Two young boys’ imaginations and one loving father’s artistic skills continue to combine with amazing results.
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Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.
Annual tradition is more beautiful than ever this year.
Even in ink-wash, this Marvel hero looks ready to rumble.
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There’s a fine line between “cute displeased” and “hurt-the-player’s-feelings” displeased.
The Japanese mail order company’s new monthly pencil set release will undoubtedly have art lovers wanting to collect ’em all.
You might not think you have enough space in your home to display all these anime and movie robots, but you’re wrong.
There might be a rare fault in the design, but we have a feeling some fans won’t be exchanging the faulty item as requested.
To celebrate Manga Day in Japan, RocketNews24’s best artist has some tips to help add some flare to an average Joe’s drawing.
Recent animal rights complaints had some thinking plans would be scrapped, but the eve mainstay will be part of this year’s event after all.
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If Nintendo ever wants to “reboot” the franchise to be grittier, we hope it looks like this.
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Japanese Twitter artist produces handy reference guide covering characters with younger or older brothers or sisters.
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