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Ukiyo-e Heroes: Donkey Kong Visits 17th-Century Japan
Mario racing a rickshaw, Kirby wielding a katana, and Donkey Kong bounding past cherry blossoms. In his fantastical Ukiyo-e Heroes series, 29-year-old illustrator Jed Henry reimagines classic video game characters in the style, setting, and medium of traditional Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). Growing up in Indiana in the 1980s, Henry learned to draw by copying the art in his video game manuals. It was an exciting time to be a gamer, as companies like Nintendo and Sega raced to create the best systems and graphics. A decade later, with a degree in animation and living in Utah, the illustrator and children’s book author is working with Canadian (by way of Tokyo) printmaking master Dave Bull to to create fine art prints of his characters. With the help of a Kickstarter campaign — Henry raised $290,000 more than his original goal — his illustrations are celebrating Japan’s vibrant pop culture, both then and now. We talked to him about his craft.
How do you choose which video games to feature?
I’m a big retro gamer. I played a lot of games as a kid, and my heart is really stuck on those games — a lot of Nintendo, Konami, and Capcom titles. So, that’s how I choose, it’s just my favorites from when I was a kid.
light one and press play
roll a hunnit spliffs and press play
i appreciate all the love each one of you all has shown me and music, means alot, much love family.. more music o.t.w.
MARRIED couple : finally pose for their wedding photos - 88 YEARS later.
Wu Sognshi, 103, and her husband Wu Conghan, 101, married in 1924 and have been together for almost nine decades.
Cameras were almost unknown in China when they got married, but their new keepsakes are something they have dreamed of having ever since.
Their wish came true after a local photo company offered to help the pair from Nanchong, Sichuan province pose for wedding album shots.
The happy couple dressed in full wedding finery for the snaps - with the blushing bride in a full-length gown and veil - before they looked at their mementoes on a laptiop.
The gesture came as part of an initiative in the city that has seen photographers volunteer to help elderly couples obtain wedding photographs they missed originally.
(via epic-humor)
| Dad: | Why are your eyes so red, son? |
| Son: | I smoked weed, dad |
| Dad: | Don't lie to me, you were crying because you are a faggot |
