Tag Archives: Art

Gunma Art Share Night!

Posted on February 24, 2014 by superhappyawesome

This past weekend my local JET Association held a new event–Art Share Night. The idea was to beat the winter blues by coming together to share some creativity. There were live performances and physical art as well. It was great! I … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: Happy Eat All the Chocolate Day!

Posted on February 14, 2014 by superhappyawesome

Second watercolor this week! The first was of course the hearts I painted the other day. My plans are up in the air, but I know for sure the day will involve lots and lots of chocolate 🙂 How about … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Hearts!

Posted on February 11, 2014 by superhappyawesome

This week is one of my favorite holidays, so in honor of Valentine’s Day I have not one but two watercolors planned! The first one is under the cut, and the next one will be up later this week. I’m also … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: another super silly Pokemon!

Posted on February 7, 2014 by superhappyawesome

I did a watercolor of Farfetch’d dressed as Darkwing Duck a few months ago, and did this one around the same time but never posted it. These Pokemon crossovers crack me up–what other crossover should I do?

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Today’s Watercolor: Cherry Blossoms and Maple Syrup

Posted on February 4, 2014 by superhappyawesome

I’m pleased to present a project that I’ve been working on for a few weeks! This is the header for my friend’s blog, Cherry Blossoms and Maple Syrup. It’s a book review blog (hence the books) with one of the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Cherry Blossoms

Posted on January 28, 2014 by superhappyawesome

It’s not quite cherry blossom season yet, but my old blog post for the Sakura Frappuccino has been getting crazy attention recently. Today was so warm that it was easy to dream of cherry blossoms, so I thought I’d post … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: Kusatsu Onsen Mascot Yumomi-chan

Posted on January 21, 2014 by superhappyawesome

We went to Kusatsu Onsen last weekend, so I decided to do a little painting of the local mascot Yumomi-chan. The water in Kusatsu is super hot, so it’s traditionally cooled by women with large wooden planks. You can read … Continue reading →

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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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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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