Claritism » Nardack

C79 : wallet killer

Merun — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:28:07 +0000

You hear that sound? It’s my wallet, screaming of agonyyyyy *ahem*. I have been pretty tame lately on buying stuff, but I don’t think I will be able to resist. Notably for this Comiket, lots of information got on Pixiv, and I’m quite happy to see some new artist participating for the first time!!! Contrary to last year, I will keep it short, meaning I will post mostly what I’m interested in ( but considering that it’s Comiket, it will certainly get long and it’s going to kill my wallet ). Contrary to last time I won’t cover everything since I’m not featuring this on another website and I don’t have much time to spend with my family per year. Also, there is a certain tendency in this post for me to have interest in artist I have recently discovered or have no/little work from yet. This certainly means I will skip usual suspect like Kantoku this year. For a wider coverage, you can check icie’s articles

Vous entendez ce son? C’est mon porte monnaie à l’agonie *ahem*. Bref, j’ai été plutôt calme sur les dépenses récemment mais je ne crois pas que je puisse résister à l’appelle du C79. Ce Comiket est riche, plein d’informations sur Pixiv, et je suis très content de voir que certain artiste y participe pour la première fois! Contrairement à l’année dernière, je vais essayer de garder ce post plutôt court, donc c’est seulement ce qui m’intéresse ici ( mais on parle du Comiket, donc ça va surement être long, au grand désespoir de mon porte monnaie ). Par conséquent, je ne couvrirais pas tous, puisque je me limite à mon site uniquement, et que j’ai pas beaucoup de temps. Je préfère le passer en famille puisque je la vois que très rarement dans l’année. Aussi, j’ai une certaine tendance ici à m’intéresser à des artistes que j’ai découvert récemment où dont je n’ai pas ou très peu d’oeuvre. Si vous voulez encore plus, vous pouvez toujours lire les articles d’icie.

Goto-P is releasing a B5 20 pages doujinshi in full color. As the title imply, theme is Italy. I never got any doujinshi from him/her so this might be my first.

Goto-P publiera un doujinshi de 20 pages B5 en couleur. Comme le titre l’implique, le thème de ce dernier est l’Italie. Je n’ai jamais eu de doujinshi par lui donc ça sera peut-être mon premier.

Kishida Mel is present, with a 16 pages full color doujinshi. I have said in an older article that I don’t own any book from him, so I really want to get one. Once again, his doujinshi is quite dependent of the season, so I expect winter illustration.

Kishida Mel est présent, avec un doujinshi de 16 pages en couleur. Comme je l’ai dit dans un post précédent, je n’ai aucune oeuvre de lui, donc j’aimerai beaucoup en avoir une. Une fois de plus, son doujinshi dépend des saisons, donc on peut s’attendre à des illustrations d’hivers.

sino is releasing 28 pages doujinshi in full color, with only new illustrations. One more artist which I like the artstyle, yet never got anything.

sino publiera un doujinshi de 28 pages en couleur, et il y aura seulement que des nouvelles illustrations. C’est encore un de ces artistes dont j’aime le style mais dont je ne possède aucune oeuvre.

WNB Mark is releasing their usual 20 pages B5 full colour doujinshi. Sometimes I get,sometimes I don’t, this time I get ! And like always, it’s on Toranoana.

WNB Mark publiera comme d’habitude, un doujinshi de 20 pages B5 en couleur. Parfois je prend, parfois non, cette fois ci le je prend. Et comme toujours, c’est dispo chez Toranoana.

Nyanya is releasing a set for this Comiket. I already have one doujinshi, and it seems like his style improved since the last one. 24p in colors, I’m in.( sadly can’t read the rest )

Nyanya offrira un set pour ce Comiket. J’ai déjà un de ses doujinshi, et j’ai l’impression que son style s’est amélioré deuis ce dernier. 24 pages en couleur, je suis preneur. Par contre, je peux pas trop lire le reste.

Tiv is yet another artist which I like but don’t have anything… you get the idea. Her doujinshi will have 28 pages of color illustrations.

Tiv est encore une de ces artistes que j’aime mais dont je n’ai rien…. vous conaissez le refrain. Son doujinshi aura 28 pages d’illustrations en couleur.

In the same vein, Kazuharu Kina an artist which I started taking interest this year, especially since he features his drawing on streaming. For instance, I watched this illustration during coloring. Well, for Comiket, 20p B5, in color. His previous doujinshi will also be available.

Dans le même genre, Kazuharu Kina un artiste qui a commencé à m’intéresser que cette année, surtout grâce à ses streamings de dessin. Par exemple, j’ai regardé l’artiste en action sur le dessins ci-dessus. Enfin bref, pour le Comiket, 20 pages B5 en couleur, et ses anciens doujinshi seront également dispo.

Cuteg is there. Not much information, except that it’s going to be Angelism ( sweet name :p ), Cuteg Girl’s Collection 3.0, and that K-on will be somehow featured.

Cuteg est là aussi. Pas beaucoup d’info, si ce n’est qu’on aura droit à Angelism (j’aime bien le nom :p ) Cuteg Girl’s Collection 3.0, et que K-on sera à l’affiche.

Capura Lin seems to be alternating between Touhou and original illustration, and this time, it’s again original. Capriccio, 20 pages B5, full color.

