Water (Vagabond Illustration Collection)
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1421520583 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Takehiko Inoue was born in Kagoshima prefecture in 1967. His first major success -- the hugely popular 31-volume long basketball manga SLAM DUNK -- sold over 100 million copies worldwide and catapulted him into the top ranks of Japanese manga artists. Besides manga, Inoue also worked on character design for the Playstation basketball game ONE ON ONE.
Not one to skimp on color and image quality, Inoue also hand selected the specific printer. The result was the incredibly realized world of Vagabond, the Sistine Chapel of manga. It also highlights artwork created specifically for this volume.. • Featuring artwork from the 32+ volume manga series - Vagabond is on Japan’s top ten best seller’s list with over 100 million volumes in print.• Vagabond has sold over 22 million copies worldwide! (Not including Japan’s sales).• Vagabond is based on the novel, Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. This artbook captures the very best of Inoue's work, with images hand-selected by Inoue
Besides manga, Inoue also worked on character design for the Playstation basketball game ONE ON ONE. His first major success -- the hugely popular 31-volume long basketball manga SLAM DUNK -- sold over 100 million copies worldwide and catapulted him into the top ranks of Japanese manga artists. Takehiko Inoue was born in Kagoshima prefecture in 1967.
Bruno M said The Da Vinci of Comics. Before having this set of artbooks in my sweaty, trembling hands, I used to think that Takehiko Inoue was one of the greatest comic artist of the last couple of decades. Now I see what a fool I was: Inoue is in fact the best comic artist of all time.No Katsuhiro Otomo, no Moebius, no Manara, no Frank Miller (in the good old days), no Bradstreet, no Kirby, no Breccia (Sr), no Tezuka, no Lee, no Hitch, no Cassaday or Quitely can top this unleashed beast of pencils, inks and brushes that Takehiko Inoue is.Thi. A showcase of manga prowess Parka [[VIDEOID:29068001]]The edition published by Viz Media is soft cover with a dust jacket. But the cover is actually quick thick and hardy. There are 164 pages to give this book a nice thickness.This is the art book by Inoue Takehiko. It's based off the manga Vagabond. If you like the manga and the water colour section that starts each comic, this book is definitely for you. It contains many water coloured full page illustrations, some of which comes from panels and covers from the comic book.These water col. "A splendid collection of the renowned manga artist's illustrations" according to blauereiter. To see more pictures from the book, please visit my blog via my Amazon profile link.Water is a splendid collection of the renowned manga artist's illustrations from his Vagabond series, executed primarily using watercolors. I've always been partial to this medium ( as compared to say, acrylic ) for its subtlety and gentle touch. The watercolor works of Miyazaki-san comes to mind as well - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Watercolor ImpressionsMore often than not art books cramp every available real