MAKI FUJIMOTO

The star in my pocket

2009-11-26T21:21:00.004-08:00

I've got the opportunity to join this art show in Halifax!

I won't be able to be there (because I live in the opposite of the country...)

but if you got any chance to go visit, please have a great time there!!

This is my Princess Peach:)

~Maki

Yellow

2009-11-01T15:37:00.003-08:00

wood/color pencil, gouache

How are you?

2008-11-08T19:20:00.001-08:00

Beautiful

2008-10-17T17:59:00.002-07:00

Cocco "The hill of Dugongs"

She sees something very very important everyone on the earth should see.

I think she is beautiful.

~MAKI

Purr-casso Art and Craft Gala - Nov. 9, 2008

2008-10-17T13:33:00.002-07:00

Purr-casso Art and Craft Gala

I hope everyone and all cats and dogs will have a great time there:)

~MAKI

Windy 2

2008-07-10T14:08:00.003-07:00

WINDY

2008-04-25T17:23:00.002-07:00

MUSIC

2008-04-21T12:07:00.004-07:00

Hi, everyone!

Have you visit http://www.mellart.com/?
This is an art information blog by Mr. Marco Milone. He post a lot of art you would enjoy.
He posted one of my painting. If you are interested, please visit Mellart :)

~MAKI

The Rights

2008-04-14T14:58:00.003-07:00

Hi, everyone. How is your day today?

David showed me this article about this law which has been tryed to be made in US in the future.

Mind Your Business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art
April 10, 2008
By Mark Simon

IF you didn't register your artwork to own the copyright,

if you didn't pay the fee for every single sketch, painting, photo, sculpture, drawing, video, song and every other type of creative endeavor,

You will lose your rights for your own art, or any family pics or what ever you created.
That means, anyone can use your stuff for free because nobody "own" it.

.... what is this?....Why? How??

I'm very scared of people who would do anything to make their company bigger.
What can we do?

Is it that difficult to just respect someone's creativity...?
I don't think so.

~Maki

Secret

2008-04-06T10:20:00.001-07:00

Tiger Lily

2008-04-03T11:18:00.003-08:00

How are you guys doing?

I've been super sick for a while....
The weather is getting nicer and nicer every day. It is very hard to stay home and coughing :(

Please take good care of yourself, and enjoy the spring!

~MAKI

GARDEN

2008-03-29T20:56:00.004-08:00

How are you, everyone?

It was snowing all afternoon in Vancouver.
I can't wait for summer!

Take care,
~Maki

Mommy's already gone to work this morning

2008-03-10T22:47:00.001-08:00

Our Secret Treehouse

2008-02-17T20:45:00.001-08:00

Please be careful, my friend.

2008-02-09T10:15:00.000-08:00

Bookworm

2008-02-06T21:30:00.001-08:00

Best Friends

2008-02-04T14:30:00.000-08:00

doodle

2008-01-31T22:26:00.000-08:00

How is your 2008 so far?

2008-01-15T23:05:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone! How are you?
I'm doing good. I'm little bit busy these days which is awesome!

I hope you guys are having great days :)
Take care,

Maki

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

2007-12-21T17:32:00.000-08:00

I wish your Merry Christmas and Happy new year!!

Love MAKI

GREEN THUMB

2007-12-15T12:30:00.001-08:00

This is for my friend Shiho. Inspired by a story " Green Thumb".
I hope she will like it :)

1hr fun

2007-12-08T00:03:00.000-08:00

My friend Momeko.
Miss you!

~Love MAKI

My design for a coffee tumbler :)

2007-12-02T21:27:00.000-08:00

© Maki Fujimoto/ TUNAGU/e・ra creation(http://www.era-creation.jp/)

Something fun for your coffee break!
I tried to make it like a small children's book for people to make thier own tiny story.

