Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms |
| Publisher: | Grace Kraft |
| Editor(s): | Grace Kraft |
| Type: | Artbook; Portfolio Zine |
| Date(s): | 04 October 2022 |
| Medium: | Physical booklet, an enamel pin, eight stickers, and a digital PDF. |
| Size: | 48 pages |
| Fandom: | Dangan Ronpa |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Kickstarter Page: Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms: A Sakuraoi Art Book & Pin, Archived version PDF Download: Sakuraoi Digital Artbook Zine on Gumroad, Archived version |
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Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms is a Femslash Asahina x Oogami portfolio artbook zine by Grace Kraft. The zine is 48 pages long and features watercolor art, all by Kraft. As of December 2023, the zine can still be purchased on Kraft's Gumroad. The zine was for-profit.
History
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Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms began as a Kickstarter project on February 14th, 2022. Previous to this, Kraft had worked with Sophie Scruggs on the Crystal Gems Jumbo Enamel Pins series in 2021 for Steven Universe fandom. Due to the success of the pin project, and her status as a Asahina x Oogami BNF with the popularity of her fanart and comics on Tumblr, Kraft's goal was reached and exceeded with $4,781 American USD raised by March 16th, 2022[1].
The artbook was completed on October 4th, 2022. Backers who pledged for all rewards received a physical booklet, an enamel pin, eight stickers and a digital PDF. It was also packaged in a sakura-patterned envelope[2].
Back in July of 2021, I started drawing fanart of these two together a lot. I had a few people commenting on individual pieces asking me if I would consider making prints. But I kept making new paintings at such a breakneck pace that it would be tricky to make prints of so many pieces.So I kept painting more pieces and figured it would be best to compile all of these paintings into one art book.
And that’s what I am hoping to be able to fund here today![3]
Reception
My copy of the beautiful Sakura & Aoi zine "Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms" by @GraceKraft arrived this morning, and I can't praise it enough! Grace's watercolour art looks stunning on each and every page, and I encourage you to check out her other work![4]
References/Further Reading
- ^ Funded! on Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms: A Sakuraoi Art Book & Pin Kickstarter page, Archived version
- ^ Shipping Commences and Survey Reminder, Archived version
- ^ Hollyhocks and Cherry Blossoms: A Sakuraoi Art Book & Pin, Archived version labelled "The Story."
- ^ @danganronpawiki's feedback, Archived version