I spent the last week chilling out and decompressing. I have to renew my visa by the end of November so I had brunch with my uncle today to talk about the required paperwork and how to fill it out. It should work out fine which would allow me to stay another 3 years plus an option to keep renewing after that time. I think. I recall the immigration lady saying something like that and urging me to just get a Japanese passport to avoid the hastle. That's also another option but if it requires me to give up my Canadian citizenship it's a "no thanks".

I'm gonna go see this by the end of the month. It's a gallery show for the background painter from the Miyazaki movies, Kazuo Oga. Pretty stoked about this. I think the success of Tonari no Totoro lies heavily in the hands of Oga and it's gonna be amazing to see the painted works in the raw. I don't have anything on my walls besides a calender and my crappy drawings so it would be awesome to dress it up with a poster of his work so I can be humbled on a daily basis. The following image is stolen off the internet:


My web guy Tu has uploaded the checklist section to my site as well as updated the profile page. I honestly don't remember much of what I've drawn so if you happen to have something I've worked on and you don't see it on the list please post a comment and I'll make sure it gets on there. Even if it's only a cover.

Oh, I've begun work on the commissions. I'll try and get them done in the next few weeks. By month's end for sure.

TAK