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The DIY project, complete with an embedded graphics tablet, is inspiring digital illustrators everywhere.
Cardigans may not match armor plating in protective capabilities, but they’re definitely the warmer, cuter option.
Low incomes possibly to blame for huge drop-off in number of working artists as they get older.
This is about as much love for the classic anime and manga as you’ll ever see stuffed into one piece of artwork.
If the early ‘90s anime and manga gets remade, Yu Watase thinks it should look like this.
They say variety is the spice of life, so this Japanese website is ready to add some piquancy to your Class 2 bathroom proceedings.
Artists from around the country took part in the project, which sees Pikachu saying thank you in forty different ways.
The transition from past to present in the world of Japanese animation is certainly an eye-opening experience.
“Matto,” as he’s called in Japan, seriously impresses with his delicately colored illustrations of Tokyo shops.
Quickly and easily add a bit of salacious animation to your 2-D crush using things you’ve got in your kitchen.
Ever wondered what Munch’s The Scream or Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring might look like if done in modern day Japan? If so, then this book is for you!
No hair? No problem! Especially for this gathering of super-powered follicly-challenged anime men.
It’s said that men and women see the world differently, so sometimes they draw it differently too.
Perhaps we’ve overestimated humanity’s naked anime enemies.
This Twitter user doesn’t need lights and cameras when he’s got good pencils and unbelievable talent.
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