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Sweet six illustrators and designers that has captured me - the Sweet edition of WDFIV!

        In conjunction with my research for two branding projects which needs references of graphics, from cute girly ones to plain pen graphic drawing, I guess the ones that caught my attention are the whimsical, cute, handrawn ones. And well, I am a Japanese at heart afterall. It's mostly Japanese designers dominated this time! But of course, there's a dipping pool for those who think Japanese is not their cup of tea down below...

Just kill me with pen, graphic pen and pencil drawings with cute dash of colorful patterns. Polkaros is too uberly cute to miss! Whimsical and just plain cu-u-ute, perfect for a pop-up Valentine's day card, yes? 

So Takahashi's "You wanna buy a Carpark/Craprak?" CD design which is oh-so-wonderful, so, so me and the direction somewhat of my catalog. Originally, I found out about this project in a book, below, and finally got the better resolution on his portfolio, Heads Inc. Another one is his Shisheido lookbook which has a simple but the breakable layout rule and 3D invitation design which is innovative in its simplicity yet the feature of the surprise in the middle.

He's a good one to also check out his conceptual, futuristic VMs with Shisheido (his biggest client with many collabs yet?). Very cool!



http://headsinc.com/

I accidentally stumbled upon a 'wrong' Chinatsu portfolio, where I first wanted to find Chinatsu H below, but then after googling (because apparently the name Chinatsu is so common!), I found this sleek Fulvimari-like illustrator minus the blotches with relatively simple touch of just lines.

I'm happy I stumbled upon her, raving her work!

Now onto the real Chinatsu that I was finding, is Chinatsu Higashi! She has been featured in the dreamy magazine Lula, and dubs herself as the artist who does illustration illusion. Fairly whimsical with pastel candy colors and collages of flowers, toys, and your childhood most favorite things, it doesn't stop to entice you and you wish you were living in her fairytale world.

I. need. to. know. the. designer. who. did. this. beautiful. pretty. little. surrealistic. thing. More on MANOUSH brand and S/S11 lookbook in Dolls Factory where I found it, and there's no other information. Love the logos and everything on the first image.

Esther Horchner's tongue-in-cheek teapots that would surely scare your future mother-in-laws. Please do not serve her with these chinas, get some traditional real china for that. This one could be saved for Black Day on March 14 for all the single ladies!

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end! time for life rants.

thought that it looked hilarious. the usual moniker i call my friends in terms calling them as a monkey.

The moodboard #1 progress that needs a boost of cafffeine every night to keep me stay morphed as an owl:

February is definitely pink-ish!

Found this little cutie thru House of Jeroy which I REALLY NEED since I keep breaking my specs for freaking no reason which leaves me with the bugseye glasses I'm getting annoyed with. It comes with an awesome packaging as well. Oh-la-la. A primary. Alternative: back to Raybans.

Chotto! Anyways, support the ever-amusing local brand The Balletcats with their new limited design Half-Puss. Sneak peek, Read the article. And it's long overdue for the already collaborative sold-out project I did with this unnerving brand.
ATTN: Censorship: Age 15+ for suggestive violence against the body and the garment.

  Achtung!           In support for the lovely book-a-zine CIRCUS where I introduced back last year, dead over there for more details, and if you like the book-a-zine and is familiar/have it, please support the next edition, VOYAGE, here! (And so I can kickstart in the work I'm going to hand in to them. ;D) I'll leave you here with what it looks like and an excerpt of a beautiful editorial I love inside.

Waiting...

Valentine's day is approaching! Absolutely loving the detail, see her portfolio in full. Bless for those who do have a special someone, who will celebrate or expect a surprise, residing in the same city and has the luxury to meet everyday. It is for LDR couples.

Ho ho ho.

 
             I'll just wait and rot in the corner until my wife fetches me. Don' think he can hear me either. He's leavin away, see see, avoiding the fact he won't be around in flesh when the time comes.

Oh how can you be fakqing gorgeous in such a candid pic.

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I don't think I do this often but I guess I should, other than my Tweet profile (and I don't RT all the posts I write tweeted. Not 24/7 on Deck or something, I don't have meme or deck or shuffle cards or whatsoever!)

 

  A Scarf Affair with fantasy-tical illustrator Pomme-Chan @wjournal 

Please buy me this!

(who am I talking to again? The wind? The ... well boy who used to be beside me ran away)

Or you can buy me Coco Pit's~!

or another illustrator - will be writing that next month... hopefully.

