William Niu

Illustrator, Animator, and Visual Development artist. Currently BG/Prop designer on Voltron!

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Got a clearance to release my VoltronLegendaryDefender work, so I’m excited to finally share some art from the show! To start off, here’s a destroyed cityscape from S7, EP9, directed by Rie(@tekurik on Twitter) It was very refreshing to design earth-ish look after seasons of alien civilization!

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It’s gotten a bit cold downstairs where my main drawing setup is, so I’ve been noodling on iPad upstairs in the comfort of heater and couch. Here’s a drawing of train in a cityscape. When I was a little kid I lived near a train track so my mom used to take me to see the trains. I loved them so much as a kid, and my dream back then was to become a train conductor XD

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Happy New Year! I got an iPad Pro for this Christmas so I’ve been making paintings on Procreate lately. Here’s some of the first paintings. They were so much fun and I can’t wait to do more!

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Do you have any other social media accounts that we can follow on after the 17th? Or maybe a Gmail will work?

Hi! I recognize you since forever! Thank you so much for your support ToT I also use instagram and twitter. I’ve listed the link for you below.

https://www.instagram.com/niuner/

https://twitter.com/niuner

Thanks again fullmetalavatar!!

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On December 14th (this Friday), the last season of Voltron drops on Netflix. After working on it for over three years, it’s a bit surreal that it’s all coming to an end. The team has put together so much time and effort into bringing this show to life. Studio Mir in Korea is truly a powerhouse of animation. Voltron would have definitely not been possible without the dedication of the talents working at Mir. To the team, It’s was such a pleasure working with you. For some, we’ve been working together since Korra and what a journey we’ve come together after all these years. For those I met on Voltron, It feels like I’ve known you all my life, and I’m grateful that Voltron finally brought us together. We’ve all grown together, and fought the tough battles. And now that it’s coming to an end, I miss you all. So here’s a memoir piece to sum it all up. Till the next time we come together!

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Some more Gundam Unicorn inspired drawings. This series has some of the best soundtrack I’ve ever heard in anime. O hail the great Sawano 

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Sinanju from Gundam UC!

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Watching Gundam Unicorn on Netflix today. Feeling like drawing something space-y

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Proof of concept for a personal project!

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My commute home on interstate 5

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I started playing with gouache recently. It’s a very fun medium, and best of all, very portable. I’m going to be doing some outdoor paintings from time to time! And here’s a not so outdoor observational painting of my good ol gameboy advances sp! With final fantasy 6 (impressive port) inside!

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A utility heavy duty mech!

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Landlady from Kungfu Hustle. She’s absolutely wonderful.

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Another Rurouni Kenshin piece. I keep re-watching Sojiro’s arc over and over since there are so many great moments both in story, and visual. I especially enjoy the fast flashing effects to convey speed. They’re not only effective, but also very work efficient. Too bad we might never see this kind of effect again to the full extent (thanks pokemon shock). Also the music of this show is spot on.

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I used to watch Rurouni Kenshin(”Samurai X” in the west) on TV in Japan, and I just found out it was available on Netflix! I had to re-watch the Shishio arc. So many great memories.

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some more Better Call Saul sketches

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“Colorful”