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lucathiaFirst batch of books!
Was a little nervous that the printing might go wrong because I changed one picture in the book. Thankfully everything looks right, and now I can order more without feeling nervous anymore. XD Will be getting another batch next week~~. (Some of you are part of the 2nd batch!) It's taking around 2 weeks for the books to be printed and shipped to me, longer than when I only printed one book (it only took a week then).
I shall be packing the books tonight and mailing some off tomorrow. After I finish writing my Parallels assignment, that is. |D;; I turned my assignment in, but I better get it into better shape before fics are revealed on Aug 15th!
I see I have a Parallels gift waiting for me~~
Was a little nervous that the printing might go wrong because I changed one picture in the book. Thankfully everything looks right, and now I can order more without feeling nervous anymore. XD Will be getting another batch next week~~. (Some of you are part of the 2nd batch!) It's taking around 2 weeks for the books to be printed and shipped to me, longer than when I only printed one book (it only took a week then).
I shall be packing the books tonight and mailing some off tomorrow. After I finish writing my Parallels assignment, that is. |D;; I turned my assignment in, but I better get it into better shape before fics are revealed on Aug 15th!
I see I have a Parallels gift waiting for me~~
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Date: 2014-08-01 08:29 am (UTC)it looks neat having stacks of copy :D
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Date: 2014-08-01 08:51 am (UTC)Physical books are awesome to hold. I'm hoping I can put together something next year too. XD
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Date: 2014-08-01 04:11 pm (UTC)I hope that your Parallels fic turned out well!!
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Date: 2014-08-01 10:05 pm (UTC)There's still a lot more work for me to do on the fic! I better be quick about it. =x
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Date: 2014-08-03 05:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-03 05:56 am (UTC)You can print 100k, no problem. :) I'm guessing that would end up between 300 pages to 400 pages, but it depends on the trim size of your book! My book is around 100k in word length as well~. Since I used one of the smaller trim sizes at 5.06" by 7.81", it ended up over 400 pages. It would be fewer pages if I'd chosen a larger trim size. (The book might be a bit cheaper then, since the price is mostly dependent on page number, I believe... I'm not too sure how much the trim size factors in)
I'll be getting your book next week~~. I'll send it out right after I get it. :)
XD
Date: 2014-08-05 06:49 am (UTC)muahahaha
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Date: 2014-08-05 07:07 am (UTC)(but Demos, please don't haunt my pond, I would get a heart attack)
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Date: 2014-08-08 05:44 pm (UTC)I colored Cloud!
although I'm not good at using colors.(He can haunt my pond
maybe he'd be able to keep the stray cats away from the fish)Blaze is next! (https://www.dropbox.com/s/emvkqz10d4hdz9q/2014-08-08%2013.20.11.jpg) Ignore his awkward pose. I don't normally do complex poses of any sort, but I'm trying to fit three characters per piece of paper! XDDD He ended up looking like a sassy punk teenager....
While inking Chikus, the nib caught on the paper and flung ink (and then I brushed my hand over it).... I JUST missed messing up Demos' outfit! (which is far cooler than Chikus', so that'd have been disastrous 0.0)
I am once again out of momentum (and ideas) for these guys. Hopefully that doesn't last long :D I still have a long way to go. (And, I'm sorry for leaving the knights in drag in random comments! In the future, I'll try to sneak them in at the bottom of comments that actually relate to the post XD) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/nufxr72u50j6qey/2014-08-08%2013.19.37.jpg) ()
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Date: 2014-08-11 08:47 pm (UTC)(eeeeeh Demos is so pretty!! *^* Chikus, even if you wear pants, don't lounge with your legs like that while you're in a skirt!)
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Date: 2014-08-11 09:08 pm (UTC)I've been thinking about redrawing Vival in a better representation of your design description (and on paper, in color!) But I've been having a difficult time with getting him in a fitting pose (that I can actually draw correctly)! Hopefully, I get some sliver of inspiration soon, though.
Hahaha I know, right? Chikus.... have you no shame??
