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Kim Jung Gi has died
There are articles about this in various places (I saw it on the front page of cnn, highlighting just how influential he was), and it does feel a bit like the world has lost a Mozart or a Rembrandt. I'm not sure there has ever been anyone like him, or will be again.
Sad day -- only 47 years old, he had so much that everyone thought was still ahead of him.
- rtanks 4y agoSuch talent
- grayscaleadam 4y agoKJG was diagnosed with T2D years ago.
- Entinel 4y agoCitation?
- grayscaleadam 4y agoHe discusses it in his interview with Proko I believe, saying how he needs to go for a daily walk etc.
- 2mmcro 4y agoRIP
- ffwacom 4y agoRIP
- badpun 4y agoHeart attack at just 47 years old. And not because of obesity. Maintaining his unbelieviable skill level must have been pretty stressful for him.
- maccard 4y agoThey don't call it a widowmaker [0] for nothing. [0] https://www.menshealth.com/health/a21346168/widowmaker-heart-attack/ https://www.menshealth.com/health/a21346168/widowmaker-heart...
- stoeckley 4y agoHe was certainly very busy, always traveling. This happened (from what I read) as he was leaving a show in Paris for a flight to New York.
- notafraudster 4y agoThe biggest surprise to me is that he died of a heart attack in an airport, where presumably AEDs are in ready supply and people are everywhere so it'd be immediately noticed. I really thought the survival rate in such a circumstance, even for catastrophic heart attacks, was pretty good!
- CaptArmchair 4y agoI was recently taught in first aid class that the survival rate of an out-of-hospital heart attack is about 10-12%. Heart attacks have a ton of causes, lifestyle is just one of those. Sometimes, things go very wrong without an apparent, explainable cause. Medicine hasn't yet figured out everything that might cause a heart attack. Even with help on scene, people still die in hospital a few days later because of a mix of underlying causes. CPR on scene doubles the chances of survival, but they aren't a guarantee someone will survive. The entire point of learning CPR is to maximize the number of people that don't have to die in the event of a heart attack, no matter how minute that fraction. About 800k people suffer a heart attack in the U.S. yearly accordign to the CDC (this is both in-hospital as well as out-of-hospital).
- Dave3of5 4y ago> I was recently taught in first aid class that the survival rate of an out-of-hospital heart attack is about 10-12%. In my first aid course we were taught that the speed in which an AED is applied is the main contributing factor. Giving that most workplaces/homes/restaurants ...etc don't actually have an AED you would normally get one when the ambulance arrives. Someone in the NHS had worked out the graph for distance from ambulance and % survival. He gave us all our % chance survival if our office didn't have and AED based upon the average rate from our work places and that we needed to wait for the ambulance. This was under the assumption that someone would start CPR almost straight after the arrest. In our office this % without an AED was < 10% something insane like 6% chance survival. With an AED survival is much higher. He gave the figure of 95%+ survival rate for offices that had AED in them. I brought this up in a company meeting with all staff there and the question was how much is an AED. I had already asked this and it was £750 for an older second hand one and £1100 for a brand new one. Never bought the flipping AED. So from what I made out my life was worth < £750 to the CEO.
- methusala8 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung_Gi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung_Gi Wiki entry for those, like me, unsure who Kim Jung GI is.
- mdp2021 4y agoProbably better served by the direct site: https://www.kimjunggi.net/ https://www.kimjunggi.net/ -- Edit: ...which still does not contain this critical piece of news. I cannot avoid thinking of that of Martin Perscheid, which on 5 August 2021 had an update "Unfortunately I currently find myself incapacitated, and responding to your queries will take a while". And ended with the same formula of former posts: "Thank you for your attention".
- Temporary_31337 4y agoCan someone point to some of his famous works? Frankly it is the first time I’ve heard of him.
- stoeckley 4y agoHe is all over YouTube and did exhibitions around the world -- I'd check out his drawing show videos.
- nottorp 4y agoBut are the drawings any good? Feels weird to have to watch a video instead of seeing the finished art.
- watwut 4y agoThat is because the way he draws is part of fascination with his art. The speed of it, that he does not need guidelines for perspective, that he just goes from top of head. If you are curious whether drawing is to your liking, you can just skip to the end of the video. Or, google his name and filter for images - the filter is in top bar.
