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black & white illustrations from ningbo creative “eonway” ///
Ningbo-based illustrator Eonway (应永会) recently caught our attention with his black and white hand drawings. They all tell a story incorporating something about Chinese traditional culture and are quite visually compelling – who knew one could do so much with just black and white.
Eonway told us (and wants NeochaEDGE readers to know), “Traditional [...]
harbin-based illustrator mamumu’s “ms. flower-eyes” portraits ///
We stumbled upon Harbin-based Neocha.com-user MaMUMU’s “Ms. Flower-eye” portraits and were impressed, especially by the girlish sensibilities the pieces conveyed.
While the portraits are really just simple sketches with bland colors – they are unique, and that’s what really caught our attention. We haven’t seen anything like this before and that’s refreshing. Well done. [...]
visuals | “wardrobe girl,” by shanghai fotog zephyrance lou’s ///
tracks | attention band ///
happy chinese new year from sun haipeng & super baozi ///
I’m sure you all remember us writing about on Super Baozi not too long ago – you know, that bad-ass Chinese steamed bun who, with his mastery of nun-chucks and kung fu, beat the pants off the Japanese Sushi Roll? If you need a refresher, link here.
Well, to our delight, [...]
popil’s creates a “mr. pigeon” notebook for esquire ///
Our good friend Popil recently produced a very cool illustration for a notebook included with the 2009 December edition of Esquire magazine. Popil’s “Mr. Pigeon” dawns the cover of the notebook marching forward while sporting a stylish suit, a blue fedora, a trendy handbag, and dapper square-toe loafers – fashionable, confident, and gentlemanly, [...]
stencil | firexrd “go to the hills to fight as guerrillas” ///
Our friends, the Guangzhou-based designer / street art duo FIREXRD, recently did a six-meter-long stencil tucked away in the green hilly area above Xiatangxi Rd. If you are in Guangzhou, be sure to check it out.
For more from FIREXRD on NeochaEDGE, link here.
visuals | nini sum ///
For more from Nini Sum on NeochaEDGE, link here. /// CL
interview | p.k.14 & carsick cars talk w/ the new york times ///
In early November the New York Times did a piece on the Chinese indie music scene.
While on their first US tour, Chinese musicians Yang Haisong (杨海崧) of P.K.14 and Zhang Shouwang (张守望) of Carsick Cars stopped by The Times‘ studio to have a chat with Ben Sisario, [...]
visuals | suicide girl ///
For more from Joy Island on NeochaEDGE, link here. /// CL
