Why this 2D Art Gallery endeavor?

by ZZ the Dark

My alias is ZZ the Dark but friends call me by Zaki. I had dreams and aspirations of becoming an animator ever since my final years in what you guys call 'high school'. I enrolled in the private establishment of MAGES Institute of Excellence around September of 2016 and gained not only a Diploma of Animation but an Advanced Diploma in Animation as well past 2018. I'm proficient mostly in drawings as well as Motions Graphics Animation and still learning things till this day.

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Here are some of my best 2D works seen below to introduce my work style

Umi Ryuzaki Selece and Gunbuster (VHS Rip)

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Digital Matte Painting section

Consisting of some of my fave pieces including Transformers' related pieces which pays tribute to Masterpiece Reanimated on Youtube by Optimus Timelord.

Anise Firm Obari Style (Faux Cel 2) A faux character model design of my fave character from the anime - Sonic Soldier Borgman	April O'Neil (Redone) Without filter April O'Neil from the TMNT series
Fabia Sheen (HD style) Fabia Sheen in city lights. She came from Bakugan Gundalian Invaders.	Danguard Ace (VHS ver) The old Shogun Warrior veteran himself.
Dorothy-1 (MechaMAYhem) Dorothy-1 looking massive from the Toonami hit - Big O	Giant Robo 1B Giant Robo mixed with his toku roots
Gunbuster Power HD Gunbuster from Aim for the Top OVA with sunset setting	Hurricane Honey Scarf (Universe) Vaporwave Hurricane Honey from the Cutie Honey Universe anime series
Iczer Legend - Iczer-2 b	La Seine No Hoshi
Nisa Hideki Tamura style (Sakura petals)	Sacred Guardian Singa (80's TV format)
Captain Power - BioDread Masters	Captain Power - Blastaar arrives
Captain Power styled screens	Spaced Out (Wallpaper Contest)
Triple Galvatron threat	Grimlock powering up Grimlock,in a galaxy far away,is powering up for a big brawl.
Weaponizing kings Deep in the hangars of the Decepticons' base, there are weapons yet to be used but when the time's right,they'll be unleashed to wreak havoc upon the land!	Honey the Pretender
Galvatron's Revenge Galvatron,enraged by his numerous defeats is glowing with an enormous aura of power!	It's either you or me! Grimlock,the dinosaur robot in the distance is now approaching Galvatron (the robot in the foreground) to have their confrontation concluded.
Magic Plate A digital Matte Painting I've done as one of my works in my final year in MAGES. This was based on Mars expedition.	Warrior Within A giant is among us! Let loose our greatest warrior to fend him off. If he falls,we'll fight the beast till the very end!
Cloudview Cloud City - Different from what you know,this city has the biggest skyscrapers that reach almost to the atmosphere in order for people to look above the world. Here,technology allows them to soar through the skies above in our Cyberjets.	Rodimus vs Galvatron Anime Ver Screensho
A world Above There are cities above ours which we know..the future is filled with lots of possiblities.	Mountain Aflame This was one of my digital matte paintings during my stent in the finalyear of MAGES - Institute of Excellence. Made to manipulate images to make a volcanic explosion.
Stargaze This was piece during my final year in MAGES while I was learning how to change an image from day to night.	Zaki - 1 - Grayscale Values
Zaki - 2 - Hillview Final

2D Artwork

This encapsulates my love for 2D animation from the 70's - 90's whether manga and anime or comics,etc.

