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Return of the weekly nosebleed section!

Showcasing the characters of anime and gaming!

Sometimes they will be flat like airport, or hourglass figured, or grating cheese with those abs... but I start this week with a bang!



DAT ASS...

Bayonetta was designed by a woman! The creator of the game is proud to say she has the most perfect ass in gaming existence =)

from the creators of devil may cry



and a more lovely wallpaper:
http://elis.imouto.org/sample/0f1c129144...sample.jpg


=D

where's the real life models ?

from the make a witch foundation

http://www.bayonettahalloween.com/

And finally
She's real.

lol i have those bayonetta glasses on Playstation Home

They're gorgeous, I wish I could buy me a real pair of bayonetta glasses, wear them in real life, and be prescribed.... Then I want silver contacts.

Speaking of silver eyes

Clare and Teresa from Claymore, the anime and manga series are gorgeous




This figurine, I don't own, dayum


This cosplay of Clare is Superb.
http://yukilefay.deviantart.com/art/Clay...-117163453

Muramasa Youtoden, Momohime figure. Unsure if this is released yet.

Today I introduce you guys to Taka Tony and Hyung Tae Kim. Both are amazing character designers in their own right.




(Kureha Touka on the left)

Kureha is from an anime that didn't do so good. Shining Tears x Wind and a game by the same title, character designer is the infamous Taka Tony. He is known as a perv for his involvement in a multitude of H-games and H-anime. The tactical strategy game Shining (Force, Tears, Wind etc) are one of the few works that aren't... explicit?

But her character design remains as something of a marvel, since she combines the colour scheme of hyung tae kim's character design for Reith from the ps2 game Magna Carta along with a kimono design.



The original magna carta for pc had artwork like this, so I know he's had a penchant for liking yellow in his heroine designs since the beginning:



This is from magna carta for the xbox 360





Hyung Tae Kim's latest work will involve mmorpg fighting game known as Blade N Soul. I am still waiting for the Korean release... since the NA version will probably not come out anytime soon



This is also the first time I've seen renderings of characters so close to what he envisions.

Hyung Tae Kim sometimes does fanartwork. But rarely have I found such images.

It is easier to find something by Takatony's fan art:


In conclusion, Takatony and Hyung Tae Kim are somewhat victims to the old problem of gaming design characters not matching their environments. Though Hyung Tae Kim is attempting to resolve this issue by working closer to environmental design in Blade N Soul. Takatony's characters do not fit in the world they inhabit in the anime, I can only hope they match more in the games themselves.

Philosophy wise, I guess one should try to understand that a character is never truly separated from their environment. The character and environment should be treated as one and the same. If they mismatch, then it is hard for us players to enjoy the aesthetics fully.

BEAR MUST MUSCLE MARCH TO MAINTAIN HIS SEXY BODY


EVEN THE ANNOUNCER SOUNDS BUFF

damn that figurine of clare is sexyyyy i want

Figma Saber Alter, also known as Black or Dark Saber!

I want it, but it doesn't want me.