(You can actually purchase it at TUNAGU (Japanese website). I'm happy. Heheheh)

~Maki

1hr #6

2007-11-25T22:13:00.000-08:00

I'm having fun trying defferent styles :)

1hr, #5 !

2007-11-19T21:02:00.000-08:00

Challenged for oil pastels. New! Fun!

1hr #4

2007-11-13T14:23:00.000-08:00

New dress!

1 hr painting #3

2007-11-11T19:19:00.001-08:00

His very first piano lesson :)

1 hour painting #2

2007-11-07T17:11:00.000-08:00

My 2nd " 1 hr challenge" !

My paintings are always little bit de-saturated ( Is it right word? ) every time I post on Blogger...
Does anyone have same problem?

Let's try 1 hour painting!

2007-11-06T13:34:00.000-08:00

Dave suggested me to limit my time for painting for practice.
I usually spend...I don't know, 10 hours or so...? for one painting.
I decided to try 1 hour quick sketch and painting.

・・・It's hard! But fun at the same time:)

Little Sketches

2007-11-03T18:27:00.001-08:00

Did you guys have a great Halloween?

Have a nice weekend!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!

2007-10-31T16:14:00.000-08:00

Hello hello

2007-10-10T17:03:00.001-07:00

Milk for my little friend

2007-09-20T10:40:00.001-07:00

This is for the art show called "Purr-casso" at Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society.
Sadly, I can't go to that show on Nov. 4th.... So if anyone is near that place, please go and have fun!

How are you today?

2007-08-30T16:46:00.000-07:00

Summer

2007-08-21T11:42:00.001-07:00

sixteen

2007-08-10T10:13:00.000-07:00

A BEDTIME STORY

2007-07-18T21:25:00.001-07:00

MIO

2007-07-18T11:59:00.001-07:00

Hello hello!

How are you doing?

I've met an artist mio. She makes food with clay which is the cutest thing ever!!

Aren't these amazing??

So tiny, and so detailed....
I think she loves food. Because her work isn't just making small thing. Beautiful and unique, and professional!

You can find more works here!

Enjoy!

~Maki

Me and my little brother in 1987

2007-07-11T11:11:00.000-07:00

HONEY & CLOVER-Part 2

2007-07-07T00:35:00.001-07:00

Candy candy

2007-07-04T16:40:00.000-07:00

60's....ish?

Thank you, Dan!

2007-07-04T11:14:00.001-07:00

I fixed it :-)
What do you think?

Thank you for your help, everyone!
~MAKI

Honey & Clover

2007-06-29T13:19:00.000-07:00

MUSHROOM LAMP

2007-06-24T22:37:00.001-07:00

She loves being musician

2007-06-23T22:48:00.000-07:00

She is one of my best friend who is a sweet musician in Japan.
She always inspire me lots!

She found something

2007-06-17T18:43:00.001-07:00

Summer is coming!

2007-06-13T22:27:00.001-07:00

Little Gardener

2007-06-04T10:16:00.001-07:00

Mommy is late.

2007-05-27T23:28:00.001-07:00

My name is Ringo.

2007-05-23T17:56:00.001-07:00

I wanna see your smile.

2007-05-21T18:07:00.001-07:00

Beautiful work, Mr. Cloud!

2007-05-10T09:03:00.000-07:00

You look just like that big ship!

I usually draw on paper. That means I really need a scannar to update my blog....
I'm working on my personal project. Coming soon!

Have a nice day.
~Maki

THE 40 SHOW- Part 2!

2007-04-23T12:28:00.000-07:00

Hello, everyone:)

THE 40 SHOW was great!
Lots of awesome artist, lots of people and lots of bottles!!!

Thank you so much for organizing this great show, Mega!

THE 40 SHOW!

2007-04-20T17:52:00.000-07:00

Hello hello!

How have you been, everyone?
I just moved to Vanouver. Vancouver is such a beautiful city!!

