New comic book ! The Shadow Festival / La Fête des ombres
The 1st copies of The Shadow Festival have arrived at our publisher’s and they look splendid. It’s such a relief to see how beautifully printed they are. We can’t wait to get our own copies! Preorder the book: https://www.issekinicho.fr/editions/
*** Les 1ers exemplaires de La Fête des ombres sont arrivés chez notre éditeur et ils ont l'air superbes. Quel soulagement de constater une telle qualité d'impression et de façonnage ! On a hâte de les avoir dans les mains ! Et il est toujours temps de précommander le livre ici : http://issekinicho.fr/editions/
The Shadow Festival - Naoko 8B pencil and watercolors
We’ve made this illustration for our new comic book so it can be offered with preorders. This time, we used a very grainy watercolor paper. It made the lines difficult to draw but added an interesting texture to the colors. We wouldn’t use it for comics pages though: it would make tiny details nearly impossible to draw.
It’s very rare we use that kind of paper so it’s was an interesting experience. If you’re interested in learning more about this character, or preorder the book + this illustration, just check this link: https://www.issekinicho.fr/editions/
Working on an animated trailer of our next comic book, The Shadow Festival. We use Unity for the complex camera movements in 3D. It’s fun to see our panels brought to life in a more cinematic way!
The different layers displayed in 3D space create a cool sense of depth. We’d love to print them on some thick paper and build little dioramas for real…