Ezekiel

[SIZE=1][B]OB username:[/B] Ezekiel [B]Date you could begin working on tutorial:[/B] Any time after the 21st of June, my finals are on until then so I won't have time. [B]E-mail/Messenger:[/B] E-Mail- [email]namagomi444@btinternet.com[/email] (I'm on MSN almost every day and certainly every weekend) AIM- sabbath midnight [B]Preferences:[/B] I...have no idea what I'm best at. I guess I'm better at drawing boys than girls and I've been told I'm pretty good with hands. Apart from that, I'unno. Here's a link to my deviantART site, if you want to check whether or not I'll be suitable: [URL=http://imi-kagami.deviantart.com/]devART link[/URL] Hope I can help.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]You know, considering my Saiyuki RELOAD boxset had crappy subtitles, no extras and no dubbed version, it was pretty decent. :rolleyes: It cost hardly anything, was shipped out to me really quickly and I at least got the gist of the series, despite some really amusing typos in the subtitles. I'd be annoyed if I'd paid a lot more, but considering, I think it was good enough. My Slayers complete (The Slayers, The Slayers Next and The Slayers Try) boxset was a pretty good price too, I think, considering the whole thing all together has nearly one hundred episodes.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][QUOTE=Obesepanda] ...and Goku is straight from Dragon ball z, With the whole hunger and being sorta obnoxious and then in the heat of battle becoming like Uber serious and capable of destorying the planet.[/QUOTE] I have to say something here, because Saiyuki is one of my favourite anime and manga. I have no problem with you disliking the characters, hell, I have no problem with you hating the show. But you, my friend, don't know anything about it. Gensomaden Saiyuki is based off a legend, the legeng of Son Goku the [I]Monkey King[/I]. Would you like to take a guess at which other anime is based off the same legend? Right! Dragon Ball Z! So yes, Goku from DB and from Saiyuki are similar because they're [I]based on the same person[/I]. Also, Son Goku from Saiyuki was chained in a cave, with bars and seals for years and years and years. I'd be a little hungry too. If you want to bash an anime know your facts. /end rant [B]On topic:[/B] I think people are getting mixed up with corny and annoying. Saying a character does something you don't like doesn't really make them corny, it just means you don't like them. I can't stand Naruto, but I don't think he's corny. Just pig-ignorant. I think corny characters are great, personally, and I'm sad that Sakura doesn't like Don Kanonji. ;_; He is love. I think the corniest anime character I've ever come across is Tamaki, from Ouran High School Host Club. I adore him, but with his swishy hair, sparkles and rose petals he is a little over the top. But if he wasn't like that he'd be so...boring and average. Not every anime character needs to be an emo!cutter =p[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]I like the idea but there's a problem I've always had with the How to Draw Manga books and that's if you're already drawing manga, it messes with your personal style. If, for example, Epsilon and I were each to do a tutorial on the same thing, they would be totally different because we're both settled into our own styles. I think this is a great idea for beginners who have no idea about the basics, but I'm not sure how many of them frequent the Studio to make this a success. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a really good idea because everyone needs to start somewhere. I'm just wondering how much attention it would bring.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Retri could be our resident critic. You know, like the ones who don't seem to like [I]anything[/I]. (I kid, Retri, I kid.) I think this is a lovely llittle idea. It could form itself into all manner of things, really. I was wondering, hypothetically speaking, of course: What if someone recorded a talk show, or interview of sorts, with another OB member. If one member had Flash they could animate it, couldn't they? As an amusing little project, I guess. I was wondering if that would be possible because I'm planning on getting Flash and would love to do somehting like that. Regardless, I really like this idea. It'll be a great way to strengthen the community and get to know other members.