Showing posts with label anime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anime. Show all posts

September 16, 2018

Felix Ip: Sketches of Brilliance

Felix Ip 葉偉青 (Hong Kong)
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curated by YellowMenace (42+ images)

   Felix Ip is one of my favorite artists & his art has been a huge source of inspiration for this blog. You can find his art peppered throughout my themed Art Collections. Felix is a freelance art director, illustrator & concept artist, but he's gained a large online following over the past 4 years by sharing detailed sketches of famous robots, mech & other geeky pop culture characters.
Felix Ip 葉偉青 (FB/IG @felixipart) on YellowMenace blog
   ▶ Check out all the Felix Ip Art on YM Blog!

March 30, 2018

Junko Mizuno: Whimsically Weird Women

Junko Mizuno 水野純子
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curated by YellowMenace (33+ images)

   Cute cartoon women, lactating breasts & food dominate much of Japanese illustrator Junko Mizuno's art. She is a self-taught artist who began at a young age drawing manga. She struggled on her own developing her style & making small zines into her late twenties when she finally published her first graphic novel, "Pure Trance".  
Junko Mizuno 水野純子 http://www.mizuno-junko.com on YellowMenace blog
   Women's History Month is wrapping up but you can check out all my fav Asian female artists HERE.

March 19, 2018

So Youn Lee: Marshmallow Mango

So Youn Lee
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curated by YellowMenace (+34 images)

   So Youn Lee is a Korean artist who creates paintings that look like the pastel colored marshmallows in children's breakfast cereal. She focuses on creating iterations of Mango, her colorful, kawaii, androgynous character representing self-acceptance & inner peace.
So Youn Lee - http://www.soyounlee.com/ on YellowMenace Blog
   I'm celebrating my favorite Asian female artists in March for Women's History Month, click HERE to see them all.

April 16, 2017

Attack on Titan Art Collection

Shingeki no Kyojin 進撃の巨人
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curated by YellowMenace (42+ images)

   The long awaited second season of the Attack on Titan anime series is finally airing, so I thought it was a good time to share these 42+ AoT artworks I've been collecting since 2015. 

Reau aka Jarreau Wimberly (US) - Attack on Titan

April 5, 2017

Ghost in the Shell Art Collection

Ghost in the Shell
Movie 2017  | Anime  | Manga
curated by Yellowmenace (38+ images)

   I had to do a GITS art collection, with all the controversy swirling around this film I felt compelled to weigh in on the issues of whitewashing & appropriation. I'll be peppering my comments & supporting videos in with 38+ thought provoking artworks from talented artists around the world.
 
LA: Lindeman Associates - Ghost in the Shell

January 19, 2017

ART: Takashi Murakami - Superflat Empire

Takashi Murakami 村上 隆
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curated by Yellowmenace (34 images)

   Takashi Murakami (村上 隆) is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist, born Feb 1, 1962. He creates paintings & sculpture, as well as what are conventionally considered commercial media; fashion, merchandise, film & animation.
Source: Wikipedia
Takashi Murakami 村上 隆 - http://www.facebook.com/TakashiPom

June 30, 2015

ART: Zhang Yuxi (张玉玺) - Little Yellow Boy

Zhang Yuxi (张玉玺) - (19 Images)
Blue Dots Art  -  Asia Contemporary Art

   Zhang Yuxi was born in China, 1980 & graduated from Harbin University majoring in sculpture. The artist's work is easily recognizable by the tri-eyed little yellow boy, a main character he created in most of his work which represents hope & positivity. The tri-eye character represents the three different stages of life.
Zhang Yuxi (张 玉 玺) - http://www.bluedotsart.com/zhangyuxipage.html
HAIKU Art Review: Zhang Yuxi
Little yellow man

Blinded by colorful past

All seeing 3rd eye?
Zhang Yuxi (张 玉 玺) - http://www.bluedotsart.com/zhangyuxipage.html
    “The little boy reflects the experiences of those born during the 1980’s. As I was born in this time period, I know it well & portray this with childhood innocence.” 


