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...
This is my favourite image of the series of photographs of nature in the urban environment so far.
ReplyDeleteIn my view, the most striking thing about this image is the use of focus. This is a close up shot, and consequently, there is an artistic use of blurring that is going on.
Most noticeably, the blurring occurs across the site of the flower, with those two buds at ‘its ear’. The flower looks away from us. She is bashful, it is hard to see her. The bough she looks at seems to be disappearing in a blur as well.
Underneath the bough, if one reads, is written PEEP, right at the bottom of the photograph…
Hidden looks, fences everywhere, borders, the flower is both sensuous, feminine and secretive…