Planning for stories and stuff.
Word, dawg.
note: this intro hasn't been thoroughly updated in a couple years
This is a world I made mostly for my own use, but I made it a public world anyways. I'll be posting things about story outlines, my characters, my comics (including fan comics), WIPs, ect... It's pretty much a world where I can store information and/or plan things. xD
Below are short descriptions of my stories to help you know what's going on. xD It also shows which characters are in which story, along with their extended profile if I have one made. Some stories aren't mentioned because I don't work on/think about them often. Therefore, not all of my characters are mentioned.
STORIES
The link leads to the fan comic in my portfolio. If there isn't a link, there isn't a comic yet.
ORIGINAL STORIES
*Rock Band: Something Impossible: The story of a Rock Band and their adventures in music business.
Major Characters: Michka, Zack, Loyal, Dare, Rick
Important/Frequently Mentioned Supporting Characters: Damian, Tim, Dare's Aunt aka Auntie
*Of Fruits and Vegetables: 4-panel comics of the life of a 21-year-old model and his friends/workmates.
Major Characters: Tomato, Stefan, Tomato's Boyfriend aka "TB", Gabe, Janet aka Jo, Kasey, Dean
Important Supporting Characters: Danny, Leah, Mick
*Dreams: The story of a rich and pampered English boy who gets transported to the mysterious town of Dreams, and his adventures there.
Major Characters: Alcott, Luli, Ms. Marigold
Important Supporting Characters: Shinitsu, Annabelle, and others that are to be decided.
**Annabelle's and Ms. Marigold's profiles are in the same post.**
Story Dialogues: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
*My Dear Princess: The story of an orphan child, a princess, and friends who's home country's peace is threataned by the evil prince of a country that was thought to be nonexistant. (CONFUSING. xD)
Major Characters: Isaac, Charlotte, Rinchu, Segran, Lucia, Nicholay, Faida, Hrafn, Falorin, Gaelnis
Important Supporting Characters: To be decided.
*Foreigner: An alien boy sent to Earth to destroy the human race finds himself in Los Angeles California, befriends a human girl, and gets involved in crazy advetures.
Major Characters: Kor, Gliding Eagle
Important Supporting Characters: Michelle, Dailen
*A Life Like This: A written story in the perspectives of Dare, Tim, and Rick.
Major Characters: Tim, Dare, Rick, Ms. Ackart
Important Supporting Characters: See characters for Rock Band: Something Impossible.
Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
*Teach Me Something Good: A story about a friendship between a student and a teacher. Somewhat of a spin-off of Of Fruits and Vegetables.
Major Characters: Noland, Chrystal
Important Supporting Characters: Prudence), Stefan (briefly)
*I Was a Boy, Too: A short 3-part story about Gabe when he was in high school. Optional backstory related to Of Fruits and Vegetables.
Major Characters: Gabe, William
Important Supporting Characters: DJ, Dave
Parts: One
*Nerdy and Jock: So there's this nerd, and this jock, and also they're boyfriends. That's it.
Major Characters: Jack, Ned
Important supporting characters: Matthew Brodney III, Dmitri, Charlotte, Jessica Marron, Lafayette, Brodney's girlfriend who doesn't have a name yet;;;
FAN STORIES
*The Adventures of Marth and Roy: Super Smash Brothers fan comic. Title is pretty self-explanitory.
Major Characters: Marth, Roy, Ike, Pit
I don't have a name for his story, but Jamal is a Kingdom Hearts fan character. I figured I'd mention him because I draw him often enough.
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Also, if you want to find posts that feature a specific character, type in the URL http://theotaku.com/worlds/variousinformation/tags/[character name]. For example, http://theotaku.com/worlds/variousinformation/tags/dare will bring you to posts about Dare. :)
Enjoy Your Stay at Various Planning!
Yeah. I have a lot of old sketches and doodles on SAI. I can't show you all of them since I can only post like 10 pictures in one post, but here's a couple of them. Hooray! 8D
I posted this on my DA, so this might look familiar. This is Stefan's boss! She's the head of the New York branch of the modelling agency that Stefan and Tomato belong to. :D She probably won't appear in the comic, but she appears from time to time in Tomato's backstory. So if I ever draw that, you'll know who she is.
She doesn't have a name yet. :m Any suggestions?
