This Friday and Saturday at the Palmer Events Center, we will be displaying and selling our wares at the 3rd annual Renegade Craft Fair Austin!  (This is our 4th Renegade! Time FLIES)

You can read more about the fair HERE.

Nakatomi founder, Tim Doyle and printer Zane Thomas will be on hand to take your money and regale you with stories about working in a silkscreen shop! Wheee!

BUT- we’ll also have some prints NOT AVAILABLE ON LINE!  That’s right, if you come out to see us, you should be able to snag some sweet-ass prints NOT AVAILABLE on our site- things like remaining copies of past sold-out awesomeness and maybe a preview or two of prints that haven’t come out yet? EH? EHHH?

So if you’re in the central Texas area, and want to come to a FREE art event, swing on out Saturday or Sunday!

-alex fugazi

Eric Church is one of the biggest names in Country Music today, and has topped everything from Itunes charts to NPR’s ‘Top 50 Favorites of 2011′.  Eric’s also probably the first Country artist to realize to power of the Gigposter to get the word out about shows, and to provide unique merch for each of his sold-out shows!  He’s tapped a whole slew of artists to do prints for his current tour, and Nakatomi is proud to be home for at least a couple of ‘em!

Above is pictured Jon Smith’s 3rd (!) print for Eric, for last week’s show in Springfield, MO.  The print measures 18×24 and is numbered in in an edition of 135.

Below is pictured Doyle’s poster for the Columbus show- also 18×24, and this one is signed and numbered in an edition of 240.  We have MUCH less of each available for sale on Nakatomi-

Both prints are in hand right now for immediate shipment.  Pick them up HERE in the GIGPOSTER section of the Nakatomi Store!

Super thanks to Church’s people for the amazing gigs, and to have the vision to bring Gigposters to a whole new audience!

-alex fugazi

Vietnam on Wheels- Lunch Break

The newest print in the sold-out ‘Vietnam on Wheels’ series is now available!

This 16×20 hand-printed silkscreen is signed and numbered by the artist, Tim Doyle, in an edition of 100.  Printed on 100 lb Natural color paper.

This print is in hand and ready for immediate shipment!  Pick one up HERE.

ALSO- if you missed out…

The two previous prints are sold out from Nakatomi, but there are still a few left on Poster Cabaret HERE at their original price.

Speedy Delivery!

Yup- you heard right, the Timed Release print from TUESDAY is done printing, and will start shipping on THURSDAY.

How are we so fast? We’re awesome, that’s how.  But in all seriousness- Nakatomi has it’s own print shop, and we made sure the schedule was nice and clear for this event.  We had the colors mixed, the screens burned, and the prep-work done. 

The numbered edition will be 200 prints, and throw AP’s on top of that to cover possible damages in shipping and latecomers who missed the time of the drop.

  We here at Nakatomi definitely want to thank you all for jumping on board with this release, and we know you won’t be disappointed with the results!  The prints are big and beautiful in person- we are loving the new sizes our new printing presses allow us to print at! We WOULD put a picture of the new prints up here, but I’m writing this from home, and those prints are locked up at the shop right now, on the other side of the moon. I mean- town. We’re not on the moon. That’d be silly. Moon-printers? Who’s ever heard of such a thing?  Ha, yes, we’re definitely not located on the moon.  We’re in ‘Austin’.

These should hit the mail tomorrow afternoon- many of you have already received their shipping confirmations, and everyone else should get their tomorrow. We’re big, big fans of timed release drops of prints here, when possible.  It allows everyone who wants a print to get a print. And really- that’s our goal here. Putting artwork in the hands of the people who want it.  And we are very happy to see that you all agree. Also, since we have our own presses and dedicated shipping department and all that- there’s a VERY short amount of time between when an order is placed and when it’s in your hands. We do realize that not all shops can promise those results, but hey- not all shops are completely freaking amazing like we are, you have to take it easy on them.  We will of course admit to having some delays on prints way back in our past, but that was BEFORE we had our own print-shop. Now- like a LASER! AN ART LASER!

And special thanks to our very tired and awesome printers, Sean Robb and Zane Thomas.

But yes, thanks again, and good night!

-alex fugazi, signing off from the Sea of Tranquility.

Tears in the Rain Oversized Glow Edition

On Tuesday (4/24/12) at 3PM CST, Nakatomi will have a Timed Release of an OVER-SIZED edition of Tim Doyle’s ‘Tears In The Rain’ art print.

This print will measure 21″ x 40″ and each one will GLOW in the dark.  It will be printed on heavyweight 130lb Cougar natural paper, and feature a silver metallic rain overlay.

THIS IS NOW SOLD OUT AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

The last one we did in this series, the oversized White Dragon print (which you can see here) was limited to just 50 copies and was only available at the Flatstock poster convention in Austin. It was an instant sell out on the first day, and immediately people started flipping them on eBay for upwards of $600.  While we don’t really have a problem with people re-selling our prints, we were a little bummed that people who loved the art and couldn’t afford the eBay price were shut out. SO- to help make it up to you guys, we’re doing this Timed Release print to make sure everyone who wants one can get one, provided they’re in front of their computer when it’s released.  And, it glows in the dark for the same price as the non-glow over-sized White Dragon!

