Haruka Bikini Ver
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Sat 2008/07/05 20:49
These are some progress shots that Azami Yuko sensei and I are working on. The base pose of Haruka is her B'day suit (as you saw in this artlce) meaning that its easy to add costumes.
It was only after "researching" eroge illustrations that I realized that characters should be first illustrated in their B'day suit and then have layers of clothing drawn on top.
The final version should be ready just before we leave for Okinawa - will upload the PSD file when its ready.
The first time we went to Okinawa. We liked it so much that we decided to go every year. We did indeed go back again last year but spent time on the island called Ishigaki.
While we are 95% decided on the trip to Okinawa, we are also considering Hawaii, Guam and Saipan - all not too far from Japan.
Where do you recommend to go for sun, sand and clear waters on the beach? if you have advice on either Hawaii, Guam and Saipan then do let me know ^^;
Are you traveling anywhere interesting this Summer?
Ah, I nearly forgot - Haruka does indeed already have swimwear ^^;
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CEO MIrai Inc
Looking for a bug in the comment form.
(ID #230697) Posted on 2008/07/05 21:11
CEO MIrai Inc
Hmmm. Many reports of the comment form not working but I cant reproduce the bug at all @.@
(ID #230698) Posted on 2008/07/05 21:12
Director/Technical Director, Cameraman
Only bug I've had for a while is not seeing new paragraphs in Firefox 2. Kinda hard to explain, but it will show line breaks, but if you press enter twice after a line, you dont see that extra space that the 2nd enter would normally give. Been like that for a while for me with FF2 in OSX. (I wouldn't see the space above this line)
(ID #232149) Posted on 2008/07/07 16:59
keroro platoon member
They say Bali is very beautiful, Danny. Maybe u should give it a try.
(ID #230700) Posted on 2008/07/05 21:19
mon_han_FU-reek (Registered on 2008/05/24 19:47)
been there trust me, if u don't have guts, can't swim, and an otaku, don't go there there are some good scenery though, perfect for figure shooting by i mean guts is: u should do sky boating, or some sport where we equipped parachute and the boat dragging us if u scared of height, i don't recommend it, because i am also, i dunno how to go down since i never tried, some friend told me 'they just stop powering the boat and let you fall to the sea nice, isn't? otaku shop, none, well, there is, but rare, u can get mask tho, it look really cool, if u were me also, u can buy burned DVD, also meant pirated video
(ID #230888) Posted on 2008/07/06 04:03
I love the frills on Haruka's swimsuit. As far as beach locations, I've been to Hawaii a few times and it's a great place to go on vacation. Tons of touristy stuff to do there or you can just hit one of the many gorgeous beaches there and vegetate :D
(ID #230702) Posted on 2008/07/05 21:21
Student and full-time otaku
Damn, soo cute. But a sukumizu ver. might also be very nice ^^
(ID #230710) Posted on 2008/07/05 21:42
security/3d graphic artist
If u havent been go Hawaii.. lived there for 5 ears and still didn't do all there was to do :D island wise.. Oahu is a tourist trap, Kauai and the big island(Hawaii) are more countryfied and scenic. and if it floats ur boat.. u could go to the top of Monna Kea where all the big telescopes are.. u can drive up to over 14,000 feet, 4km.. i guess.. crystal water.. good waves.. u'll enjoy it.. :D and can't wait for the swimsuit.. and the birthday suit u promise us.. and drool over..:D
(ID #230711) Posted on 2008/07/05 21:44
Camera Operator. PV director/producer.
If Hawaii, Kauai is the best island to hang out on by far.
(ID #230876) Posted on 2008/07/06 03:19
CEO MIrai Inc
Just activated your feed - make sure your rss is registered in your account settings.
(ID #231043) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:42
Webdev, internet contents, music
Okinawa is great but you really have to talk to the people for them to take you to the normal beaches. "Tourist beaches" are ridiculous. Too bad mine was a company trip and I didn't get to choose or decide anything. I was stuck in knee-deep kindergartener beaches.
(ID #230712) Posted on 2008/07/05 21:51
CEO MIrai Inc
lol at knee deep beach ^^;
(ID #231042) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:42
Mechanical Engineering student
O_o It is only now that I have heard of Azami Yuko. Great artist, draws very good. I like his style x_x
(ID #230715) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:07
CEO MIrai Inc
Azami is a "she" ^^;
(ID #231041) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:41
Medical Research and Design
( '-')/ -(a!) Twintail and bikini... oh mai, oh mai daaling.
(ID #230716) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:07
Wowwee!! Summer has arrived!!! XD That is definitely the swimsuit I had in mind when I saw her for the 1st time. The tube is definitely a nice touch!! All I can say is...Good Job!! XD
(ID #230718) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:12
Traveling already and not planning on traveling more this year, three and half months in Austria is enough traveling for a year :) Can't give any tips on good beaches in your area though as I haven't (yet) been there, beaches here are nice also though, nothing big but really clear waters and great views and the best, no salty water (as there's only lakes here).
