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Finnish-Huayi Illustrator who plans comics & talks about history and tokusatsu from time to time / contact email: [email protected] / / portfolio: https://aleksisshi.com / https://csarracenian.tumblr.com / / patreon: https://patreon.com/sarracenian

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · Apr 8

#portfolioday Hi, I'm Aleksis, a Finnish-Chinese Illustrator + comics artist, I do anything that catches my fancy, which in this case are historical+fantasy art and 90s anime-inspired art and characters.

Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: aleksisshi.com
csarracenian.tumblr.com

My character Moumou in the summer against background somewhat inspired by 80s-90s summer pop album art.

Parody of a Judy Toyota Sakura Wars promo art.

Mock poster for the movie "Legend of Eight Immortals"

My character Moumou in various 90s sitcom fashions.

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max. @maxidango.bsky.social · 10d

female convict scorpion

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 5h

I've forgotten like half the mobile suits that were actually in Zeta by the end of it and I'm still not sure if the wiki is fucking with me hahaha

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 15h

i love that they've never remade gundam '79. i remember people hoping for it after space battleship yamato 2199 and the origin OVAs but it's still never happened. it feels like they're saying "trust us, it's good"

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 7h

thank you for reading my gundam opinions. watch my gundam cartoon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Zs...

gundammu

YouTube video by splendidland

www.youtube.com

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Eike Exner @eikeexner.com · 11h

Tetsuya Chiba is arguably the most undervalued mangaka outside of Japan. His lasting influence on the visuals of Japanese comics today is greater than that of Osamu Tezuka.

Grant has that Dogsred in him @grantthethief.bsky.social · 11h

Tetsuya Chiba’s art! The flow of the action, the impacts, the sfx lettering, and the expressions have that kinetic oomph you need for selling meaningful fights indistinguishable from a modern boom. But it’s married to the more exaggerated body language + simpler character design ethos of the era.

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Hidakka @hidakka.bsky.social · 6h

Rupa, Momoka From Girls Band Cry

a tanned girl with a short haircut that partially hides her right eye, smiling

a girl whose hair goes a bit bellow her shoulders, sitting down holding a Fender Jazzmaster near two lazily drawn cans of you assume beer

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Steel A Jeeg @dogbarkingbees.bsky.social · 17h

Please read the article and not just the headline

Miller isn't making AI movies, or using AI to generate anything (yet; but hopefully never)
He accepted an invitation to be a judge at an Australian AI film festival "out of intense curiosity" and a desire to see what the technology is capable of.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 1d

This happened to be drawn during a kite festival (think it was in Weifang), but unfortunately didn't finish it before it ended.

I forgot her silk sleeves here but decided to keep it like this.

#上海華擊團 #民国十六年上海华击团 #shanghaicombatrevue #art

Qi Dandan of the Shanghai Combat Revue holding a kite in the afternoon, surrounded by other kites flying in the sky. In the background are the other members of the team.

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 17h

Oh yeah also the vanilla feudal europe gameplay too I guess. You know on the side.

CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 17h

Thinking about getting that new Crusader Kings, because now having the option to simulate actual Byzantine and now Medieval Chinese govenmental& administration mechanics sounds like the kind of turbonerd activity I could enjoy

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Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 1d

God, i love this one. That "statue" is so inspired.

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

1 horror movie every day of October:

8-INCANTATION, Kevin Ko (2022)

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah they're basically the best ones not only overall but also just by default hahaha

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The 90s one had the advantage of actually having the Janssons involved in the production & overlooking scripts(+ the Alfred J Kwak producer), so the game was unfortunately never gonna be in any potential follow-ups' favour.

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, there's really only the Polish stop-motion one and the 1990 one (minus the sequel series) that are the only serious contenders for that title.
The rest are either one-offs or too obscure & region exclusive, like Nobody outside of Japanese boomers can speak for the 60s-70s ones

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 1d

That's the one.

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

The man truly was just making Modern Comics, he figured out where things were gonna go & started early.

CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

Fair but also unfortunately

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

I could post a lot about the different characters & scenarios, how this feels like the nexus-point of so many humanist scifi of the time, how it feels like a predecessor to even very recent works like Heavenly Delusion or Fire Punch...

But instead I'll make the wise decision:

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

This comic really exemplifies how Ishinomori, at his peak, I find to be one of those creators whose storytelling sensibilities, pacing and conveyance just is kind of timeless & intuitive. You don't need to make as much of mental adjustment, as this could almsot be made 10-20 years ahead of its time

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

Since I haven't seen anyone brought it up yet, Ishinomori's Ryu's Road manga is phenomenal. It's from 1969 & doesn't feel its age at all.
I feel embarrassed as a fan to have taken so long to finish this, 'cause this feels like an unshakable cornerstone work & thesis statement.

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

(this will never stop being funny in retrospect.

Apparently the man's kids, who wanted him to show up in SW, didn't even like Rogue One lmao)

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

Jiang Wen, best known for his role as Baze Malbus in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

I basically dgaf about shipping & other fandom things but this is the one time it just feels off 'cause I'm actually not sure (or trust) that other people know.
The whole internet-based anglophone Moomin fandom is such an odd vibe in a way I can't explain, even in relation to other equivalent stuff

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CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED @sarracenian.bsky.social · 2d

just saying, when you look at this Very Obvious Point of Comparison for Sugar's Moomin news, that's also based on famous real life parallels, yet instead people just post about what is tbh a fandom-brained shipping thing its like... What's going on? Nothing wrong with shipping but did people forget?

Tiuhti and Viuhti holding a large red gemstone

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