Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. -- Robert Henri |
As we have less than a month away from this grand event, we will be blogging out progress.
http://totoroforestproject.org/tfp_blog/
It’ll be a fun blog to follow because Enrico and I will be also writing some random articles on some of the artists too!
You get the most up to date info on the project!
Many of you have been wondering when and how you can buy tickets for the upcoming Totoro Forest Art Auction Benefit Event to be held here at Pixar on September 6th. Finally we are ready to start selling these online! The first pre-sale will start monday at 10am. Here’s the options available - Please note that all tickets include the stunning Art of Totoro Forest Book (worth $40)
Forest Friend - 100$ regular admission + book.
Forest Sponsor - 200$ includes admission + book + signed limited edition print
Forest Champion - $300 includes middle VIP live auction seating + book + signed limited edition print + gift certificate to Blowfish Sushi
Forest Hero - $500 includes front VIP live auction seating + book + an original drawing by one of the artists
Tickets will go on sale at this LINK exactly at 10AM monday! We have a rather limited numbers of tickets so we suggest acting quickly if you want to be part of this event. Remember many of the donating artists will be in attendance, this will be a night to remember!! All the “Totoro inspired” art is up for preview at TotoroForestProject.org. All proceed will be donated to the Totoro Forest Foundation!! Let me know if you have any questions.
After the museum selection judging. The original pieces of Totoro art are absolutely stunning!!
We’ll be there with plenty of copies of Out of Picture 2 on hand to sell and sign. Once again we’ll be sharing a booth with our dear friends in Flight as they debut the greatly anticipated 5th Volume! Swing by booth 1228 for all the goodness! We’ll be there Thursday through Sunday. Come on by and say hello! We’ll give each of you special drawings in your OOP book! See you soon!!
We are also promoting Totoro Forest Project at our booth. Come by and find out more about it!
One of my closest buddies Bob Mackenzie had a wedding ceremony this past weekend. It was a quick trip back to NY but it was so nice to see all my beloved OOP gang. Though it was a 2 day trip to NYC, it gave me a little break from my hectic Totoro-centric life. 
Congratulations Bob and Alice! It was a beauuutiful wedding!
Also there did I meet my talented friends…..
I miss these guys!
I started this project with Enrico Casarosa, Ronnie del Carmen, and Yukino Pang almost 10 months ago.
It is a fund raising event to support Hayao Miyazaki’s cause to save Totoro Forest in Japan, at Pixar Animation Studios on September 6th. We have more than 200 pieces of art work by internationally acclaimed artists from animation, comics, fine arts, and illustration. Every art work was created specially for this project.
YWe are not taking any more submissions but hope you can help us out with your contribution. I’m sure many of you can relate to our passion to save this forest!