Inconceivable Japanese culture inspires many artists. I’ve been always amazed by unique polarities of Japanese art. From one side it is simplicity, rough and untrimmed, an affinity for beauty achieved by accident. From another it’s incredible multiplicity, symbolism and careful details elaboration.
Japanese artists mastered the line’s perfection, while western painters gained subtle treatment of light and shadow. And no wonder that Japanese illustrators are so good, as the line has been always the main means of art expression in the east. Traditional Japanese calligraphy and printmaking influenced much modern illustrators.
This blogpost is the collection of beautiful illustrations made by different (mainly Japanese) artists. I hope illustrators, animators, people relating to art in general find this post useful and inspiring.
Gez Fry
the image is taken from PingMag.jp
Gez Fry is one of the best Manga-style illustrators, as for me. Amazingly, he never went to art school and learnt a lot from his mom, as she was an illustrator too. Gez created really striking video-game and Anime characters. He developed things for Adobe, Evisu, Firetrap, Buena Vista International and the BBC.
Stanley Lau aka Artgerm
the image is taken from deviantART.com
Stanley Lau’s art is amazing. The artist is from Singapore, currently operating Imaginary Friends Studios as Creative Director. Stanley Lau aka Artgerm specializes in graphic design, digital painting and illustrations.
Aoinohana
the image is taken from deviantART.com
Aoinohana is a young talented Japanese artist. Tenderness and sensitivity are the main features of her works.
Feebee
the image is taken from Feebee.jp
Feebee is a Japanese artist and Adobe Illustratour cs3 lecturer. The main motif of her works is girls, and every work has some Japanese elements and mood.
Yoshitaka Amano
the image is taken from Amanosworld.com
Yoshitaka Amano is a well-known painter, animator and designer. Throughout his over 35 years of career, Amano has created vast variety of works – paintings, theater design, ceramic works, kimono design, characters for video games and animation.
Kubota Mari
the image is taken from Marieniu.net
Kubota Mari is a young talented artist and graphic illustrator. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan, and graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design. Delicacy and elegance of her works are just charming.
Aurore
the image is taken from Auroreblackcat.net
Aurore is a comic books artist from France. Her covers for comic books are fairy.
fooRider
the image is taken from foorider.pooh.cc/work.html
fooRider was born in Shiga, Japan. Currently living and working in Osaka. fooRider is a self-taught artist. His art is composed of the mixture of elements from the Japanese culture and the underground sub culture.
Marumiyan
the image is taken from Marumiyan.com
Marumiyan was born in Fukuoka, Japan. Currently living and working in Fukuoka City. Influenced by his father, Marumiyan began to draw pictures in his early childhood. His specialty is collage, made by blending photographs and freehand drawings. He works with various media, such as posters, flyers, packages, websites and CD jackets. He has recently been chosen as one of the “Top10 artists” on the MdN design magazine (Japan).
Takashi Okazaki
the image is taken from AfroSamurai.com
Takashi Okazaki is an awesome illustrator, comic artist, designer, live performance painter and so on. He has participated in such films as “Space Travellers”, “Odoru Dai Sousa sen 2 “, “Spider-Man 2″, CD comic for “BLADE III”, and others. The creator of “AFROSAMURAI” manga series with unbelievably dynamic illustrations.
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