Vagabond 3 by Takehiko Inoue Inked drawing by Takehiko Inoue, coloring by me in Photoshop CS4. Tweet Review: With swords like that, why fight? If I can turn ANY club readers into graphic novel fans...I am going to be very happy, but then so will you. As most club readers are also artists, this challenge especially emphasizes the relationship between words and pictures. And, as in graphic novels and manga...that's exactly what you get! A little look into Japanese manga is enough to pique anyone's interest. The manga artists keep up with societies interests. The stories written are illustrated for all age groups; boys and girls, men and women. The series Vagabond , my April book is seinem manga which means it's written for men ages 18-40. But I don't think I'll be arrested for reading it. The first two things to know about Vagabond is that the artist Takehiko Inoue is also the author and his drawings are done, up until very recently, with a black ink...
Interesting that this one is called 'Falling Out', although it reminds me of Tennyson's line:
ReplyDeleteBlessings on the falling out
That all the more endears..
I wonder what this means? I think it's referring to the 'quarrel' between the aerial blooms and the manmade, earth and sky. In this sense, I think the title plays on the meaning of 'falling out' of the sky...
Interesting grid behind the image again, and use of perspective. The diagonals carge the image up into quite a stark series of contrasts.
There's something about the branch brushing the ground that looks like a figure of someone made up of flowers...