Angouleme Festival from January 27-30

Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedera, and Thierry Lafontaine from Imaginism Studios will be at Angouleme Festival in France from January 27-30.

We will be selling many of our prints there at -> €20. (Regular price $30 USD) We will also be there to sign the prints you purchase. If you are in the area, come by and say hi.

We're off to France!! *SUBWAY SKETCHING IS STILL ON WITH PETER CHAN!*

We're on our way to France right now for the Bande Desinee festival in Angouleme!
This is one of my favorite trips every year and I can't wait to get there.

Here are some sketches I did from last year that I wans't able to post. I didn't get to do as much sketching as I hoped to, because I was too distracted with all the sites, sounds...and smells!

..these were the first things I saw when we arrived..




...Best waiter EVER.


..a writer that sat in front of us at a Moroccan restaurant. The place had the best kuskus.


And this one was a gift for Bernadette and Monique who let us stay at their place while we were there. They were such gracious hosts and made the best home made jams and cognac drinks :)

Monique loves to collect elephants and she has a beautiful collection from around the world, and I'm so happy this is a part of it.



That's all for now.
<3Kei

from France with love.. Angouleme 2008

The Town of Angouleme

Before going to Angouleme, we didn't know too much about this festival except for the fact that it's one of the largest comic book fests in Europe. When we arrived and started to learned more and more about this fascinating town, it started to seem like this place was a dream come true, that we were wisked off into a magical wonderland of a comic book world! Every person in the town not just appreciates art but truly loves it! In every shop, whether it be a clothing store, a bakery or a dental office, they would have their favorite comic book characters decorated all over their place!



In the center of town there is a giant bronze sculpture of their town hero, Hergé, the creator of Tin Tin! That just shows how much this whole town revolves around art and literature.


An amazing site to see.



One of the many adorable shops we saw.



The town is covered with many fun murals..these are just some of them.



A night view of the city hall area (its the big castle on the left.)


One of the alleys in the main resturant district-- The Moroccan resturant we kept coming back to for their couscous!



The Show

The humble population of 50,ooo of Angouleme quickly grew into 250,000 as the festival started, attracting people from all over Europe and North America. It was inasane, you just have to be there to experience it all...






..the people were sooo nice, the food was nothing but the finest, freshest quality, the air was pure, and the art was simply divine. It's one of the best trips we've had, and we can't wait till next year.

If you want to see some videos from the festival here's a link. (Its in French, but you can really get a sense of how the event went.)

And stay tuned for some journal sketches and our adventure in Paris!!

Bisoux!
Kei

"Bath Time" - And we're off to France!

..Even baby sea dragons need bath toys to keep them occupied so they don't figet too much while they're being washed.


..And in other news!!!

This coming week, January 23, Bobby, Mr. T and I will be in Angoulême for the Bande Desinee festival!! This will be our first time at the festival and we heard nothing but great things about it. So expect to see pictures soon!

baisers!
Kei

[Edit: We're in booth H27 so everyone who will be there, come by and say bonjour!]