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Touma is a Japanese artist and designer known for his distinctive urban and edgy art toys. He gained prominence in the designer toy scene with his signature sharp, angular aesthetics and stylized, anthropomorphic characters that often have a rebellious or mischievous look. Many of his figures have oversized, curved claws instead of hands, giving them a dynamic and aggressive stance. His designs often have a street-art aesthetic, blending elements of graffiti, hip-hop, and Japanese pop culture. Touma frequently designs animal-human hybrids, masked warriors, and robotic creatures with a sleek, futuristic look. Touma’s art toys are popular among urban vinyl collectors, kaiju fans, and designer toy enthusiasts who appreciate bold, dynamic, and highly stylized figures. Emmy and Annie nominated Designer & Writer. One half of HAFU Toys. Owner and curator of Q Pop Shop. Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a neologism for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints. Q POP shop and mini gallery Create and Collaborate Q Pop is your one stop destination for unique artist made goods, vinyl toys, rare records and japanese funky street fashion. Q Pop is the exclusive southern California seller of Harajuku fashion labels Algonquins and Sex Pot Revenge, as well as the exclusive US seller of Super Lovers. We also carry Swimmer, Hip Hero and many other creative and fun designers. Located in the historic Little Tokyo area of downtown Los Angeles, Q Pop features beautiful interior design by Justin K Thompson. It also features 2 large murals by renowned artists Kevin Dart, Chris Turnham, and Elizabeth Ito. Q Pop is also a mini gallery space. Exhibitions, events, and performances take place regularly. Q Pop opened it’s doors on Nov.12 2010 and strives to bring the best in worldwide creativity to you. CHRIS MITCHELL Co-owner Chris Mitchell is an illustrator , artist, and filmmaker. Chris graduated from Cal Arts and has gone on to design and write on many popular and groundbreaking animation projects. Ren and Stimpy, Power Puff Girls, Samurai Jack, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, to name a few. Chris was nominated for an Emmy for his work