I won a Premium! I'm in shock. I actually get a custom title and signature. Hmm... now to decide on one.
Anyway, I want to spread the love, so whoever comments will get a little surprise.
Many months ago, I wrote a letter to Naruto manga readers to stop going on about events that happened in the latest chapter when not everyone has read it. Although I doubt any of the offenders read my letter, I'd like to make another complaint. This one is for a slightly different population. Namely, the people who drop spoilers because they think everybody knows about them already.
Well guess what? A spoiler is still a spoiler. Just because the anime is "old" doesn't mean that everyone has seen it. In fact, the term "old" is relative. I'm going to give an example of an anime that ran a few years ago, but I didn't finish until this past summer: Gurren Lagann.
I've been reading posts from this one person who shall remain nameless. This person likes to analyze characters and compare them to each other. In one fairly recent post this person wrote about Simon, Gurren Lagann's lead character. Briefly the person mentioned the death of another character and justified the lack of spoiler tags with a comment stating that the event was "hardly a spoiler these days".
This was after I had seen the whole anime, but it still made me furious. Why? Because I was reading another one of this person's posts last spring when I had just started watching Gurren Lagann, and the person casually mentioned this same character's death without spoiler tags again. It was something of a top ten where this person yammers on about an aspect of the series, and then says something to the effect of, "[character] dies (spoiler)." Yes that person wrote "(spoiler)" AFTER dropping the spoiler. Thank you anonymous person. You ruined a scene in an anime that I had yet to watch, thus greatly diminishing that scene's impact for me.
So, remember kids, always, always use those spoiler tags. You can use them by clicking the black bar at the top of the comment box. They look something like this: [*SPOILER](insert text here)[/SPOILER*] only without the asterisks (*). The place where I wrote "(insert text here)" means that this is where you type your spoiler. Use those tags and you'll make theO a better place. If you're not sure if it's a spoiler, think about whether it's a pivotal scene in the series, like an important character's death or the revealing of a secret identity. It's better to be safe than be the subject of one of Keba's rants.
As the title states, I'm frustrated as heck. There are two reasons for this:
1. I uploaded my voice meme to Google Drive, but I don't think it supports WAV files. Or sound files in general. I uploaded the thing; I just can't play it. Does the file have to be downloaded in order to play?
2. After making three 30DOA drawings and several pages of my OC comic, I went over to my parents house thinking that I could finally scan. Well guess what? The scanner doesn't want to talk to my laptop. Then again, I wouldn't want to talk to anyone if I saw stuck in a box for a month or so. If I can't talk my dad into helping me, I guess I'm taking the plunge and buying my own scanner. I was hoping that I would be able to do that in October rather than now.
I was hoping that things would go more smoothly than they actually are.
Both problems are solved! The meme can be downloaded. I also scanned by plugging the scanner in a USB port. I used to be able to do it wirelessly, and I don't know how that changed, but it was no big deal to plug the thing in.
Also, I'm going to stop posting 30DOA stuff in the Fan Art section and make a big ol' comic. I don't want to keep spamming the Fan Art section with mediocre drawings.
I know people are doing these "hug" chains, and while I don't do chains, I don't want to be seen as a bad friend. So... *HUGS EVERYONE!!!11!!!!1!*
In other news, I'm editing my voice meme. I cut out about 10 minutes of awkward pauses, stutters, and bad phrasing and I'm not even halfway through the meme. Let's just say that I'm a lot more eloquent when I type.
I'm also working on 30DOA. Only 12 left to go! I figured that if I don't get all 30 done and posted by September, I'm going to stop posting them in the Fan Art section and make a Fan Comic. That way, I can post Challenge entries without having to submit them in between 30DOA sketches.
I have a very n00bish question, too. Since I have never posted a multi-page Fan Comic, is it possible to edit/revise the pages? I'm thinking of posting the answers to "Get to Know an OC" as sketches just to get them out there. Then I'd work on them digitally to make them look good and replace the sketches. Is that possible? If not, I'll have to work on touching them up before I post.
By the way, the OC meme is still open for questions. Ask as many or few as you like.
Also, I learned that pretty much the only thing different between Manga Studio 5 and Manga Studio EX 5 is that EX lets you organize stories. I don't think that the one difference is worth $100 more. So I'm going to go for the regular version. Hopefully I won't have a financial setback last next month like I did this month. (Ignore the word last. That was a typo that I fixed.)
Hmm, this turned from a hugging post into another one of my updates. Sorry 'bout that.
Is it just me, or are more of my posts becoming about me and my art rather than anime commentary?
Anyway, I haven't made any progress with 30DOA since my last Fan Art posts. I've tried to use Manga Studio, but it's too big a leap to draw without a rough sketch first. I have been practicing, with it, though. And there are three problems that I've found: my screen is a bit too small, I'm learning a program with an obsolete version of this program, and Manga Studio EX 5 cannot read EX 3 files. I wanna upgrade so bad, but I don't have the money.
I'm almost there with investing in a scanner. I've made money on eBay that I'm going to use to buy one. Only $70 more to go. Yay? In the meantime, I'm just going to draw on physical paper and wait until either I can buy my scanner or my dad unpacks his.
That is, if I can get myself to draw.
I feel kind of overwhelmed. When I get that way, I tend to shut down rather than attack the overwhelming-ness-itude. Not only do I have half of 30DOA to go, I promised a drawing to everyone who did my voice meme. Then there are a bunch of Challenges I want to enter. I hope I make them in time. I'm just glad that I got the cosplay one done way before the deadline. So, that's like 30 drawings right there. I may not have been able to get 30 drawings in one month, but can I do it in three?
Then there's the voice meme itself. I'm going to record it tomorrow. I hope. I'm afraid the guitar part will have to be separate. I talked with my guitar teacher and he wants me to turn the track into a full-blown song. And I like that idea. I even used a bass guitar for the first time. So it's going to sound a lot more polished than I had intended. That takes work, but I'm willing to do it.
As for the big post I said I was going to make in July, that's going to be delayed until my voice meme is posted. So expect it soon. "Soon" being defined as "whenever I feel like writing it". As I said, I sometimes get overwhelmed by big things.
Speaking of writing, it seems that the only times I want to write stories, I can't. Like when I'm driving. Or buying groceries. Or when I'm at my parents' and I forgot my laptop. It's quite maddening. But "Rebels" chapter 3 is half typed out. Though I haven't edited Survival Instincts in, like, forever. There are two more little stories that I scribbled down to later be typed and posted. I think I'm going to call them "Hectico el Manifico" and "The Magic Sandwich".
I want to do one of those "ask an OC" things SO BAD. But I don't have a scanner! And I have so many other art projects to do! All of this is driving me crazy!! Should I just start it up anyway? You people don't mind waiting, do you? I'll probably compile all the questions into one big fan comic. After all, that's kind of what the answers will be like.
I'm also coming up with all kinds of OCs that have no stories or partial stories. Not good. I've got enough to deal with already. But just so I don't forget, I'm kicking around this idea in which a fairy's soul gets sealed in the body of a werewolf in order to tame him. It's kind of like Naruto's situation in reverse.
If that's not enough, I'm kicking around this idea about forming a group to make a story, draw it, put it into a movie and add sound and voice work. Kind of like a fan-dubbed manga. Only with original artwork. I have a vague idea of what I want to do, but the idea is so vague that I wouldn't mind if it was vetoed.
OK, I'm done rambling. Comments? Concerns? Cookies?
