MikaMonster

Description: Long ago, I had a japanese hand cream with a design of a polar bear enjoying dango. I could never find it again, so I used it as inspiration for my own artwork. If a polar bear attended a festival, don't you think he would go for the grilled squid first?

Description: A goddess of sushi, with a japanese inspired sea background. The color of her eyeshadow is reminiscent of wasabi, her necklace is made of nori, and her lipstick matches the salmon roe on her earrings.

Description: An entire poem of words woven into a rope and holding a woman hostage, this picture is a commentary on how you can be too stuck in your own thoughts.

Description: A girl adorned in shabu shabu ingredients, including marigold leaves, thinly sliced beef, carrot, tofu, cabbage, enoki mushroom, and even a clay pot lid hat!

Description: Our lovely vagabond is showing off her souvenirs! Can you guess all the countries she's visited by looking at her loot?

Description: Betta fish kind of look like flowers, do they not? In the most ambitious clash between land and sea since Surf and Turf, I give you Fish and Flower! Admire all the pretty flower boys.

Description: If you live in the American South, you know that alligators can show up where you least expect, especially if water is about. My mother told me that Alligators are Everywhere the first time we went to Florida, and it stuck even after we moved to the south. So I decided that an alligator very well might wind up in your bathtub and steal your favorite rubber duck. He named it George.

Description: Tonkotsu ramen can be the most satisfying dish, especially if done traditionally with chashu, narutomaki, bean sprout, marinated ramen egg, beni shoga, and nori. You can't forget that rich creamy ramen broth! An artwork focused on movement while displaying all the richness and flavor in a traditional bowl.

Description: Inspired by the fascinating concept of one food being enjoyed in different ways for different seasons, and celebrating the diversity of asian street food.

Description: A commentary on the ever fluctuating focus of those overly involved in politics.

Description: Inspired by dancing squid bowls, or Katsu Ika Odori-don, and squid ink pasta. It's the ultimate fusion between Japanese Food and Italian Food.