Deceased illustrator 堀部秀郎 / Hiderou Horibe has been the subject of some unfortunate news, with his works being liberally plagiarised by Dengeki, who eventually apologised, but it is perhaps better we remember him as a talented illustrator whose promising career was cut short by illness, at the age of only 36. You can also see a cache of his homepage through the years.
A topical gallery for those curious about his work, or simply eager to see some talented and tasteful illustrations, or more carnal CG; below is “Yours”. Both his two artbooks are still available; the other is “Colors“. Below the artbook are some of his CG from 鬼作 / Kisaku, a 2001 eroge by Elf.
Kisaku. He was certainly a talented drawer of knees.
YUMMY! It’s favorite artist ^^
The artist will return to earth by posessing a similarly named man with better skin.
Truly a talented artist. I didn’t know he worked on Kisaku (only saw the anime instead of playing the games). I really liked his style of character model drawings.
*cries* why did an artist with such beautiful art have to die?!?!
X_X, not to mention the hentai’s he designed were amazing
It’s ice cold comfort, but for me, it’s easiest to think that God liked his work so much, that she took him, to have him all to herself. And that he has countless beautiful women to pose for his work.
The fifth picture sort of looks like Yamamoto Yohko.