"I Heart Japan" Tee by Dawnamatrix!

I am praying for everyone's happiness & health in Japan every day..... 

(I made this picture whiter because that suits my feeling...)

My dear sweet friend Dawn made "I Heart Japan" Tee to raise money for Japan! The character "日本" on the t-shirts is read either "Nippon" or "Nihon," which means Japan.
Thank you so much, Dawn, for supporting Japan. She had lived in Japan to study Kimono designs for 3 years so has a special feeling for Japan. She can speak Japanese very well too! Sasuga Dawn!! ;D

(Ben, Dawn, Mihoko and Brandon :D)

You can purchase Dawn's "I Heart Japan" Tee at here! 

This fundraising fashion show & art show took place at Hancock 309 Gallery! Huge applause goes to the beautiful gallery owner Valerie Owen and the gorgeous organizer Mariko Kanto! It was such a powerful event! :D
Dawn's "I Heart Japan" Tee Rocks!!

For this fashion show, Brandon wanted to create my hair like Japanese sun rays to echo with Dawn's sun-rays-heart on the t-shirts. My hair was up with the same product Got2b Glued we used for the mohawk you already saw in the previous post, and painted by red and silver face paint to create the sun rays feeling. 

I created red graphic shapes near corners of my eyes to depicts eye-drops & sun-rays = hope...!!

Mariko-san & Dawn gave me a nickname for the night, "Amaterasu Oomikami (天照大御神：あまてらすおおみかみ)," Sun Goddess! Arigatoooo! :D

Thank YOU so much for taking many pictures, Brandon, as always!! ;D

And! Looove YOU TWO!!! :D (Do I say this too often?! but true!) Thank YOU sooo much for having me at this meaningful event... Check out Dawn's gorgeous sexy latex clothing at Dawnamatrix, and Ben's super cool industrial designs! :D

TAKARA Magazine Cover - Sinking City...

TAKARA Magazine Cover for March... Yasuko-san wanted to use this fish illustration because there was a seafood convention in Boston this month. Yasuko-san told me that the creative director of TAKARA loved this cover the best! The original collage artwork is called "Sinking City - New York," and we felt scared to know that the earthquake & tsunami happened one day after the magazine was published. This artwork originally depicts the greedy city, New York, is sinking into shredded money ocean and almost eaten by the huge fish which is made of money.

TAKARA Magazine Cover - You are My Target ;D

Oooops! Time flew so quickly! Sorry for the delay, but this TAKARA cover was for Valentine's month! :P Yasuko-san chose "You are My Target" illustration for February. Thank YOU so much for printing it so beautifully! Perfect Pink! :D

Harvard Loves Japan!

There will be charity events in Harvard all week from March 21st to 25th. Sasuga Harvard! Thank You So Much, the Fabulous President Drew Faust and all the people who made this happen!! Big Respect & Appreciation :D

Let's Send Our Love & Care to Japan

I deeply appreciate all your messages from all over the world... thank you so much for asking about my parents, families, and friends. They are all fine in Japan, which was such a relief when finally I could confirm that they are all okay.
The above picture "Prayer" was taken in New York City by my wonderful friend, a talented photographer, Takami Shimura. I posted here because it depicts my current feeling beautifully. Praying for Japan...

Even though my loved ones are all alright, as you know we lost so many people in Sendai because of this magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami... and still many people are missing and suffering there. Unfortunately this hasn't ended yet, still many earthquakes are happening all over Japan and the radiation from the exploded nuclear power plant in Fukushima has been carried over even to Tokyo. In Tokyo, food is running out in many stores and in many cities planned blackouts are taking places to save energy. I am now concerned if Mt. Fuji will explode stimulated by these continuous earthquakes. I am praying everyday that will not happen.

But worrying & crying doesn't solve anything. We can do now, is to send them positive energy, wish their happiness and health, and send them donation. It will take a while to build the city again so this feeling we have now should be carried on. Please donate Your Love & Care to American Red Cross (in English, click links above or here) or to Japanese Red Cross Society 日本赤十字社(in Japanese, 寄付はこちらから)

All the profits from my store at Zazzle goes to Japanese Red Cross Society to heal Japan. Also, if you are interested in purchasing any of my artworks, please let me know. I will donate all the profits to Japanese Red Cross Society as well.

