In 2017, he also united his astonishing talent with the world renowned Japanese artist, KATSUYA Terada, publishing a spectacular sketchbook that shows off their mutual giant talents.
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These, when gathered together, contain nearly 3500 pages full of drawings. The work for which KJG is now world-famous are his sketchbooks, of which he has published 6, which came out in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 20 respectively. KIM Jung Gi went on to illustrate 2 novels written by the French author Bernard WERBER : “Paradise” (in 2010) and “Third Humanity” (2013). TLT was later published in printed form by CNC Revolution. This story first existed as a ‘webtoon’ – an online comic, which explains the unusual composition of the pages. Several short stories and a few exhibitions later, KIM Jung Gi – or KJG for short– started to teach manwha (Korean comic book) in universities and private schools.īetween 20, he drew the 6 volumes of TLT, Tiger the Long Tail, which was written by Seung-Jin PARK. He was in the Special Forces, which allowed him to memorize an amazing number of vehicles and weapons.įunny Funny, KIM Jung Gi’s first publication, was published in the magazine Young Jump. This school is famous for its technical courses, but the 23 000 students that studied alongside him may also have provided good material to feed his inspiration! Like every man in Korea, he served in the army for over 2 years. He studied 3 years at Dong-Eui university in Busan, on the South East coast of Korea. He was 19 when he entered the Fine Arts School, where he majored in “Art & Design”.
KIM Jung Gi – let’s clear things out right away: KIM is his family name – is a Korean artist born in 1975, in Goyang-Si, which is situated in the province of Kyongki-Do (South Korea).
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