365 Reasons to Love

Title: Pixiv Girls Collection.

Artist(s)/Creator(s): Various Artists.

Pages: 162.

Release Date: March 19, 2009.

Retail Price: 2000yen; 26.00USD

Price I bought it for: $36.00

Place I bought it from: Yesasia.com

For those who don’t know what Pixiv is: “Japanese online community for artists. It was first launched as a beta test on September 10, 2007 by Takahiro Kamitani. Pixiv Inc. is headquartered in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Pixiv aims to provide a place for artists to exhibit their illustrations and get feedback via a rating system and user comments. Works are organized in an extensive tag structure which forms the backbone of the website.” - Wikipedia.

If you want to discover new artists, art styles, or simply love a smorgasbord of different artwork, Pixiv is the way to go. Anywhere from newbie amateurs to famous professions are members of Pixiv, although their art book collections consist mainly of the best. This A4 book comes with a matte dustcover and high-quality thick pages laden with vibrant artwork. The entire book is in Japanese and being how illiterate I am in Japanese, I can’t really translate any of the Artist’s info. Accompanying each image is the Title, Artist’s Name, and Comments.

Inside cover of the Artbook; Artist of said illustration is in the lower right corner. >.<

The featured Title page is by Sayori; I know without looking since her work is very recognizable and unique.

The book is divided into the following Categories:

-Illustrations (90 pages)
Original creative girl, Glasses girl, sister, etc …
Kimono, Cheongsam, maid uniforms, swimsuit, etc.
Devil, angel, fantasy, fairy, cat ears, etc …
Mecha, Musume SF · etc …

-Concept Art
Fantasia pixiv Pikugaku 1.2
Wing 妖 pixiv
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VOCALOID
Drawing girl

Also, as you can expect from the title, all illustrations are of Girls. =]

This one is by Siro.

I really loved this picture for it’s wonderful creativity.

This sexy picture is by Junny.

Gotta love Fuzi Choko.

It’s rare to find work by Huke, so I really loved it when I found a couple of pieces by him.

John Hathway, Sime, and I can’t translate the last one. The pieces do not always get a full page. They come in full page, half, quarter or sometimes just a small image.

“Majestic Gospel” by Kitchen.

I wished Redjuice could have had a full page.

Moving on to Concept Art (the rest of the book).

As a fan of Vocaloid, I really loved that they had their own section. =]

The last section of “Drawing Girls” is also very adorable.

Awww Sayori. =]

I wish my crappy camera would do these pictures more justice.

At the end, there’s a 6 page interview/information about the people and work behind Pixiv.

In conclusion, I really love Pixiv Artbooks. And I wish I knew have to read Japanese so I could get more out of these books. It is a very high quality book for the low price that it’s at. The art styles may not fit everyone’s tastes, but in trade off for the lovely (majority) pieces, I’d say this books is great. Should also check out the website for more lovely artwork.