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DESIGN, GRAPHICS & COOL SH*T

CoLab
Duster 132 - Parisian street artist and Terratag CoLab operative. Illustrator par excellence!
Machine 56 - Vector specialist and Terratag CoLab artist… This guy ROCKS!
tokyoplastic - Vector scientists perpetually sharpening the cutting edge ... And, Terratag CoLab operatives.
Nancynismo - Comic book artist, Sci-Fi obsessive, Robot designer... And now, on board the Terratag CoLab project.
Blogs + Zines
Simian Design - An excellent and very broad ranging blog on design.
Pandayoghurt - Excellent design blog. Very little text - just design.
FLY LYF - / Style / Tech / Design / Flicks / Random /
Hide Your Arms - Simply, a blog about hoodies & t-shirts.
T-Shirts Around the Internet - A very comprehensive blog on T-Shirt design.
Rift Trooper - If it's cool it's at Rift Trooper.
DepthCORE - An international art collective focused on modern and abstract art, design, photography, animation and audio.
Being Hunted - Art, design, fashion.... For you to know.
Beautiful/Decay - Art and design publication showcasing emerging and established contemporary artists.
Monster Brains - Everything you ever wanted to know about monsters - From films to religion, pop culture to folklore.
Universal Everything - Confusing site but worth the effort. Art, design, animation… Pretty much everything.
Ping Mag - PingMag is an online design magazine based in Tokyo. PingMag is about ideas and inspiration.
NOTCOT - A visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusements.
Josh Rubin - Stuff from the intersection of design, culture and technology.
The Cool Hunter - Roaming the UK & the globe.... So you're in the know.
Cool Hunting - Architecture, design, art, film, exhibitions.... Another great resource site.
Groove Effect - Style, music and events.
Sci-Fi-O-Rama - Science Fiction / Fantasy / Art / design / Illustration
Wrong Side of the Art - Horror, sci-fi, exploitation, cult, trash and B-movie posters.
Breakers Revenge - Gear, Cars, Style, figures, Games + everything else
Book Scans Database - As the name suggest - Thousands of scans of book covers going back decades.
Design + Illustration
Chester Ocampo - Very Hot fantasy illustration.
Milk - Tasty artwork from MILK... Sublime.
Johnny Hardstaff - An English designer of exceptional pedigree.
Deseo - Pin up, anime, graffiti, art novau, fashion, "low brow" art, and fine art are sources of his inspiration.
Jasper Goodall - The guy's a f**king star. I love his work...
Jason Thielke - Awesome line work by this American artist.
Tin - Very slick illustration
Joao Ruas - Simply amazing artwork... Super skills.
Mark Sarmel - Hot work from this American graphic illustrator.
Tomer Hanuka - Tomer Hanuka is an illustrator and a cartoonist based in New York City.
Tropical Toxic - Asaf and Tomer Hanuka's Liquid Desktop.
Martine Johanna - Beautiful and sensual work.
Vania Zouravliov - Amazing artwork from this Russian Illustrator.
Mode 2 - Reality, Fantasy, and The Web - amazing work from living legend Mode 2
Theo Gennitsakis - So much great illustration work by Theo on this site.
Sriwhipple - Dali-Esque - Organic, sensual forms.
John Ryan Solis - Interesting and mildly strange. Real good shit.
Luke Lucas - Great typographic work from this Australian designer.
Tim Hon Hung Lee - Black and White illustrations - Traditional Asian art & Manga styles. Slick!
Ferrik Art - Uber Quality Illustrations - Graphic Tablet Maestro
James Roper - Amazing paintings - Intelligent and beautiful.
Gianluca Mattia - Sexy and strange artwork from this superb Italian illustrator.
Kim Simonsson - Strange and wonderful sculptors in a fucked up manga style.
Tyson McAdoo - Hot work - Think sexy 50's comic with a 21st Century twist.
Fernando Vicente - photo illustration inspired by 50's pin-up and classic men's mags.
Tokyo Candies - Cute Japanese fat ladies by Italian Illustrator Rubens Cantuni.
Serge Birault - Fantastic work from this French artist
Kozydan - They live indoors and don't paint on walls. The couple also moonlights as freelance illustrators.
Autumn Whitehurst - Illustrator of a high pedigree - Art Deco chic with contemporary fashion twist.
Carlos Garde-Martin - the site of Freelance Illustrator Carlos Garde-Martin. Enjoy yourself and have fun!
The Stuntkid - Fantastic illustration by stuntkid.
Feric - Born and raised in Taiwan, Eric Feng who is also known as Feric is a creative artist, & designer.
Faceamkr - Ever wanted an illustration of your face? Check out FACEMAKR
L'angle B - Bengal's official website. French (I think) designer & comicker.
123 Klan - French duo known only as Scien and Klor - Together, they founded 123klan in 1992.
Studio Tanuki - Another French studio with a fantastic take on manga art. Superb!
Gabz - ... Oh, he’s goooooooood.
Imaginary Friends - Much more than a concept art, comics and illustration studio - “By-artists-for-artists”
Kunkka - Check out the amazing illustrations of legendary game designer, Kendrick “Kunkka” Lim
Lisa Alisa - She is known for provocative graphic images of young women that bear a strong self-portrait resemblance.
Sex in Art - The title is pretty much self explanatory : Because we dig art and we dig sex.
Sexy Art Gallery - Encompassing Fine art, Pop Surrealism, Fetishism, Erotica, Fantasy, Gothic art, Pin-up, Glamour, Street art & Kitsch.
Igor Kendenkov - Very tasty graphic illustration work.
B-9 - Illustrations, mostly of girls, in a manga stylee.
Photography + Film
Pleix - Pleix is a virtual community of digital artists based in Paris. 3D artists, musicians, graphic designers.
Pleix BLOG - Art Installations / Commercials / Miscellaneous / Personal Projects / Prints
Bruno Dayan - Fashion on a sexy tip... Hot Hot Hot!
Bernard Bertrand - Fashion photographer has a lot of great work on his site.
Monika Robl - Slick beauty and fashion photography.
Antonella Arismendi/ - Cool Fashion Photography.
Razooma - Original and stunning photography by Andrey Razoomovsky.
Abandoned Places - Old buildings, abandoned hospitals, industrial palaces - All beautifully photographed.
Superlover - Great photo manipulation by Australian illustrator Justin M. Maller.
Tumblr - just another one of the many sexy tumblr sites out there.
Toys & Technology
Breakers Revenge - Gear, Cars, Style, figures, Games + everything else.
TOYSREVIL'S I Like Toys - A blog about TOYS.
Brickfrenzy - Created in August of 2000, Brickfrenzy publishes the Lego creations of Adrian Drake. Lego masterpieces.
GIZOR.IT - A tribute to mecha design and drawing, japanese mangas and animation.
Geekologie - A geek blog dedicated to the scientific study of Gadgets, Gizmos amd Awesome.
Listverse - Lists that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser-known trivia.
Lunartik - Seriously cool designer of toys, graphics and websites.
io9 - Strung out on Science Fiction. Breaking news and weekly top stories.
Android World - A site devoted to androids - robots that looks like a humans.
Looking Glass News - Taking a Closer Look at the Stories Ignored by the Corporate Media.
AlphA - BIG MECH - Techno musician, 3-D modeller and Mech designer from the US of A.
Fake Pilot - Amazing animation - CG and web.

