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3 matchs for ishida:
"Oh boy...Lugia. Quite possibly the cheapest Pokémon since the Amnesia Mewtwo of the RBY days, Lugia is capable of taking out 2/3 of a rival trainer's team before they have time to realize what is happening. With a 358 Defense, a 406 Special Defense and the ability to Recover at will, Lugia is quite simply VERY hard to kill. Does it really matter what your offensive stats look like if you have all the time in the world to whittle your opponent down whilst they fruitlessly whale away at your well nigh impenetrable defenses?"
Illus: Lugia Flies High, by Krystal Ishida.
1. kelly's world of cheerleading (hat tip to paper rad); 2.-4. tien's ultimate dbz dimension; 5. homestar runner (sweet cuppin' cakes); 6. tien's ultimate dbz dimension; 7. krystal ishida; 8. lugia pokémon (artist unknown); 9. artist unknown
To the left is a new "product box installation," a style of working described in more detail in an earlier post. I know I said I was going to make a wall installation using a buckyball, but I ended up scanning a fullerene molecule I painted 9 years ago, printing it out, and gluing it onto a granola box. Much less labor-intensive, and it looks better. The pushpinned pipes and spheres (to the left of the box) are more recently fabricated, in Paintbrush. For some reason the polaroid reads the pipes as a sickly yellow-green; they're actually more of a true green, but I lack the Photoshop skills to change it.
On my "miscellaneous page" I've critiqued some anime-style drawings by Krystal Ishida, an artist based in the UK who I discovered surfing around the net. Her work has enthusiasm and punch, and I don't care if she's still in the learning stages: she works harder than a lot of mature artists I know. Also, I'm interested in what makes a good web drawing, and in the post I discuss some of the aesthetics of using low-fi vs. "upgraded" software.
Also, on my technodiary page I discuss a recent release by Beige Records artist Paul B. Davis.