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Found this DeviantArt account, whose artist has recently passed away. Found it while browsing other artist whom pointed out her site.

http://hakubaikou.deviantart.com/

It is sad to hear someone as skilled as her being gone (her Pirate “vs” Ninja with rum and sake? Inspirational.), yet it is heartening to note that an archive of her work lives on, accessible to anyone visiting her site. There’s no question of what she loved and lived for because it’s all there for anyone to see. Nor there’s doubt who loved and enjoyed her works; it’s all recorded and visible as per how DeviantArt works.

As Wired puts it when Randy Pausch died, the Internet has created a new phenomenon: a distributed funeral. Being a DeviantArt account means that not only Hakubaikou’s lifework is as permanent and accessible as the Internet itself, her family will also be able to see how people around the world mourned her. On DeviantArt and on the Googleverse.

“Still, at whatever scale and medium chosen, all these death rituals retain their universal purpose. They all provide convincing evidence that though the star may die, the universe continues. Though the Marine is gone, the corps lives on.” – The aforementioned Wired article

Sad news and yet, a pretty cool outcome.