Artist - Patrick Nagel

My first interaction with Nagel's art, came from the cover for the album 'Rio' by Duran Duran.

This artist has a very distinctive art-style that at a glace, you would attribute it (correctly) to the 80s. Personally, I enjoy more detailed artwork yet, Nagel's pieces are very beautiful and somehow minimalistic while still retaining so many details. I will post only what I enjoy or deem enough safe for work here. 

Now, this might only be my pattern recognition at work, but I've to say: I feel like Hirohiko Araki—the creator of the JoJo series—drew inspiration for his Lisa Lisa character from the 'Nagel Women' series of artworks. There are no actual evidence to support this theory of mine, just a little thing I concocted.

Lisa Lisa - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency.

Links:

• Muddy Colors - Artist of the Month: Patrick Nagel
• Wikipedia - Rio by Duran Duran
• Wikipedia - Hirohiko Araki
• JoJo Wiki - Lisa Lisa
• Wikipedia - The Nagel woman

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HS Kimon's Welcome Party

 The latest addition to the Hellenic navy.

HS Kimon is a multipurpose FDI (Defense and Intervention Frigate). This French-made vessel—named after a famed Athenian general who fought the Persian Empire during the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC— is the new flagship of Greece's navy. 

I don't follow the news that closely however, when I saw how the Hellenic navy welcomed the Kimon; by sailing two of their most iconic ships side by side, creating one of the best naval images in recent history, I had to post about it. Enter Olympias a restored trireme (also commissioned by the navy):

Secondly, the Italian-built armored cruiser/battlecruiser from 1910 (now a museum ship), Georgios Averof:

Now, enjoy the trio that spans more than two millennia:

Links:

• Wikipedia - Kimon-class frigate
• The National Interest - Greece’s Navy Just Got Its Newest Flagship
• Wikipedia - Trireme
• Wikipedia - Greek cruiser Georgios Averof
• YouTube - Φρεγάτα Belh@rra «Κίμων» | Νέα εποχή ισχύος για το Πολεμικό Ναυτικό και τις Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις
• Tovima - Greece Welcomes Advanced Frigate “Kimon” to Its Navy
• Twitter - @kerutya

American Classics, turned Itasha

 The result of liking American cars and Japanese Anime.

The title is pretty self-explanatory, Itasha; is two Japanese words, Ita- as in 'pain' and -sha for 'car'. So, even the Japanese know that these Anime-themed cars are pain or even sacrilege, to differing degrees. I (unsurprisingly) enjoy them. They can be tasteful, and they can be an eyesore. In this post I'll share some of the rarer ones —combining classic American cars with Anime wraps— specifying both the name of the character and or (media depicted) in addition to the car's make and model.

• 1972 Ford Mustang - Ikuno Dictus (Umamusume)

• 1976 Ford Pinto - Mint Fantôme (Virtual YouTuber)

Cute wrap!

• 1963 AMC Rambler 770 - Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

• 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Townsman station wagon  - Kayoko (Blue Archive)

• 2003-2008 Lincoln Town Car - Mayu Sakuma and Yukimi Sajo (The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls)

• 1954 Ford F100 - Lily (Vocaloid)

Honorable mention:

• 1968 Plymouth Barracuda - Unknown.

I can understand how these cars can be cringeworthy or even painful to look at, but I don't hate them. I enjoy the concept of Itasha in general however, when I saw these classic American cars with Anime wraps, something clicked. They are quite rare; as I couldn't find many vehicles with these sets of criteria. 

Links:

• Wikipedia - Itasha
• Twitter - @waifusquadvinyl
• Twitter - @mintopinto76
• Reddit - More Itasha from Anime North
• Twitter - @RolledMochocho2
• Facebook - Konksy Works's Post
• みんカラ - carview!