Masayoshi Tanaka

Tanaka has designed many characters for Japanese animation projects yet his style is most commonly mecha or mechanical styles of animation. He enjoy mixing the ideas of human and machinery and incorporating futuristic space type costume and appearance. He has claimed that his favorite works are that of “Darling in the Franxx” where he was able to have a mixture of all three elements mentioned. His work is very fascinating to me as I enjoy the unique combination of ideas and his ability to make metal and machinery look wearable and somewhat normal. I knew what kind of character I wanted to create when deciding which artists would inspire me further and he felt like the perfect pick. I really loved his colour palette and character designs and he gave me a lot of insight as to how I could mix the human anatomy with that of futuristic space suits and make it look natural in some way.

Butch Hartman

Harmen had a long and successful career on nickelodeon creating shows such as Danny Phantom and Fairly Odd Parents. I have always been drawn to his designs for both their diversity and insight into the early 2000s fashion trends. All of his characters have a unique appearance and a nostalgic feel for me. I would love to use elements of his designs such as the simplistic hair for my character design. I also love his dark colour palettes seen in a lot of his characters, another thing that I would love to recreate. I think my combining the styles of American and Japanese animation I would be able to achieve something that looks unique in its own right and has its own character and design that isn’t a replica of another style. I think that this combination would be able to help me a lot when designing my own character.