The Atsumi Go School

So a while back I met Daniel Benmergui (danigabi), KGS 6d. Daniel is an interesting guy with a passion for Go and an honest, straightforward attitude. He's a great guy that's working really hard to found a Go school, and I was duly impressed by his dedication and hard work, so shortly after meeting him I volunteered to help him with any graphics issues that he had.
I wasn't sure at first if he would take me seriously, but shortly after showing him the Enclave magazine, I was fairly certain he was. A few days later, we set up an arrangement where I would do some graphics and design work for him in exchange for lessons for The Enclave (exciting thing to look forward to!).
Now, this was great news for me! I love doing graphical work of any kind, and I love Go, and I love the Enclave, so this was a win-win-win for me. I would be doing this type of work for fun, anyway, so it was absolutely perfect!
I've already done a bit of work for them, so if you're interested in helping them out or anything, you can go ahead and use these in any way you see fit!

KGS  Banner

I made this for the Login windows on CGoban. It must have been fairly popular, within three days of being up, Daniel needed to pay for a few more clicks. We'll see where that goes!

KGS Avatar Picture

At first, we tried to make some KGS pictures that had some pretty explicit advertising, you know "Atsumi Go School—Lessons, Study Groups, Reviews!," but those were turned down by the admins, who explained that avatars should not be used as an advertising medium. As one admin admonished, "If we let you put up an ad, you're only allowed to log in once a day!"
So, instead, we have this as the result. It's perfectly sized for KGS, and managed to look beautiful even so. I was very happy with this result. If Daniel isn't able to use it for AGS, I think I will steal it for myself!

So, I am very excited about actually getting some Go related "work." I'm really hoping for this school to succeed, it has such high hopes, I'd hate to see it crash and burn!