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Come get your pinup art on with Amano at C2E2!

Happy April pinup fans! I want to take the opportunity to let everyone attending the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo that I will be bringing the pinup revolution to Chitown! Come on by my artist alley table (Table T2) right next to Pinup Jedi Master Doug Sneyd and sharing a table with the very talented Mark Henry! We’ll be rocking out the original artwork… as much as we can with what time allows. So make sure you come by and get on the queue commission list!

So if you are like me and rely on your smart phones to find your socks… worry no further… I’ve designed a super easy way of helping all the Amano fans out there find my table on the showroom floor:

“X” never marks the spot.

That being said, I’m looking forward to seeing everyone, enjoying some fine food and drink in the beautiful city of Chicago! Its been a few years so I can’t wait!

Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions or would like something special for me to bring to C2E2!

Cheers!

–>Amano

P.S.

I hope to put together a blog post soon to share some ECCC fun! ^_^

Hey intrawebberz!

I wanted to let the dust settle in me brain before I sat down to write my breakdown of this past weekend’s shenanigans. Chicago Comic-Con…

…HOLY CRAP young Obi-wan and some blonde british girl are TOTALLY going at it in this movie…

oh err…sorry… I got distracted watching the movie Incendiary. I can’t type and watch TV at the same time. Focus! >_>

Wizard World Chicago:
I have to say Chicago is one of my favorite cities. It has a uniqueness and heart of its own. Every time I visit Chi-town, I discover something great. doing these conventions is very draining, mostly in part to the traveling. I don’t mind flying per say, it always reminds me of being young and flying with my parents. But its these awful 6hr red eye flights to get to a show at 9am that really takes the spring out of me step. It is nice to be greeted so grandly at the convention center:

I had to stop and check out this artist doing some amazing stuff with chalk:

These shows tend to be overwhelming to the senses, kinda like a kickass rock concert. It can be deafening. But once your there and you adjust and begin to enjoy, you never wanna leave. I think Halloween is alot like that for me as well. Unfortunatly, artists miss alot of the “cool stuff” that occurs by being confined to a table meeting con goers, peddling the wares and hustling to get drawings done for eager buyers. I want to share a few:

All was well until the appearance of THE SLEESTAK!!!!!

*huff puff*

Yeah I know creepy as shit! I held my own ground tho. Thank goodness there was pleanty of heroic babes to protect us:

You hardcore Amano followers prolly seen alot of these pics from my Twitter account.

And of course a trip to Chicago would not be complete without a piping hot slice of that deep dish pizza from Giardanos:

I had a pretty good time at the show. I want to thank all the artists I shared a table with… all the artists and attendees that I got the chance to talk to… and to Gary Coleman for that lapdance in the champagne room at Cheetahs, lol.

Till next time, peace and rum,
—>Amano

P.S.
There is no sex in the champagne room. 🙁

Hey cyberspacerz!! I know I haven’t been much for words lately. Life has been keeping me ultra busy both good and bad. Thus is life. A huge bump in the art road of life has been the death of my computer.

I know its THAT bad. But new parts are coming in this week. So I hope to have Photoshop fired up in no time.

With all the distractions, I totally forgot that I’m flying to Illinois this week to attend the ..Chicago Comic-Con! I just took a peek at the list of guests and this looks to be one rocking convention! The con is this weekend August 7-9th at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. I’ll be in Artist Alley Table 3604 hanging with the really talented Joe Pekar and Kristin “Foxy” Allen. So if you are heading out there swing by and say hi. I’ll have all sorts of pinupy goodness for grabs! I will have prints for sale, sketchbooks and will be taking commissions too!

Also don’t forget to check out my Twitter for my coverage of the convention:
http://twitter.com/Amano_jyaku

Well its 1am, time to go catch a couple “zzz”s. Later Gators!
—>Amano

P.S.
Watchmen is out on DVD, and all I can say Carla Gugino as Silk Specter is the best thing that ever happened to this movie! ^_^