- ehnto 4y agoPresumably his finished work is for sale and display so naturally it's a bit less likely to see it up online in an easy viewing format. Check some of it out here though: https://www.kimjunggi.net/ https://www.kimjunggi.net/ To answer the question though, yes wildly and objectively talented. Part of why you would want to watch a video is to see how he works, his competence is on full display more so than in the finished product perhaps.
- stoeckley 4y agoThe drawings are amazing, but the reason he is so well-known is his process, which you can only see in the videos.
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- raydiatian 4y agoMan that is heartbreaking, I hope his mind put on an absolute banger of a lightshow for his road out. RIP
- seymores 4y agoMemento mori. rip
- crummy 4y agoHere's a sped-up video showing him in action: https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/1577731089602265089 https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/1577731089602265089 Absurd to see that kind of detail emerge like that.
- porbelm 4y agoHoly crap, not a single line of sketchwork! Amazing.
- skohan 4y agoYeah it's unreal. And the result is so well-proportioned and 3-dimensional as well. I wonder how much of it was in his mind before he started, and how much was about figuring out what would fit along the way.
- belfalas 4y agoI can't remember the source, but I remember learning that his specialty was 5-point perspective and he could keep most of the drawing visualized in his mind before he even started. But he also improvised a lot and made decisions on the fly. Unreal is definitely the right word, similar to watching Michael Jordan at his best.
- loceng 4y agoHe died of heart issue based on some replies to that tweet?
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- relativeadv 4y ago"Makes you wonder for sure" What are we talking about here?
- modernerd 4y agoI often come back to this video of Kim's process, which is a delight, and now only adds weight to the loss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmqFbgKWoao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmqFbgKWoao “When I decide what to draw, I think about what. And then I create another me in my mind. Another me, a.k.a. mini-me, will be travelling through the space of what I want to draw. … Now, I send a bunch of my mini-mes all over the space to find the best suited location for me to draw. Which perspective should I use? Where is the coolest angle or composition with the most impact?”
- ksec 4y agoThis could very much be the definition of genius. May as well include the link on CNN https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/kim-jung-gi-death-cec/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/kim-jung-gi-death-cec/...
- thevagrant 4y agoIt reminds me of Nikola Tesla, "Before I put a sketch on paper, the whole idea is worked out mentally. In my mind I change the construction, make improvements, and even operate the device. Without ever having drawn a sketch I can give the measurements of all parts to workmen, and when completed all these parts will fit, just as certainly as though I had made the actual drawings. It is immaterial to me whether I run my machine in my mind or test it in my shop."
- jhugo 4y agoHuh. This is the first time I read this quote, but it resonates so well. Does anyone else program this way? I usually sit for a while thinking about the problem, write the program mentally, try out edge cases, sometimes rework the program a few times, then once I feel it's correct I type out all the code, with that phase taking much less time than the "mental work". I'd estimate my usual process is about 90% thought, 10% typing. Anecdotally, from some teams I've worked in, people often find this process quite strange.
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- mohas 4y agonot having any art background I was captured by the mesmerizing technique he used to create instant universes, what a loss
- wodenokoto 4y agoHe did a live drawing session 3 days ago in Paris and apparently died flying out from Europe. According to his Facebook: > It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we inform you of the sudden passing of Kim Jung Gi. After finishing his last schedule in Europe, Jung Gi went to the airport to fly to New York, where he experienced chest pains and was taken to a nearby hospital for surgery, but sadly passed away. October 3, 2022 After having done so much for us, you can now put down your brushes. Thank you Jung Gi. October 5, 2022 Hun Jin Kim If you wish to send a note or a drawing to his family, please send it to 1975-2022@kimjunggi.net https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid037QzdzNrwPP8MsKtx9htpbQBzZS8qW4WxxFvkz1VqKTEQo53WRs2q8r6fLLbLKRPBl&id=100044434599538 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid037QzdzNrwP...
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- hankchinaski 4y agoFor a second I thought it was Kim Jong-Un
- ReptileMan 4y agoIf we could change their places it will be fair trade.
- can16358p 4y agoYup, I was about to start spreading the celebration news... then I read the surname :(
- ghosty141 4y agoThis hit me hard. I just recently got his 2022 sketchbook and it really got me hooked. So sad to see such a talented artist pass so early
- deepzn 4y agoMe too, I got into him in 2019, and bought 1 sketchbook last year, and the 22 this year. I had the luxury of meeting him last week in Paris.
