the art of chasing blue by Helen jee (twitter@helenjeeeeee)
a cute little book filled with visdev(?) for an original project. There was a tiny bit of disappointment though BC my favourite illusts/layouts were in the accompanying (much more fragile) newsletter and only as v small thumbs in the artbook. like this is where the real charm is y'know? 🥹 but I'm scared to handle it too much
anywhere is by feleven (feleven__ @ twitter)
a one piece fanbook bought on a whim. it's apparently the artist's fourth one piece fanbook and this one is pretty thick! it's just a very warm collection and I like that the illusts have a trad feel to them.
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天赐百色 by merasgar (merasgar @ twitter)
first thing to know is that this book is fucking huge and the box it came in looks like a pizza box. I want to say 30cm by 30cm?
the books illusts are sorted by colour (often with a matching little symbol). the unwieldy size is absolutely justified by the level of fine texture & detail in merasgars paintings. like you really appreciate being able to zoom in close. mostly religious & traditional/historical Chinese themed (as the cover indicates) but there's some modern & western themed too. their illusts really feel powerful it's scary.. a religious experience indeed..