Koji Morimoto's Scrapbook Orange from Japan & because of you i cannot get enough of Johji's

living battleships

... apologies for all the rambling, there aren't many people i can touch on these subjects with & i wanted to follow-up with you after the Expo - still looking forward to that announcement (part of the impetus to finally start my comic after i wrap up this film by the fall...) & totally stoked for 8House... kindest thoughts always...

...been listening to this audiobook non-stop lately - so cool to see you do your own take on it... the concept artist Feng Zu's interpretation of some of the environments from the novel are quite evocative too, (if you haven't seen them: fengzhudesign.com/) ... really enjoying the Escalator collection i picked up after the Image Expo - thanks for being so cool for that, it really made the whole experience worth it & having your original sketches hanging in my studio is truly inspiring... i think about your style alot in that i am in my last semester working to complete my traditionally animated thesis short film in gradschool for character animation & at the same time really re-discovering sequential art (thanks largely in part to the awesomeness of RoyalBoiler)... so there is this struggle to find a balance between the two & this is why i think about your style a lot - it has all the appeal of traditional animation principles while still really having that sense of scale - for instance, in his piece all the shops & street props are easily readable while still allowing for cool little rewards to the eye upon closer scrutiny... in undergrad i studied & did many master copies from ancient Mayan hieroglyphic stelae & codices & when i engage in your work, the flow of communication in your pages really contains some that same organic essence... (sorry, not wanting to sound metaphysical) anyways, this piece here is quite the trip, having the visuals in my head from the audiobook & seeing how you inlaid the shuriken from the shop widow that sells the nicknacks for the sailors over top the foreground image of Case... & a little nod there to Abbey Road with Molly...? you're really setting some high standards, sir - always tapping that next level shizz... btw, i just ordered