Japanese painter Kousyuuya employs a variety of brilliant brushwork techniques to create a painting of a Japanese dragon. Even though the majority of the dragon is made with only one color, Kousyuuya’s brushwork techniques create depth and texture for the character. Kousyuuya employs his paint brushes in such a way that he can create contrasting shades with one […]
Born in Japan, Chino Otsuka spent her childhood travelling around the world and has the photographs to prove it. As an art project, Otsuka photoshopped her adult self into those childhood photos, often returning to the place where the original photograph was taken in order to give the resulting art work a genuine feel. Otsuka’s […]
Ryohei Hase is a Japanese illustrator and artist who creates surrealist art with a dark appeal. Twisted images of animals, abstract forms and human beings spring from Hase’s mind onto canvas, paper or a computer screen in a barrage of artworks that leave the world gasping for more. Some of his art borders on disturbing […]
Japanese artist Yosuke Ueno’s painting are an interesting blend of fantasy, surrealistic styling and cartoon elements. Although his characters are all his own original designs, their cartoon styling has been around for nearly a century. His pop surrealism paintings have an innocent appeal about them, even when darker symbolism appears in the art work in […]