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Published: 2015-08-01 20:30:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1413; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 0
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Description I've been meaning to get back into watching Ginga Densetsu Weed (I've been meaning to review the second episode for a while now - I watched it a while ago, and I remember really liking the episode - including GB's adorkable moments, I respect Weed for showing such sympathy towards Blue when he meets a shocking fate, and I liked Mel's introduction - I've started writing the review of the second episode, and I'll hopefully finish it in the near future - it's just that life matters and my other pictures have been delaying me - I'm such a scatterbrain, I get sidetracked easily, and I don't keep schedules when it comes to writing reviews and drawing pictures - like my comics, I end up ad-libbing quite a bit  ) - and I'm also colouring in the next page of my Ginga Nagareboshi Gin fan comic. In light of this, I decided to make references for some of my Ginga OCs.

And to start off with, here's a reference sheet for the main character - Nazo the Bull Terrier. (Trivia - I think bull terriers have a bad reputation and actually deserve better - it's often the owner's fault rather than the dogs themselves, same with Dobermans to my knowledge - which is why I made the main character a Bull Terrier. )
It surprises me that only FOUR colours make up Nazo - two of the colours are used in both his markings and his collar.

I tried drawing a range of expressions for him - I felt the emotions sheet I did for Fantomu is a nice idea, but a reference sheet could help with keeping all the colours in one place.
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Comments: 13

Sketch-Shepherd [2015-08-03 00:19:23 +0000 UTC]

Love the expressions. Especially that one in the bottom of him being angry reminds me think of Arashi No Yoru Ni somehow.

If you're liking GDW after two episodes so far, I can only guarantee the anime will get better from there. Though there'll be a handful of differences from the manga I'll probably have to point out.

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Duckyworth In reply to Sketch-Shepherd [2015-08-03 22:51:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. And I see what you mean regarding the angry expression. ( I can already guess how Paru's reference sheet will turn out. )

I just finished writing the review - it should be uploaded tomorrow.

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Sketch-Shepherd In reply to Duckyworth [2015-08-04 08:53:36 +0000 UTC]

Sounds great. Mel's mother was actually involved in the arc of the second episode in the manga. It actually relieved a bit of the series of the common sexism Ginga has.

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Duckyworth In reply to Sketch-Shepherd [2015-08-04 22:47:00 +0000 UTC]

That's great to hear, and I can imagine shes a cool character.

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Sketch-Shepherd In reply to Duckyworth [2015-08-05 00:01:43 +0000 UTC]

True. Mel's mom is named Lenny, and her involvement in the manga is that she and Mel were both pet dogs, but their owner sold Mel to a different family, and for a long time Lenny regretted letting her son go. Even when she finds Mel again under Blue's slavery he's a lot more upset about his own mother letting Mel get separated from her, and it had a really effective mother-son bond between the two.

She indeed was a great character. (at least before Lenny died off-page from a sickness). Makes me wish she made it into the anime. Which also reminds me that other characters like Daisuke as an adult and another one of Ben's and Cross's sons were also cut from the anime as well.

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Rebelartist92 [2015-08-02 01:04:47 +0000 UTC]

I still makes me chuckle a little that an anime series has the word "weed" in the title; I honestly don't think the creators of the show were aware of the "other" meaning for the word "weed". Furthermore, good work.

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AilemaDragonPrincess [2015-08-01 21:24:30 +0000 UTC]

Sparky's a bull terrier, too. And a very good one.

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Mister-Nathaniel [2015-08-01 20:53:14 +0000 UTC]

Is he a Bull Terrier?

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Duckyworth In reply to Mister-Nathaniel [2015-08-01 21:10:57 +0000 UTC]

It says so on the top left. (realised I accidentally said top right in the previous comment)

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Mister-Nathaniel In reply to Duckyworth [2015-08-01 21:27:26 +0000 UTC]

Oh, okay

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TheBigMan0706 [2015-08-01 20:36:42 +0000 UTC]

aww crap, it's Scud from Toy Story!

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Duckyworth In reply to TheBigMan0706 [2015-08-01 20:38:05 +0000 UTC]

Scud's more civilised cousin.

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TheBigMan0706 In reply to Duckyworth [2015-08-01 20:39:20 +0000 UTC]

and not raised by that little shit Sid

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