Ossu! Hello friends. I hope that the New Year is treating you well so far. Over the weekend, Zer07 and I played another round of one of our favorite drawing games, "If they mated." This time around, we were inspired by the anime series, "One Piece," so all the challenges involved drawing famous characters in the style of "One Piece." Take a look at the offspring we created:
First Challenge - Draw Batman in the style of One Piece:
Zer07's Bat Piece:
Shiro Ninja's Bat Piece:
Next, take characters from Disney's Aladdin in the style of One Piece:
Zer07's One Piece Genie:
Shiro Ninja's One Piece style Aladdin + Jasmine:
Lastly, Zer07 and Shiro Ninja self portraits in the style of One Piece:
Beep boop, greetings fellow robots! unitzer07 here with a big update. I've been spending a lot of processing cycles working for a dear friend on a web series pilot called "L5". I'm happy to say that the project is nearing the finish line and will premiere Feb 21st. Check out the official trailer:
Hello friends! I hope you are all enjoying the holidays. Over the Christmas weekend, I re-watched an excellent movie called "Summer Wars," and I enjoyed it so much (even the second time around) that I had to recommend it here on the blog.
"Summer Wars" has it all: action, romance, great characters, and a heart-warming story. The story follows a timid high school boy named Kenji, who agrees to help his popular school mate, Natsuki, by accompanying her to meet her relatives in the country. Kenji awkwardly tries to fit in to the huge family as he tries to keep all the relatives' names straight while dealing with their scrutiny. Meanwhile, a terrorist has taken over the internet and is wreaking havoc on the real world. When people's lives become in danger, Kenji decides to take matters into his own hands and face off against the cyber terrorist in an action-packed, suspenseful battle.
As I said, there is so much to like about this movie, but what I love most are the characters. Natsuki's family feels so real, with unique personalities and comically relatable interactions. The women tend to run the show in this family too, which makes for an especially interesting dynamic. You can really relate to Kenji, who is a meek math nerd feeling out of place in this family descended from warriors. Ultimately, Kenji must prove himself a worthy warrior in an epic battle to save the world!!
This movie is a must-see. Even the second time around, it made this ninja cry... sniff. If you haven't already, check it out!! Here's a trailer:
Also, for Christmas, I got Zer07 some books relating to "Summer Wars." Zer07 loves art books, so I got him the "Summer Wars" complete storyboards and a design book with all the final character and background designs. The art is really beautiful in these books!
Hello friends! Yesterday we went to another figure drawing session. The model dressed up as the fearsome warrior, Red Sonja. This session, we focused on shorter timed poses, so the drawings are more gestural.
Hello friends! Shiro Ninja here. I thought I'd share some figure drawing sketches that Zer07 and I did last week. We're a little out of practice, but now that we're planning on going to figure drawing more regularly, hopefully we'll see some improvement over the coming months.
Shiro Ninja here. I'd like to start an anime recommendation corner here on the Studio Gattai blog. Today's feature is the gag comedy series, "Nichijou" (English title: My Ordinary Life). Nichijou literally means, "every day usual," so as the title suggests, this is a slice of life anime. The situations are relatable every day occurrences, but taken to epic proportions with over the top reactions and insane animation. Here's a taste: (Unfortunately, there isn't a subtitled version of this clip on youtube, but the setup is this: the brown haired girl explains the joy of saving the most delicious part of her lunch for last.)
(If you couldn't guess, the brown haired girl invoked the 3 second rule and claims the weiner is still "safe.") Each episode is broken up into several short, stand-alone chapters, allowing for a variety of bizarre and hilarious scenarios. The only drawback for this show is that some of the jokes are very specific to Japanese culture. Still, I have to recommend it for the super ultra great wonderful delicious animation! All 26 episodes of "Nichijou" are streaming in Japanese with English subtitles on Crunchyroll (as "My Ordinary Life"). Check it out: http://www.crunchyroll.com/my-ordinary-life
