Heta Uma

I've just stumbled across this wonderful term! Heta-uma is "unskilled-skilled" or "bad but good", largely used to describe a pre-Punk Japanese style of graphic design that sprung up in the 70s. Yumura Teruhiko is largely credited for it - or at least coining the phrase. 

There's an outsider artist feel to it, very charming but a little idiosyncratic! I particularly like the colours + the text style. I've noticed it's having a resurgence in some Asian illustration, and is also being mixed into other mediums apart from drawing - like ceramics! These images are a mix of old and new:

 

 

 

Some good reads:
http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/heta_uma_mangaro
http://yagian.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/heta-uma-unskillful-but-skillful-and.html