2 channel "painter" brings life into real image

Japan's largest internet community hub is the "2 channel." It's a compilation of thousands of "threads" (or, message boards) where people communicate on anything and everything. It's THE mecca of Japanese internet surfers.

And in this 2channel, a strange phenomenon sometimes brings thousands together to witness the mighty work of a "painter".

Someone would upload an image file onto the thread, and out of nowhere, this "painter" comes out with his artistic work of that same image. Of course, the "painter" does not (and cannot) respond to individual requests. He just happens to come out of the blue.

No one knows the whereabouts or who this "painter" is. But two things are for sure.

1. He (or she) doesn't get paid or receives any form of reimbursement for his work, and

2. He's pretty damn, godawfully good at what he does.

Here, just to introduce a few...































At times, the "painter" adds a bit more creativiry, and in others,...











he'll be inspired by the content (in this case, a bottle of coke) in the image and adds a touch of humor (the painting is "Nezumi Otoko", a character from the popular anime, "Gegege-no-Kitaro").


>Complete list of the works of the "painter"
(*WARNING: some paintings are adult-related. NSFW/NSFU18)