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Painter, artist of hand-painted / dyed clothes and bead accessories, print designer

“Who Do You Think UR” restarted, Stage 2 / ステージ2

Still in progress まだ制作は進行中    

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Wishing you all a happy Christmas and blessed 2023!

I wish you all a happy Christmas and blessed 2023! みなさま、楽しいクリスマスと恵まれた2023年をお迎えください!  

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“Who Do You Think UR”, restarted / やり直し

I’ve started over this. Inspired by a 1970s pop song titled “Who do you think you are” (Jigsaw version) これ、やり直してます。 1970年代のポップソングからの着想です。 (Jigsaw バージョン)    

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Just another scratch / また新しいスクラッチ

Just a pencil scratch — for a new painting まだ、スクラッチです。これから描く新作のための。  

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“Photon Bug”, Stage 2 / ステージ2

Here’s Stage 2. It’s still in progress. The real thing has a lot smoother color gradations, but my scanner fails to reproduce them. こちらがステージ2。まだ制作は進行中。 実物はもっと色彩のグラデーションが滑らかなのですが、 スキャナーがうまく捉えてくれません。    

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One more silliness / なおもアホバカもう1つ

My other website, an anti-nuke one targeted at Japanese readers, supposes the readers already have learned the basics of nuclear (weapons and power) issues. It’s not for beginners. So, sometimes I have to go a bit tough on readers, like … Continue reading

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Another ridiculous cartoon / もういっちょアホバカ漫画

Another silly cartoon for my other website — 「やかんをのせたら~~」用のアホバカ漫画、もういっちょ “NPP Contingency Plan” “IF the NPP experiences a LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident), we can blow up the dam and then its water will come down to cool down the reactors!” … Continue reading

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Joyeux Noel !

A “quick-made” Christmas card, commissioned by a friend. Color pencil on paper The image shows colors somehow different from the actual ones. My scanner is not good enough to show the “true colors.” 友人からの依頼で、急いで描いたクリスマスカード。 紙に色鉛筆 画像の色は、実際の色とはいくらか異なっています。 私のスキャナーは、そこまで忠実に元の色を再現できないようですね。  

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“Near-miss”, Stage 2 / ステージ2

Way below on Nov. 15 (“older posts” on the left bottom of the page), I posted Stage 1 of this automatism painting. Here’s Stage 2. ずっと下の11月15日 (ページ最下部左の older posts)、このオートマティズム絵画の ステージ1をアップロードしました。 こちらが、そのステージ2。  

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Silly cartoon / アホバカ漫画

I run another website, an anti-nuke one targeted at Japanese readers. The site needs some really silly, absurd, stupid, ridiculous cartoons — Too bad, sometimes I just have to dedicate a day to such cartoons. Shown here is one example … Continue reading

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