But what can we do? You know how bold he is..... XD
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Date: 2014-08-11 09:28 pm (UTC)Ahaha, I know the posing problem though... guess why 80% of what I've been drawing this year is character designs in the same pose over and over.... (even using the same crappy 3-year-old base in some cases *cough*) Maybe try
stealingreferencing from some random photos/pictures you find on google!so nobody can trace them back //bad role modelWhen I think about how I'll have to find fitting poses to draw all my own Twelve Holy Knight OCs properly after I've got all the chibified designs down... ugh xD;;; I feel your pain!
At least he's wearing pants, so it's acceptable, right...? At least no panty shots xD (something tells me he wouldn't care either way though-)
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Date: 2014-08-11 10:15 pm (UTC)I want to see all these OCs when you are done! I think I've seen two of them in while lurking through the comments during work a while ago (you are very good at designing complex outfits), so if you've posted more I definitely want to see them :D
ahahaha panty shot... there's no way I could draw that without LOLing to death (and you're probably right, he totally wouldn't care). I couldn't keep from laughing when I drew Vival XD
I actually picture Blaze as very child-like/quirky/immature with his personality (probably because of his original illustration more than his depicted personality in the novel), and even in drag, he just seems like he'd be a tomboy. So, lounging in a skort (or even a skirt) wouldn't be below him.
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Date: 2014-08-11 10:50 pm (UTC)Arin Sun (or actually Aris, depending on which point in time)
Benio Earth
Laon Storm
Vigil Blaze
Leone Cloud
Leaf still needs a name (any suggestions?)
Rayan Judgement (who's also my icon, courtesy of kiyu)
"Aris Hell" (technically Arin here, after they switched places for good; and why did I never scan this properly-)
Haizek Ice
Serpin Moon
As mentioned, Cygnus Metal and Stone still need designs (and a name, in Stone's case).
Yesss! Bratty shotaboy Chikus is best, ahaha |D Though while reading the novels, I keep imagining him as a mix of his novel and manhua designs... like, manhua height, but novel hairstyle and more novel-esque clothes (my mental image of their clothes is always quite vague while reading, ah). Anyway, which good Blaze Knight would care about something as sissy as keeping in mind they're wearing a skirt? (probably everyone other than Chikus and maybe dear Blaze Knight of legends....) Wearing girl's clothes is one thing, acting like one is another entirely! xD
(heyho luca, watch me reposting all my dwerbs, any name suggestions for Leaf and Stone on your part? :D //shot)
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Date: 2014-08-11 11:28 pm (UTC)These are all so AWESOME! So many different designs.... how long did it take you to design all these? So cute!
I really like Ice (like, expect some fanart of your OCs kind of like). Also, the fact that they have unifying yet distinct outfit designs (like a mix between the LSK novel, which were way too distinct, and the Female Warrior, where they were all dressed very similar with a few variations), so you can tell that they are uniforms, but they also reflect the individual knight!!
(and hmmm.... I think Leaf looks like an Asher or Alexi)
And he basically does look like a bratty shotaboy in drag.... (their clothes are always vague in my mind's eye while reading, too) It definitely is!
I look forward to seeing Metal and Stone!
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Date: 2014-08-11 11:51 pm (UTC)Oooooh, Asher! Asher's a great name, I'll take that one! *^* Thank you~~~ <3
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Date: 2014-08-12 12:57 am (UTC)Yes, you can tell. I can see where the different aspects of each design are from and it's really cool to see how you incorporated all of them. Also, they seem to be very fitting future/updated versions of the first generation uniforms (I have always felt that some of YaSha's clothing designs look more like casual clothes than uniforms or armor. JU heavily based her designs for everyone but Judgement and Sun on YaSha's designs, but she made them a little more like uniforms).
