#oldringo

[eirikrjs]

have you seen tsj's fan demons on megaten reddit? do you think their quality is close to kaneko's works?

Hey! On the whole, I think they are okay. I don't really like to repost someone else's art without at least a link to the source (here's a Reddit link instead) but, apparently, TSJ's Chinese forum account where they would post this stuff is now gone. My favorites of the ones I've seen:

Väinämöinen, Taishang Laojun, Freya

TSJ's work is certainly noteworthy, but I'm not as impressed by it as I was OLdRingo's work, like these:

TSJ's stuff gets the Kaneko (or, rather, Shiraishi) shading very close, but there's something about the angles and curves in the art that's not quite as natural as OldRingo's. TSJ's remind me more of the Zoma forms in SH1 more than anything else.

In fact, it's quite akin to the Devil Summoner PSP port that took some of the Zomas and slapped mythological names on them. That's the impression I got for a lot of TSJ's demons.

[eirikrjs]

Please check out OlDRingO.老林檎 on Pixiv!

Based on the thumbnails or the Amon alone, it probably won’t take much convincing. OlDRingO (removing the stylization, it’s Old Ringo) is probably the best imitator of late-era Kaneko art I’ve ever seen. I’ve been trying to contact them for sharing permissions on Pixiv for months to no avail, so a reduced Amon, gallery thumbnails, and links will have to do. Unfortunately, you WILL need a Pixiv account to view the art in full.

But as you can see, it’s Goetia galore. Ghost-chalice Gamygyn, floating egg shell Agares, and vapin’ Marbas would belong right next to the likes of Morax. Amon is the the one I keep coming back to; the style, the texture, the RESTRAINT are amazing. So it’s practically criminal that OlDRingO’s phenomenal work seems to remain overlooked. Let’s change that!

Thanks to @greed92-smt for introducing me to OlDRingO!