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Nanami Cowdroy

Akaihane — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:54:15 +0000

Nanami Cowdroy was born in Sydney, Australia with close bonds to her mixed Japanese-European heritage. Growing up with such contrasting cultures and surroundings, has greatly influenced her style of art and creative expression.

By intertwining complex characters and highly detailed objects her pieces reflect a juxtaposition between foreign and familiar entities and environments. Her imagination is illustrated through works which are elaborate and exotic. She is drawn to subjects, which may on the surface seem delicate or fragile, but are given strength and depth through her pen and ink techniques, intricate hand illustrative style and mixed media compositions.

Her signature detailed style reflects a refined monochrome pallette with her name ‘Nanami’ (meaning ‘Seven Seas’ in Japanese ) stamped in red. Fluid line-work, watery creatures and Goldfish are some of her favourite subjects, and distinctive forms which are featured in her artworks. (Biography from her website.)

Cable Cranes

Geisha Yume

Wired Dolls

Tori Trigger

Ink Fish 01

For more, visit Nanami Cowdroy’s website.

takenaka

Akaihane — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:54:34 +0000

Gorgeous artwork by Japanese illustrator takenaka.

swallowtail

courtesan 2

STRIPE

my friend

Japanese girl

For more, check out takenaka’s website.

Moira Hahn

Akaihane — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:26 +0000

Amazing Ukiyo-e inspired paintings with a comic quirky feel by Moira Hahn.

Surveillance

Bat Luck

Food Fight

Thanatopsis

Winter Ghost Series - Tamago

For more, check out Moira Hahn’s online portfolio.

Shohei Otomo

Akaihane — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:11:45 +0000

Blending tradition art and Yakuza punk with hints of manga, Otomo’s kinetic red and black works strike out from screen.

Visit Shohei Otomo’s website, Hakuchi, for more of his work »

Japan Avant-Garde

Akaihane — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:41:51 +0000

A photographic project by Tomihito Kono and Sayaka Maruyama of NEON O’CLOCK WORKS, merging the modern with the avant-garde.

For other projects by NEON O’CLOCK WORKS, visit their website »

zemotion's Stunning Photography

Akaihane — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:20:50 +0000

The sheer detail in the staging, from make-up, costume, set dressing to posing, the depth of colour and more make zemotion’s photographic gallery amazing to behold. I dream of being able to take photos this spectacular.

View more of zemotion’s work at deviantArt.