Awesome Alt Art

#23: This luscious ink Howl’s Moving Castle art by Nozoki Davis.

#36: Pallid’s perfectly balanced illustration of Death the Kid, his weapon partners Liz and Patty, and the world of Soul Eater.

Canadian Tumblr artist Kurot put together this lovely little tribute to the manga Tegami Bachi.

The creator of the above, Tumblr artist Arkeis, captions this piece with: “Chandelure shows that even ghosts have heart.”

Aww.

It’s Video Game Tuesday!

I LOVE the vibrant tesselating details in this Suikoden art by Carli Squitieri! It’s all so mesmerizing.

I have only seen the brilliant anime Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, not read the manga, but from what I’ve heard about it, the above art by Robert Porter better represents the manga’s characterization of the Major.

Watercolour really is the only art style that captures the mistily mythical Ponyo. Above, French artist SylphielMetallium rises to the occasion.

It’s Anime Friday!

German artist Athena-chan switches up the art style but stays true to the distinct personalities of Death Note’s three main characters.

Natsume’s Book of Friends (or Natsume Yuujinchou in Japanese) is yet another manga/anime series about a school-age protagonist with connections to the spirit world. Above, artist J-b0x has portrayed the wistful, sometimes difficult journey of Takashi.

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Loving the lightning blue action Christie Tseng packed into this FMA art depicting Ed and Lin Yao battling Envy.

No matter how accomplished some kunoichi get, they still sometimes end up in girly catfights with their best friend.

French artist Sbel02 put together this fab scene featuring Sakura and Ino from the Naruto series.

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How cool are Juan Andres Saavedra’s windows??? Also, I’m loving the Scott Pilgrim-esque version of Maka from Soul Eater.

Shel-Yang from China painted this nostalgic, summery watercolour of a young, innocent Sasuke from Naruto.

Just in case you didn’t get enough Pokémon art from me last week, here’s another installment of Gavin Mackey’s disturbingly realistic revamps, this time of Ninetails and Umbreon.

It’s Anime Friday!

Know what every Friday needs? One Piece fan art by MastaHicks. Awwwwww yeaaaaah.