Today is my last day at Blizzard. I want to thank every person I've had the pleasure of working with these past 12 years 🙇♂️ You've taught me so much about being an artist, game developer, leader, and friend. With this knowledge, I feel like I'm ready for anything that lies ahead
Azuki community, thank you for sticking by us through these trying times. Thank you for believing in our team, in zaga, and in me. We will come back stronger from this 🙏😤
The steamboy azuki is actually the original prototype sketch that I made when we started developing the art style. Crazy to see how far we've come in just a few months...
Super hype about tomorrow's launch! IKZ!!
@AzukiZen
Very proud of everyone on the
@AzukiOfficial
team who worked on the Twin Tigers Jacket! Glad that royalties are going to a good cause
@standwithasians
. Here’s some bts on the tiger design
Azuki is a universe that we're building together as a community. As an artist, it's something completely unique from any previous games/titles I've worked on. By combining art, community and web3, we've only begun to scratch the surface! Can't wait for you to Enter the Alley.
Super stoked to work with Kinu-sensei on Azuki! It’s an indescribable honor to have one of your idols interpret your work.
Many of you have noted differences, but like I said on spaces today, it would be super lame to ask my idol to just copy paste my work. The flourishes that…
Azuki just changed the Anime game ⛩️
I'm excited to share that through a community licensing deal,
@Azuki
and legendary
@StreetFighter
character designer Kinu Nishimura will be using my Azuki
#1093
in Azuki's upcoming anime anthology series.
Excited to see this come to life!…
Incredibly excited to join Chiru Labs full time to work on
@AzukiZen
! Super proud of what the team has accomplished so far, but we’re just getting started. IKZ!
Crushed by the news of Akira Toriyama's passing... Dragon Ball is the reason I started drawing. There must be millions of us, and millions more who were influenced in some way by his creations.
It can't really be overstated how impactful his work was on popular culture.…
@0xSeraph_
@cobie
@OttoSuwenNFT
@wizardofsoho
Z’s vision for web3 and Azuki is a big reason why I’m part of the team and building the garden. He shows up every day to lead and the whole team has his back. Can’t wait to show everyone what’s next for Azuki 🙏
Welcome to Hilumia 🌱
The crossroads of the Garden. A growing city shaped and built by the community. The past, present, and future of Azuki.
Explore at
Super appreciative of all the anticipation for Elementals reveal, but there's no way I can take all the art credit. Remember if you like what you see, give
@njoo
@_EthTenno
@_tomugi
and
@Crow_Azuki
the love they deserve
@ZAGABOND
I swear every time I talk to Z he hits me with dope new ideas and visions for azuki. If only people knew! We’ll try our best to bring them to life. The garden is in good hands 🙏
Really excited with how the jacket turned out! A free gift for holders for believing in the vision of Azuki while supporting Stand With Asians with all of the royalties 🙏
In 2002 I was living in apt604 with
@njoo
and
@GenghisKwan
, grinding on art and Warcraft3. 20 years later,
@AzukiZen
brought us back together to use those skills to make something great...
🙏Incredibly grateful to everyone who supported us for phase 1 of
@AzukiZen
. Many months of hard work but still just the beginning. Shoutouts to an incredible team
@ChiruLabs
, our awesome community team
@BeboopAzuki
@daphtheSHAFT
@pizookie1
and the mod team holding it down! 🙇♂️
"New Azuki looks sweet like my first love, Sakura. I drove her to prom in my mom's minivan.
Azuki is like a refreshing breeze on a hot summer day. Reminds me of my skydiving experience.
I want to drink sake with new Azuki and share stories of my adv" -
@BobuBeanFarmer
Having Kinu-sensei design characters for episode 1 was truly a blessing. Not only because she’s one of the best character designers, but for me it was also a reach back in time to rekindle a personal connection. Find out more on this blog post
Azuki is on a mission to bring web3 IP to the world through working with the top talent in the anime industry.