I hope this incident will encourage all the countries to focus on renewable energy, solar, wind and hydro, instead of nuclear power and coal power plant which has been killing so many people all over the world.

Feeling so many people's love and care... I am forever grateful.

Love & Hope,
Mihoko

Runway Model for Dawnamatrix at New Designer's Show!!

Ohhhhmyyygoooosh!!! That was tooo much fun, if there's anything like, having too much fun!! I could hear the crowd loving the outfit! Orrrgaaaasmic!!!

This time I wore the fabulous-as-always Dawnamatrix's brand-new super-hot design, the Red Dragon Catsuits!! Here is me appreciating and kissing the genius Queeen Daaawwwwn!! ;D I look like a boy, don't you think? :P

And me with her perrrfect partner Ben and his friend in his hand! ;P

Backstage is always lots of fun!

Waa waa waaaa... my alien friend is talking to me....! ;D

My beloved talented photographer friend Takami said, "Space Goddess!!" I Loooove thaaat!! :D

How about this pose? ;D

 Or do you like this?? :P

Brandon made my hair stand-up for the first time! Yay!! My hair must have thrilled to be up for the night!! I was psyched to have a mohawk finally!! I have been dreaming about a mohawk for a while :P I thought my hair was too long to create a mohawk but Got2b Glued product made it possible! See my hair is standing strong! :P

And this time I did the make-up in gold and silver to match the catsuits :D

Thank YOU Soo Sooo Much As Always, Dawn & Ben, for making my life exciting than everrrrr!!! Huge LOVE & RESPECT!!! ;D And Biggest Arigato to Brandon for taking fabulous pictures!!! ;))) It was a perfect half moon night :D

Happy Yummy Valentine's Day~!!! Wishing Everyone Amazingly Sweeeetest Valentine's Day! ;D

Here is updated news for this posting: The photographer Ed just emailed me these super pictures! Thank you soooo much for on-stage pictures! Wooohooo!! That was HEAVEN!!! ;D I really appreciate your sweet comments after the show, Ed! Looking forward to be taken more pictures by you at future shows!! ;D

AAAND! More pictures arrived from Darkwell Studios :D Super cool pics!! Gorgeous lighting! Thank YOU sooo much! Can't wait to do this again!! ;D

TAKARA Magazine Cover design & Interview :D

TAKARA Magazine is a free Japanese paper in Boston! If you are Japanese, you should know this super useful & fun magazine! :D Thanks to Yasuko-san, my artwork will be on the cover throughout this year! Woohooo!!

Yasuko-san liked my Mt. Fuji collage "Japanese Energy - I am Passion" because it's very New Year's festive "O-shougatsu" look, and chose for New Year January cover ;D
Below is my interview article! You can click the image to read in Japanese.  Thank YOU Soo Soooo Much, Yasuko-san, for such a wonderful article which gives me more energy & smiles each day ;)))

So, you might be thinking what's up with this mask?! :P This was made for Harvard Masquerade Ball party organized by HESA - Harvard Extension Student Association!  The awesome President Philip Harding & his sweet wife Rachelle Harding and the HESA team made this event so much fun with cool music & delicious dessert!!  

So for the Harvard Masquerade Ball, you have to bring your own mask to wear. This was my first time to make a masquerade mask! With Brandon's help, first I made my mask shape with sculpey clay and baked it in the oven, then colored it with silver spray paint. In the picture below, I am putting shiny rhinestones! Also I incorporated our beloved chicken feathers, sprayed in hot pink, neon green and silver. The flower was white but again sprayed in hot pink! Yeah you know my favorite color is ;P

The below picture was taken by a school photographer Evgenia Eliseeva who has great energy and took many pictures at the event! She made everyone comfortable in front of the camera and here is one of the pictures at the event! Thank you sooo much, Evgenia! :D

I really enjoyed wearing this mask and made me want to wear it every day! Brandon is wearing a safety mask which he got an idea when he was spraying my mask! It turned out to be a such a cool mask ;P

Above is the cool Harvard Masquerade Ball poster and 13 Harvard School logos!