Halloween Night

This movies looks pretty messed up. Hopefully it'll be as good as the trailer is making it seem.

Have a fun Halloween night. Be safe out there, and enjoy all your Halloween parties and Rocky Horror Picture Show viewings.

November around the Corner

Last night had to stay up late printing some of your orders. Glad to see a lot of you are returning and that a lot of you are spreading the word about us.

Dora and I have been spending the last 2 nights brainstorming. We came up with a bunch of awesome ideas that will add a whole new depth to what we've been doing so far. I'll be sure to let you get a first look.

The Nightmare Before Halloween

I like looking at snow in a movie, and outside my front window. But the thought that I have to drive in it tomorrow annoys the hell out of me. It seems as though when it snows, or rains, or if it's nice outside, people forget how to drive. So wish me luck on my adventure to get to my job in one piece tomorrow.

Tokyo Massacre Painting

We sold this painting locally. I think we're going to open the possibility for you as well to own your own Akumu Ink hand painted piece. We're just trying to figure out the best way to go about it.












Also we're researching the possibility of painting on shoes. I don't know if our style lends to it....I think it would be awesome to print on shoes, but that would mean printing before the shoe is sewn, and we don't have the capability to do that. So we're going to keep researching that.

House Warming

The House Warming was great. A bunch of my coworkers came over and we had a couple drinks, Dora invited a bunch of her friends from school too. Here are some pics:

Here's Dora (on the absolute right) with her friends:

Akumu in Forum Thread

Dora and I were doing a search on Akumu Ink to see how many hits we got. Anyways to make a long story short we found a forum where a bunch of people from around the world were posting about us! Totally surreal to read people's enthusiasm about our products. Well if you're interested in reading what people are saying or if you want to add your own comments and stuff and help get our name out here's the link to the forum : http://www.fecielo.com/akumu-ink.html
I believe it has something to do with this blog 1 Tshirts World that posted about us a long while back.

AK-47 Bullets Ice Tray

I saw this and thought it was awesome. I'm getting this for sure, it's like 15$ plus shipping. Totally worth it. I love how the tray looks like the clip.

House Warming

I'm having a little get together with some close friends this weekend to have a House Warming Party for our new place. Pics to come.

My friend Jon over at Millertoons made a poster for the event.

BapeStas!

I love these shoes. I want these shoes. But, I can't afford these shoes.

300$ each pair.... Damn you branding.

Sleeping Day (Painting Part 4)

Today was less productive. Watched an old movie "Bully" starring the late Brad Renfro and slept around for 4 hours. Printed orders that needed to go out as well as mailed some. We're totally on schedule with your orders :) Worked for about 2 hours today on the Of Horror painting, and I gotta say we placed it above the mantle and it looked really cool. Usually I paste past art works I've worked on up on my walls, but this is the first art piece I've actually ever made dedicated solely to decorating my apartment. And I've got to say it's looking pretty awesome. Dora did a wonderful job painting in all the smaller details that I don't have the patience to bother with. Here's the last work in progress photo. The next pic will be the final 'over the fireplace pic'.

Painting Day Part 3

Some Sushi, a few beers, and a couple movies ("Hell Boy", "When A Stranger Calls") later. We're still going strong and painting this thing. This is the latest image of the painting. Started a second coat on the left, and Dora is beginning work on the detail in that huge center gap. More to come later.

Oh, and next weekend's project is carving a pumpkin :)

Painting Day Part 2

Here's the second work in progress pic. At this point it's one third done. Dora and I have been taking turns painting at this point. All done on a black foamcore with Acrylic paint. Still needs a second coat but I think we'll keep that for the end. Watched a movie called Harold...meh, and 4 30Rock episodes, which are pretty entertaining.