I totally thought I posted this on theOtaku, but... idk, I can't find it. xD; This is a mock sticker sheet of the main characters from OFAV! :D I actually did make stickers out of these using my sticker machine, and stuck them on my physics binder. (why? xD;) I like how Stefan and Dean's came out, but my least favorite is Kasey... Kasey's always my least favorite. Her hairstyle just looks so weird to me... I want to restyle it, but it's already too late, I think. xD;
I also thought I posted this on theO, but... ONCE AGAIN, I GUESS NOT! If you were looking closely, you could see it in his "character development meme" I posted several months ago. This is actually really old, from November of last year. This was probably when I realized that I really enjoy drawing Gabe. :D;
This is REEEAAALLY old, from last year or something. Just some random stuff on alcohol and drinks, I guess.
I think Gabe looks hilarious here, for some reason.
I drew this last month, I think. I was drawing pictures to the song I was listening to. Drawing something in less than 5 minutes is really hard! ;u; And no girls, because I'm a buttox.
I don't remember what song I was drawing to in the last picture, but I think it was Motorcycle Drive By.
Idk when I drew this, but it's pretty old. I had a sudden urge to draw HMNNNHIIIO and Dare, since HMNNNHIIIO is technically Dare's Pokemon. Idk, I thought it was kind of cute despite its sloppiness. xD;
Stefan and Gabe doodles in comic form. I actually doodle stuff like this all the time in my doodle notebooks........
along with, y'know, actual stuff like OFAV comic strip plans and stuff. *cough cough*
Timmeroo! Tim. I had a sudden urge to draw Tim some weeks ago. I keep drawing that head angle, but idk if I'm even drawing that head perspective right. :M;;; OH WELL, WORKS FOR ME I GUESS...
And more Tim! I've missed Tim. I think I drew this the same day or the previous day as the previous one. My handwriting's even worse with a tablet, so if you can't read it, sorry. xD;
By "Gabe idiots", I mean people who are "idiotic" in a similar way that Gabe is. DOES THAT MAKE ANY MORE SENSE? NO! 8D
Luli doodle from yesterday. Woo! I haven't drawn her in forever. I made a Luli outfit in Animal Crossing, though! 8D It looks weird! But oh well.
This is a grapefruit gijinka I did for someone on Gaiaonline. I do a lot of freebies on Gaiaonline, but I don't bother posting them because they're pretty lazy. xD; This one came out cute enough, though. I like a grapefruit color scheme. :V
And yeah! I should probably work on other more important stuff, now...
I felt the need to post some sketches.
SO HERE!
I drew this in May, I think...? Back when I was reading The Great Gatsby, which was making me think about flappers. xD So I drew a flapper. I wore a similar outfit to this one to school for a project. :M
I drew this one during school, too. Basically it's a redo of this, but his head came out too big.
I used to think that boys with Dean's character personality rarely exist, but this guy who sat in front of me in math class reminded me of Dean in awkwardness. So maybe Dean isn't such an unlikely guy to meet. xD /random
Random doodly-sketch-plan-things. xD; The top is a picture idea I have for Stef and Tomato. The bottom is a possible redux of Alcott's outfit. I've always wanted to give him a short jacket, and I think this looks pretty alright. :m Although, I'm always bothered by how boring his pants are...
A sketch of Luli and Alcott that I drew a couple days ago. At first I wasn't really sure of what to draw, and it turned into Alcott and Luli. xD Even though it's their profiles, I quite like this picture... ;3; I wish I drew the Dreams characters more often. The Dreams story is probably my favorite of my fantasy stories... but I just don't have it planned enough to do anything with it, and I'm not the best at drawing fantastical things. xD;
Doodles and a random comic with Stefan and Gabe. YOU KNOW... IT'S JUST EASIEST TO MAKE COMICS WITH THEM, OKAY...? ._. By the way, that lady next to Stef is Gabe's mom. Also, that giant block of text next to Dare is just me talking about how I should practice drawing suits. (I wrote that before this.)
Um. COLORED ZACK, WOAH!
Read downnnnn.
Like I said, it's easiest to make comics with Stefan and Gabe. -u- But somehow, these comics became a "Let's learn some random things about Gabe!" moment. xD;
I don't know how to put the accents on the letters, so the French is accent-less. Sorry, French people.
AND THAT IS ALL. Now you know what I've been doing.
And that is absolutely nothing.
You're in for some fun today! 8D ...Or some weirdness. I was thinking about some of the old ideas I had for some of my characters, and I decided that I'm going to share some of them with you. xD Haha. This post'll probably be kind of long.
I had considered all of these things at one point in time or another...
1) Tim x Jake
HAHA... this is one of the weirder ideas, now that I look back on it... By the way, yes, that's what Jake looks like. helookskindoflikeTB....
