The Works of
Joey Gohu
He took on the callsign
"Roach" after his cartoon character (if you look at the signature
area you might see the little roach). Joey's art is inspired primarily
by the works of anime and manga artist Masumune Shirow, and it shows.
Roach has gotten lots of raves for his work and we are proud to present
these samples to you.
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"Carnage"
features the character Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion
holding on to the Longinus Spear. The scene is the aftermath of
an angelic war. Pencil |
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The
emulator Ishtar from "Macross II", these vocalists who
pass out tactical orders to the Zentraedi and Meltraendi troops
through their singing. The singing likewise acts as a form of inspiration
for the soldiers. Pencils. |
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| The
Iczer sisters, in pencils (size 72.4k) |
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Eve
from "Megazone23". Eve is a holographic representation
of an artificial intelligence program of the Bahamoud master computer,
which controls the Megazone colony ship. Her image was supposedly
derived from the appearance of the original programmer of the Bahamoud
computer, Eve Tokimatsuri. The character was originally created
and drawn by Haruhiko Mikimoto, the creator of Macross. I decided
to see how it would turn out with a Shirow inspired style instead.
Pencils |
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Aeris,
from "Final Fantasy", What would she look like if she
were a real person? I decided to find out. The drawing was made
without any model. Pencils. |
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Would
you believe that this is a handmade cassette cover? It is. Ghost
in the Shell, in watercolor and poster paints. |
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| Ishtar
from Macross II. This work was originally done and finished in pencil.
Later on Joey decided to scan it and color it in the computer. (size: 41.6k) |
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| Tifa
on a Chocobo, having the time of her life. The Chocobo she's riding
is the common form of the bird, in yellow. The image is part of a
larger full page spread featuring the main heroic characters of FFVII.
Originally done in pencils, scanned then computer colored. (size: 63.3k) |
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| Cloud
and Aeris are riding atop my depiction of the special "Gold Chocobo",
which can traverse any terrain, and even run across water. It's also
a cut from the same spread "Tifa on a Chocobo" came from.
Originally done in pencils, scanned then computer colored. (size 84.8k) |
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