I will join the art show called " THE 40 SHOW".
Artists paint on a bottle.... sounds super fun, isn't it?
It opens tonight at 8 pm. You can find more info here:

http://www.the40show.blogspot.com/

My bottle has the girl with Colt 45!
Have a great day!

~Maki

My grad reel on Youtube :D

2007-03-19T19:32:00.000-08:00

My friend found my graduation reel on the internet!
I didn't know it was there but I'm kind of happy to see my old work again:)
All work are from my school days in 2005.
Enjoy:)

~Maki

Flowers 2

2007-03-05T03:40:00.000-08:00

Dandelion

Flowers

2007-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

Poppy bud

Playground

2007-02-27T02:06:00.000-08:00

Those caps are reversible(Red/White)!
I had one when I was little. It was for gym class.
I hated it but... Now I think those are kind of cute:)

Uklele-banjo

2007-02-25T01:14:00.000-08:00

Roco: musician

3D Animator: Shiho Oshita

2007-02-21T18:25:00.000-08:00

Shiho is my friend from the animation school in Vancouver. She just graduated.
This is her reel. Did you see all those great expressions on her characters??
This kind of art work makes me super happy. Because I can tell that the artist must had a great time making them. I think this is great.

Congurats, Shiho!!

Shiho's blog: http://shihoinvan.exblog.jp/

All Moms are beautiful

2007-02-20T05:50:00.000-08:00

She is one of really good friend of mine.
She is an artist, and also a mom.
I think she is super cool and beautiful.

A bow

2007-02-19T03:08:00.000-08:00

Yuko: Japanese picutures painter

Pollen Allergy Alert!!!

2007-02-17T07:46:00.000-08:00

It's kind of a big deal in Japan. There are lots of people with mask everywhere!
I haven't got this allergy but.... I'm not sure if I can avoid it.
Maybe I need masks.
Actually you can get really cool one like "3D" mask! ...oh, I don't know it's really cool
but I don't think I have a choice.....

At the cafe

2007-02-16T20:43:00.000-08:00

I ordered a coffee with milk:)

Mr. Dragon Ball Z

2007-02-16T05:22:00.000-08:00

...is reading Manga on a train in the nice afternoon.

An artist

2007-02-15T07:39:00.000-08:00

Yumi : Oil painter

After school

2007-02-14T02:56:00.000-08:00

I wore a school uniform just like this when I was hight school student:)
But cell phone was much bigger at that time....10 years ago!!

Happy Valentine's Day

2007-02-13T06:49:00.000-08:00

with a lot of LOVE!

On a train

2007-02-12T07:50:00.000-08:00

In Japan, I usually go everywhere by train.
I can get time to just look at people which is super fun:)
I was noticing this old guy was doing same thing like me.
It was so awkward when he noticed I was looking at him....

Hello from Japan!

2007-02-11T07:17:00.000-08:00

How are you?
Now I'm visiting Japan to see my family and friends!
I hope I can share a little bit of "JAPAN" with you guy through my drawing:)

VIKING FAMILY! YAY!

2007-01-22T05:22:00.000-08:00

Fatkat's drawing jam this week is "Viking"!

Happy New year, everyone!!

2007-01-18T09:19:00.000-08:00

How are you?

It's been a long time with no new posts..... and it's already 18th January!! Oh, no...Time flies like crazy!!

It's really really cold outside. Please take care, everyone:)

Happy Holidays!!!

2006-12-14T19:39:00.000-08:00

Hello hello:)

My christmas vacation will start tomorrow!!! I will fly all the way to the west side of Canada and visit people. I'm so excited!!

Have a nice nice holidays, everyone. Merry christmas and Happy New year!!!

See you next year:)

MAKI

CHELSEA & GRANDPA

2006-12-06T07:33:00.000-08:00

I've been working on my project about Chelsea for loooong time, slowly.
I enjoy drawing this little girl and her grandpa! They are making new robot on this drawing:)

I will put all concept and design for this small project together somewhere some day.
I hope you enjoy it!