June 25, 2015

ART: Yosuke Ueno (上野陽介) - Kawaii Characters

Yosuke Ueno (上野陽介) - (28 Images)
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   Yosuke Ueno was born in Japan in 1977. He has been building his world since a young child & had his first solo show in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1994 at the young age of 16. Ueno's work has shown with some of the most established galleries, including major exhibitions in his home country of Japan at the Shimoni-Seki Museum & Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. He recently had a solo show at Thinkspace Gallery
Yosuke Ueno (上野陽介) - http://www.spaceegg77.com/
HAIKU Art Review: Yosuke Ueno
Fairytale characters

Surreal kawaii dreamscapes

Child's play DNA
Yosuke Ueno (上野陽介) - http://www.spaceegg77.com/
   "My hope for a piece is to complete itself beyond my imagination."

May 31, 2015

ART: Craig Drake - Asian Influences

Craig Drake: Asian Influences
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curated by YellowMenace (20 images)
*UPDATED: Nov 2017

   With minimal as the mantra of the 2010s, Craig Drake's art has come along at just the right moment. He balances simplicity with enough well placed detail & beloved pop subject matter to make his work irresistible.

   This post focuses on Asian movie, anime & comic pop icons. This isn't the first time I've featured Craig's art & I can guarantee you it won't be the last.

   Craig recently had his second solo show at Hero Complex Gallery. The links to purchase prints below all lead to the Hero Complex Store. (Art without links has already sold out)

Akira - Foil Variant (36" x 12") 
Craig drake - http://craigdrake.tumblr.com/


HAIKU Art Review: Craig Drake
80s graphic style

Artistic economy

Slick pop nostalgia


Craig drake - http://craigdrake.tumblr.com/
Beatrix or Gogo - Large Variant Editions of 25 (24" x 72")

Craig Drake - Kill Bill O-ren Ishii on YellowMenace Blog

April 26, 2015

ART: Witness the Absurd - Pastel Monster Portraits

Witness the Absurd - (28 works)
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   Witness the Absurd is a UK based student working her way through art school by selling T-shirts & doing commissions of manga, anime, game & kaiju monsters using her unique Miami vice color palette.
Witness the Absurd - http://witnesstheabsurd.tumblr.com/
HAIKU Art Review: Witness the Absurd
Deviant monsters
Pretty pink & baby blue
Approachable fiends
Witness the Absurd - http://witnesstheabsurd.tumblr.com/

November 27, 2014

ART: Hiroyuki Matsuura (松浦 浩之) - Plastic Toys

Hiroyuki Matsuura (松浦 浩之)
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Hiroyuki Matsuura (松浦 浩之) - http://hiroyukimatsuura.com/
HAIKU Art Review: Hiroyuki Matsuura (松浦 浩之)
Giant plastic toys
Hello anime portraits
Simplified cels sell
Hiroyuki Matsuura (松浦 浩之) - http://hiroyukimatsuura.com/
   Hiroyuki Matsuura was born in Tokyo in 1964. He joined Task Force Ltd. in 1984, where he worked mainly on graphic design projects, before starting to create his own works based on animated Japanese cartoon characters in 1999.
Hiroyuki Matsuura (松浦 浩之) - http://hiroyukimatsuura.com/
  "I create my work with the belief that Manga is a representative expression of Japanese art following in the wake of Ukiyo-e."

October 13, 2014

ART: Godtail (ゴッドテイル) - Techno Gods

Godtail (ゴッドテイル)
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HAIKU Art Review: Godtail by Yellowmenace
Shining techno Gods
Blasting beams of destruction
Bursting off your screen
Godtail (ゴッドテイル) - http://godtail.exblog.jp/
    Japanese designer, Godtail (ゴッドテイル) creates electrified, bombastic, Asian characters that are larger than life.

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October 1, 2014

ART: Godtail (ゴッドテイル) - God Maker

Godtail (ゴッドテイル)
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Godtail (ゴッドテイル) - http://godtail.exblog.jp/
HAIKU Art Review: Godtail by Yellowmenace
Shining techno Gods
Blasting beams of destruction
Bursting off your screen
Godtail (ゴッドテイル) - http://godtail.exblog.jp/
   Japanese designer, Godtail (ゴッドテイル) creates electrified, bombastic, Asian characters that are larger than life.

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September 20, 2014

ART: RedJuice - Posable Ladies

RedJuice
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Redjuice - http://redjuicegraphics.com/
Posable control
Encased in technology
She's so far away
Redjuice - http://redjuicegraphics.com/
   Japanese designer Redjuice illustrates characters for books, games & figurines.

