Smithy's Feed Releases for August 2010

While at C77 Tony Taka released the doujin ‘Hitagi ONESIDE’, a series themed book with full page color illustrations followed by a black and white h story as is the artists’ typical Comiket custom, for C78 we saw a rather different release. Next to t...

Even though the cherry blossom season is already behind us and had gone for a hanami earlier this year, went to visit the Japanese garden in Hasselt last weekend. Not only wanted to meet up with fellow otaku comrade Blowfish from FlyingPussyFoot to s...

With the school yearbook photo shoot only a few days away, Yui stares at her reflection in the mirror while playing with her hair, all in search of a style fitting her taste. Not pleased with what she sees, she soon enlists Ui’s aid. Arriving in sch...

Although we saw some quick flashes of Tachibana Himeko in the past “K-ON!!” episodes, do regret not seeing her character getting more screentime. Luckily Pixiv comes to the rescue by offering us a nice selection of terrific illustrations featuring th...

After the ‘Hiragi’ doujin at C77, artist Kantoku (from 5年目の放課後) released the ‘More Check’ illustration book and the ‘Check Ero 3′ h doujin this past Comiket. The most remarkable artwork in the book is no doubt this one below, which reminds me o...

Out and about with my DSLR equipped with macro lens yesterday, snapped a few simple photos of some daisies in the sun, including these daisies (aka bellis perennis) where a fly was busy scurrying across one of the flowers. Thanks to the abundant sunl...

The second day of the Sakura High School festival begins and the light music club girls are anxiously counting away the hours until their live performance. The girls fire themselves up and head to the stage, wearing the HTT shirts Sawako made for the...

The summer edition of Comiket was held last weekend, prime time for lovers of fine anime related art to seek out new artbooks and doujinshi. Icie from Hunting The Elusive posted a two part primer (part 1, part 2) that lists many artists’ planned C78...

An epic Dollfie Dream confrontation! The fated battle between the irresisible sniper from “Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann” and a shy student from class 3-2 of “K-ON!”. Defeated earlier by Yoko who proudly showcased her shapely curves, although she’s a m...

With their vast armies amassed at the gates of Count Vance’s castle, several lords revolt against what they believe is the Count unjustly usurping the throne through his daughter Clodette, when in fact another had won the Queen’s Blade tournament. Wh...

Walking through the school grounds bustling with visitors and students that enjoy the many stands and activities, Azusa and Jun head back to their class from a quick trip to the convenience store. With the entire class an eclectic buzz of girls frant...

Was able to take some photos of a Dandelion bearing seeds using my Canon 100mm macro lens. The breeze made it challenging to get a satisfactory sharp photo, had stopped down to f/11 for increased depth-of-field and there was some cloud cover, result...

When “K-ON!” first aired last year, the series spawned Character Image Song CD’s for its most popular characters which featured cover art with a specific recognizable style. Back then wrote about the illustrations created by artist Nanao (ななお, Pi...

After the extensive photography had done of Yoko and Shizuko outside on a beautiful summer day, safely secured them on their Volks doll stands for casual display but soon grabbed my Canon camera again to make a few snapshots. Having cared for the wi...

Counting the votes cast by the entire class, Nodoka reveals that Mio has received the most votes and is elected to portray Romeo in the class play of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet” for the school festival. Distraught, Mio tries to refuse but finds he...

Saw a message in my mailbox from Amazon Japan that advertised volume three of “Amanchu!”, the manga by Amano Kozue (天野 こずえ) currently running in the Comic Blade magazine by Mag Garden. Available for pre-order at Amazon Japan, the third volume o...