“Today’s Mike du Jour is dedicated to my long time friend and collaborator J.J. Sedelmaier who once told me he could not look at another manga portfolio. I share his distaste. In fact it makes my eyes bulge and take on unrealistic highlights…” Yeah, well… it’s now been over a decade since I said that and I’ve accepted the fact that manga/anime ain’t goin’ away, in fact, it’s now a big part of our popular culture and has its own thread throughout. I STILL don’t like seeing student portfolios that feel as though there’s no thought put into the graphic design vocabulary that’s being presented, but I can NOW see that a manga/anime influence can also work. I think the style has had enough time to circulate and become reinterpreted so it’s now become an influence for good instead of evil… xoxoJJ
(Mucho thanks for the “Shout-out” BTW !!)