Samurai Inspired Art Collection

Samurai Inspired (武士触発)
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curated by YellowMenace (40+ images)

   The helmet, the armor, the blades & the code... Everything about the samurai is intriguing. Artists especially, amateur & pro have their imaginations ignited by this ancient Japanese warrior.

   I've assembled 40 of my favorite bushi from 40 brilliant artists creating traditional & historically accurate samurai, pop remixed ronin, sci-fi shizoku, sexy onna-bugeisha & abstract yakuza.

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HAIKU: Samurai Spirit

Pure controlled motion

Restless pen, ink flows like blood

Soul of Bushido

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Aditya Permadi aka Subjektzero (Indonesia)

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ART: Samurai Spirit of Stanley Lau

Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau
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HAIKU Art Review: Stanley Lau, Samurai Spirit by YM

Pure controlled motion
Restless pen, ink flows like blood
Soul of Bushido

   Born and bred in Hong Kong, the multifaceted Stanley wears different hats as an illustrator, designer, concept artist, creative director and co-founder of Imaginary Friends Studios.

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ART: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚) - Basara Bastard

Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

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   Hisashi is one of Japan's most influential & popular contemporary painters. His work is currently showing at the following galleries, if you'd like to witness the kind of painstaking detail he puts into his art:

Garden of Unearthly Delights 
 - Oct 10, 2014 – Jan 11, 2015
@ The Japan Society Gallery - 333 East 47th St, New York

Parco Museum Exhibit - Oct 31 - Nov 10, 2014
   Parco Museum - Shibuya, Tokyo

HAIKU Art Review: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

Forward thru the past
"Without Art I'd B no one"
Basara bastard

   Born in Tokyo, in February 1966.  Hisashi Tenmyouya is a Japanese self taught fine artist.

Garden of Unearthly Delights Exhibition 

   Oct 10, 2014 – Jan 11, 2015

   @ The Japan Society Gallery

   333 East 47th St, New York, NY 10017

Asian Star Wars Art Collection

Celebrating Asian Star Wars Art
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Curated by Yellowmenace (42 images)

   I'm celebrating the inclusion of 2 Asian characters in the latest Star Wars film, Rogue One with 42 artworks from Asian artists, as well as Asian inspired art. Donnie Yen stars as Chirrut Imwe a blind Jedi master & Wen Jiang plays Baze Malbus. 
   & unfortunately, also paying tribute to the sudden passing of Carrie Fisher. :(

Fusion Wayang Kulit: Tintoy Chuo & Take Huat (Malaysia)

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ART: Yuko Shimizu (清水裕子) - The Men in Her Life

YUKO SHIMIZU (清水裕子)

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   Learn from a master, Yuko's SkillShare online class:

Mastering Inking: Basic and Pro Techniques

   YUKO SHIMIZU (清水裕子) is a Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts.

   This post examines her depiction of males. Being Japanese, she seems to get lots of jobs illustrating samurai, martial artists, ninjas, & other traditional archetypes of the Asian male. But first...

   Haiku Art Review by Yellowmenace

Crisp, crunchy colors

wavering youthful lines, say: 

a human drew this

Photo of Yuko photo: ©Anton Repponen 2012

    Although art has always been her passion, she had initially chosen a more practical path of studying advertising and marketing at Waseda University and took a job in corporate PR in Tokyo.

More of Yuko's unique inklings below

ART: Artgerm's Warriors, Ready 2 Play

Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau

Artist | Professional | Digital Art

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HAIKU Art Review: Artgerm's Warriors by YM

B4 the 1st strike
Low stance, clinched fists quiver in...
Anticipation

   Born and bred in Hong Kong, the multifaceted Stanley Lau wears different hats as an illustrator, designer, concept artist, creative director and co-founder of Imaginary Friends Studios based in Singapore

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ART: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚) - Future via Past

Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

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   Hisashi is one of Japan's most influential & popular contemporary painters. His work is currently showing at the following gallery, if you'd like to witness the kind of painstaking detail he puts into his art:

Garden of Unearthly Delights 
 Oct 10, 2014 – Jan 11, 2015
@ The Japan Society Gallery - 333 East 47th St, New York

HAIKU Art Review: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

Forward thru the past
"Without Art I'd B no one"
Basara bastard

   Born in Tokyo, in February 1966.  Hisashi Tenmyouya is a Japanese self taught fine artist.

Top 8 Tees - May

1
Course I like the badass demonic samurai, but the colors R fun & pop. DBH has tons of good stuff

3
U've got 2 C this Shiroi Neko shirt up close to appreciate all the processing & foil work. Plus, I'm a sucker 4 anything with crows on it.

5
I'm a big PaleHorse fan & will feature more of his work in the coming months.

7
Obvious, but fun & well executed. :)

2
There R 2 Pokemon shirts on the list. I'm not a fan, haven't seen an ep., but I like the traditional woodblock print, ukiyo-e ref.

4
Emperor Eternity wear is very similar 2 Shiroi Neko in the detailing & full area printing. They're both big in Thailand & available on BlueBaldur.com

6
The other Pokemon, sometimes visual mash-ups seem like they were meant 2 B like lost Lego pieces. This suits the iconic Banksy perfectly down 2 the pose & overspray accents

8
Nothing incredible design-wise w/ this tee, but they got the Silence of the Lambs font down & I find myself recalling this line @ random times during the day.

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ART: Agarwen - Mexican Samurai

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Tattooed tough guys glare
Pale submissive nymphs shy glance
Watercolor dreams

   Mexican artist Agarwen is obsessed with Japanese culture, so he doesn't neatly fit into my Whitey Goes AZN segment.

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Asian Star Wars Art Collection II: Last Jedi Edition

Asian Star Wars Art Collection: Part 2
The Last Jedi Edition
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curated by YellowMenace (55+ images)

   I couldn't resist the pull to do a second installment of my Asian Star Wars Art Collection. You do not yet know the power of the Yellow side. 

   This post features a massive 55+ Star Wars drawings, digital paintings & sculptures created by Asian artists &/or Asian inspired fan art from a diverse variety of international artists. I've even included Star Wars characters remixed with classical Roman sculpture, Victorian photography & bootleg art toys.

Alice X. Zhang
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