The Art of Posuka Demizu

This was my replacement book as the first one i received was severely damaged. this book came in good condition with no dings on the corners or wrinkles in the jacket. The book wont lay flat without some help. I love Demizu's art style and wanted the book for inspiration.

I have been collecting artbooks for a couple decades now, mostly 70s-90s Fantasy/Scifi. I generally shy away from Japanese artists save for very few grandmasters (Amano, Ohrai, Yoshida etc) since i hate the Anime aesthetic, androgynous character work and modern digital paintings. Having said that, Posuka Demizu's work is incredible. decidedly hand drawn and whimsical, it reminded me of why i got into this hobby: Artwork that sparks the imagination and pulls you into the world behind just a single image. I cannot recommend this book enough. Every single page has a full color/full page image on it (save for a few 2 page spreads), no space is wasted, the printing is very high quality and done in Japan. Posuka Demizu is definitely an artist i will keep an eye for. A+ artwork and quality.

This art book covers the manga artist, Pozuka Demizu's personal works. This book is a like a very small square dimension-wise but is a little more dense than you'd expect. Inside, Demizu depicts surreal environments, imps, and monsters, along with a good amount of machinery sprinkled throughout. Her line work has a very sketchy, graffiti-like ballpoint pen quality to it, but this isn't bad as it compliments her use of foreshortening and allows her use of moody colors to take the spotlight. While most artists revel in obsessing over smoothing out and over-polishing their illustrations, Demizu goes the opposite route by allowing the illustration's chaotic, sketchy roots to show in the end product. --- PROS +The jacket cover and the inner pages are very stylish looking! +Book jacket and page quality looks and feels great! +The artbook's size makes it pretty portable for reference on the go. +All of the Japanese text has an English translation next to it! Rejoice, English speakers! +Unique book dimensions make this book irresistible to flip through and hold in your hands. CONS -Demizu's art style may not be for everyone. Her tendency of having an abundance of sketchy lines can turn some people off. -The some of the detail in her line work is lost after being shrunk down to fit the book's size. --- For artists that want to learn from Demizu... Unfortunately there's no tutorials or shared step-by-step process found in this book but I think you can still learn a few things about his use of color after flipping through. I'm so happy I picked this book up for myself and I can honestly recommend this to others who are interested in painting or compositions.

Incredibly illustrated!

Demizu's use of color is very unique. It would be very difficult to nearly impossible to replicate these types of colors in a traditional method.

I never know what to get my now17-year-old granddaughter. But I found this book in a store and bought it for much less (plus it was returnable) on Amazon. She just loves it. Lots and lots of drawings in all stages, and as I said, the colors and just so glorious. Thanks for making our Christmas!

Very nice art. Bought as a gift and it shipped quickly so highly recommend and would buy again.

Beautiful and awesome artwork product

Arte: Posuka Demizu com suas linhas simples e cores complexas é capaz de produzir imagens maravilhosas. O temas mais quentes e os mais frios trazem paletas de cores lindas. A arte aqui apresentada é de alto nível. Material: O material é de alta qualidade, o papel, a impressão e o binding foram produzidos de forma que vão durar por gerações, se bem conservados. A única coisa que me desagrada é a tal da "dust jacket cover", que é uma capa de papel solta sobre a capa real do livro (que eu acho terrível)... mas isso é uma questão de gosto pessoal e em nada estraga o charme do livro. Resumo final: Excelente!!! Esse livro é obrigatório para qualquer artista que lida com arte conceitual, ilustrações em geral e, principalmente, para quem curte animes e mangás.

Le tavole del libro sono meravigliose, non conoscevo ancora l'autore e per me é stata una entusiasmante scoperta... Anche la qualità della stampa é ottima ed il formato é sfizioso, anche se tavole tanto belle meriterebbero un formato alla francese. In tutti i casi... Bello davvero! Se siete amanti del genere non potete non acquistarlo! Top!

Físicamente tiene una buena calidad y las impresiones son de gran resolución. El trabajo de este artista en particular se caracteriza por se sucio en las lineas, pero muy dinámico y con colores vibrantes. Es muy recomendable para artistas que quieren un buen ejemplo de fluidez, si sientes que tu trabajo es algo mecánico no dudes en darle un ojo a este libro de arte, por otro lado si solo gustas de ver no quedaras decepcionado.

De magnifique illustration superbe.

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