Osaka-based artist and illustrator gozz has recently been focusing on hakoniwa 箱庭 isometric illustration vignettes. However, he also works outside of that genre, contributing art…

Ahh, natsu (夏)… It means “summer” in Japanese, and also happens to be the first two syllables in the word natsukashii (懐かしい), which is “nostalgic.”…

Japanese illustrator Shida (@shida_7) has a talent for dark and thought-provoking artwork that has just enough detail combined with an air of mystery that invites…

Japanese illustrator Tobihachi (@tonbippo08) has an amazing talent for taking animals and transforming them into incredibly expressive characters such as warriors and nobles, even with…

The massively multiplayer platformer game “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” has quickly become a runaway hit. Developed by Mediatonic and published by Devolver Digital, the popular…

As most cat owners know, our feline friends can seemingly become liquid and fit into impossible containers and crevices if they so choose to. It…

Keisuke Itagaki is the manga artist behind popular martial arts and combat series Grappler Baki and its four sequels (and thus Netflix’s Baki anime series)….

At only 18 years old, Jane Chong has created a unique art style that truly shines. She’s known online as catface.exe, and often posts brightly-colored,…

“I take scenes which you may see every day, and I aim to create a different world by adding something else.” This is how Japanese…

These days, the term nihon-ga can be used as a catch-all term for “Japanese paintings”, but it more often is used to specify Japanese illustrations…

Japanese artist creates stunningly realistic pen and pencil illustrations Talented illustrator Yuuki Tokuda is well known not only on Twitter and Instagram for his original…

We’ve covered some artists capable of producing amazingly realistic works of art by analog means. For example, Kei Mieno’s photorealistic paintings of women and Kohei…

When Japanese illustrator and manga artist Ponkichi (@PonkichiM) responded to Japan’s Ministry of Finance announcement of new designs for the 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000-yen bills…

Some of our readers may recall the work of Japanese illustrator Rokuban 六番, whom we first had the pleasure of introducing in 2018. At the…

From the bright crimson of toriis and temples, to the rainbow of neon lights in Shinjuku and all the way to the distant blue of…