clewart
@clewart.bsky.social
Artist and lovers of all things weird. PFP done by the amazing @Cattype.bsky.social
If you are into horror, I wrote the definitive book about Japanese ghosts, the afterlife, and what makes yurei different from western ghosts YUREI: THE JAPANESE GHOST is the perfect guide to why Japan makes such excellent horror stories. It is used as a textbook worldwide. link.amazon/B0d7qnXhe
The Funny Pages exhibition is a celebration of cartooning. It’s the largest collection of cartoonists and featured art spanning over 100 years of works from those with ties to Indiana. This is one of the biggest projects I have worked on.
I just received Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan from Anonymous via Throne. Thank you! https://throne.com/eheroes #throne
Boont - [fearsome critter] - An inebriated bear-deer hybrid native to Boontville California, its traits are of both the extinct California Grizzly & Colombian B Tail Deer. Smarter than the average bear: it speak human languages, but only in the local boontling jargon. samkalensky.com/products/boo...
Happy Odaiba Day! I had the honor of once again contributing to the @digigirlzine.bsky.social for vol. 4! I'm happy to continue my trend of painting bird digimon with Phoenixmon/Hououmon! One of my favorites <33 Previously: Silphymon | Garudamon - - - #digimon #デジモン #odaibaday #art
Thank you @digigirlzine.bsky.social for having me ^^ This is the first time I have participated, and I feel honored. I choose to draw the amazing Garudamon 😎🔥 Please check it out! And see the amazing artworks from other Illustrator And happy Odaiba day!! ✨✨ #digimon #デジモン
Digigirl Zine @ Vol.4 coming August 1st!@digigirlzine.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Digigirl Zine Vol.4 is here! Please take a refreshing dive into our free digital zine featuring over 100 artists on this hot Odaiba Day! 🌊🐚☀️ Link below 🔽
Jimothy - [Cryptid?] - Recently spotted scuttling in Seattle Washington. Jimothy is a mutant raccoon with a short spine! Recently hes been compared to the Squonk, but where the Squonks revel in lugubrious misery, Jimothy thrives in oblivious joy! 😚 - Full post: samkalensky.com/products/jim...
Today I am drawing a boat!!!! Also fluer the chicken was cute and photogenic as usual
He's credited by Japan's cultural historians as having personally saved enormous amounts of folklore from being completely lost, too. Hundreds of yokai legends are only known now because he collected them from remote communities that are themseles often gone.
Ruki@skiesofarcadia.bsky.social · 3mo agoArt by legendary mangaka Shigeru Mizuki
Wow this blew up, and a lot of people reposting don't even know that he's even more famous for creating Gegege no Kitaro, which is still kind of like the most "sacred" manga and anime series to Japan. The little eyeball is kitaro's father. He takes baths in teacups.
Jonathan Wojcik@bogleech.bsky.social · 3mo agoHe's credited by Japan's cultural historians as having personally saved enormous amounts of folklore from being completely lost, too. Hundreds of yokai legends are only known now because he collected them from remote communities that are themseles often gone.
AND available in 8 beautiful English language volumes! amzn.to/4yILsJy
Jonathan Wojcik@bogleech.bsky.social · 3mo agoWow this blew up, and a lot of people reposting don't even know that he's even more famous for creating Gegege no Kitaro, which is still kind of like the most "sacred" manga and anime series to Japan. The little eyeball is kitaro's father. He takes baths in teacups.
Experimenting with pixel art using a sketch of an OC named Bitzy (she’s an otter… or a mink) I’ll probably need to start again with a different sketch but either way it’s feels wild recognizing my character in the little squares.
Ryoko post coming at ya (totally not cause of any recent announcements or anything😉) #tenchimuyo #tenchigalaxy #fanart
Muglump - [fearsome critter] A toxic-creature with a perpetually swollen, lumpy face, webbed feet, and a spiked-club-like tail; Peripatetic jacks pondered the pests pustulous pug-face: perplexingly its poisonous presence polluted all ponds in its its proximity!! - samkalensky.com/products/mug...
The waning moon Traversing the hot water tap The sound of a key Wait, is that a frog in a bath? 🌖 🐸♨️ Check out today's #yokai from Chikuzen bakemono emaki on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...
Gensui | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
Greetings yokai lovers! Today I am happy to share the final illustration and writeup of Gensui with you. The poem at the bottom comes from t
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Whitewater Porcupine - [fearsome critter] - Once native to the beaches of New England they migrated upstream to the whitewater rapids, now they cause peril to rafters simply by getting in the way, taking delight in pricking inner-tubes with a loud POP! - samkalensky.com/products/whi...
with how things are going today i felt like it might be fun to draw a jolly roger sticker/flag. its partially in response to today's bullshit (wip obviously, feel free to draw your own with your own slogan too if ya wanna, tag it: #NoAiJollyRogers)
Introducing the tanuki ball sack bag you never knew you needed until today ("his balls get bigger as you shop"). You're welcome.
Was too busy for Golden Week fun, but better late than never! ⚜️ Ryoko Hakubi, my 💛✨ *Full piece is available on Patreon, and paid members get bonuses like no WM, a nsfw variant, and PSD file!
