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Julie Okahara Illustration: Little Showing at JKLM Nterprises
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Little Showing at JKLM Nterprises. Pomarine - Acrylic, fabric (24x30). Looooong time no see ;q. How have you been up to? I have been pretty busy setting up some showings. I know it's kinda lategram. but I wanted to share some photos from the past show ;) ). Yup, it was at JKLM Nterprises in Art House on R. I was given a whole wall to decorate ;D. It was super awesome and I had a blast!
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Julie Okahara Illustration: Current Showing at Empire's Comics Vault
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! Sunday, March 15, 2015. Current Showing at Empire's Comics Vault. March is my month at Empire's Comics Vault. In Sacramento, everybody! I am having an illustration show over their art gallery room. This show is featured my old pieces to the most recent ones, so you can see how my style has changed for last few years. I had a little experiment with monochrome color scheme a couple years ago. Here is the link.
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Julie Okahara Illustration: JACK 2015
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! Sunday, June 14, 2015. Have you checked my project on Kickstarter yet? Here is the link to the campaign, just in case ;q JACK 2015. I've always loved about Kickstarter, but never thought about running my own campaign, until I got involved with Project Dreamscape. I came across several awesome projects run by artists themselves that didn't require huge production process. So here I go ;D. Bubble Girl ($7 Pledge).
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Julie Okahara Illustration: Fun Commissions I did at Comikaze!
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! Thursday, November 13, 2014. Fun Commissions I did at Comikaze! Today, I wanted to share some of my commissions I did at Comikaze this year ;). Commissions are super fun because I get to draw stuff I normally don't think of. Like a giant angry robot! A father was collecting sketches of giant angry robots from different artists for his sketchbook that once filled will be given to his daughter. So cute! Fist Full ...
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Julie Okahara Illustration: New Paints!
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! Sunday, February 8, 2015. I have a news for you. Last Christmas, I bought myself something. I always wanted to try professional paints, but never had a gut to buy them. You know. they are just way over my budget and stuff. Mr J and his classmate talked me into it. I'm so glad they did ;q. These paints are expensive for reasons, my friends! The colors are not only vibrant, but also easy to be blended on a canvas.
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Julie Okahara Illustration: Bio & Shows
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! I was born in Osaka, Japan. After graduating from Osaka Industrial Arts High School, I started my career as a graphic designer. Wanting to further my studies in studio art, I came to California in 2005. Since then my mediums have expanded into acrylic painting, ink drawing, sewing, and plaster and wood sculpture. Carmichael Library (4x8' Acrylic Painting, 3 Wooden Sculptures). 2015 East Sacramento Garden Tour.
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Julie Okahara Illustration: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice..
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! Monday, October 27, 2014. So, Mr.J and I went to the Crest Theater for the last Trash Film Orgy. They were playing Beetlejuice. I enjoyed the movie, audience, theater, and the show! It was super super super fun! Next day, I sat down to work on the pieces for Comikaze. But instead, I made this piece ;q. Don't worry, I finished the other pieces too! Thanks to TFO for giving me the awesome experience!
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Julie Okahara Illustration: Project Dreamscape
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This blog is all about me, my art, and my life as a Japanese artist living in America. Enjoy! Friday, February 20, 2015. My art is now on the card game called Project Dreamscape! It's currently on Kickstarter. I have a link to the campaign page on the side bar as well ;). So, a few months ago, my friends Sarah and Will asked me about illustrating their card game. When I read the direction and back story of the game and found out that their theme was "dream," I was super excited! Fist Full of Potions.
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