Adobe Collaborates With Hatsune Miku For Creative Cloud Photoshop Tutorials

 Posted by at 7:48 am  Hatsune Miku, Illustrations, Software  5 Responses »
Aug 182016
 

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Are you a user of Adobe Photoshop, or Adobe’s Creative Cloud services and products? A newly announced tutorial campaign in collaboration with Hatsune Miku was just announced by Adobe to help with image editing basics and how-to’s.

“Project #1” of the collab features artwork by the popular illustrator zerokichi, and teaches how to give images more perspective through the use of blurring effects. A free download of the PSD is available for this tutorial, along with a free trial of Adobe Photoshop from the links below.

Adobe Creative Cloud site: http://www.adobe.com/jp/creativecloud/buy/students.html
Project #1 Page: https://helpx.adobe.com/jp/photoshop/how-to/give-perspective-illustration.html

Adobe’s announcement video (below) hints that at least a few more project will be released in this collaboration (likely by TNSK and MONQ), so keep an eye out for it!




Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live Western Release Announced For October 14th

 Posted by at 7:18 am  Hatsune Miku, Merchandise, Project Diva, Videogames  15 Responses »
Aug 172016
 

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SEGA has announced Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live for western release scheduled for October 14th. The demo of the game will be available at the upcoming Gamescom, an annual trade fair for video games held in Germany. The demo will be located in the PlayStation booth in hall 7.1.

Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live takes players into Hatsune Miku virtual reality concert at front seats, and features rhythm/motion mechanics to fill a voltage meter to get the crowd excited. A special event to join Miku on-stage will trigger upon meeting the goal. More info is expected to be revealed later.

Exclusive to PlayStation VR, the Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live bridges the gap between the physical world we live in and the digital world of Hatsune Miku in a completely immersive way. Leave the living room behind (figuratively speaking), as it transports players to a virtual stadium, fully immersing them in the crowd of Miku fans and going wild for the digital singer. As the lights dim and Miku gets ready to take the stage, the player’s controller transforms into a glow stick. When the show begins, players can keep time with the song by taking cues from the rest of the crowd waving their glow sticks, with the goal of cheering on Miku during the concert. As players encourage her, it builds up the voltage. Once the voltage reaches its climax, players will find themselves transported on stage for a special one-on-one encore performance with Miku!

Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live launches in Japan on October 13th, and America and Europe on October 14th. The game will be a PlayStation VR exclusive app with prices to be determined.

Preorders Now Open For Hatsune Miku: 2D Dream Fever ver. 1/7 Scale Figure

 Posted by at 6:07 am  Figures, Hatsune Miku, Merchandise  5 Responses »
Aug 172016
 

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The Hatsune Miku: 2D Dream Fever figure is now available for preorder! The figure takes on the design from the popular song “2D Dream Fever” by PolyphonicBranch, which has entered the “VOCALOID Hall of Legend” with over 1 million views gathered on Nico Nico Douga since its release in early 2012.

> Hatsune Miku: 2D Dream Fever 1/7 scale figure on CDJapan
> Hatsune Miku: 2D Dream Fever 1/7 scale figure on AmiAmi
> Hatsune Miku: 2D Dream Fever 1/7 scale figure on Hobby Search

The figure is priced at 12,800 yen, with the release date scheduled for January 2017. Preorders will remain open until September 21st. Below is a gallery included with the visual this figure is based on by BUZZ.

Hatsune Miku: Magical Mirai 2016 Venue Map in English

 Posted by at 8:24 pm  Concerts, Events, Exhibitions, Hatsune Miku  8 Responses »
Aug 162016
 

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If you’re attending this year’s Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai in Japan this September like we are, you may have observed that the Japanese version of the site has received many updates, but the other languages have been neglected. One of these missing important details is an English layout map of the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall.

A recent tweet from @Kowhey_Panzer39 fixes this problem, thank you very much! Click the image below for the full size.

Magical Mirai Exhibition Map

Hatsune Miku Collaborates With Artemis Kings For Beautiful Silver Rings & Pendants

 Posted by at 7:21 pm  Hatsune Miku, Merchandise  1 Response »
Aug 102016
 

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Unique and stylistic silver jewelry with a Hatsune Miku theme? Artemis Kings, a Japanese jewelry maker, has made just that in a recent collaboration to create a set of themed rings and pendants. The metal of each piece is made using high quality 925 sterling silver, and epoxy resin for color. They go on sale on Rakuten’s global shop later today, although individual country availability is unknown at this time.

EDIT: Artemis Rings responded to our inquiry and informed us the rings are for sale only in Japan. Friends or proxies will be needed for these.

The hair pin motif ring is the first item in the collab, inspired by the design of Hatsune Miku’s hairbands, with a small cubic zirconia gem and epoxy resin paint. It comes in sizes 7~29 (Japan sizes, odd numbers only), and is priced at 12,960 Yen ($128 USD).

The second ring is the college-style ring featuring a large turquoise gem made of cubic zirconia. It comes in the same sizes as the last ring (7~29 Japan sizes, odd numbers only), and is priced at 16,200 Yen ($160 USD).

The first pendant of the collab is a medal-style necklace with blue epoxy resin, with chain lengths of 45, 60 and 70cm. It’s priced at 12,960 Yen ($128 USD). The last pendant is a 2-ring style necklace with a cubic zirconia stone and epoxy resin paint, and a chain in 45, 50 and 60cm length options. It’s priced at 14,040 Yen ($139 USD).

Availability of these items is unknown, so take care in deciding if you want to add these unique silver accessories to your collection! Here’s a useful ring size conversion chart for those unfamiliar with Japanese sizes: http://findmyringsize.com/en/conversiontable.aspx

 

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