LUCHADORE

2006-12-01T19:52:00.000-08:00

Fatkat drawing jam this week was "Design the luchadore" !
This is my luchadore KABUKING! He is Japanese-Mexican:)
hahah Im having fun with painting!

Paper girls

2006-11-29T12:59:00.000-08:00

Me and Shiho(http://shihoinvan.exblog.jp/) are planning to make some art together!
She is a great 3D animator and illustrator. And she is one of the sweetest photographer
I ever seen:) Please check her blog out! She has great eyes....

So I made some paper cut-outs and took pictures of them in Miramichi.
These tiny girls will move to Vancouver next month to see Shiho.
I can stay there for only few days. So my little girls will enjoy that beautiful city instead of me!!

Im super excited about this plan!

ICE HOCKEY!!

2006-11-25T20:04:00.000-08:00

I went to watch my first ice hockey game in my life!
It was opening night so there are lots of people.
I was so happy to see and draw those people.
We had so much fun!!

SKETCH! SKETCH!

2006-11-21T04:52:00.000-08:00

I went to the coffee shop to sketch people on the weekend with Helle(http://crylic.blogspot.com/) and Dave:)
It was super nice day, so there are lot of people. (Sometime it is little difficult to see "a lot of people" here...) It was fun!

And I've noticed something.... The baseball caps(but not always "baseball" style) is very very popular in this town! Almost every single guy I tried to draw was wearing one of those. Almost everyone!! I though that's kind of sweet phenomenon:)

HOME ALONE

2006-11-16T13:22:00.000-08:00

Qween of Heart

2006-11-12T11:07:00.000-08:00

This is my Qween of Heart from Alice in Wonderland!
I drew this for Fatkat's drawing jam. The topic was "re-designing a villain character from Disney movie".
I wanted to make her looks more like a card art work. I've started learning how to paint and it is fun!
Thank you for tips, Dave!
http://davealert.blogspot.com/

SKETCH! SKETCH!

2006-11-06T15:53:00.000-08:00

Sketching people at a coffee shop is fun! If it was with my friends, even more!!

Painting, painting!

2006-10-19T07:11:00.000-07:00

Finally I got a new drawing. Finally! I hope you enjoy it :)
Have a nice day!

~MAKI

Coloring with marker

2006-09-07T10:17:00.000-07:00

I'm tring to find some variations in my art.... I want to learn about color, I think I need it!

New Children's book concept:)

2006-08-23T06:15:00.000-07:00

I've just started working on a new project with Chelsea. She is working on a story for a chlidren's book. I'm super happy to be able to draw for her:) Here is my concept drawings for the main character. I hope she likes it...

Grandpa's lab

2006-08-10T04:33:00.000-07:00

Pilot

2006-08-10T04:28:00.000-07:00

Concept for the pilot girl

2006-08-08T05:37:00.000-07:00

Her name is Chelsea...I think.

sketch

2006-08-08T05:36:00.001-07:00

Someone is grumpy :(

2006-08-04T16:58:00.000-07:00

Pilot

2006-07-24T05:31:00.000-07:00

I want to do more sketches for this concept. I will show you :)

Sketch

2006-07-19T06:17:00.000-07:00

Sketches

2006-07-19T05:59:00.000-07:00

Sketches

2006-07-18T05:24:00.000-07:00

...for fun:)

Concept design exercise #2

2006-07-18T05:12:00.000-07:00

The theme is " THE IRON GIANT 2" ;)

Concept design for Video game

2006-07-18T05:07:00.000-07:00

Those drawing were for exercise in Layout class.

7 deadly sins

2006-07-18T04:43:00.000-07:00

Illustarions for Children's book #3

2006-07-17T05:20:00.000-07:00

Illustarions for Children's book #2

2006-07-17T05:17:00.000-07:00

Illustarions for Children's book #1

2006-07-17T05:10:00.000-07:00

2006-07-16T09:49:00.000-07:00

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