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August 20, 2014

ART: Joanna Krótka aka Asiulus

Joanna Krótka aka Asiulus (WGA)
Web  -  Tumblr  -  DeviantArt  -  Behance

Buy gallery quality giclée art prints from INPRNT.com
Joanna Krótka aka Asiulus - www.joannakrotka.com
Raw neon sketchbook
Geek girl's escape to Asia
Full of wildflowers
Joanna Krótka aka Asiulus - www.joannakrotka.com
Joanna Krótka is an illustrator based in Poland. She's a geek with bad eyesight and weird sense of humor.

Whitey Goes AZN - YM's continuing series focusing on white artists influenced by Asia.

August 16, 2014

ART: Sean Danconia - Secret AZN Man

Sean Danconia (WGA)
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High Quality Canvas Prints @ iCanvas.com
Sean Danconia - http://www.danconiacreative.com/

Haiku Art Review: Sean Danconia by Yellowmenace
Retro kung-fu funk
Reframing reality
Secret AZN man
Sean Danconia - http://www.danconiacreative.com/
O-Ren Ishii - Alt version @ iCanvas.com

   Sean Danconia has built a seductive visual universe by marrying cult-cinema & animation to a wild pop-art aesthetic. Born in Montreal, Canada, Danconia was named after another “Sean”-Connery—by his mother, an intrepid James Bond fan. This early “Bondian” bullet would fire itself throughout his life and creative pursuits.

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Whitey Goes AZN - YM's continuing series focusing on white artists influenced by Asia.

July 18, 2014

VID: ADHD - Anime Tribute

ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF: Anime Tribute
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ATTACK ON CUTEST TITAN 
   - This is my fav bc it's the funniest, not bc I'm a huge Attack on Titan fan. I tried to watch it, but couldn't get into it. I like my anime a lot weirder & I also didn't like the style of animation. I think the massive popularity of this anime is the fact that heroes & main characters can die. Much like GoT, it feels unpredictable bc we aren't used to seeing likable characters just snuffed out.

   Attack on Titan's Mikasa, Armin, and Eren finally meet a Titan they can't kill. 'Cause it's just too cute.

Writer: Heather Anne Campbell
Storyboard Director: George Yang
Voice Talent: Angela Trimbur, Frank Howley, Jeff Sloniker, Nick Reczynski
Animation: Carol Scarbrough, George Yang, Whitney Tang, Nick Sazani
Design: Jenessa Warren, Hyojin Bae, Marcos Cohen, Gabe Lee
Editor: Nick Reczynski

SCHOOL GIRL CRUSH
   - Very funny bc it is so accurately identifies the tropes in any anime about HS or Uni. This is also the basic structure of Tokyo Drift, but w/ boys.

   In the tradition of Utena, Project A-Ko, Oniisama E, Sailor Moon, Mai Hime, Kill la Kill, and Sakura Trick, comes Schoolgirl Crush!
   Kim Kimiko is a poor transfer student who discovers the real meaning of power when she battles rich girl Lucia Goch. This is class warfare! This is love! This is schoolgirls fighting schoolgirls over schoolgirls!

July 15, 2014

FILM: Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire (るろうに剣心 京都大火編)

Trailers via: CinemaToday
NOTE: Click the 'cc' button (between 'watch later' & 'settings') for English Subs

Directed by Keishi Ōtomo   
Cast: Takeru Sato, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Emi Takei, Yu Aoi

   Kenshin Himura goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again.

Based on the manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki
Release Date: 1 August 2014
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June 26, 2014

ART: Funarium - Digital Manju

Funarium aka Yoshimi Ohtani
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Haiku Art Review: Funarium by Yellowmenace
Springtime kimonos
Blossoming sweet princesses
Digital manju (饅頭)
   Yoshimi Ohtani was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980.
   She is active at home and abroad in various kinds of media including paper, digital, and websites, cell-phone icons, backgrounds, books, magazines, interior decorations, etc.
   Digital artist Yoshimi Ohtani from her very active FB page where she posts lots of art in progress & sketches
   She draws illustrations of girls, expressing the essence of modern culture, such as the compromise between Japanese and Western styles. She presents “goth-loli” fashions, interpreting uniquely Japanese sensibilities such as wabi (passive demenor), sabi (elegant simplicity), kare (classic taste), and iki (traditional mindset) using modern methods.