Capura Lin alterne souvent entre des doujinshi sur Touhou, et d’autre avec ses originaux. Cette fois ci, on de l’original, Capriccio, 20 pages B5, toutes en couleur.

Dhiea is a Chinese artist. According to the data on Toranoana, she ( unknown gender, sounds female = female lol) started drawing when she was 16, and now she is 18, publishing her doujnishi. I have know her first by Pixiv. Never seen her outside of it. For the Comiket, she is reliease “the equinoctial line”, 40 pages, color illustation. It’s available at Toranoana

Dhiea est une artiste chinoise ( sexe inconnu, ça sonne féminin = c’est une femme lol ). D’après les infos que j’ai pu récupérer sur Toranoana, elle a commencé à l’âge de 16 ans et maintenant elle en a 18 et publie son premier doujinshi. Je l’ai connu tout d’abord sur Pixiv, et je ne l’ai jamais vu en dehors. Pour le Comiket, elle publiera “the equinoctial line”, 40 pages d’illustrations en couleur. Il est dispo en précommande chez Toranoana

Yashiro Seika continues his series of doujinshi, this time with Stella. 16 pages in color, and certainly again, in weird format. Previous doujinshi will also be available.

Yashiro Seika continu sa série de doujinshi, cette fois avec Stella, 16 pages en couleur, et surement une fois de plus dans un format étrange. Ses anciens doujinshi seront également disponible pendant le Comiket.

Nardack is present! I don’t remember her participating in a previous Comiket. It seems like her doujinshi will be full of original illustration, so must get.

Nardack est présente! Je ne me souviens pas de l’avoir vu participer à un Comiket auparavant. Ses doujinshi contiendront que des illustrations en couleur, alors je suis preneur.

tearfish is also participating! Like Nardack, I don’t remember ever seeing her at a Comiket until this one. She had collaborated with H2S04 on a Persona 4 doujinshi in the past, but this time, it’s her own doujinshi, featuring original art, Touhou, and Persona 4!

tearfish participe aussi! Tout comme Nardack, Je ne me souviens pas l’avoir vu au Comiket avant, donc c’est une première. Certe, il y a eu une collaboration avec H2S04 pour un doujinshi de Persona 4, mais là, on parle d’un doujinshi entièrement fait par elle, avec des illustrations originales, du Touhou, et du Persona 4.

PIxiv Official Book 2009

Merun — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:06:59 +0000

Here it’s, the 1kg, 2cm thick artbook from Pixiv, and I guess anticipated by artbook collector. I was expecting the same format as the Pixiv Girls Collection, but it’s not, and in fact, I’m a little bit dissapointed.

Pixiv Girls Collection was an artbook which emphasized more on illustration. There were a page spread section at the beginning, with wonderful art from chosen artist, and the rest was mostly half pages illustration, but still enjoyable. The printing quality was also high, making it the thickest artbook I have ever owned until now.

Huke got a 4 pages treatment

Pixiv Official Book 2009, maintain this quality, but the focus is in my opinion, more on artist.
There is in fact, 1 to 4 pages per artist ( mostly 1 ) in alphabetical order. Unlike compilation book where every artist get a page spread illustration, there can be several illustration per pages, up to 7. Also notable, is the lack of tearfish. It’s now a cover with avatars from the artist featured.

I wish Koto had more pages

Same for RYO

The result is that illustration are sometime too small. The book presents 122 artists, with a little banner on top, to get their PIxiv ID, and their website. It feels more like some sort of index to browse Pixiv even more since I don’t browse Pixiv on a regular basis. There are lots of them, but here they choose some good one, and the book is a good way to discover them.

But let’s move to the content. Scan are not good, but most of the illustration are in fact already available on Pixiv. It’s also why I only link to Pixiv. Nevertheless, I will try to improve for other release, starting to prevent book from moving <.<

Tatetsu Keto

I usually don’t like Vocaloid. I don’t search for it in particular, but sometimes, when it’s different from the usual Vocaloid art, I appreaciate. It’s too bad the art was too large for scanning, so there is the binding discoloration. Hopefully, it’s on Pixiv, and in quite good resolution. The resolution of the picture on Pixiv is in fact high enough for a 300dpi printing as large as the one in this book. Also, that cow hat is fun.

K,Kanehira

Other than character, there are also some landscape featured, or even some photo or male images which won’t appeal to moe fan. But they are really rare.

Nardack

Nardack fill the hole left by tearfish as a Korean artist. I like that chubby style and the color. It’s like Hyung Tae Kim making moe art. This is even more visible on this image ( it’s on the other page )which seems to be from Magna Carta.

Aruya

Aruya presents us with two different style. I already knew the soft style, used on the right; with little to no outline, mostly with contrast of saturation. On the left, I just discovered a more contrasted style, with defined outline, which is a change.

But if there is not enough soft style, there is still Shimeko and Onineko who are more well known I guess. They are quite similar in style, so I like them both.

Mirunai

On another note, Mirunai is an artist I have overlooked. I quite like the blue haired girl there.

In the end, it’s a nice book, but still my main gripe is the size of some illustration. I would have prefered less images per pages, maximum 2 like it was mostly in the Pixiv Girl Collection. But there some full pages one and some aren’t too small. But as I said, for me it’s a browsing guide for Pixiv. Some art are in higher resolution on the website or were printed elsewhere. If you are a regular Pixiv lurker, I think this artbook would be less less interesting unless you like paper since chance are you have already seen the artwork.