For the arty amongst our readers, have a go at painting this awesome red assassin following the steps outlined in the Pixel2Life blog.

Red Assassin Digital Painting Tutorial

See other painting tutorials at Pelfusion.com

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LED eyelashes appear to be the order of the day here. Apparently, this contraption is a project to give East Asian women prettier (or bigger) eyes.

According to the inventors, very few East Asian women are born with big eyes – a *standard* for beauty – and so the little-eyed ones resort to other techniques such as makeup, jewelry, and plastic surgery to make their eyes bigger. These techniques border on obsession thus being labeled as the fetish of Big Eyes.

The LED Eyelash is meant to satisfy the need for big eyes and “can perceive the movements of the pupil in the eyes and eyelids. If someone wears it and moves her head, LED Eyelash will flicker following the movement.”

We at OneInchPunch do not endorse this kind of equipment. Actually, we’re not convinced anyone apart from the inventors would endorse it either. However, we do think that East Asian women do look fantastic either with or without big eyes!

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Viewing photos of pollution won’t be everyone’s idea of a good time, but Lu Guang from the People’s Republic of China, who was a factory worker, won a $30,000 prize for his documentary project, “Pollution in China“.

He won the prize on the 14th October at the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund which took place at the Asia Society in New York City.

His gritty images of the grimy reality that people face in China are sobering, thought provoking and heart rending. They’re accompanied by captions that add further understanding to what viewers see.

Click on the link below to find out Lu Guang’s story and to read and see more of his photos on ChinaHush. Be warned that some images and text may be distressing.

Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China

Via 1rick on Twitter

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Zhu Li from China has some amazing, conceptual fantasy artwork. His pieces explore standard fantasy character fare such as warriors, sorcerors and others, though its not surprising to find an eastern touch to his work.

The Design Inspiration feature more of his work together with a short interview with Zhu Li.

Read more

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The website Beijing Made Easy gives a brief though definitive-sounding guide to toilets in China. Though not the most riveting of texts, the guide is surely a must in your preparations if visiting the country for the first time.

Though we’re not strangers to squat toilets in the far east, the mention of pigs for “recycle” in countryside toilets put us off pork.

Read more in the guide to Chinese toilets

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Legendary action-cinema master John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic HARD BOILED in RED CLIFF, the epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. Watch the trailer below for more:

We love a good period action movie and with John Woo at the helm, Red Cliff looks to be an excellent hit. It better be – its the most expensive Asian film production of all time!

See more on RedCliffFilm.com

Via The Awesomer

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The branch of Taste Supermarket in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Tong Festival Walk shopping mall has a display of these strange shaped watermelons from Japan. They’re super expensive! (Prices in Hong Kong dollars)

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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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Weird Asia News writes about weird Japanese inventions and the word to describe them: Chindogu. My favourite has to be the Baby Mop!

Read more on Chindogu: Weird and Useless Japanese Inventions

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Below, a National Geographic video feature on that most putrid smelling of fruits, the durian, also known as the king of fruits, common in parts of East Asia. If you come across this spiky object, you would most likely have smelt the pong first.

Like the buses in Singapore (where they’re banned), the durian fruit is not for me.

Via Belinda Ang

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