(ID #230720) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:15
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
will haruja-chan like an ice-cream as well. ('~')
(ID #230723) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:26
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
typo. haruka.
(ID #230725) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:30
CEO MIrai Inc
Haruja sounds like a nice name.
(ID #231040) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:41
Majorca(Mallorca), Spain is the best holiday island I've been to so far. Great beaches, awesome atmosphere ^^ First time I went was 7 years ago and fell in love with the place, but over the years it's been geting more packed with people :/ Anyway, I can't go anywhere this year, I'm working on a project T_T GIVE ME BACK MY SUMMER! >.< !
(ID #230730) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:41
Nice - i always prefer to see nice clean linework to coloured art. Im a bit worried about seeing her in the buff though - isnt she meant to be 14 or something? Im not going anywhere in the summer (i hate the heat!), but ive just booked a month in China with a mate for October. Hong kong, Guilin/ Yangshuo, Beijing and Shanghai! Cant wait! Be sure to take tons of pics when you go to Okinawa - id be intrested to see what its like there. Id love to go there when i eventually go on a proper wandering trip of Japan, insted of the Tokyo magnet just holding us there for the duration!
(ID #230734) Posted on 2008/07/05 22:58
CEO MIrai Inc
Check the links in the article for previous photos of okinawa ^^;;;
(ID #231039) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:40
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Yum! Now it only needs to be coloured...
(ID #230736) Posted on 2008/07/05 23:04
Woo Summer! Home alone at the moment but I'm going to Japan the 1st of August, it's my first time. :)
(ID #230744) Posted on 2008/07/05 23:16
Giving a swimsuit figure a cute inner tube almost always makes it an instant win for a figure. It's so cute to see characters holding/wearing those!
(ID #230757) Posted on 2008/07/05 23:42
3D Animation Instructor
Danny, If you're thinking about a beach vacation, there are a lot of places in the Philippines where you could go. Boracay is one. It's a bit commercial now some say, but you'll still be hard-pressed to find whiter sand anywhere in the region. :) There are a lot of other beaches and surfing and diving spots.
(ID #230759) Posted on 2008/07/05 23:43
CEO MIrai Inc
Looks lovely! http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&q=Boracay Will check it out.
(ID #231038) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:38
Haruka is such a cutey ^^ And no.. I stay at home and when the parents are on holiday I walk through the night and sleep through the day ^^ Awesomes ^^
(ID #230760) Posted on 2008/07/05 23:43
Student
Going to New York this summer as a tourist guide ^_^ but I'm not getting payed for it :P. Danny "c'mon" give us some Senga PSD of Mirai and Haruka plz, got my HD with loads of Sengas, I like coloring them and put them on my Deviant art page.
(ID #230774) Posted on 2008/07/06 00:10
CEO MIrai Inc
OK - will include senga next time. Me want to visit NY one day too.
(ID #231037) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:37
Student
If you love Tokyo then you'll enjoy New York, really like going there it'll be my fourth time in four years, after this my next stop will be Japan but will probably only go there in 2010
(ID #231094) Posted on 2008/07/06 10:59
If you ever get the chance to visit New York and happen to decide to hop over to D.C., let me know.
(ID #231108) Posted on 2008/07/06 11:15
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Haruka's looking very sweet!
(ID #230782) Posted on 2008/07/06 00:43
Photographer/Night Auditor
I already did my vacation this year for my friends wedding so no more traveling for me. Not that I don't have a lot of fun stuff to do here though.
(ID #230797) Posted on 2008/07/06 01:25
Aw, she is cute. We're not going anywhere. My fiancee just kicked off a week long vacation, but we'll be staying home. His son will be staying with us all week, and I think he's going to take him to Six Flags or something (so I'll have the big TV all to myself for a day at least). But nothing else. We had thought about going to the beach, but gas is so expensive. My parents might come up at some point to visit, but I likely won't get to see my little sister at all. My parents are going to Las Vegas later this year, so they're not taking a major vacation right now either, and my sister is working and trying not to flunk out of college.
(ID #230808) Posted on 2008/07/06 01:36
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Loved her bikini... may I suggest sukumizu version? :P Anyways, in Brazil it's actually Winter. Few weeks from today I'm going to the biggest Anime convention in Brazil... I'll be there 4 days, but the complete event has... 7 or 8 days if I'm not mistaken. It's a mix of anime/games/japanese culture/sci-fi and other stuff.
(ID #230833) Posted on 2008/07/06 02:14
CEO MIrai Inc
Check the link at end of article for sukumizu.
(ID #231035) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:36
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
so darn adorable, I love Azumi sensei's touch to Haruka XD so summer, so girly so darn Cuuuuute XD reminds me I gotta hurry the * up with mine before summer ends (oops)
(ID #230838) Posted on 2008/07/06 02:23
おたくと大学生。
I have been seeing reports on cnn about how things in Hawaii is uber expensive right now. like USD $8 for milk and bread. its all because they have to import everything and the fuel prices are up high. http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=s_3dxa7x6GU
(ID #230850) Posted on 2008/07/06 02:45
CEO MIrai Inc
Yikes. Thanks for the news report - T'was interesting.