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][B]Name:[/B] Jewell von Pastenfriesch [B]Age:[/B] Was ?alive? until the age of 29, has been around for some 70 years though. [B]Profession[/B]: An active member of The Golem Trust. He manages papers and the like. Also a vampire, part of the Black Ribboners. [B]Backstory:[/B] Jewell was never a very interesting person. Some might think that a name like Jewell would suit ones personality, and possibly give the owner a sense of humour. Lord knows his parents must have had one to give their son such a hideous name. However, he was not so lucky and grew up a sour git. Until he died. When Jewell died his life really began, which is unfortunate. He wasn?t a vampire from birth and in fact grew up in Ankh-Morpork but an exchange trip to Uberwald changed all that during a chance meeting with a beautiful woman who was, in fact, a beautiful man. But no one really needs to know that. Jewell somehow found his way back to Ankh-Morpork and found that he never could quite adjust to his new self. For one, he wouldn?t dare drink someone?s blood and thus joined The Uberwald league of Temperance, also known as the ?Black Ribboners?, stating that he wouldn?t drink a drop of blood. You heard it, ?Not one drop!? Despite his many years, Jewell is still back in the age when he was 29. He dresses, like most vampires, in a very understated and old-fashioned way, finding that a cape is absolutely necessary. More that accepting that the world has moved on, Jewell has never wanted to believe it could ever change. He now finds himself working for The Golem Trust, member count 2. He sorts out the boring stuff like finances and paper work while Adora Belle Dearheart will handle the more exciting things. Like planting a brick through the next bugger who decides it?s fun to smash her windows. Unfortunately for him, Jewell will find himself on the side of [B]The Painter[/B], which will no doubt involve a level of excitement. Something he really isn?t used to. [B]Personality:[/B] Jewell is, well, boring. He has one of those faces that looks as if he has a turd under his nose and one would think that the muscles of his face finally gave up and froze in the constant frown he holds. He?s drab and pessimistic, always managing to find something wrong with every possible plan, conversation, opinion and thought. He probably has a funny side somewhere under all the velvet and swishy cape; he?s just never found an opportunity to let it out. [B]Stuff: [/B] Jewell is never without his little black ribbon pin, which he displays on the (velvet) lapel of his jacket, which is a little useless, as his jacket is black. He also carries a pendant with him, containing spare coffee beans, in case he runs out*. Other than that, he packs as his day suits him. [B]Talents:[/B] Jewell is exceedingly good with numbers and statistics and although he doesn?t realise it yet, he?s a very good strategist. Though please, for the love of the turtle, don?t give him a sword. Or a butter-knife. Or anything even remotely sharp. [B]Gender:[/B] Male *For those who don?t know: Vampires who don?t drink blood usually turn to coffee as a substitute and thus find themselves addicted. They tend to flip out somewhat if they don?t get their coffee.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Is it me or is this the type of thread you just keep [I]wanting to be a part of[/I]? Thanks so much Boss, you made Baeybel totally badass! He looks awesome.~

[SIZE=1]Most people can only draw with something in front of them at first, for about three years that's all I could do ^_^;; But after a while the techniques of the artists you are imitating start to sink in and you'll find it comes through in your own work. When I started drawing my own characters the Gundam Wing influence was so strong it looked as if I were just changing some points of existing characters. You, however, are much better at copying that a lot of people I know >> That Belldandy picture especially impressed me. Your sketches are very clean, which is great, considering you're copying from a screenshot for the most part. I am very impressed overall and wouldn't mind seeing more. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][QUOTE][IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25563[/IMG][/QUOTE] Mine! *snarls* Though I must ask, Roddy-chan...are they a boy or a girl? I thought it was a boy at first, but now I'm not sure. By the way, you've really, really improved. Now I must do the same! *burning eyes of passion* [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/lei_character013.png[/IMG] I had two thoughts in quick succession after finishing this: 1) Omg, I made the cute boy/girl sad. =( 2) OMG! I killed my sketch pen >< My style isn't as feminine as yours Roddy so he/she isn't as pretty as your original. I hope it's still okay though. I tried to do it as if it were from a manga, hence the black and white. Now, for you wonderful people to draw: My character, [B]Baeybel[/B]. Not too many points about him, except that he's a psycho who...grins like a maniac, most of the time. That's it, really.