 

CANTABILE! A Concert of Nodame’s Favorite Classics 

(which I just watched the re-run on Metro TV just an hour back)

Asia On The Edge 2011, 

Singapore. This was I, Robot visiting Singapore which I couldn't go! TT_TT

and reposted, VALENTINO: RETROSPECTIVE – PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE 

Plus, from one highly-knowledgable article from the board,

Watch the whole process of the magazine creation of 2 months, in a short run-through video created by the magazine's team to bring the latest ephemeral issue, The Black Swan Issue.

 Rather stressful yet uber fun and this cubicle life is my job in the future? ! ! Cramped with all and small white Macs like mine? I demand an iMac desktop if I were you.

Bravo guys! I want a copy!!!!

Ballerina Who Loves B-boy Live Musical 

 SUPER SHOW 3 - Lady Hee Hee! 

 SUPER SHOW 3 - Opening! 

 THE #SS3SG: The Bomb of January 

and still a couple more but never mind too tired.

Finally, SUJUNESIA spotted in SUPER SHOW 3! Hear hear, it was originally first up on

HeyDiaspora HERE!

Over and out! Dead tired!
Apparently no couple were interested in the half-off dinner date at TBC/TBR, and not even my friends are interested to be my date. D:

I am such a pauper in this world, no kidding. Was and always been. I may be a princess in the eyes of yours but I'm actually living most of my days as a photocopied paper. TT_TT

WDF, I guess I gotta read The Alchemist so though negative things bump to me daily I'll be forever positive or have power to always give ultra-fake pepsodent "I'm alright" smile.



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Super bad of me I absolutely forgotten where I got this beautiful girls!

Anyone knows or identify this work as yours please raise your hands up and call out!

 Interesting composition and idea, Coin Operated Boy! Boy, would I also like one when I do need one to be my personal take-carer. And as always, love the brown envelop paper as medium.

By Marc Gabriel Loh.

Mogu Takahashi's whimsical child-like dolls with bright colors and other creative works do brighten up someone's day! とてもかわいい！＜３

via Hello Sandwich-u!

PS. Doesn't it remind you of le boyfriend's sandwich trial in Raising Idol...? Heehee.

French color-pencil Florent Chavouet illustrator brings little Japan to life and his website is picturesque and lovely to see. How I want the book, Tokyo Sanpo (walk [around] Tokyo)! Doubtful that bookstores here have it.

And his ongoing character sushi and being mashed with other types of food is a little daily comic to follow :D

Visit his blog too!

•photos from Amazon and his blog•

In an old interview I found; Ebony Bizys an otaku too!
Whut? It doesn't make sense. All I did was discover her, adore her works and her cute self, and she likes the same thing I do! We're all otakus.
Speechless to say the choices of bright colorful palettes making a world of pop-ups and beautiful decorations that I could wear!
Here's one of her videos shown as well from it for an old project.
ALL THE THiNGS i LiKE. Don't you?

Max's old work which I do absolutely support the message conveyed 100%!

I was looking for an illustrator in doing hand-lettering for kids books, and found Cate James but the lettering isn't suitable. But this cassettes pattern is so Frankie-like, it's retro-cool!

Fellow Lomo-er Silvi shared a link in her profile, and the photo linked to it has its own blurry appeal. I immediately checked not only finding photography works, but illustration!
It's called bluenote photograph. Hailing from Japan.
SUGOI lah. I cannot hide the respect and my geeky love for them. Nuff' said.
And, doesn't that last picture reminds you of Kenzo's Poppy?
Cute~

Sea of Shoes' third round trip to Tokyo and sighted a super striking illustration in the road. I envy her. Reminds me of this quick project I'm doing which is to be revealed the day before I go back home.



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If I was to be still in Foundation level, then Lola Dupré's work would be one of my examples. Un/Fortunate thing is I've graduated from it! But it's still amazing to see those meticulous paper turned puzzle to create a clean piece. I'd still have UHU balls get stuck in between them.


and finally, one more person behind the big fashion glossies who decorates their pages beautifully! This is Sabiene Pieper and her drawings are most familiar with our eyes.

She mixes labels between commisioned such as the first image for Elle (interesting layout as well) and the second image plainly her fine art 'scribbles'. To this German it's scribbles, but to me it's god work ( the usual term we'd label our friends, "god-like" drawings/sewing/etc.)