Tag Archives: I painted this

Today’s Watercolor: Songkran! สงกรานต์!

Posted on April 28, 2014 by superhappyawesome

Happy Songkran! Songkran is the Thai New Year festival, and is basically celebrated with a giant water fight (Thailand is a little hot this time of year, and by “this time of year” I mean always.) It’s celebrated in

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Today’s Watercolor: Hoppy Easter!

Posted on April 20, 2014 by superhappyawesome

Earlier this week I asked Facebook what I should paint for easter, and a friend suggested her pet bunny, and eggs and stuff. Done! Easter isn’t very well known here in Japan, though a few foreign companies are trying to market … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Kiki’s Delivery Service

Posted on April 9, 2014 by superhappyawesome

As I mentioned recently, the live-action Kiki’s Delivery Service came out in theaters here in Japan a few weeks ago. Many Americans think that the Ghibli movie if the same name is the original, but in fact it’s not. Majo … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: Ponto and Shingo!

Posted on April 6, 2014 by superhappyawesome

Spring Break is coming to a close, and it’s been a great one for out-of-town visitors. Two weeks ago there was the Anime News Network party with lots of people here for Anime Japan. Last weekend two of my old … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: a School Life Self-Portrait

Posted on March 28, 2014 by superhappyawesome

As you may know, my school is not just a normal high school. In addition to the usual stuff like Math and History, there are also subjects like Accounting and Marketing. The Word Processing Club is popular, and the Abacus … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: Charizard meets Godzilla!

Posted on March 18, 2014 by superhappyawesome

For the latest installment in my Pokémon mashup series, it’s Charizard meets Godzilla! Charzilla? Something about this combo just seemed right, especially with the new Godzilla movie trailer being

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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: 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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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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