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From BLAME!This will probably be the last digi-art I post for a while.. I miss my pencils...
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Agreed agreed! This one was actually the most fun piece to work on that I've ever done. Making all those little parts and pieces was great. I think I should do more of that in future work.
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it!
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that's is so good!! love the colors, and the pose too
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Thank you! Heh.. "colors".... There mostly aren't any..
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I love this dark piece! (I'm personaly drawn to anything that looks like it should be in a Tim Burton movie) You are magnificently talented!!
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Ah, thank you so much. You're always so full of praise.
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Yeah, I have family members who would beg to differ...ha ha
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BLAME! is manga.. But that's beside the point. Glad you like it!
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I know nothing about BLAME, but that is one awesome picture!
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You are so freakin' talented!! this is awesome and such detail!
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Aa, thank you so much! I loved working on all the details! It was fun to draw.
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Whee, I'm glad you like it! It was fun to create.
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*low whistle*
I've never seen/read/talked about BLAME! but I'll have to look into it now..
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BLAME! is a manga by Nihei.. It's got like.. 5 percent plot, 1 percent characterization, and 94 percent cyborgs running around kicking ass and blowing the hell out of the gorgeously drawn world. Great stuff.
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Not that I'm trying to pick a fight or anything But BLAME! has alot more to the plot than that the big issue is the lack of dialouge most of the story is told through the images themselves if you read Blame! the same way you do with most manga(which by contrast has alot more dialouge) Than you will miss a very big part of the story try consentrating more on the syblimanal it was the wayit was intended to be read and you will be AMAZED by how much more ther is to the story things that seem rather unsignificant will tie in overall it just gives a diffrent expierence and if not at least a better understanding of the story
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Hellos.
> Not that I'm trying to pick a fight or anything But
Hey I understand. And I respect people who have the guts to voice their opinion publically.
> the big issue is the lack of dialouge
Here I wouldn't use "issue," I'd say that's its strength
Yes, the whole series is image based, which is why I love it in the first place. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I think that too many manga artists don't take this into serious consideration enough. Why litter a page with useless chatter and narration when your art could be telling the story for you. I have to say most of my favorite comics have no words at all, and have prompted me to use less dialogue in my own work. I'm big on atmosphere, which is why BLAME! appealed to me in the first place. Tsutomu Nihei got so many emotions across without having to say anything. You can just feel how big or lonely or oppressive the areas were without anything needing to be said.
If I didn't love that, I wouldn't have respected Nihei's work enough to spend the hours it took to do this fanart. So I hope you didn't think I was dissing on the comic or anything, because I'm not really.
I guess, I get a lot of people asking me what it's about, when they hear of BLAME! And they're expecting a simple answer like some hero fighting against the evil bad guys or something. I don't think you can go into BLAME! expecting something ordinary like that. The experience is indescribable and people who understand it will love it, and the people who don't, won't. It's one of those "you have to be there" kind of things for me. And so if someone asks me what it's about, I say Killy fighting Cyborgs because that's the simplest way I can put it. So I hope you understand that I didn't say that as a negative thing, just as a general explanation of what to expect in the comic.
Yes, of course there is a plot. But I'm going to venture out on a limb here and say that the plot was NOT the reason that Nihei wrote the books. I think he wanted to explore his own ability to describe this world he created with images. When I look at the pages, I feel like an explorer too, never looking back, always crossing my fingers for the road ahead. I think the WORLD comes first, all its little details, alleyways, and how it all works together. I think the art comes second, and then the plot, and then the fighting, and... well I really do have to say it had little to no characterization.
Anyway, that's a more expanded version of my thoughts.
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Oh okay that makes more sense
sorry for the delayed reply
No I don't think the Characterzation was that great of an importance seeing that most character die in the logs that there introduced and that we never get the oppryunity to "see" there thoughts like in a majority of manga and comics in general
But I think again what we do know about the characters is what we see in there action and how they interact with each other and the world around them
Again going back to telling the story through images and the emotions they convey from the reader
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What's your favorite manga or comic?
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Blame! and Death Note I have others but those are the ones I like the best
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Hmm...reminds me of the Guyver anime. Only with about 2% more teen angst and about 92% cyborgs (and mutants) running around, kicking ass and blowing the hell out of a semi-interesting world. Being a 90's anime and all.
...but the manga is better.
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Hm.. I don't know anything about Guyver.. Is it good enough to pursue?
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Well, I was introduced to it via this really low-quality live-action American-made movie featuring Mark Hamill. It was so bad I instantlyfell in love with it. Then I found the 12-part anime, the much better sequel to the movie and the last two issues of the manga.
I'd say it's worth looking at. I don't know a whole lot about the story but I found the execution of this kid being thrust into fighting because the alternative is the death of his family and friends was just amazing. I always recommend it, and I'll do that for you too!
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I will definitely look into it, then!!
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