Contemplating from afar

Released last month, Pixiv Fantasia III ( ISBN: 978-4047261549 ) is the third installment in the series. The first two though didn’t have any publication and were only distributed on the Internet. As the name suggest, it’s a book with fantasy themed illustrations, ranging from humans to mythical beasts, to heaven from hell. I must say that this artbook is a departure from my usual collection, meaning bishoujo, moe… Quite a lot of new artists are featured, but none really stroke me so I will skip that part; I just focused a little bit more on my favorite illustration. At the end of the review, I will talk about their upcoming artbook, Pixiv Girls Collection 2010 which I hope will redeem the 2 previous Pixiv book I got.
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Here it’s, the Tinkle figurine from Etsu, Shantiti and Ne-Jyu, designed especially for the magazine. It’s an exclusive one to the magazine ( even though Amiami has/had it) and it came with a few extra. It’s produced by Clayz and sculpted by Takeshi Miyagawa… I don’t know much about figurine, but from what I gathered, good sculptor, but random quality from Clayz. I won’t  review the quality; since I can’t compare with high profile figurine from Alter or Good Smile Company ; I don’t  have any from them. All I can say is that there is some little defect, but it doesn’t detract me from enjoying these 2 beauties. On the other hand,  I have photos; it’s the first time I try to take some good picture of my figurines. High resolution photo here: Pic1 Pic2 Pic3

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