MyArt: Version #Something...

[kiyone]

Its been a while since I posted a sig so here's some pretty bad ones. School is kicking my @$s, I'm told freshman year is the hardest.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/eat_up.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/ava_eatup.jpg

PS Couldn't find my old thread (didn't really look)So I made this one.

[Zee'd]

Sig background roxxors, but avy looks a bit on the "slapped together at the last minute" type...


And maybe it's just me, but ... .... "Eat up"?

[Spilled Milk]

Luv the sig..the lack of border however bothers me...and you have a link to your art thread in your sig XD...but no i agree with Z'eeeeeed on the ava...but I do like the eat up saying its cute.

[Mana]

Don't worry about making a new thread; it's fine.

I do think the signature is cute though :3 What anime is she from? Honestly, my only complaint is the text... "Eat Up" ? o_o;; Sounds like the name of an H-game.

[Kagome654]

She's Misha from Pita-Ten, Mana.

There's nothing impressive about the avatar (adorable image though) but that sig is great. Not only do the colours work well, but the quilt effect is warm and inviting, which works with Misha. I like the soft colour of the text, but I would have made it a little bigger myself. Overall I think its great ^^

I wish I had a decent program, I'm stuck with MS Paint.

[Sakito]

I have to admit that these sigs are really cute looking, also i was wondering what program you use to make these signatures, i am using photoshop and i have no clue on how to take an image and put it onto the backgrounds that i have made.If you dont know its all good. I think the eat up thing needs to go but it is still great.

[sakura_blossom]

I have to agree with Spilled Milk on how there's no border on your signature, I find that it needs some sort of border. The background of the sig works well with the picture of the girl. Overall it's very cute, I would've just liked to see a border XP. Good job.

Oh and the words 'Eat up' I find fit, since she is holding out the spoon towards the front. So to me it does make a bit sense of using those words in the sig.

[kiyone]

me...and you have a link to your art thread in your sig XD...

That really burns...
I forgot about that, I didn't even look at my old sig.

I added a border...to the pic, it should replace the old pic.

"Eat up" is something I thought up last minute...besides the fact I didn't know who the girl was I completly stumpted as to what to add to the sig. As for the ava, I just thought the sig needed one.

Looking at some of the new sigs you guys have I feelin' motivated.

Oh and, thanks for the replies your honesty is appreciated.

EDIT: NEW StUff
http://mercury.walagata.com/w/kiyone/loveless_ava.jpg

http://mercury.walagata.com/w/kiyone/loveless_sig.jpg

[Skuldchan]

Wow I havent seen you in forever. Welcome back. (If you were around I must have been blind ^^) Yeah I also take it by that freshman comment that you just started college. Your right freshman year must be the hardest because its doing the same thing to me. >_<
Very cute Misha sig. Everyone pretty much said everything that needed to be said so I wont go any further. XD
About the Loveless sig and ava. Its ok... I dont know I love the image but it looks really plain to me. But then again that might be what your going for so I wont judge. :D

[Neo-Hunter]

hm, i like it but did you copy that not to be mean or anything.

[kiyone]

why is the latest post in the middle of the thread? Is this only my computer causing this problem?

Skuldchan
I misssed u. ^_^ (maybe thats a little creepy XD)

Anyway, I guess I was being a bit lazy drawing the loveless sig. I gotta get my (how do you say...) groove back, so for now I'm experimenting. I ope to post my drawings this week, I think i got a whole lot better.

Cruz
Copy what?..I found the image somewhere and I re-created the background.

[Zee'd]

Cruz
Copy what?..I found the image somewhere and I re-created the background.
Not much of a re-creation i guess: Is it just a 5 second circle-gradient for that BG?

Nice cropping thou.... but for that kinda sig, I would prefer it if you find another image with the same characters for the avy...

[sakura_blossom]

I like the ava, it's a nice clear picture and a nice size also. Though I'm not to fond of the signature, to me it just looks like a hurried job of grabbing a picture and adding a border. It just really looks rushed to me, but I might be wrong. Nothing much more I can really say other than that.