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Delta PMed me about the shades of grey I had in my piece because when I first sumitted it half of Shikamaru was in grey. I deleted all that I could and now it's purely white. As far as I can tell. I realise that some shades will be grey and this is, I feel and I imagine Katana does too, pretty unavoidable when using stock that we had to edit form its original colours (Her moreso than myself). I did a vector piece first but there's only so many vectors a message board can take. I don't honestly think that I cheated by using mutliple shades of grey because, honestly, are they a huge part of the picture? When I look at my own and Katana's pictures the first thing I see is 'black and white'. Not black, white and...omg! A shade of grey that isn't #888888?!?! We didn't intenionally put them there to be awkward or get an advantage, you know. You get my meaning? If it was a big part of the picture, like I had before, then I would agree with you Boo. But seeing as it isn't I think you're being a wee bit too nit-picky. I still

[SIZE=1]I don't buy much anime on DVD mainly because of how ruddy expensive it is, as you kindly pointed out. I have two Gundam Wing DVDs and the movie, each of which cost in the region of £16-20. Now that series is ten DVDs long and I think each disc has four episodes? I can't remember. Anyway, they're pretty decent and I believe are done by a company called...'Beez'? That's the only name I see on the box, anyway =/ I'm in the UK and bought these in a local anime store, though I don't think I've seen that name on anything else before. My Slayers boxset I bought on eBay which, if I remember correctly, was a pretty good price. It has zero extras on it but each DVD has about ten episodes, I'm guessing it's because it's a boxset. But the dub and sub are really good, the dub is so good in fact that I prefer watching it in English. It's the same with Hellsing, which I was equally impressed with. (Done by ADV) I bought a Saiyuki RELOAD boxset a couple of years ago which was...eye-stabbingly bad. I can't even [I]see[/I] a name on the box to tell me which company did it but...aarg. I'm pretty sure the sub was done by a person that doesn't grasp the English language nor how to use a keyboard. I only watched the whole thing because I had a [I]primal need[/I] to see the damn series. The fact that it was poorly animated and subbed has now put me off it entirely, but that is besides the point. I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Naruto on DVD, though I have no idea who's got the license for it. I'm so clued up. That's sure to put a dent in my funds but...it's Naruto. So I don't care.

[SIZE=1]You know, I think it's kind of hard to say which is better because it all depends on how it's used. Byakugan for Neji and Hinata is obviously stronger because they use it to see the chakra system inside a body to attack it, because that's their style. Whereas Sasuke and Kakashi are more full-on attackers who use strategy and strength to an advantage, so the Sharingan works better for them as it lets them manipulate the enemy and attack with powerful techniques. My favourite would have to be the Sharingan because (oh, if I were a ninja) I'm the kind of person who prefers a full frontal attack rather than wearing an opponent down slowly. That's just what I like and Sharingan suits that better. Just my two cents. (And omgee, first post in Anime Lounge!)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][quote name='DeathKnight][color=crimson]Nothing missed, just a healthy jab. As smart as you are, unfortunately, your sense of humor is situationally lacking. :p [/color'][/color][/quote]

