In Japan, mascots are pretty common for a lot of companies to have as well as mascots
from Anime or Manga and it is loved by most people not even by kids.
A lot of Japanese mascots look cute and adorable or funny and unique.
Especially, the style “Yuru-chara” is popular.
It is a short form of “Yuru-character”.
“Yurui” in Japanese means loose or relaxed.
It means kinda unsophisticated.
Steps for making your own mascot
1.Image what you like to create
2.Draw as you feel
3.Fix drawing
4.Think where you want to share
5.Publish your original mascot if you want
If you have the passion to create your original mascot, you can just do 5 steps as I mentioned.
I will introduce how I made my original mascot “Rice Cream” below.
I have been always thinking about designing and selling products using my original mascot.
In summer 2018, the idea of Rice Cream came up in my head and I just drew it.
What is Rice Cream?
English : Rice Cream
Japanese : らいすくりーむ
German : Reis Creme
It’s a combination of rice and ice.
The figure is ice cream which is made of rice.
Anything can be rice cream like car tires, toilets, trees and clouds etc.
I used the platform “Amazon Merch” to sell.
Rice Cream T shirt and pullover
All you need to do is as below.
1.Make an account of Amazon Merch
2.Upload your design and edit description
3.Apply to publish
Amazon takes care of printing, payment and delivery.
BUT you get only a few percent of profit.
If you think about the long term goal of selling and making money with your design, you better find another way
but it would be nice if you would like to make only a small amount of T-shirts for events or enjoying yourself.
I like bread as well as rice by the way.
I was drawing bread “paaaaan” from 2009 to 2015.
“LINE” is the most popular chat application in Japan.
You can also create your account as a creator of LINE stickers.
First, you need to install the application “LINE”.
I would like to try something new with my Rice Cream.