Ping makes these cute little seamonkey-looking fashion models. Also Stuffed Animals, and wistful, bittersweet, sort-of-ambient flash animations, also with cute sea monkey-looking things.
| new character # | 4 |
| Character's Name | Some Kind Of Haute Coture Sea Monkey Or Other |
| Designer | Ping |
| CUTENESS factor | 8 |
| WEIRD quotient | 4 |
| Job | model. probably. |
| URL | http://home.catv.ne.jp/ff/pin-sa/ping/ |
| Website Content | good movies. also, a guide to the '12 basic types of stuffed animals'. japanese and english. |
| Merchandise | none? |
| Email / BBS, ( please tell them Tokyo Damage Report sent you!) | gnipuy@infoseek.jp |
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poop boy!!
Poo Boy is not his real name. I'm not sure if he even HAS a real name. In the humorous postcard above, the owners of the accusing fingers are saying, 'DOGAAN' (loosely translated as , 'who farted?'). this cute little guy is always getting the blame. . . he's a sort of scatalogical charlie brown.
the same artist also makes little sculptures, change purses, and plush toys! I love the idea of a poo-themed wallet, because that's exactly what Freud would have wanted. Apparently Poop Boy lives in a turd-shaped hill, and comes popping out to scare intruders. Notice how he's fertilizing the flowers at the base of the hill. Is that a nice touch or what??? write to the creator, Marilyn, and buy a bunch of shit now!!
| new character # | 5 |
| Character's Name | poop boy |
| Designer | marilyn creative products |
| CUTENESS factor | 5 |
| WEIRD quotient | 6 |
| Job | scapegoat |
| URL | no website. |
| Website Content | i SAID, no website! |
| Merchandise | dolls, postcards, tiny sculptures. |
| Email / BBS, ( please tell them Tokyo Damage Report sent you!) | marilyn-genki@ezweb.ne.jp |
AYA-CHAN
Aya is the brainchild of Koharu Chie. She's really one of the best/ worst examples of 'kawaii/kowaii' (cute and scary) characters now. in fact, the cute aspect of Chie-san's illustration is even MORE scary than the 'scary' side, is what's amazing. sort of like the little naked kids from "Love Is..." . . . . but if they changed the title to 'LOVE IS FRANCIS BACON' or something. if you're not an art fag, you'll just have to assume that that gag was really really witty. sorry.
| new character # | 6 |
| Character's Name | Aya- chan |
| Designer | koharu chie |
| CUTENESS factor | 9 |
| WEIRD quotient | 9 |
| Job | |
| URL | http://get.to/haru |
| Website Content | tons of illustrations, and illustrated stories in japanese |
| Merchandise | postcards |
| Email / BBS, ( please tell them Tokyo Damage Report sent you!) | haru@get.to |
DABUDABU, MY LITTLE BEAR.....AND THEIR FRIENDS
mofa design makes characters that are really tame compared to Aya-chan. Also, they're all Adobe Illustrator style: clean lines and very very flat. But on the other hand, really cute and, what part of Monkey Chefs DON'T you want to run right out and buy?
My Little Bear lives inside giant floating notes, and flies around to bring happiness. At least, i haven't heard about any recent maulings. (notice i use the plural there).
dorokuma is some kind of rabbit, unless he's a mouse, or possibly a rat, whose message seems to be "homelessness is fun!". he wears a hobo's bindle as a hat, carrying all his earthly posessions from one exciting adventure to the next. In the hat, I mean. Or was that obvious? I mean, i didn't want to assume. . . oh whatever, just go read about Francis Bacon so you can get my art fag joke:
http://www.artquotes.net/masters/bacon/paint_painting.htm
| new character # | 7 |
| Character's Name | dabudabu, my little bear, etc. |
| Designer | mofa design : rinrin and yasuaki |
| CUTENESS factor | 7 |
| WEIRD quotient | 4 |
| Job | bear, homeless rodent, etc. |
| URL | http://www.mofa-design.com/ |
| Website Content | illustrations, photos, in japanese and english. really simple yet creative design. |
| Merchandise | postcards, |
| Email / BBS, ( please tell them Tokyo Damage Report sent you!) | mail@mofa-design.com |
tomorrow: a link to the 'love is' strip. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaughhh!!
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