Final form of the main robot from Fighbird Brave Fighter of the Sun	Bio of Lestie who was meant to be a foil character. Think Racer X from Speed Racer. Made for a contest held by devart.	From the anime and manga - Magic Knight Rayearth Among one of my favorite characters in the show due to her being a confident and quite sass character	Redraw of a cutscene from the Playstation game Dragonball Z Ultimate Battle 22	Son Karin from the video game and franchise - Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
A character from Machine Robo Battlehackers whom I really like the design and his character. His toy by Bandai was supposed to come out in 1987 but didn't due to..problems.	An original character I made with the intent of being a one-woman show. She trains day and night till the age of 20 when an evil force breaks loose. Cocky and temperamental but not without her respect for life itself. May have a hidden power inside.	My original character who was meant to be the tough as nails and master of incomprehensible snark and insensitivity though she has restraint when it comes to crossing the line. Well-versed in ninjutsu and mixed martial arts.	My favorite form of Cutie Honey. The intent of giving her a little sass while also looking good in what she does. That's the name of her game.	The 3 personas of my original character made for a deviantart contest.
Asuka Kazama was my fave character in Tekken. I really hope she appears solo as a guest in other fighting games tbh. Her story in Tekken 5 was left unfinished in my opinion.	Descriptions of the car design of my original character. I based it off of the hero's combined car from Kamen Rider Drive which was consisted of 2 bikes to get an understanding on how to make a bike into a car.	The 2 Bio-Dreads from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future	Rest-Q/Ambulance Robo from Gobots/Machine Robo His vehicle mode drawn for a client	Lineart of Rest-Q's Vehicle mode
Loco/Steam Robo from Gobots/Machine Robo I made a vehicle model for a client who only had the characters' robot chara model but not the vehicle mode.	Lineart for Loco from Gobots	Quintessential villain from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future	Ground Guardian drawn in the style of Shinya Ohira and Masami Obari from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future	My original character - Ryuga,a skilled warrior puts her fighting skills to the test.
A character from the Yoshihisa Tagami manga 'Grey'. She's the token tough girl.	One of the many underrated anime characters from the 70's but she was only popular in countries like France and other European countries. Her stories was based on real-life events called 'The French Revolution'. Though some keen eyes prefer to call her a female Zorro which I dig.	Another Maria Grace Fleed shot by me. My fav girl in the Grendizer cartoon.	Based on a character from the video game - Cannon Dancer/Osman for arcades. Produced by the same minds who gave us the Strider arcade games by Konami.	Based off the Toshiki Hirano manga of the same name and it got localized in the 90's by Antarctic Press. Though the story goes unfinished sadly. I placed Iczer-1 in a dark background and since she was a brightly colored character,she'd be weaken by the darkness but a ray of hope shines upon her which is the sun which gives her much hope. Pretty much sums up what happens in the OVA and this manga.
Redrawn from a sketch I did with her when I was a teen. One of the later characters in the Grendizer anime from 1979. Her original sketch can be seen in the link below.	A mix of Jun the Swan from Gatchaman,Saber Rider's April Eagle and MMPR's Pink Ranger	This is a tribute to Masami Obari's art-style. Based of of a robot called Robocules from the 70s anime - Machine Blaster.

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Following below will be a series of videos I've done

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2020

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2019 Demo Reel

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Why this 2D Art Gallery endeavor?

Enter the World of ZZ the Dark's emporium

Digital Matte Painting section

Anise Firm Obari Style (Faux Cel 2)

A faux character model design of my fave character from the anime - Sonic Soldier Borgman

April O'Neil (Redone) Without filter

April O'Neil from the TMNT series

Fabia Sheen (HD style)

Fabia Sheen in city lights. She came from Bakugan Gundalian Invaders.

Danguard Ace (VHS ver)

The old Shogun Warrior veteran himself.

Dorothy-1 (MechaMAYhem)

Dorothy-1 looking massive from the Toonami hit - Big O

Giant Robo 1B

Giant Robo mixed with his toku roots

Gunbuster Power HD

Gunbuster from Aim for the Top OVA with sunset setting

Hurricane Honey Scarf (Universe) Vaporwave

Hurricane Honey from the Cutie Honey Universe anime series

Iczer Legend - Iczer-2 b

La Seine No Hoshi

Nisa Hideki Tamura style (Sakura petals)

Sacred Guardian Singa (80's TV format)

Captain Power - BioDread Masters

Captain Power - Blastaar arrives

Captain Power styled screens

Spaced Out (Wallpaper Contest)

Triple Galvatron threat

Grimlock powering up

Grimlock,in a galaxy far away,is powering up for a big brawl.

Weaponizing kings

Deep in the hangars of the Decepticons' base, there are weapons yet to be used but when the time's right,they'll be unleashed to wreak havoc upon the land!

