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Anime Club: November Assignment

<November Assignment> People Grieving

Instructions: Using the example as reference, draw someone who is grieving.

Gender, clothing, and all other elements are up to artist choice. Try to draw from an angle that you aren't very familiar with!

Submission format: One A4 size ...

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Exclusive Diary Entry for September: Kimura

Hey everyone. Kimura here.

Sorry for the late post. This is my exclusive dormitory diary entry for September.

Continuing on from my last post, I’d like to lay out some thoughts I’ve been having surrounding portfolios.

You may be unfamiliar with portfolios if you haven’t be...

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Artwork: The Theater + PSD

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Artwork: New Anime Making System + PSD

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Artwork: The Investors + PSD

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Artwork: The Animator and the Girl + PSD

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Artwork: Ryoko and the Dormitory + PSD

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Artwork: Ryoko and The Dormitory

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Early Access: Episode 19: Japanese Anime Production Halts in Wake of COVID-19

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Early Access: Responding to Your Comments (English Sub)

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Mentor Example: <October Assignment> - Two People Performing an Action

<October Assignment> - Two People Performing an Action

This example illustration was done by mentor Masaaki Tanaka.

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Mentor Feedback: <October Assignment> - Two People Performing an Action

〈October Assignment〉Two People Performing an Action.

Use the example above as a guide and draw two people performing an action.

Gender, clothing, and any other elements are up to you.

Try to draw from angles that you're unfamiliar with!

Submission Format: One A4-sized ...

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Student Work: <October Assignment> - Two People Performing an Action

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October Dormitory Diaries: Kaneko

Hello, Kaneko here.

This is my Dormitory Diary Entry for October.

My work hasn’t changed all that much, so I’d like to take some time to touch on what another fellow dormitory resident wrote about job hunting.

After graduating from high school, I left my hometown and went to...

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Anime Club: October Assignment

〈October Assignment〉Two People Performing an Action.

Use the example above as a guide and draw two people performing an action. 

Gender, clothing, and any other elements are up to you.

Try to draw from angles that you're unfamiliar with!


Submission Form...

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Mentor Example: <September Assignment> - A Person In Formal Attire

<September Mentor Example> - A Person In Formal Attire

This example illustration was done by mentor Masaaki Tanaka.

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Mentor Feedback: <September Assignment> - A Person In Formal Attire

<September Assignment> A Person in Formal Attire (Suit).

Drawing people in suits.

In general, I believe it's better to take a more stylized (stocky) approach to drawing the body here. The drawings you guys submitted had a cool, suave sort of atmosphere, so I thought it'd be a go...

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Student Work: <September Assignment> - A Person In Formal Attire

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Exclusive Diary Entry for September: Kaneko

Hello everyone. Kaneko here.

Here’s my exclusive diary entry for September.

My work has largely been consistent with my August post. We’re doing our final checks and revisions while pumping out in-between frames as the keyframes come in. My pay is up since I’ve been doing a lot ...

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September Dormitory Diaries: Kimura

Hello. Kimura here.

This is my limited dormitory diary entry for September.

It’s job hunting season in the anime industry, so I’d like to take some time to write about that.

For reference, when I was job hunting for the first time, I applied to 7 companies, passed the first ...

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September Dormitory Diaries: Kaneko

Hey everyone, it’s Kaneko.

Here’s my dormitory diary entry for September.

Since around mid-August, the whole company from producers to touch-up artists have been working double-time as we’re doing the final QA on a batch of films. I’m currently in the process of doing some las...

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Early Access: One Full Year as a Japanese Animator: The Start of a New Chapter

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Early Access: The New Animator Dormitory Project 2021 is Going Live! (On Saturday, September 18th).

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Anime Club: September Assignment

<September Assignment> A person in formal attire (suit).

Task: Using the picture below as an example, draw a person in a suit.

Who to draw, what to wear, and any other elements are up to you! Try to draw from an angle that you might not be familiar with.

Submission: one fi...

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Anime Club: August Mentor Example

<August Mentor Example> -Person reading a book-

Example drawn by mentor, Masaaki Tanaka.

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Exclusive Diary Entry for August: Kaneko

Hello everyone, Kaneko here.

This is my exclusive diary entry for August.

I still went to the office during the Obon holiday to work as usual. I get so hot working long hours at the animation desk that I lose concentration, so I’ve been bringing a chilled water bottle with me every ...

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Exclusive Diary Entry for August: Kimura

Long time no see everyone. Kimura here.

This is my exclusive diary entry for August.

Starting this month, I’ve transitioned back to handling all basic work functions remotely. I guess getting a change of environment doesn’t always mean a productivity increase after all.

Duri...

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Early Access: Draw With KAPPA-KUN: Girl Drawing on Her Stomach

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Early Access: A Progress Update on The State of Our Project

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August Dormitory Diaries: Kaneko

Hello, it’s Kaneko.

Here’s my dormitory diary entry for August.

Japan has been experiencing some severe weather this month. Typhoons, heavy rain, all that jazz. How are all of you holding up?

I took up some work outside of our company project and it went live the other day. ...

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