Dogo did a great job with the events at family sunday. Not as many people as I had feared but just enough to keep us busy. Enough of the faithful came out to make it a breeze.

We also got an offer to appear on a television show on OC16!

Check the website for june-august meating dates. meet meat

June 28

June 21 Special Event:

Honolulu Academy of Arts Family Sunday 11-5

July 12 and 26

August 9 and 23



1-4 pm, usually the 2nd and 4th sundays

This is from academy of arts for linekona exhibit.

"Would your group be interested in a 2nd floor exhibition in 2010, August or Sept.?
Let me know, these are the next available dates, if you are set on spring it could be 2011."

what sounds good to u guys?

Manga Bento will be offically present at the upcoming Free Sunday event at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and we need members to come out and help!

Sunday, June 21st, we're meeting at the front of the museum at 10:00 AM, the event will last from 11 to 5. We should allow around 30 minutes or more for clean up afterwards.

Here's the HAA page on the event.

The coordinator said he's going to give us two 8ft tables. I'm thinking at the most 6 or so people? Some proposed ideas for activities:

- Father's Day Cards Lineart designs done by Mangabento members for the kids to color, cut-out and paste on a sturdy cardstock for the actual card structure. We need designs for these cards, just keep to the theme of father's day and draw the picture in inked outlines like a coloring book as these will be xeroxed. Jenn, Yu-xian, Ryan, Brave? Just e-mail me some designs [dogosan@gmail.com]

- Cut and Paste Father's Day Cards Devin brought this up. A design of a father child with cut out clothes kids can paste on with different combinations.

- Thaumatropes Info here A simple animation device. The kids could color the designs, draw their own, etc.

- Iron Artist Competition A take off the Kawaii-Kon's Artists' Alley competition. We obviously need age divisions. We need to decide the exact format if we're going to do this. Art supplies as prizes? I would like to give everyone a "thanks for participating item." Something inexpensive, I was thinking erasers or pencils? Something artsy.

For the Mangabento display board it's alright if I use your guy's artwork for a section right?

This up coming meeting (the 14th) is when we can finalize all of these things... hopefully haha.

Pretty sad I still don't know how to make a proper mask in Photoshop. I have to go through a bunch of layers and reversals and manual paint bucket fills to chop things out and the edges end up looking too edgy.

Did manage to get something along the lines of what I wanted this time, but heck if I know exactly how I did it.

The colortheme was just goofing around



The fullsized one looks jaggy...I think I need to change the tolerance of the paint bucket next time...or just learn the right way to use photshop.

http://pics.livejournal.com/robocon/pic/0002k42f

i think its coming this weekend with a parade on sunday if anyone is interested.

http://www.pan-pacific-festival.com/

I just got off the phone with the events coordinator at the Japanese Cultural Center and she just put Manga Bento down for their next event, New Year's, most likely in the second week of January. It's a while away but that's all the more reason to prepare, prepare, prepare! Maybe by this time we can have our calendar/anthology book out and ready for sale?

We still need more imput into what could go into the upcoming Academy event. See last post. Here's a page from the Academy about their next free Sundays, "Famous Fathers." Make your own father's day card, puzzles, marker tutorials? We already have a few ideas let's continue the train of thought!

The coordinator for the Bank of Hawaii free Sundays called me back this afternoon. He told me that we could participate in the the June event. The theme has to do with fathers (in tune with Father's Day), I can't remember the alliteration he used. Now, is anyone willing to volunteer for this event on Sunday June 21st? I told him that I would confirm with you guys before accepting his offer.

What exactly have we done in the past at events like the JCC? (another place I need to call) I remember having the kids color with the markers. I'm thinking we can expand and offer more activities under the anime/manga theme. Something arts and crafty, I mean people do wonders with scissors and construction paper at events like these, it doesn't have to be complicated. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The coordinator said that we would definitely fit in for thier November event, themed to the landscapes of Hokusai in conjunction with their exhibit.

Stopped by there today. Asked em about having a show there. They seemed interested and will look at our site.

6-8 month lead time for this location. Its maybe 2x the space of the gallery we had at the academy and lots of windows. There are moveable walls that hang from the ceiling.

Go check out the space if you are interested in showing there.

Let's meet up
Let's meet up
Let's meet up

Meet up
Meet up
Meet up

.....Soooo, when's the next meeting for you guys? I'm very excited to work with you all and help you out with the workshops and stuff that you were talking about! I think Moosubi told me that your next meeting was this sunday--is that true?

EDIT: IF I CAN GET A PHONE NUMBER OR AN E-MAIL FROM ANY OF Y'ALL TOO, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

So I'm back in Hawaii, and I want to meet up with you all, sooooo--when's a good time?

does anyone have pokemon cards they want to get rid of?

or suggestions on how to get something called level X?

my son's birthday is coming up.

De-anoning obviously, but since I smelled wank in the comm, I had to offer my three cents and a nickle.

Oh, first post by the way. Hey y'all, my name's Tofubeast, I'm a member of BAAU (Bay Area Artists Unite), I'm heading back to Hawaii for the summer, and I'm planning on joining y'all for that time wether ya like it or not!

