MRMENDO
The importance of personal projects
Personal projects are greatly underrated. I believe they are the very foundation of every commercial artist's career.
October 01, 2024Serving fine images and motley stories to the even finer folks who appreciate them.
Membership program of Tokyo-based artist Luis Mendo
KINOKO FOLK
Kinoko Folk, intro tune 🎶
You might want to sit straight and resize your browser window for this. I am laying the ground for the series, and knowing about fungi is kind of a must if you want to know how they reproduce, live and die. It will make the series more fun and easy to write.
September 30, 2024
THE MASTERS
Lauren Tamaki
I have admired Lauren for the first day I saw her work. Her lines and compositions are utter magic. It made me happy to learn she had a past in the design world too. We met once in NYC but that was a too long time ago, I am still waiting for her to visit Tokyo one day.
September 30, 2024
PROSE
One jacket too many
A man suffers the consequences of wearing too many layers on his wife's request.
September 29, 2024
ART
5:30 AM characters
I often wake up early, as you might know. It's on those moments that I just want to draw whatever comes out of my pencil. And it's also then that I often do my best work. Personal stuff that might have no apparent goal, but will become something later on.
September 29, 2024
TOKYO VISITORS
Daria Mussienko
Daria's work is of the kind that beats you in the gut. Her lines are so energetic and dynamic that you would sell your soul to get her hand to be attached to your wrist instead. At least, I would! Academically trained, she's found her way into drawing on a highly personal note.
September 27, 2024
THE TOOLS
The iPad is a Sketchbook
I have been drawing all my life with ink and paper. Let me tell you how changing my sketchbook for an iPad Pro worked out for me.
September 26, 2024
TOKYO VISITORS
Puño
A great supporter of the arts and an inspiration for many, although Puño (read as "Punio") hasn't visited Tokyo yet, but I feel you should know about his work.
September 26, 2024
TOKYO VISITORS
Oren Haskins
Born in the UK to Israeli and South African parents, Oren Haskins is a self taught artist and designer that has been living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last 8 years. I remember the first time I met Oren. There was some kind of Adobe
September 25, 2024
THE REST
MundoMendo on the Tonight Show
Luis Mendo gets invited to a TV Night Show to introduce his membership construct to the world. Maybe nothing went wrong.
September 19, 2024
TOKYO WALKS
Jimbochō City mini guide
Stuck between university campuses, Tokyo's book neighborhood has conquered my heart since I went on my first Tokyo walk.
September 17, 2024
TOKYO VISITORS
Mariya Suzuki
I have known Mariya Suzuki for many years, while I still lived in Europe and she lived in her hometown Nara. She is the personification of the true artist.
September 15, 2024