Sumico Net Web & Graphic Design Blog

Hi, my name is Sumiko Eyears and I own a Web and Graphic Design business called Sumico Net in Brisbane, Australia. I would like to share some ideas about photography, web and graphic design and latest news from Sumico Net.
ThreadTech Workshop at the Edge, Southbank, Brisbane

ThreadTech Workshop at the Edge, Southbank, Brisbane

Today, I attended the ThreadTech Workshop at the Edge in Southbank, Brisbane. The Edge is a digital culture centre and an initiative of State Library of Queensland. They offer free or low cost Workshops. Today’s workshop was free and all the materials were supplied. The workshop is described as follows...
Light Arts with Garden Lights

Light Arts with Garden Lights

    We bought some Solar Garden Lights for Xmas. At night inside the house, we tried to see how they work. They were like Mirror Balls and their lights reflected on the wall. They changes colours from blue, green and red. I thought that I should try to take...
Watabe Wedding - Sumico Net Web Design

Watabe Wedding – Sumico Net Web Design

We launched the Watabe Wedding Oceania website designed by Sumico Net. http://www.watabewedding.com.au/ Watabe Wedding is the largest wedding company in Japan, with branches all over the world. This website is for local Australian and Chinese market. Therefore, the website was developed in English and Chinese.  Chinese pages are still under...
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Printing a Photographic artwork on a Signboard

Printing a Photographic artwork on a Signboard

I liked my artwork of photography and typography, so I decided to print it.  First, I though of printing on the Canvas, however, it is quite expensive.  When I checked the price for large size (75x150mm), the cost was nearly AU$500. I thought about printing as a poster and mounted on styrofoam board.  I have...
21st Century art for kids (Book review)

21st Century art for kids (Book review)

Gallery of Modern Art (GoMa) Queensland, Australia is displaying an exhibition called “21st Century Art in the first decade”.  http://qag.qld.gov.au This is a fantastic exhibition and it is free! I have visited a couple of times and each time I really had a great time! I liked many artworks such as live birds flying called...
Light Arts with Glow Sticks

Light Arts with Glow Sticks

Every time we go camping, I take glow sticks. At night, I  let kids to move them as they wish and I take photos with slow shutter setting. There were three kids moving the sticks in these photos. They moved sticks left to right quickly and tossed them into the air and so on. Every...
Making Japanese Paper Doll Puppets

Making Japanese Paper Doll Puppets

March 3 is Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival or Girls’ Festival) in Japan, when people pray for the happiness and healthy growth of girls. The family who has daughters place the doll set for this festival. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形, hina-ningyō) representing the Emperor,...
furrykids@Home Blog is launched

furrykids@Home Blog is launched

furrykids@home provides Pet sitting, Pet minding, Pet visiting, Dog homestay, Dog day care, Dog walking in Brisbane Australia. We launched their blog this month. We have been working with furrykids@Home since they started.  We designed their logos, business card, flyers, Treat Menu card, Post cards, website and blog.  We will be launching their online shop...
Web Review: Art Project powered by Google

Web Review: Art Project powered by Google

Art Project powered by Google http://www.googleartproject.com/ Google recently launched the Art Project which allows you to visit museums and art galleries in the world online. You can see the details of art works.  I was looking at the Gogh’s work and I was amazed to see how Gogh uses paints and brushes! The website offers...
Light Arts by LED Colour Lights

Light Arts by LED Colour Lights

I would like to share my experiments about the light arts. I have been trying using different kind of lights. In the last post, we used Fire Sparkles. This time, I would like to show you the effects by LED colour lights. The first image was used blue, red and white LED lights.  My son...
Graphic Design: Free Valentine's Card

Graphic Design: Free Valentine’s Card

I illustrated the heart for the Valentine’s Day. I used the Swirls from the book called “Flowers Materials by Haut Dessins”. This Valentine’s card is free to download. Click here to download (pdf file). The size of this artwork is 182x129mm.  It can fit into the A4. I drew the outline of the size of...
Light Arts : LED White light

Light Arts : LED White light

I would like to show the light art using a LED flash light. You may have better effects if you cover your flashlight with a bubble wrap. It helps to make the light’s line clearer and sharper. I took these photos and wrote the letters by myself.  I took the photos for each letter and...
Kids Art: Marbling with Shaving Cream

Kids Art: Marbling with Shaving Cream

I would like to share some ideas of the arts with kids. Today, I would like to show you one of my son’s favourite -  Marbling with Shaving Cream.  We have tried this when he was four. It is very easy and effective. Kids can have lots of fun. You can teach kids how to...
Graphic Design with Photography and Typography

Graphic Design with Photography and Typography

I played with the photography and typography. This is called “Identity”.  I created this one as a memory of my son’s 5-6 year old. What he likes and what he says often during this age. Click the image to see a larger image. I cut off the image and changed to Grayscale. Then I typed...
Web Review: A4 Orikata

Web Review: A4 Orikata

I was born and brought up in Japan.  I left there 20 years ago, but still I have special place for my home country Japan and its culture. I like subtle but detailed things that Japanese culture offer. Packaging, folding papers…  Origami is one of the traditional culture in Japan. A4 Orikata is the website...