So I had this idea that Tim's best friend secretly has a crush on Tim, and is super jealous when he's going out with Clair. When Tim breaks up with Clair, Jake somehow gets Tim alone in his room and says "It's about time you broke up with that <b-word>," and (I'm dead serious about this)... he rapes Tim.
.......
LIKE I SAID, one of the weirder ideas. The point was that Jake doing it with Tim was supposed to make Tim bi-curious. I decided that that would be kind of pointless, 'cause Tim didn't really need Jake as an instigator to make him think about his orientation. And then Jake's character became kind of homophobic, as time went by.
2) Tim's Grandparents and Swing Music
This was kind of a random thing. I had this idea that Tim was close to his grandparents, and his grandparents got him addicted to swing music. I decided that wouldn't be plausible because Tim's Mom wouldn't take Tim to her parents, and her parents would be too young to be into swing music anyways. xD;
3) Smoking Danny
This idea is still pending, actually. :o I thought that if Danny smoked, it'd be a good way to contrast with his sugary-girly personality and emphasize that he's actually older than he tries to be. I mean, I draw him like a teenager and he tries to act like a kid, but he is in his 20s.
But I also don't want to do this idea, because I don't like having my characters smoke... ;u; The only one who smokes for real right now is Tim's mom.
4) Flirty Rick/Dare x Rick
I considered this waaaaaaay early when I created Rick. There are still some remnants of flirty Rick floating around in my gallery... As for Dare x Rick, I considered that for a small amount of time. Takara always wanted me to do Dare x Rick, and I do think it's kind of cute, but I just don't think Dare has that kind of attraction to Rick. xD
5) Jo x Kasey
You probably already know this, but I originally created Jo and Kasey to be a couple. I actually think they're pretty cute together (and I'm not even crazy about gl), but Kasey's too straight to be in a relationship with Jo. :m Although, it is canon for Jo to have a crush on Kasey. But by the time the timeline reaches the current time in OFAV she's already given up on Kasey.
6) Dean x Kasey
This was always going to be a little bit of a gag pairing...
I still think it's plausible for Kasey to crush on Dean, but they'd never become a serious pairing because Kasey crushes on any attractive boy she meets.
7) Damian x Rick
I'm pretty sure I originally created Damian to be a love interest for Rick. xD Damian is completely straight, by the way...
8) Rick Gets Drunk, And...
This was a weird scene idea for RB:SI, where Rick gets drunk and starts mackin' on Dare. The scene was cliche, so I decided it's not going to be drawn. Rick's too smart to "accidentally" drink alcohol, anyways. :P
9) Emo Dare
When I first created Dare in Rock Band 2, I was planning on him having a typical emo personality. There's still some remnants of this here and here, but by the time you reach this pic, the personality change had already happened.
10) Ginger Cassidy (Tim's Mom); also, "Normal" Cassidy
Having Cassidy be a blonde was only decided last year... I thought that Tim would've gotten his looks from his mom, until I came up with the idea of him looking almost exactly like his dad.
Also, back when Tim was just Tim and had no story, his mom was a pretty normal lady living in a normal house.
11) "Chibi forms" in Dreams; Also, blonde Luli
This is a kind of obscure idea I had. xD; I was trying to give a reason to why Luli looks so chibi while everyone else looks more detailed... and I thought that maybe everyone had a "simplified" form in Dreams and they could switch back and forth at will. xD I don't remember what the point was... I think it was you had to be in a simplified form to get into some certain building... idk. Also, I originally planned for Luli to be blonde. :9
12) Nicholay Crushing on Isaac; Also, Tome Magic
Nicholay still looks up to Isaac like a father, but the idea before was that he was so young that he confused his admiration for love. Yeah... Nicholay's not that ignorant (?), so I scrapped that.
Nicholay also used to fight with tomes (books), like mages in Fire Emblem. Now he just uses rings and bracelets to focus his power, while even more skilled mages use only their MIND AND BODY...
13) Faida Turns into a Bird
I'm still not sure what the outcome of Faida's story will be (not that you know any of it 'cause I haven't posted much about her), but an idea was that she's sick and is going to turn into a bird. ...yeah, idk. Still not sure what I'm doing with her.
14) Old Man Gaelnis
I originally planned for Falorin's main minion to be an old man... and then I made Gaelnis, and decided against that. xD
15) Depressed/anorexic/bulemic Rick
SO THIS ONE'S KIND OF DEPRESSING.........