[kiyone]

My storyboard sketches
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/Storyboard_full.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/Storyboard_fullpg2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/Storyboard_fullpg3.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/Storyboard_fullpg4.jpg

Sketches
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/stretching.jpg

The script
Assignment 2
Written by


EXT: A BUS STOP - Mid Afternoon.

The camera zooms in on a girl is sitting on a bench, at the bus stop. An old man is sitting beside her. She has a note pad in her lap. She stares at the pad with a blank expression.

The girl suddenly throws the pad on the ground and stands up, she seems frustrated. The old man is startled and moves over to the furthest seat away from her on the bench. He looks at her, a bit frightened.

The Girl
(sighs)
What season is this?

OLD MAN
What?

VOICE
Spring! A lot of cheerful things occur in the spring.

THE GIRL
Yeah, but what about the rain?

THE OLD MAN
What rain?

The Camera zooms in on the old man.

A small green person appears next to the man, he is smiling. It looks like its pondering about something. Then a small yellow person appears on the mans lap. The old man doesn’t seem to notice.

SMALL YELLOW PERSON
You’re right... Its summer, fun and the sun is always shining.

The camera pans over to the girl, The zooms out to a birds eye view.

She is looking up at the sky.

THE GIRL
The sun isn’t shinning.

A small red man appears, on her shoulder.

SMALL RED PERSON
Its fall, isn’t too hot or cold, its perfect.

OLD MAN
(Looks up at the sky)
Ummm...Oh, yeah.

SMALL RED PERSON
(Points at the Old Man)
See, he knows.

A small blue person, pushes the red out of the way, and latches onto her shoulder.

SMALL BLUE PERSON
Its winter, and winter is the most fun, who doesn’t love Jack Frost?! There’s almost no sun but the white snow dazzles and amazes all.

The camera pans down, all characters are in focus.

The girl faces, the blue person who is knocked over by the yellow.

SMALL YELLOW PERSON
You can also get the flu, or frost bite in the winter.
(Sarcastically)
Everyone likes that? Besides, do you see any snow.

The little people begin to tussle, and are mocking each other, and pointing.

The winds blows, and a orange leaf falls into the scene. The girl catches it.

THE GIRL
Autumn.

The little people pause, and all but the red disappear. He smiles (I told you so) and rests on her shoulder.

OLD MAN
Huh???
(Mumble...)

The girl bends over to pick up her pad. The small Red person disappears. She smiles at the old man. He smiles back awkwardly. The bus arrives.

Fades to Black
The End.

[Zee'd]

Unless you are trying for an animation, you are drawing too many panels. There are various ways and methods of packing scenes into as little places as possible with maximum impact, and the "compacted" versions will be easier to absorb too.

Example:
The camera zooms in on a girl is sitting on a bench, at the bus stop. An old man is sitting beside her. She has a note pad in her lap. She stares at the pad with a blank expression.

Zoom in here The girl suddenly throws the pad on the ground and stands up, she seems frustrated. The old man is startled and moves over to the furthest seat away from her on the bench. He looks at her, a bit frightened.

The Girl
(sighs)
What season is this?This theoritically could be done in 3 panels (4 if you want to add emphasis to both "startled man" and "sighing girl"), instead of the 6 you used.

Also, different angles to view the "action" are always nice. Really.

[kiyone]

this was actually for my stroytelling class, it had to be very detailed for animating it. (I won't animate this one though) I originally put 3 panels on each page, but I didn't want to upload so many pages to the web so I minimized the # of pages by putting it together.

I'll try more angles on my next storyboard, to dramatize it a little more.

[C0MPL3X]

I honestly think the style of drawing is brilliant, I absolutely adore the sketchy quality. It has so much character to it, not only is it unique from carbon copies one would usually see around here, the style just appeals to me. And the story is...ok...I guess?

