どうもありがとうございます! おおきに！（Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu! Ookini!) Thank You Very Much! Thanks!
To everyone who supported this JAPAN365: Drawing-A-Day project financially, by way of donating to claim a postcard or book perk, your trust in my artistic endurance and faith in my ability to produce is what propelled me through the most difficult days. My humble appreciation and enormous thanks go to:
Laura Ornelas, Minori Ogawa, Lindsey, Denise Driver, JoAnna Chin, Mariel Reyes, Jessie Steinberg, Coleman Riedesel, Julien Turcotte, Cindy Phung, BE Photography, Micah Steffenson, Christina Tran, Ciane Brewster, Marcus Bowers, Daniele Prati, Ruby Ku, Christie Zangrilli, Mark Henry, Hazel Cruzado, Christina Vattathil, Shogo Horiuchi, Astrid Boutry, Flourent Grouazel, Ian Schranz, Steve Slack, Kate Guillemette, Leanne Valenti, Joyce Shek, Romeo Bruni & Family, Karina MacDonald, Katrin Ahnert, Norinaka J Matsuya, Robert Lam, Harold Sears, Elizabeth Donohoe, Katie Benedict, Jordan Kramsky, Melissa Hunt, Doran Bostwick, Veronica Meewes, Kelsey Hinkel, Marc Greyvenstein, Robyn Elliott, Adam Wright, Lee Hampson, Nicola Gell, Aralyn Hughes, Ashley Marshall, Melissa Milford, The Reynero Family (Mike, Yoli, Dezh & Kalob), Penny Cameron, Lorenzo Orselli, Assumpta Power, Elaine Oblath, Sarah Dyer, Kenneth Soares Jr., Killian Power, Dezmond Pagen, Amadeus Moisl, Jake Wright, Park Wonmi aka Winnie, Emily Koller, Vicky Quilty, Coleman Riedesel, Tiffany Moreno, Sue Stenton, Clodagh Power, Katelyn Nguyen, Liz Thomas, James Hart, Jennifer Krafft, Meredith Wheelock, Kiki and Takeshi Yoshida, Jessica Roberts, Sanka Jayasuriya, Kyle & Sandi Lowder, Yosefina Kim, and Michael Dixon.
And special thanks to the Donors who invested in the Hardcover (please check your name is it will be printed in the book!):
Jeannie Wu, Alexandra Almaguer, Betty Clark, Warren Lam, Melissa & Jeff Purser, Yuki Takata, Amanda Burdin, Paul Henry, Matthew Little, Cary Fujikawa, Romeo Bruni, David Foster, Jeff Matsuya, Arien Muzacz, Sindi Gaxiola Tran, Colin Moon, Timothy Wilkinson, and Alex Maciulaitis.
And to the generous Art Lover Benefactors who claimed Original Drawings:
The Chou-Esteban family, the Esteban-Pretel family, Millie May for Ernie & family in Aomori , and Tony Vu
And to the lone Patron of JAPAN365: G. Andrew Grzymala!
Of course, to those who could not support financially, but spread the word to friends or family, took a look, posted a comment, shared a link, sent a postcard, talked to someone about this cool picture some guy drew of Japan, many thanks go to you, too.
I will do my best to make sure the final product is worthy of your kindness.
J
