Bear Interrupted

This gouache painting will be auctioned off on this Friday May 6th, 2011. Proceeds (minus shipping expenses) will be split and donated to these two lovely animal rehabilitation centers in Brazil.
Wildcats: http://www.mataciliar.org.br
Monkeys: http://www.projetomucky.com.br
Get notified about this and future original art sales/auctions by emailing info (at) imaginismstudios.com and ask to be notified about original art.

Kei

Artists Help Japan - "Samurai" Drawing + Ancient Japan Sketches Book up for Bidding!

ARTISTS HELP JAPAN - An Earthquake & Tsunami Emergency Fund



Hi everyone,

As mentioned in our earlier blog post to raise some funds for the "Artists Help Japan - Earthquake & Tsunami Emergency Fund", we have now listed this rare lot up for auction.

The winner of the auction will receive the following TWO items:

1. ORIGINAL "Samurai" Drawing by Bobby Chiu
- 8.5'' x 11'' Pencil on Paper


2. A Copy of our SOLD OUT "Ancient Japan Sketches"
- The book is signed and drawn in by Kei Acedera.


The proceeds will go to ARTISTS HELP JAPAN organized by the amazing Dice Tsutsumi (Pixar Art Director). You can also make direct donations to them as well. Let us all unite and help out a country in need.

Christmas Cards 2010!

One of my favorite things to do around the holidays is to make xmas cards.
Here are this years! Each card was hand painted with gold paint.





I wish everyone a safe and fun holiday season!!!

-Kei

Missing Wonderland

Title: Missing Wonderland
Artist: Kei Acedera
Medium: Gouache

The original was a present for Tim Burton when we were in France.
One of the new prints at our booth in San Diego Comicon. See you there!

Wall-Street Cyclops

I've really enjoyed listening to the Sketchoholic interviews these past week from Pixarians Derek Thompson, Aaron Hartline, Everett Downing and Nate Wragg. They're all VERY inspiring and really provide an honest glimpse of what it takes to be a successful working artist.

Here's a sketch that I did while watching Nate's interview, my take on his "Wall-Street Cyclops"!




-Kei

Cheshire Hat

This is the prize for my contest on Bobby's CHIUSTREAM!
It's been truly fun to see all the entries and a lot of them are REALLY fantastic. It's going to be a very tough choice!

Tune in this Feb 20th 2pm PST/5pm EST to see who wins :)




"Cheshire Hat"
9.5 x 13 inches
gouache


Kei

Advice from Caterpillar

18 x 24 inches
gouache and oils

I'm thrilled to go back to Paris for our 'Alice in Wonderland' show with Arludik, this March 4th!! Its been a blast working on this show and we can't wait to unveil the collection.
So check back, there's more to come :)...

<3 Kei

'Tis the season to be jolly...

fa-la-la-la-laaa la-la-la-laaaa..




A little fun painting for our Christmas cards, and party invitations ;)
And it feels so good to paint something besides work.
This is also available as a print on our store!

<3Kei

Excuse me, what are you doing on my nose?

Just recently, I caught the flu..


..but feeling much better now..take care everyone! and wash your hands!

Reading about trees...

Going to Grandma's..

Come fly with me....let's go to Fan Expo!

This is a little fun piece I did for our friend Jean Barbaud's up coming book.
He draws magnificent, exquisite planes like nobody's business so I was so honored to be a part of his book! Merci Jean!!




Title: Come fly with me
Material: Gouache on recycled paper



Also, this weekend Friday Aug 28 to Sunday Aug 30 is the Toronto Fan Expo. Kei and I will be signing stuff at table P02. The Imaginism Studios table will be at A01 along with artists Jason Seiler, Thierry Lafontaine and Peter Chan!
Also, Stephen Silver and David Colman will be at P03.

Hedge Monster

Here's a sketch I originally posted on my FACEBOOK

It's a special sketch of a painting that's on my to do list...I hope to make the group on FACEBOOK a little more special by posting some images there first.
This one is called "Hedge Monster Sketch"

<3 Kei

Bubble Bath !

This was a gift for our good friends Bill and Ikumi..
I'm glad to have found friends who love pin-ups! (Btw, Bill is the king of pin-ups!)

