Yusaku Maezawa, the billionaire who founded Japanese internet fashion retail site Zozotown, is the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station in a decade. The entrepreneur told AP that his self-funded trip “pretty much” cost over $80 …
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ゲーム『ポケットモンスター サン・ムーン』のキャラクターデザインや『ドラガリアロスト』のメインイラストレーターを務め、ポケモンカード公認イラストレーターとしても知られる、さいとうなおきさん。 イラストレーターとしての活動も精力的だが、2019年に開設したYouTubeチャンネルではプロの目線による実践的なハウ…
Japan’s Manga Piracy Crackdown Continues
In 2019, there was a global manhunt for the manager of manga piracy site Manga-Mura. The manager, a Japanese citizen named Romi Hoshino, was arrested in Manila on copyright violation charges. In June 2021, he was found guilty, sentenced, and fined. If …
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「iPad」と「Apple Pencil」は、いまやプロのアーティストも使うツールとなった。一方で、日に日に増えていくイラストアプリのなかから、どれが自分に向いているのか悩んでいる人もいるだろう。そこで今回は、おすすめのアプリをユーザーのタイプ別に紹介する。
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Watch out! Contemporary artists take on the Beano – in pictures
“It’s strange,” says Andy Holden, curator of new Somerset House exhibition, Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules, “that a formula from 1938 still resonates today. That it survived the birth of children’s TV, computer games and a changing world.” The co…
Aeroflot: a history of the Soviet airline – in pictures
The story of one of the world’s oldest carriers is told through photographs, posters and ephemera in Bruno Vandermueren’s book Aeroflot – Fly Soviet, published by FUEL Continue reading…
Jill Murphy obituary
Author and illustrator of relatable yet magical children’s books, including The Worst Witch and Whatever Next!The children’s author and illustrator Jill Murphy, who has died of cancer aged 72, was loved across generations for picture books that capture…
Drawing a Synthesizer in MIDI
In 19 seconds, GLASYS does just that in a pleasing way. [SLYT] Further demonstrating how the musically inclined can illustrate their connection with music.
Rupert bare: how the Oz obscenity trial inspired a generation of protest art
When a lewd cartoon of Rupert Bear landed the editors of the 60s counterculture paper in court, David Hockney, John Lennon, Robert Crumb and more made some of their most urgent art in response“What do you suppose is the effect intended to be of equippi…