Category — Illustration

If you’re still reeling from the previous post Largest Pokémon Collection Record broken by British Girl, then you’ll probably love this traditional Japanese art piece featuring Pokémon. We think this is pretty cool and done very well and to get a closer look at the full piece, you should check out this page.

Via Kotaku

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Nice as they are, if you’re fed up of “traditional” red themed Chinese New Year calendars and the like, get yourself a decent 2010 Chinese New Year print to celebrate the Year of the Tiger by British Chinese illustrator Jonny Wan.

Following his work for a few months now, we find his vector texture style unique and fresh. You can buy the 2010 Year of the Tiger print at Society6 and check out more of Jonny Wan’s work at his website.

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Love dragons? These examples of Eastern Dragons are just for you. Website The Design Inspiration also post another 27, so pop on over via the link below to see more.

30 Inspiring Eastern Dragon Illustrations

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We haven’t seen much in the way of Taiwanese illustration on this blog so here’s five examples to address the balance a little. They’re from Onextrapixel, who showcase 22 Taiwanese illustrators in total, so if you like what you see, click on the link at the end to check the others out.

22 Inspiring Taiwanese Illustrators

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Kristopher Ho was born in Hong Kong but has just graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design this year. He has a superb, intricate, illustration style that showcases his imagination whilst leaving nothing to your imagination.

See more on Kristopher Ho’s website

Via LostAtEMinor

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Digital graphics technology and imaging skills improve over time – check out these portraits below for some amazing examples!

See more on Designrfix

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Chinese illustrator and comic artist Xiao Bai has a superb portrait illustration style as shown in the following samples.

She has studied traditional Chinese painting since a young age and also works as a tattoo artist – with many of her female portraits brandishing tattoos.

Via LostAtEMinor

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We spent a day at the Design Festa in Tokyo last May. It’s an amazing arts event full of lots of independent artists!

We covered alot of the Design Festa over 5 posts on our other blog MangoVine.net, which you can check out via the links below. The event happens every May and November and its worth timing a trip to Tokyo especially for it, if you’re interested in creativity!

Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Personal Creativity at its Finest!

Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Linh’s Big Hair

Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Amazing Variety of Artist Work

Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Performers and Entertainment

Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Amazing Cardboard City Model

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Free Vectors website Vecteezy has a vector file featuring a Japanese Geisha character. It looks pretty good on a tshirt as they show, but as a free download, you can place it where you like.

Get the Japanese Geisha Vector file at Vecteezy

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Vecteezy has a vector file of five traditional japanese kokeshi dolls free to download for creative types interested in Japanese culture. The dolls are wearing colorful kimonos embroidered with patterns.

Download the Kokeshi Vector file at Vecteezy

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