Yoshitaka Amano - a God

Actually, this is a post I had wanted to write for a long time, but I guess never got round to it...

My first experience of Yoshitaka Amano's work was through my all-time favourite comic, The Sandman. Amano-sensei had collaborated with Neil Gaiman and the result was a beautiful story with stunning artwork, "The Dreamhunters". And that was it - love at first sight.

His art always seems to me at once very simple - few doodling lines making up faces - and very elaborate - the attention to the details on ornaments, fruit, flowers is amazing. A friend once commented Amano-sensei's work reminded her of Klimt for its vicious colours - I can see what she meant. For me, it's simply a brilliant "marriage" of both Western and Eastern art.

After all the philosophising, let the pictures speak for themselves...

The Dreamer

Vampire Hunter D

Elric the Vanishing Tower

Flowers and Snakes

Aloft fruit of Paradise

Beast one that reveres Darkness

And the man himself

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Many thanks to elevenland.com for the images.

And, fuck. I only got the first volume of Hero and the second has been out of print for ages... *mutters curses*

Reasons, reasons, reasons...

So, why did I start this blog?... Actually, my pet dared me... My pet is starting a blog of her own and went all "You try it, see how you like it". So, I did - not good at passing up a challenge, me.

A few things you should know about me are:

1) I am quite moody, so the posts will change accordingly. If I'm pleased and content, expect sakura blossoms

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and links to Led Zeppelin. If I'm in a dark mood, it's storms and prog for you.

2) I am into shounen-ai and yaoi. In English, that's boy's love. Men. Shagging each other. Got it? A few posts will be about that, I suppose. Not your thing? Read a different blog. You have been warned a lot of times, so...

Art from "Finder" series by Ayano Yamane

3) I am a total fan of anything Japanese. From swords and tea-ceremony to manga and anime.

4) I am a whore for printed word. Books. More books. And comics. And manga. Gimme gimme gimme!

5) I like vampires, death and destruction, blood and gore, violence and...impossible love stories?! That means I am weird. Yes. Very weird.

6) My favourite dish is peppers stuffed with rice and raisins and cooked in the oven. I am a decent cook - I have to, I live alone.

7) My favourite sugary...thing is chocolate.

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8) My deadly sin is pride.

9) I am not a native English speaker, so forgive any mistakes, please. *bows*

10)The blog's title comes from "X" the manga by the very talented CLAMP.

There are so many more things to tell, but I gotta sleep, work early tomorrow, so... I'm sure you'll find everything you need to know along the way. Thanks for reading this far, see you next time!