You only have one more to name!! Yay! You're welcome~~~~
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Date: 2014-08-12 07:36 pm (UTC)Aaaaah, that's great to hear >u< <33 That's what I was trying to achieve! And yeah, I feel the same about YaSha's designs, or the novel designs in general... So I'm just seeing most of them as their everyday clothes, with everyone wearing fancier outfits for special occasions (like the uniforms they wear in J.U.s insert illustrations at the beginning of v2, aka the hymning and parade before the coronation) and added armor when they're planning to go into battle, or maybe even just patrolling. Demos' YaSha vs J.U. design changes really work well for that, ahaha~ But his asian attire doesn't sit quite well with me as the setting itself feels very western style fantasy to me... Although the novel design I like the least is actually Vival. It just seems so... plain. Fashionista Sasha would surely be outraged! How can a Moon Kight look that un-sparkly! *shot*
(And I highly appreciate J.U.'s version of Lesus. YaSha's design wasn't ugly or anything, but it never felt imposing enough to me, like he was missing something. The pauldrons and and cape really do the trick! (Also, I'm truly a gothic ouji at heart, so black and dark red with silver accents and crosses hit right home with me... *coughs*)
[UPDATE:] Soooo here are Cygnus Metal and nameless Stone! Finally done ouff. *falls over*
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Date: 2014-08-16 05:43 pm (UTC)(all the Judgment designs go above and beyond the description in the novel- which is just a plain, black robe.... but I like J.U.'s design, too. Judge should look imposing, and looking like an actual judge just wouldn't really do the trick. YaSha Judgment's outfit just looks impossible to fight in. I know he's supposed to have black leather armor on under the robe, but it's all so flowy- if I were I child in LSK, I'd be like: OH I'm gonna try to annoy the Judge knight and get him to chase me just to see if he trips over his robes!)
OOOOOO did you name Stone yet??? Those are both really cool! Stone's hair looks badass (I wonder what his personality is like) But I wouldn't want to be Metal, as his outfit looks like it would take forever to put on- so many buckles
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Date: 2014-08-16 09:24 pm (UTC)and Neo laughing at him if he tripped))Nah, forever nameless Stone |D;; I mean, not yet!
I wouldn't be surprised if Cygnus sometimes just sleeps on top of his blanket without undressing first, just flopping right over... But that's probably uncomfortable. The lengths one goes to to look cool!
Stone's actually quite the sweetie, ahaha |D He has an awful memory, so he carries a small notebook to jot down his more important decisions and opinions so he can still be stubborn about them later. Even though he's on the cold faction, he actually smiles quite a bit... while not accepting any discussion about his words and actions like a Stone Knight should- In his free time he dabbles in handicrafts, like knitting scarves and the like for the others. Each and every year. Since he always forgets if he did so the year before or not and everyone should have a warm scarf to wear. (Including their Hell Knight, even though the twins don't make an official appearance as twins until later. They all know they have a Hell Knight somewhere after all and that Sun and Judgement know him, so he just hands his stuff to one of them to pass on!)
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Date: 2014-08-20 01:38 am (UTC)(hahahaha, omg, maybe that's something Chikus would have attempted....)
Your Stone OC has such a cute and detailed personality! He needs to find a good and fitting name ASAP!! I hope he gets one soon :D :D and, actually, Robby sounds like a great name after reading about Stone XD
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Date: 2014-08-20 02:17 pm (UTC)Re: XD
Date: 2014-08-27 02:19 am (UTC)Re: XD
Date: 2014-08-12 01:45 am (UTC)watch me give you Grisia-level namesLike Nogood. Or Thunder(stone)what is this, Pokemon?I was going to suggest something starting with L (because the letter L is great) but there are already two Ls. XDD (Laon and Leone are both cute names~~~ Are they related?)Asher is great. |D;;;
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Date: 2014-08-12 07:14 pm (UTC)I think I prefer Grisia level names around the style of "Charlotte"Well, now, instead of three Ls there are three As xD (but ssssh, Arin & Aris ttly count as one!) They're both fluffyhead but they're not supposed to be related... or rather, I've never spent a though on anyone being related aside from the obvious duo |D They'd be cousins if anything I guess... Laon already has like three sisters, and then there are his little niece and nephews! Leone would gain a big family xDDI'll end up naming Stone "Bob" or something at this rateRe: XD
Date: 2014-08-16 05:48 pm (UTC)How about Ky or Killian (... I'm totally not thinking of Hook from the TV show Once Upon a Time right now.... nooooooope.....)
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Date: 2014-08-16 09:05 pm (UTC)