color/monochrome | Yoshitoshi ABe | 2010
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
At C78, Yoshitoshi ABe, one of my long-term favourite artists, released two doujinshi: Isolated City, a book of character design art interspersed with short stories, and color/monochrome, a small collection of digital sketches showing their progression from black and white outlines to the finished, coloured sketch. While almost two years have passed since the summer of 2010, neither of these books received very much press at the time, something which always saddens me with ABe’s work. I’m certainly going to download order Isolated City once I find a copy scanned that will economically ship to my address — I’ve been meaning to since the book was announced. color/monochrome, on the other hand, was released on iTunes this February, so, when I noticed it, I seized the chance. Please note, of course, that this means that this review is only of the book’s artwork and not of printing, binding, or paper quality.
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