Guilty Crown gives the word “horrible” a run for its money, yet Redjuice’s artwork is the exact opposite of the term – the sixth Blu-ray volume’s cover illustration is above spectacular, despite the weak subject matter.
A less than elegant character is portrayed here superbly – and all thanks to Redjuice.
There’s an essence of symmetry – yet each half of the artwork is quite different despite the the similarities. Two contrasting variants of pink dominate each amazing portion of the illustration – and interesting is how pink not only stands against itself here, but the background as well. It’s not often, or ever, one will see pink being used in a composition with such a serious and dark tone as this.
This image isn’t dark in the sense of bloody murder – yet it is a sort of brute reality. Aside from the two pink complexions of female, which seem more delicate, one can clearly see all else to be quite grunge and industrial – murky steel colors, greys and blacks, with an overall shadow which hardly touches the composition when it comes to the background. Indeed, a darker floor, with a brighter roof or sky, indicates a solid ground of assurance – giving an overall good vibe, yet there’s a significant detail which keeps that from being fully true here.
Inori is not smiling – the one who is cheerfully grinning is her counterpart, and it’s possibly not in the most friendliest of feelings, but perhaps, out of a hint of spite or the likes. In any case however, Inori feels as if a prisoner – this is a single setting, with two people sitting right beside one another, and while the environment leaves one grinning, the other looks as if they’d accept death without a care. A harsh contrast to showcase what one world can mean for another.
Redjuice’s style prevails here gorgeously – yet it is quite unfortunate the source of this illustration isn’t a series worth similar praise, and in fact, is actually highly deserving of ridicule. Indeed, this is quite sad an artwork in more ways than one.
May 17, 2012 @ 13:41 CDT
Did you mean Redjuice instead of Huke?
May 17, 2012 @ 13:44 CDT
I don’t feel like this illustration is by Huke at all, but rather Redjuice.
May 17, 2012 @ 13:59 CDT
You’re correct, yes.
May 17, 2012 @ 14:00 CDT
Fixed – I’m in a rush today so I’ve got other things on my mind.
May 18, 2012 @ 0:25 CDT
Guilty Crown being extremely forgettable (seriously, are the writers and directors 12?) isn’t going to stop me from adoring redjuice art (his Beatless stuff is good too), nor Sawano Hiroyuki’s music either who also did Gundam Unicorn’s fabulous sound track.
May 18, 2012 @ 0:32 CDT
Indeed, the only thing Production IG did well with Guilty Crown was fund the pockets of various contracted assistance. We should thank them for that, as otherwise, there’d be less of this splendid artwork and music.