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Amazing illustrations from Asia are getting together.
Maybe the best asian illustrators portal I've ever seen. Highly recommended!
Lots of good shit.
A tremedously rich source of articles and links to artists either working in Asia or of Asian descent living elsewhere.
If you like the mix on Lines and Colors, and Drawn!, I think you'll appreciate the nice stwe of styles , genre and approaches in contemporary Asian art that the blogs' creators, Josef Lee and Sam Lay. are constantly cooking up.
Kinda like Drawn! but focusing on one continent where alot of exciting things are happening.
A great site for keeping up with new artists in Asia. I have been blown away by the quality and diversity of style of the artists they feature.
Lovely stuff
This is seriously the place to visit if you have any remotest interest in art and illustration.
an Asian drawing portal that seriously rocks
Inoue Takehiko 井上雄彦
UNO Hair Wax Commercial
Writing by Josef Lee on 14 May 2007 1:56 PM
Inoue Takehiko 井上雄彦
Check out these series of Shiseido UNO Anti-Oily Hair Wax TV Commercials featuring Japanese master manga artist Inoue Takehiko.

This series of creative ads centered around big overhead drawings done by Inoue Takehiko (井上雄彦), one of the most famous Japanese manga artists, renowned for his hit basketball series Slam Dunk. The hair part is made up of many people who moved around to form varying hairstyles. The appropriate tagline “Draw Your Style”, effectively sums up the set of beautifully crafted ads.

See the ads here:
Shiseido UNO Anti-Oily Hair Wax TV Commercial 1
Shiseido UNO Anti-Oily Hair Wax TV Commercial 2
Shiseido UNO Anti-Oily Hair Wax TV Commercial 3

Interested to see how it’s done? Check out the following clips:
Making-of Shiseido UNO Ads 1
Making-of Shiseido UNO Ads 2
Making-of Shiseido UNO Ads 3
Interview with Inoue Takehiko

Category: Motion > Japan
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Tekkon Kinkreet 鉄コン筋クリート
Writing by Josef Lee on 28 Mar 2007 3:46 PM
Tekkon Kinkreet 鉄コン筋クリート

Cartoonist Taiyo Matsumoto’s Tekkon Kinkreet 鉄コン筋クリート (English title is Black & White) is a manga masterpiece, which was published serially in the weekly manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 1993.

Finally, the animation film of Tekkon Kinkreet was shown in cinemas in Tokyo in December 2006 - 7 years after they made their first pilot movie. Resfest Japan held a premium screening of Tekkon Kinkreet on 23rd Nov 2006. Studio4°C was the animation studio responsible for transforming this famous manga into a stunning animation. 

See Tekkon Kinkreet Trailer on Apple.com 
More details of Tekkon Kinkreet on IMDb
Read Interview with Studio4°C on the Making of Tekkon Kinkreet

Category: Motion > Japan
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The Rinpa Eshidan
1 Week of Art Works
Writing by Josef Lee on 16 Mar 2007 12:28 AM
The Rinpa Eshidan

“Rinpa” is a word created by the founders of the group meaning “to bring people together, while “Eshidan” essentially means “art crew.” The Rinpa Eshidan is a team of artists brought together by a common creative expression.

Led by Noiz-Davi (Yoshiaki Kusunoki) and Daisuke Yamamoto, the group’s main activities are performing in live painting events and creating videos of art in action. Instead of focusing on the finished project, they believe the process of creation itself is where art comes to life and their videos aim to engage the audience in that process.

Most recently, the group created the piece - 1 Week of Art Works, documenting a week in the life of the Rinpa Eshidan. The 5 mins worth of footage has since been viewed 1,441,014 times on YouTube, and favourited by 2,2022.

Check out the rest of their equally amazing art performances - Puzzle, Sai, and Terra Trance.

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