Even back in the early days of Rick, I had already decided that Rick would have a moment in 9th grade when he comes out to Dare and gets bullied at school for it. But another thing I had considered was that Rick was so upset that Dare didn't like him that he would cut himself, and would skip meals and other stuff to get skinnier (because skinnier = more like a girl = Dare would like him better, or something). In the current story, Rick does occasionally skip dinner and loses some weight... but not because he wants to look like a girl, it's because he's too embarassed/ashamed to be around his family and is busy thinking about things in his room. Nowadays I think Rick's smart enough not to intentionally do anything destructive to himself.
16) Divorced Stef
I didn't know how to draw this one, except to draw Stef in a wedding ring... It's probably on the wrong hand. :U
Anyways, I had this idea at one point that Stefan was married at one point, but decided that was kind of weird. I think I only even thought about that because Takara came up with these weird quotes for Stefan to say. xD One of them was "I tell my wife about you", so wife reminded me of divorce, and... yeah.
NOW YOU KNOW THE WEIRD THINGS THAT GO ON IN MY MIND WHILE I TRY TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE MY CHARACTERS ARE... Sorry for the ridiculously long post. xD;
I think I'm going to start tagging my posts in this world. ;o It'll help with organization. When you click on a tag in a world, I didn't realize that it brings you to all the posts with the tag only in that particular world. That's pretty cool. It's kind of like google search! Like if I tag my posts with the names of the characters in the post, I'll be able to find all the posts with those characters in it! 8D It's amazing! No really, I'm pretty impressed with this. I think I'll spend my day adding tags to my old posts here, too. :m FUN LIFE.
Okay. I scanned like, 12 pages from my sketchbook. BECAUSE IMOUTO CHAN WANTED TO SEE SOME RANDOM DOODLES. And I had some lying around.
Idk how many images are allowed in a world post, but I'll put as many as I can and the rest will be links. xD;
I haven't posted these yet, have I? :/
Anyways, these are the pages I used for planning Kor's design. It took 3 pages. "orz Just because I'm really indecisive about things. xD; As you can see, he originally had this really ugly green vest-shirt thing. It was weird, so I changed it to a jacket. :d
....you know you want a shower lamp.
I posted the top picture of Damian earlier. :U
BUT REALLY, WHAT IF DARE AND RICK HAD EACHOTHERS' PERSONALITY? To me, characters who look like Dare usually have Rick's personality and characters who look like Rick usually have Dare's personality. But that's probably not true. xD
I drew this at the hair salon while waiting for Takara. :U Stefan is fun. but his face looks weird here. :I
Oh. Takara drew that scary thing on the bottom. Apparently, it's my VERY OWN DBZ OC! (idk. xDDD)
Tim's mom, Cassidy Ackart. This has spoilers for A Life Like This, I guess. o3o
I uploaded the colored thing to my portfolio. :0 It was on this doodle page in my sketchbook. xD
LOOK CLOSELY...
That's Segran's catch phrase. I think I've said this before... :I
More Stefan. This time in normal clothes, beacuse I was bored. xD; HIS LEGS ARE SO LONG THOUGH...
And yeah. Stefan is secretly a tennis pro.
Sketch of Luli. :D It's not done yet, though.
Dare and his female self, Truth. xD In RB:SI, she's a rabid Dare fangirl. :U (who knew he had those. xD)
Truth looks very similar to Dare, so here's some sure fire ways to tell them apart:
Truth's a girl, so she has a chest. Duh. xD She also wears a skirt instead of jeans.
If only her head is seen, Truth wears a stud nose piercing, while Dare wears an actual nose ring. Truth also wears hoop earrings, while Dare wears studs and sometimes safety pins (?!?!). Oh yeah, and I draw Truth with eyelashes and slightly longer har. :D SO THERE.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e153/takarafox/akiohs%20album%20of%20junk/img096.jpg
Sketch of Rinchu and Segran. The mysterious figure on the bottom is going to be Segran. xD
Idk how to draw butts. o3o
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e153/takarafox/akiohs%20album%20of%20junk/img097.jpg
LAST ONE! This is my most recent sketch. I was bored, so I drew Shinitsu. :d What I was talking about on the top of the page is how the Japanese katakana character "shi" and "tsu" look like smiling faces, which is weird because Shinitsu is always smiling.
OKAY THAT'S ALL.
I NEED TO CLEAR THE DISHWASHER.
Sorry for all the random. xD;
*Been a while since I've worked on this. :d Now that it's summer, I have time. xD Suggestions on how to improve the dialogue are always welcome*
*If some of the notes don't make sense, it's probably because they're written to help me with panel placement and angles.*
**Contains spoilers for my comic (obviously)**
Chapter 1: (1) (2)
Summary: Alcott arrives in Dreams. Luli shows him around a little. Luli takes him to her house and explains what's going on. Alcott wants to go home, so Luli tells him what needs to be done to return home. Also, there are foreshadows of characters to come.
