Tag Archives: Art

Today’s art: Moon-viewing Beauty

Posted on September 8, 2014 by superhappyawesome

Today is 十五夜 Jugoya, the day for お月見 Otsukimi, or moon viewing. Essentially a harvest festival, it takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the old solar calendar.  It happens to line up with the Chinese … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Hello Kitty n’est pas un chat

Posted on August 28, 2014 by superhappyawesome

The internet veritably exploded today with the news that Hello Kitty is not, in fact, a cat. Christine Yano, an anthropologist from the University of Hawaii, is currently curating an upcoming Hello Kitty retrospective at the Japanese American National Museum, … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: The Snake Bucket Challenge!

Posted on August 22, 2014 by superhappyawesome

I nominate you all! 😉

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Today’s Art: Tomioka Silk Mill Mascots!

Posted on July 18, 2014 by superhappyawesome

In randomly exciting news, I’ve been invited to participate in a two day Tour & Workshop about how to develop promotions for the Tomioka area, home of the Silk Mill, a newly minted UNESCO World Heritage Site. There’s only 8 … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: Happy birthday, Mum!

Posted on July 1, 2014 by superhappyawesome

It’s my mother’s birthday today! I wish I could be there in person to give her flowers, but I thought that painting some might be the next best thing 🙂

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Today’s Art: Stromae’s TA FÊTE

Posted on June 30, 2014 by superhappyawesome

I’ve been really enjoying Belgian hip-hop artist Stromae recently. He’s about to start his first American tour, and I’m interested to see how his blend of melancholy and incredible catchiness fares in the states. The official video for his song Ta … Continue reading →

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Today’s art: Otakon’s Hiroko!

Posted on June 29, 2014 by superhappyawesome

I’m posting every day this week in celebration of my new Facebook Page, Super Happy Awesome! So far there’s been two watercolors (Facebook and the BFG) and a pen drawing (Beethoven’s Favorite Fruit) so I thought I’d mix it up … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: The BFG

Posted on June 25, 2014 by superhappyawesome

It’s Day 3 of my Week of POST EVERYDAY in celebration of my new Facebook page! Speaking of which, have you liked my new Facebook page yet? https://www.facebook.com/superhappyawesomeyay I absolutely loved Roald Dahl books growing up, the BFG in particular. … Continue reading →

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Today’s Art: What’s Beethoven’s Favorite Fruit?

Posted on June 24, 2014 by superhappyawesome

It’s DAY TWO of my week of posting every day in celebration of my new Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/superhappyawesomeyay (Have you liked it yet? GO LIKE IT.) Today’s a little pen and ink based on one of my favorite Oyaji gags. … Continue reading →

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