Left page: Soft Matryoshka projectAll images courtesy of Soju Tanaka

Soju Tanaka is a Japanese artist and illustrator working between theUK and Japan. Tanaka’s purpose is making people laugh andhappy by his cute works and creations. He likes drawing weirdcreatures and making little queerness with them, and he really triesto do it in every medium.

Soju Tanaka es un artista e ilustrador japonés que trabaja entre el Reino Unidoy Japón. El propósito de Tanaka es hacer sonerir a la gente con sus obras. Legusta dibujar y crear sus criaturas extrañas en todo tipo de medios.

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SojuTanaka

On these pages:Soft MatryoshkaProject inspired in the food chain

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On these pages:Soft MatryoshkaProject inspired in the food chain

All images courtesy of Kika

Kika is an illustrator, designer, scenarist, and street art painter basedin Los Angeles. Kika creates designs and illustrations for differentbrands and magazines. She also is the creative behind theAquapods characters. In 2008 the Aquapods plushes productionwas sold in wordwide shops.

Kika es una ilustradora, diseñadora, guionista y artista de street art con sede enLos Ángeles. Kika crea diseños e ilustraciones para diferentes marcas y revistas.Ella también es la creadora de todos los personajes Aquapod. En 2008, laproducción de peluches Aquapod se empezó a vender en tiendas a nivel mundial.

www.aboutkika.net

AboutKika

Left page:Galo Gallery.TurinAll images courtesy of Maoma.

Maomaland is an imaginary world, based on soft sculptures,installations and drawings. It combines art and craft, using mostlytextile materials, and mixing geometrical shapes with the cutenessof characters. Maoma was born in Amsterdam, in 2004. Createdand developed by Giulia Laura and Rocco Pezzella, it has beenexhibited internationally, in cities such as Berlin, Rotterdam,Brussels, Cologne, Los Angeles, Torino and Barcelona. Each pieceof artwork is a lesson learned. It's all about the process and the nextstep to achieving the result. This makes the finished artwork muchmore than an accomplishment. Maoma always learns throughdoing it.

Maomaland es un mundo imaginario, basado en las esculturas blandas,instalaciones y dibujos. Se combina el arte y la artesanía, en su mayoría conmateriales textiles, mezclando formas geométricas con la ternura de lospersonajes. Maoma nació en Amsterdam, en 2004. Creado y desarrollado porGiulia Laura y Rocco Pezzella, se ha expuesto a nivel internacional, en ciudadescomo Berlín, Rotterdam, Bruselas, Colonia, Los Ángeles, Turín y Barcelona.Para Maoma cada obra de arte es una lección aprendida.

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Left page:Top imageGalo Gallery.TurinOn the bottomLadies First. Amsterdam

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