MAKI KUBO a.k.a. FOXY COLORS

FOXY COLORS has worked for many various customers, in wide range of styles, like funky illustrations, pop characters, solid designs, and so on. Meanwhile, making an effort at creating the original character world which represents the positive messages.

MAIN WORKS

2008

* VESTAX online shop PACO character & banner designing
* GANEZO YOGA T-shirt designing
* BLACK JUICE website designing
* New SUCCESS (Zenken Career Center Inc.)text cover
 * SURVIVOR business english (Zenken Career Center Inc.)text cover & illustration
*"Factory Girl" MOVIE DIGEST(MUSIC ON! TV)illustrations
*JemStone (the r&b band) T-shirt designing
2007
 *High School textbook "Information B" illustrations
*"R&B Lovers (MUSIC ON! TV)" logo & Animation
(collaboration with Tomoyasu Sakita, Takuo Hiramoto)
*"BLACK JUICE"apparel designing
*Nihon Personal Business WEB illustrations
2006
 *weekender Vol.2 magazine design and illustrations
*NTT DoCoMo "DECO MAIL" characters designing
*"CanCam" magazine illustration
*"Digi-Makeover" Interactive Game graphic designing
*girlswoman collection brochure illustrations + design
*CanCam.TV x NTT DoCoMo "THE MOBILE ANGELS" illustration + logo designing
*"CanCam" magazine illustration
*weekender magazine illustration and designing
*NTT DoCoMo "Happy Cuteen" Calendar designing
*GODIVA Liqueur Presents "SOUL CHOCOLATE" poster illustration
*"Mobile FeliCa" logo & character designing for Cosmos Scientific Systems, Inc.
2005
 *SUZUKI motorbike "GS50" AD illustration
*"DISCO GLOBAL CUTS"CD-cover designing (Victor Entertainment, Inc.,)
2004
 *DJ HIYOCO "BLACK JUICE" CD-cover designing
*"TOEIC test listening clinic" book designing
*HOLTS car paint ad illustration
*COSME CLUB ad design
2003
 *Japan Sky Service Tokyo Monorail ad designing
*IVAN NUNEZ Cuban Dance Workshop ad designing
* "Pro wa koushite eigo wo mononisuru" book designing
*"AZ-box" kids' educational CD-ROM (game) designing
2002
 *Restaurant "SUEHIRO" web contents designing
*Low Rider's Car Show "Mary's Comin''" at Makuhari Messe
2001
 *‚dZweb Cellphone contents "TAROT CARD" design
*Handsfree Headset For Cellphone "EM-MODE " Package designing
2000
 *X-treme Trade Show in California ASR
*Launch an original brand "mfp"
*Designing the characters of cellphone's color screen for J-PHONE
1999
 *Book cover & illustration coordination of "STOCK DERBY 2000"
*Designing Towels for FAR-MT Co., Ltd.
*Designing the CD-cover "Dance Panic! presents R&B DIVAS" (Victor Entertainment, Inc.,)
*Billboard/Adds designing of X-treme sports equipment store "Viento"(Shinjuku, Tokyo)
*Shibuya HARLEM club event "HONEY DIP" Flyer and Poster designing
1998
 *Billboard / Ads designing of X-treme equipment store "Viento" & "V-west" (Ochanomizu, Tokyo / Sendai, Miyagi)
*UK R&B singer "CELETIA" AD designing
*Designing the 1999-diary book for the magazine "DUET".
*Designing the souvenir "WOOOKY WUKI WUKI BAG" for J-WAVE(FM station).
*Female swim wear designing for 1998 & 2000 (SCOTCH Co., Ltd.)
*"COSME CLUB"(Motomachi, Yokohama) interior & exterior coordination.
*Restaurant "Garlic Paradise" (Shibuya, Tokyo) Interior coordination.
1997
 *FUJI FILM "AXIA PHOTO BOX" ad illustration
*Club Event "Butter Smooth 2" Flyer designing.
*Club Event "Butter Smooth" Flyer designing.

OTHER WORKS
* BLACK JUICE website designing
*Tokyo Theatrical Kids Troupe (Space Craft) booklet designing.
*Japan Sky Service ad designing.
 *Yamamoto Office (sports DJ) ad designing.

BOOKS / MAGAZINES
CanCam, BLENDA, Popteen, Weekly ASCII, Tokyo 1week, WOOFIN, OLLIE, WARP, Fine, NIKKEI BUSINESS, NIKKEI ASSOCIE, Denno-Ichiba, Buy King, BODYPLUS, Baby Age, MATERNITY, Rec, AFN Guide, YOIKO NO KUNI, HOTDOG press, Ranking daisuki, and more.

AWARD
Acquired "Best Character Design Award" for Seto Inline-Sea Bridge openning event, "SHIMANAMI-KAIDO '99"

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Okayama, Japan

BA from JOSHIBI WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF FINE ART.
- Majored in design, focusing on graphic-design, product-design, interior-design.
- Acquired the teaching certificates of high school and junior-high.)

Worked as a textile designer for KAWABE Co., Ltd.

Traveled abroad, like North America, West Indies.....
Launched a business as a freelance illustrator.


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