dc JAPAN

Time to break the (summer)break and what better occasion then the drawing challenge

could be the reason for it which will be hosted this weekend by our lovely and

incredibly creative Nadine aka tiny woolf!

So here I'm and I hope you had a fine summertime meanwhile....

Japan is our theme this weekend and what comes first to my mind is SUSHI cause

I'm a total sushi adict! But then after the impression that except of tsunami and fukushima

there is no big  japanese experience in my mind it started to evoporate out of my mind

terms like cherry blossom, Samurai, martial arts, geisha, sake, kimono, Fuji, kyoto, anime,

mangas and so forth...

and of course japanese artist like one of my favorite Takashi Murakami or Yoshitomo Nara

and legendary Akira Kurosawa and the crazy and in genious Yayoi Kusama!

And all this phantastic japanese pattern (see book above).

Here in Hamburg exsits a tradition since 1968 the japanese companies located in

the city thank Hamburg for their hospitality with a wonderful firework for the cerry blossom

festival. This is always wonderful and a exceptional firework and I nearly miss it every year - damn!

I realized that Japan is everywhere in our daily lifes and as my son was younger pokemons and digimons where 

swamping our complete household, they where everywhere on plates, as plush animals, as film, as radioplay, mugs.......

I have to admit I liked them too because I thought that they where very creative funny creatures.

So for this dc I made a few collages illustrating japanese influences in our daily lives.

Of course my way, which means: don't take everything too serious ; )

Don't miss to go to Nadine's to see all the other entries to this wonderful theme!