Weird Video

Have you seen this weird video? I'm not a fan of Lady Gaga, but this video has razorblade glasses, creepy black jester hats, creepy anorexic backbones, and effing awesome gold jaw bone masks. Not to mention the last scene when she's laying on burned bed with a dead guy. This video is way more terrifying than anything Marilyn Mason has put out in a long time. So what if the backgrounds are white and she wears a crazy dress made out of crystals? I really hope that gold plated jaw bone mask comes into style, cuz I would totally start wearing that.

French Interview

We were interviewed earlier this week by a Montreal horror blog "Sinistre Blogzine" that we met in Toronto at the Festival of Fear. It's a great blog that updates you on all Horror news and events. The entire interview is in French thanks to Marc the interviewer for translating everything and making me sound smart. Although I can speak fluently in French I have the skills of an elementary student when it comes to expressing myself in the French written language. They have this great concept of posting a 13 question interview on every Friday the 13th. So here you go, check out the Sinistre Blogzine here.

Buy 'Of Horror' Get FREE Toy

Ok I'm opening this one up to everyone who orders from us today FRIDAY THE 13TH oooh!

EVERYONE who buys Of Horror I on tshirt OR hoodie gets a FREE "The Vampire" paper toy. Only today, after today it's closed back to only returning customers who buy the packages.

Whether you buy a package that includes the Of Horror tshirt/hoodie, or you just buy the Of Horror tshirt/hoodie as a single item, you will receive the free paper toy.

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Sketching Again

Sketching is like a muscle that needs to be excercised. The more you excercise the stronger you become. Being home now I need to force myself to get back into the habit of drawing something daily to strengthen my skills. Here is a sketch I did of Korean singer BoA. I can't remember the last time I just sat down and spent 15-20 min sketching up something like this. I felt extremely rusty, but as time goes by I'll get back into it. Hope you like it. Would you like me to post my sketches weekly?

No More US Shows :(

If you found us through one of the US conventions we did over the summer then let me warn you. We will not be returning to the US for any more conventions in 2010. Unfortunately we've metaphorically bled financially due to the last 3 shows we did. The Canadian customs officers decided to "teach us a lesson" and pretty much rendered it impossible for our little company to be able to afford to go back and forth through countries.

So just to let you know, if you saw and/or bought from us at a US convention we will not be returning next year. So your best bet is to get your Akumu Ink fix here through our webstore.

If any of you know of any interesting conventions other than tattoo or anime conventions within Canada that we should consider let me know :)

Shirt Closeups

I'm always trying to update the look of our shop to give you a better idea of the product you're purchasing. Sometimes we post items on different shirt colors without showing a preview cuz no one has ordered it yet or someone did order it but I didn't get time to take a photo because it had to be shipped out imidiately. Well here is one older shirt "When A Cat Smiles" and one newer shirt "Death's Embrace" vneck with some updated shirt closeups for your viewing pleasure :)

Christmas Shipping Dates

Thinking about getting something from Akumuink.com for Christmas? Here's an approximation of your ordering deadlines for things to be sent in the post. Don't forget to give us at least 2-3 days to print your order before we can ship it out to you.

Cancer Bats wearing The Storm

Great way to start the day today. The boys from Meet the Storm just did a show the other night with Canadian punk rock band Cancer Bats. I don't know how it went down but the boys gave singer Liam our The Storm tshirt and he wore it on stage that night during his performance. Thanks Cancer Bats and thanks Meet the Storm!

Steampunk Museum

Check out this video about the Oxford Steampunk Art Exibition, from October 13 2009 to February 21 2010 at the Museum of the History of Science, UK.

Great Japanese Movie

Looking for a photo of 'Friend' from the movie '20th Century Boys' I landed on a new blog that answered all my questions. It's like a renting asian movies for dummies guide. The layout is great showing the movie cover, then an English synopsis, a rating of the movie, and finally a trailer of the movie. Simple and clear. Here's the link to the blog.

So now let me tell you about this great movie I watched because of that blog. It's called 'Love Exposure' and it's a 4 hour story that deals with sexuality and cult religion. What I love about Japanese movies is their lack of censorship to how the director wants to express his vision. There's some messed up scenes, but this is nowhere near a horror movie. I honestly have no idea what genre this would be in but it was great. Took me like 3 days to watch it but it was like watching a really good short tv series. I recommend it if you're looking for something different with a great story line.

Fall

The leaves looked just like this last week before Halloween. Now they've all fallen to the ground leaving the trees bare. This is the downside to living in Canada. Every year I'm in denial that it's going to snow again. And we're not talking an inch of snow, we're talking about 3-5 feet of snow! But let's enjoy what we have while we have it, beautiful fiery coloured leaves. I wish I could hibernate like a bear, go to sleep and come back out in the spring when it's all over. Anyways here's some pics of my neighbourhood while I was walking my dog Tiny (I prefer calling him Mr.Tatas).

Another Toy Picture

Here's a nice closeup pic I took of the NEW paper toy.