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Today’s Watercolor: Witchy Pumpkin Love

Posted on October 31, 2013 by superhappyawesome

I love Halloween! I posted this a few weeks ago dreaming of Pumpkin Spice Lattes. (We may not have them in Japan, but the Roasted Almond Latte was pretty fabulous, and I’m excited for the Chestnut latte coming out on … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: Happy Autumn!

Posted on October 28, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Happy autumn! Last week was pretty rough, especially with the looming typhoons creating awful pressure that just about knocked me out on Friday. But a long weekend full of (new!) cozy sweaters, coffee shops afternoons, art museums and Halloween festivities … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: The Velveteen Rabbit

Posted on October 9, 2013 by superhappyawesome

So, the other day I posted this watercolor of Peter Rabbit. Some lovely friends commented and requested I do a painting of The Velveteen Rabbit, so here it is! Big thanks to Lyles on deviantart who inspired the composition! There’s some … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Bee & Puppycat!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by superhappyawesome

This watercolor is based on the animated short Bee & Puppycat from Natasha Allegri (one of the artists from Adventure time, who also created the gender-bent Fionna and Cake spinoff.) It’s a little bit weird, but lots of fun! There’s … Continue reading →

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NO MORE Eiga Dorobou! Video and watercolor!

Posted on September 4, 2013 by superhappyawesome

If you’ve ever been to the movies in Japan, you’ve probably seen the anti-piracy commercial NO MORE 映画泥棒, or NO MORE Movie Thief. It’s pretty amusing, and always one of my favorite parts of the movie going experience. Ironically it’s … Continue reading →

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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s Summer Fireworks Hair

Posted on August 29, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Summer is winding down, so I thought I’d share this lovely photo of pop darling Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s fabulous summer fashion, which she posted on twitter recently. Is it better than her Christmas Hair? Afterall, nothing says summer like fireworks. … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Madness: Gunnarolla’s Japan Expo Video Review

Posted on August 21, 2013 by superhappyawesome

So Sean is off in California working on his big show, Japan Expo USA, which is happening this weekend. A little while back I was asked to reach out to some bloggers to do reviews of some Japanese items in conjunction … Continue reading →

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An interesting thing happened at the intersection of social media and pop culture the other day. I had heard that Denny’s was doing really well on social media, one of the mainstream brands that has really managed to tap into … Continue reading →

Posted on August 19, 2013 by superhappyawesome | 1 Comment

Self-portrait with Sushi

Posted on August 15, 2013 by superhappyawesome

A good thing recently has been having time and inclination to be creative. I’ve been playing around with my tablet, my watercolors, even my lovely coupy-pencils (like crayons, but a little more grown up. Just a little though.) Here’s a … Continue reading →

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NEW BLOG! Chotto Latte!

Posted on July 23, 2013 by superhappyawesome

New blog alert! Do you like Japan? Do you like coffee? Who doesn’t? I’ve been enjoying a lot of Japanese Latte Artists online lately. It can be hard to find their work for non-Japanese speakers, so I made a blog to … Continue reading →

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