Japanese artist Kazuki Takamastsu is a master of graphic design, animation and modeling, mashing all three skills together to create his works. Using 3D and 2D computer rendering and acrylic gouache painting to bring it all into reality. Or at least the reality that hangs on a wall in a gallery.

These ominous, faceless, colour-less & context-less girls are more then a little creepy.
The images are similar to the “answers” to those old Magic Eye 3D illusion books, but with a splash of Japanese animation influence.

Fu^*ing brilliant!

If you happen to be hanging out in Omotesando , Tokyo – you can check out his work at Spiral Gallery from 28th Oct-3rd Nov 2009. If not only for a look at the fantastic Spiral Gallery itself!

Hit more to check out more of Takamastu’s work.

Special thanks to Kazuki Takamatsu getting in contact for info on his methods of creation.
情報をありがとう！

This caught my eye online the other day. I have been pining over it ever since.

One of the great iconic animated images of our time; this massive My Neighbor Totoro movie poster measures 28.5″ x 40.5″.

The ultimate symbol of magical Japanese animated cinema.

Anyone who lives in wellington should pick it up. Be prepared to drop a stack and a half to do so though.

Available for $719NZD by pickup only in Wellington, NZ.
Good work Popup Gallery.

Which of course are always useful, each one being able to store at least 4GB. Thats enough for a couple of movies and a handful of songs to go with them.

I have been wanting to get one of these little sticks for quick transfers when I am in a rush.

Anyway Check them out below:

More after the jump…

Design by:AMT.
www.byamt.com/#/ELECTRIC/

Evangelion USB – available at J-List / JBox

Looks epic…if a little cheesy. Hope its not overly biased towards America’s perspective of the war.

peace.

First up a little notice: My phone is officially not going to work what-so-ever over here in Japan. America will probibly be an entirely diffrent story, but the cell phones (of which i am extremely dissapointed they won’t work on Vodafone, as they are THE coolest things I have ever seen) here are all on plan and roaming in Japan takes two weeks to process…err annoying.

Second up, best way to get hold of me is via email,  if your looking to call, the chuck me an email and ill feed you the number.

Third: Hey Mum, Dad, Annabel and my friends, I’m hard out missing all you guys and even though this is amazingly amazing. I can’t wait to see you, Dad – the camera is really really cool. Thank you! Annabel shoes are keeping my toots warm in the soft snow (featured in this ep!) and Mum I wouldnt be here without your ticket help! thanks.

OK

So back to pics and stories.

Heres a pictorial run down of the couple of days spent cruising the streets of Tokyo after our last update:

Everything looks like a toystore, but isnt.

Allyway in Shinjuku.

Arriving in Harajuku, its a sweet little-big street.

Found Wendys there…aaaaaahh tastes like home

Yum imitation food lollies – pretty.

So much to see and do in tokyo. But I still didnt find one toy shop until we hopped off the Yamanote line at the:

Akihabara Electric Town Exit

toyz

Retrogamez

Arcadez

Dinosaurz

Akihabara is pretty much my Dream…

Phew.

So after all that, we spent the next few days rolling around the city at a leasurly pace. We went to an unhappy Zoo and Spent some time in the Ueno district that seemed so innocently quiet and turned out to be seemed so innocently quiet and turned out to be a bustling marketplace. look:

Ueno’s quiet station area,

sweet

about to walk into the zoo

Little shine in the zoo -

- wish theyd put that much effort into the enclosures

aw

angry/sad/mental

Wheres the honor?

This guy reminded me of Foxy, made me miss him.

Uhh, don’t feed the aminals, I guess…

Pelican Face

Killer Crow, swooping for a small child.

So my time is up at the Cybercafe, I havent had time to proof read or update you on our trip out of tokyo or the rest of our adventure in Ueno.  They will be uploaded soooooon…

Safe in sound in tokyo again – love Max and Fran

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