“Drop to the pavement, knees hit the ground,  I’ll gladly kick you when you’re down!!!” -POISON POP inspired piece for the @QbombBand + @QPopshop show!

No, there are no English subs. Why would you even ask. Haven’t you learned your lesson and started studying Kazakh yet. Why would you expect anything about this fandom to be easy.

I’ve had a cold for almost a week now, so I’m whinier than usual, but after this dropped I told the Qpop Discord I was going to make a list of videos I wanted subs for and count up the hours. And so, in addition to the above, we have:

the Feya Perizat interviews: Alem and Bala (September 2020), then-still-Boss Yerbolat (also Sept 2020), ZaQ and Ne1tron (also Sept 2020, I think this may have been part of a 91 promotional push), plus the February 2021 roundtable with Ace, ZaQ, Aldik and Kuka from IK, and Imanbek, in which former premier Kunaev and metamodernism both get name-dropped, I’m still miserable about not having this one subbed

the Timur Balymbetov interviews: ZaQ (April 2021), Alem (June 2022), Ace (October 2022)

this June 2022 sit-down with Ace and Alem, in which Alem reportedly talks about Veronika and Ace talks about being single but apparently no one wants to talk about AZ

“Ninety One and Business,” October 2022, I think I may actually have beaten my head against a wall upon seeing this one

and friendly reminder that we still don’t have actual reliable subs for the Zamandas interview

plus all of the new Space episodes and the behind-the-scenes tour videos, which I think collectively add up to more than an hour’s worth of footage

I estimated six to seven hours but it’s actually closer to a dozen, and most of that is them talking! About interesting topics! I listened to the podcast without being able to understand it, and at one point ZaQ says “online concert” several times (meaning the December 2020 live-but-not-really concert), which confirms my belief, from translating comments, that they do a fair bit of discussing of the decision to split with Juz Entertainment. I would like to learn more about this! So would you! ARRRGH.

The @qpoptranslations team is going to do what they can--remember, the above list doesn’t include TikToks or Instagram Lives or all the times Ace and Bala kvetched at each other about apartment-shopping. (Or, for that matter, any other Q-pop group: it ain’t called @alltheninetyoneinfodumpstranslations.) And I am most most grateful to them. But they are climbing up a steep hill and this is, frankly, too much unpaid labor to ask. At one point I offered to pay them, seeing as how I’m the whiniest one in their orbit. (Sara, Mel, the offer’s still good.)

But if Ninety One actually has plans for global domination, then they need to hike on down to Nazarbayev University or someplace similar and scoop up an underemployed grad student (I refuse to believe Kazakhstan doesn’t have underemployed grad students) and get them to work translating. It’s hard to pull curious onlookers into a fandom when you have to warn them straightaway about how much is untranslated. I haven’t yet gone so far as to whine at the group directly (though I did thank them for the English subs for “1Dei”), because I don’t think the loss of dignity would do much good. But I’m increasingly tempted.

Hi everyone! I hope you enjoy this! This is my piece for the upcoming Sweet Pink Art Show at QPop in Los Angeles! This is an original framed watercolor painting with a custom painted pink and gold accent matte. She will be for sale at the show on Saturday February 18th! If you're interested in this piece you can contact the gallery at [email protected] for more information :)

お仕事情報

お仕事情報【2018】

『セックススーツラブバトル』（日本文芸社）連載5月～8月、単行本10月 

『KLASSE14』VOLARE DARK ROSE、7月

 『聖者の贈りもの運命を捨てたつがい』著：雨宮四季先生（ラルーナ文庫）挿絵８月

 『Two A Mouse』（スクエアエニックス）９月月刊ビッグガンガンvol10読み切り52p 

『BL作家の心に残る一冊』（ふゅーじょんぷろだくと）12月エッセイ2p

お仕事情報【2019】

『ビターポルノショコラティエ』（日本文芸社）２月～８月 

『熟れおじBL【攻＆おじ同士】』２０ｐ（メディアソフト）６月

『ビターポルノショコラティエ』（日本文芸社）単行本９月 

ビターポルノショコラティエ発売記念サイン会９月 

セックススーツラブバトルドラマCD（SuperSonic)１０月 

『筋肉パパBL』20p（メディアソフト）１１月 

『セックスしたけど好きじゃない』（ダリアeフロンティアワークス）１２月６日～ 

お仕事情報【2020】

『セックスしたけど好きじゃない』（ダリアeフロンティアワークス） 

『子育て・家族ＢＬ』24p（メディアソフト）２月

【exhibition】"BL x GL Art Show"  LA Qpop shop ２月２９～３月１５

大覚アキラ --- Giclee print for QPop Shop's Neo Tokyo Akira Show (July 27th - August 12th)!