Honey the Pretender

Galvatron's Revenge

Galvatron,enraged by his numerous defeats is glowing with an enormous aura of power!

It's either you or me!

Grimlock,the dinosaur robot in the distance is now approaching Galvatron (the robot in the foreground) to have their confrontation concluded.

Magic Plate

A digital Matte Painting I've done as one of my works in my final year in MAGES. This was based on Mars expedition.

Warrior Within

A giant is among us! Let loose our greatest warrior to fend him off. If he falls,we'll fight the beast till the very end!

Cloudview

Cloud City - Different from what you know,this city has the biggest skyscrapers that reach almost to the atmosphere in order for people to look above the world. Here,technology allows them to soar through the skies above in our Cyberjets.

Rodimus vs Galvatron Anime Ver Screensho

A world Above

There are cities above ours which we know..the future is filled with lots of possiblities.

Mountain Aflame

This was one of my digital matte paintings during my stent in the finalyear of MAGES - Institute of Excellence. Made to manipulate images to make a volcanic explosion.

Stargaze

This was piece during my final year in MAGES while I was learning how to change an image from day to night.

Zaki - 1 - Grayscale Values

Zaki - 2 - Hillview Final

2D Artwork

Final form of the main robot from Fighbird Brave Fighter of the Sun

Bio of Lestie who was meant to be a foil character. Think Racer X from Speed Racer. Made for a contest held by devart.

From the anime and manga - Magic Knight Rayearth Among one of my favorite characters in the show due to her being a confident and quite sass character

Redraw of a cutscene from the Playstation game Dragonball Z Ultimate Battle 22

Son Karin from the video game and franchise - Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer

A character from Machine Robo Battlehackers whom I really like the design and his character. His toy by Bandai was supposed to come out in 1987 but didn't due to..problems.

An original character I made with the intent of being a one-woman show. She trains day and night till the age of 20 when an evil force breaks loose. Cocky and temperamental but not without her respect for life itself. May have a hidden power inside.

My original character who was meant to be the tough as nails and master of incomprehensible snark and insensitivity though she has restraint when it comes to crossing the line. Well-versed in ninjutsu and mixed martial arts.

My favorite form of Cutie Honey. The intent of giving her a little sass while also looking good in what she does. That's the name of her game.

The 3 personas of my original character made for a deviantart contest.

Asuka Kazama was my fave character in Tekken. I really hope she appears solo as a guest in other fighting games tbh. Her story in Tekken 5 was left unfinished in my opinion.

Descriptions of the car design of my original character. I based it off of the hero's combined car from Kamen Rider Drive which was consisted of 2 bikes to get an understanding on how to make a bike into a car.

The 2 Bio-Dreads from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

Rest-Q/Ambulance Robo from Gobots/Machine Robo His vehicle mode drawn for a client

Lineart of Rest-Q's Vehicle mode

Loco/Steam Robo from Gobots/Machine Robo I made a vehicle model for a client who only had the characters' robot chara model but not the vehicle mode.

Lineart for Loco from Gobots

Quintessential villain from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

Ground Guardian drawn in the style of Shinya Ohira and Masami Obari from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

My original character - Ryuga,a skilled warrior puts her fighting skills to the test.

A character from the Yoshihisa Tagami manga 'Grey'. She's the token tough girl.

One of the many underrated anime characters from the 70's but she was only popular in countries like France and other European countries. Her stories was based on real-life events called 'The French Revolution'. Though some keen eyes prefer to call her a female Zorro which I dig.

Another Maria Grace Fleed shot by me. My fav girl in the Grendizer cartoon.

Based on a character from the video game - Cannon Dancer/Osman for arcades. Produced by the same minds who gave us the Strider arcade games by Konami.

Redrawn from a sketch I did with her when I was a teen. One of the later characters in the Grendizer anime from 1979. Her original sketch can be seen in the link below.

A mix of Jun the Swan from Gatchaman,Saber Rider's April Eagle and MMPR's Pink Ranger

This is a tribute to Masami Obari's art-style. Based of of a robot called Robocules from the 70s anime - Machine Blaster.