.  

But seriously, photography is not only fun but its useful in general.  You can record your life happenings, use it as reference for your art, and in my line of work use it as a starting reference for creating environments for video games.  

So my soft spot for cameras led me to buy a Lomography Horizon Perfekt.  I'm a sucker for these things and I'll admit it was an impulse buy, but a very rewarding one at that.  

more pics after the jump...

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