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Anime Clay For years I have actively searched through the internet for anime art to adore. After creating a large collection of my favorite artists, I decided it could be nice to share. In America, I feel that much of the anime fandom neglects the artists and their style and pays more attention to the characters -- often paying no respect to the artist/source even if they like it. As an artist myself, this makes me pretty upset. I made this blog hoping to change that around. You can call me Miq, Enjoy the artists, here at Anime Clay.

My gateway artist into Korean anime art and still one of my favorite artists of all time, Kim Hyung-Tae. He broke all the rules, on anatomy, outfits, weapons, footwear and character design in general. And he did it successfully, influencing character designers world wide, and letting the world know what Korean style is. With the intricately detailed outfits and absurd anatomy of his characters, Kim Hyung-Tae uses a thick style of shading to render his characters in what I can best describe as “clay-like” — a look somewhat typical of Korean anime artists.

His work can be found in various art books — such as the Oxide series, and Apple (which he did the cover art for, shown here in the 2nd image). He also did the character design for the PS2 game series Magna Carta and the upcoming MMORPG Blade and Soul.

Kim Hyung-Tae’s official site is still under construction, but will be located here: http://studiosis.com/jam/

For the Magna Carta official site: http://www.atlus.com/magna_carta/

For the Blade and Soul official site (Korean): http://bns.plaync.co.kr/

For Apple Comic’s site (a Korean art website): http://www.applecomics.co.kr/

And for an interview with the artist: http://www.guupress.com/magazine/interviews/htk/1.asp

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    Actually dat anatomy kind of awful imho I get so sick of seeing females in animu protrayed exactly exactly exactly the...
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    I like the use of colour and I love the more mature feel than the Japanese manga scene, but I can’t get over how...
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    Yeah this is what we would call polishing a turd
  13. bizarrothatty reblogged this from sweetguts and added:
    yeah like he’s good at a lot of stuff but chalking up the way he draws women as just “breaking the rules” or something...
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    i love his colors and some of his ideas but jesus christ the day people stop drawing women’s bodies the absurd way he...
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    This guy is amazing, a friend and I have been planning on getting the game ever since he heard about it (Which was ages...
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    His anatomy is...Uhm, but christ the art is just lovely to look at. Soft with a sharp contrast.
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    HNGH THE SHADIN
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