sketches – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today. Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:01:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/en_rocket_1024.png?w=32 sketches – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com 32 32 176746664 “I’ll draw one animal for every retweet!” Japanese artist now has to draw 22,000 animals https://soranews24.com/2022/02/23/ill-draw-one-animal-for-every-retweet-japanese-artist-now-has-to-draw-22000-animals/ https://soranews24.com/2022/02/23/ill-draw-one-animal-for-every-retweet-japanese-artist-now-has-to-draw-22000-animals/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:00:52 +0000 https://soranews24.com/?p=577925 
That works out to drawing one animal a day…for 52 years.
Back in April 2020, Japanese artist Haruka, who goes by @_harenatsu on Twitter, drew an adorable little frog in her notebook. She snapped a couple of photos of it, and then she shared the images online with the following message:
▼ “‘Small Animals Playing on Ruled Lines’ is a notebook where I’ll add one animal for every retweet.”
When Haruka set herself this drawing challenge, she didn’t imagine it would get out of hand, as she only had around 2,500 followers at the time. However, as soon as people saw Haruka’s cute frog online, they immediately wanted more, sending her images viral and earning her 22,000 retweets, while also boosting her number of followers to over 41,000.
With so many new followers, Haruka felt obliged to stay true to her promise, so the talented artist has been drawing animals for just shy of two years now, filling the pages of her notebook with some amazing images.
So far, Haruka has managed to sketch 2,863 animals by hand, aiming to make each one unique with different facial expressions and postures that help to give them all different personalities.
The animals, which hail from the sky, land, and sea, all come together in Haruka’s humble ruled notebook.
The attention to detail and commitment to seeing through her promise has earned Haruka a wealth of praise online, with people leaving comments like:
“Your commitment is amazing!”
“It’s already a picture book!”
“You should publish this as a book, just as it is!”
“I’ve never seen anyone work so hard!”
“If you made a line of goods out of these characters I’d definitely buy them!”
“It must be tough work, but please keep at it!”
The Hokkaido-based artist is determined to complete the daunting task ahead of her, frequently uploading progress reports online.
https://twitter.com/_harenatsu/status/1495317870154498048
It’s a good thing Haruka didn’t start this challenge now, because her post about the ongoing series has so far earned her 82,000 retweets in around 18 days.
私は 2年程前にTwitterの企画で 動物を22000匹描く事になった女です。
未だに描き続けていて、現在の記録は2802匹です。 pic.twitter.com/M2TWeFVLH1
— 晴夏 haruka (@_harenatsu) February 3, 2022
With 19,137 animals left to draw, if she were to draw at a rate of one per day, it would take Haruka approximately 52 years to finish the collection.
Thankfully, Haruka is working at a steadier pace than that, but it’s still a task that will likely take her decades to complete. The artist says she will definitely see the series through, though, even if it takes her the rest of her life, as it’s one that she’s fond of and it’s been well received by so many people.
To help her in her quest, Haruka recently put out a call for animal suggestions on her Instagram stories, which introduced her to a number of new animals she hadn’t heard of before. She plans to continue asking followers for requests in future, so if you’d like to see your favourite animal make an appearance in Haruka’s ever-growing collection, be sure to give her a follow on Instagram and Twitter.
Source, images: Twitter/@_harenatsu via Net Lab
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]]> https://soranews24.com/2022/02/23/ill-draw-one-animal-for-every-retweet-japanese-artist-now-has-to-draw-22000-animals/feed/ 0 577925 Japanese artist Twitter drawing challenge cute animals art illustration sketch design photos 2 Never-before-seen Miyazaki sketches to go on show at Tokyo exhibition this summer https://soranews24.com/2015/06/29/never-before-seen-miyazaki-sketches-to-go-on-show-at-tokyo-exhibition-this-summer/ https://soranews24.com/2015/06/29/never-before-seen-miyazaki-sketches-to-go-on-show-at-tokyo-exhibition-this-summer/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:00:20 +0000 http://en.rocketnews24.com/?p=248393 
Illustrations by legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki are among the 130 artworks going on display in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, next month.
The exhibition of background illustrations and character sketches, which have never been on public display before, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Nippon Animation’s World Animation Theatre, the weekly TV anime showcase which Miyazaki and Isao Takahata both worked on before founding Studio Ghibli together in 1985.
World Animation Theatre is a series of animated versions of classical books or stories including classics of Western children’s literature, such as Anne of Green Gables and Heidi.
Let’s take a look at what’s on offer!
▼ Included in the show will be 30 of Miyazaki’s layout sketches for Anne of Green Gables (1979).
▼ Other sketches include these of Rascal (Rascal the Raccoon) and Nero (Dog of Flanders).
atpress, edited by RocketNews24
▼ There are also background paintings, such as this one by Takamura Mukuo, for 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
▼ And this one from Anne of Green Gables.
▼ A painting by co-director Seiji Endō from the early stages of Rascal the Raccoon.
▼ A preliminary sketch from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980)
While die-hard Studio Ghibli fans would no doubt be more interested in later work from Miyazaki and Takahata, there looks to be plenty to see here for fans of the World Animation Series.
If you’re elsewhere in Japan, too, you may still have the chance to catch the exhibition without heading to Tokyo – after the Ikebukuro show closes in August, the artworks will go on a two-year tour around the country, from Hokkaido to Hiroshima.
Exhibition information
The Sekai Meisaku Gekijouten (ＴＨＥ 世界名作劇場展)
Dates: July 30th-August 18th, 10am-8pm (except August 18th 10am-5pm)
Location: Tobu Department Store, Ikebukuro, 8th floor exhibition space
Admission: Adults 800 yen; High school/middle school students 600 yen; Younger children free.
Sources: atpress, NetLab, Tobu Department Store
Featured image: atpress
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