News and Hearsay — artist

It is our great pleasure to introduce you to Rui L, a.k.a. Ravefirell. Learn more in this edition of the artist spotlight.

"Covering an image with ornament is like turning it to gold, or setting it to music; it glorifies it, revealing the inner nature of the subject on its visible surface. The result is enchanting yet mysterious, for it is a revelation of something originally invisible, like a scent, a mood, or an ideology. Ornament is a metaphor, an essential element of poetry." Allison Stanley's web-page (www.allisonstanleyart.com) opens with this description of her unique style. In many ways, the quote is very similar to her art; beautiful, poetic, mysterious. I first met Allison in the artist alley of Anime Expo 2014...

Since I have recently decided to get back into the sketchbook, I found that it helps to find a favorite artist or artists. Basically they are these wells of inspiration from which I drink from time to time to replenish my creative juices (dang that was a baller metaphor!). One of them is very conveniently related to me, that being my brother whom you all know as P-Shinobi. The others I have discovered through my daily troll sessions of Deviant Art and Instagram. On today's Spotlight interview I had the pleasure of talking to one of my earliest and still...

Just recently watched the Puella Madoka Magica movie Rebellion and was inspired to do some rare fan art ^_^. I absolutely loved the movie! The art and animation were simply stunning, the brief combat scene between Akemi & Tomoe gave me shivers. If you are a fan of the series and haven't seen the movie I highly recommend it.  I also want to take this opportunity to highlight something I found rather troubling recently. It's regarding a proposed international trade agreement that could have some drastic implications on the anime industry. I will not go into great detail about the proposed agreement but...