Nokia Lumia 1020

I know a lot people don't like Windows phone and whatever floats your boat but I just bought this one :D so don't copy me lol jk you can if you want to, I guess..

Doujinshi

I've heard of fan fictions before but after reading Free Culture, I learned a new Japanese term. Doujinshi are self published comics of mangas from original creators. Interestingly, the first doujinshi were made in America called Tijuana Bibles, which were little eight panel pornographic comic strips in wallet size featuring cartoon characters or movie stars. Later, English adopted the term hentai as a genre of anime or manga pornography for marketing of explicit works. Here is an example of an American doujinshi that is not a sexual one.

It is not doujinshi if it is just a copy. The artist must make a contribution to the art he copies, by transforming it either subtly or significantly. They must be sufficiently different if they are to be considered true doujinshi.

Daily Routine

Above is my comic strip of my daily routine. I pretty much think about my boyfriend every second of the day. He is amazing and he always makes me food when I'm hungry. Everyone loves a person who can cook for you, right? LOL :P Anyway, below is a wallet size polaroid photo of me and Stephen. I finally bought a Fujifilm Instax Mini and it is awesome :D! The films are expensive though..

Free Culture

I had no idea that Steamboat Willie was a direct parody of Steamboat Bill Jr. Borrowing was nothing unique because many other early cartoons are also filled with knockoffs, slight variations on winning themes, retelling of ancient stories.

Steamboat Willie (1929)

Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

Disney ripped creativity from the culture around him, mixed that creativity with his own extraordinary talent, and then burned that mix into the soul of his culture.

Marion Peck

Still Life with Dralas (in the style of Henri-Horace Roland de la Porte, Still Life)

Drala is a term used in Buddhism to refer to energy in matter and the universe. This panting produces meanings through the ways that it is composed and rendered, and not just in the choices of objects depicted.

When I searched Marion Peck on Google, I couldn't believe it was another cute yet creepy style artist that I recognized. Here are some of her other works.

Leviathan

Mr. Bunny

Supper Club

Mice with Dairy Products

Lambland

Sick Kitten

Landscape with Standing Deer

Chiho Aoshima

The first thing that I saw on the cover was the image on the bottom left corner.

This is Japanese but I could read the characters 新生, 蛇女。 in Chinese. It literally says new life, snake girl meaning The Rebirth of a Snake-Woman for the title. At first when I look at her artwork, I thought they were cute but when I look at some of them closely, I then thought they were a little bit disturbing because they were mainly girls, ghosts, and zombies. Here are some of her other artworks.

The Fountain of the Skull

Japanese Apricot

We are battered by nature, we are loved by nature

The Divine Gas

As we died, we began to regain our spirit

City Glow

Esra Roise

I found this artist a few times in my Nylon magazines

Couple of her other commissioned works

Beauty Modifications

Some of her other selected works

Trio

Hello

Bloody Fingers

Bubblegum

Popshot Sleepover