Labubu was created by Kasing Lung, a Hong Kong-based artist now living in Belgium, and was inspired by ancient European fairy tales, particularly elf legends, when he was a child as quoted from one article last year. It first appeared in 2013, and in 2019, Kasing Lung partnered with Chinese retailer Pop Mart to produce and market the toy all over the country.
It went viral because one of the famous member of K-pop girl band Blackpink, Lisa, showed her labubu doll on her social media which considered as indirect representative of toy culture and quite inspiring for designers to create new, unique and engaging characters for public to enjoy.
This is my fan art drawing as requested by my little niece.
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