Mushihime / Ibara Character Artist

Post by **undamned** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:29 am

The name's Tomoyuki Kotani, and yes, he's down with the hawt laydess:
http://styleos.nobody.jp/
He's got some good artists in his links too, like Falcoon and Range!

-ud

Cugel · Post by **Cugel** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:16 am

Wow, he can draw serious babes with assets that defy gravity

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:36 am

And to think SNK ignored him for so long...

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:59 am

Very odd style...it looks to me like a mixture of very contemporary "action" poses, outfits, etc., and some quite antiquated illustration/advertising art styles and color schemes back from the late 19th/early 20th century...I forget exactly what the movement was called, now I almost wish I'd paid attention back when I was a graphic design major, heh.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:07 am

Ganelon wrote:And to think SNK ignored him for so long...

Wow, they missed a master artist, huh?

I know what most of us fellas are lookin at

, but I really like the way he draws the weapons and the clothing. Esp. the girls and their robes. Lots of folds and flowing material. Remember Todd McFarlane and his capes/cloaks? Its like that, only everything just seems to flow better.

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:18 am

Might be art nouveau you're thinkin about BulletMagnet...I can definately see the influence in that Thunderbolt pic in the gallery.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:39 am

Yep, that's the one.

At least SOMEone was listening.

velocity7 · Post by **velocity7** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:59 am

Ganelon wrote:And to think SNK ignored him for so long...

But Playmore didn't. Check his Profile.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:34 am

velocity7 wrote: But Playmore didn't. Check his Profile.

Check what? Styleos had been working for SNK for years but was never given the reins to character designs, hence his being ignored.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Thu May 05, 2005 6:47 am

Well, he's getting good at copying Elvgren at the very least.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:19 am

Anybody has a link with a 1024x768 size wallpaper of this this specific pic:
I think its the Cover of the Mushihimesama Sound track CD

Also any other pics from Mushihimesama will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:44 pm

Great find, cigs! I don't know how you did it, but wow...its like he had the print right next to his sketchpad.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:00 pm

He may well have...artists have been drawing inspiration and references from previous work for centuries, maybe longer.