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About Francis

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

“Enlivening dull clothes” — Work 3 / 「パッとしない服に元気を」、第3弾

So, my “Enlivening dull clothes” project goes on — This polo, whose back is shown above, is in a lovely ultramarine blue. Still, plain, solid ultramarine can look gloomy, especially in a dark environment. So, I am lightening it up … Continue reading

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The back is done / 裏面も完成

So, the whole “pajama” is now turned into a no-nuke message shirt. “Go nuke, go broke” “Wise CEOs stay — away from nuke” If you want me to paint message / motif of your choice on your fav clothes, just … Continue reading

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The back says, “Wise CEOs—” / 裏面には、「賢明なCEOなら・・・」

So, this is what the back of the “pajama-turned no-nuke shirt” below says —- this is not finished yet. Please wait till I post the finished state. I wish Toshiba and Hitachi had had wise CEOs, who would have led … Continue reading

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So, a no-nuke message, front / そこで、反核メッセージ、表面

  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So, as you see above, I’ve written a no-nuke message on the front side of the “dull” solid gray pajama. I think now the … Continue reading

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Enlivening “dull” clothes II / パッとしない服に元気を II

. . . . . . . . . . . . What!?? Actually, this is the upper half of a pajama suit. Dull in dark gray. I tried it on, and it was not wearable for my sensitive skin. … Continue reading

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The gray parka, back done / 例のグレイのパーカ、背面完成

So, here is the parka’s back, done. IF you want me to paint a motif/design of your choice in your fav colors on your fav clothes, just let me (Heeday) know at yadokari_ermite*yahoo.co.jp  (<– Replace * with @) The price? … Continue reading

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The gray parka, front done / 例のパーカ、前面完成

So, the front side of the gray parka shown below is done! Please wait till the back is done. 下のグレイのパーカ、前面が出来ました! 背面ができるのを、お待ちくださいませ。    

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So, this is what’s happening to the parka below / で、下のパーカ、こうなってます

So, I’m painting some imaginary little flowers on the gray parka shown below. Shown here are the front and back sides, both still in Stage 1 (just begun). IF you want me to paint a motif of your choice in … Continue reading

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What?? / なんだあ??

  What?? Just a plain parka and a scratch on paper — ?? This is how I start clothes painting. All I have is the fabric paints and the clothes to paint. Then, I consider the motifs, positions, colors, etc. … Continue reading

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Some scary illustrations / 不気味なイラスト

Six days of absence — I was busy writing a new page of my other website, http://ermite.just-size.net/nucleare/ As I said before this “other website” is an anti-nuke site written mostly in Japanese, since it is aimed at those Japanese readers … Continue reading

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