[ARTBOOK] 100 masters of Bishojo Painting

Titre : 100 masters of Bishojo Painting
Auteur : Japanese Illustrators
Éditeur : BNN Shinsha
Date de sortie : 2009
ISBN : 978-4-86100-666-1
Tarif : 2 380 Yen

Composition
The artbook is composed of 216 pages, and you can read it with the japanese way (left to right). With these hundreds of pages, we discover one hundred japanese illustrators. All text is in english or in japanese. The word "Bishojo" can be translated by "beautiful girl" and this artbook is the perfect definition.

To begin, we can find an introduction in both languages. Then, a series of three illustrations on two pages from following illustrators Vofan, Toi8 and Shimeko. And finally, we can discover the summary of this artbook. 100 Masters of Bishojo Painting presents one hundred talented japanese illustrators, on two pages. On one you can find informations about illustrators (Website, Profile and Message) and several images. On the other, we can find an A4 illustration. Among illustrators, we can find following names: Ameiro, Eiji Usatsuka, Kitsune, Kei, Sino, Nikuball, Aoi Nishimata, Vania600, Range Murata, Redjuice and many more ..

Notice
100 masters of Bishojo Painting is an artbook with whom you will spend money. Indeed, with this one, I discovered many illustrators whose I did not even know the name. I appreciate different styles, and I know that soon, I'll try to get news artbooks, and doujins. Yes it is certainly not that we might call a conventional artbook, because it presents different illustrators, but it's really amazing! Moreover, with 100 illustrations, each person able to find styles that he likes. You can find names of illustrators that I remember : Jyuu Ayakura, Vofan, Eiji Usatsuka, SSI, Yu Kamiya, Kei, Sino, Siro, Nikuball, Vania600, Yasu, and Laruha. I advise this artbook to people who want to learn about japanese illustrators of the moment.

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