Questions? We have answers-

How Many Can I Buy?- As many as you want. It’s timed/open edition, to make sure you all can get your fill!

Where does this glow?- The glow ink is in the signs and lights on the buildings in the background! It also glows through the smoke where it overlaps the signage.

When will this ship?- This poster will be printing in our shop starting on Tuesday, as soon as the sales wrap up.  We expect to be done with the printing, and all orders shipped out within ONE WEEK of when the order is placed. We do our own printing here at Nakatomi, so we can move fast. This timeline is only valid as long as we don’t sell an INSANE amount, which might push us back to two weeks, tops.

I bought it, and now I don’t want it- can I have a refund?- NO. These are printed on demand, and we’ll start printing as soon as the sale ends, so if you bought it, we’re making it FOR YOU. Our policy is always no refunds, but we do exchange in case of damages.

What if I miss the on-sale? We’re trying very hard to give everyone advanced notice so there should be no surprises. We understand that 3pm here in the Central Time Zone (US)  is the middle of the night in Australia, but we’ll do what we can. BUT- once sales are closed, they’re closed on this edition. We have no plans to reprint this Oversized edition, so please plan ahead and be ready to purchase!

How large is this edition?- This print is Open Edition for a limited time only. If we sell 5, it’s an edition of 5. If we sell 500- it’s 500. (And, everyone gets hugs if that happens.)

Thank you! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask through our contact form on this site!

-alex fugazi

From Doyle-

“I was very happy to receive a cold-call from Tyler Chamberlain from the Texas VW Classic, asking me if I’d be interested in producing a poster for their annual event here in Central Texas.  He had noticed a recurring theme in some of my art- a VW bus or other such fun vehicles snuck in where ever I could make it work.  I have long, long loved the beauty and clean lines of the old-school VW’s (as well as Vespas and El Caminos!) and there was NO way I could turn him down!

The event was held this last weekend and the weather here in Texas couldn’t have been better!  (which is good for selling posters…trust me.)

I’m now able to sell my artists copies on Nakatomi, and I hope you all enjoy them as much as I enjoyed drawing it!”

This 18×24 5 color silk-screen print is signed and numbered by Doyle in an edition of 230, with Nakatomi only having 30 for sale.

Pick them up HERE in the Tim Doyle Section of the Nakatomi store- prints are in hand and will ship immediately.

-alex fugazi

“End Scene” Dead Rockstars print by Tim Doyle

This print sold out with the QUICKNESS from the gallery in Oakland, but Nakatomi is now selling the artist copies of this print!

From the original edition of 150, these 18×24 silkscreen prints are in hand and ready for immediate shipment- no waiting for weeks and weeks like some shops- these are ready to fly from our flat-files to your eager, weird, hands as fast as the Post Office can possibly carry ‘em!

Available RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW at the original price in the Tim Doyle section of the Nakatomi store.

-alex fugazi “Hey…Ho”

“Who’s Bike? Doc’s Bike!” art print by Kevin Munoz

Kevin was one of the VERY first artists we ever featured here on Nakatomi, and we’re happy to have him back!

Kevin produced this print for the Austin-based ArtCrank bicycle art show, held here locally every year!  This 18×24 silkscreen print is signed and numbered by Kevin in an edition of 60, and Nakatomi will only have 40 for sale.

“Don’t give up hope, Little Mac! Join the Nintendo Fun Club!”

This print is available RIGHT NOW in the Art Print section of the Nakatomi store Right HERE !

Print is in hand for immediate shipment.

-alex fugazi

CEO of the WVBA

This Tuesday at 2pm CST, Nakatomi will be releasing our long-awaited collaboration with Comic-Art legend, James O’Barr.

This limited edition silk screened art print measures 18×24, and is signed by O’Barr in an edition of 150 worldwide.

James has been incredibly amazing to work with, and very generous of his time.  We first met James at a Texas-based comic convention, and he was struck by the screen printing process and how rich the colors and textures could be.  After a few more conversations, the deal was sealed, and we were finding ourselves planning a print with one of the most influential artistic voices to come out of indie-comics.

Nakatomi is very proud to release this edition, and we have much more in mind for the future with both The Crow and James!

We will announce on Twitter when this print is available for sale, but if you’re on the site at 2pm CST on Tuesday, you should be fine!

Special thanks to artist Nick Derington for not only providing the great colors on this print, but for introducing us to James back in the day.

-alex fugazi

Last weekend, Nakatomi founder, Tim Doyle took part in the 2nd DEAD ROCKSTARS art show put on by Blunt Graffix, this time at SpokeART Oakland!

Doyle’s print (pictured above) is an 18×24 silkscreen, signed and numbered by him in an edition of 150.  The print, titled ‘End Scene’ is a love poem to the late CBGB club.  Instead of focusing in on one particular ‘Dead Rockstar,’ Doyle decided to depict the death of a scene- the end of the birthplace of the American PUNK / Hardcore movement.

The show was a big hit, and there still should be some prints left over, which sources tell me will go on sale on the SpokeART website later this week (possibly Monday).

Keep your eyes on the Nakatomi Twitter feed to be told when this drops, or you can always follow SpokeART as well!

-alex fugazi