Bisoux,
Kei

Learn How to Talk to Moms !

Here's the second book from the "How to" series by super-kid and (New York Time's Bestselling Author) Alec Greven, that I had the privilege of illustrating! It's a really wonderful book that reminds us all (no matter what age) how to be good :)
Alec is such a thoughtful kid, I could have used this when I was younger!

Also, the "How to" books have now gone GLOBAL! With editions in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, UK, Czech, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese and Hebrew!!!













HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

-Kei


P.S. If you're around the Toronto area, we will be at TCAF this weekend!

Vinyl News: Assassin by Kei Acedera

MINDstyle's ASSASSIN By Kei Acedera
Version: Based on Her Original Artwork
Size: 8 Inches Tall
Color: Green Dress
Edition Size: 250 Pieces Worldwide
Material: Vinyl
SRP: USD $79.99 Per Figure

Release Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Stay tuned people!

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BE SURE TO CHECK OUT SHANE GLINES' BLOG!

Calgary Expo and Jab, Strong, Fierce Show this weekend

Title: Street Fighter Kids
Artist: Kei Acedera
Material: Gouache on Arches watercolour paper
Size: 22 1/8 '' x 28 '' Framed


Title: Chun Li and Blanka
Artist: Bobby Chiu
Material: Watercolour on Arches watercolour paper
Size: 22 1/8 '' x 28 '' Framed

On Saturday April 25th, 2009 the original artwork shown below will be in the "Jab Strong Fierce" (Street Fighter Tribute Show) at Nucleus Art Gallery on 210 East Main St, Alhambra, California.

If you are interested in these pieces, please contact Nucleus Art Gallery.- info@gallerynucleus.com

These original paintings come with a Certificate of Authenticity that is signed and dated by the artist.

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Also this weekend is the Calgary Expo! Kei and I (Bobby) will be there so come say HI if you're going!

Here's a painting Kei did for the Calgary Expo Artbook.

Title: A Little Break
Artist: Kei Acedera
Material: Gouache on Arches watercolour paper
Size: 12 1/8 '' x 16 ''

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Awesome link Aaron Hartline

Storytime with Jane

Hi! This is my contribution for the Tarzan Exhibit at Musée du quai Branly in Paris, France.



Title: "Reading Time with Jane" by Kei Acedera
Paper Size: 13 x 15.25 inches
Medium: Gouache and Pencils on Stonehenge

Here is the original drawing and thumbnail sketch (that's in its actual size)





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Also, I'm so excited (and nervous!) to be participating in
Conceptart.org International Art & Design Symposium!
I'm excited -to see some truly fantastic artists do their thing, and nervous-to be doing a speed painting jam! But it should be good, so I can't wait!
For those of you who are coming here are our schedules:

Sunday - March 29th 4-5pm: Bobby will be conducting a workshop on Digital Painting Techniques in section DA 3 He' ll be showing his personal techniques and how he sets up his palettes and creates some of his favorite brushes. Then a creature painting demo!

Sunday - March 29th 7-9pm: Both Bobby and I will be at DA1 & 2: The Characters Creatures and Monsters Speed Painting Jam- Join Mike Bierek, Shaun Healey, Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedera, David Levy, Manny Carrasco, Mikko Kinnunen, Noxizmad and others we share our digital sketching process for generating quick ideas on the fly.

Tuesday - March 31st 12-1pm: Bobby will be participating in "From Commission to Completion: The Basics of Freelancing Some of the most influential people in illustration reveal their freelancing methodology, industry wisdom, and interesting work experience."

Dallas here we go!!
<3 Kei

Subway sketches!

Here are some sketches from the subway I did a while back that I wasn't able to post yet..



Happy Friday!!!

New Site!

Hi everyone,

We're excited to announce that we've redesigned the Imaginism Studios site.

Here's a painting from the "original" art section of the store.


Title: Chinese Goddess

Artist: Kei Acedera

Size: 8.5” x 10” (21.6 x 25.4 cm)

Medium: Gouache on Arches Watercolour paper. Unframed.

View originals HERE

For serious collectors that would like to be put on our buyers list for our originals, please email us at info@imaginismstudios.com and request to be put on the "BUYER"S LIST." People on our buyers list will be able to view and purchase artwork before anyone else.