Nowadays, we carry some sort of photography equipment with us every day, and even the worst phone camera is way more advanced than the ones used in the 1900s. To revive those vintage black-and-white images, Sebastien de Oliveira has been colorizing them and giving them new appeal and interest.

If you ever feel like your plate doesn’t spark joy, and let’s be honest, it happens more often than we’d like to admit, you may wanna get yourself inspired by this Japanese food art. Also known as kyaraben, it features fun and super kawaii food assembled in elaborate styles and compositions.

Enjoy a selection of illustrations, sketches, model sheets and tutorials by various artists, collected by Character Design References™ and shown here for educational and inspirational purposes only. Please follow the links to discover all the names, websites, online stores and Patreon pages of the i