Raku Inoue will be a familiar name to many art enthusiasts. This Japanese artist has been long wowing social media users with his floral arrangements that depict animals and insects.
Recently, Inoue presented a new series of works in which he uses organic material to create portraits of pop culture characters. As part of the series, this talented artist created The Nightmare Before Christmas protagonist Jack Skellington out of twigs and acorns, Pokémon out of leaves, and Super Mario characters out of colorful flowers.
“They are characters that I came to love at a certain time of my life… whether it’s in movies, books, video games, or anything else,” Inoue shared about the series in a chat with Bored Panda.
Despite working with fragile and unforgiving materials, Inoue still manages to capture an impressive amount of detail in his works and make it easy for the viewers to recognize the characters.
This is particularly impressive when you know that this talented artist doesn’t use chemicals to preserve the “freshness” of the flowers and organic material he uses. Instead, he embraces their ephemeral nature and considers it a creative challenge.
Continue scrolling to see more of Inoue’s pop-cultural characters created out of organic material.
