Yoshida Seiji – PAST Old Works3 min read
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe first thing that strikes me about Yoshida Seiji’s art works are his incredible backgrounds. After more exploring, I learned that he is first and foremost a background illustrator, and that with his Comiket 77 doujinshi titled PAST, along with recent work on video games under the circle name TNK, he is expanding into the great wide world of character illustrations.
PAST‘s subtitle is YS00: Yoshida Seiji’s Old Works, making it clear that this catching up with his older illustrations. The doujinshi itself does contain two works labeled as new. The cover illustration, which repeats inside in full, and a spread of a girl in a white dress among ruins.
The rest of the A4 size, 24-page doujinshi features older works, including a classic one that I’ve seen re-posted regularly on images boards of a girl in an upside-down world. It’s nice to finally put a name with an illustration!
Even though the illustrations are old works, they do stand the test of time and avoid looking dated when compared with this year’s crop of art styles. There are also a couple featuring dragons, one with an elf, and one above featuring a passed-out wolf next to a drunk Little Red Riding Hood. Another thing to consider is that they’re all original character designs, which feels rare amidst the releases from this past Comiket.
Seeing as how the cover art is what got me to take a look at this in the first place, I would have liked to have seen more of what Yoshida Seiji would describe as his “new” art, but hopefully that’s in store for later editions of his doujinshi.
- Title: PAST
- タイトル: PAST
- Release Date: 12/31/2009
- Pages: 24 (including covers)