Characters: Alcott, Luli, Ms. Marigold <Explains who Luli is; Ms. Marigold comes off as a quiet, but not bashful, person.>
Setting: Streets of Dreams, Luli's Mansion, Alcott's new home
Things to do: Sketch Luli's mansion (hallway and office), think of Chapter 3 and 4's main idea
Estimated Number of Pages: 30
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<Possible introduction/recap by narrator>
Alcott: What...?
Luli: I said, welcome to Dreams. <walks closer to Alcott and becomes more visible>
Alcott: Dreams...?
Luli: Now now, then... Why the blank stare? How did you arrive here, young sir? Pocketwatch, is it?
Alcott: Po... Pocketwatch? <realizes he's holding the watch and lifts it up slightly> Ah...
Luli: Yes! There it is. <Snatches up the watch> Pocketwatch it is, then! <Seems to be examining the watch, then takes her umbrella and makes many swift movements with the tip to "draw" a circle design in the air. She then places the pocketwatch in the drawn circle. The clock makes a ticking noise, and the gateway to Dreams appears. As the gate appears, the pocketwatch glows and disappears>
Alcott: <Stands up in astonishment> What... is this place?!
Luli: Sigh... <puts hand on cheek> You really must learn to hear. <Shakes head> This... <opens gate> is Dreams.
<two or threee panels show scenery. Looks like an old-English town. Quaint, cute, etc... If it was in color, it would be bright with sunlight. A panel with Alcott's expression is shown>
Luli: Lovely! <Marches onward, followed by Ms. Marigold, but stops and notices Alcott's confused expression> Is something the matter? You look a bit.. baffled.
Alcott: <baffled, haha> I... <bossy nature suddenly kicks in> I demand to know what is going on here! Just who are you people? <referring to Luli and Ms. Marigold>
Luli: Who are...? <dramatic (?) expression/sudden emotiveness> Oh my! We had not introduced ourselves yet, have we? My sincerest apologies! My most deep and profuse apologies. That would sufficiently explain why you seem so baffled. <says the previous dialogue directly to Alcott/in the same panel as him> I am Luli. And this one is Ms. Marigold.
Ms. Marigold: <Says nothing, but looks up from her book to look at Alcott. This is the first time you actually get to see Ms. Marigold clearly>
Luli: Now then! Let us go in for real now, hm? <pushes Ms. Marigold and Alcott inside the gates>
Alcott: What? But-- I...
Luli: Do not worry, young sir! I shall explain everything in further detail at my mansion.
Alcott: <Looks at Luli in confusion. (Luli is not "on-screen")>
<Scene changes to the streets of Dreams. During the whole scene here, Alcott doesn't speak much because he's too confused.>
Luli: There is pleanty to do here, young sir. <Gestures toward a bakery> That is Mr. <baker's name; he has no name yet. I'm open for suggestions!>'s bakery. He works with his son, <son's name>. They do have lovely foods there. It is highly reccomended by me.
Alcott: <Looks at Baker and Son through the window>
Luli: And now we go forward! Come along, young sir. <Pulls Alcott along> Yes, yes, this way. <Panel showing music store> This here is Mr. <music man's name>'s shop. <Panel showing dress store> And this is Miss <dress lady's name>'s clothing store. I quite like her store... and Miss <dress lady's name> is such a lovely lady.
Anyhoo, onward we go! Do not fret, young sir, we are almost to the mansion. I do appreciate you looking around with me, although.
<A panel with a large rest-type area (?) and a tall clock tower in the middle is shown>
Luli: Oh, look here, young sir. This is Dreams's main square. We have some nice little shops and the like, here... Oh yes, and Mr. <librarian's name>'s library is here. Right across from the clocktower. <Panel showing tower> The clock tower can be seen from all over Dreams. That is nice, is it not? You need not even carry a pocketwatch with you. <baha. sounds weird.>
Alcott: <while Luli talks, he takes notice to a clock shop nearby>
Luli: <Takes notice> Oh? That is a funny little shop you are looking at there. <Panel showing inside of shop through window. The back of a girl is seen from within. (Arianna)> That is Mr. Woodworth's clock shop. Or rather... it is similar to his shop.
Alcott: ? <doesn't understand the remark. (It shouldn't make sense atm)>
Luli: Yes! Well! Once again, onward we go! <they arrive at the mansion's front>
-will continue later-
