#I finally caught a new TPN Demizu art on time after many months! | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

chidoroki · 2 years

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After waiting patiently for many months, my copy of the TPN art book finally arrived and I am SO EMOTIONAL!

It honestly feels a bit surreal to actually have it my hands?? like I remember pre-ordering this back in..December I think? so not only did time fly by since then but to have such easy access to so many of Demizu’s beautiful works whenever I want? It is FANTASTIC and I swear I had a smile on my face the entire time while looking through this, and it took me a few hours to do so!

Seriously, I knew there was gonna be a lot but damn, it surpassed my expectations. Sure I’ve seen many of the colored manga & Shonen Jump pages, covers & illustrations before, but seeing them again in such a nice quality was refreshing! I felt like I was experiencing the whole story all over again, especially the handful of pieces that feature Goldy Pond and everything else the second season decided to ditch completely. There were even a couple I don’t remember at all, which was lovely!

And speaking about new stuff, oh my god, all of the concept art! There is literally so much of it! Early designs of the fullscore trio were to be expected, but what surprised me was just how many variations the three of them went through! I was happy to see little sketches of the other children too like those from GP and Lambda. And I absolutely adore every single one of Demizu’s comments & notes she wrote alongside everything too, even stuff about the buildings and the demons and sweet lord there were so many different ideas for them I felt overwhelmed!

What I really enjoyed were the rough drafts of the volume covers, SJ pages & graphic novels that went unused. I know it won’t ever happen, but I’d love to see some of them actually drawn out and finished because Demizu had really clever ideas in terms of layout and you can tell which designs influenced the final choices. There are some really wholesome ones too and of course I’d never pass up on the chance to see more GP art.

OH there were a couple of interviews with Shirai & Demizu as well! Those were a treat to read through. Shirai is such a big fan of Demizu, it’s precious. I really hope they team up again for future projects. They’re a wonderful duo!!

Throughout the book there were several double page spreads that were shown in the manga, SJ and wherever else, but towards the very end there were a couple more and those.. oh boy, those were beautiful. Even the single page illustrations that followed caught me off guard too but I love them all the same! A real nice way to end the whole book. Reading through everything served as a brilliant reminder about why I cherish this series so much.

Aahh if I had the time and energy to chat about this more then trust me, I definitely would. I’d love to share the overabundance of pictures I took and ramble on about every little detail I found interesting, but I won’t because 1) it would honestly take me forever due to how much content this book contains, 2) I obviously never know when to shut up when it comes to this series, and 3) it is such a lovely collection of artwork and information that you just have to witness it all for yourself!! So apologies for being so vague for once, but if you have the chance to receive a copy of this book for yourself, then definitely do so! Very worth it!!

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