I Wouldn’t Go In There… | I Wouldn’t Go In There…

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I mentioned how some of my art was featured on a National Geographic documentary on haunted places in Japan last month. Well, the episode has finally made an appearance on YouTube. I’m not sure how long the videos will stay up, but you can view them at the links below:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjLboGQuI0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9MS8W4usG8
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq1kz-EFsqs

My illustrations, as well as an interview with Zack Davisson of hyakumonogatari.com, are featured in part 2! | 以前にお知らせをしましたが、何枚かの私のイラスト（幽霊、姑獲鳥、怨霊）が、ナショナルジオグラフィックドキュメンタリーa National Geographic documentary の番組で使われています。日本にある心霊スポットの特集番組です。以下のリンクから見る事ができますので、是非ご覧になってみてください。

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjLboGQuI0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9MS8W4usG8
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq1kz-EFsqs

私のイラスト画はPart2で、hyakumonogatari.comのZack Davisson氏へのインタビュー場面で使われています。

It’s That Time Again | 再びこの季節がやってきました

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YokaiSummer has come and gone, faster than I could have imagined! But I’m happy because now it is fall, my favorite time of year. And for me, one of the biggest fall events that I look forward to is A-Yokai-A-Day!

In less than a month, A-Yokai-A-Day will return for 2013, with 30 brand new yokai never before featured on this site. They’ll also be appearing on yokai.com, my brand new online illustrated database of yokai, yurei, and strange phenomena from Japanese folklore!

Finally, what’s I’m most excited about is that along with A-Yokai-A-Day, I will be launching a second Kickstarter project to raise funds to produce a second book! I launched my first Kickstarter in August of 2011, and the result was The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. This second Kickstarter will work essentially the same way, and I will be producing another book with over 100 new yokai from Japanese folklore, fully illustrated in color!

I’ll be posting more information on the 2nd book soon, so check back again later this month, and get ready for an awesome fall full of yokai! | Yokai今年の夏は想像していたよりも早くにやってきて、そして早々に去っていくように感じます。そして、私の一番好きな秋の足音がもう聞こえてきています。秋といえばA-Yokai-A-Dayですね！

２０１３年のA-Yokai-A-Dayは、これまでにまだ紹介していない３０種類の新しい妖怪を毎日描いていく予定です。この妖怪たちはこのウェブサイトにポストしますが、もう一つ私の新しい妖怪画データーベースサイトyokai.comでも掲載していきます。

A-Yokai-A-Dayの他にもう一つとても楽しみなお知らせがあります！私は再びKickstarterプロジェクトスタートさせる準備を進めています！前回のKickstarterは２０１１年の秋にスタートさせました。多くの方々に賛同いただき、初めての妖怪イラストレーション本「百鬼夜行：The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons 」を出版することができました。

今回のプロジェクトでもおよそ１００を超える妖怪たちを描き、本を出版したいと考えています。

第２弾の本の内容についてなどはまた追々お知らせしていきたいと思っていますのでまた随時チェックしてみてください！

それでは皆さん、素晴らしい秋の夜空と妖怪たちに出会う準備をして待っていてください！

Set Your DVR’s!

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Tonight on the National Geographic channel you have a chance to see some paintings of mine on a mini special about Japanese ghosts!

national-geographic-channelThe special is titled “I Wouldn’t Go In There” and covers a bunch of ghost stories from East Asia. The show’s website can be found here: http://natgeotv.com/asia/iwgit/about

There’s a trailer on YouTube as well here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUHXxKiywAU

In addition to featuring some of my illustrations, they also consulted on the show with Zack Davisson of hyakumonogatari.com, fellow yokai researcher!

So check your listings and set your DVR’s. This should be a fun show!

 

Yokai Presentation | 日本の伝説や妖怪についてのプレゼンテーション

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Yesterday I had a great time at the M. Allan Vogelson Regional Branch of the Camden County Library. I was invited to give a presentation on yokai and Japanese legends as part of the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival. | 先日、桜祭りイベントの一環として、M. Allan Vogelson Regional Branch of the Camden County Libraryに招待され、日本の伝説や妖怪についてのプレゼンテーションを行いました。 Continue reading →

Spring View of Shofuso | 松風荘庭園の春景色

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The Cherry Blossom Festival is just around the corner, and pretty soon the cherry blossoms will be popping all over Philadelphia. Which makes it appropriate that I just finished this painting of Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park, with its cherry trees in full bloom.

If you’ve been paying attention to my Facebook page, you’ve probably noticed that for a while I was getting 1 painting done per week, until March. Well, that’s because I’ve been wrestling with this painting all month long, and finally I am happy with the results. The level of tiny detail is pretty intense in this one, and it looks great full-size on paper.

I’ll be selling this print and some others at Sakura Sunday (April 14 @ the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center). Hope to see you there!

Spring View of Shofuso (松風荘庭園の春景色)

Spring View of Shofuso (松風荘庭園の春景色)

100 Famous Views of Philadelphia Prints are Available

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Wow, it has been an incredibly long time since I last posted anything on my website… About 4 months even! You know how time just bleeds away when you’re busy? That’s what the past few months have been like for me.

Some time back, I mentioned how I was rebooting my “100 Famous Views of Philadelphia” series with a view of doing all 100 prints and putting them into a large, full-color book like I did with Night Parade last year (Oh yeah! And it’s just 1 year now that Night Parade has been out too!). Well, I have been working night and day on the new images, trying to get one done about each week.

If you’ve been following me on Facebook/Twitter/Google+ then you know that I haven’t been totally silent; only silent on my blog. And you’ve probably seen the images of the finished pieces as I’ve been getting them done. And you’ve probably heard me apologize that I don’t have prints available yet. Well that changes today! Continue reading →