2020ogata

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Digital download for Ogata: 20/20 calendars available

Apologies for the radio silence, things have been busy for many of the Mods with holiday travel and transit strikes and all sort of other things.  We hope your 2020 is off a good start.

We would like to announce we have set up our digital download link for the calendar.  Please input the password.  You will have access to both the SFW and NSFW versions.  Each page is an individual PDF file.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBRsxJ8hjH6m-jrR4VlWNVExH5GUmmq9w1qinHR2QADHtqlQ/viewform

The password is:

2020OgataCalendar

Just enter the password and you will find a GDrive folder there to download from.

Again we would like to support everyone’s effort in making the calendar happen! 

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Pre-order your copy of the Ogata: 20/20 calendar today!

To celebrate all things Ogata, a wide team of artists from around the world have contributed to the Ogata: 20/20 calendar.

Order your copy here:

https://ogata2020.bigcartel.com/

As this is a niche product we are trying to aim for a print run that is close to demand.  Therefore, it is important that if you want a calendar you pre-order it by 5 November, 11:59 MST.  The calendars are $20 - this features 12 pages of Ogata and a calendar that you can actually use as well.  Each calendar will be 8.5 x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm).  There will be a hole punched in the top so that you can hang the calendar.

Here is an example of the cover for the SFW calendar.

Here are some example pages from the calendar for the SFW version:

Tempy’s Febuary artwork above, Porcelaiinn’s March below.

For the NSFW calendar it has a slight different cover:

And there are two sample pages as well, AJoro’s May artwork with a lynx.

Damien’s July artwork for tanabata.

Why is this calendar $20?  Is this expensive?  The calendars are set at a price to cover our printing costs as well as our packaging e.g. cellophane, mailing envelopes etc.  This is a standard cost for most fandom based made-to-order projects.  We didn’t want to charge any more for it since it is a non-profit project and will donate the extra to the Big Cat Rescue. https://bigcatrescue.org/ Can you explain the reason for the shipping costs? Shipping is $5 in the USA - this allows us to have a buffer based on where we are shipping to, since prices will depend on distance for domestic envelopes. Shipping internationally will be $12 - earlier this year, we experimented with the cheapest way to ship 14 pages of the exact same type of paper stock to France and Australia.  Unfortunately, in order to keep the shipping cost at $12, we will have to mail out each calendar individually and we can’t combine them.  If we did that our calendars likely wouldn’t leave the country and they’d get stuck in customs. 

So, yes, it may cost $24 to ship two calendars in separate envelopes, but they will be able to enter any country with little issue.  If we tried another form of shipping, it would cost $30+ to ship two calendars and it would have more strings attached.

[2020ogata]

Ogata: 20/20 calendars available for order!

Yes, the lovely 12 month Ogata: 20/20 calendars are currently available for order through our website here:

  ogata2020.bigcartel.com

Each month features seasonally appropriate artwork, with a calendar and place to write down important dates or notes.  This is both meant to be a lovely artist interpretation of Ogata for each month and functional for you to use at work or at home!

Depending on the artwork the calendar will be at the top or bottom of the page.  Here are two teaser examples for both formats.

Calendar at top, with artwork by lulapinn.

Calendar at the bottom, with artwork by Tempy.

The calendars will come with a hole punched in the top for you to hang up or affix to another object.   If your hanging options are limited, you can tie a string through the hole and flip each page for each month if you can’t use a nail or whatnot.  

Each page is 8.5 x 11 inches ( 21.59 x 27.94 cm).

We are offering a SFW and NSFW version of the calendar as well so that you could have more than one option for your monthly Ogata.

Please check out the calendars - a perfect gift for any Ogata fan for the new year!

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Ogata: 20/20 calendars now open for pre-orders!

That’s right, we are ready to accept pre-orders for the Ogata calendars starting today. There will be 2 versions available, a SFW and NSFW version.  Both can be ordered through our website here:

https://ogata2020.bigcartel.com/ We will be accepting pre-orders from today until 5 November.  After that we be sending the calendars to the printers and then we will assemble them and package them out for shipment in mid-late November.  Our goal is for everyone to receive a calendar by mid-December in time for the New Year. 

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Getting to know the Ogata : 20/20 artists.

We continue to give you some more information about the artists that are contributing to the Ogata : 20/20 calendar.