[SIZE=1]A heavy black boot crunched over dry soil, leaves, all dead, scattered around limply on the ground. A teenage boy around the age of 19 crept as quietly as he possibly could, his oddly coloured purple eyes reflecting what little moonlight showed through the clouds. He glanced to the sky, then over his shoulder, noticing the nod and smile of the professor. [B]?Go on, Drake.?[/B] The boy nodded and walked a little more confidently than before, his hands fisted in the pockets of his baggy black jeans, the chain from his leather belt jingling lightly as he walked. [B]?So?this is a graveyard? Party party.?[/B] His voice was elegant, soft, and clearly British, but there was a cocky tone in it that the professor feared was a large part of his students? personality. [B]?Mr Stevenson, this is no joke. I will leave you know, please try to be serious.?[/B] Drake merely nodded and raised a hand before sprinting into the murky graveyard, taking note of the way plants seem to wilt beneath his feet. A childhood memory hit him then as he stood with mists curling around his feet. He was young, only seven years old, and stood in the middle of his brother's birthday party. His parents had started to worry about him, noticing how all the plants in the house seemed to wilt and blacken after Drake had tended to them. He'd always loved plants and even had his own patch out back. Now, however, he stood alone on a patch of brown grass. His parents watched with horror as every step he took seemed to burn and destroy the vegetation beneath his feet. He looked up at them, meeting their gazes, and tears began to leak form his eyes. Now Drake embraced what the professor called a gift. Most viewed the ability to suck the very life from a living thing pretty horrible, but Drake had at least found a use for himself. He could, at the very least, control his power and had made a promise to the professor to never attempt to use it on a person unless he had no other choice. Drake was happy with that and now turned his attention to the dark graveyard, a scuttling, screeching sound meeting his ears from the gloom. He readied himself and all but yelped as a huge spider/man hybrid leapt out at him, knocking him sprawling across the dead grass. He groaned and got to his feet, taking note of the large oak tree standing only a few feet away, it's branches casting long shadows on the path. "Right..." he gasped, trying to regain his breath before rolling away from the spider, it's body crashing down heavily where he'd lay only a moment before. Drake lifted his hand and let his purple gaze fall on the tree feeling the life start to drain away from the plant. It's branches creaked and drooped, the bark turning black and dropping from the trees large trunk. Using his hands as a puppeteer might, Drake pulled the tree forward, it's branches lashing out all at once to gouge and shred the spider. It's shrieked as sticky rivulets of blood began to flow from its extensive wounds, finally falling to the dirt with the trees branches still impaled in its swollen body. With his opponent dead Drake watched as the graveyard began to melt away and was replaced by a white dome of a room, the professor now nowhere in sight. A large circular door opened and Drake stepped through, his lean body clad all in black a stark contrast against the wide white corridors. [B]?So, how did I do?? [/B] he asked, the cocky tone seeping through once again. [B]?Fairly, Drake Stevenson.?[/B] The professor smiled, [B]?But you?ll be needing a new name.?[/B] Drake considered for a moment before smirking, head coked almost playfully to one side, [B]?Necromancer will suit me fine.?[/B] [B]?As you wish. Welcome to the X-Men.?[/B] [B]EDIT: I see your point, Will, I got a little carried away =/ If I was a little unclear, Drake's power is basically being able to drain the life from a living thing and manipulate it like an extension of his body. Hope this is okay now.[/B][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Ugh, Katana, don't count yourself out just yet. I hated this round. -_- While I had fun making this piece, I'd have been much happier if I didn't have to post it for voting purposes. *gurgle* [CENTER][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/shikaround23.png[/IMG] [/CENTER] While Shikamaru was fun to look at while I did this, I'm not quite sure he's done the job. Oh well, such is life. EDIT: Took out all the grey shadows on Shika's right side. Hope this is okay now, Delta.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Hyung Tae-kim~ And from Magna Carta no less =D (You can probably tell I adore his work .) I really love what you've got so far here. The background is gorgeous and your extraction is perfect. The font really suits the text and positioning is perfect. I have but one criticism: the butterflies. It may be because you're not finished, but they don't really suit the rest of the image. They may perhaps look much better if you'd used a Multiply effect on them. Now if that all sounded rather garbled I'm sorry, I have The Slayers playing next to me. >> Beautiful work once again!

