The team at Cardiff animation studio Turnip Starfish were recently asked to produce some designs in an ‘Anime’ style for one of our clients. Two adverts were going to be produced, one targeting adults and one targeting teenagers. But the style needed to work across both adverts. The Turnip Starfish Manga queen Lexemon will take
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We have some amazing activities running in May half term. You can join us in learning how to draw characters and figures in our manga drawing workshop. Or have a go at bringing your characters to life by animating them with drawings or with claymation. If you are looking for something completely different, we are
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Many moons ago, when anime reached the western world, our first experience of Japanese animation was likely to be either Akira or Ghost in the Shell. Both of these films are still celebrated and considered as films that you must watch usually placing in the top 10 list of most anime aficionados. However, true fans
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A weekly Warhammer Club run by Turnip Starfish in Cardiff. It doesn’t matter if you are new to the world of Warhammer or a veteran. The team will teach you all you need to know to play the game and build your armies. New players are welcome, we will teach you how to play.We have a
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Fandom ‘Fandom: the state or attitude of being a fan.’ Merriam-Webster website Fandoms exist in many different forms. They can be related to a sports team, a pop star, movies and so much more. Fandoms are basically a group of people that have extreme respect and love for their chosen topic. Anime and manga have
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Enjoying some drawing and playing with some colour. ❤if you like and give us a follow. Drawing classes for young people and adults www.turnipstarfish.co.uk #cardiff #learntodraw #figure #drawing #class
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We had two fantastic days working with HND college students at The College Merthyr. They were amazing and great fun to work with. They had a go at 2D drawn animation and stopmotion animation. They explored timing and spacing in their animation and went on to try walk cycles and squash and stretch! Explore our
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“They say that when an object is well loved it is eventually imbued with a soul, then what about the garbage, the trash that gets thrown away? What is that imbued with?” — Narrator, Chapter 1, Gachiakuta Gachiakuta (meaning ‘legit trash’ or ‘real garbage’) is an ongoing manga written and illustrated by Kei Urana, featuring
