Earlier today, i bid on three auctions of what i think are original illustrations by a doujin artist, and have just won two of them, an illustration of Tomoyo from Cardcaptor Sakura and a set of 2 illustrations of Ami and Hotaro from Sailor Moon:
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/161952250
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/161951966
After doing a google translation on these, i'm reasonably confident that the Tomoyo illustration is by a doujin/manga artist called Koh Kawarajima and was used for the cover of an old doujinshi. The other auction is still not quite clear to me though. One of these appears to also be by Koh Kawarajima, but the second illustration has a different autograph, which makes me wonder if it was done by a different artist. The translation i ran on the auction doesn't seem to be very clear on what these ones were originally used for either (Doujin cover?..Poster?...Artbook?.. Something else?).
Do any of you guys happen to know where these two Sailor Moon illustrations were originally used for and/or the identity of the artist of the illustration that bears the different autograph? It would be great if their origin could be identified!
Question about an auction (Sailor Moon illustrations)
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Re: Question about an auction (Sailor Moon illustrations)
What a strange coincidence. A fellow beta member contacted me today about translating a description for an item from this exact same seller. Guess he's a popular seller?
I'm not familiar with dojinshi stuff, but apparently Koh Kawarajima is a popular (old school) dojinshi artist so all the info came up fairly easily.
All three illustrations were drawn by Koh Kawarajima. Two of the autographs are signed in English and one is signed in Japanese, hence the different style autographs. FYI- according to JP wiki, "Koh Kawarajima" is two artists, Kawashima & Hiroyuki Karashima (pseudonyms, too).
The Tomoyo illustration was the cover of "Sakuraame Final Vol.3" (Sakura Candy Final Vol. 3), a 18+ dojinshi series.
The Hotaru & Ami illustrations were the covers from the AmiHota 18+ dojinshi series.
The clothed one was the cover for "AmiHota Side: A/B/C"
The buff one was the cover for "Amihota!! Side : b"
Hope that answers all your questions.
I'm not familiar with dojinshi stuff, but apparently Koh Kawarajima is a popular (old school) dojinshi artist so all the info came up fairly easily.
All three illustrations were drawn by Koh Kawarajima. Two of the autographs are signed in English and one is signed in Japanese, hence the different style autographs. FYI- according to JP wiki, "Koh Kawarajima" is two artists, Kawashima & Hiroyuki Karashima (pseudonyms, too).
The Tomoyo illustration was the cover of "Sakuraame Final Vol.3" (Sakura Candy Final Vol. 3), a 18+ dojinshi series.
The Hotaru & Ami illustrations were the covers from the AmiHota 18+ dojinshi series.
The clothed one was the cover for "AmiHota Side: A/B/C"
The buff one was the cover for "Amihota!! Side : b"
Hope that answers all your questions.
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Re: Question about an auction (Sailor Moon illustrations)
Indeed it does!Promethium wrote:Hope that answers all your questions.
Thank you for the excellent detective work, Promethium. You rock!
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You're welcome. Glad to help.