Thank you! I think I have a notion for part two...

Case closed!

Oh, what a cool idea for an assignment!

Wasn't there a Mitchell & Webb radio show skit about the Apple iReckon, which lets you download your thoughts from the Internet? "Making thoughts used to be boring. I had to look at stuff and talk to people."

Let's pause there for the moment. I'll elaborate further soon!

Figure drawing notes, page 3. Introducing the outline-centric approach I tend to use for quick sketching from life, and some of the things I'm thinking about in terms of capturing shapes. (3/3)

Figure drawing notes continued. Stick figures, the "line of action," and constructing imaginary figures with body masses. (2/3)

Pshaw! You're out here in the trenches posting high-quality commentary, reference, and shared coolness all day long, while the fancy grammar types sit on their hands. Nothing but respect for you.

In the Gundam movie production diaries I've been translating, the producers use "sakuga" specifically to refer to the drawing stages of animation - layouts, key animation, cleanup, and in-betweens. (That is, genga and doga.) That excludes not only backgrounds but also finishing work (inc. colors).

Thank you! I'll try to wring out new compliments with fresh material. :-)

I think the Earth-faction designs were more popular, but after several rounds of tinkering with the story, it seems more effective to start with the Mars side. Let's see how things unfold...

Yep! I did a whole series of mecha designs for this thing, but I never got as far as drawing up the actual story.

Thank you! I originally did it a few years back, but I've made a couple of tweaks - including more delicate feets, and a proportionally bigger head because it's half the size I originally intended.

"This is real-time! Time to get real!"

I keep forgetting to note that's where the "Real Type" color scheme came from!

There's lots of new and updated content throughout the article, and I've painstakingly updated all the images for high-resolution display on phones and newer computers, so you should read the whole thing over again just in case. It's only 20,000+ words!

Not to mention the original mobile suit variants that Kunio Okawara created for Kodansha's tie-in books, which later evolved into the "MSV" series.

...and an appreciation of the lovely new background art that art director Mitsuki Nakamura painted for "Gundam II."

I've included various promotional posters by the character and mecha designers...