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I Mix Classical Japanese Art With Internet Memes, Here’s My 15 Illustrations To Prove That
For the past few years, I’ve been transforming viral memes into classical Japanese woodblock prints — because someone had to. My latest is Huh Cat, reimagined as a Bakeneko loose in the Floating World of Edo-period Japan. He joins a collection of meme-based ukiyo-e pieces featuring everything from side-eyed Shibas to Geishas yelling at cats.
Check out the rest of my work on this project on my Instagram down below.
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"Woman Yelling At Cat" In Ukiyo-E Style
I can actually hear this one, like a bad lip-sync'd "chop socky" movie...
"Doge" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Black Cat Zoning Out In The Mirror" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Is This A Pigeon?" In Ukiyo-E Style
"I must appreciate the delicate beauty and poetry of nature before I go to disembowel my Lord's enemies!"
"Longcat" In Ukiyo-E Style
"This Is Fine" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Longcat" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Distracted Boyfriend" In Ukiyo-E Style
"When The Sun Hits" In Ukiyo-E Style
"I Can't, There's A Cat On My Kimono" In Ukiyo-E Style
Bonus points for Lucky Cat in the background! And that fox (?) fur is gorgeous! (Also - just noticed Doge-san on the left... And is that the two-piece 'Woman Yelling At Cat' above Lucky Cat? But that Switch is a definite anachronism!)
"Huh Cat" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Well Now I Am Not Doing It" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Megusta And Derpy Girl" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Gaming By Moonlight" In Ukiyo-E Style
"Noooooo!" In Ukiyo-E Style
There's a guy who does the comic con circuit that does Ukiyo-styled art of Star Wars, Marvel, video games, etc. He's really, really good. He's extremely popular and his shop is only open for select time frames, but he usually has a booth at all the major comic cons: https://ukiyoeheroes.com/
There's a guy who does the comic con circuit that does Ukiyo-styled art of Star Wars, Marvel, video games, etc. He's really, really good. He's extremely popular and his shop is only open for select time frames, but he usually has a booth at all the major comic cons: https://ukiyoeheroes.com/