Tomodachi

Let’s learn how to create comic and manga!

Fun,visual and interactive workshop for all ages. It’s FREE and space is limited so please register early!

Every Saturday from July24th through Aug 7th (2pm to 5pm) at TOMODACHI.

Instructor: WonChan Sohn/Animation Artist
Flurry Animation Studios, animator & storyboard artist
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, animation
http://www.flurry-studios.com/

Materials needed:
Sketchbook
Notebook (for memo)
Graphite pencil (HB, 2B, 4B, etc) and eraser
Ruler
Pigma micron pen (size 03 or 05) or other drawing pen
Pen holder, nibs, and Waterproof Ink

Session one (July 24th)

Basics of comics and manga – (what is & how to?)

Finding your style – (learning from different artists)

Session two (July 31st)

Story analysis – (pick your comics and find its story system)

Character in emotion – (practice various expressions with your character)

Session three (Aug 7th)

Background in perspective – (how to draw background/environments)

Finished look – (spend time in refining your work)

4th TOMODACHI Game Tournament

Hey Friends! Join us for ‘Soul Calibur IV’ tournament.
Platform: Play Station 3

Rules and regulations:

1.Registration
Register at the Tomodachi store anytime from NOW up until March 27th 2:00pm, and speak with a Tomodachi employee about registering for the Soul Calibur tournament! You will provide the following information;
Name, number, e mail and character. Know what character you’ll be playing as for the tournament, you will not be able to switch it once your registered.
Sign up as soon as you can becasue space is limited. There is a $5 dollar registration fee. All profit will go to World Wild Life Fund.

2. Rules
Non-Major matches: 3 round per match. Best 2 out of 3 matches
Major matches : 3 round per match. Best 4 out of 7 matches
Pausing forfeits the ROUND
Soft-Reset forfeits the MATCH
60 Second Rounds
Button Mapping allowed
Note: Players who play Hilda are limited to where only G, B+G and A+G can be programmed on the shoulder buttons of pads or the buttons of an arcade stick

Weapon Select [OFF]
Handicap [OFF]
Neutral Guard [ON]
Stage Select [OFF]
Soul Gauge default
Life Bar default

Characters Banned: Algol, Yoda, All custom characters, bonus characters
Winner of the first match must keep there character. Color Edit characters allowed but only during finals.
All infinities banned
* Rules and Regulations are subject to change

3. Prizes
1st place winner: $100 gift card w/ Free ticket to next tournament.
2nd place winner: $25 gift card w/ Free ticket to next tournament.
3rd place winner: Tomodachi T-shirt
4th plcae winner: Ramune 6pk bottles

Please come and compete for great prizes but more importantly come and have fun!

Opening Event (2pm to 3pm)
We will have Smash Bro. Brawl/Melee (Nintendo) matches before our main event.
No entry fee required.
First come first served
Free for all. (4players fight for the first place)
10 Winners will receive Tomodachi T-Shirts.

Look forward to seeing you here!
*Soul Calibur Cosplayers will receive a free bottle of ramune.
Live DJ n Free Snacks.
contact: ask@tomodachi.us 651 631 1777

Experience the Minnesota Orchestra accompanied by game footage on giant video screens, as it performs the music of the most popular games from the beginning of video gaming to the present. Plus, there will be an interactive segment: selected audience members will play a game live onstage while the orchestra performs the music!

“A touring multimedia show that has already been seen by more than 250,000 people is playing at the world’s finest concert halls — with the world’s finest orchestras powering through some of the world’s most popular video-game music. And it’s attracting a decidedly different audience. There were more than children and teenage gamers … [there were] a lot of grandmas out there.”
NPR – National Public Radio

Games include:
Mario™, Zelda®, Halo®, Metal Gear Solid®, Warcraft®, Myst®, Final Fantasy®, Castlevania®, Medal of Honor™, Sonic™, Tron, Tomb Raider®, Advent Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil™, Splinter Cell®, Ghost Recon™, Rainbow Six®, EverQuest® II and a special retro Classic Arcade Medley featuring more than 20 games from Pong® to Donkey Kong®, including such classics as Dragon’s Lair, Tetris, Frogger, Gauntlet, Space Invaders and Outrun!

Sat April 10th 8pm.
For more info. go to www.minnesotaorchestra.org

Thank you all for coming!

We had total 32 players for this tournament and more than 300 spectators.. Sorry for those friends who coudn’t register. Next time we will try to fit in more players.

We were really excited to see some really good players.

Here are the winners.

1st place winner
Dan Kerwin
Character : Dragunov
$100 gift card

2nd place winner
Reggie Upshaw
Character: Nina
$25 gift card

3rd place winner
Esom Ash
Character: Raven
Pocky (10pk)

4th place winner
Tony Yang
Character: Steve
Ramune soda (6pk)

You guys are the best!

Special thanks to GameInformer megazine staffs.