joe randel's art dump

One of my favorites artists is Miu

I remember a long time ago going to AnthoCon one year and picking up a copy of Genus comic and in it was there that I saw a story about Peaches and Cream and a rubber duck.  It was so fun and cute and laid out so professionally.  I was immediately hooked on the artists work.  Years later, I can honestly say that I’ve never been as big a fanboy as I am for Miu and his art.  I seem to love just about everything he puts out and the techniques he uses in his pieces.  If I’m drawing something and I need inspiration or I’m looking to see how another artist tackled such a theme/topic I always go to Miu’s art first.  The colour, the designs, the layout, the poses EVERYTHING!  I love it!  It’s probably the best example of what I would like my own art to be like or what I push for.

Miu’s art always looks so fun and colourful and the characters look so cute and playful and… squishy!  ^_^  It’s one of those things that I pick out of my most favorite pieces… the squishiness.  See, being brought up on cartoons I (and others too I can imagine) saw my favorite toons as being sort of soft to the touch.  I guess I brought that over to my smut as that’s one of my most favorite aspects to play with along with pumping up the cute factor.  I don’t get my characters as soft (or as cute) as I’d like to but Miu seems to have it bang on.  Plus mix that up with some anime influence mashed up with his own unique art-fu and you get some of the best toon works out there in my opinion.

Even his gay and herm pics are super cute!  o_O  I’m not in to dudes or anything but… I will stand here and say I think that Miu’s dude and herm pics are cute too.

There, I said it.

And now the shame portion of the post.  I’ve only ever done one folio.  You know, the one where the girls are sexy toon versions of various candy and sweets?  Yeah that one.  Well I had the idea in my head for a long time and only after I did it all up did I see that it was the same pretty much the same idea as Miu and his Peaches and Cream characters (only human and not furry).  Sigh…  So I’m stepping out and saying that I never meant to copy or ride coat tails and it’s because of that I’ve been reluctant to draw more candy/sweet girlies.

Oh the shame of it all!

At any rate, I still love Miu and his work and it’s a secret dream of mine to maybe work on an art project with him or maybe just an art trade…  well…. I guess that’s not a secret any more is it ^_^

Some of my fave Miu pics (some of them… cuze pretty much everything is a fave )

Rooby Snacks
Milk & Cookies: Private Time
Demon Sword
Peaches Sketches
Bun Warmer