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start drawing

boo_radley — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:27:31 -0800

Start drawing! The Asia drawing portal. Drawings from Asia, drawing by Asians. It's hot out, so crack open a cold drink, keep yourself inside and click through a great portal of art from the near and far east. Stay a while, and browse by category, by country, and revel in a large list of inspirations and resources. I've enjoyed reading about Sanjay Patel, the artist behind GheeHappy and Hindu mythology in cartoon form, an amazing array of CG artists from Thailand, the odd dichotomy of urban culture and ultra-slick anime from Korea, and puzzled over an array of meticulous resources like this Hair gallery (Japanese site).

By: furtive

furtive — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:38:21 -0800

I enjoyed the soldier with a bursting oil wells as rank badges.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:42:18 -0800

I love that little book of Hindu Deities. great stuff here--thanks! : >

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:23:34 -0800

Ok, why the hell does Foona Foona, the bunny-girl, distinctly remind me of a comic strip? I swear to god, I've seen her before. Maybe even a student newspaper.

By: cazoo

cazoo — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:49:48 -0800

some wonderful artists are featured on this site but the idea of grouping these artists by their ethnicity rather than their styles is rather beguiling. i'm not sure what one is to gain from this type of filter.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:21:44 -0800

I don't know how that work counts as "Anime"

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:29:42 -0800

idea of grouping these artists by their ethnicity rather than their styles is rather beguiling Beguiling? As in, alluring or misleading by pleasantness?

By: andywolf

andywolf — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:34:42 -0800

gotta say i just prefer Roger Dean drawing Asia

By: kkokkodalk

kkokkodalk — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:54:02 -0800

Well, I think it's cool that they've categorized Asian artists by country because it gives a chance for people to view examples of Asian art in a non-monolithic way without being forced to use the qualifier of "anime" (not to be snarky to the OP), which I see a lot when people try to describe stylized/comic/pop art from Asia. Sure some of it is reminescent of anime, but it's also nice to say, "Hey, here's some art from Thailand/Korea/China/Taiwan," without having to use something so broad as Asian or something way too country specific such as anime or manga.

By: kkokkodalk

kkokkodalk — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:55:16 -0800

Oops and when I say "some" I mean comic-style art out generally out there, and not specifically examples from this set, which as delmoi points out aren't really "anime" to begin with.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:02:48 -0800

A lot of the work isn't anime, but some of the stuff from Korea certainly is. I'll try to word stuff like this more clearly in the future.