(ID #231034) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:36
Girls with floats are cute :D Going to Tokyo next week, to experience Japan's hottest time of the year~.
(ID #230872) Posted on 2008/07/06 03:10
CEO MIrai Inc
This week was hot. Next week looks like its going to be a bit cooler. But the weather report could be lies again.
(ID #231033) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:33
That's a mighty fine swimsuit if you asked me :) I went to Subic here in the Philippines for my vacation. You might wanna try our place for a change.
(ID #230878) Posted on 2008/07/06 03:29
No traveling this summer, low on finances.
(ID #230884) Posted on 2008/07/06 03:48
Cute:) Really like the frills but I'm missing some reference to a dolphin:D (e.g. on bikini or on the float)
(ID #230911) Posted on 2008/07/06 05:02
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
KAWAII!!!!! Real nice!!!!!! I want to see the color version!!!
(ID #230916) Posted on 2008/07/06 05:13
Student, Goddess of the Blue Star
aww..so kawaii! ^^ I luv the swimwear! reminds me of a figure...maybe...oh, i dunno
(ID #230926) Posted on 2008/07/06 05:26
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Awesom-o!!!! More Haruka!!! And where is Mirai's swimwear??
(ID #230939) Posted on 2008/07/06 05:46
CEO MIrai Inc
Surprised you have not seen it yet. Its here somewhere. http://www.dannychoo.com/all/eng/mascot/
(ID #231032) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:33
Haruka looks so cute ^^
(ID #230943) Posted on 2008/07/06 05:59
Web Designer, Boxer, StreetFighter, Anime Collector and Gamer
Looking at her pic now she looks awfully cute in that bathing suit. Can't wait to see the colored one!
(ID #230997) Posted on 2008/07/06 08:04
haruka<3 I'll be staying with my relatives abroad in LA till the end of August. Next week is the flight. Then it's back to school on September.
(ID #231011) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:00
Scientist, unemployed.
It might be a bit expensive, but you could come to Michigan. We've got some very nice lakes. And the temperature isn't too oppressive.
(ID #231046) Posted on 2008/07/06 09:47
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
Lovely detail work! Can almost feel the growing ache in her back (kidding)... LOL, hey *Chun*, get your *shocked* and *Minami-ke* faces ready! ^_^
(ID #231092) Posted on 2008/07/06 10:55
C...C....Cute!! (=´∇｀=)
(ID #231097) Posted on 2008/07/06 11:02
Online Shop
Only place I would want to go is Japan!... plus Comiket >.>
(ID #231316) Posted on 2008/07/06 17:12
Can't wait for for the finished version...can't really go anywhere cuz of high gas prices...
(ID #231373) Posted on 2008/07/06 19:05
poor me, i get cold now :(
(ID #231414) Posted on 2008/07/06 20:16
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Haruka's looking very moe~ My summer break is long gone. I guess I'll turn to that box of ice-cream in the freezer and make myself a float...
(ID #231554) Posted on 2008/07/07 00:23
Pokemon master
Her swimsuit is so cute! I wish I could find some like that in my region. T_T
(ID #231763) Posted on 2008/07/07 05:26
.NET/Web Developer
She's looking great just like her older sister. :) If you're looking for beaches then it's either boracay (it's kinda commercial now compared to years before) or bantayan island which is just near that region. Boracay is a lot more accessible though. Bantayan island has one of the best shorelines I've seen though. http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&q=bantayan+island
(ID #232115) Posted on 2008/07/07 15:44
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
Okinawa!! Have fun, Danny! The progress on Haruka is looking good, very kawaii bikini ^-^
(ID #232272) Posted on 2008/07/07 19:10
Arghh why am i the only one stuck at playing games with my cousins T_T
(ID #232658) Posted on 2008/07/08 06:37
software manager
i keep seeing this article linked in blogs and thinking it's a minamike figure announcement ^^;
(ID #232870) Posted on 2008/07/08 11:54
Can't wait to see it finished. As for me, I do my vectors and colouring in Illustrator. Find it easier than in photoshop.
(ID #233354) Posted on 2008/07/09 02:13
オタク all day long
I don't want bikini, I want the b-day suit. XD
(ID #234302) Posted on 2008/07/10 05:54
Working Otaku mom
I like the way the drawing shows the different transformations as the drawing progresses.:) Very cool!:D
(ID #245790) Posted on 2008/07/24 07:24
college student
this is really cute ^^
(ID #307480) Posted on 2008/09/20 08:17
Schoolkid
I can't say where to go... I can say where not to go. Scotland sucks. Big time.
(ID #332216) Posted on 2008/10/13 03:32
duncanmc (Registered on 2008/06/13 06:19)