Hello my fellow art monkeys!

San Diego Comic Con is this weekend!

If you are like me and have to stay home because Carrie Fisher has a restraining order against you, then you are using the miraculous powers of the intrawebz to keep your finger on the pulse of the biggest gathering of nerdom!

To celebrate not attending such a joyous event, I will be offering a discount on all orders from my online shop. Use the Promotional Code: SDCC2012 to get 10% all orders! So if you wanted to save a few bucks, now is the time to get in on this sale. It will last until Midnight PST on Sunday July 15th! Don’t miss out!

Look forward to seeing your commission requests!

–>Amano

That’s a lot of candles to put on a cupcake US! Instead, I say celebrate with pinup art and Bacardi rums (Puerto Rico is unincorporated territory of the United States right? It counts!). ^_~

Lady Captain America. Inspired by the lovely Stephanie Castro.

Sorry to let down the Chris Evans fans, but as the title says… pinup girls! I hope my fellow Americans have a fun and patriotic day tomorrow! Stay safe and don’t call me from jail… unless you want to commission a piece of original pinup art. ^_^

Peace & Rums,

–>Amano

 

I can’t believe I’ve been back a few weeks already but am still having trouble getting back on Washington time! My first trip to London really was a whirlwind of awesomeness. I have to say I was terribly intimidated by the 10+ hour travel time but luckily the flight has Skerlock episodes to watch onboard! SO much better than the RDJ Sherlock Holmes movies IMHO. ^_^

A photo from artist alley on the second floor.

And of course, rum & coke were present!

I want to share my experience at the Kapow!  show because it was truly a fun show! Everyone who stopped by my table to take chat, purchase some art or just to take a peek at my work for the first time is what really made the show grand! I first would like to thank the very lovely Aigue-Marine for the inspiration for the print I made for this show:

Exclusive Kapow! Batgirl print

Stephanie Brown’s Batgirl has always been a character I’ve wanted to draw. I think she make a great addition to the Bat-Family. I was really glad that Aigue-Marine helped me bring this piece to life! She is an amazing cosplayer from Germany. It was a treat to meet her in person. I think you all show drop by her Facebook page and check out her work! Show her some love!

Aigue-Marine rocking her newest creation: Leah (Journey into Mystery)

I had some really great commission requests during the show! I love taking a stab at new characters that I’ve never drawn before and I got quite a few of them this show.

My Twitter followers got a sneak peek at some of these.

I know I haven’t been making proper convention posts like I did back in the Myspace days. I hope to get things up and running on my homepage so that everyone can come check out what I’m doing in one spot online. I will also be working on importing some of those old con posts from Myspace to my homepage so that new followers can catch up.

I apologize for my atrocious writing. I can only say there is a reason I draw and not write, haha. But I want to say thank you to everyone at Kapow! for making this such a positive experience for me. I love to say that I was so busy at my table that I didn’t get a chance to get up to walk around. The tradeoff to that is that I missed seeing alot of the events and panels. You know what though? There is always next time. And believe me London, Amano will return!!

Peace & Rum,

—>Amano

P.S.

I wanted to remind everyone who is not following me on Twitter to jump on the bandwagon and add me. I am having a little contest again! Winner gets a original sketch (like the ones I’ve posted above) of your choosing on 9×12″ Bristol board. How do I win you ask? Well first you have to is sign up to Twitter, follow me on Twitter and help me spread the word by retweeting my contest post. When i get to 666 followers, I will randomly choose a winner! Stay tuned and let the games being!