Chizuru Iwasaki Top Here

For most character designers, the face is the map of the soul. For Iwasaki, the map starts at the crown of the head . Look at her iconic work: the soft, downy fuzz of Rakka’s growing halo in Haibane Renmei , the gravity-defying antennae of Lain’s hair, the delicate architecture of a schoolgirl's ribbon seen from slightly above. Iwasaki treats the top of a character's head not as an afterthought, but as a sacred landscape.

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