2 New Prints and APE this month

I finally got around to finishing 2 new prints. It took forever but I finally finished them. I know most of you know that I gave birth last Dec and well it has been pretty hard to keep up with Nanamation. I must say this has been a slow and not so productive year. My husband says I should give myself some slack since I did after all had a baby. But I feel like its no excuse to slack on my artwork.  Anyway way I am back on a schedule that I can manage and my son is a little older things are a bit easier. Hopefully I can speed things up.

Here are my two new artworks. Also Alternative Press Expo is this month. October 16-17. Come visit me and say hello!

Zombies and Brains

Last week we threw our good friend a Zombie Birthday Party. I signed up to make red velvet cupcakes and boy did I have fun decorating. The husband even helped out with the decorating. HE had a lot of fun.

I also crochet him a Zombie Bunny to keep to the theme. Here is the sketch.

Here is the Zombie bunny!!

I wrapped it in a bag w/a Hello Kitty Zombie Bag that I made. I bought a Hello Kitty coloring book and tore one of the pages and colored the Hello Kitty in Zombie Colors.
Boy oh boy..it was a fun weekend!

Kimchee Pizza

That's right..Kimchee Pizza. When we had American food for dinner growing up, my mom would always find a way to put some Korean food into it. Back then I hated Kimchee Pizza but now I miss it.

Comics strip for Nanamation?

When I go to comic cons a lot of people ask if Nanamation will be doing any comics or stories? I usually tell people "no" because I rather do the art and I am not much of a writer. I mean, I went to art school so I can avoid writing essays. However,  a while back I did a comic book called 'Nan and the Flies' that I gave away FREE. That was pretty fun. It was basically about me as a child catching flies. I had this weird obsession with catching flies. It's a long story.

Anyway I wanted to explore that area so I decided I'll try a few this month and see where it goes.

Here is two of them....


This one is called "What's for lunch". Growing up I wanted to have such a normal sandwich lunch! Instead I always got something with rice. Typical Asian mom!

This next one is called "comfort food". My husbands comfort food was grilled cheese sandwiches.  One of mine was boiled octopus w/rice and some hot sauce of course! YUM!

Nanamation on Canvas

A Nanamation Fan emailed me about getting not just one but 2 prints in a larger form. I was really honored that I looked into it.

I got them today and they came out beautiful! I hope she likes them!

Possible new button Idea

Buttons do well for Nanamaiton. Here is one I did...I think I was waiting for my coffee or something when I did this one.

Moving Nanamation Blog...

I decided to move my blog to Google's Blogger. I can't stand livejournal's ads. It drives me nuts everytime I want to blog about something. So I decided to try Google's Blog. If this doesn't work then I'll try out word press. I heard good things about it.

Nanamation Bags Online

Nanamation bags are now online to purchase. I don't have many so get them while they are here.

Setting Goals

I realized I need to set weekly goals because if I don't then nothing gets done. I decided to do 2 sketches per night (at least). It will be tough with JJ but I GOTTA keep up w/Nanamation. I am also setting other goals like finishing a new print in 3 days or new print in a week. It will be tough but we will see how it goes.

Here is tonights sketch...

Phoenix is my next show

Okay..its been really hard to do any updates or do nanamation stuff lately. I had a baby last December and he has been keeping me BUSY. Also he is the worlds fussiest baby.

Hopefully now that I got a nanny once a week I will have more time for updates and more time for nanamation work!

I will be in Phoenix next week at the Phoenix Comicon so if you are all there then stop by my booth and say hello!

Crocheting

Other than working on nanamation I like to relax and crochet. Here is a bunnie I crochet for a friend who is having a baby girl. I guess the pink gives it away. LOL!!

New Lolita Print

Not sure what my obesession is with Lolita girls. I guess its because of the cute outfits!

New Lolita 8x10 Prints!

Just finished some new lolita prints. Just been obsessed with drawing lolita girls lately....esp when I go to these cons and see a lot of them dressed up and gets me inspired to draw.

I am now offering these prints for sale. They are 8x10 sizes.

Photos from APE

Finally getting around to posting pictures of APE from this year. Here is one of me and my booth.





Here is one of Junko Mizuno. I got her latest book which is filled with great illustrations.

Sorry for the late post...Alternative Press Expo

Sorry for the late post but I will be at Alternative Press Expo today and tomorrow (October 17th and October 18th).

New Button Display

Every show I try to add new buttons and as my buttons grow my display will need to grow. So here is my new button display. I can prob fit about 40 or so buttons.

Messy work studio & new artworks!!

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with my blog. Just been going through some things in my personal life so Nanamation production has been slow. But I am back on track now!

So first things first..here are my new prints that I have been working on. I call them my 4 seasons (Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter). They will be available to purchase at Alternative Press Expo in October. So come look for me. My booth number is 433.















Also we are getting ready to paint our studio so our studio has been a mess. We also bought some storage furniture so I have some desk room and I have been lacking storage space badly. Here is what my desk looks like. As you can see half my desk is my computer station where I do all my computer artwork and the other half is where I do my sewing. Hopefully w/the new furniture it will look much more different.

Here is my work space......

good to be home!

