Jex
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[Trust & Betrayal] - 1
I have decided that it was a grave error to even consider discussing this seminal work without showing you all the strikingly beautiful artistry that exists within it. Dresden already touched on the light and the dark contrast, as well as the importance of shadows and they key role they play in the visual language of the piece. However, it's not just the lighting that demands your attention. It's the composition, the framing, the contrast, the detail, the colour work - pretty much everything that you could think of. There's plenty of wallpaper material, in other words:
There are still a few little touches I'd like to comment on regarding shadows. Firstly, at the beginning of this episode:
This is just classic visual storytelling. We don't need to see anything else to realise that these group of people have been enslaved and, in fact, it's not explicitly mentioned in the dialogue for quite some time. What I really respect here is how restrained the actual framing is - they don't focus entirely on the chains in a manner which would be the equivalent of beating the audience over the head with the point.
This master and student are clearly worlds apart, as demonstrated by the immense barrier between them.
Two areas in which I find this work particularly visually arresting, at least in comparison to other good looking anime, is the hair and the blood. The hair looks amazingly dark and detailed but it still managed to actually move in a convincing manner, something which must have been a bit challenging:
Meanwhile the blood is extremely thick and striking and the manner in which it dries makes it resemble paint. A very interesting, and powerful choice:
I have decided that it was a grave error to even consider discussing this seminal work without showing you all the strikingly beautiful artistry that exists within it. Dresden already touched on the light and the dark contrast, as well as the importance of shadows and they key role they play in the visual language of the piece. However, it's not just the lighting that demands your attention. It's the composition, the framing, the contrast, the detail, the colour work - pretty much everything that you could think of. There's plenty of wallpaper material, in other words:
There are still a few little touches I'd like to comment on regarding shadows. Firstly, at the beginning of this episode:
This is just classic visual storytelling. We don't need to see anything else to realise that these group of people have been enslaved and, in fact, it's not explicitly mentioned in the dialogue for quite some time. What I really respect here is how restrained the actual framing is - they don't focus entirely on the chains in a manner which would be the equivalent of beating the audience over the head with the point.
This master and student are clearly worlds apart, as demonstrated by the immense barrier between them.
Two areas in which I find this work particularly visually arresting, at least in comparison to other good looking anime, is the hair and the blood. The hair looks amazingly dark and detailed but it still managed to actually move in a convincing manner, something which must have been a bit challenging:
Meanwhile the blood is extremely thick and striking and the manner in which it dries makes it resemble paint. A very interesting, and powerful choice:
