Various Planning

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!

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Sketches and doodles and such

Heyyyy. I drew a lot of random stuff, but most of it is on lined paper. :D So THEY'RE DOODLES! YAAAAAAAY.
I also have two sketches, but I'll probably never color them.
Also, I have a real picture that I'll submit sometime today, hopefully. :D
Anyways, here.

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Haha... random picture of Jamal I drew in class one day.... xD; You probably didn't notice, but I drew his hair on the wrong side of his face. On a side note, I usually draw people with their right eye covered... I think Dare's my only character with his left eye covered. :I Anyways, the picture above inspired me to draw this:

External Image on Tegakie. Yeah, it's the same facial expression... I'm rather uncreative. xD;

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Something I drew during class again.... I've been having a Rick crisis recently. D:
I like the arms. :>
By the way, I always write insults to myself when I'm doodling... I don't think it's that weird looking now, though.

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Tim being a pooper. (??)
Tim, stop being so depressed.

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A random picture of Dare that I inked. xD; Random pose...
Mercedes is a friend of mine.

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DARE AGAIN.
Bwah. Same face as before.... IDK. D:
This is what I do when I'm bored.
Oh yeah, Takara was watching me draw this and she colored his hair with hi-lighter. xD; Idk why.

The next couple pictures are drawings I did of old characters of mine.

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Top pic is the new one, bottom pic is the old one.
My waaaaay old character, Minata. Even older than Rinchu. xD I think I made her in 5th or 6th grade.
Revisions: I changed the dress and hair a little... also, I made her REALLY skinny. Like, so skinny it's a little disgusting. But it's hard to tell, because I made her sleeves and dress really poofy. I made her bony-skinny to make her a little more creepy looking, and added a lot puff to her dress to show how she's trying to hide her skinnyness. Or something like that. xD;
Also. My friend is trying to get me in the habit of drawing irises and pupils or whatever in the eyes. D:<

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PLAYING CARD CONTEST!
It's not joinable anymore.
ALSO, I NEVER DREW THE PRIZES I AM A STINKER. DDDDDDDDDDD:
This was never really a character of mine, but I kind of liked her design.
Idk why her outfit is so showy, though. D:

AND THAT'S ALL.

Comic Strip WIPs: RB:SI, OFAV

Haha... Another weird title. xD RB:SI means Rock Band: Something Impossible, OFAV means Of Fruits and Vegetables. I have some comic WIPs! :D So here's some links:

Something Impossible at the water park part 1

Tomato's manager, Stefan

Yay.
That's right, Dare said "double-floatie-thing". Seriously, what are those called?
Sorry if it's hard to read. xD;;; AND IF IT'S NOT FUNNY. ;A; I know the Stefan one isn't funny. By the way, the Stefan comic is the next one I'm going to upload to the Of Fruits and Vegetables comic!!! SO BE READY FOR AN UPDATE SOON!!! :DDD
Okay.

Laterz.
(SETH, FROM NED'S DECALSSIFIED♥)

Edit: Made the OFAV comic bigger. :D

Process: RB:SI, Ch. 1, pg. 1

Because I was bored, I decided to make a step-by-step process of how I do comic pages. 8D This is the first page of the first chapter of my comic Rock Band: Something Impossible So... Here we go! xD;

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This is the preliminary sketch. It's used as a guide for panel placement and speech bubble placement. It's also use it so I know how to place the people in the panels. :D

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After the pre-sketch, I sketch the page on a 8 1/2" by 11" paper, using the pre-sketch as a guide. I change the poses and stuff as I see fit. I haven't added the dialouge in yet, either.
I write down the dialouge in a book so I can change and edit the dialouge as much as I need to. :D

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Next is the line art, where I ink over top of the previous sketch. The line art always looks worse than the sketch. ;A;
Oh, and I also write the dialouge onto the page.

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Finally, I shade. THIS IS THE MOST BORING PART. DX I hate doing it because it takes so long and it looks weird... and... ;A; Yeah.
Then I scan the shaded page, add in the text, and it's READY FOR UPLOADING! :D

Fun times.
I won't be submitting this page to my comic until I make the chapter splash page. D:

Page Draft: RB:SI, Ch. 1, pg. 1

What up with the title, yo? (??)
It means Page Draft: Rock Band: Something Impossible, Chapter 1, page 1.
So this post will have a draft of the next page in my Rock Band comic! :D

I actually have this page sketched out already, but my style has changed so much that I don't want to use it anymore. ;3; So I'm re-doing all the chapter 1 pages I have. (Three, I think.)

Anyways, here's the draft.

You: ???!??!?!?!?? WHAT IS THIS MESS.

Like I said, this is the draft. xD; I mostly use it for paneling and camera views (which I'm not very good at. xD;) I don't draw on top of this one, I re-sketch it. o3o

The people on this page are Rick and Dare, and Michka in the last panel.
Basically, here's what's going on...

Rick: DARE, YOU'RE SO COOL THE BAND PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE COOL. :D
Dare: SHUT YOUR FACE, RICK. WHY'D YOU TALK ME INTO TRYING OUT FOR THEIR BAND.
I'M TO BUSY WITH SCHOOL TO BE IN A BAND. AND THEY'RE WEIRD, LIKE, ONE OF THEM HAS AN EYEPATCH. D:<
Rick: AN EYEPATCH?1?!??!?!?
Dare: YEAH.
Rick: AND ROLLERSKATES???!
Dare: WHATCHOO TALKIN' 'BOUT, FOO? D:
Rick: ROLLERSKATES!!1!11
Michka: *Is coming towars them on roller skates*
Dare: HOLY-- D:

Yeah. xD;;;
I'LL DRAW AND INK AND SHADE THE REAL THING SOON! :D

Profile: Rick

I haven't done one of Rick yet, so here.
This might have spoilers for my Rock Band comic, but I reccomend reading this because I don't get the chance to talk too much about Rick since he's not actually a band member.