Damien tw @cries_in_latino

1.) fav medium? Digital - paint tool sai traditional - inking on paper

2.) mostly hirano kouta and junji ito, tho i try not to imitate them too much

3.) what was your biggest drawing breakthrough? When i learned to draw with black ink and a brush traditionally

4.) fav ogata moment? When he came back from hunting and flaunted his prey like the cocky little shit he is

5.) fave season? Fall

6.) most gk thing that's ever happened to you? Heard a noise outside in the middle of the night and went out butt naked with a knife to check what was going on

7.) recommend a series besides GK: ummm mob psycho 100, zombieland saga, drifters, jojos in general

chibivesicle tw/tu @chibivesicle

1.) Favorite medium - pencil/charcoals & digital.

2.) Artistic influences - Ai Yazawa, CLAMP, Seth, Rothko, Junko Mizuno, Arts & Crafts/Mid-century modern/Brutalist.

3.) Biggest drawing breakthrough - deer bodies are peanut shaped.

4.) Fav Ogata moment - Karafuto fox farm (more like obsession). Shiraishi‘s rescue and escape from the 27th.

5.) Fav season - winter.

6.) Most GK thing - using a Mosin-Nagant just like Vasya.

7.) Recommended series - Gokinjo Monogatari, Clyde Fans, Sex Criminals, Yona of the Dawn, Louis Riel by Chester Brown.

AJoro tw/insta @ghostlysketcher

1.) Fav medium? Traditional for sketching, CSP for lineart and coloring

2.) Artistic influences? Comics, Caravagio, Rubens, Leyendecker, toulouse-lautrec, Otto Dix  Hiromu Arakawa, Hirohiko Araki (in conclusion; a mess)

3.) What was your biggest drawing breakthrough? When I finally decided to bother learning about colors

4.) Fav Ogata moment? Whenever he gets beat up

5.) Fav season? Fall

6.) Most GK thing that’s ever happened to you? While we were out one night, some random drunk grabbed my ass. When I grabbed him by the collar and called him out he told me to relax; that it wasn't a big deal.  I slapped him so hard that he puked.

7.) Recommend a series besides GK: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, MOB Psycho 100 and Video game wise I’d say Yakuza as well!

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Ogata : 20/20 more about the artists.

Our contributing artists answered some survey questions below and show some of their art.

Inorita - tw @sebitur_micin

1.)Favorite medium? Digital

2.) Artistic influences? Kubo Tite, Eiichiro Oda, megatruh

3.) What was your biggest drawing breakthrough? When I finally found out what clipping mask & magic wand tools for...

4.) Fav Ogata moment? Onsen arc. (revised lol)

5.) Fav season? Fall

6.) Most GK thing that’s ever happened to you? Horse riding

7) Recommend a series besides GK: Gokushufudo & Dungeon Meshi

Porcelaiinn tw/insta @porcelaiinn

1.) Fav medium? Digital - Medibang!

2.) Artistic influences? Noda/GK, various other manga and game styles, old western pin ups!

3.) What was your biggest drawing breakthrough? When I learned how to paint traditionally (with colors and whatnot) it helped me figure it out digitally!

4.) Fav Ogata moment? Barato Arc, babey~

5.) Fav season? Spring!

6.) Most GK thing that’s ever happened to you? I’ve cosplayed several of the characters and has been crackhead Ogata at a convention!

7.) Recommend a series besides GK: Fire Force!

Ichi tw @owata101

1.) Fav medium? Digital - CSP

2.) Artistic influences? KEI, Sugiyama Gensho, Koge-Donbo*...

3.) What was your biggest drawing breakthrough? The option for regulating screentones's dots size.

4.) Fav Ogata moment? When he shot Sugimoto in Abashiri

5.) Fav season? Summer

6.) Most GK thing that’s ever happened to you? I hunted a deer while being stark naked

7.) Recommend a series besides GK: Samurai Flamenco

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Getting to know the Ogata : 20/20 artists.

All of the artists are hard at work on their contributions to the calendar!  To give you more information about them, we created a survey for them and will be displaying some of their work (if they wanted to contribute).

We asked our contributors the following questions:

1.) Fav medium?

2.) Artistic influences?

3.) What was your biggest drawing breakthrough?

4.) Favorite Ogata moment?

5.) Favorite season?

6.) Most GK thing that’s ever happened to you?

7.) Recommend a series besides GK:

Tempy - twitter @tempeachy

1.) digital <3

2.) rumiko takahashi, noda, naoki urasawa, leiji matsumoto, tsukasa hojo... a lot of my art influences come from vintage anime

3.) i draw a lot of traditional/cultural outfits and honestly every time when i draw those i get a rush after its finished cuz man i really Did All Those Details. I Did That

4.) any moment where he's actually interacting with yuusaku i love b/c i crave sibling interaction  

5.) season 2!

