Chezhina Svetlana (Russian: Чежина Светлана Игоревна), born January 12, 1985, is a comic book artist from
Kazakhstan. She works under the
Japanese pseudonym Midorikawa Tsuyoshi (Japanese: 緑川毅志) that can be translated as "Green River, a strong soul (heart)", despite the chosen given name being a masculine name.
Biography
Svetlana was born in 1985 in the town of
Rudniy
Rudny ( Kazakh Рудный, ''Rudnyi'') a city on the Tobol River in Kostanay Region of Kazakhstan. It appeared in 1957 in connection with the development of iron ore deposits, the construction Sokolovsko-Sarbai mining, and processing enterprise. ...
, Kostanai Province, Republic of
Kazakhstan.
In the 14 years to continue the study moved to Russia, in a small Ural town Korkino. And in the first year of life in Russia she became interested in Japanese animation.
In 2000, Svetlana entered the Chelyabinsk Art College at a special «Decorative and applied arts and folk crafts» specialized «Art
ceramics.»
Protecting a diploma with honors, in 2004 the artist has finished training.
And in 2002 she had the idea to go to university, specializing in «artist-animator
anime.»
Contact with the famous Japanese artist
Naoko Takeuchi
is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the author of ''Sailor Moon'', one of the most popular manga series of all time.
She has won several awards, including the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for ''Sailor Moon''.
Takeuchi is married to ...
-author stories ''Bishōjo Senshi'' (''
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes. The seri ...
''), Svetlana learned about the manga. And on the advice Takeuchi-sensei tried themselves in art comics. Then she took seriously the creation of comic stories.
In 2005, the press got her first comic ''Dream \ Yume'
The project was an important stepping stone in the works of the author. Through plot comics she tried to understand themselves and express their own outlook. It was after this work Tsuyoshi received public recognition.
Currently lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Works
Comics
* The name: Dream'
Genre: Shōjo\Shōnen.
Adventures with elements of fantasy and mysticism.
* The name: Portrait'
Genre: a psychological drama.
Illustrations
* The Hidden''
Tokyopop (story by Barbara Lien-Cooper and Park Cooper)
* Firefly
タル'
Chris Lawrence
Awards
* "The Best Poster 2003", the magazine "Gen-13
" (Rovesnik publisher, Moscow);
*Cover the fan-zine “Poppuri Anime”, October, 2004 Project “Wings of a dragonfly”, a character Ogata Nomu (founder Ltd." Maya ", Kirov);
*"The best manga 2005" magazine "
Gen-13", Draft manga "Dream \ Yume"''
Rovesnik publisher, Moscow);
*Participant-Moscow international festival to draw stories "KomMissia2006". Draft manga "Dream \ Yum
among the other participants, took a part of the exhibition in the art-gallery "M'Ars",
Moscow;
*1 Place in the competition drawings magazine "Anime Guide", July 2007. The "Крылья стрекозы \ Wings of a dragonfly" (publisher and founder Ltd. "Anime Guide", Moscow).
*In September 2008 in
Tokyo, Japan, Chezhina Svetlana won silver award at The 2nd International Manga Award
for her manga "Portrait"'
References
External links
Midorikawa Tsuyoshi site:::(Official site)
Blog emovedbr>
Gallery
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1985 births
Living people
Kazakhstani comics artists
Kazakhstani female comics artists
Women manga artists