anti hero

     foxsea is a unicorn/fox breed that lives under and around the sea. he spreads love with gem slingshots and  glitter potions. his best friend is a seahorse who dreams of having a horn. they sometimes leave their home in the deep blue for the life of flying through the clouds. foxsea dreams of touching the stars. an old myth says that if enough love is spread throughout the world, all wishes will come true...

font making

infographic: building taiko

infographic layout

          This was my original idea for a layout for the infographic on how to build a wine barrel taiko drum.  The hibiscus icons come from the design/color of the 'happi coats' Zenshin Daiko wears when performing.  The main graphic of a taiko amidst production.  I split the process stages up into the most reasonable categories, beginning with a short introduction of the group.  

photoshop/illustrator poster

infographic preliminary research: building taiko drums

In 2003, Stanford Taiko came to Maui and learned from the group I was a part of, Zenshin Daiko, how to construct basic chu-daiko's.  And this, is the manual they created from their experience:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordtaiko/manual/process.html

My good friend's father makes taiko, this is his website:
http://www.katotaiko.com/#

But the taiko community uses a video Stanford made of ZD making drums as the standard for making this type of taiko now.  I have primary resources including my dad and uncle who are the one's who began making the drums this way.  I have also helped in constructing them.

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