ABOUT OUR STUDIO
Welcome to this lil group project, and Thank You for visiting!
Happy Go! Chaos is a small, independent studio focusing on individual and group projects since 2022. We focus on a wide range of styles and mediums, but all have that indie artist passion and drive to share and engage with fellow artists and enthusiasts, especially within the POC and LGBTQA+ communities. Our members have an accumulative 40+ years of experience in the illustration and graphic novel industry and look forward to attending as many in-person events to share our own projects as well as encourage and talk shop with our audiences!
Scroll through our member's profiles or check out our event calendar to see when we'll be vending next!
MEET OUR STUDIO MEMBERS
NIKE A GO GO (they/ them, she/ her)
A self-taught artist, Nike Ozaki is an illustrator, painter, and flinging tattoo artist from the PNW where they attended Cornish College of the Arts. Heavily influenced by 80's and 90's anime, video games with a mix of metaphysical imagery, fantasy, and Afrofuturism. Nike's favorite mediums to use are watercolor, ink, and color pencil.
They love house music, collecting anime figures, and their two cats named, Caramel Macchiato and Goma Milk Tea.
Check out what Nike A Go Go is currently working on with theses social media links!
KARENAIKARA (she/ her)
Karenaikara is a 2D illustrator with a focus on Japanese anime and Western cartoon styles. Since 2016, she has exhibited at various conventions and events. She's also written, illustrated and published two webcomics, as well as managed/ participated in collaborative zine project with artists around the globe since 2017. In addition to 2D work, Karen also enjoys video editing and building animatics of her favorite characters singing to catchy songs.
Check out what Karenaikara is currently working on with these social media links!
MUTT RIB (they/ them)
A transplant from the L.A. area, Mutt Rib currently lives in Portland, OR as a mixed-media artist and as a member of the studio, Happy Go! Chaos. After studying a wide range of art forms they’ve come to appreciate a mix of technical detail as well as the chaos of a free hand. All of their characters are original in design with influences from fellow artists: Dave McKean, Q Hayashida, Wayne White, Taiyō Matsumoto and Jean Giraud.
In their own process, they aim to enjoy each step over aiming for the finished product. This process includes: traditional watercolors and illustrations as well as digital editing and collaging, all while listening to the same song on repeat. A recent graduate, Mutt Rib earned a degree in Multimedia with a focus in web design and digital compositing, and currently works as a full-time Imaging Specialist. In their free time they are finalizing character designs and fabricating stop-motion puppets for their graphic novel, “Guardians.”
Education: AA Multimedia & Applied Art Sciences Degree, Portland Community College. CEPE Project Manager Certification Program, Portland State University.
Check out what Mutt Rib is currently working on with theses social media links!
MUUN BEAR (she/ her)
A Pacific Islander American mixed-media artist and graphic designer currently based in Bellingham, WA. In love with traditional mediums, collecting stickers, drawing people from a young age, Muunbear has cultivated a passion for illustrating portraits with alcohol markers and pens embellished with stickers, glitter glue, and glitter flakes to add a 3D effect for that extra touch.
When she’s not doing work she’s usually in her room drawing or out learning k-pop dances with her friends. And if she’s not doing any of those things you can definitely find her on the volleyball court. (Ball is life!!)
Education: Western Washington University, BA in Design & BA in Philosophy
Check out what Muun Bear is currently working on with theses social media links!