I am back from Phoenix and had a blast. It was good for me too. I can get so discouraged sometimes but coming to shows like Phoenix just inspire me to cont. on with Nanamation artwork. I will most likely return next year. I really enjoyed Phoenix Comicon. It is def. one of my better shows.

Among other things I finally got around to finishing John's baby blanket. I started to crochet this thing last year. It was my first time crocheting a blanket so it has some imperfections. I wanted to sew a fabric to the other end but decided to just leave it as is. Maybe the next blanket.

Crochet Coffee Mug

Asian Heritage Festival

The Asian Heritage Festival last Sat. was great. I had a great time. It was a little to hot for us but had a good time. We bought our own shade tent instead of renting so it worked out great.

There were ton of booths and food. I got Korean BBQ to which was yummie...mmmm..Korean BBQ.

Here is a picture of my booth




And I HAD TO TAKE PICTURES of these 2 adorable dogs in kimono outfits!! AHHHH!!!

Finished my print

Finalized and finished my print. Its a Korean Girl in a "hanbook". If I were to get a hanbook I would want something like this. Something w/some crazy floral prints!

Reminder - AsianFairSF!

Just wanted to remind everyone that I will be at the AsianFair SF this Sat. Here is the link for info below.

http://www.asianfairsf.com/

Nanamation this week...

So Nanamation has been really busy. I have a show coming up this week at the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. I am very excited and it will be my first year.

I am happy that I was able to get my 2 new shirt printed for the show. It is a lot of production work of ordering and printing but I made it in time! Here are a few other things I have been up to.

Rolling up shirts...






Making price tags. I wanted to find a better way of showing and cute way of showing prices. Usually I'll jsut cut up some paper and tape it but wanted something "better". So I got some felt paper and foam board. DUDE foam board rocks!!!!! You can cut it, draw on it and hot glue them!!! So RAD!!!




And some bags and flyers for my print backings

My Shirts Came In!

I finally got my shirts last weekend! They came out great. I'll be posting on my site later for purchase.

Passed out lion....

My little lion passed out. Whats funny is that her head is hanging out of her bed. Sometimes its totally out of her bed and it touches the floor. haha. Tell ya..she LOVES her red bed!!

Boston Cream Cupcakes!

Been dying to try this recipe...Boston Cream Cupcakes. Its basically cupcake w/custard inside and dark hard chocolate on top. mmmmm....mouth is getting watering. But Id say it was a success. I would def. make it again!

Kimchi Contest in SF!

So I won't be able to go but folks in SF should try making it to the Kimchi Contest!

Here is the link - http://crittersalon.blogspot.com/2009/04/kimchi-contest.html


Mmm...I crave some kimchi!

A new sketchbook

I got a new sketchbook from Barnes and Noble a few months back. This girl came to my booth and asked me to draw in her sketchbook and I was admiring the pattern. She told me she got it at Barnes and Noble so I went out that night to get the same one!

I love it dearly. I try really hard to draw in it every night but does not happen. Id say some nights I like to draw in it.

My Nanolitas!

Going to these cons I have been seeing a lot of girls dressing up in cute lolita costumes. Since I am drawing in my sketchbook at the cons I started to draw cute lolita girls...I call them My Nanolitas!

Obessing about crocheting

I have been obsessing about crochet amigurumis!!! I had a hard time learning because I could never find a book that taught left hand folks like me! So I finally took a class and they taught me but the teacher was right handed so I learned it the right hand way.



Here is my first crocheted octopus. He has even got 8 legs. Next to my favorite rad red mug
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Next one is for my sister in law. She just had a baby and wanted a pink elephant. I just realized it is not baby proof. I should of made the eyes with felt so maybe next time.

Nanamation Shop is Open

My Online Store is finally up! Check it out under the "shop" menu link.

All Nanamation Poster Prints and Tees are available through the online store. 2 new poster prints will be added hopefully later on the month!

Next Show in May

My next show will be May 16 at the Anime Festival during the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. Details soon to come!

Next Show in May

My next show will be May 16 at the Anime Festival during the Asian Heritage Street Celebration. Details soon to come!

Weekend in Napa

Last Month Tim and I went to Napa. It was a weekend of gluttony. We consumed really really REALLY good food and wine. This was our weekend plan

Friday Night - Bouchon Cafe
Saturday Day - Yountville Festival
Saturday Night - Cave Dinner at one of the wineries. It was a 6 course meal and each meal was paired w/a wine. We sat next to the Wine Owner himself.
Sunday - French Laundry. Yep you heard it right! I was able to score reservations at the French Laundry.

The place we stayed was wonderful was well. In the morning they deliver fresh bread and goodies from the Bouchon Bakery.

Here are our images posted on picasa

http://picasaweb.google.com/nkstar78/WeekendInNapa?authkey=Gv1sRgCJKCmIqn1Pn6-QE#

Survived Emerald City Comic Con

Survived Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. Seattle is such a wonderful place. It kinda reminds me of home-San Francisco.

We went to the famous fish market. Unfortunately it was closed but did get to eat some oysters and fish for dinner....mmmmmm






Here is a pic of my booth. Sorry I am slouching because I got a new low chair because the original one was broken.







Here is kid w/the best Hell Boy Costume I have seen in a long time. My booth in the back.