28 January, 2005

It's time to show off - a story of eBoy in Berlin

One day I happned to see again guys of eBoy, which is Berlin-based pixel art group on a Japanese magazine, called Popeye. In this issue, Popeye offers a special T-shirt designed by Paul Smith and eBoy to its 800 subscribers. Looks cool, so I entered for it, of course.

I don't know to what extent eBoy is popular in Japan. But let's assume that eboy is getting bigger in Japan. Then, if so, maybe it can be time to show off my story related to eBoy. To tell the truth, I have met guys of eBoy before. This is why I wrote "again" at the beginning.

Last November I went to Berlin. I had been interested in their artwork, and therefore, I tried to contact eBoy to ask if I could visit their office. I didn't expect much I would get an answer from them. But I did receive a mail saying "sure!". When I visited, there were fortunately all members of eBoy, including Peter Stemmler who normally working in New York. They're very nice and friendly despite being busy. And I left there with many kinds of gifts - postcards, autographs and an T-shirt. Oh I might have had a cake, a photo (see the right photo) reminds me... I was quite pulsated, and so don't remember what I was doing. The only thing I remember is that I was talking about boring stuff but they were very nice, though.

Anyway, this is a story I wanted to tell you (or show off). I've been waiting for this opportunity. Hope you enjoyed... I know this is boring.

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