Not dog or cat related but just as FUN! I have some artwork in this tribute group show to vintage J-Pop (Kayokyoku). If you are in Los Angeles, come on down to QPop Gallery-Shop in Little Tokyo and check out the show!

ツバキとラン Mixed media version watercolor + marker + colored pencil

original is framed and up for sale and exhibit at Qpop Shop’s mermaid show starting August 12 in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

My pretty little #purrmaid jewelry box is still available through @qpopshop! 😱 This pretty princess can be purchased in store or online! It could make a great Christmas gift if you're looking to shop early. 🎄 Inquire with #qpop for details! 💕 #qpopmermaidshow #lolitaart #mermaid #mermaidatheart #merm #mermaidparty #mermaidvibes #mermaidstyle #mermaidart #kawaiiaf #kawaiiart #kawaiilife #kawaiioftheday #pastelaesthetic #hammyhaus

My qpop shop miniature show contribution.

my Utena piece for Qpop Shop’s gallery, i keep forgetting to post stuff so ill be uploading older stuff from last year for next few posts =___=

Random adventures in DTLA. Particularly Little Tokyo. We originally were going to Disneyland on Monday after Dcon, but we ended up going the Thursday before so we went downtown since @officialserganddestroy hadn’t been down there before. . ... .. . ... . .. . .. . ... .. ... ... .. .. 1,6,8 are of the outside area of shops, 2 is a video of me buying a piece of art out of a vending machine and failing (just watch), 3 is same machine, this was at the last bookstores galleries upstairs, 4 is a ship put together piece by piece in one of those galleries, 5 is the front of the Sanrio store in the Little Tokyo area, 7 is the cool mosaic floor of pennies at Fold, one of the galleries/ boutiques at the last bookstore, 9 is split image of the cool stain glass signs in the neighborhood (we only found maneki neko and daruma), 10 is stuff in shops, kaiju sofubi at Qpop, desserts at a place I can’t remember and side of a cooler in Sanrio (pic got cut off because of IG album format). . ... . . ..... . . .. . .. . .. . . .. .. .. #littletokyo #dtla #dtlaartsdistrict #japan #toyko #losangeles #la #thelastbookstore #art #design #luckycat #manekineko #daruma #travel #traveling #photography #hdr #hdr_lovers #kaiju #artwork #artistsoninstagram #artists #manga #anime #asia #jpop #designertoys #arttoys #vinyltoys (at Downtown Los Angeles)

Kaiju Crossing By Aron Jean Shay

Custom Painted Negora and Sculptural Base

Created for the QPop Konatsu Exhibition; Opening Night Friday April 1st 2016, 7-10PM. Show runs from April 1st-20th, 2016.

Q2 Gallery: 319 E 2nd StreetUnit 121Los Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)

FOR SALE: $350  SOLD

QPop Shop invited me to make a piece for their new show Sea Dragon Brothers: Tatsunoko Pro Tribute Art Show. The Tatsunoko Brothers created many memorable animated shows such as  Speed Racer, Time Bokan series, Gatchaman, and Super Dimension Fortress Macross (known as Robotech in the US).

I chose to work with Robotech because it was the series from Tatsunoko that I had watched most as kid.  However, I should say i was actually inspired (my wife and fellow illustrator) Laura Galbraith‘s love of the series, especially the romance between Rick Hunter (Hikaru Ichijyo) and Lisa Hayes (Misa Hayase). This piece depicts a moment from one of her favorite scenes, where Rick has just come to rescue Lisa (Misa) from the Alaska Base after a Zentradi attack. There’s an awkward moment when they are both squeezing into the single seat of Rick’s fighter, when he realizes that Lisa has to sit on his lap and he get’s sorta embarrassed.

I usually don’t don’t focus on romance much. Usually more action and goofball stuff. Was difficult for me to try to capture the right subtle emotion on the characters’ faces. Still not sure i got it right. Do they look really angry to you?

Event info:

We are extremely excited to announce our next upcoming art show celebrating one of Japan’s longest-standing, influential animation companies, Tatsunoko studios. Opening Night: 5/30/2015 Where: Q2 312 E 2nd st #121, LA, CA 90012

  Robotech Print: Sea Dragon Brothers QPop Shop invited me to make a piece for their new show Sea Dragon Brothers: Tatsunoko Pro Tribute Art Show…