COOL JAPANESE SH*T

Art, Culture & Eye Candy
ELECROTNIK - Tokyo creative duo - Producers of some of Japan's finest music videos and friends of Terratag.
IKOI SHOP - Super cool shop / gallery space. Japanese artists - Amsterdam shop.
Tenmyouya Hisashi - One of my all time favourite artists, Tenmyouya's Japanese Spirit.
Hakuchi - Intense work by Japanese Illustrator Hakuchi.
HIFANA - Japanese Scratch DJ's and Producers.... Second to none.
Yoshimitsu Umekawa - Met this guy in Tokyo. Seriously talented photographer.
Kazuki Takamatsu - Insane gouache paintings.
Robot Japan - Robot Toy Pictures, News and Fresh Reviews - Robot toy Encyclopedia.
Pink Tentacle - Weird and wonderful news stories from Japan.
Tokyo Mango - Everything you ever wanted to know about the birth of Godzilla, Gundam and Panty Vending Machines.
Maniackers - Graphic designers - Top quality logos, fonts and characters.
Aya Kato - Detailed illustrations of people and scenery. Traditional oriental treatment of subject matter, but with a contemporary feel.
Audrey Kawasaki - Her work is both innocent and erotic. Each subject is attractive yet disturbing.
Junko Mizano - Japanese Manga artist... I love her.
Yan Wei - Hailing from Beijing, this artist works with a strong influence from Manga.
Toshiki Takayama - Another seriously cool Japanese manga artist.
Yumiko Kayukawa - Candy-bright pop paintings of fashionable young women, animals, and traditional Japanese motifs.
Piromi - Super funky Japanese graphic design.
Team Osaka - The Robo Cup. Plans to build a team of robots to take on human world cup champions... By 2050.
Nori Tomizaki - Enter the disturbing, gothic, punk world of dolls.
Harajuku Lovers - The title says it all… A site dedicated to the pulsing heart of fashion in Japan.
Pallalink - Superb Japanese photographer and image manipulator.
Scanlover - Lots of very cute Japanese girls.
Cosplay Angels - If you think Cosplay is overweight guys in cat ears, let this site show you otherwise.
Engrish - The Japanese use/misuse of English. Gauranteed to make you cry with laughter.
Hanzi Smatter - Dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters (Hanzi or Kanji) in Western culture.
freedict.com - English/Japanese translation website. I use it all the time.
Anime & Manga
Otaku News - Otaku News - anime, manga, cool technology and other things of interest to the modern Otaku. Read Terratag interview.
animetion.co.uk - Anime News, Reviews and Features.
Arte-TV - mangarte - French Manga site. Includes translation on manga comics (obviously in French).
animeart.org.uk - Fan site for all your fans of anime and budding manga artists.
anime.org.uk - UK based site that will keep up to date with what is going down in the world of manga and anime.
Stuff to buy
Manga Entertainment - UK site of the company that brought you Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Naruto and Bleach.
Afro Samurai - Afro Samurai is the coolest, the hippest, the bloodiest film to come out of Japan.
Gundam Mad - Importer of kits, action figures, DVD's and anything else to do with GUNDAM.
Mech-A - UK store importing Gundam, Evangelion, Macross, Astro Boy, Medicom Kubricks, Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell collectibles.
Tokyo Toys - UK Based e-store, Anime Toys Retail & Wholesale.
Product HK - Hong Kong based e-gallery selling exclusive designs and limited editions.
Ningyoushi - Cool toys and merchandise from Japan as well as an eclectic selection of artist toys.
Kamika-Z - Online Anime Toy Store.
Hobby link Japan - The world's finest hobby kits and toys, direct from Japan.
J- Box - A very good site for all things cool and Japanese.