Welcome to the Art Blossom Japan Gallery.
Here you can purchase the donated artworks of talented Manga/ Comic artists and Illustrators.
100% of proceeds go to British Red Cross: Japan Tsunami Appeal and IFAW Emergency Relief Aids helping fund those affected by the recent earthquake and Tsunami disaster in Japan.
Cherish - Chie Kutsuwada
Japanese traditional water colour painting on thick water colour paper
A4 210mm × 297mm
£25.00
Chie Kutsuwada, born and raised in Japan. After graduating from Royal College of Art, is now based in London as a professional manga artist. She attends regular manga-related events and runs manga workshops at various institutions around UK such as British Libraries and Victoria & Albert Museum. She usually creates story as well as illustrations like King of a Miniature Garden (2007), her first manga “Moonlight” (2008) was shortlisted in Manga Jiman competition organized by UK Japan Embassy. She also works with story writers, such as 'As You Like It' (2008 SelfMadeHero, London) by Shakespeare and 'Hagakure' by T Yamamoto (adopted by Sean Michael Wilson, 2010 Kodansha International, Tokyo)
Chie is a London, UK based Manga Artist WebsiteSurvivor - Inko
Artists pencils, brush pens
A5 148mm×210mm
£15
Inko is an UK based manga artist, she was born in Kyoto, Japan. After Graduated Kyoto University of Art & Design, she moved to England and studied at Central Saint Martin's college of Art & Design. Her manga appears on "Manga Cupcakes" (ITCH Anthology) "MangaQuake" (FutureQuake Press), "Howl!" (Milk The Cat Comix), and more manga anthology comics. Japan Tsunami appeal comic anthology "Spirit of Hope" with Comic Book Alliance is coming soon.
Inko is a Brighton, UK based manga artist WebsiteLe Mime: Save our Sushi! – Zarina
Limited Edition A4 Art Print
Signed and numbered run of 5
A4 (strip is centred on A4 print) 210mmx297mm
£5 each (5 prints available)
Zarina Liew is a London based freelance fashion illustrator and award-winning manga artist. She has illustrated for BLOW Magazine, The Clothes Whisperer, Beautiful Soul, Amelia’s Magazine and BBC Worldwide. Her comic work includes the Manga Jiman 2009 2nd place awarded The Sun and the Moon, popular web comic Le Mime and self-published The Art of Sleep series. She also teaches and talks about manga drawing at various events throughout the UK.
Zarina Liew is a London, UK based Manga Artist/ Illustrator WebsiteBook and Prints bumper pack! - Sonia Leong
1 x A4 signed print Chibi Kimono, 210mm x 297mm
1 x signed Once Upon a Time manga book, 160pgs
9 x A5 prints of colourful manga characters, 148mm x 210mm
(2 x packs available)
£18 (normal retail value £27)
A member of Sweatdrop Studios, Sonia first rose to fame with the 2005 Tokyopop Rising Stars of Manga (UK & Ireland) competition. Her popular Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (SelfMadeHero) has had numerous global editions. Her work appears in DOMO: The Manga (Tokyopop), the Eisner Award-winning Comic Book Tattoo (Image Comics) and the I, Hero adventure series (Hachettes/Franklin-Watts). She's geekily proud of her art being shown on The I.T. Crowd (Channel 4).
Sonia Leong is a Cambridge, UK based manga artist WebsiteTogether - Chie Kutsuwada
Art paper print limited to 5 pieces, signed and numbered
(5 available)
A4 210mm × 297mm
£10.00
Chie Kutsuwada, born and raised in Japan. After graduating from Royal College of Art, is now based in London as a professional manga artist. She attends regular manga-related events and runs manga workshops at various institutions around UK such as British Libraries and Victoria & Albert Museum. She usually creates story as well as illustrations like King of a Miniature Garden (2007), her first manga “Moonlight” (2008) was shortlisted in Manga Jiman competition organized by UK Japan Embassy. She also works with story writers, such as 'As You Like It' (2008 SelfMadeHero, London) by Shakespeare and 'Hagakure' by T Yamamoto (adopted by Sean Michael Wilson, 2010 Kodansha International, Tokyo)
Chie is a London, UK based Manga Artist WebsiteForever with you - Cazzie
Exclusive prints 280gsm (5 available)
A6 105mm × 148mm
£5.00 each
Cazzie is a UK based artist residing in a little town called Dereham in Norfolk. Preferring to use digital techniques, she usually creates using paint tool sai’s software program. Her artwork is inspired by many great manga-ka’s , such as Masashi Kishimoto and Atsushi Ohkubo but at the same time producing her own unique style.
Cazzie is a Dereham, UK based Artist WebsiteSakura - Inko
Artists pencils, brush pens
A5 148mm×210mm
£15
Inko is an UK based manga artist, she was born in Kyoto, Japan. After Graduated Kyoto University of Art & Design, she moved to England and studied at Central Saint Martin's college of Art & Design. Her manga appears on "Manga Cupcakes" (ITCH Anthology) "MangaQuake" (FutureQuake Press), "Howl!" (Milk The Cat Comix), and more manga anthology comics. Japan Tsunami appeal comic anthology "Spirit of Hope" with Comic Book Alliance is coming soon.
Inko is a Brighton, UK based manga artist WebsiteManga-ka - Tom Pearce
Exclusive signed/ numbered limited edition prints (5 available)
134mm×134mm
£10 each
Tom studied design and illustration at Camberwell College of Arts and has exhibited pictures in various venues in London and Brussels. His artwork explores the feelings and views which can be found in a city environment. He gets lots of inspiration from anime, woodblock prints and manga, and his favourite mangaka is Jiro Taniguchi.
Tom Pearce is a London, UK based Illustrator WebsiteBlossom And Crane by Van Nim
Exclusive signed/ numbered limited edition prints (5 available)
A3 297mm × 420mm
£10 each
Van is a designer and illustrator with a background in publishing. She creates mini comics and her illustrations have appeared in Publish You and New British Comics #3
Van Nim is a London, UK based Comic artist/ Illustrator Website