[SIZE=1]Oh, been a while. >> So I haven't been doing as much but have been discovering [I]so[/I] many things I can do with PSP. Things I never knew were possible! So, obviously, most of the stuff I've been doing lately is experiments and...crap, really. But whatever. Slay me, thee critics. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/omg.png[/IMG] For this I didn't use a brush, except for blobbing colour on the canvas. Yay for Distortion effects. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/chick2.jpg[/IMG] Again, no brushes used. Gave me a headache doing this but it was worth it. I think. >> [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/thunder.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/ZEKE_FALLEN.png[/IMG] My own character, Ezekiel. I luff him. : D [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/kimimaro_ohmygodilovethisbanner.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/Banners/oro_ban.png[/IMG] Thanks again for looking. ^_^[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]I, like r2, adore these pictures. I love vector art and after doing my HB piece I'm going to be trying it out a lot more. I use Paint Shop Pro, too, which is why I like you even more. *totally not biased in any way at all* =P The only thing that bugs me about any of these pieces if the middle 'drop' on the first picture. It looks too far off centre, I think, but apart from that it's lovely. =D I have to ask, because we have the same program, how did you get that lovely black outline on the text in 'A Kiss'. It looks as if you've managed to get a lovely thin outline as well as an outer glow, like in Photoshop, but with my PSP I can only get this really ugly 'Stroke' effect which eats into the text. =/ I have version 9, so maybe it's different than yours? I'd love to know how you got that ^ background, too. It's gorgeous, and if you made it yourself I'd like to know how you did it so I could mess for a bit. You really have a lovely art style, I'd love to learn some things from you. ^_^;[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Well, Lunox, you said KW had to take her first piece down so I'm assuming voting can commence? (My apologies if I assumed incorectly). As it happens, I was going to vote for [B]White[/B] anyway (despite the stupid spellling error, wtf mate?). I like the composition of his picture much more and the addition of animation is a lovely touch. What I liked is the fact it isn't an obvious animation and gave me the 'Oh, hey! It's [I]animated[/I], oooh.' feeling when I finally noticed. The text and colours all go together nicely and the phrase is very fitting. [B]KW[/B], I'm a little dissapointed having seen some things you've done before =/ I'm assuming where that very light blue is was supposed to be transparent? I think the text you used doesn't fit, especially for 'strength', and it would have stood out much better if it had been in white. So, in closing, my vote goes to [B]White[/B].[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]I've been thinking about how to cast my vote since the two of you submitted, so you can tell it was a hard choice. [B]Sakurasuka-[/B] Your piece is lovely, but there are a few things that bug me about it, the main thing being the large text at the top. It throws the whole piece out of whack position-wise because it isn't two even rows. I think the picture would have looked much nicer if you'd have left that text out. Also, now don't get me wrong here, your piece is amazing, I was hoping to see something a little more...unique from you. I think what I'm trying to say is you're talented and I think you could have stretched the imagination a little for your piece. I know you were short on time, but that's what I think anyway. [B]Kune-[/B] I like the overall look of your picture, and even though it isn't shiny or abstract it's unique and I like that. The way you used a pleasant shade of blue to highlight the flowers was a very nice touch and the effect you used to make it look like old paper or an old photograph is lovely. The only thing I see wrong with it is that ugly block of grey text in the left hand corner. It doesn't look good at all. With that all said, my vote goes to [B][COLOR=DarkRed]Kune[/COLOR][/B]. Good luck to both of you, it was a very hard choice.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][B]Name:[/B] Lathea 'Thea' Larokk [B]Age:[/B] 26 [B]Gender:[/B] Female [B]Appearance:[/B] [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/?action=view¤t=LS_chick003.png][I]Thea[/I][/URL] The back of her robes is non-existent, as shown in the picture. She proudly displays her glyph and is rumoured to add an extra tendril to her tattoo every time she kills a man. [B]Weapon of Choice:[/B] The weapons in her hands are all she uses. They are solid steel spikes mounted on a pin which is attached to steel 'hand-slips', letting her wear them comfortably. With the flick of a wrist, Thea can spin the weapons at unbelievable speeds. They act as a shield when rotating and slice things as fan blades might. She can hold the steel stakes firmly to stab with them or block. They are also enforced with magic to block weak spells. [B]Magic:[/B] Thea is a Gold magic user, the glyph inked at the small of her back. She likes making a fuss out of fights and thus often uses her magic in the brightest and loudest way possible. Because she loves fighting with her weapons so much, she'll summon forth a flash of