Koin Illustrations5 min read
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe recently released collection, Koin Illustrations, contains art work from the light novels Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Metal Witch Sisters, and Hauhau. Although Koin is best known as the illustrator for Kanokon, that has its own book called Foxmark Kanokon Art Works.
Koin Illustrations is A4-size and 128 pages. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san takes up the majority of the book with the first 47 pages of the collection. Most of the illustrations are full page. The series has great art work, mostly featuring the lead character, Nyaruko, and less frequently the fiery Coo-ko.
Next are the illustrations from Metal Witch Sisters, which have an older Koin style that feels a lot more painted. I’m not at all familiar with Metal Witch Sisters, but it takes up the next 20 pages with loads of flowers, school uniforms, and thigh highs.
The last series featured is Hauhau with six pages. The last few color illustrations are from GA Graphic wallpapers, though there is one tribute illustration for Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica. Color art works end at this point and the last 40 pages are all monochrome.
The monochrome section features the novel art works from all of the above series. Some of the monochrome works are given a full page, but most are tiled four to a page in a slightly overlapping format. The last 10 pages are rough sketches.
I really thought that Koin Illustrations was going to include more of his original art works, so I was disappointed. It’s only really 78 pages of color illustrations for ￥2500. For a dedicated fan of the artist or the series, it may be worthwhile, otherwise, there are better art books out there for the price.
Title: Koin Illustrations タイトル: 狐印イラストレーションズ Author: Koin Publication Date: 03/18/2011 Size: 128p NDL: https://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/000011151381
