This is a drawing I did about the Japanese Teru Teru Bozu. I’ve used a variation of this character illustration for my printed cards and silk screened t-shirts as well.

Here’s a definition of from Wikipedia:

Teru teru bozu (Japanese: “shiny-shiny Buddhist priest”^[1]) is a little traditional hand-made doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. This amulet is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day. “Teru” is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a “b?zu” is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, “bald-headed.”

It is an old illustration I did depicting me battling Crapzilla, who is composed of all the stuff that broke on me one year. I was inspired to draw this after watching The Story Of Stuff animation, which made me realize how materialism and addicition for consumerism was becoming a negative part, of not only my life, but society in general. I’m still guility of indulging (love my macBook… but that’s work related right?) but the process of sketching this helped ground me a little.