Alice In Wonderland

Ok just cuz I'm posting about this doesn't mean that I'm looking forward to it. I love Alice In Wonderland as you may have noticed some of my designs are based on it. It's like one big messed up trip, and the thought that Tim Burton would be putting his creative genius into it sounded like a great idea. But personally looking at the trailer is giving me serious doubts. It looks a lot like his Big Fish movie, and as though he got the same people doing his effects as he did for Willy Wonka... I don't know, we all know how the story goes so you'd think it was Tim Burton's responsibility to make the style and effects impeccable. But looking at the Queen and her Imac-camera-like effect is nothing special. I will of course see this in theaters and hope it's better than it has lead on to be so far.

Vacation Pics

So I'm back from my 2 week adventure with Dora to her home country of Indonesia. It was great, at the time I thought it was hot like hell but it seems I brought the weather back with me here cuz I'm melting. Not seeing much difference, although apparently it remains that hot over there all year round. Here's a quick recap of our vacation:





















This was the door of a Buddhist Temple.






















We also went to this awesome petting zoo where we could hold a bat, turtles, a snake, as well as other animals.





















We went to this walkthrough jungle that held approx 500 monkies. You would be on the path and the monkeys would actually come right up to you. It was great and I got this nice photo of a baby.

I Am The Trend

If you have not seen this check it out around 3:10 we were featured as Tshirt company of the week on the I Am The Trend website they did a little interview with us as well. Check it out here. Love what they had to say about us, and even though the dudes didn't seem sure if they were right about the things they were saying about us they actually got everything right. Even the spelling of Akumu Ink, so we appreciate it!



Also to let you know, I (Joey) am back. Dora will be coming back in 2 weeks, but everything (site and our emails) will go back to normal, I'll be printing and shipping out orders until Dora comes back and we'll take it from there. I'm going to post some pics soon of our vacation we had a great time and got alot of inspiration for new items and designs so get ready for the next phase of Akumu. Also I'm done with my dayjob and now all my time will be spent here with you guys so feel free to let me know how we're doing and what you'd like to see if we're not doing it already and we'll keep giving you what you want. I'll update soon.

Last Day.

So this is it! Today is my last day illustrating children's books. In approx 7.5 hours I will be my own boss from here on out. It's kinda weird how tomorrow we're leaving for Asia like right away so I don't even get to enjoy my new found employment until I get back, but I feel like it's a great way to kick start our new life. I'm hoping to come back rested and refreshed with a new mindset to get all my ideas out into Akumu. Awesome. It's going to be awesome.

Pictures of Things

Here are some pics from the last few weeks that I've been meaning to post. Starting off with photos of Tiny at my dayjob:





















This next image is from a restaurant in Montreal that makes awesome hamburgers called Mr. Steer's.
















Next set of images are from my Going-Away/Pizza Party with a bunch of my coworkers. I laughed so much at the end when the staff came out singing happy birthday with a delicious cake. Thanks so much to all those that came, I'm going to miss all of you. You really made Phidal like a home to me for the last 4 years :)