Luke Chueh (pronounced as Chu) is a Chinese illustrator born in Philadelphia. His works are famous for mixing cute animals with ill-fated situations which balances cute with brute - as he says so on his website.

Not only did Luke Chueh inspired the world with his whimsical and emotional/dramatic illustrations on prints and digital artworks, he has utilized other mediums such as t-shirts, posters, wallets, skateboards, and vinyl toys for his exhibitions and collaborations. All of them of course, can be bought on his website.

His great success has lead him to having a following of fans who sends him fanarts, inspired toys/merchandise, and tattoos inspired by his artworks. 

He has also been featured regularly on magazines and design portals. 

Soa Lee is a pretty 3D illustrator from South Korea who digitally draws amazingly beautiful artworks of women. Her works have been included in EXOTIQUE, EXOTIQUE 2 and EXPOSÉ 4.

From an unknown Korean traditional animator, to a highly-prized 3D artist, Soa Lee has been consistently creating breathtaking pieces of digital illustrations even since she won the first prize at the Korea Computer Art Association, only 6 months after she took a 3D course.

Ever since her university days, Soa Lee had been curious about the workings behind a good animation model. At first she wasn't interested in computer art at all, being more a traditional cell animator, and thoroughly ensconced in the 'ink and paint'; Later on, 3D animation in Korea became very popular, as did the uptake of online game play. Anyone working within the 3D realm in Seoul was deemed to be using the technology as an adjunct to bringing the model into an animation later on.  This was her ticket into this exciting field. Soa Lee decided she had to be a part of this industry wave.

Soa Lee feels that the computer is just a means to an end. At present, she spends time experimenting with 3D spacial techniques. "I am always reminding myself that 2D and 3D software are all just tools to create great images," she says. “I always strive to produce the best images using any techniques.  I’d only use 3D software as simply a tool to create better animations.”

Soa has always been attracted to the human characters as her favorite theme. Depending on the area of the job she is doing, Soa changes her creative methods. "Faces are usually drawn by referencing," she explains. "I combine different pictures that have the facial shapes I'm looking for. I then create images from these and refer to them continuously. I take similar steps by combining various pictures in Photoshop. The images from these processes become a great sketch and these become the foundation of the 3D production. I draw manually for the detailed elements and patterns."

Read more about Soa Lee from her interview with CGSociety and CG-Node. Also see more her works in her CGPortfolio.

Li Wei  (李 日韦) was born in 1970 in Hubei, China. Based in Beijing, the Chinese artist's work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality.

Li Wei started off his performing series with ‘Mirroring’ and later on took off attention with his ‘Falls’ series which shows the artist with his head and chest embedded into the ground. Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and works with the help of props such as mirror, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics.

"My work and artistic experience are characterised by a unique specificity and particularity. My artistic language is universal and deals with themes about contemporary politics and society using symbols understood by everyone in every part of the world. I am fascinated by the unstable and dangerous sides of art and I hope my works reflect these aspects." says the 37-year-old artist.

Besides creating photo-art, Li Wei also do installations. Check out some videos of his works to see how he did his art. Read more in this report by the Daily Mail.

A fishy treat from The Museum of Modern Fiction!

Masterfully drawn with a story so well written, "The Adventures of Yutaro" is indeed a modern day visual poetry.

Drawn and scripted by Singaporean designer Josef Lee, the story talks about how a romantic rendezvous off coast led to the birth of Yutaro, a half fish part human mutant, and his tormented journey in search of his maternal parents. A tragic twist of fate blended with a unique touch of wicked humor brings about a perfect ironical ending for the story.

Subtle as always, yet leaving a strong aftertaste, such is the feeling one can experience after reading "The Adventures of Yutaro".

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"KAZOOM!!!" "ARKKK!" "SLAMM!!" seem to be the subtitles of the incredibly impact artworks by James Jirat Patradoon.

Born in Bangkok and now living in Sydney, James has been building up his name  as one of the emerging unique talents in Sydney design scene. He learnt to draw from watching too many cartoons and reading too many comic books and it surely show in his works which spread across various mediums, from pencil drawing to screen print.

"I didn’t think I’d ever end up as an illustrator or an artist – I always considered that to be really hedonistic career – but well….here I am." , said James.

Check out more of his masked riders, super villains, explosive substances and other goodies at his website.