Michelangelo was a very talented artist during the High Renaissance and quite frankly, it’s hard to replicate his detailed sculptures. However a Mr. Kordian Lewandowski decided to take Michelangelo’s La Pietá to a different level and sculpted a Mario version of the artwork. More »

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From Girlybubble: What the heck, it’s an orgy of stuffed pandas all coalesced to a chair? Now that’s something you don’t see everyday, and nor will you ever. More »

This drawing of Ayumi Hamasaki biting on the leaf of a rose is sexy. What’s great about this is piece of work is that the artist, KLSADAKO of deviantART, drew this using a traditional tool of art: the pencil. More »

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This is one badass piece of artwork. This fanart of Big Bang’s leader G-Dragon was superbly done by leejun35 of deviantART. More »

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From Girlybubble: Japanese illustrator Mokaffe really loves combining two of the things I love the most into her illustrations: dessert and girly art! A lot of my favorite works by her involve dessert. Not that you’re surprised or anything. For the record, I’ll have you know that I do not drool over my laptop all day or lick my screen all day. You might want to restrain yourself when you see these babies: More »

Trust your eye when exploring The Armory Show 2010’s cavernous collection of new art by living artists, and you will discover exceptional works of fine art among the Asian artists exhibited. More »

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This fanart of TOP and G-Dragon from Big Bang is soooooo pretty. I wish I was talented like *BANP. More »

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Ever wonder what Japan would look like in the future as ruins? The artist at Tokyo Genso sure did and he creatively drew pictures of this post apocalyptic world. More »

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Art can be in many forms and style. Even food can be treated as art. Take Ken Kawasumi’s replica of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers for example. He made it entirely out of sushi. More »

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From Girlybubble: Born and raised in Chicago, Lawrence Yang first started out as a computer science major, who switched to biology, and then finally finished with industrial design where he found his passion in interaction design art.

Influenced by graffiti and traditional Chinese painting, he works with ink, marker, and watercolor to communicate atmosphere and emotion, trying to create order out of chaos (& vice versa). More »

23-year old architect student, Mui-Ling Teh, has a very talented set of hands to be able to create such small pieces of art. The smallest of her origami models is 2 mm long! More »

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Say what you will about Japanese pop culture, but you have to admit that Japan has a long history of producing very talented artisans and craftsmen. Now what I enjoy is when someone combines (the rather soul sucking) modern pop culture with traditional artwork, producing something insane. Like what you’d get if you painted all 150 Pokemon in a more traditional style. More »

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From Girlybubble: Korean artist Jin Young Yu is a woman who prefers to be a homebody instead of going out. When she does go out, she likes to remain unnoticed. Her haunting work mirrors her quiet personality. Her translucent sculptures represent “invisible people” who blend in with their environment to “climb into a space of their own and reject other people’s intrusion.” More »

Tired of a snowman being the best your local winter has to offer? Well why not take a trip to chilly Asia and see what kind of snow and ice insanity is being built over here. If you like Chinese food you probably want to head on over to Harbin, China for the 26th Annual Snow and Ice Festival. It’s where you can see crazy things like the picture above. More »

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While I could care less about high fashion (as anyone who has ever seen my collection of well worn t-shirts I still wear from college) other people do care. Most of them women. The Tokyo Hermes store has gone all out with this very arty and interesting video installation. More »

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From Girlybubble: Not to be confused with Jpop singer Hiromi Sato, artist Hiromi Sato makes some of the cutest, most girly, illustrated artwork I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately, due to my lack of Japanese knowledge, there isn’t much I could find about her background. What you can discern from her illustrations is that she creates art that appeals to simple childhood fantasy. For me, it seems like everything that was great about my childhood is represented in a lot of her illustrations. More »

Last week I wrote about the wonderful world of bento food coloring. This week I’m going to step it up a notch by talking about bentos for the holiday season. I’m not talking about “turkey” or “pumpkin” filled bentos, I’m talking about making bentos that look like a turkey or a pumpkin and are filled with rice. More »

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From Girlybubble: We’ve all envisioned Lady Gaga as an anime character thanks to the Markus Klinko and Indrani photoshoot, but how would she fair as a chibi anime character? The word “chibi” in Japanese typically means a cute “small child” or “short person.” Brazilian artist Joapa transformed our anime eyes-lovin’ Lady Gaga into chibi Anime drawings. Looking at these drawings makes me wish there was an actual anime series featuring Lady Gaga. More »

DeviantART, an online community which focuses on artists and the upcoming martial arts action film which stars famous actor/singer Rain, Ninja Assassin, have teamed up to give all DeviantART premium members access to custom made Ninja Assassin journal skins! More »

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From Girlybubble: Aside from telling me I’m my mother’s most beautiful daughter (her only daughter), my mother tells me she loves me often. Looking at these Japanese bento box art scans from “Waku Waku Kyaracuta No Obentou” (Exciting Character Bentos), I find this hard to believe. How can you tell your own daughter you love her, knowing full well that you sent her off to private school in the early 90s with Lunchables for lunch almost daily? More »