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- dirtyid 4y agoDoes he do any planning or prep behind the scenes. I can't tell if this is magic or well rehearse magic. Either way, incredible talent.
- faultysnail 4y agoNone. It's from his imagination to the paper.
- pilaf 4y agoWhat a tremendous loss for the world. RIP Mr. Kim :(
- gcau 4y agoKim is quite famous in the art world. I remember a livestream where people sent it challenging ideas of things to draw, and he just casually draws them, entirely from memory, no references or googling of any images. Died way too young.
- Entinel 4y agoI know several people that have died or almost died from Widowmaker heart attacks. Seeing a cardiologist and cardio in general is one of those things that a lot of men ignore because they feel healthy but it cannot be stressed enough, once you hit 30/40s, find a good cardiologist especially if you have a history of heart attacks in your family.
- sizzle 4y agoAlso get your blood work done annually and cholesterol/ lipid panels checked by a qualified physician as that will be the first line of defense to sound the alarm and prevent heart disease from progressing. I will never forget seeing a family member with their sternum cracked wide-open heart bypass, where they connect your heart to a machine while you are suspended in animation, so they can operate on bypassing your clogged arteries that could have been managed with a healthy lifestyle and drugs.
- novok 4y agoI don't have a history of heart attacks, and lot of doctors seem to discount this form of early checking. What do you do when your bloodwork is good?
- wahern 4y ago> What do you do when your bloodwork is good? Yearly blood panels provide time series data against which it might be easier to spot changes even if all metrics are in the "healthy" zone. At Kaiser, which usually has its own lab in every facility, yearly blood panels are completely routine. As an HMO Kaiser has every incentive to minimize costs, and they don't make any such practices routine unless and until they've been demonstrated to provide clear benefit across their patient population. (They also regularly run all sorts of trials--they're vertically integrated from the research lab on up.)
- novok 4y agoKaisers / HMOs are not that unique in having annual blood work of standard items. I think they have to do it by law at some level, with PPO insurance 'preventive' stuff like that is usually much cheaper or 'free'.
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- wodenokoto 4y agoYou won't find answers in a single case, which is why the question is irrelevant to this post.
- z7 4y agoYou can actually, e.g.: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/10/1651 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/10/1651
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- PointA2B 4y agoThere is no reason questions seeking the truth should ever be censored/shunned. The truth is a lot of users here likely took it, and don't want to even consider the possibility of side effects. Its disappointing but easy to understand the human nature behind it.
- croes 4y agoBecause it's a o e sided question. Why not also question if he was infected by corona virus? You know the virus that has a documented effect on the health of the heart. And the moment both groups are pretty large, the vaccinated and the least once infected with corona but the virus is never a suspect in certain groups. Blood clots, myocarditis etc. is only ever attributed to the vaccine and not the virus.
- mdp2021 4y ago> Blood clots, myocarditis etc. is only ever attributed to This class of statements, or rhetoric generalizations which cannot be read as a logical statement (where 'only ever' is strict), should be avoided. False universal statements add nothing to the style - they may easily detract -, they are gratuitous, they are offensive, and technically they clash with the requirement of respect which seems to be implicit in the guidelines. I can reassure you: yes, some of us wondered of what could have been the chance that blood circulation affecting diseases may have impacted, and also of the chances of other factors, and also of the weakness of such estimations, and finally of the limited time these vague thoughts deserve.
- croes 4y agoYou realize my last sentence refers to the certain groups in the previous sentence? These groups only the vaccine as the culprit even if someone dies by accident
- shishy 4y agoThis is really sad, I used to see his drawings all the time on my Instagram and it was so sudden. He got me into drawing and really thinking about understanding perspective; I'm not good at drawing but man did it help my photography. Absolute loss. I don't know if it was a heart attack or maybe a pulmonary embolism... he had covid before and I think the long flights might have been taking a toll.
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- slater 4y agoStop with the conspiracy nonsense already. You are not the holder of "tHiNgS THEY DoN't WaNT U tO KnOW!!1~", as much as you'd like that to be the case.
- headsoup 4y agoIt's not a conspiracy theory, it's in the data quite clearly now.
