Kurogin – NXST Illustrations3 min read
Reading Time: 2 minutesKurogin’s newest illustration doujinshi NSXT and published for Comitia 92 is a far cry from the sci-fi illustrations of his Winter Comiket release Archive Illustrations. This release features everyday girls instead of a mecha and magic theme like in previous volumes.
The cover illustration repeats inside on a spread. The contents title page also has a chibi version of the character. In this brief, A4 size, 16-page (including covers) collection, there are three spreads, so it does cut down on the total illustrations. But there is one sci-fi girl in the collection!
Though I don’t know if all the illustrations are new for this book, none of them appeared in Kurogin’s Archive Illustrations. Interestingly, since the last doujinshi release, Kurogin has had a regular gig with Nyantype Magazine, illustrating a Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force NEXT character design in each issue. I think there have been three so far.
Kind of the odd man out, but there is one fan art illustration for Working!! along with a weird girl who looks like she wants to rob/stab you at a mini-mart. Not sure if she’s original or not, as nothing in this book has a label. Somemtimes, I think even when an artist starts out with an original look, the pressure to produce adorable school girls must be so intense he eventually succumbs to it. Or something like that. Seeing that Kurogin will be at Comiket 78, I guess we’ll find out then if this is the permanent new direction!
- Title: NXST
- タイトル: NXST
- Release Date: 05/04/2010
- Pages: 16 (including covers)
