Comics Artist from Taiwan: TK. CHANG Shih-hsin

TK. CHANG Shih-hsin

Japanese-inspired young-adult comics style with a feeling of speed is the significant feature of TK. Chang Shih-hsin’s comics. The story and scenes in his works are full of energy. While in vocational school, TK. Chang Shih-hsin was awarded the 11^th Champion of New Manga King held by Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd.. In 2007, TK. Chang Shih-hsin made his first formal publication with Skanda, and in 2013 seized first prize in the Golden Comic Award, Best Young Comic Award with Black Dreams. One can see TK. Chang Shih-hsin’s ambition from within the comics, with an intense personal style and complete story construction. The storyboards and backgrounds of the stories are quite exquisite, and he succeeds in establishing characters, with their own individual characteristics. At the same time the designs don't fall into the Japanese archetype of manga art. TK. Chang Shih-hsin uses few screen-tones, instead using pure and simple black and white brushstrokes. With a meticulous style, TK. Chang Shih-hsin presents adventurous stories that are brilliant and provoking.

Awards and Exhibitions:

2013   Black Dream won first prize in the Golden Comic Award, Best Young Comic Award.

Important Works:

2007   Skanda

2013   Black Dreams

Skanda

Black Dreams