Category — Illustration

Another Star Wars cross-over (I don’t think we’ll ever tire of them), this time by USA-based artist Clinton Felker who has depicted Star Wars characters as samurai.

By the way, sorry for the lack of updates in recent months everyone. Previously, we’d been pretty consistent posting almost everyday since launching in 2007, but (positive!) life events eventually took their toll on our time. We promise to do better!

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Philippines based illustrator Dan Matutina has an amazing style that he applies to a desktop wallpaper you can download. The piece features a ninja versus a pirate and you can download as an iPhone resolution sized file, a full cinema screen sized file and quite a few sizes in between…

Download here

See more of Dan’s work here

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We missed the boat on this limited edition Absolut vodka bottle design, but it doesn’t stop us appreciating the art, designed for the Chinese market by Gao Yu. It features the legend of Sun Wukong / the Monkey King.

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Claudia Varosio has a clean, unfussy illustration style in a few of her interpretations of film posters. We like her mood-matching “In The Mood for Love” poster, but our favourite has to be the “Seven Samurai” poster. Both are on sale for $19.

Movie Posters by Claudia Varosio

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A few fantastic vintage Japanese postcards from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Apparently, more postcards can be seen in the museum’s online collection, but right now, it seems to be offline.

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Singapore based artist and deviantArt member, dcwj, has a fun portfolio of manga style art. Some with kinky scenarios. Enjoy.

See more art from dcwj…

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Illustrator Stasia Kato has a charming range of prints of her work featuring Yakuza boys, girls, geishas and samurai warriors. She prints the work herself at home after first beginning her pieces by drawing the outlines with a brush and traditional Japanese sumi ink.

Get some Stasia Kato prints at her Etsy shop here

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Japanese artist Shohei creates amazingly detailed illustration work out of ball point pen. It’s not the first time an artist has achieved recognition through this humble instrument, but Shohei also depicts an interesting and quirky world of ping pong playing geisha’s, fighting school boys, elements of steam punk and other subcultures.

More on Shohei’s website

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From the Museum of Modern Fiction comes this “bedtime story” for adults. The Chinese Monk, his Indian Guide & their White Elephant is a quick read, embellished with delightful illustrations and ends with a thought that you can perhaps identify with.

Read on for The Chinese Monk, his Indian Guide & their White Elephant

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Illustrator Tanya Bennett sent us a link to her portfolio. Originally from the UK, she relocated to Hong Kong and through her work, explores traditional, digital and mixed media platforms to present beautiful and compelling images of women.

Check out Tanya Bennett’s website

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