This Week's Featured artist is: Hakubaikou
Alright, since none of the LOCAL artists have stepped up in an attempt to grab some fame, I have decided this week to do a tribute to an artist that was recommended to me. Instead, this week I'm doing a person MUCH bigger than me.
Unfortunately, HakuBaikou died in a car accident and won’t be producing any new artworks. Sad, I know.
During life, she was a pionieer in the fanart community, running a successful website, and hosting several contests
Anyway, I’m here to discuss what she painted, not turn this into a crying post.
HakuBaikou painted a lot of realistic stuff, such as alternate character interpretations, landscapes, and a lot of pictures of ancient Japan (remember back when Japan was cool?)
However, she is not limited to ancient Japan, as illustrated here…
This picture shows a more western style fantasy
Oh yeah, I know a person who will skewer me alive if I don’t feature any Rurouni Kenshin pictures…
I like this one because it’s kinda creepy. Would NOT want that to be the first thing I see when I wake up…
I like this one because it makes Saitou look like a badass WHILE wearing his Shinsengumi uniform. I thought the thing looked pretty silly during the actual show, so Haku makes a major improvement.
This one caught my eye mainly because of the Matt Groening Kenshin. I LOVE it when people take a series and redraw it in Matt Groening fashion.
Anyway, leaving the Rurouni Kenshin stuff, she did some art representing some other series too…
I really like this shot of Wolverine. I don’t know why. It looks better than the pictures Marvel uses in their official books.
How to end this one…. I KNOW!
Steam punk hello kitty is coming to get you!
I really like a lot of the work she did, particularly because I enjoy seeing alternate styles applied to classical characters. Now then, I hope next weeks challenger manages to be just as exiting, hehehe
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