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Happy Soda Doujin Vol.1

Posted by Blowfish On November - 8 - 2008

There are many talented figure photographers out there but when someone asks me wich of the countless ones is my absolute favorite theres only one answer: superrats.He has the talent to take a figure and arrange it in a way that you simply cant resist buying the figure.I dont know where hes pulling his ideas from but they always underline the figures beauty resulting in gorgeous aesthetic pictures.I am a person that prefers to hold things in his hand instead of looking at the digital counterpart and i was really pleased to hear that superrats planned to make a Doujin of some of his favorite shots.He completed his Doujin last month and offered it for a limited time,with the doujin spirit in mind,as a softcover book via LuLu.

My Thoughts and Pictures after the Jump!

First off ive gotta say that all the pictures in this Doujin are great but im really pleased that some of my personal favorite shots made it into it.Theres nothing more satistfying than finally owning them as a physical copy.The Doujin is a 68 page piece with mostly one page shots and  casual 2 page shots.The greatest pictures wont look good if the printer messed up though…The Printing on demand service LuLu did a good printing job in my copy: crisp colours,no printing errors and good paper quality.Theres one exception tough: the glossy cover lacks those attributes.Some of the colours look like they couldnt have been displayed right and result in looking kinda out of place.Its like when you had your monitor on 256 colours and display a 16 bit picture….Its not bad because it only happened to the white but i still wanted to mention it.

I wasnt pleased with LuLu prices and billing system.I first placed my orders 2 days before the final deadline and i wondered on the final day why i havent got a status e-mail or something similar.Upon Investigation i found out that they messed up my order and after some meddling with their online customer support (wich is very nice and good) i was able to order it again.LuLu somehow decided to raise their shipping costs 4€ and the Doujin price 2 €.What an unpleasant suprise….I still had to get the Doujin tough….It was a pricey choice (i could have bought an older Kotobukiya figure for that price) but worth every penny.The Doujin arrived 7 days after it was printed in Spain on my doorstep via UPS.

If youre interested to take a look at the Doujin you can download a LOW RES PDF here or here.For HiRes glory you should visit Superrats blog and browse in his figure archives.

Superrats shares his thoughts on some of his shots wich is a really interesting read

One of my favorite shootings of superrats

Too ecchi for me ^^;

Too Ecchi as well but i simply love the stunning atmosphere he created in the pictures

Did i mention that superrats is a pervert? ^^

Pure sex.Oh gawd! I simply love this shot! Did i mention that im also a pervert?

I hope i watered your mouth for superrats work and that youll buy one yourself when hes hopefully releasing Vol.2!The book itself contains alot of more great pictures that i wont post because i think that this should stay a previlege to the people that bought the Doujin.

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11 Responses so far
  1. Dancing Queen Said,

    i do agree how the front cover wasn’st as crisp but it was still worth every penny. i also agree how super rats is one of my favorite photographer anf having his art in an actual book feels better than online.

    Posted on November 9th, 2008 at 00:41

  2. Q Said,

    Wow I didn’t realise that Super Rats released a doujinshi!

    Presentation work is truly well done. It’s really easy to read, like those fashion photoshoot magazines I see in planes!

    Q´s last blog post..Kugimiya Disease

    Posted on November 9th, 2008 at 02:50

  3. Kazearashi Said,

    Oh wow, that looks really nice! I don’t see any figurine photograph books selling around, this must be awesome. =D

    Posted on November 9th, 2008 at 05:54

  4. Rin Said,

    Super Rats doujin is amazing I do have to say!!!
    I want to see version 2 too!!!!!
    Really nice!!!!!

    Rin´s last blog post..Figure Guess!!!

    Posted on November 9th, 2008 at 11:12

  5. Optic Said,

    Well, I’m keeping my eyes peel for Vol. 2.
    *Still having regrets in missing out Vol. 1* -_-

    I wonder if he’s doing a re-release by any chance?

    Optic´s last blog post..A hectic looting week

    Posted on November 10th, 2008 at 02:34

  6. super rats Said,

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts and am happy you found it worthwhile.^^ The change in price structure annoyed me as well. Maybe I missed an e-mail about it, but Lulu made everything a lot more expensive partway through the 1 week it was available. >.<

    super rats´s last blog post..Rei Ayanami

    Posted on November 10th, 2008 at 22:48

  7. Blowfish Said,

    @DQ
    Its good that we share the same views ^^

    @Q
    Yep he isnt only good at Photos but also at making picturebooks

    @kazearashi
    It is awesome! I havent seen any other figure picturebook around either

    @rin
    Yeah i keep my fingers crossed for VOLUME 2 ^^

    @optic
    Yuck! I dont think youll have another chance since he wanted it to be a limited item true to the doujin spirit.Asking him wont hurt tough

    @superrats
    No problem!
    Ill hope youll find a better solution next time.All of the stuff that happened with LULU isnt any of your faults so im cool with it

    Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 01:59

  8. Saku Said,

    Truly an awesome work and as expected coming from Superrats :D

    Saku´s last blog post..Chaos; Head – Episode 5

    Posted on November 12th, 2008 at 06:12

  9. mikiwank Said,

    A nice book! beautiful pics put on value funds very well suited

    Posted on November 12th, 2008 at 15:32

  10. meronpan Said,

    damn kinda wish i had picked up a copy now. really love that enma shot on the black background. i guess my only hesitation is that i never really get as much out of art books as i anticipate… after an initial look through, they almost inevitably end up in my book shelf collecting dust ^^;

    meronpan´s last blog post..姫 Hime!

    Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 00:11

  11. M12_Vinja Said,

    An entire book based on shooting figurines? Pretty amazing. There are some nice shots in there.

    Posted on January 4th, 2009 at 04:59

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