Pixiv Girls Collection 20116 min read
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs more and more artists discover Pixiv, the competition for getting into the yearly Pixiv Girls Collection becomes tougher. While it may be hard on the artists that competitive edge has made the Pixiv Girls Collection 2011 one of the most beautiful artists’ collections I’ve ever purchased.
Pixiv Girls Collection 2011 is an A4-sized book and 162 pages in the length. Throughout the book illustrations are a full page or a half page so everything looks great. The cover art work by Fuji Choko repeats on the first page of the collection without the title text. Like with last year’s edition the undercover also features art work, this time by Sousou.
There are several themed sections introduced at the beginning, but not clearly marked. The illustrations themselves are distinct enough to clear on the theme in most cases. But the themes are standard for the most part: original characters, sailor school uniforms, maids, animal ears, and so on.
I think the discoverability factor for artists in this collection is quite high. In this collection most pages were new names to me who aren’t in the doujinshi scene. Last year, most were artists I was already keeping tabs on.
Saitom’s cover for Jewelic Princess Girls was his addition to the book and there were a few Year of the Rabbit illustrations, like the one above by ToMo. Artist Joi is responsible for the school girl with a motorbike above.
Eighty pages into the book begins the “Concept Art” section which doesn’t include concept arts in a traditional sense. They’re illustrations based on concepts from competitions like the Pixiv Grand Prix, Pixiv Fantasia IV-V, and Guitar Girls.
The book ends with the self-reflective illustrations of girls illustrating with everything from tablets to paint to blood. These illustrations take up the next 50 pages of the art book after which are a few pages introducing Pixiv staff. Even though all of the content is also online, Pixiv Girls Collection 2011 is enjoyable and easy to look through, and maybe even a little more organized than bookmarks.
Title: Pixiv Girls Collection 2011 タイトル: ピクシブガールズコレクション2011 Author: ピクコレ製作委員会 Publication Date: 03/31/2011 Size: 162p NDL: https://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/023095526
