While lamenting the
soon to be
passing of
Naruto,
I glimpsed you a bit of this old thing:
When I first started reading
Shonen Jump
I would tear out
pages
poses
and
backgrounds
that
inspired me.
The manga I
most often
ripped from was
by
Hiroyuki Takei
It's the story of
Yoh Asakura,
a young, laid back spirit medium who
finds himself thrust into a worldwide battle to become the
Shaman King.
I love
Takei-san's
broad posing:
His draftsmanship:
His characters
and the way he dresses them:
And his insane
splash panels:
I wish I had his
caffeinated blend of technical skill
and cartooniness.
It's a refreshing change
from most manga:
Looking through these,
I don't think I've captured
even half of what I love about
Shaman King.
I stopped ripping the magazine up
once I really got into it.
And now,
while researching this post I found that
there's a short series
called
Shaman King: Flowers
that came out a couple years ago.
I think I need to check that out!
No comments:
Post a Comment