SPOTLIGHT:

GURIHIRUToronto Comic Arts Festival 2015May 9, 2015

Before you whip out your camera…

You may take photos for your own use, but please don’t post any full-facial photos

of Gurihiru online

You can tweet yr thots @gurihiru + add hashtag #TCAF

Gurihiru is… a two-artist creative team

Chifuyu SasakiDesign, pencils and inks

Naoko KawanoDesign, colors

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The PromiseWritten by Gene Luen YangDark Horse Comics (2012)

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The SearchWritten by Gene Luen YangDark Horse Comics (2013)

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The RiftWritten by Gene Luen YangDark Horse Comics (2014)

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

Avatar: The Last Airbender Smoke & Shadow

Written by Gene Luen YangDark Horse Comics (September 2015)

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

A-Babies vs. X-BabiesWritten by Skottie YoungMarvel Comics (2012)

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

Thor and the Warriors FourWritten by Alex ZalbenMarvel Comics (2011)

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

Tails of the Pet AvengersWritten by Skottie YoungMarvel Comics (2010)

Gurihiru are…artists from Japan who work on American comics

Wolverine: First Class #16Written by Peter DavidMarvel Comics (2009)

Gurihiru are…artists who draw some fab variant covers too!

Gurihiru are… illustrators

Star Wars Japanese-English Dictionary

Gakken (2014)

Gurihiru are… illustrators

Gurihiru are… colorists

Drama By Raina Telgemeier (2013)

A LOOK BEHIND THE DRAWING

BOARDAvatar: The Last

Airbender, from sketch to finished artwork

1. Layout sketches 2. pencils

3. Inked pages 4. Colored pages

Layout Inks Color

Layout Inks Color

A LOOK BEHIND THE DRAWING

BOARDSquirrel Girl variant

cover, from sketch to finished artwork

Layout Sketches

Layout Color Final Cover

Want more Gurihiru at TCAF?

SATURDAY3:30 – 4:15 pmTCAF Kids Day Live drawing & chatSt. Paul’s on Bloor

SUNDAY11:00 am – 12:30 pmAutograph sessionBeguiling Onsite Store, 2nd Floor

2:00 – 3:00 pm“Gurihiru on the Creative Process & Navigating Japanese Publishing”The Japan Foundation Toronto131 Bloor Street West, 2nd floor

Want to see more Gurihiru online?

Website http://gurihiru.com/

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Twitter@Gurihiru

Thank you!