6.)  i don't know... tbh i'm drawing a blank on this but uhhh i have a book called "harukor" written by honda katsuichi (a famous japanese journalist) that i think describes ainu culture really well??

7.)  A BRIDE'S STORY. it's got its Issues of course but it's similar to golden kamuy in the sense that there's gorgeous people & a focus on asian ethnic groups that are often overlooked (this series focuses on west asia!)

Alice Bell - twitter @angry_alice

1.) Digital and traditional inking.

2.) Hotline Miami and music videos w neo noir aestetics influenced my style for a while. Also western comic artists like Mike Mignola and Fiona Staples. And Q Hayashida to some extent.

3.) Live sketching and trying to learn anatomy and fundamentals? The boring essentials.

4.) Every time Ogata puts on faux nice smile, only to pull off something violent and awful afterwards, like that moment in Barato arc w scissors. Also anko nabe chapter finds new ways to fuck me up every single time.

5.) Manga

6.) When one of my clients at work, a senior lady, casually told me about her husband and how he was found gruesomely murdered in Siberia during mid 00's. She was very chill about it, said his lifestyle caught up with him.

7.) Recommend a series besides GK: Dungeon Meshi, Monster, Dorohedoro, Kaiji.

Quantivore - tw/insta @quantivore

1.)  Procreate

2.) Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Shigenori Soejima, Shirow Miwa, tacky 80s fashion

3.) Using a pentagram as a base for flower shapes

4.) The Russo-Japanese Sniper War

5.) Summer

6.) On school camp one time, we had to cook our own meals over an open fire. Giant moths were drawn to the flames and we couldn't keep them out of the food or discern them in the food because it was dark...so we ate them.

7.) MOB PSYCHO 100, Noragami, Disastrous Life of Saiki

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Ogata : 20/20.  Introducing our final three artists!

These are the last and certainly not least artists who are contributing to the calendar project!

Stay tuned to hear more about the project as things develop!  We will be featuring work from many of the artists!  This will give you an idea of what to expect from them for the calendar.  We will also let you know what other extras may be included when one purchases a calendar.  We are looking to add more extras with more purchases!

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The Ogata: 20/20 Team.  Introducing even more of our artists!

Yes, we are revealing our next group of artists continuing in alphabetical order!

Those with a careful eye may have noticed that we’ve introduced 12 artists so far, but not all of our months are covered yet! That’s because we have 15 artists in total with some of our artists splitting a month!  So tomorrow we will be featuring our last three but by no means our least artists!  Stay tuned!

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The Ogata: 20/20 Team:  Introducing our first group of artists!

Over the next few days we are introducing our artists that are contributing to the calendar.  In alphabetical order, here they are, the first 6 artists!

We’ve even created a handy-dandy color code for you to see what type of artwork they will be working on as well as what month they will be designing the artwork for.  Social media is shown in the info box as well as their own Golden Kamuy themed nicknames and food preferences.

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Introducing the Ogata: 20/20 team!

We’ve been quiet recently as we’ve been busily working on putting the Ogata: 20/20 calendar together.  Over the next few days, we will be posting information about the team members who are contributing to the effort to make this a reality. 

The first group to introduce are the Mod Team:

Our team comes from all around the world and is united under one goal, to make sure one can have 12 months of Ogata.

The Mod Team have and will be involved in the various aspects of the calendar:

1.) Format of the Calendar

2.) Printing and Delivery Logistics

3.) Social Media

4.) Meeting Deadlines

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Ogata : 20/20 calendar update!

Thank you to all of those who applied for the Ogata : 20/20 calendar project.   We appreciate the time you took to send us your portfolios and we have completed our review of all of them.

We have sent out emails to our initial list of accepted applicants.  Please check your email if you have applied.  If for some reason these accepted applicants do not wish to participate, we will send emails to those next in line.

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Reminder: artist applications are due by 25 June at midnight MDT!

Please do submit an application if you are interested.  Don’t let Vasily be the best Ogata fan artist! 

Use the link to the submission from in the FAQ!

We look forward to seeing your application! 

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Applications are still open for the Ogata: 20/20 calendar!!  Looking for NSFW artists!

This is a reminder that we are still accepting applications for artists to contribute to the very fun and exciting Ogata: 20/20 calendar project for the next year! 

The deadline to submit the applications by is midnight on 25 June, Mountain Daylight Savings Time.  We are highly encouraging artists interested in NSFW contributions to the calendar to apply in addition to the SFW artists.  We know you are out there ‘mature’ Ogata fans!

