Art-Eater ➡️⬇️↘️🐲👊さんのイラストまとめ

The imagery here strongly recalls a "witches' sabbath" (which was already a popular subject in art for hundreds of years before these Victorian Xmas cards)

Here's Santa ... Rising out of a Christmas pudding? Being dunked into a steaming hot bowl of soup??

Of course Father Christmas/Santa was around too! But this was long before Coca-Cola would define his look for the modern world. Look at him go on his goose powered sleigh!

In fact, every single character (even the background characters) has a distinct face and build. This isn't easy! They didn't have to do this! (most shows dont try to do this!). Things like this are a labor of love born from a connection to the work.
#WitchFromMercury

Major credit to the art team on Witch From Mercury. It has possibly the most diverse cast of women I've ever seen in a single animated work, and they're all cool and interesting.

Same energy https://t.co/LnJbln0KqW

It's interesting to think about because it's not just a matter of practice, I think early exposure is key. There are very few GenX North American artists who could draw in an authentic anime/manga style. More Millennials can do it. But it's the lingua franca of Zoomers worldwide.

You gotta understand that in 2002, this is what "How to Draw Manga" books looked like. Western artists who didn't grow up with anime and manga really STRUGGLED to "get it." And then out of nowhere there's this WWF sign that looks like it was drawn by a pro mangaka!

Friendly Reminder: Sonny Chiba was a student of martial arts legend Mas Oyama. Chiba starred in a movie called Street Fighter (1974) which was the first to receive an X-rating for violence (it rules!). And Mas Oyama was THE inspiration for the "roaming martial artist" (like Ryu!)

This Street Fighter 2 Turbo illustration had such a deeeeep impact on me as a kid. It blew my mind, the way the Capcom artists were playing with form. His arms are TITANIC, yet it looks so natural and stylish and cool! I was like "wow you can do that? HOW?? HOW DOES IT WORK??" https://t.co/rb3sFhAiX6