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This is an illustration I did many years ago when I had an idea for a children's picture book about a little boy going to a Japanese grocery store with his grandmother. The book never got any further than this one illustration, sadly! I was always pleased with how it turned out, though.

The original art is owned by Mayumi H., a longtime supporter of my books and comics; she's here on DA, actually, so maybe she'll have something to say about this. ^_^

Students of Japanese will notice a little hidden Miyazaki reference: The boxes on the lower right say "Tonari no Totoro," the original Japanese title of My Neighbor Totoro."

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:iconwillpinoy:
nice one man :D i thought it was gonna be a picture of you in the grocery store at first lol

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:iconecca1:
Very nice! :)

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:iconrukishou:
Haha, are the boxes full of Totoro-dvds? :D

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:iconturnipmage:
Hehe, he's so cute =)
Watercolour?
:iconwaiting4wings:
Great job - this is really adorable! :D But, I see you've left out all the questionable meat that I usually see at Asian food stores. XD

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:iconsly471:
wow i love it :) its so cute
:iconmidori-no-ink:
Aah, the スーパー! Fascinating places, those. I really love the perspective you have going on here. The consistency of the shape of the objects on the shelves is also admirable.

You've put in just enough detail to be able to identify which item's which. The whole style is loose and playful, and the color helps accentuate this.

You're making me impatient for September (when I go abroad to Japan for a year)!

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:iconsupernaturalsarah:
this is very sweet, i love the perspective of it
:iconfirenymph:
It's such a sweet illustration and I bet it would have made a wonderful children's book had it gotten further than this. :)

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:iconsarafinagirl:
aww looks so cute. I wonder how the book would have came out <3

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