Name: Rick Stairwell
Nicknames: Ricky (sometimes), Richard (sometimes by Dare, even though his name isn't even Richard), Ricardo (by Dare, when Rick is being a romantic)
Age: 17
Birthday: August 23
Gender: Male
Height: 5'9
Special Talent: Working with electronics, constructing and managing ideas, housework, and he's secretly a good dancer...
Hobbies: Talking on the phone, using the computer, hanging out with Dare
Profession(s): Band manager for Something Impossible (possibly pro bono)
Birthplace: USA, I don't know which state....
Current Residence: Boston, MA (USA). He moved to Boston when he was in 4th grade
Likes: His camera, hats, his headphones, romance novels, stuff... yeah.
Dislikes: Spicy food, school, homework, being overworked, stress, depression, people fighting/arguing
Love Intrest: Dare (eventually Tim.)
Sexual Orientation: Homosexual (Technically homoromantic asexual, but he doesn't know the intricacies of his orientation so he refers to himself as homosexual.)
Hair Color: Blonde
Hair Length: Goes to the middle of his neck
Eye Color: Brown
Jewelry: Both ears pierced, wears a chain necklace
General Appearance: GIRLY OAWERHAOWERUOA
Relationship with Family: GOOD! :D
Key Family / Relatives: Mom, Dad, 3 sisters, brother
Relationship with Friends: GOOD! :D
Key Friends: Dare, eventually Tim
Key Enemies: None
Educational History: In high school
Phobias / Fears: Being alone
Bad Habits / Vices: Keeping his problems to himself
Emotional Problems: Like... depressed or something.
Best Qualities: Hard-working (when he's up for the job)
Worst Qualities: Timid
Key Childhood Experiences: Met Dare in 4th grade, started crushing on Dare in 9th grade (I'll explain later in the post)
Personal Goals: To... live a happy life...?
Professional Goals: To be a movie director or to have a similar profession.
Style of Speech: Uh. Like... kinda shy... ish... and like... worried... RICK. MAN UP.
Commonly Used Words / Slang: Like, totally(?!?), oh, um, other stuff I don't know...
Personality: Tries to be outgoing, but he's actually constantly scared or worried about... well... everything. xD;

First off, I would like to say how unbelievably embarassing it is for me to talk about Rick.
Because he's so. Freaking. DRAMATIC. Or something. He makes even the littlest of things seem like soap-opera material.
But I'll try to get over my embarassment over him, and type what I can. :D;

Umm.... where to start...
Rick is Band Manager of the band Something Impossible, and Dare's (the bassist of the band) best friend. Even though he hasn't been to college yet and isn't educationally qualified to be the band manager, he somehow convinced the record company people into giveing him the job. I dunno how... but he just did. I haven't thought about how yet. xD; He wanted to be the band manager so he could tag along with Dare.
He is a good manager, though. So yay. :>
Although, he's a naturally timid person who depends greatly on people... But he's trying to teach himself to stand up for himself. ._.

Rick is really good at using and fixing electronics. He owns a lot of electronics like cameras, microphones, recording machines, headphones, music players, and stuff... Yeah. Before Dare joined Something Impossible, Dare liked to do covers of songs, and he and Rick recorded the covers at Rick's house. They also sometimes made music videos for the covers, so... that's why Rick has all this tech-y stuff. xD; YAY.

Since the Rock Band comic is mostly about music, I guess I'll talk about what kind of music Rick listens to...
He likes modern pop, like asldroaswre324;'eu LADY GOO GOO GA GA (Lady Gaga). I don't like Lady Gaga. He also likes that Orianthi song that I don't like (According To You). And yeah..... D:<

Rick's also secretly good at dancing. He doesn't really like dancing for fun or anything, but he's good at dance choreography. Usually the only time he dances is if he's teaching someone how to dance.
Hm. So there.

Oh yeah, and he likes collecting hats. HE HAS A (not so secret) HAT FETISH. But not really.

By the way, Rick's last name is a pun/gag. You see, Rick sounds like brick... so... brick stairwell. Like... a staircase made of bricks. xD; So uh... moving on...

Rick moved to Boston when he was in 4th grade. He met Dare in his 4th grade class. And... THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE! 8D
Fun times, fun times.

Rick started crushing on Dare when they were in 9th grade. He started wondering about his sexual orientation when he was in 8th grade, but he ignored it. He started to get scared because he thought it was weird that he liked a guy, so he kept to himself and didn't talk to his family much. Eventually, he told Dare that he liked guys, which confused Dare... so... The two of them didn't really talk for a while. Which... made Rick even more worried, because he thought something was wrong with him.
So he cried a lot in his room and skipped dinner and stuff because he didn't feel like talking, and didn't focus on school...
And...
Eventually, Dare talks to Rick and everything is good in the hood. xD;
FUN. (That was all in 9th grade, by the way.)

AND RICK'S BEEN IN LOVE WITH HIM EVER SINCE.
What.
Rick.
Punk.
I don't know.
D:

Drama queen.
Anyways, the paragraph above didn't really sound that exciting, but it'd be better if I ever drew it.
Which I probably won't since I'm terribly lazy.
D:

WELL, THERE MIGHT BE MORE I COULD SAY ABOUT RICK, BUT I SHALL STOP RIGHT HERE.

SORRY FOR MAKING YOU (what?) READ THIS POST OR SOMETHING. DX