Posts Tagged ‘surreal’
Yoko Tanji {+}
July 19th, 2010 // Comment on This?Yoko Tanji's fantastical works possess striking textures and colours, and are so diverse in content and style it is almost as if they have been produced by various artists. As well as creating her own illustration masterpieces, she works as an illustrator for both magazines and book covers.
Yoko Tanaka {+}
June 1st, 2010 // 3 Comments MadeOnce based in Los Angeles and now in Thailand, illustrator Yoko Tanaka creates pieces that are adorable but slightly morbid and reminiscent of children's fairy tail books. The soft, limited palette combined with the medium of acrylic on wood lends her paintings a beautiful endearing texture and depth
Loworks / Himuro Yoshiteru {+}
March 29th, 2010 // Comment on This?Loworks / Himuro Yoshiteru is a Japanese graphic designer and illustrator. He has worked with companies such as NIKE, Yahoo and Ford, and has sold his work on sites such as Tokyocube.
Taiyo Matsumoto {+}
March 17th, 2010 // Comment on This?Taiyo Matsumoto is one of Japan's foremost seinen mangakas. His works are a combination of European, American and Japanese comic art forms, making his work purely unique, with a captivating franetic energy.
Michael Wandelmaier {+}
February 24th, 2010 // Comment on This?Michael Wandelmaier is an illustrator and graphic designer who currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada. Though formally trained as a civil engineer and geologist, Michael has chosen to pursue a career in the arts. He uses both traditional and digital media in his work
Hayato Nishimaki {+}
February 18th, 2010 // Comment on This?Regarded as one of Japan's up and coming surrealist artists, Hayato Nishimaki has been exhibited at the Geisai Art Show in Tokyo as well as at the special Geisai Museum 2 Show, hosted by Takashi Murakami
Rin Nadeshico {+}
February 12th, 2010 // 1 Comment MadeRin Nadeshico ( born in 1984 in Chiba) has turned 19th century depictions of the Yamato Nadeshiko on their head by inserting modern, young independent women in their place amongst historical backdrops of Mount Fuji and other similar cultural emblems
Erika Yamashiro {+}
February 10th, 2010 // Comment on This?Okinawa-born, Tokyo-based painter Erika Yamashiro uses soft pastels and cute motifs, such as black cats and butterflies, to create fantastical landscapes
Hikari Shimoda {+}
January 25th, 2010 // Comment on This?Hikari Shimoda was born in Nagano, Japan in 1984 and studied at the Kyoto Saga University of Art
