“The Mecha Maniac” and “The Terror of Tokyo” wrestle poster prints.
Tag: Japan
Bob’s Burgers Art Show- Gallery 1988
Gallery 1988 (West) in conjunction with Fox, presents the official “Bob’s Burgers” art show. My piece for this great event is titled: “Hawk and Chick: Monster Slayers.”
Translations, clockwise from top left: “Monster Slayer,” Samurai Barber,” “Hawk and Chick” and “Father and Daughter.”
Japanese Manhole Cover Design
Photographer S. Morita documents an amazing collection of Japanese manhole covers.
Victorian Puzzle Pouch & Sketch Card
The “Land of Kaiju” project meets the Victorian puzzle pouch. This folded design dates back to 1782 and were utilized in a variety of countries. The Japanese version, known as a “Tato”was used to store items such as buttons and needles. Known as a Valentine Puzzle Purse in Britain, it was popular during the Victorian era, used for love notes. One piece of paper is intricately folded to act as a container for a small item. In this case the treasure included inside is an original signed ChetArt sketch card. The pouch measures approx. 3.75″ square when folded and expands to 11.25” square with colorful creature portraits and an alliterative phrase on one side. The reverse displays a fanciful moonlit battle scene and provides a container for the sketch card. An intermediate layer displays the Japanese term “Kaiju,” translating to strange beast or monster. The folded sheet is printed in color on sturdy 44 lb. cover stock.
Each puzzle pouch includes one signed sketch card measuring 3″ square.
~Click Here To Shop For Puzzle Pouches With Sketch Cards~
Kaiju iPhone and iPad Cases-ChetArt
A selection of characters from the new series “Land of Kaiju” is now available on a variety of iPhone and iPad cases. For the iphone, you can choose to display on the iPhone 5 Deflector, 5 Capsule, 4S/4 Deflector, 4S/4 Capsule, 3GS Capsule and iPod touch 4G Capsule. These fearsome characters can also guard your iPad on the (Retina) Deflector and iPad 2 Deflector style cases.
~Visit the Kaiju iPhone and iPad case section here~
Mail Me Art 3
The third installment of Mail Me Art is the brain child of Darren Di Lieto. The art show will be comprised of pieces created on envelopes and mailed to Darren. Mail art is a unique form of creation that’s been around for decades. Some pieces are lost, damaged or doodled on along the way, so ultimately making it to its destination is an extra factor in its form of creation. I was honored to be a part of the first Mail Me Art show and subsequent book in 2006. This time around the requested dimensions are a uniform and smaller size, thus the title of the show: Mail Me Art: Short and Sweet. For my contribution, I continued my recent theme of Kaiju, (strange beast) Japanese monsters with a wash and marker sketch on brown paper. The piece officially made it to England this week. (Darren’s scan of the envelope shown above.)
Read more about the event and see more entries on the official Mail Me Art blog.
Sanctuary
New image available in the ChetArt online shop: “Sanctuary” depicts familiar super characters presented in a crossover setting in the style of a Japanese print. Raging radioactive monster roams in the background.
(Graphic in upper right reads: “Vacation Day.”)
Available in 2 sizes signed by the artist: 8″ x 10″ with white border and no mat plus larger version in 11″ x 14 mat.
(Available online and at SDCC 2012- Small Press Booth O-01)
(Click for larger view)
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Monkey Monday-Working For A Living
Stereoviews of Old Japan
In the late 19th and early 20th century, photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan. Visit Pink Tentacle for more animated Stereoviews.