Sketches

James Ghio

James Ghio is an artist I discovered through Instagram, especially his Asuka and Eva-02 print. Both pieces were commissioned at FanimeCon in successive years.
  • This sketch is based on one of the promo photos for Alter's Jersey Ver. figure
  • A sticker included with the Tokyo-3 Old Hakone Road cake packaging was used as a reference.

Sho Murase

Sho Murase has done a variety of pop culture based artwork, most notably Nancy Drew and Disney. Both pieces were obtained at Japan Expo USA 2nd Impact in 2014 when Murase did sketch requests.
  • A fan art reference was used as a reference for this piece, so the sketch didn't turn out as close to Asuka as I expected.
  • A page from the 3.0 movie pamphlet showing Asuka's various expressions was used as a reference for this piece.

Long Vo

Long Vo is a comic and video game illustrator known for his Street Fighter work. He only does commissions at conventions. The first two pieces were obtained at the 2013 Capcom Cup.
  • Test Type Plugsuit: The caption mistakenly identifies this as from 3.0.
  • Nekomimi hat and track jacket
  • Half Face: Vo was a guest at Illusive Comics & Games for Free Comic Book Day 2015 and did a limited number of sketches.
  • Uniform: This was done at PAX Prime 2015.

Misc. Artists

  • Ryusuke Hamamoto (2011): A shikishi sketch by Ryusuke Hamamoto (illustrator for Petit Eva) obtained at FanimeCon 2011.
  • Yuko-Rann (2013): A fan art by Yuko-Rann based on a shirt of Asuka sporting a Yomiuri Giants jersey as part of an Eva x Nippon Professional Baseball crossover. There is also a Rei design. What I like about this rendition is that Asuka is smiling more and it conveys more sense of movement than what I get from the shirt.
  • Tu Bui (2014): A commission by Tu Bui (Art of Tu) obtained at Big Wow Comicfest 2014 and based on one of the character illustrations in the 3.0 movie pamphlet.
  • Takami Akai (2014): A shikishi sketch by Takami Akai (formerly of Gainax) obtained at FanimeCon 2014 and based on a promo image for Eva x K-Swiss shoes.
  • Felipe Smith (2014): A shikishi sketch by mangaka and comic artist Felipe Smith obtained at Japan Expo USA 2nd Impact. Surprisingly this was Smith's first Eva sketch.
  • Lowah (2014): A shikishi commission by Lowah, artist of the EVA 2.22 Recline print. Obtained at Japan Expo USA 2nd Impact.
  • Eu03 (2015): Commissioned at FanimeCon.
  • Reiq (2015): Commissioned at Anime Expo.
  • Amelie (2015): Obtained at Comic Market 89.
Kedamonya-san (2015): Obtained at Comic Market 89.
Kurotengu (2015): ​Obtained at Comic Market 89.
Jeffrey Cruz (Chamba) (2016): Commissioned at Anime Expo.
  • ​​Edwin Huang (Ironpinky) (2016): Commissioned at Anime Expo.
  • Yancey Labat (2016): Labat was a guest at Wow Cool Alternative Comics for Free Comic Book Day 2016. This sketch took him about 45 minutes.
  • Peter S. Conrad (2017): Conrad was a guest at Wow Cool Alternative Comics for Free Comic Book Day 2017. I asked him for his take on Asuka. 
  • Hiroyasu Kobayashi (2017)