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Look Back - Tatsuki Fujimoto

it’s a manga but i think it’s a story that is complemented by the illustrations. to me, it’s more like a short story that happens to have art. it’s about the doing art for the love of the craft, human connection and growing up, and i found it very moving when i read it for the first time a couple years ago.

@hughes

Dec 3, 2024

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otomo

if you love Akira, or just beautiful animation, this book is full of akira-inspired art, early sketches, and general akira gushing

@royallmonarch

Mar 14, 2024

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I ❤️ Yoshimoto nara

An artist that I admire and has touched (and tugged) at my heart is Yoshimoto Nara. Yoshimoto Nara was born in 1959 in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. He is known for powerful portraits with eyes that gaze back at the viewer (YOSHIMOTO NARA The Works). What touches me about his work are the characters he draws. It is soft, childlike imagery but he uses his characters to explore the depths of our human condition. It’s in the eyes. The characters in his work are children carrying the feelings, questions, doubts, and fears of adults.  Wrote more about this cool guy on my Substack: Portrait of a TwentySomething 🫧

@portraitofthuw

Oct 7, 2024

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bedtime thunderstorm

the sound of rain and thunder… yeah i’m passing tf out

@hughes

Mar 10, 2025

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ELDERBERRY WINE - WEDNESDAY

yeah i need to drink a coors banquet and listen to this around a bonfire with my closest friends

@hughes

May 21, 2025

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crossing something off your bucket list

i went to loch ness today!! i’ve wanted to go there ever since i was a little kid reading my monsters and cryptids book from the book fair cause i was a freaky little spooky kid. did not see any monsters but i bought a little figurine from the nessie hunter guy in dore :)

@hughes

Dec 28, 2024