Yeah sorry..it has been a while since I have posted anything or done any Nanamation work. After Comic Con SD 2011, I got busy with some things in my personal life. No not another baby. Just moving and I took a contract job that took up all my time. I also needed a break.

Now that things are settling in for me, I hope to get my work back on track!

The print was such a success that I decided to do the Ukulele girl on a shirt. These will also be at Comic Con SD!

The ninjas are back! These will be at Comic Con! Limited Sizes so get then while you can! My cute husband modeling the shirt. :D Sorry ladies he is taken.

Yup Nanamation finally got into Comic Con San Diego. I got in a few years ago and was wait listed because I made the mistake of not applying early for the year after. But I got a call early this summer that they had a cancellation and they have a spot for me! YAY!

If you are going this year, come visit me at my table at C-05.

If you missed last weeks Cherry Blossom Festival then come this upcoming weekend! The parade is on Sunday so make sure to get there early! Nanamation will be outside on Buchanan and Post so come out! The weather should be nice..hopefully.

If you guys missed me at Wondercon then come out and see me at the Cherry Blossom Festival. This week I will be at the New People Building. Come out for some good food and great art/crafts!

After careful thought I decided to offer the Chinese Zodiac characters as print only. I have a lot of requests from fans if I would print them on shirts. It is such a gamble that I will first try them as prints and if all goes well then I may expand to merchandise.

If you don't follow my Facebook or Twitter, then it might be good time to start following me for faster news and new products.

If you haven't heard the buzz, I've added some new shirts on my store site. From now until the end of March (March 31, 2011) everything in the Nanamation Store will be on sale. The new shirts will also be on sale. Yup everything!  It is a pre-show sale with show prices.


Here are some new prints that I finished in time for my upcoming shows.  Unfortunately these are not available through the site yet.

I can't find the words to write on what has happened in Japan. News has become really hard to watch these days. My husband and I decided to donate funds to the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California.  Our friends were donating to JCCCNC and mentioned that one hundred percent of the donations will go directly towards citizen relief efforts in the most affected areas. However in the end it does not matter. Please just donate to your charity of choice. Thanks.

Make sure to check out my events page. I have a lot of shows coming up in April and I will have new shirts designs. The shirts go quickly so get them while you can!

I love charts. They make me feel organized and it is a good way to educate someone.  I recently just finished a Chinese Zodiac Chart and a while back I did a sushi chart.

To add to my list of charts, I finished a pork chart. Ohh yeah...mmmm..bacon. I am sure there are ton of pig charts out there but I had to do a pig chart.

Nyotaimori is referred to as a "body sushi". In other words it is a body platter. I don't know if there are restaurants in San Francisco that practice nyotaimori but I heard there was one in Los Angeles. But I also heard it also shut down because of health issues. I wouldn't be surprised. Gross dude.

Anyways I was so fascinated about this and been watching too many Lady Gaga videos so I HAD to draw about it. I feel like it is half finished so I may come back to it later. Or I may not. It was just something I to illustrate.

Nanamation wishes everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! Hope everyone has a great rabbit year. I finished my characters in time for the new year.

Hope everyone had a great holiday and New Year. We sure did! From the end of November to all the way to the end of December I was busy with non-Nanamation stuff. Besides the holidays, we have a lot of December birthdays in my family. Now that the holidays are over, and with it being a New Year it's time to get back to work on Nanamation artwork. I hope to be doing a lot more artwork and shows this year. There are a few out of state ones I have in mind that I hope to get into as well. Last year was a slow year for me with baby, but now that he is a toddler hopefully things will be different.

To start off with here are a few quick poop comics I did. Poop always seem to get a bad rap, when it it's so natural. I guess it has been on my mind a lot since I have a baby I clean up after. Also I can't forget the dog. Yes I pick up the dog poop and those who own dogs had better, too. That really makes me mad when I see owners who don't pick up the dog poop or pretend that they are picking it up. You know who you are! Shame on you. Ok..maybe I did it a few times but I didn't have a poop bag.

Sorry about the slow post but last week was Designer Con. We had a great time and will most likely return for next year. It was good to meet new people and see old friends.  The highlight of my LA trip was the Sanrio 50th Partay in Santa Monica. It just happened to be the same week. My husband on the other hand doesn't believe me and thought I planned it. Hey I would admit it if it was.


Here are a few pictures. You can check the rest out on my Facebook Fan Page.

I got coffee today. They got my drink wrong. I got angry. So I decided to draw about it. Now I am not angry anymore. Thank goodness I have something to take out my anger.

When I was preggo I craved sushi. I craved it so much that I drew pictures of it. Sometimes I like to imagine my food talking to me. I know. I am strange.

Here is what they would say to me.

I finally got around to finishing 2 new prints. It took forever but I finally finished them. I know most of you know that I gave birth last Dec and well it has been pretty hard to keep up with Nanamation. I must say this has been a slow and not so productive year. My husband says I should give myself some slack since I did after all had a baby. But I feel like its no excuse to slack on my artwork.  Anyway way I am back on a schedule that I can manage and my son is a little older things are a bit easier. Hopefully I can speed things up.

Here are my two new artworks. Also Alternative Press Expo is this month. October 16-17. Come visit me and say hello!

Last week we threw our good friend a Zombie Birthday Party. I signed up to make red velvet cupcakes and boy did I have fun decorating. The husband even helped out with the decorating. HE had a lot of fun.

That's right..Kimchee Pizza. When we had American food for dinner growing up, my mom would always find a way to put some Korean food into it. Back then I hated Kimchee Pizza but now I miss it.

When I go to comic cons a lot of people ask if Nanamation will be doing any comics or stories? I usually tell people "no" because I rather do the art and I am not much of a writer. I mean, I went to art school so I can avoid writing essays. However,  a while back I did a comic book called 'Nan and the Flies' that I gave away FREE. That was pretty fun. It was basically about me as a child catching flies. I had this weird obsession with catching flies. It's a long story.

Anyway I wanted to explore that area so I decided I'll try a few this month and see where it goes.

Here is two of them....


This one is called "What's for lunch". Growing up I wanted to have such a normal sandwich lunch! Instead I always got something with rice. Typical Asian mom!

A Nanamation Fan emailed me about getting not just one but 2 prints in a larger form. I was really honored that I looked into it.

I got them today and they came out beautiful! I hope she likes them!

Buttons do well for Nanamaiton. Here is one I did...I think I was waiting for my coffee or something when I did this one.

I decided to move my blog to Google's Blogger. I can't stand livejournal's ads. It drives me nuts everytime I want to blog about something. So I decided to try Google's Blog. If this doesn't work then I'll try out word press. I heard good things about it.