Well, unless I get too annoying. Then you have every right to boot me.

I'll be coming to Oahu on the weekend of the first week of May--and I want to meet you guys.

I'm going to be working for the Honolulu Academy of Art this summer, and since you guys are on my list of artist comms that I'm going to visit...I'll be seeing you all very soon.

So from talking with Moosubi, I got excited about working with you guys and creating art together.

Then after seeing the two journals complaining about infighting/wank in the comm, I kind of got deflated about it. However, I still want to work with you guys. I believe Ian from BAAU knows of you guys, and I think Alfred (a twu) might have mentioned that he knew you, so the fact that some BAAU dudes have contacted you guys a few times is a rad thing.

Now, keep in mind that I'm not a member of your guys' circle, and I wasn't around for the issues, but I would like to offer a solution, as I believe that there are people who want this to be a healthy artists' community. If I'm wrong about anything, call me out on it, but this is an honest outsider's opinion.

Apparently some people were worried that the life had gone out of the comm, and that the artistry was disappearing. Or rather, that the motivation was disappearing. Then people started arguing amongst themselves about how this artists' comm had fallen on low times, how no one was getting motivated and how new members were getting scared away.

My opinion is that the members of this place need a common goal to strive for at the moment so that MangaBento can be united as a whole. For instance, BAAU is kind of small, but we're very dedicated to what we do (even lazy ol' me--but that's a different story) when it comes right down to it. Hawaii doesn't offer the opportunities California has, so it's hard to get hyped about something if there's no goal, like a convention or a fair, but what MangaBento could do is find a project to work on as a whole.

For instance, a book. A book is a major undertaking and involves lots of work, but it can come together once the artists unite in their goal. It forces people to push themselves and really put their best work out there.

Wouldn't it be cool to see the range of talents in Hawaii all gathered together, in one big celebration of sequential art? Wouldn't that be totally awesome? C'mooooon.

I noticed you guys have exhibits for free in the Academy. For someone who's studying art, that's an amazing privilege to have. Gallery space is a covoted thing. If you can make a themed exhibit every time, that would also serve the same purpose as the book idea.

Moosubi mentioned having a one day comics workshop sponsored by MangaBento during the summer. I say that there should be several. This is also a "common goal" project. Hell, I'd be willing to teach 'um. I could even try to contact Audra and Scott of "Nemu-Nemu" fame, or talk to Deb Aoki of "Bento Box" comics, if she's in Hawaii and not back in CA at that time. Anything, anything to make this even more awesome.

Anyway, TL;DR, I want to work with you guys and believe in you all. I am looking forward to coming back home just to meet up with you guys and draw with you. I want MangaBento and BAAU to have an alliance of awesome that will span the Pacific Ocean and get local kids interested in art again.

In short, I would like to see MangaBento unite to become our ally artists. And I am a pretentious git who types too much. XD

Same time and place. Linekona Art Center 1-4pm, 2nd and 4th sundays.

5-10 and 24

6-14 and 28

I also asked about setting up another exhibit. No word yet but they have space in the calender. Page, if you want a slot, go talk to Vince, director of linekona.

Just confirmed the next meeting with the Academy.

Sunday April 19 room 200, 1-4pm

I'll be at work, but the room is reserved.

Hey all:

I'll be at the convention center today (Thurs) to register and set up around 6pm-ish.
Can't be there Friday since I work that day, but I'll be there to booth-sit and draw Sat and Sun.

Hope everyone has a great time at the Kon!

Sign looks great :) Thanks for the help today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14968389@N00/sets/72157616322444167/

OK...April 5

This is definitely the LAST MEETING before Kawaii Kon.

We need everyone's help to work on the banner.

Also, If you want more T-shirts, bring your blanks in and we can screen them at the meeting. White ink, so bring a dark shirt for best results.

OK...last MB meeting before Kawaii Kon and Artist Alley (less than 20 days away)

We need to work on starting (and hopefully finishing) the MangaBento booth banner at the meeting tomorrow.

I'll bring the paper, pens and other supplies. I'll also bring the silkscreen and inks if anyone wants to make an extra T-shirt or 2 (bring your own shirt though)

See you there. March 22 1-4pm

Local artist from the Big Island here, giving a shout-out from California!

I'll be in Oahu this summer from late April to early September--is there anything y'all are doin' during that time?

I'd love to meet up with you guys. My DA is here: http://tofubeast.deviantart.com/

Unfortunately most of my "serious" stuff for school isn't on DA, and I don't have a website or a digital portfolio. My portfolio is kinda hard-copy.

I'm also a member of Bay Area Artists Unite (BAAU DOWN), an artist's collective similar to yours--although we are open to any kind of style of comics and artwork, and not focused as much on one specific style. Our website is here http://www.baau.org/home.html and our DA is here http://baau.deviantart.com/

I'm looking forward to meeting ya all!


(Apologies to mods, new member here and I don't know what I should tag this as.)