
The 8th anniversary of eternally 16 virtual diva Hatsune Miku has been met with high acclaim from her devout legion of fans, as a surplus of illustrations have surfaced wishing the musical icon a happy birthday – and clearly demonstrating the extent of her ever growing popularity.
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The craze that is Kantai Collection has seen to the emergence of a ranking of the cutest kanmusu based on data from no less than Pixiv itself, with a certain breezy destroyer well ahead of the fleet as ever.
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Frozen snack Papico’s decision to outsource the design of their new “Papiko” mascot and her resultant packaging to the denizens of Pixiv seems to have paid off, with some very cool designs now in shops.
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Not content with canned, cartoned, iced and hot, Japan’s latest coffee innovation looks to be moe – top Japanese brand Yukiin is celebrating its 50th anniversary with, of all things, a series of Pixiv-designed “Yukico-tan” moe cartons, and some of the entries are certainly looking more tasteful than the liquid they purport to represent…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Apr 23, 2010 16:11 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Dating, Internet, Otaku, Pixiv, Plagiarism, Relationships, Sites, Stalkers

A guide detailing how to seduce girls using top Japanese artist community site Pixiv was recently published.
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Artists keen for pointers on how to draw that most indispensable of anime clothing articles, pantsu, might wish to examine artist Cauliflower’s Pixiv seminar on how best to draw them; naturally the guide might well be of interest to those who wish to learn about the finer points of pantsu creation (or indeed anyone who justs needs an excuse to scrutinise pantsu in fine detail).
A translation has been made available, as are all eight pages of the guide below…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Mar 13, 2010 04:30 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Artists, Comparison, Copyright, Dengeki, Image Gallery, Photoshop, Pixiv, Plagiarism

Award-winning illustrator Shirokitsune has been found guilty of first degree Simmonsing by 2ch’s Plagiarism Police.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: May 31, 2009 21:29 JST
- Tags: Artists, Cosplay, Guro, Idol, Illustration, Image Gallery, Internet, Pixiv, Shoko-tan


Console marketing tool and cosplay idol Shoko-tan has a well known penchant for art, and has just created a Pixiv profile and uploaded a selection of illustrations.
Rather surprisingly, in addition to standard shoujo style art covering her anime and game favourites, she has submitted a number of guro works featuring blood and grisly dismemberment; you can see the at times disturbing art she has uploaded so far below:
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More from the great master of PaperChild, 佐佐木雪之丞 / Yukinojou Sasaki, also check the original article for more information and art. This time it appears one of his pets reached the limits of her endurance whilst unable to go out in the recent heavy rains, and in an unrelated case a painful throat infection forced a rather awkward looking administration of a suppository.
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PaperChild is an interesting mini-genre of art recently becoming noticeable on the likes of Pixiv, with a number of artists contributing works so themed. The dominant theme is the witty juxtaposition of 2D and 3D, with a 2D illustration being cut out and placed into a photographed scene, usually with some charm or humour.
Here, I am set on introducing one of those artists, who in fact only deals with PaperChild (I’m sure he has plenty of other works to his credit, though) and whose works are original, skilful, very witty and pleasingly erotic (some rather explicit in fact).
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