Hin's blog

On the first day, after getting over some dirty jet lag, my brother, Little Ryu (to the left), and I headed down to Shinjuku. Some dodgy people, who can spot a tourist a mile away, wouldn`t stop pestering us with their vain attempts to lure us in a club. Eventually we lost them and found ourselves in the arcades and, boy, they sure love beat-em-ups and pachinko!

Street fighter 4 looked and played awesomely and I managed to whoop one of the locals ...skills! Having said that I shall now become the root of all envy and jealousy for those who still have yet to play it.

There are a lot of bright signs and ads that are thrown at you left, right and centre, but it isn`t as high tech as I thought it would be. The myth that everything in Japan is more expensive than in England is a lie! Stuff may be more expensive than in America but definitely not as much as London (with the pants customer service).

OK more sightseeing to do. Japan is a very pleasant place to live and you don`t hear police sirens every 5 minutes like I do back home. I am very much not looking forward to coming back! *sob*

(right:SF4 skills!)

I’m one of the artists and my role is the character creation and animation.

We’ve gone through a lot of changes on the art side since January; here are some of the many quick fire designs Alex Best (our previous artist) and I threw at the bosses (with some despair).

It was hard to reach the final design. We’d settle with one –then, a few days later, have to change it.

This happened again and again due to IP to technical problems and aesthetic looks.

Click on the thumbnails for a full page of sketches

Hin