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The Road Untraveled: These Artists Prove That It’s Never Too Late to Chase Your Dreams
It may be clicheÌ to say that as Asian Americans, we’re often pressured to forgo our more artistic or creative passions for a stable career path. And yet […]
Chinese Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Creates Stairway to Heaven Fireworks
A recent video of a fireworks display has gone viral. The stunning 80-second art installation, a towering ladder made of fireworks, reached 1,650 feet (500 meters) into the sky. […]
Koreans Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Panels
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest and most wonderful gathering of comic book and pop culture enthusiasts from around the world, is in […]
Talented Snapchat User Takes Snapchat Art To Another Level
When I think of Snapchat, I think of my friends and I sending each other unattractive selfies, pictures of cute babies, envy-worthy vacations shots and, of course, food. Basically, […]
Japanese Students Create Unbelievable Chalkboard Art
As a child, I always preferred classrooms that used a whiteboard and dry erase markers instead of a chalkboard. Not only did the chalk dust upset my asthma, […]
Ice Cream Art Just in Time for Summer
Story by Amber Chen Defying the manners that have been drilled into the minds of many young children, Japanese artist Makoto Asano plays with his food, creating humorous works […]
Meet Andy Park, Marvel’s Lead Character Concept Artist
Story by Paul Nakayama It’s a warm spring day on the Disney Studio lot. I’d made the mistake of wearing a sport coat to the Avengers: Age of Ultron […]
Japanese Artist Creates Unbelievably Detailed Balloon Animals
I don’t know about you, but when I think of a balloon animal, I usually imagine a really simple balloon dog. Well, you’re going to look at balloon […]
Korean Artist Illustrates What True Love Looks Like
After the countless romantic comedies, television dramas and princess fairytales, we all developed our own concept of what love should be. But can such a thing truly be defined? For Korean […]
Meet the Team Behind EXP: “I’m Making a Boy Band”
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Columbia University student Bora Kim riled up the K-pop world about a month ago when word of her MFA thesis project–a non-Korean […]
Actor Ha Jung-woo Taps Into His Artistic Side
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Before Ha Jung-woo became one of South Korea’s most recognizable actors after starring in such blockbuster films as The Chaser, The Yellow Sea and Nameless […]
Talented Artist Draws Disney Princesses in Korean Hanboks
Back in 2014, we showed you the talented work of Korean artist and illustrator Na Young Wu, who goes by the handle Obsidian (@obsidian00) on Twitter. More specifically, we were taken by […]
JooYoung Choi’s ‘Cosmic Womb’ Delves into Issues of Adoption, Race and Identity
Above image: “The Sacrifice of Putt Putt,” by JooYoung Choi by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com When JooYoung Choi was growing up in an adopted American family, she was […]
Columbia Grad Student Creates K-pop Boy Band ‘EXP’ for Thesis Project
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com When fans of K-pop boy group EXO recently heard about a non-Korean boy band debuting in Korea as “EXP,” they weren’t having it. […]
