New Collection Up

So the NEW 2010 collection went live at 10am (eastern time?). So far the response has been great! You guys really make all this worth it.

So far we have two great blogs that mentioned the new line. Which I'll post about soon.

Bare with me as there's still a few things I need to tweak, some pages might be missing pictures or headers, but all that will be fixed soon. If you see something let me know and I'll fix it right up. I was up till 4am last night photoshopping and preparing just under 60 individual items to either be released or updated. It was a huge undertaking for our small company.

We've also added a 'Hoodie' section to make the main page less confusing.

Also all the new items can be found in our 'packages' so spoil yourself and save some money at the same time ;)

Ok more posts describing the individual designs, and more photos will fill up the blog in the upcoming week. So have fun browsing and buying the new stuff, if you have any questions you can find me here.

Thought it was Thursday

I thought we were Thursday today so I was preparing to release everything tomorrow...then I realized today is Wednesday...lame... We all have to wait! It's going to be totally worth it though I promise you that. And all items will be available to purchase in our 'Package' deals so get all the new stuff you want and save too! I hope to hear all your reactions on our Facebook page or here ok? Let me know what you think of our new stuff as your opinions are much appreciated. Ok, I gotta go back to work for now and print some shirts.

Btw, someone broke into my car again :( Didn't smash the window this time thankfully, but everything was removed from the glove compartment like they were looking for something. Probably a GPS, that I don't own :( Oh well when you live in a sketchy part of town I guess that's what you get, hopefully if this year is good to us we can move out of here and somewhere nicer where we don't get robbed twice in a month!

2010 Akumu Ink Logo

In case you haven't noticed there will also be a NEW Akumu Ink logo that will be launched alongside the 6 new designs starting this Friday. This white logo will replace the previous one that was printed at the bottom of our tshirts and vnecks. The hoodies will continue to have the silver razorblade. We wanted to have something bolder and more original, so we came up with this. Hope you like it!

Out of Stock Items?

Are you looking for Akumu Ink items that we no longer carry in our official online store? If so you might want to check out these sites that are carrying our stuff:

Size available: Army M
Cost: £21.99



Sizes available: Rasp S, M, L
Cost: £21.99



Sizes available: Women Black S, M
Cost: 2,300 Yen




































Sizes available: Men Black S, M
Cost: 2,300 Yen

Homemade Mocha Frappe

As most of us start off the day with a delicious coffee (reminds me of the Mindless Self Indulgence lyrics "I like my coffee black just like my metal"). Sometimes I feel like experimenting with flavours. I had some Cool Whip in the fridge and some Hot Chocolate powder so I decided to treat myself to a Cafe Mocha Frappe? I don't regret it :P

Tracklist Revealed

As many of you have been excited to see where we are taking the brand in this new year. I've compiled our current finalized tracklist (in random order) for our newest collection releasing January 15, 2010. Featuring 2 guest spots by fellow Canadian and lover of all things Japanese as well, La Carmina. Hopefully these shirt titles will inspire you and make you look forward to their release:

1- Death Before Dishonor
2- The Investigation
3- Lost Soul
4- Devil Within
5- (Currently Untitled) feat. La Carmina
6- (Currently Untitled 2) feat. La Carmina

Colourful Closeups

Just thought I'd post a bunch of pics I took of some of our newer colors. All these images and more can be found on each item's product page.

Snow Removal

Thought those of you who don't have much snow where you're from would be interested in seeing this. A day or three after a huge snow storm the city sends trucks to clean one side of the street because there's literally too much snow that we can't park on the streets anymore. Also as it gets colder the snow hardens making it more difficult to park where there is snow. So first they send a sidewalk plough to push whatever's on the sidewalk into the street, then this plough passes scooping everything into the middle of the street. After this I got bored and couldn't be bothered to stay and photograph the industrial snowblower that picks up everything and blows it into a dumptruck. Oh and the orange sign on the street sign is put up 24 hours prior to snow removal to let us know that between such and such times not to park there or they will tow your car to another street and fine you. Yay, winter....

Wish This Was Me

Whether I'm printing shirts, preparing packages, or in this case opening Christmas presents it's safe to say Tiny will always be there reminding me how much better (simpler) his life is while he lays sprawled out on the floor.

Preview of Things to Come

So 2010 is coming soon and we're ready for it. Starting in January there will be 4 NEW original Akumu Ink designs, as well as 2 NEW collaboration designs. Here's a preview of our new collection that will be launched mid January. Can't wait to let you see it ;)

La Carmina Part 2!

Today we were mentioned for the second time on the lovely Carmina's blog with her wearing our Possessed tshirt. We appreciate so much the support from those who we've designed our clothes for! We've gone into Akumu Ink from the beginning with the intention to make clothes for morbidly fashionable crowd, so we're always happy to see that we are accepted by you. When your creation is sincere I think others notice ;) Thanks everyone, I hope you've either now discovered her very informative blog, or you've found us.

Friday Songs

Here is a good representation of how my mind is split into 2 extremely opposites which makes up for my creativity. Do you know a lot of white boys tortured by the kawaii pop music of the East all the while listening to nothing but the most brutal in Western music. I guess I like to be a part of something that is not popular in my surroundings. To have the pleasure of meeting or talking to someone with similar likes is very rare and always that much more pleasant. Just like Akumu Ink, such a small community. Sure some people buy shirts because they like one design and never return, or never come back to check the blog, or even never remember how to pronounce Akumu properly but that's ok. Because I know, and you who are reading this know that we're in this together and we don't need them ;)

So without putting this off further here are my song choices for today:
1- Bring Me the Horizon's 4th video from the album Suicide Season "The Sadness Will Never End"
2- The beautiful Mandarin pop icon Jolin Tsai...Who's music is better without the video, and for boys is more enjoyable without the music...This song "Butterfly" is from her latest album as well. Enjoy.