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My model sheet of some characters I'm developing:

grafikdon:
It's gone totally downhill ever since it was moved. . . I insists that place is a tad obscure, even I had to look hard at the top of the entertainment section to locate it.

The move practically KILLED a formerly vibrant section; it's now DEAD.

grafikdon:
Looking Good, looking good. Question. . . can we post stuff on 2D here? I got a couple of things on 2D (Don Bluth etc) that I want to share. . .

Yes o, Graphik! Your contribution, as well as others', will be most welcome, please feel free. I'm a BIG FAN of Don Bluth, and while thinking about new material for this thread he actually crossed my mind. He's one of the few GREAT animators still alive and I've learned a lot from his animation and tutorials. Can't wait!

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Ninja Scroll ( Jūbei Ninpūchō?) is a Japanese action thriller anime, set in feudal Japan, by critically acclaimed director/writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri who was best known for his previous thriller Wicked City (Yōjū Toshi). The character designs were done by Yutaka Minowa. The movie is an homage to Ninpōchō series, ninja novels by Futaro Yamada.

The movie was released on June 5, 1993 and received a Western release on December 6, 1996. The movie was also released in some regions as Jubei Ninpucho: The Wind Ninja Chronicles. It is licensed by Manga Entertainment in North America. The Japanese title could be translated as "Jubei the Wind Ninja", although this is subject to debate as it does not account for the last part of the title. Ninja Scroll won the Citizen's Award at the 1993 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Ninja Scroll is among the most popular anime movies outside of Japan, along with such movies as Akira and Ghost in the Shell. It is well-received in its depiction of the ninja and Japanese legendary creatures such as the Stone Golem, and the Blind Assassin.

(Disclaimer: the above intro was culled from Wikipedia)

Coming up next: Screenshots from the anime feature, "Ninja Scroll".

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The following screenshots/collages are from the 1999 released Academy Award-winning Disney blockbuster animated feature, 'TARZAN'. Took me days and many hours to piece together and resize the screenshots into collages. Sha, I think the effort was well worth it in the end. Enjoy!

Seun:
I don't think graphic tablets are that effective. You should draw on paper and then scan your work.

grafikdon:
That's the most effective method of comic book creation. Gives you a lot of freedom.

I'm with Seun and Graphikdon on this.

grafikdon:
It is no surprise. Todd McFarlane of the Image Comics and Spawn Franchise was rejected 700 times but he was very adamant refused to listen to the nay sayers. Guess who's laughing now.

Wow!! Now that's what I call REAL/DOGGED 'persistence of vision'.   I have a similarly remarkable example, it's from a book I own titled "How to Write for Animation", authored by Jeffrey Scott, a three-time Emmy Award winning writter for dozens of hit animated series, including "Superfriends", "Spider-Man", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Jim Henson's "Muppet Babies", and the PBS smash hit, "Dragon Tales".  

Here's what he wrote, in quote:

When I was working at Stephen J. Cannell Productions a gentleman came to my office to pitch me a project. He illustrated the pitch with old Japanese footage of robots and leaping characters in skin-tight, corny explotions, and frentic action. I just didn't get it, so I, regrettably, passed on the idea. He went on to sell it to Fox Kids. Infact, HE WENT ON TO OWN FOX KIDS!! . The show was the hugely successful "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".

Seun:
If you're going to start a TV station, it makes no business sense to restrict yourself to cartoons.
- A dedicated sports channel would be successful because Nigerians are soccer-crazy.
- An investment channel might be successful because investors have a lot of money to spend.
- A Nigerian movie channel might be successful because our movies can be picked up on the cheap.


But a cartoon channel? You've got to be kidding me. The overhead is high, because you have to obtain rights to lots and lots of foreign cartoons. The revenue potential is low, because most cartoons are meant for children. If I'm starting a TV station, I 'll definitely show some cartoons, but I won't restrict myself to them!

If you're a billionaire, you can go ahead with the plan. Maybe in fifteen years you will finally break even!!

With the above, I'm now convinced that you're not as enlightened as you try to project. And bro, while you indeed are entitled to your opinion [heck, this na your site anyway, so na your prerogative to spit anything you like on am], it's also very o.k and indeed wise to sometimes keep/stay mum about subjects that you know little or nothing about, instead of arguing blindly merely for the sake of sounding smart. The above argument simply has no solid basis or premise whatsoever, as this sort of venture has been duplicated in countries similar to naija [with the relatively impoverished Eastern Europe as a case in point].  The simple and immutable fact remains that naijas are ENTERTAINMENT JUNKIES! You're just an irrational cynic, point-blank. Folks like you only hold back visionaries by creating imaginary hurdles to their ambitions.

And you KNOW that a cartoon channel will make 'no business sense' and that 'revenue potential is low' because you've conducted a feasibility study on the economic viability of such a venture? As if all the naija t.v stations are owned and run by billionaires. I'm sure you had your share of naysayers who tried to deter you from going ahead with your ambition of doing what you're doing now with this site, by throwing spurious stats/figures and reasons at you as to why they think you'd not succeed at this. I just hope you don't make it a habit to go about trying to create the sort of hurdles you're promoting here to people that approach you for advice on sound and novel ideas. My mantra is, 'if it's been done before, it can be duplicated/done again'. Me I'm done arguing back and forth over this subject, jare -- I don yarn my own.

@KoboJunkie: Walahi, I no sabi explain how you and I dey think alike sef; I no even see your post before I pushed the 'submit' button on the previous one. Leave Seun make im dey yarn wetin im no sabi.