[Finnf00]

That's not a bad start, but as my own director has told me time and time again, you should always aim to get more variation into the shots (varying between close ups and wider shots). This way the end result is more captivating. If you use the same kind of subject size through out (or with very little variation) it becomes dull. This is something animators have to keep in mind. It's even more important than in live-action movies, since animation is always purely imaginative while live action stuff portrays reality (or fictional reality). It doesn't mean however, that you should constantly change the angle. That can result in a chaotic presentation very fast, making the animation difficult to comprehend.

OK, enough pointers for one post. Since you're not going to animate that I guess this was all irrelevant info anyway.

[Skuldchan]

I get the whole idea of the story board deal but I still wish the images were bigger so I could see them better. XD
Anyway I cant help you too much here since I know little to nothing about animation or storyboards for that matter, but the sketches are very cute. You sure have grown alot in that aspect from what I last remember. ^^

Skuldchan
I misssed u. ^_^ (maybe thats a little creepy XD)

Dont worry not creepy. ^^

[kiyone]

I know the story sucks, I was given the theme "season" which drew a blank in my mind.

Finf00
Thats a good tip. I want to push my next and final board for the semester this is a big help. (I need an A)

Skuldchan: I make them a lot bigger next time. I also noticed some of the details vanished when i made them into jpeg(s)

[kiyone]

new

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/girl1copy.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/girl5copy.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/girl4copy.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/girl3copy.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/girl2copy.jpg

These were actually really small. I wil color one of them

[Miaka Lee]

The first and last two are the ones I can see the clearest. Their cute and I like the style.

[Finnf00]

Good dynamic sketches. The "thing" in copy4 sure could be interpreted as something other than a baseball bat.

[Skuldchan]

Picture 4 (the girl with the bat) was very cute. :D
But on the first picture I wasnt quite sure what it was. ^^;
Overall very cute, the girl really reminds me of Flonne from Disgaea.

[kiyone]

Flonne from Disgaea? I look her up.

Thanks for the comments. So what did you think was in her hand? ^.^

[Sakito]

I really love the way that you are making these drawings look like a manga character, i cant really draw my own manga characters like you can so i have to so Very Nice and keep it up i want to see more if it is possible.

[kiyone]

Lostshadow: you kinda made me blush. Thanks

Here are some pages from my sketch book
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/pagensketchbook3.jpg
This was done with pen so I couldn't fix her stupid arm, but I plan to color this in photoshop when I have time, so I'll fill all my liltle mistakes.

Other pages in my sketch pad
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/pagensketchbook.jpg
http://mercury.walagata.com/w/kiyone/pagensketchbook2.jpg

My final project is a 30 second animation, without sound. So I have to pitch 3 storyboards on Tuesday for my animation class, her are my ideas. Whichever my prof. chooses is what I'll go with.

1. (using the sketches of the girl with the bow in my earlier post) A girl stops a bomb, unleashed by an evil doctor from destroying the earth.

2. A girl tires to make to class in (1 minute crammed into 30 seconds) on time over coming the obstacles that stand in her way. (using girl with bow)

3. A boy wants a dog to impress a girl so his mom buys him an old crusty dog that looks like its about to keel over. (dog sketches are above, with boy.)

What do you guys think. I'll post my final animation when Its done, like the end of december. The trick is I film all my animations on VHS, I need to find a way to convert it to the internet.

[kiyone]

NEW---hey what going on...someone respond
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/elvenlied_sig.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/lucy_ava.jpg

11/29 NEW - I named her apple, I'll get back to you with the explanation, its a long story.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/girl2_color.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/girl2ava.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/apple_sig.jpg

[kiyone]

http://mercury.walagata.com/w/kiyone/ashley_koko1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/page.jpg

Ashley is Apple's older sister.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/ashley_koko.jpg
unfinished vector

Tripple posting sorry, but I had no choice

[General Suburbia]

Are you making some kind of story or something? I'm sure there's a better reason than "I felt like it" when you drew Apple's sister.

[kiyone]

Well...kinda I created a story board about Apple, for my final. As I got into her character I created all these different senarios surrounding her, so I thought why not create a comic as practice over summer vacation.

Ashley, is her popular older sister who is girly the total opposite of Apple. Ashley pickes on Apple a lot, but when the time comes Apple is overwhelmed by an opponent sister steps protect her sister.

