Like father, like sons. Thomas Romain (previously here and here) is a French anime artist who lives in Tokyo and has found a cool way of bonding with his two boys. When he’s not working on his commercial projects, Thomas spends time on an ongoing family collaboration. It goes like this: his kids come up with different interesting character designs and Thomas works his magic to transform them into TV-worthy cartoon characters like golems, warriors, and other anime heroes.
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“We have very few rules when collaborating,” Romain told Bored Panda. “I don’t give them themes for their cartoon drawings unless they run out of inspiration. They’re free to draw whatever cool characters they want and I’m free to decide which of their character drawings I’ll work on. We’ve agreed that they color their drawings. I don’t accept black and white drawings as I believe they need to think about the color palette on their own. Lastly, I work alternatively with both of them.”
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“Drawing is difficult, it takes years of practice to reach a good technical level. There are lots of rules about perspective, light, composition, and honestly I don’t want to bother my sons Itsuki and Ryunosuke too much with that as they are still young. The most important thing is to have fun with their anime characters. I also don’t want to impose drawing classes on them. I’m just giving them some hints from time to time or do short and fun sessions where I explain to them, for example, human proportions.”
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“They don’t draw that often, actually. They aren’t as passionate about drawing as me when I was a kid. But that’s fine. Nowadays, we have so many activities and games for children that it’s difficult for them to focus on a single activity.”
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“Sometimes they draw naturally, sometimes I need to ask them to pick it up a little bit. Otherwise, they just play video games! They love making stuff in Minecraft and Super Mario Maker.”
Continue scrolling to check out the rest of their cool drawings!
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Did anyone else think the one anime was a good resemblance of Santa Claus?? LOL
A saw that too! Maybe we just have Santa on the brain!
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Right? I can really see some of these turned into an awesome show or movie!
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Of course, the anime is terrific, but I think the kids' creativity is also commendable! I can envision some of those in a tv show/movie!
The Half santa half villain one looks like a great final boss to something
it's like "Don't worry, you are a good boy this year. you'll get your present" "JUST KIDDING, HAHAHAHA!!" with evil grin
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I kinda wish these were in an actual anime series (the designs r rlly good)
The kids have a bright future as character designers! And their dad is awesome as an artist and by encouraging them
Amazing stuff. As an artist that works a bit in CG these give my muse some creative fire. Totally love all of these! He's quite good at interpreting his sons doodle creations!
Ridiculously talented family. The kids put stunning detail in their work, the dad turns it into a fully realized story
doodles!?!?! this kid is an artist too lol, he can draw better than me. Good job Dad, A+!
Tbh I'm massively impressed with this kid! He has an amazing creative eye!
Kids have the best artistic imaginations. I believe Pablo Picasso said that all children were artists, and the trick was to make them stay artists.
These are incredible! I would definitely watch anime series with these fascinating character creations!
That kid really has lots of imagination only to create that kind of monsters. I want to know how is the way that create those characters.
3 and 9 are my favorites of this bunch. I always enjoying seeing grown-ups put a polished spin on kids creations.
My brother and I did a similar thing when we were little. He drew the pictures and I recreated them.
Nobody thinks that but you. I have seen everything he has done from part one to part five now and the child has grown in his talent substantially. He keeps going one day he'll surpass his father's talents.
Load More Replies... Did anyone else think the one anime was a good resemblance of Santa Claus?? LOL
A saw that too! Maybe we just have Santa on the brain!
Load More Replies... Right? I can really see some of these turned into an awesome show or movie!
Load More Replies... Of course, the anime is terrific, but I think the kids' creativity is also commendable! I can envision some of those in a tv show/movie!
The Half santa half villain one looks like a great final boss to something
it's like "Don't worry, you are a good boy this year. you'll get your present" "JUST KIDDING, HAHAHAHA!!" with evil grin
Load More Replies... I kinda wish these were in an actual anime series (the designs r rlly good)
The kids have a bright future as character designers! And their dad is awesome as an artist and by encouraging them
Amazing stuff. As an artist that works a bit in CG these give my muse some creative fire. Totally love all of these! He's quite good at interpreting his sons doodle creations!
Ridiculously talented family. The kids put stunning detail in their work, the dad turns it into a fully realized story
doodles!?!?! this kid is an artist too lol, he can draw better than me. Good job Dad, A+!
Tbh I'm massively impressed with this kid! He has an amazing creative eye!
Kids have the best artistic imaginations. I believe Pablo Picasso said that all children were artists, and the trick was to make them stay artists.
These are incredible! I would definitely watch anime series with these fascinating character creations!
That kid really has lots of imagination only to create that kind of monsters. I want to know how is the way that create those characters.
3 and 9 are my favorites of this bunch. I always enjoying seeing grown-ups put a polished spin on kids creations.
My brother and I did a similar thing when we were little. He drew the pictures and I recreated them.
Nobody thinks that but you. I have seen everything he has done from part one to part five now and the child has grown in his talent substantially. He keeps going one day he'll surpass his father's talents.
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