Tony Taka – T2 Art Gallery3 min read
Reading Time: 3 minutesI bought Tony Taka’s T2 Art Gallery months ago, but I only remembered it after receiving the Toranoana exhibition booklet from Alpha’s recent show. And in retrospect, though I over paid for it, I would have ended up paying even more if I wanted to get it now.
T2 Art Gallery is a B4 size, hardcover art book with roughly 60 illustrations. It was only sold at the exhibition at Toranoana, which is the reason for the inflated re-sale prices. If you’re an avid collector of Tony Taka’s releases, you’ll have seen many of the illustrations before. It includes previous volumes of Tony’s self-published Graph doujins and Fancy Frontier Magazine covers. Nothing featured in Tony’s Ciel Chronicle appears in this book. But there is a significant amount of overlap with the Collect1 doujinshi.
Even with the repeats, I still always enjoy Tony Taka’s work. I guess it’s because there are generally a good amount of new illustrations along with the older ones. Plus in this case, having the art work at this size and quality is something entirely different than the smaller B5 size doujinshi that make up his normal releases. Either way, I’m always glad to see more substantial releases from artists, even when they’re not commercial.
There is one new illustration in the book. It’s the final work on the closing page with a “Thank You” message and printed autograph from Tony Taka. And there is a lot of nudity, though it’s not as explicit as his Collect1 release. The price for this book has seriously skyrocketed. But as with anything, if you can get it for a good price it would be worth it!
- Title: T2 Art Gallery
- タイトル: T2 Art Gallery
- Release Date: 11/20/2009
- Pages: 68 (including covers)
