Yuki 7

I came across this video ages ago but noticed they had a new trailer out, so thought I'd share it with you!

Looks That Kill - HD from Yuki 7 on Vimeo.

This is the first Yuki 7 trailer

A Kiss From Tokyo - HD from Yuki 7 on Vimeo.

Yuki can be seen on posters, short film, movie trailers, tshirts, bags, cds, books, art...it's pretty awesome how far you can take just a single character.

I also like how they've kept the same style but tweaked it up more in the second trailer. The 3D and 2D elements works well, I can really imagine it becoming a movie now.

Check out the Yuki7 site and the creator Kevin Dart

Avatar Love!

Over the weekend I borrowed the Avatar series off my friend. And I must say...IT WAS SO AWESOME!

It took me a while to get into it, as the first few episodes were a bit slow (also it reminded me of english dubbed in the beginning ><) But as you watch more of it, it seriously gets addictive! I think what makes this show really good is that it had a good balance of everything. Captivating storyline, likeable characters, action packed animation and light hearted humor. I found it really interesting that each character had their own hidden turmoil, which kinda made it much more deeper and complex than I had imagined. Their struggles reflected a lot on life and some things I've experienced, so yeah I found that really cool :) It was also surprisingly funny! Or maybe I just have a immature sense of humor :P But yeh, some of the stuff the characters say are hilarious! Kinda reminded me of The Weekenders. Witty light sarcasm bits. I think my favorite character has got to be Sokka. He's so dorky with his lame one liners. He's so cool in my eyes *_*

Another thing that really caught my eye was the animation. Although it uses a lot of anime elements, I'm so glad they didn't use cute anime chibi expressions!!!! I think the one thing that annoys me about anime is that when they make expressions, the face is so exaggerated that they lose their noses, eye pupils and proportions. It's cute and funny sometimes but it doesn't really make the animation unique or artistically creative in my opinion. I must sound like a nerd analysing stuff like that lol, but yeh I'm SO glad avatar didn't do that :) And the fight scenes were absolutely epic. The animation was so smooth and so much detail was put into it (particularly the final fight scene)

Yes, overall I loved it lol. It really inspires me to draw again. Hopefully one day I'll have the oppurtunity to draw characters for something just as great as this series. For now maybe fanart will do hehe

Ahhh I wrote heaps for once and it sounds like a review kinda! But I'm so glad I spent 2 days straight watching it. It was so worth it :D:D:D:D

Dali and Disney

I didn't get a chance to visit the Dali exhibition this year, kind of wish I did now (HA it's been a regretful year ^^") The one piece I wanted to see was this animation by Dali and Disney. Thankfully I found it off youtube. It really is something. Makes me want to draw for fun again. The style of the animation is undoubtedly theirs (even if it had to be finished off by someone else). So trippy and dreamy :)

If you haven't been to Dali watch this clip for sure ^^
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In other news...
2 WEEKS LEFT ><

Research // World - Game art

These screenshots are from the game Castle Crashers on xbox 360! Characterisation wise, this is probably one of the coolest games i've ever seen :D I've only played it once, but the 2d scrolling effect, mulitplayer game play and cute characters are really enjoyable to play! I love how expressive the characters are, looks more like a animated cartoon compared to other games out there!


Swords and Soldiers: I've mentioned this game before in previous posts...but I think i'll mention it again! Basically the game is about picking a tribe and fighting each other. The characters are really cute and the gameplay looks insane O.O You can pick from vikings, chinese dynasty or aztec people.

Research // World - I Love Pixar

Pixar artist Lou Romano is amazing *.*
Some of the scenes could be potential inspiration dino food land territory :) The lighting, gradients and textures in the background are really beautiful. Really sets the mood and feeling of the overall world. Sigh so awesome...
from lou romano's blog

Research // World - Technique

My Neighbours the Yamadas
I have yet to watch this studio ghibli film! The washed out style and funny looking characters looks awesome :D

Happy Tree Friends
Ah, you can't go wrong with cute animals killing each other. Could work our for our bitter/sweet/salty dinosaur battle?

Research // World - Game art

In terms of world artwork...
kingdom hearts has got to be one of the best :D

Research // Fresh Start, Fresh Inspiration

Urgh, my art blog has been so dead lately ;_;
To revive it again, I've decided to make this my art inspiration/multimedia studio assessment blog (hoorah!)

Currently I'm doing my first flash project based on fantasy worlds. Me, liz, keisuke and milkman decided to do a food/prehistoric world filled with salty, bitter and sweet dinosaurs. Should be awesome :D Been waiting for 3 years to do flash animation omgosh...

Currently we are up to the research stage for the mood board. I guess my previous post can be included as food inspiration too :]

I also found the work of POSTGAL- an animation company from Hong Kong. Their work is so unbelievably cute, and their characters are kinda dopey looking lol. They also created my blog baby which I think is dieing due to me not feeding it...

The thing I love about postgal's characters is probably the line work. It really has that hand drawn aesthetic which works well with the colour palette and fluidity of the animation :)

Work from postgal blog // website

Since when do I crave games o_o

Today i bought a nintendo magazine for my project.
Omgosh, it features the coolest games ever. I now have the urge to play games now xD

The animation above was quoted from the magazine. SO. AWESOME. The ending credits inspired this game called swords & soldiers which i really wanna play! (hints to wii owners :P)



Kinda reminds me of Spore x Worms gone crazy x that game we played at the acmi game expo with the knights (remember?). Plus it has cute chinese dynasty characters :D

Urgh this is a bad time to be craving games -__-

Zoologic

Very cute animation. The character design and storyline is pretty funny! xD

There she is!

This animation is so cool! The characters are so cute, yet the storyline still potrayed a deep message. Cat&bunny love = APPROVED :D
Animation & music were really sweet too. GO GO GO and see :]

Horton Hears a Who

Yesterday i saw Horton Hears a Who.
Aborable and funny movie :) The character designs for the dr seuss series are always so vivid and imaginative. I fell in love with it :) Definite must see!