BEGINNING S.E.C Website Illustration Archive2 min read
Reading Time: 2 minutesSince it was clear from the title that Nagi Ryou’s newest collection would be an archive of website illustrations, I wasn’t expecting much in terms of quality or large illustrations. And no doubt having such moderate expectations about BEGINNING S.E.C Website Illustration Archive helped me to appreciate it more, since it turned out to be better than expected.
BEGINNING is A4-size and 24 pages not including the covers. The illustration dates appear next to each work and they’re more or less in order from oldest to newest. The majority of the works are from pre-2004 with only the last three art pages presenting works post 2008.
And as usual with a Nagi Ryou collections, there are a fair amount of girls who’ve lost their shirts, but that’s about as racy as it gets. Since the illustrations are website art work, they’re all too small for a full page, so they fit several to a page. I’ve seen so many upscaled images printed in doujins that I really prefer it this way, it looks better in the end. More recent illustrations from 2008 and 2009 are Toranoana commissions and a light novel, which is why the quality stands out in comparison to the rest.
Though BEGINNING didn’t have the same kind of appeal as some of Nagi Ryou’s more themed doujins, the quality in presentation was still there, and I do always enjoy his art works.
Title: BEGINNING タイトル: BEGINNING Author: Nagi Ryou Publication Date: 12/31/2010 Size: 24p NDL: -
