Donation to Japan

Happy New Year everyone! Due to the sales of the 1000 Crane Rescue print, I donated over $350 to the Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. My thanks to everyone who made that possible!

Anime Arts Holiday Event.. final day!

Thanks to the folks to showed up last weekend! I'll be there tomorrow near Kinokuniya Book Store in Japantown, San Francisco on December 23rd. Here's the flyer with more information. Finish up your holiday shopping!

Anime Arts Event in Japantown

Kinokuniya Book Store in Japantown, San Francisco is hosting an Anime Arts Holiday Event complete with art vendors and demos! I'll be there December 17-18 and 23 with my art prints and comics. I'm sharing a table with Christine Uemura, jewelry maker of whimsical design. Here's the flyer with more information. Come on by and finish up your holiday shopping!

Also, thanks to everyone to showed up to my Small Press Spotlight at the Cartoon Art Museum! I appreciate your support of my art.

Featured button

My koi heart button is featured on the Busy Beaver blog. Check it out and don't forget that I have the buttons available at my site's shop.

Small Press Spotlight & Encounters

My Small Press Spotlight at the Cartoon Art Museum runs until December 4, 2011. Encounters is my new book which collects 48 pages of my watercolor comic short stories in full color. You can get the book directly from my site here. The CAM bookstore is also carrying it.

Encounters debut

I'm debuting my new book Encounters at my Small Press Spotlight reception tonight at the Cartoon Art Museum from 7-9 pm. Come on by!

Encounters cover and reception

Here's the final cover for my upcoming book which is a collection of my various short comic stories. My Small Press Spotlight reception is on November 8th, Tuesday, 7-9 pm at the Cartoon Art Museum. Here's more information about the spotlight itself here. Hope to see you there!

Upcoming manga workshops

Here are free upcoming manga workshops at libraries. Space is limited, so contact each library soon to reserve a spot!

October 19, Wednesday: 2:30 to 5 pm for 11-19 year olds
Saratoga Library
13650 Saratoga Ave
Saratoga, CA 95070
(408) 867-6126

October 22, Saturday: 12 to 1:30 pm for 8-12 year olds and 2:30 to 5 pm for 13-18 year olds
Cupertino Library
10800 Torre Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 446-1677

November 5, Saturday: 10:30 am to 12 pm for 3-5 graders and 1:30 to 3 pm for 6-8 graders
Registration opens on October 17th. Call to reserve a spot!
Pleasanton Library
400 Old Bernal Ave
Pleasanton, CA 94566
(925) 931-3400 ext. 8

Hope to see you at the workshops!

Steam ship

A steam ship in peril.

judo gestures

Gestures of judo players drawn with Micron pens.

Small Press Spotlight & APE

I'm the Small Press Spotlight at the Cartoon Art Museum, starting on October 1st to December 4th. Also, I'll be sharing a table with Brian Kolm at APE, October 1st to 2nd at the Concourse Center in San Francisco! Stop by table 655! I'll have a preview of my upcoming comics.

Dirigible

A dirigle in flight.

SF Zinefest

I'll be at SF Zinefest sharing table 77 with Rae Wood on September 3rd and 4th. It's free admission. Come on by and check our art work!

Manga Mania in August

One more Manga Mania workshop has been added to the Cartoon Art Museum! It's on August 13th, Saturday. Sign up here for the class. I hope to see you there!

SDCC bound!

I'm sketching for the Cartoon Art Museum at SDCC booth 1930, July 23, Friday 12-1 pm. The whole list of artists and full press release is here.

My prints are available at Bobcat Publishing table F-09.

Come on by!

Manga Mania goes on

Next up are my classes at the Schulz Museum. I have two days scheduled: July 1 and July 8. Call 707.284.1263 to reserve a spot for the Manga and Anime Drawing class for 8-12 year olds or 13-17 year olds. Then, I'll return to the Cartoon Art Museum on July 15. Sign up here for the Cartoon Art Museum class. Keep on sketching!

Manga Mania!

Thanks to everyone who visited me at Fanime!

Next up is Manga Mania: a manga drawing workshop at the Cartoon Art Museum. Join me for the secrets of manga technique on June 11th! Register here online.

Fanime 2011

Thanks to everyone to came to the SF library manga workshops! I have more classes here. I will be at Fanime 2011 next in San Jose, May 27-30. Along with Jeannie Lee, we'll be doing art critques on Friday and Sunday of the con. We're at tables T295-297. Come on by!

1000 Crane Rescue

Available print here. I will be donating 25% of the sales to Japan relief. If you're local and I'm likely to see you at con, drop me a line or post a comment and we'll make arrangements. My next con will be Fanime, May 27 to 30. Table location to be announced soon.

Manga Mania upcoming classes

Thanks to everyone showed up at Wondercon! It was a lot of fun. Coming up are Manga Mania classes! These are manga drawing classes I'm teaching in May, June and July. Here's the full schedule in a PDF format. The first one is at the SF Library, Portola Branch on May 14 from 1:30-3 pm. Let's build up those drawing muscles!

Still Winter, page 1

First page of an upcoming comic sans sound effects and dialogue. I'm trying to get the hang of digital painting.

WonderCon 2010!

The return of the Karen and Karen table is imminent! I'll be at Wondercon Small Press table # 17 (SP 17) with my awesome twin Karen Krajenbrink. Hope to see you!

Test panel

Here's a test panel for a comic story I'm developing.

Castro Valley High show

Starting on February 1st, my work will be at Castro Valley High through mid-March or so. I will be conducting an art workshop on the same day.