Various digital prints relating to anime/manga
Unknown artist, 2011–2012
Through the extensive use of SNS, the digital illustration scene in Japan is witnessing a new boom. Just as Ukiyo-e artists influenced a whole generation of young people 250 years ago, now online illustration communities are the ideal platform to foster superstars and buzz. These superstars are very much contemporary Ukiyo-e artists with the only change being analogue to digital techniques. Now as in the past, Japanese still enjoy drawing. The portfolio includes representative digitally-generated material from the fields of illustration, manga, anime and gaming in Japan. The main illustration is Valon by Akabane. Presented by the Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Various digital prints relating to anime/manga, 2011–2012
Date supported
2012
Medium and material
Digital inkjet print on paper
Dimensions
Each: 42 x 29.7 cm
Grant
1386
Total cost
1386

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