To apply, please use our Google submission form on the tumblr main page or FAQ list.  We also have a link to the submission form on our twitter: 2020ogata

We will reply to all applicants within a week of the closing date (25 June) to inform all applicants of the results.

For the NSFW art, please keep in mind we are going for a tasteful pin-up style of artwork.  We also understand that many people will not want to have to explain to others why they have an Ogata pin-up calendar at work, so this is being created for one to enjoy in the privacy of their own space. 

Our publisher will not allow graphic sex acts, genitalia, or anything illegal.  Find a way to creatively depict the sheer beauty of Ogata without getting us in trouble with the publishers!!!!  Think like Noda - be like Noda.  Get the point across without completely getting the point . . .. leave the viewer with some mystery - just like Noda.

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Updates on the Ogata : 20/20 Calendar Project

On May 25th we were excited to open our application to all artists for submission and participation in the Ogata : 20/20 Calendar Project!  We are still looking for more artists interested in applying.  

The deadline for the submission of applications is midnight on June 25th (Mountain Daylight Savings Time). 

We will reply to all artists who applied by July 1st.  We will email you with our decision and those accepted will be invited to join a Discord server to discuss the project.

So you are interested in this project?  Tell me more!

This project is analogous to a zine, the calendar will be comprised of artwork from a wide range of artist contributors.

Where can I apply?

You can apply with the following Google Form found here:

https://forms.gle/bPuF46t7dM6NU7mF6

or on the tumblr main page.

What will be the format of the calendar?

The calendar will consist of 14 pages in total: 2 cover pages and 12 pages for each month.  The size of the calendar will be 8.5″ x 11″ (22 x 28 cm) US letter size; a touch smaller than A4 size paper.

How much will the calendar cost?

For those looking to purchase a calendar, it looks like the calendar will cost around ~$20-25 USD (since we will be printing in the States).  We would like to keep the cost as low as possible and will do our best to make it as affordable as possible.

Will you be adding pre-order bonuses, extras and goodies included with the calendar?

Currently, we do not have any extras or merch planned for the calendar.  If we do include extras, they will likely be stickers or postcards that can easily be packaged with the calendar itself when we mail them out.  We all love charms, but we are worried about being unable to package them safely and cheaply.

Where will you be shipping from and how much will it cost?

Due to the wide geographical distribution and location of our team, we will be shipping from the States to keep costs down.  We don’t have an exact estimate on the shipping cost but we think we can keep it below $11 for all packages mailed outside of the States.  We will keep you informed!

What will you do with the mad profits that you make from this project?

We intend to use most of the money to cover the production and printing cost.  As we will give a free copy of the calendar to artists, the rest of the cost will go to providing them with a copy of the calendar.  Any extra profit that does not directly cover printing and production cost, the copies given to the artists, will be donated to a charity agreed upon by the artists.

I’m an artist on the project, what do I get?

As an artist you will get a free copy of the calendar.  We are asking that you pay for shipping costs.  Additionally, the back cover will have full information on all artists that contributed to the cover including your contact information.

Please feel free to reblog and spread the word!

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Ogata : 20/20 Calendar Project

Introducing the Ogata : 20/20 Calendar.

We aim to make a 12 month calendar that is all Ogata, all the time.  We will be making a SFW and a NSFW (tasteful pin-up) 12 month calendar.  Please fill out our application form and our team will look at your portfolio before deciding on a team. 

Each month has a predetermined and seasonally appropriate theme for calendar flow and content.  Artistic styles though may be wide ranging;  you only draw chibis?  Not a problem.  You like cat ear Ogata (seriously, who doesn’t)? Please submit.  What we are saying is that we are looking for a fun calendar that matches the monthly theme more than the art style.

If you have already committed to other collaborative projects, please take this into consideration for this project.  We don’t want to dissuade you from submitting but we do want to make sure we have full coverage for both calendars.

As far as the cost for the calendar, we are simply looking to cover the cost of printing and delivery - our goal is to break even on this project.  This is a labor of love by Ogata fans for Ogata fans.

Participants will receive a copy of the calendar for their effort and input into this project.

We look forward to working with you and want to have a lot of fun with this!  Think about it, the official Golden Kamuy Calendar only had 6 pages of Ogata, this is 12 pages of Ogata!

Here is the link to our application form:

https://forms.gle/neVUrdrdoGHmuKCN7

Any questions, send us an email or tweet at us:

2020OgataCalendar@gmail.com

https://twitter.com/2020Ogata