I sometimes have photos to share from a PauseTalk event, but this time, since Luis Mendo was in attendance, you get to see last night’s attendees (to Vol. 52) in illustrated form (above). We were a smaller group — a lucky “13″ — and the talk this time mostly revolved around questions of art in Japan. I also completely forgot to bring out the attendance sheet, but I was able to remember everyone who came (in part because of Luis’ illustration too), so below is the full list of those who attended.

As I mentioned recently, I think I’ll skip August — most people tend to be out of town on holidays, so it’s hard to get a good attendance — and so the next PauseTalk (Vol. 53) will probably take place September 5.

• Cathy Shive (Software Developer)
• David Steinberg (Game Developer/Musician)
• Dirk Stoop (Software Developer)
• Jean Snow (Talker)
• Jeffrey Chiedo (Gallerist/Dealer)
• Julie Forgues (Professor/Artist)
• Luis Mendo (Creative Director)
• Martin Holtkamp (Photographer)
• Michael Smith (Professor/Developer)
• Seiko (Hair Colorist)
• Samuel Cockeday (Photographer/Videographer)
• Vanessa Coxhead (Art Support)
• Yuko Sawamoto (Graphic Designer)

Beautiful (and simple) site design featuring the illustrative work of Yorifuji Bunpei. Via Paul Baron.

I’ve covered Kevin Dart‘s Yuki 7 project before, but just saw the image above (a fake book cover) and had to share it. Via FFFFOUND!

Rob Judges has a new show on this week at Uplink Gallery in Shibuya, titled “In Heaven Everything Is Fine,” running until September 28. Really wish I could have attended Saturday’s opening which featured, among other things, Rob doing a live drawing performance (pictured above).

Designer/illustrator — and fellow PauseTalker — Hawken King has just launched a new service called Facemakr, “provider of custom illustrations of your face.” As the site explains, perfect for “use on social networking sites, instant messaging applications, twitter and blogs.”