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So I was listening to the always awesome Asaf Hanuka (on Big Illustration Party Time Podcast), brother to Tomer Hanuka, whom I featured earlier in this blog. Anyway, he mentions how he loves the comic-book aesthetic, and how surprised he was when it became in vogue in the professional illustration world. Nobody could've predicated it really... But if you've been following this blog, you would have definitely seen how a number of artists...

  All of you students and aspiring artists out there looking to break into the art/media industry... read this article. It might just give you the mindset to survive. Here's an excerpt: We know you've been working very hard on your screenplay, but before you go looking for some professional feedback, you might keep in mind the following piece by A History of Violence screenwriter Josh Olson. ​I will not read your fucking script. That's...

People have been "pimping" this article for a while now, but for those of you who haven't heard or read it, here's an excerpt: When you're an artist, people try and take advantage of you in ways they wouldn't if you had a conservative career (though whenever you're self-employed, people will generally try and take advantage of your skills). They don't know they're doing it, because in a society that doesn't value art for the most part;...

Fung Chin Pang is another one of those talented Chinese illustrators that has developed a nice little niche in the international market. Like Benjamin Zhang Bin and fellow Hong Kong-er Lokman Lam, they draw girls of legal age pretty well. Cute, innocent, vulnerable... Nevermind. Commissioned work for some firm. The guy racks up at least a minimum of 100,000 hits per illustration in deviantART. There's nothing that says "You're popular!!!!!"...

Anyone aspiring to do their own animation short should probably have a look at what "Tete" has accomplished with "Fumiko's Confession". It's short and cute. Based on some of the Youtube comments, the translation goes like this in the two speaking scenes: Fumiko: "Would you be my boyfriend, Takashi!" Takashi: "Sorry, I'd like to concentrate on baseball club." Fumiko: "You bastard!" (She begins to run) Final Scene: Fumiko:"I'll make...

Let's revisit an infamous artist known saucy women with barely-there outfits, twisted anatomy – The one, the classic Hyung Tae-Kim. Hyung-Tae Kim (born February, 1978, Seoul) is a Korean manhwa artist. He has designed characters for video games such as the Magna Carta series, and the later installments of War of Genesis series. He also's worked on OXIDE series of artbooks. Get a load of that scapula! And those glutes... As a manhwa...

I'll be honest. I can't say much about the Hong Kong artist known as 'Lokman'. When I first encountered his work all those years ago, it was by simply by accident. Nowadays, he's everywhere in these niche art blogs and online portfolio feeds. His work certainly is interesting... His work is... difficult to put into words... because you just stare at them... If you're a guy... One might describe this guy as... having a bit of a...

I think I'll do a touchy-feely artist post today. Hmm... Let me scan ConceptArt.org for something I can talk about... Ah! Here's one: "Why do you draw?" Perfect!! So why do YOU draw? Oh right... You don't respond. But the people in ConceptArt sure do! They're a nice bunch. G A I A originally posted the question because she didn't know drawing was simply a habit or some kind of a addiction that doesn't seem as fun as she would like to...

I love Geco Hirasawa's work! Why, you may ask? Because it's chock full of eye candy. So much eye candy in fact, that it makes my eyes bleed. And for once, that's a good thing!! Here's what I know about Geco Hirasawa: She's known as "Hira Geco" in deviantART, and is said to be living in Tokyo, Japan. According to her recent journal post, she draws her linework in pencil and colors the whole thing in Adobe Photoshop. The whole...

Nook. Great illustrator. Got featured in several magazines including iDN and ImagineFX. Collaborated and produced a wonderful artbook featuring two hundred illustrators (for a cause to boot!). Did a lot of 3D stuff as well which seems to blend the 2D stuff pretty well. Does a lot of commercial work for various companies. Sorry, I'm not in the mood to do a grammar check. One of Nook's early works in '07, the "Sakura...