Feather

Let it snow!

kismetn — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:32:22 +0000

How is everyone’s holiday season going? Me, since I work in retail, it’s been pretty hectic. I must mention by the way, that is seems like Samurai Shodown Destiny’s Edge have been delayed. It was supposed to come out this month, but for reasons unknown, they pushed it back. It’s a shame, but I’m still looking forward to the game!

But enough sad news! I just wanted to chime in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas! This lovely drawing of Nakoruru all bundled up is a gift from a best friend of mine! For today’s fanart post, it’s Nakoruru in a wintry theme! I dug these out of my huge folders of fanart that I’ve collected over the years. Hope you enjoy!

Fanart: Aqualoft

kismetn — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:35:00 +0000

Hi everyone, sorry for the small hiatus. I’ve been a tad bit busy then not busy by taking a vacation! I’m back now and I do believe it’s time to update the blog. :3

Fanart feature for today is from Aqualoft! I would have loved to have linked back to the site, but sadly it has since been closed down. It’s a shame because his/her(?) artwork is very unique. I especially like their sprite based illustrations. I do hope they reopen their site someday!

Fanart – Oekakis

kismetn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:58:28 +0000

As a celebration of Nakoruru’s Birthday yesterday, I wanted to present a small collection of fanart in the form of Oekakis. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “oekaki” are web based artist forums. Artists can create doodles using a paint program hosted on web servers. Oekaki boards are highly popular in Japan and in America, especially among anime fans. Here is a small collection of various Nakoruru oekakis that I’ve found over the years. It’s not much, but they’re especially cute!

Happy Birthday Nakoruru

kismetn — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:49:28 +0000

Today is Nakoruru’s birthday! I wanted to have a neat update filled with new artwork, however I’ve pressed for free time. I promise more will come very soon! For now let us just celebrate another year to Nakoruru!

Figurines: Lilic’s Nakoruru

kismetn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:44:45 +0000

I recently picked up this beautiful Nakoruru statue from a recent shopping trip to Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles. Manufactured by Lilic’s Artstorm, the 1/6 scale, PVC statue stands close to 8 inches tall. It’s been out since December of 2007, but I never got the chance to pick this one up until I actually saw it in person at the Anime Jungle I visited. I believe the design is based off of Aoi Nanase’s character design of Nakoruru. What I love most about this statue is the pose and the flow of the cape.

The first photo here was taken by my friend Jake, who joined my husband and I for our shopping spree.

To see more pics I took myself, follow the jump!

The pose certainly bring much life and character into Nakoruru.

I also love how her hair is flowing over the the cape. Noticed how on the top of Nakoruru’s head has a more blueish color than the rest of her hair.

The detail on her face is extremely cute. Notice the pink anime styled blush and the little dabs of eyelashes. I think her tiny, cute pink mouth is adorable. Also, personal preference of mine is having the cape over the hand. Originally the cape was behind her hand, which made it seemed like it was floating in mid air (look at the very first photo). I decided to glue the cape over her hand so that it looks like she’s actually gripping it.

Another nod to detail: you can see the drawstring to her pants peeking out from under her gi! I love the folds around her midriff as well.

She even has fingernails! And though her sheath is mostly hidden by the cape, they still gave it some details, such as the tassels. Also I just noticed I didn’t put her weapon all the way into her hand not to mention backwards, but oh well.

Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase. This is in my opinion the best Nakoruru figurine out there. Lilic’s did a fine job bringing Nakoruru into our world through this figure. I picked mine up for about $70, which isn’t too bad considering I didn’t have to pay for any additional shipping. It’s not too difficult to find either, doing a google search will give you plenty of online shops to find her at.

Feather: The Revival!

kismetn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:41:01 +0000

Hello, everyone! I know it’s been a long time since the last update. Yes, I’m aware I’ve said that quite a few times already! But as you can see, I’m having the site transition more into a blog like style. I know it’s not as exciting looking as the older page, but by turning this into a blog, I will be able to make the site much more organized, more viewer friendly on mobile phone, and it will become ten times easier to update. Plus finally YOU will be able to leave comments! Exciting no? So I hope you all will enjoy the new look and feel of the site. Welcome to Feather: A Nakoruru Fan Blog!

Things to look forward to:

- Figurines and statue section!

-Updated moves list!

-Video posts!

Please stay tuned! Oh, and remember, you guys can comment now! If you have any thoughts or opinions about the site, please let me know! ~Kismet