Comments on: Nantala Kantala

By: Escah

Escah — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:26:58 +0000

The artist uses a different name on Pixiv, and Japanese illustrators often do. There is a link to the bottom left of the site you found. Doesn’t seem like he/she posts a lot of things in the internet though

By: Arin

Arin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:33:17 +0000

Loving the backgrounds. Like how packed with stuff they are.

According to this site, Honyarara is also the artist for a visual novel game, Dramatical Murder, for Nitro+Chiral, which is most definitely NSFW:

http://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6096

Seeing some of the images of the game the character styles are the same as these here, so definitely same artist( but again NSFW ).

By: Cours dessin

Cours dessin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:50:08 +0000

Incredible colors and lines.
Fantastic work.

By: Jim Hartlage

Jim Hartlage — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:00:05 +0000

I really like the color palettes used on each of the paintings.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:30:21 +0000

Thanks, I would not have figured that out. My searches for “Nantara Kantara” went nowhere.

For the benefit of other readers, a search for “Honyarara” will turn up additional images (some of them NSFW).

By: Colin Peters

Colin Peters — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:12:04 +0000

“Nantara Kantara” is the name of the web site, and roughly means “something or other” or “somehow.” It implies, at least in my mind, a kind of roundabout journey to getting somewhere. As mentioned by Protokitty, the artist calls his or herself “Honyarara,” which is a sort of nonsense word used when you don’t know what word to use, like (again) “something or other” in English.

They include a few biographical details: Born and living in Wakayama; born in 1987; “Not at this time accepting illustration work.” Apparently he or she is (was?) active on Pixiv (a Japanese illustration social network site, sort of like Deviant Art), and have had a few works published in illustration collections and at least one manga. I’m not really sure he or she is a professional illustrator. In fact, I get more of the vibe of a serious amateur who would rather keep it a pleasurable hobby than turn it into a career (but I have not much to base that on but my feeling).

I haven’t visited their Pixiv profile. It does mention on their site that their “adult” work, presumably NSFW, is hosted over there.

Hope this helps. They sure are some beautiful pictures.

By: Protokitty

Protokitty — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:05:49 +0000

The artist’s name is Honyarara. The name is an obvious pseudonym though.

By: Rownd

Rownd — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:13:11 +0000

The pencils are fun to look at!