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[Aggelos]

Absolutely shocked and lost for words. What a legend, he was. Requiescat in pace...

"Artist Kim Jung Gi died of ‘sudden’ heart attack in Paris aged 47. Popular cartoonist died in the French capital, where he was due to attend an exhibition of his work."

Cartoonist and animator Kim Jung Gi has died suddenly aged 47

Popular cartoonist died in the French captial, where he was due to attend an exhibition of his work

www.independent.co.uk

Kim Jung Gi Sketch Collection, News, and More!

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www.kimjunggius.com

This is what he was doing a couple of days ago.

 

[dispensergoinup]

RIP, used to just watch his videos where he'd go nuts on a blank canvas.

Man was a legend.

 

[Punished Miku]

Geez. One of the best of all time. Way too young.

 

[mortal]

Fuck.

The man was a phenom. I very much admired his work. So young RIP.

 

[DragoonWalker]

Most artists need to rough out their drawings before they lay down the ink, even when its digital, on a small screen. This guy just laid it down on massive canvases with perfect perspective and proportions with no sketching, no mistakes, like a human printer, dynamic as hell style to boot. He was more than talented, he was a genius, the kind of thing he was just born with.

RIP Kim Jung Gi.

 

[HoodWinked]

Damn the way he drew was like an act of sorcery.

 

[Little Mac]

This guy was an amazing artist and his expertise on perspective was simply jaw dropping. We lost a savant. Sad day.

Here is him just freestyling ...

 

[DGrayson]

Damn I follow his facebook page. Rest in Peace. Horrible.

 

[BossLackey]

What!? Damn, I shook.

Huge inspiration for me.

 

[donfonzie]

I was watching a video on him just two days back. Extremely saddening news. RIP

 

[kevm3]

He was a genius level artist. This has been an awful year

 

[Renoir]

man. what shit news not only was he a great artist, but he also seemed to be such a great guy.. what a loss

 

[BennyBlanco]

This guy was an amazing artist and his expertise on perspective was simply jaw dropping. We lost a savant. Sad day.

Here is him just freestyling ...

wasn't familiar with the guy but this is a jaw dropping display. holy shit. just freehanding all that is unfathomable to me. RIP.

 

[Punished Miku]

wasn't familiar with the guy but this is a jaw dropping display. holy shit. just freehanding all that is unfathomable to me. RIP.

He was on a totally different level.

 

[mortal]

His final (live) drawing on October 2nd.

 

[Ionian]

wasn't familiar with the guy but this is a jaw dropping display. holy shit. just freehanding all that is unfathomable to me. RIP.

Same, jaw-dropping display. Amazing artist by all accounts.

 

[niilokin]

RIP, true legend.

 

[HoodWinked]

 

[ShinFuYux]

Never heard of him.

Has a unique style but never actually seen any of his work until now.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

I know of this guy. I saw a doco on him once and got the impression he was some kind of freehand artistic genius. I think he drew some hot girls too.
RIP.

 

[UnNamed]

I used to see his videos, other artists have to set everything up before drawing the scene, while he had everything in mind from the start and he started to draw with no reference point.

 

[Aggelos]

 

[EverydayBeast]

Artists make huge impacts on society.

 

[mr jones]

I literally saw one of his videos last week.

I'm a little shaken by dude dying at 47 from a damn heart failure. I'm 47. I'm not as thin as he was.

Time to hit the gym.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

This guy was an drawing savant

Mind blowing how good he was

So sad. Rip

 

[AJUMP23]

Awful.