Mikoto has been fortunate enough to be the featured Tshirt designer on redbubble. As of writing this the Tshirt Homepage is covered in mikoto designs. Redbubble offers over 40 mikoto Tshirts in any colour and any size on American Apparel. to check them all out go to http://www.redbubble.com.au/people/mikoto
Traveling to Melbourne for the week was a great experience. walking the streets of the CBD I could not believe how much graffiti, art, music and culture seemed to pour out of every lane-way. I was really impressed by the graffiti method using white paint with black stencils and upon my return home to Sydney I created this design.
The design depicts a Samurai and he is in a bad mood, his dagger is drawn and one hand rests on a samurai sword ready to go. I have tried to achieve a balance between the enormous headdress by stretching the Japanese kanji for samurai (?) underneath him. The writing also gives it perspective, as if in the street and I particularly like it how the symbol is red like blood.
To Buy or download this image go to the gallery page
The mikoto website has received a number of cosmetic and functional changes that include a new header image, lighter woodgrain background and a new gallery page.
The header is filled with some of the characters that will be on the next run of T-shirts I print for Paddington Markets that you can currently buy online from my mikoto profile at Redbubble.
The new gallery page will steadily grow with mikoto designs and drawings That can be then used on website such as myspace, PC desktops, screen savers and print outs. I will include not only finished designs but preliminary sketches and hand drawings.
The real reason for the change though was to fix my website after it was hacked into!