I'd like to do some brainstorming with anyone who's willing.
As you know, theO has been kind of dull lately. I was thinking about a few things to generate more activity.
The first thing that comes to mind is the Chat. Being a Premium user, I occasionally check to see who's online. Usually, it's about five people and NONE of them are chatting.
I've been kicking around a chat-based variation of the "ask us" comics that have been going around theO. Basically, a different person hosts the chat each time and anyone who stops by interviews/interacts with the host's OCs. The host would make an announcement post about it. You know, something like a livestream.
Speaking of which, I know Elricz was trying to organize livestreams through a World. I don't know if anything is coming of that, but apparently I'm a guest poster. I guess that's going off-topic a little bit. Or maybe not because it's another idea for theO.
Anyone else got any ideas for theO (aside from the obvious "submit and comment more")? Feel free to add something in the comments.
If you guys like the idea of an "ask us" chat session, I'd like to possibly host one tomorrow (Saturday).
Update: The chat session will be sometime around 7pm Central. I hope to see you there!
Update part deux: Chat is open! The room is called "KSR's OC Chat". Come and stay as long as you like. If no one shows up, I'll close it at 7:30 Central.
Update the Third: Chat is closed. It was nice talking to Clue, even though I didn't really accomplish what I had come for.
In the past few days, I've read news of two confirmed anime sequels that I'm interested in.
The first one I'd like to address is the second season of The Seven Deadly Sins. I made a comment on the Crunchyroll page confirming the news, but in case you don't want to access the link, I'll add it here with some elaborations.
I don't know how to take this news. On the one hand, I'm happy they're giving it a sequel, but on the other hand, I haven't seen the original anime.
Even though I haven't seen it, I do know that it covered the first major story arc, which was about 100 chapters. How they were able to cram all that into 24 episodes is beyond me. Since the second season will premiere sometime in 2016, I wonder how faithful it could be to the second (current) arc. Since I've been following the manga, I have a feeling that there's not enough source material for them to follow.
The other thing to speculate is the licencing issues. I'm pretty sure the Netflix rumors were simply that-- rumors. If they had it, they would have announced it by now. After all, it's been a year since the premiere, and the hype has died down. Anime News Network has an article that supports this hypothesis.
Now that I think about it, maybe the sequel is a good way to regenerate interest so that someone can finally pick it up. Hopefully, that someone is Crunchyroll. Heck, anyone with an option to stream it for free would be great.
The second bit of news that I'm excited about is that the third story arc of Sailor Moon is going to be rebooted. This makes me happy. Sure Sailor Moon Crystal had flaws, but it wasn't without merits. I'm optimistic about the new season, maybe naively so, but even if it's at the same level as the first SMC, I'll still watch it.
My biggest worry is that with all the delays that SMC went through, who knows when this one will premiere? Then there's the question of whether it will follow the same broadcasting format or not. Getting only two episodes per month was torture. Then again, the ritual of getting up at some ridiculous hour in the morning to watch it was kind of fun.
I'm feeling like drawing, but I don't know what to draw. And I know I have that one pic to do for Judai, but it's really kicking my butt. So is the Sketch Marathon. But I swear I'll catch up on those.
What I really want to do is some art trades. I just don't think it's fair to do them, though, seeing that I'm still not done with Judai's pic. I'm so torn about this.
I'm having a similar problem with my anime watching. There are so many series that I want to start, but I want to clear out my backlog first. The one that I'm concentrating on now is, of all things, Inuyasha. I've always meant to finish it, but never did. I thought that drawing the characters for the Sketch Marathon would help, but it hasn't really.
Other series that I want to finish are Sailor Moon (the entirely, but that will take time, since Hulu is only posting two eps a week) and Slayers (again, the entirety). Right now, I'll settle for clearing out the third season of SM and the first Slayers series.
The one thing that I have got done is the third chapter of "Rebels". I still have to go back and proof-read, but at least I typed the thing out.
I got a PM today about having my art featured on someone's Facebook page. Since they didn't address me by name, I'm wondering if this is a scam. Anyone else get a PM about this?
Edit: Just in case you didn't read the comments to this post, I'm going to add this. Turns out that the person that's been PMing all of us is someone that ItachiSasuke knows. Although this lessens my worries, I do think the person who PMed all of us should have done it in a way that was less... um... suspicious.
Ignore the lame attempt of a joke title.
Recently I've noticed a lack of activity in the Wallpapers section. I've heard complaints about not having good scans to use. Well, I may not be a waller (though I'd like to learn the craft), but I have some solutions.
Solution #1:
I rounded up a bunch of sites that may be of use. Disclaimer: I don't exactly know how reliable these sites are in terms of official art, though I'm pretty sure most of them are fine.
Minitokyo
Anime Artbooks
Kuusou
Spectrum Nexus
Celestial Star
Renders Graphics
The Jaded Network
The Forgotten Lair
Anime Galleries
Pure Anime Gallery
I had bookmarked a few more, but it seems those sites went under. Kinda sad.
Solution #2:
If someone would be so kind as to hold a Challenge for people to submit artwork for use in wallpapers, I would greatly appreciate it. (I'd do it myself, but I'm hosting another Challenge right now.) Wallers could make suggestions in the comments of what they'd like the fan artists to do. Or something like that. Any other rules are up to the Challenge maker.
Solution #3:
I was thinking of something like the Secret Santa event with both artists AND wallers. Instead of an SS, it would be a Valentine's Day/White Day sort of thing. If you don't know what I mean, it's a Japanese sort of thing. Google it. I'm probably going to get it wrong if I explain it here.
So, the plan would be to sign up as an artist, waller, or "flexible" (meaning you could do either, if there's a shortage of one in relation to the other). The wallers would make wish lists for fan artists, and each artist would receive a wish list. Then the artist would draw a picture for the waller to use as a "Valentine". The wallers would then make a wallpaper from the artwork and dedicate it to the artist as a White Day present.
There could be kinks in this setup, but I'm currently not aware of them. I'm not even sure if this should be a fan-run event or if I should PM the higher-ups to make this official. Let me know what you think.
