The Tentacled Monkey » Mikael Noguchi http://www.tentacled-monkey.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:13:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 So…What have i been up to? http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2009/08/so-what-have-i-been-up-to/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2009/08/so-what-have-i-been-up-to/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:37:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi
But what's cool though is that some of my work has finally been released First of all Me and Øyvind Holen's book 'Hiphop' was printed in July. Looking forward to be able to post some samples from it when it's been released (which should be now in August).


I also did 4 T-shirt/hoodie prints for Lilia Gjerstads JLH-label (Johnny leave home) last fall for the 2010 winter collection.






I'm awaiting some samples so stay tuned for some better pictures.
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Hiphop - Rap, Graffiti, Breaking og DJing.
The book is written by Øyvind Holen and is illustrated by me. Working hard at the moment to finish the drawings required for it. This book is for the younger audience and contains facts, interviews, cartoons and tips. Read more about it HERE (Norwegian only).
Released in April/May 2009. Published by Cappelen Damm.]]> http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2009/03/hiphop-rap-graffiti-breaking-og-djing/feed/ 0 Happy new year! http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2009/01/happy-new-year/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2009/01/happy-new-year/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:51:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi
First update in 2009. Time flies!


This is a cap i got from a friend years ago and i decided to paint it with Posca-markers. I started using Posca-pens in 1985. We used them for painting on eachothers backpacks and whatnot.
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I bought a few canvases and did a few paintings yesterday. It was quite fun. I used markers and a silver-pen for these. Maybe a few of these will become christmas presents this year.]]> http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/12/canvas-paintings/feed/ 0 Canvas http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/12/canvas/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/12/canvas/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:07:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi

I managed to find a place that sells really cheap canvases. I played around with a couple of markers and this was the result. Quick and easy. It was done for a good friend of mine.]]> http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/12/canvas/feed/ 0 Grey letters http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/grey-letters/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/grey-letters/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:24:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi

This is a further development of an earlier sketch. Pen-drawing traced in Illustrator and colored in Photoshop.]]> http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/grey-letters/feed/ 0 Carry that weight http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/carry-that-weight/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/carry-that-weight/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:12:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi
This drawing was done on the bus on my way home from work and i was pretty happy with the result too considering it's pretty hard to draw while humping up and down. I colored it quickly the following morning.]]> http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/carry-that-weight/feed/ 0 Strange shapes http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/strange-shapes/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/strange-shapes/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:40:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi
I like to play around with organic shapes. This is one example. Made with pencils and ink.
]]> http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/strange-shapes/feed/ 0 Congratulations Mr. Obama! http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/congratulations-mr-obama/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/congratulations-mr-obama/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:15:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi
This was done while following the election yesterday on TV, sipping wine. Some of the text on the bottle found it's way into the drawing. I started on the head and the rest just came about.
As you can see it really has nothing to do with the election.]]> http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/congratulations-mr-obama/feed/ 0 Speedpainting http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/speedpainting/ http://www.tentacled-monkey.com/2008/11/speedpainting/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:46:00 +0000 Mikael Noguchi
It's a long time since i did a speedpainting. This one took me about an hour and was done with a few custom-brushes made by a guy called Vyle for Photoshop. Basically i just played around with shapes until something came out of it.
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