A few of my fave artists

[mistresslegato]

Just thought I'd share some artists that I really enjoy. Also, to show that not all "anime" styled art is the same thing, since that seems to be a misconception all over the place.

CLAMP - This is probably the most stereotypical "anime" style that is my most influential. CLAMP is a group of all female manga artists. Their older famous works include RG Veda, Card Captor Sakura, Tokyo Babylong and X. Their new (I HATE IT) style has made famous their works Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and XXX-Holic. The style features ridiculously long arms and legs and a much less detailed style. My favourite works are the older ones, drawn by Mokona Apapa. Her style is detailed and beautiful with flowing lines. Most of the work is very moody.

Magic Knights Rayearth
gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=158

X
gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=382

RG Veda
gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=2345



Hyung Tae-Kim - An AMAZING, well-known, Korean artist, HTK is famous for his work on the Magna Carta games and War of Genesis. Unfortunately, I've never had the pleasure of playing any of these games, but the art is stunning!

He has the occassional, irritating habit of making breasts defy gravity in ways they never should, but overall I love the way he can draw men and women to both look appealing. He also doesn't give women tiny hands and feet!

A few of my fave pieces from HTK:
Lothy
gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=6675

Tinker Bell (see what I mean about the breast thing?)
gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=6691

Calintz
gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=8154

Kazuya Minekura is another one of my more influential artists. She is most popular for her manga Gensoumaden Saiyuki, but her comic career has been up and running for a pretty long time! I really appreciate how great she can make men look, though she often doesn't draw women so well.
I love the amount of detail in her works.

Saiyuki
gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=5448

Wild Adapter
media.photobucket.com/image/wild%20adapter/hazelhamster/yaoi2.jpg

Noizi (Noiji) Ito is another talented female artist. Strangely enough, her work is often featured in H-games, but her style is unique and her ability to colour is great. I adore how very cute her characters are. You might recognize her work from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Shakugan no Shana, or Nanatsuiro Drops.


Nanatsuiro Drops
gallery.digik.net/view/13887

Shakugan no Shana
gallery.digik.net/view/13874

Cute bat girl
gallery.digik.net/view/13928

[nayias]

Wow, thanks for the lineup, mistresslegato~!

Ahhh yes, CLAMP...CLAMP are essentially goddesses for manga fans and artists due to the quality of their artwork and innovative stories, I was following xxxHOLIC as the anime was coming out, then it got licensed, hehe..

I haven't heard of HTK, but I definitely dig his work! *drools* Dang, that detail in the outfits is maddening!

I was about to say the same for Minekura-san, but then I looked at the Saiyuki link, and realized it was THE Saiyuki, hehe...(I only ever knew it by that half of the name, or Saiyuki Reloaded) ^^;

Noizi-san I'm almost sure is the artist for the Disgaia games as well, her style is very familiar...

[mistresslegato]

Nope, Noizi doesn't do Disgaia. Takehito Harada does.

[nayias]

Ahhh, so their styles are just similiar... Fun stuff! ^^

[mistresslegato]

A little bit Harada has a habit of not colouring pupils and has a very distinct eye style and light colouring style.