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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2014 by superhappyawesome

I actually sent out traditional Japanese 年賀所 or nengajo this year! I always love receiving a big stack of of cards on New Year’s day, but I’ve always been daunted by the process of making them. I finally buckled down … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Buon Natale! Merry Christmas! メリークリスマス!

Posted on December 25, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Merry Christmas! A coworker brought me some homemade panettone recently, so I painted this as a little thank you. She also loves all things Italian, so I’ve been dusting off my very out of practice Italian to chat with her. … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas, Merry…Christ!

Posted on December 24, 2013 by superhappyawesome

  Merry Christmas! In Japan, it’s often shortened to “メリクリ” or “Merry Ku-ri”, so I guess these clever supermarket signmakers decided to reverse engineer it linguistically. Kind of works, since they do say He is the reason for the season … Continue reading →

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Attack on Christmas!

Posted on December 13, 2013 by superhappyawesome

If you pay much attention to anime, then you’ve probably at least heard of the big hit this past year, Attack on Titan. It’s an intense, action packed series with creepy monsters, daring heroes and grotesque battles. How better to … Continue reading →

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Today’s Art: High Five!

Posted on December 8, 2013 by superhappyawesome

A friend asked me to make a picture of coyote and a fox high-fiving. I decided to go super cute, so the style is based on one of my favorite artists, Fablefire. Many of the t-shirts in our house were … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Beast, the Puppy!

Posted on December 5, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Today’s watercolor is based on this awesome comic. Beast from Beauty and the Beast, as he might have been when he first transformed. He’s like a puppy!

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Today’s Watercolor: Christmas Puppies

Posted on December 3, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Happy December! I’m starting to get some lovely holiday season feelings, so today’s watercolor is just the thing. Also, today’s painting is actually a request from Sean’s mom–puppies playing with ribbons on a Christmas present. Yay, requests! As always, if … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Kiss the Girl

Posted on November 24, 2013 by superhappyawesome

It’s not perfect, but I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out. Worked on it for a while, especially doing a lot of really fun research into tattoo art. My art book library is growing! Biggest influences were definitely … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor is so silly!

Posted on November 13, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Combined a request for Darkwing Duck with a request for Farfetch’d, the silly duck Pokemon that always carries a leek around. The story is that he’s based on the Japanese proverb “鴨が葱を背負って来” or “A duck comes bearing green onions.” It can be … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by superhappyawesome

  Pretty happy with how this came out! It was inspired by a make up tutorial a friend posted a while ago. Check out my other Halloween painting! Painted that one a few weeks ago, and I think my skills … Continue reading →

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