E Tanaka
projects, artwork, etc. tanaka is a multi-disciplinary creative based & raised in the Bay Area, CA. currently spending their time tattooing, hosting workshops, painting, coding, sewing, & gardening.

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strawbaby

aug 2024

strawbaby vinyl matte sticker now available online!


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life drawing

July 2024


drawing session: bb figure drawing
model: hisse
medium: graphite, ink, posca marker

above: 20 m sessions
Below: 1, 2, and 5 m sessions



lounging series prints

2022 - july 2024


Series of illustrations from a life drawing session done in 2022 with 2bornot2b, redrawn and formatted for prints. Will later do a run of glicee prints, put happy with leaving it where it is now

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tokyo turnip

april 2024
tokyo turnip in prismacolor pencils and watercolor


tokyo turnip, two color riso print
Different iterations of an anthropomorphized Tokyo Turnip. Original done with a mix of watercolor and prismacolor pencil, and converted to a RISO print

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embroidery & fiber adventures

2024
Recently I have been embroidering with more dedication, incorporating them into jewelry in place of jewels (i.e. rivoli settings and earrings) 

above: two watermelon earrings embroidered with wire frame. persimmon embroidered necklace in rivoli setting

below: plant person embroidered on hand-sewn canvas pouch with vintage zipper, lined with japanese cotton
cat and  embroidered on hand-sewn canvas pouch with vintage zipper, lined with black sateen




life drawing session highlights

2020-2023

cabaret couture drawing session 2022-3?
added color and flowers to 2bornot2b hair session 2022
marker 2bornot2b 2021
2bornot2b marker 2021
2bornot2b marker and ink 2021
ink, elsc 2021
gouache, elsc 2020

Sessions started in the pandemic, ranging from guoache, marker, ink, and ipad

femme flowers

2010 - present
zz-plant converted to a vinyl sticker!
recyclable trio of flowerhead stickers

An exploration of flowers and the feminine form. Ranging from themes of objectification and growth, early iterations involved plucking and violence, now they tend to strive towards the sun and celebration of the body



life painting

2014?


Oil paintings done at SFSU over studio classes.



anthropomorphised food

2016-2021

Concepting smiling strawberries, dumplings, onigiri, etc


Drawings from Portraits

2022 and before