I indulgently created a fan animation in an effort to practice animating.
"ONI: Thunder God’s Tale" is such a wonderful and BEAUTIFUL show on Netflix 😍 The story and characters are so enchanting and heartfelt. Thank you to the whole crew at Tonko House for creating something so touching.
Just ONI: Thunder God’s Tale's Naridon doing a dance challenge to "Just Dance."
“In a world filled with Japanese mythological oddball gods and monsters, one of the creatures' free-spirited daughters, Onari, is determined to follow in the footsteps of the mighty heroes of lore, but her unique powers are yet to be revealed. Does she have what it takes to fight to protect her peaceful village from the encroaching threat of the gods' mysterious enemies, the "Oni"?” (Netflix)
ONI: Thunder God’s Tale stars the voice talents of Momona Tamada, Craig Robinson, George Takei, Anna Akana, Brittany Ishibashi, and Tantoo Cardinal. Tonko House is the animation studio behind the miniseries. Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi is directing.
ONI: Thunder God’s Tale hits Netflix on October 21, 2022.
ONI: Thunder God's Tale | Official Trailer | Netflix
ONI: Thunder God's Tale | Official Trailer | Netflix
In a world filled with Japanese mythological oddball gods and monsters, one of the creatures’ free-spirited daughters, Onari, is determined to follow in the footsteps of the mighty heroes of lore, but her unique powers are yet to be revealed. Does she have what it takes to fight to protect her peaceful village from the encroaching threat of the gods’ mysterious enemies, the “Oni”?
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My entry for the banner art contest for the Technoblade Discord server, inspired by a parenting story Technodad shared on Reddit.
More ramblings about process below the cut!
I didn't have time to document much of my process, so I'll be dropping bits of trivia as they come to me.
The contest announcement dropped 08/08, and for a few days I thought I was gonna skip out on it because I couldn't think of a decent idea. But then inspiration struck when I rewatched Tonko House's The Dam Keeper short. I also recalled Technodad's sweet parenting story, so I decided to mash the two ideas together for my entry.
Most of the time spent on this piece was on the 3D modeling in SketchUp! I started modeling on 08/11, and had several false starts before settling on the final build on 08/18. Technodad mentioned in his story that his family lived in a condo in San Francisco, so I referenced the more iconic architecture of the location's residential areas. He probably lives in more modern housing, but I'm a sucker for the old-fashioned aesthetic. Artistic-liberty!
The theme of the banner art contest was "autumn", so I roughly blocked in the location of two trees which I would paint in autumnal colors. The street lamps were recycled from another banner contest I entered around 2020 for the CrankGameplays server themed after "spring" - I think it's fitting that it's reused in another seasonal-themed contest. Everything else was modeled from scratch!
I wish I documented more of my painting process, but all of the painting was done in a span of 1.5 days while I was recovering from a bug. Normally I'd take at least a week to finesse things, but I was in a rush. I needed to submit my entry before the deadline so there was ample time for upvotes, and I also had a commission I needed to wrap up before next month. I get restless when I have more than one project on my plate, especially when both are time-sensitive!
So, I just watched ONI, the new Tonko house animated show on Netflix. I don’t usually get too moved about new animated shows but I can’t remember the last time I felt so excited and surprised by something on the screen. It’s like They took the best of all my childhood shows, the best of storytelling and mixed it together to get this incredibly gorgeous… and I mean STUNNINGLY gorgeous piece of animation. To be totally honest, I’ve met Robet Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi before and I am a fan, so, yes, I am biased. But still, it’s so good and I really hope this will be the first of many to be of this quality.
started taking the tonko house light n color class on schoolism, week 1 hw is still lifes from life in neutral diffused lighting (did x4 digital and x3 gouache)