Commander Anchovy (F)

[RainySunshine]

You all looked at the title and were probably more curious then anything as to what this was.  Lol! 

I realize that this will not be super popular, and I am all okay for that.  I wanted to draw something different and hone my skillz in some other arena's.  I plan to do more from this particular anime.  It is a show called, "Girls Und Panzer," or "Panzer Vor," depending on your region.  The premise sound dorky, I will admit, but hear me out.  It is about teenage-aged girls at girls only schools.  Oh wow!  That has never been done in anime before, right?!  Except... THIS anime doesn't exploit them to be sexual object.  Seriously.  There is no fan service in this short, but highly praised series.  These girls schools engage in this weird practice of TANK FIGHTING.  Yes, military tank fighting.  You really need to watch it, and I know it sounds as dumb as heck.

There are many schools all based of real countries.  There is a Japanese styled school, German, American, Italian, etc, etc.  It's really cool and the characters are very developed, and it has turned out to be one of my fav anime's.  It is cute, but full of tank battle action too.  No gore, no bad language, and surprisingly, no sexual exploitation!  I respect them for making a series based on strategy and story driven plots.  Check it out if you ever want too.

So here, I made two pics.  It is of the Italian School's tank division leader.  Her name is, Commander Anchovy (All are named after food, lol).  Her real name is, Chyomi Anzai.  So without further reading, please, check out my other style artwork, give it a chance.   Watch the series here or buy here! 

Sneeze version

Normal Commander Anchovy

[1234]

Love it.

[RainySunshine]

*High fives, Numbers.*

[Darrin]

Wow!  Impressive indeed!  I love the sneeze pic, it is crazy cool how you made her have tear drops!  Leaders or people of authority sneezing is always cool!  This looks great and it certainly has an anime influence but with your own style infused into it! 

[Miggs]

Heeey that's pretty good!

I think I've heard about this anime, or at least the title, but I never actually knew what it was about.

But ye, this is real good! The clothes are nicely done, the nose is qt as well as the sneeze itself!

[Soda]

I like it!  I like it a lot.  I like her uniform and it makes me think of Starlight Glimmer for some reason being all dictator like!  Nice art, RS!

[Death Blossom]

Oh my gosh. This looks amazing!
Wow, just wow. First of, this show sounds amazing, it always bugged my how Japanese school girls are drawn with these long ass legs and these short ass hiked up skirts to where we can practically see their asses hanging out. So that's cool that the show doesn't do that, but I like the premise. It sounds odd, but really fun at the same time.

No but, what really impressed me was this drawing! Both versions are great, I clicked the normal version first and I was just blown away by how well you could draw in an almost completely different style, hot shit man, you are talented and seriously underrated! Her design is like, super cute, love the pigtails and an interesting hair color choice on the creators, it's that anime color hair, but it's not ridiculous haha. I like how that one lock of hair on her left side is swinging forward, it's shows that her hair isn't static and it does move and bounce around as she moves, like here she probably just swung forward to say something and now her hair is following her, really great detail there. I love her expression, it looks so serious looking and almost hard ass, waving around her crop. Looks like she's telling people to stop messing around and get down to business.

Now the sneeze version! I adore the subtle changes you made for it. The small wrinkled nose and the slightly flared nostril, the blush you added are all adorable. As MasterX pointed out, the tears in her eyes are a nice touch, makes it look like one of those really forceful sneezes that forces tears to leak out, or that this was not her first sneeze heehee. And of course, your signature cloud effect, now with little spittle particles. Ahh, just great, RainySunshine! You've really proven yourself quite adept at changing styles. Just wowy wow wow, I really look forward to more if you are going to, these characters look really fun.

[Rainberry]

I'm shocked!  I know I shouldn't be, but I am!  You did a splendid job drawing this character, and I eagerly clicked after reading your premise.  I think it is neat they didn't just do fan service and have butts and boobs running around for an entire thirty minutes.  So that gives it a point right there.  It would be cool if we had a PSF watch-together or something.

Now for the art again, I sort of got distracted in my last paragraph.  I clicked the sneeze version first and was blown away!  You have your signature spray cloud, that now everyone else does, but your's still have a slightly different element and edge to them.  They are more curly and swoopy.  You got little nasties flying about that are easier to miss unless you look close, similar to how MasterXtreme does it.  Overall, it looks lovely, and I love her sneezing nose.

The non sneeze is great!   I am imagining she is yelling at her troop or something.  You really do the anime style well, as we've heard before, but have never fully seen!  I love her uniform and her emotion evoked from the pic.  Super job, RainySunshine! 

[Death Blossom]

Just started watching the show, I must say, there is some butt bouncing in the first episode from a very excited character looking at some pretty bathing suits XD I'm loving all these characters, they're a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for introducing it to us, Rainy!

[Smiles2us]

Just started watching the show, I must say, there is some butt bouncing in the first episode from a very excited character looking at some pretty bathing suits XD I'm loving all these characters, they're a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for introducing it to us, Rainy!

Should we make like a PSF group watch in the chat for this?  Like plan a day to watch eppies?

[Anyponedrawn]

If LP, who is watching this series, doesn't like your recommendation, RS, I will never go to a restaurant or movie you recommend again!!!!! 

This pic is freaking sweet!    So many awesome details and you absolutely nailed how this character looks based on some other pics I am looking at.  So awesome to see your true colors here! 

[Darrin]

Why havent we thought of that idea with MLP premiers?

[MasterXtreme]

Rainy, this is great to see you draw something that is truly your passion!  That makes me happy and the drawing, she looks awesome!

Just started watching the show, I must say, there is some butt bouncing in the first episode from a very excited character looking at some pretty bathing suits XD I'm loving all these characters, they're a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for introducing it to us, Rainy!

How much have you seen?   How is it?

[Death Blossom]

I've watched about 6 episodes, half of the show.
In a way... I'm slightly disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I love all these characters, they're funny and such a treat to watch and see how they interact. However... Where's the tank fighting? I feel there's no overall plot... The most tank fighting I've seen is in the opening song. And then maybe one episode where 2 girls are just sent on a spy mission. Then there's an episode that is about them getting awards and doing fun skits after winning the titular tank fighting competition, and I'm like "wait what? You mean we don't get to actually see it? Come on..."
There are 6 more episodes left, so maybe there are flashbacks? Overall it's a good anime, it's just... Where're the tanks?

[Silverwing]

I'm really impressed to see something totally different!  This is really good and well colored!   Awesome work, and I dig that sneeze.  Sneezing from authority wins!