I should post my storyboard in a few days.

In short I will be creating a comic in May or June of 2006 about Apple's adventures and I just started building my main character list.

[Sakito]

NEW---hey what going on...someone respond
This is LS i just changed my name, sorry i havent commented on your posts on your work i have bee a little busy doin some other things..... nice work on apple she is great........ i want to see what your doin with your work it seems as if it will be really great,,,,,,,,,, I have been trying to do some things with manga but your a far better I want to see more please..... :p ^-^

[kiyone]

I'm sure manga will turn out great, just take your time. With me getting a little winter break from school I will have plenty of time to work on Apple, I will be sure to post her new developments.

PS Thanks for the comment ^_^ I would love to see some of your latest work.

[Sakito]

If you would like to see some of the manga that i have been trying to do lately I could possibly have it up on here in the next week...
I want the ones that i post to be done correctly and have a nice look to them.
I am sure Apple will turn out great and I look forward to seeing more of her.

[kiyone]

new

http://mercury.walagata.com/w/kiyone/kino_resolution_sig.jpg

[Skuldchan]

Thats a really nice sig. And an actually very good new years resolution. ^^

[kiyone]

thanks, I been in NYC for so long, I need a break from sky scapers.

[sakura_blossom]

Wow, I like this signature quite a lot. Good job. I really like the choice that you made with the brown border on the sig. The one thing I see though is that the text in the lower right hand corner is a bit harder to read. Other than that, this is very well done. Great job.^^

[Sakito]

I like the sig, your new years resolution I can understand I also want to get away. If maybe you could darken the text or bold it so that it is better to see that will make it alot better. Good work.



~Sakito~

[AqueousMessage]

Pfft. I don't need a new year's resolution to tell me to get going. That's my life.

Since Kino's Journey is one of my favorite animes, I have to like it. Plus, the placement of the text is good and it's so simple, it works. Nice job. :3

[kiyone]

I made the "resolution" text a little darker, I couldn't find a solution for the other text. Thanks for the comments guys.

[kiyone]

New Stuff
Wallpapers, well atleast I tried.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/wall13106.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/wall13106_ver2.jpg

[kiyone]

I just loved the original image and wanted to make a sig out of it, it was pretty hard.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/thepurple_sky.jpg

Original:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/city.jpg

[AqueousMessage]

At first, I didn't see why you said it was so hard. "Oo! I just slaped some text on a picture! I need a powerbar." Then I saw the crease and withdrew my statement. Very nice edit. I love fixing up images. Brings me joy, it does. ^^

[kiyone]

A reply yay! You noticed. I have a new love for retouching images. Thanks for the comment.

UPDATE
I finally got around to coloring a pic of apple and finishing it. I've decided to give her only 4 fingers, because I wanted her design to be simple. Why? because I can draw her a lot faster and I think she needs to be so complicated. Its easier to take in her full character this way.

I used the mouse to make a line drawing then colored it. It took me forever, I need a tablet bad.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29625484/
Original: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29625888/

[kiyone]

I made this with my tablet at work. I didn't really know what to do with the backgound, any ideas?

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32455552/

[sakura_blossom]

I made this with my tablet at work. I didn't really know what to do with the backgound, any ideas?

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32455552/

Overall it is a good drawing, now for the background, it is good the way it is right now, however, I see that of course the duck is wearing a scarf and it has the blue paint streak in the back. It would be just a suggestion to use a snowstorm in the back, with what looks like fast moving snowflakes you could add. That's my idea for it at least.

[kiyone]

O.O

Thats a great Idea, looking at my picture now I can totally see that. Thanks for the idea, and the comment.

[kiyone]

NEW, I was debating on what size it should be.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/nana_manga_sig.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/nana_manga_sig2.jpg

[kiyone]

New art. The color shifted, when I created the JPEG. I don't really know why. I know JPEG's are low quality, but I didn't think that would effect the color.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42334123/

Here's the old drawing. I think I posted it here earlier.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/kiyone110/pagensketchbook3.jpg