We’re thrilled to announce Kinu Nishimura as the character designer for Episode 1 of the Azuki Anthology Series. Read more about the character design process here:…
Bobu tokens are a bold (and sake-fueled) experiment in decentralized IP governance.
@bobubeanfarmer
governance tokens will be minting soon:
When: March 6th at 6pm UTC
Where: 🧑🌾
Why: Read this thread 🧵👇...
1/x
EPIC ANIME TRIVIA BATTLE
Who will be crowned the Anime Guru?
Today we have two of Azuki's finest, art director + co-creator [
@steamboy33
] and head of content [
@febtea
] to battle it out.
6/ I ended up going with the wind-up pose that felt like a classic Anime “Obari Punch”. Once I had the final line art, I played with fire effects to emphasize the pose. The Azuki red for his jersey also felt right at home. I'm excited for everyone to see how the card turns out!
Here's a sneak peek of a piece I'm going to mint on Sept. 18th on
@withFND
. All proceeds will be donated to the
@MalalaFund
to help girls' education. The final piece is fully animated like my other pixel portraits.
More details soon!
#rbg
4/ I was thinking of ways to translate Patrick’s talent into Azuki art. I looked to the great Yusuke Murata, and his seminal manga, Eyeshield 21. I’ve always been blown away by the color spreads and dynamic fish eye perspective compositions.
5/ I was reminded that one of Patrick’s signature moves was a diving sidearm pass. The sheer athleticism needed to make that pass while diving from being chased was insane. I recruited my Figma Genji to help me recreate this one.
2/ Working on the card art was a fun and challenging experience. Growing up, I collected baseball cards and Dragon Ball Z cards, so when I heard we were designing our own card in the Azuki style, I got really excited!
The results of the Azuki Golden Skateboard auction are in.
After 24H+ of fierce bidding (especially in the final moments), we have our top 8 Golden Skateboard auction winners. Let’s extend our warm & heartfelt congratulations to the winners!
Thread below 🧵
👺Azuki Allow List Giveaway! ⛩️
@0N1Force
x
@AzukiZen
, R1SE! It's time to GR0W together.
1⃣ Follow both
@0N1Force
&
@AzukiZen
2⃣ Like, RT, & drop your 0N1 in the comments
3⃣ Jump into our Discord & submit your wallet address to finish your entry! ()
3/ These cards needed to capture who Patrick Mahomes is and what makes him special. I binged the Netflix series Quarterback that follows Mahomes through the 2022 NFL Season and found his intensity, dedication, and sheer talent inspiring.
@xeh
That’s a fair point. When you’re developing a new IP, sometimes new characters will bring in elements that push the boundaries of that universe into new areas. Right now we’re all staring at a single character design, but I’m confident that when you see the episode as a whole, it…
7/ For the 1/1, I worked with
@Crow_Azuki
on a pose that we wanted to feel even more Azuki but still uniquely Patrick Mahomes. Patrick’s always juicing up his teammates and celebrating big moments with a cathartic war cry - the perfect IKUZO moment.
8/ In the final version, we really wanted to push the ikz factor, so we gave Patrick the same level energy as the gif of that soccer coach going super saiyan on the pitch. I felt that Patrick in the Azuki universe would literally be fired up like this for big moments!
Here's the first in a series of "making of" videos that I'm putting together of my latest animated pixel portrait. Like and subscribe if you dig it! Sorry for the crappy mic...
#pixelart
#animation
#tutorial
All 20k Bobu tokens are now sold out! Can
@bobubeanfarmer
still speak in this obliterated state? Perhaps we'll hear from him soon 🧑🌾
We have a great foundation to run one of the most exciting experiments in the space today. Some learnings and next steps in our journey ahead: 🧵
Congrats to my bro
@tsangstagangsta
who worked on the production design team for
#NightmareAlley
! Nominated for best picture and production design among others. Awesome movie!