Bouncing Red Ball

25 Jun, 2009

Shohei Otomo’s intense illustration art

Posted by: brb In: Art| Japan| Manga & Anime ()

Shohei’s illustrations, sketched with ballpoint pen, are characterized by sparse use of color, bold lines, high contrast and gritty subjects. “Intense”, as one website (NSFW) put it.

Loud and dynamic, Shohei’s artworks are illustrative of Japan’s manga-influenced style of drawing.

Many of his illustrations (four of which are shown below) are displayed at Hakuchi Land; many are NSFW. He lives in Tokyo and blogs at Hakuchitare (where one can find videos of him working on his illustrations).

Retaliation

Sayako’s Rage (”Die!!! Iyaaaaa!”)

Onsen Pingpong Geisha

Hyaaaaa!

Hyaaaaa!

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7 Responses to "Shohei Otomo’s intense illustration art"

1 | Shannon

June 26th, 2009 at 11:33 pm

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Is the tattoo on the back of “Retaliation” inspired by the artist Kuniyoshi!? Hot! Pingpong Geisha makes me smile.

2 | Onsen Pingpong Geisha « daffydus

June 27th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

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[...] in pictures By Shohei Otomo (via) « The first [...]

3 | brb

June 27th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

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@Shannon, hard to tell. Not much of an ukiyo-e expert myself. ^_^;;

5 | Ryan

June 30th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

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These are great, and I will definitely check out his blog. I particularly like Onsen Pingpong Geisha, hilarious!

7 | The Envoy

September 4th, 2009 at 7:10 pm

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This is somehow reminiscent of Frank Miller’s work.

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