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Yoko Tanji

Akaihane — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:55:21 +0000

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.

For more of Yoko Tanji’s works, visit her portfolio website »

amenone

love

tone

hairy monster and me

Crescent Moon

Yoko Tanaka

Akaihane — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:38:34 +0000

Once 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 tale books. The soft, limited palette combined with the medium of acrylic on wood lends her paintings a beautiful endearing texture and depth.

For more of Yoko Tanaka’s works, visit the Billy Shrine Fine Arts website »

Conqueror

Remnant

An Interracial Marriage

Arbitrator

An Interracial Couple

Yoskay Yamamoto

Akaihane — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:17:40 +0000

Born and raised in Toba, Japan, Yoskay Yamamoto moved to the United States at the age of 15. A self-trained illustrator, Yamamoto’s artistic tastes expanded as he fell in love with the urban culture of the West coast. Yamamoto discovered a way to fuse the two different cultural backgrounds together into his work. Yamamoto nostalgically blends pop iconic characters from his new Western home with traditional and mythical Japanese elements, balancing his Asian heritage with urban pop art (taken from the artists CV)

For more of Yoskay Yamamoto’s works, visit his website »

empty howl

streetlights

sunny day with a chance of the ran, rainy day with a chance of the sun

fox entertainment: family guy art show

let it fall

do you mind if i stay for a bit?

Toonikun

Akaihane — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:24:31 +0000

Malaysian illustrator Toonikun’s pieces have a real decadent quality to them; less isn’t always more and the intricate detailing and patterning on these prove that fact. In addition, the colour depth helps the illustrations jump off the page, even in the case of the more monotone works.

For more of Toonikun’s work, please see his deviantART gallery »

Heritage

Arvian

Departure - Darkstalker Tribute

Rad der Traume

Garden of Delights

belialchan

Akaihane — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:58:54 +0000

Another inspiring deviantArt-er, German artist belialchan creates manga-inspired original and fan art pieces that are rich in texture, soft in colour and inchanting content and characters.

For more of belialchan’s work, visit her deviantArt gallery »

Schneewittchen.

SS: Odile for To-fu

Lullaby for.

Chim-Chim-Cheree

xxxholic: dim hall

kidchan

Akaihane — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:46:01 +0000

Malaysian artist kidchan has over an amazing 3 million hits on deviantArt, and no wonder. Her work is so original, combining intense backgrounds with gorgeous character designs and beautiful colouring.

For more of kidchan’s work, visit her deviantArt gallery.

Pink Romance

ALEX +"O"+

smoke

falling stars

KAITO:INSTINCT

aloespica109

Akaihane — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:11:41 +0000

Japanese artist aloespica109 creates beautiful soft and dreamy fairy tail landscapes using a wide range of materials, from watercolours, gouache and even digital software. I particularly love the watercolour pieces (not a common material for artists inspired by anime and manga) with their texture and vividness.

For more of aloespica109′s work, you can either visit their website or their deviantART profile.

The color of the happiness

Honey bee

Cat girl

Hill of the dusk

Japanese style Alice

Michael Wandelmaier

Akaihane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:51:48 +0000

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 (taken from his website).

For more work my Michael Wandelmaier, please visit his website »

The Kangaroo Rat

Ruffled Feathers

Harpooning The Woolly Whale

Ika

Something Fishy

Stanley "Artgerm" Lau

Akaihane — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:43:29 +0000

Stanley “Artgerm” Lau is a digital artist from Singapore who has been able to clock up (at the time of this post) an amazing 7.5 million hits on his deviantART. His work has been used in magazines and even on products.

Pepper Robot II

Ninja Kurenai

Pepper IFX

Pepper Ero

Manga Studio Debut 4

For more of Stanley “Artgerm” Lau’s work, visit his deviantART page.

Hayato Nishimaki

Akaihane — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:44:08 +0000

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.

#0.02 Ghost

#2.05 Silent Baby II

#1.39 KCS 'Paul'

#2.02 Scientist

#1.08 Ghost

Hayato Nishimaki has a selection of one-off, hand-drawn ink/acrylic gouache piece available to buy at the Tokyocube online store. More of his work can also be seen on his website.