I’ve been wanting to get to this for a while now – but various factors (moving the blog, time, and other things) has been preventing me from actually getting around to it.

Firstly – I have in the past posted some of my own fan-art on the blog – but it’s rather undistinguished – I trace, shade and colour. Hardly the most complicated thing on the planet, for all it earns me some compliments (always nice – thanks guys). Of course, there are some guys and girls out there with true talent – and I figured it’s time that I introduce you to some of them.

Waiting by ilolamai

My first introduction is a chap who hails from Thailand, and I count myself fortunate that I’ve come across the pictures he draws. Wielding his primary tools, Photoshop CS3 and Sai, with a skill that leaves me highly impressed, he has managed to create his own unique style which seems almost universally popular, if the number of commisions he receives on DeviantArt are anything to go by. And he finishes them off quickly too with the same constant high level of quality.

So far I’ve seen two major trends from him – he either does commissions where he takes the requestor’s original character (a character created by the person themselves), and renders them in his own style; or I’ve also seen him take well-known characters from anime and do the same thing. It’s different, but its beautiful to look at and the characters are still instantly identifiable. Where he uses known characters.

He also takes commissions from other Deviant-Art users – in many cases re-rendering their own OCs (original characters that they created) – and the feedback I’ve seen so far has been incredibly positive.

Unfortunately – I only really have space in this post for one image – I’ve linked to the original page: it’s called Waiting. If you want to see more of his work for yourself – go browse Ilolamai’s profile here – or go and visit his site at MyAnimeArt.

Do you have any artists/cosplayers/AMV producers you follow? Let me know – I’d love to let more people know about their work (or hobby – depending on how they see it ^_^) – or get them to contact me

Moving on – I have one more post coming for 2010′s Summer Anime series – and I’ll leave a list of those series I didn’t cover – time just isn’t my friend

Until later!