blinding light before going in for the kill, or distract her opponent with crashes of thunder and bolts of lightning. She rarely, if ever, uses her magic to hurt someone but has been known to bring down bolts of lightning on her opponent. [B]Personality:[/B] Thea is a relatively calm woman who despite her loud and sometimes brash attitude is clear-headed and more intelligent than people may initially think. When meeting people she is confident and always willing to make a conversation out of nothing, which some have been known to find irritating. When dealing with people she doesn't trust or doesn't like, the latter is rare, Thea becomes serious and careful. It's this side of her personality that she shows in battle; hiding behind a confident smirk is a constantly active brain, planning four or five steps ahead. [B]History:[/B] Thea was born to a clan that for generations have spawned Red Magic users. All in the family are born with deep red hair and light brown eyes, suiting the Red Mage look to a T. Thea, however, was unfortunately born a little different. While she had a thick head of red hair, her eyes were a ghostly shade of yellow and her mother at first believed her blind or sick. The child was fine but due to her gender and partly her eye colour, her future was already being planned out. Her mother was no magic user and had decided that a daughter of hers would be just the same and would grow up to marry a rich, respectable Lord of Barjix. Her father was happy with this decision and planned to hand down the family?s wealthy jewellery business and forge to Thea's three older brothers. This meant that Thea was all but written out of the will and would be doomed to depend on another man for her well-being. Needless to say the girl was not pleased when she found out, on her sixteenth birthday, what her fate was to be. She did, in fact, run away from home in search of a magic user to ink one of the powerful glyphs into her skin. She came across a kind man not long after her search began and as fate will have it became very close to him. He took her in as if she were his own daughter and after a year of training and learning agreed to pass down the glyph of Gold magic, placing it on Thea's lower back where she would eventually surround it with tattooed patterns. When she was 18, Thea left the man who had protected her in order to further train herself. She attempted crossing the Wastelands as a test of her strength but almost died after only three days in the barren environment. She now lives in Barjix, a self-proclaimed Queen, and makes her living from simple tasks, most of them illegal.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Well, I would have finished yesterday..if I wasn't an idiot. I slaved away for almost an hour, making a vector piece (to be original, oh wow). I was so proud, so I uploaded my picture to PhotoBucket. I arrive in this thread, re-read the first post, and...omg, there were [I]two[/I] handicaps?! DDDD: So yeah. I remade my piece so it's was 500x500. Even if I don't move through to the next round, this was really fun to make. =) [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/AzureImi/roundonereal.png[/IMG] [/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]I read the book over Christmas, and it was, to put simply, my saving grace. A fifteen hour flight back from Seattle with the Da Vinci Code? No problem. It's one fo my favourite books of all time and I've just (literally in the last ten minutes) come back from seeing the movie. It was a good movie, but a little dissapointing for a fan of the book. But that's another matter. Personally, I think it's amazing and slightly amusing when people make such a fuss about the book. I watched a documentary on it and some pompous arse kept saying how 'Dan Brown has no right...', 'Dan Brown was wrong...' and I can't help but think that these 'scholars' who have criticised the book are either terrified of it or...idiots. =/ I mean, honestly, it's [I]a book[/I]. Sure people can start to question things, but it's still just a story. Dan Brown even stated right at the start what he had based on fact, I believe. As a story, it is wonderful and has brought my attention to things I wasn't aware of before, but I can't understand how so many people seem to have taken it as pure fact. Then again, the Church felt threatened by Harry Potter, so I guess this shouldn't come as a surprise.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][U]Gavin:[/U] I honestly never thought, but now you mention it, I imagine fighters from Auro'Shi would be big on heavy armour and Yul-Kash would probably have a lighter armour, like leather or something. Lei-Su would possbily have some sections of their army, like the ones who use their crude swords, in armour but the ones who use only magic would be in robes. I can't believe I never thought of that before. [U]Ikillion:[/U] I believe those from Lei-Su also use weapons. I contradicted myself a little in the sign up, didn't I by putting whether you were one or the other. I think I put that those from Lei-Su and Ru'ke-Whim used both magic and weapons, but were stronger on the magic side. Hope that answered your questions. Thanks so much for the interest. ^^[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Whoops, thanks for pointing that out, it's an error on my part. I should have put [B]Magic User/Warrior [/B] when I edited. All I want you to state is if you use weapons or magic.[/SIZE]