{"id":59038,"date":"2008-06-22T13:31:03","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T13:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actionacademy.co\/vinyl-pulse\/hiroshi-yoshiis\/"},"modified":"2008-06-22T13:31:03","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T13:31:03","slug":"hiroshi-yoshiis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2008\/06\/hiroshi-yoshiis.html","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshi Yoshii’s Piyora"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Japanese illustrator Hiroshi Yoshii<\/a><\/strong> has finished the labor-intensive production<\/a> on the first batch of  hand-painted Piyora<\/strong> resins.   Available in three colors (blue, pink and green), the fish measure 90 mm x 58 mm x 60 mm (3.5 x 2.2 x 2.3\u201d).  Limited to 30 pieces<\/strong> each, the first six of each of color<\/a> are now available for 12,000 yen<\/strong> each ($112) from One Up<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

The cute fish figures started life as a 3D model in Zbrush<\/a><\/strong>, were then output on 3D printers, cast as resin, and hand-painted by Hiroshi.  The base color was applied with an airbrush in several coats while the details (eyes, nose, etc) were painted directly by brush. As you can tell from the pictures \u2013 these have a really nice smooth glossy finish.   Hiroshi has painstakingly documented his toy making process on his toy blog<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Japanese illustrator Hiroshi Yoshii has finished the labor-intensive production on the first batch of  hand-painted Piyora resins.   Available in three colors (blue, pink and green), the fish measure 90 mm x 58 mm x 60 mm (3.5 x 2.2 x 2.3\u201d).  Limited to 30 pieces each, the first six of each of color are now … <\/p>\n