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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
BENJAMIN a.k.a. Zhang Bin
Writing by Otto Chin on 02 Aug 2008 7:47 AM
BENJAMIN a.k.a. Zhang Bin

Translated roughly from Xiao Pan:

Born in the province of Hei Long Jiang, he first majored in fashion and design. In 1996, he travels to Beijing to work in the comic industry. In the spring of the year 2000, his first short story, "Unknown Flowers in the Summer" is published by Comic Fans Magazine.

His first comic book, "One Day" was published in 2002, as well as both volumes of "Technique de la BD par ordinateu". After working briefly in advertising illustration, he decides to make BD its only job, and starts working on"Remember", which is published in October, 2004 in China.

In 2005 his first novel "The Basement" is published. He is considered in his country to be one of the masters of manhua (Chinese comics).

Information on Benjamin is scarce, but there are a few websites that features him. You can see more at his blog.

Category: Comics > China
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linchen
Writing by Josef Lee on 15 May 2008 7:36 AM
linchen

Born in Shanghai, China in 1983, linchen is an illustrator who primarily draws using Photoshop. Check out his beautiful drawing of robots and futurustic cities.

Category: Illustrations > China
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Luke Chueh
Writing by Bel Ragay on 13 May 2008 8:39 AM
Luke Chueh

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. 

Category: Illustrations > China
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Li Wei
Writing by Josef Lee on 12 May 2008 4:37 AM
Li Wei

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.

Category: Photography > China
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Harmony Gong
Writing by Josef Lee on 10 Apr 2008 1:42 AM
Harmony Gong

Harmony Gong is a little chinese girl who likes to draw pictures. She was born on January 29th, 1984 in a very small town called Morro Bay located on the central coast of California. Her father, John, immigrated from China and married her mother, Betty, moved to Morro Bay, and had her older sister, Kristie sometime in the 70’s.

Harmony was born without much to do except draw. When she started schooling at Cuesta College in 2002, her beginning drawing teacher suggested she look at the works of Aubrey Beardsley as her drawings then were of a similar style. She attributes this suggestion to the sparking of her interest in pursuing an art career, a rare choice in her family of salaried professionals.

Eager to experience a bigger city with greater potential, Harmony moved down to San Diego in 2004 to attend San Diego State University. A new city with new people provided her with the opportunity to experience a more artistic lifestyle and further develop her drawing style. In school, she met fellow artist and boyfriend, Henry Leo Duclos to which she gives the most credit for getting to where she is today.

In 2006, Harmony Gong graduated with a B.A. in Art with an Emphasis in Multimedia. Currently, she spends most of her time with her boyfriend drawing, playing Final Fantasy, or watching movies.

[Article extracted from N.E.A.A.T.O.]

Category: Illustrations > China
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