OK, this morning I am so sleepy (my sleepiness started yesterday evening in the car and has continued till this morning) and I am sitting here in a daze. All I can think about is fluffy covers and sheets and pillows and sleeeeeeeping!

But luckily, this morning Cgunit reminded me of someone that is rocking my sleepy socks off. This person is Japanese artist Hikari Shimoda. Her use of color is mesmerizing me like insane. The kids in her work are slightly creepy, slightly weird, but something about them fascinates me and I want to see more. MORE, I say!

I'd seen Mizuhara Kiko in ViVi magazine before... I'd always thought she was very pretty but didn't give it much thought because, well, all those girls are stunning, and usually fashion magazines photograph the models in such a way that they are secondary to whatever clothes/makeup/bags/shoes they are advertising. (Which of course makes sense.)

I discovered someone rather intensely amazing during my nightly Pinterest trolling. Her name is Morita Haruyo and she's a Japanese artist who does Ukiyo-e-looking ladies in a more modern way. Her paintings are exploding off the screen with vibrant color! I think it almost crashed my browser. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding good, large images or her work... her website is a bit hard to navigate. Oh, how I want to know more and see more of her work! >_<