- croes 4y agoSure? How do you find a controll group of people vaccinated but without corona virus infection? The virus is more likely the cause if there really is a spike in heart attack cases because pre vaccine studies already showed higher heart disease rates because of an infection.
- valarauko 4y agoPlus, the cardiac involvements post vaccinations have almost all been in young men - adolescents mostly, with symptoms within days. Kim was not an adolescent, so it seems unreasonable to presume vaccination as the cause.
- pikseladam 4y agoIs it confirmed? I just recommended him to a friend yesterday. I can't believe it.
- dagmx 4y agoYes his personal account posted the news in both English and Korean. His friends and the art community have been mourning and cancelling their combined appearances at light box (understandably)
- pikseladam 4y agoso sad to hear that. he had both talent and hard work. best wishes to his family :(
- brador 4y agoHeart attack at 47, and he looks reasonably fit too in that linked video from 2019 (age 44). What to do with this information? I don't know. Maybe work on cardio, stop coffee?.
- ekianjo 4y agoyou cant talk about the potential causes in here.
- deepzn 4y agomaybe he had genetic predisposition to heart attacks or cardiovascular disease. Maybe the stress on his heart went unchecked for years. Maybe it was a sudden embolism. Whatever the reason was, we should all be having regular heart health checkups or preventative care that is readily available and to help. I mean, by now we should be having watches or devices that can monitor and read our heart health and vitals 24/7. It's 2022, ridiculous.
- sizzle 4y agoCan any expert here help me understand why his heart attack was not reversible by administering tPA to dissolve blood clots?
- grayscaleadam 4y ago>89 comments >no mention of Diabetes. KJG had Type 2 Diabetes for some time now, due to bad nutrition - he mentioned that he would excessively drink coke and eat junk food as he drew, and he drew a lot. This isn't some widowmaker heart attack stuff that people are pushing here. He was in danger zone for awhile. Watching an interview with him would be monumentally insightful. @dang why is this comment flagged - it's pretty important people know the underlying mortality cause here?
- olsgaarddk 4y agoA few years ago I decided I wanted to buy one of his limited prints with some extra money I was to earn. Then I pushed it off for a bit due to a few poor excuses, and eventually forgot about it. And now his prints are of course ... out of print. I'm not saying I need a numbered and signed limited print like The Tigers New Clothes [1] but it would be nice with maybe just a regularly, unsigned, unnumbered poster on my wall. Are there any for sale? [1] https://www.liberdistri.com/en/accueil/100--the-tiger-s-new-clothes-digigraphie-150-x-75-cm-numbered-and-signed.html https://www.liberdistri.com/en/accueil/100--the-tiger-s-new-...
- deepzn 4y agoHis sketchbooks are awesome, and often have a large poster/print in them. I think for sure they will have prints in the future, just not signed of-course any more as much as KJG would love to from up there.
- ChrisArchitect 4y agoUpdate post title to be more descriptive for those who may not know: Kim Jung Gi, acclaimed comic book artist, has died
- mzs 4y agoofficial statement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjU2fHwuLjw/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CjU2fHwuLjw/
- carabiner 4y agoI read a great quote that conveys his talent: > Like if you saw your favourite band improvise their next #1 hit song from scratch live on stage on their first try. Like an author sitting down and reciting an unwritten novel from start to finish. Absolute unthinkable skill. https://twitter.com/kimsokol/status/1577748279475027968?s=46&t=7OTB7gGQ_I8FFtDt3DMnOA https://twitter.com/kimsokol/status/1577748279475027968?s=46...
- xer0x 4y agoAmazing! I only just discovered his work. It's sad, yet inspiring to see how many were touched by his art.
- tpl 4y agoAbsolute master with a brush pen. A great loss for sure.
