patokon blog

Hello! It's me, patokon with an update on some of the work I've been doing lately. This year, my good friend Junya Hanada told me about his plan to open a guest house in Beppu which is about 3.5 hours away from Mifune where we both live. He also told me that he wanted me to design a series of cards featuring local little-known establishments that guests could choose in order to make their own personal itinerary. I was asked to handle design and illustration duties in addition to managing the volunteers who were students from various countries studying at Beppu's Asia-Pacific University. First, let me tell you about the guest house. It is called In Bloom Beppu  and is just a hop, skip, and a jump from Beppu Station. My friend Junya is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet and is doing his best to make In Bloom Beppu a great place to use as a home base for exploring Beppu. This is Junya showing me around the Hell Hot Springs.   This is In Bloom Beppu...

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Today is the day that Nexus 6 combat model Roy Batty comes to "life".  Come to think of it, he was a bit batty, but he was all Roy! Below is a print I created for a Movie art exhibition a few years ago. And here is an old post about when I actually got to meet the man himself!

Check out my illustration for "The Last Leaves" by Derek Wentz! http://lovecraftzine.com/magazine/issues/2015-2/issue-36-autumn-2015/the-last-leaves-by-derek-wentz/

This was designed for Black Sabbath Ressurection and Lone Ones fashion brand originally based in Aoyama. Design was approved by the O man himself. 

I designed this shirt for K-1 fighter Musashi some years ago. 

Here's an infographic I made that talks about how certain forms of literature and art are victims of snobbery and elitism when they are just as valid as any other. When I get some time, I need to make a few edits and additions, but overall I'm pretty pleased with it.

Artwork for A.J. Page single "Fireflies" for which I also translated the lyrics into Japanese Singer/Songwriter AJ's HP:  http://www.ajpage.com/fireflies-video Hotaru

Covers done for recent issues of Turbo-Charged Party Animal APAzine. My personal theme: Silent film horror Brigitte Helm, the stunning actress who starred in Metropolis The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, not to be confused with The Cabiner of Dr. Caligari a flick about rock-climbing Dr. Mabuse! Theda Bara, the original Film Femme Fatale

Art for John Thiel's Surprising Stories  Found here: http://surprisingstories.thiels.us/SSV38/Contents.htm (latest ish!) here:  http://surprisingstories.thiels.us/SSV37/Contents.html and here:  http://surprisingstories.thiels.us/SSV36/Contents.html Scavenger  Desire, a Harlot Reversia Trauma Visitor from the North Doing Time I've been using different width art pens on gray and brown paper for some of these and ink and brush for others. There might be a digital one in there as well.

I thought I would share some of the artwork (sans dialog) I did for the Silver Skull book available here . This is the story of El Muerto Jr., son of a great luchadore and secret super hero.