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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Once again, Arashi wins almost all of the awards. At the Japan Gold Disc Awards, Arashi won 10 awards. No other artist has ever done this. Along with their pwnage of the Oricon charts, claiming four of the top five spots of sales for singles. 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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KARA wishes their fans and especially YOU a happy new year! People in Korea and other areas of Asia have begun celebrating New Years. “Happy New Year” in Korean is 새해 복 많이 받으세요 [sae hae bok mani badeuseyo]. 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 »

The record company responsible for some of Korea’s biggest pop acts like 2PM, Wondergirls and 2AM is back in the spotlight again, and this time, with its CEO on the screen. 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 »

Oh no! One of my favorite kpop artist caught the swine flu! Wait! If swine flu affects his talented singing in any way, I will be so sad. Jonghyun is known to the be the “voice” of SHINee. More »

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Gang entrance exams, Thai bread-heads, a man who jumped off a boat to avoid his wife….this summer saw no shortage of strange news. More »

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Elves ate my Ramen~! Yes, that’s what I said… Elves ate my Ramen! Well not actually? See freelance mangaka and fantasy artist Lindsey Henninger is better known as Elves ate my Ramen. We got to meet Lindsey while she was an honored guest at this years New York Anime Festival at the Jacob Javits Center. She visited the Ningin Booth and showed us her wonderful cosplay as Kallen from CodeGeass: Lelouch the Rebellion. Interesting facts about Lindsey, her art was voted the most popular by fans on TheOtaku.com, her Non-Anime related work have been showcased in galleries Ythroughout upstate New york and she has been a honoree guest for NYAF several times now. The fans that love her work (like me) always comment about her coloring technique and the softness she brings to her creations.

Date of Birth: December 21st BirthSign: Sagittarius Blood Type: O Negative BirthPlace: Upstate NY Favorite Things: My laptop, my books, my drafting table, my colored pencils, my baby blankie, and my kitty, FuzzButt. Favorite Manga or Mangaka: Matsuri Hino (creator of Vampire Knight and MeruPuri) and Yun Kouga (creator of Loveless). Favorite Drawing Accessories: Prismacolor colored pencils, colorless blender, and my tablet. More »

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