- deepzn 4y agoHe was a master. Every human being should be aware of the raw talent he possessed and exercised. He was a true prodigy. It isn't wrong for people to compare him to Da Vinci, or Michelangelo as one of the greatest artists of all time. Different era's, etc, but it's just to show he was in a very rarified class of folks. Man, I'm going to really miss his art, and watching him dazzle the canvas live, straight from his mind. He was everything I loved growing up - robots, samurai, mech all the anime I've watched. He was so talented at multiple genres, could draw architecture or portraits of people with equally refined and masterful skill. He was the artist's artist, in a world full of artists, where people don't recognize individual artists anymore like back in the day with Da Vinci, Van Gogh, etc. Even though many of the artists in history were only celebrated well after their death. Glad, Kim Jung Gi, got the recognition he deserved while he was at his prime. He still had so much to offer, and I hate that he left the world too soon due to a stupid heart attack. I really want to discuss the solutions that we currently have and what people are working on to combat heart attacks in the future, and to be able to prevent them. It was so sad and devastating to have a loss of such proportions. His talent was immeasurable, but a genius or prodigy is apt. RIP Master Kim. If inclined, please check out his sketchbooks, they are ~$100, and are worth every penny. 100's of amazing detailed sketches found. Also some are erotic, or NSFW for sure haha, as KJG was a tad crazy. Also, people should know he was the nicest, most humble person ever. Always up for a photo with a fan or ready to sketch/sign for them. I was lucky to get a photo with him, and as always he is smiling pointing to me as if I'm "The Man" but Master Kim you are, and everyone knows it, and will cherish your art for ad infinitum. Rest easy Master Kim. Thoughts and Prayers for his family, and loved ones.
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- dangerboysteve 4y agoI have one of his early sketchbooks and was taken back on his imagery, ideas and layouts.
- hairofadog 4y agoOh, no, so sorry to hear it! He was incredible. What a loss. Best wishes to his family and those who loved him.
- user68858788 4y agoHe was one of the best illustrators of our time. He will be missed.
- drcross 4y ago
- aplummer 4y agoAre you referring to the vaccines administered to several billion people, that are proven to be safe and effective?
- drcross 4y agoKeep repeating the mantra and it makes it true.
- aplummer 4y agoOnce you publish your peer reviewed paper I look forward to retracting my comment as you are globally lauded.
- briandon 4y agoWill you accept peer-reviewed papers by other authors? There are multiple types of health risks associated with the experimental covid shots (billions of doses administered globally and often repeatedly to the same individuals before clinical trials have been completed doesn't make them less experimental, but it does raise the stakes of the experiment). Here, I will consider a single known and admitted adverse effect of some of the covid shots, particularly the mRNA products: myocarditis. A relatively small number of deaths have been grudgingly admitted, particularly among younger males who are at very low risk from covid itself but have been coerced into receiving these shots in order to attend school, university, participate in activities, or to obtain and retain employment. But we have been (falsely) assured by experts and authorities that myocarditis sufferers who don't actually die during the acute phase of their illness make a full recovery and suffer no lasting ill effects. The only problem is that this is not true. Long-term prospects of myocarditis sufferers are not well-characterized. And there's very, very little interest in studying the issue now, but here's a paper accepted by a journal just before covid went big globally: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14017431.2021.1900596 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14017431.2021.1... From the abstract: Myocarditis in younger patients without prior cardiac disease was associated with a long-term excess risk of HF hospitalization, and death, even in patients free of events and HF medication 1 year after discharge. As we know, correlations between use of drugs like Vioxx and Chantix with, respectively, doubled risk of strokes and heart attacks and increased risk of cancer were enough to get them pulled from the market. But governments didn't relentlessly promote and coerce their citizens into taking Vioxx and Chantix en masse or waive liability for those products' manufacturers. We're witnessing a large increase in non-covid excess deaths of young-to-middle-aged persons in countries with high covid shot uptake and the same experts who rammed those shots down everyone's throat, coordinated a censorship campaign to muffle anyone expressing legitimate concerns, hounded dissenting medical professionals and scientists out of their jobs, etc. is extremely baffled and thinks maybe it's related to climate change.
- sizzle 4y agoCan any expert here help me understand why his heart attack was not reversible by administering tPA to dissolve blood clots?
- privatdozent 4y agoI keep coming back to this performance. Always blows me away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qjq_4uaG0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qjq_4uaG0w
- jianshen 4y agoI'm pleasantly surprised to see his name on HN. He had a table at NYCC this week and people have been leaving him gifts and messages. It's so sad. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeZt8yNWIAE0HEZ?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeZt8yNWIAE0HEZ?format=jpg&name=... Edit: Photo Credit to @Leah617
- liopleurodon 4y agoprobably another covid vaccine death
- retrobrandcool 4y agoI’m glad it appears people were eventually able to talk about The Vax on this thread. The symptoms are real; ask a medical person.