Quote by DREAMas lady shadowcat23 mentioned
this poem does not follow the comfortable ABAB ryhme scheme that most have
become accustomed to, BUT to me it seems honest and it is very dark and powerful
as well..
what could be worse that causing the death of, or dying at the hands of a loved
one?
lady death can't be cheated and most time we cannot control the time it occurs,
but still................
it's is darker than your poetry [in general] that I have read but i love it..
beautiful job as always........
: rose :
btw- what does "bara tsukiyo" mean?
oh wow this must be a decent one to get a comment out of my dear friend DREAM
thank you for commenting it means
more than you know
and a rough translation is moonlight night rose ( tsukiyo = moonlight night,
bara = rose)
Quote by DREAMhmm. i think either removing
the text or moving it to the left would have been ideal. should never have text
run across the focal point of the wall [which is
Spike]..
Nope, gotta disagree, I don't think the text would've been as integrated if it
wasn't running across Spike >:3
Quote by DREAMnot sure about the lack of
shadows and the position of the bird but i like..
also i would have slightly [read- very slightly] reduced the amount of light
near our heroine's outstretched arm..
2 solid Yoko Tanji in one night.. i can now die.....
Thanks for the comment
Yeah...I thought about more obvious shadowing but wasn't sure it would keep the
cut-out shape look
I was excited to see another Yoko Tanji wall myself...happy coincidence
Quote by DREAM: perfomrs very deep bow :
sorries for the ultra-late reponse here..
jeez you win art contests like millioanires by Ferrari's.. congrats..
i must say i was dissapointed this scan was selected for the contest since to me
it's complete..
still haven't made a true Amano wall yet..
your wall: the tree of life was a great idea. im assuming you are referring to
the Assyrian influenced now Jewish inspired "kabbala" sp? where's the
fruit that gives immortailty though?
i was thinking of grabbing some so i can suffer through another few thousand
years..
not sure about all these coments re: "incorrect monitor settings". i
mean certain accomplished waller's talk of not properly cailibrating there
monitors? seriously lost..
the crit i have is -- im not sure this is an Amano artwork that lends itself to
vectoriing well since the work loses some of its essence. and also im not sure
about how her eyes were changed.. i do like the hair and your vectoring was
excellently done as well as the tree.
congrats on your win, Lady Misa..
:rose:
Lol thanks for the comment, DREAM
Actually I called it the tree of life because erm there was a shop called that
around here in Sydney and it closed down (that's beside the point ) but it
kinda sold hippy clothes and everyone thought it was cool... but anyway, I took
that just literally and then interpreted it in my own way... I think I was going
to have this blooming tree with the flowers connected to her head, but I ended
up doing more hair/ branch connection instead. Maybe it was the tree first and
then I thought of the shop... meh I blame omni for being slow :P I can't
remember *tosses omni a bag of fried chestnuts*
I completely understand what you mean about the vectored work of this... I guess
being who I am, I don't like to have any of my stuff look similar to anything
else other people do. I figured that many people would have probably preserved
the Amano lines and look of the whole thing- and to think that if 8 other people
did the same thing I'd probably go crazy Another
reason was that the tree probably wouldn't have worked as well if I extracted
the original scan.
As for the monitor setting thing, everyone sets their monitor at different
brightnesses depending on preferences and how they work. It's not that big of a
deal, but I kinda just forgot to turn up my screen at the end like I usually do
to see if my work is compatible with brighter monitors (actually I've been
forgetting to do that lately altogether) so people tell me that my wallpapers
are either too bright, or they see details they're not supposed to :P It's my
bad, so I'll have to just be more aware of that in the future ^^
Quote by DREAMhaha Lady Misa, you DO pen
the most interesting descriptions..
dont sweat the shark lawyers- there's an old adage [okay it not that old] that
say's "any press is good press"..
bape? lol well i haven't heard of since im partial to Adidas..
sneaks, sweatoutfits etc..
seriously "bape" should put you on their payroll..
solid vectoring complements the colrs of those boots er sneaks..
Y15,540 dAmn thats like $150. let me know if you get um..
should post this on deviantart..
i am enamored by your originality..
Hehe yes they are pretty expensive for a pair of, well, plastic shoes
I guess the most I can get from where I live is the catalogue itself, which is a
ripoff $20 AUS Gyahhh!
I didn't think of posting this on dA :P Maybe I shall do that And maybe
some other strange drawing I scanned lately with a dodgy scanner...
crit: gotta lose that text though- or at least change the font color to black or
something...
dont worry about the "supposed" emptiness it fine
+ fav
hey DREAM,
thanks for the comment and the fav. i actually like the no text version but
since 3 people said that it looked too empty i added text. now, since someone
agrees with me, i uploaded the no text version and added a link for the text
version. thanks for the support.
it's so funny, everytime i decide to make a wall, i go straight to your gallery.
you have THE BEST scans.
thanks again for the comment and the fav!
take care my friend.
You deserve all the praise your walls get. ^^ re: the "trendwhore
wall" i have no idea how far you have gone but why not pick a scan you
like.. and add your own personal touches as well as a few
"trendwhore-ish" qualities that are so popular here. I have read that
you don't believe in the highlight system here much- i can agree to that to a
degree. i am especially dissapointed in the "abstract art" section.
you have at least 4 walls that warrant highlights- imo. I have
been a huge fan of yours since DernierCri pointed me to your first Amano
wallpaper last year on IM.
yes, i still cannot understand the Amano deletions. i mean this is Amano... but i am
glad you enjoyed the scans. Amano is easily my favourite artists of all time..
i am glad I found you on deviantart and would love to see you submit more works
there. i joined there simply to discover new artists and i have done that. i
have found a good way to discover artists is by checking your friends
favourites: MINE .
btw- i don't expect to have much of a gallery there as i noticed today that 2
walls have been deleted. i gave the original artists credit and vectored the
artwork.. oh well.. hehe
from what i understand deviantART is sort of in a tumble. i also am
dissapointed by the lack of critical comments as well. its a shame really- since
there are so many talented people whom could easily help other artists out by
simply writing tangible comments..
the average comments rival those found on MT- "hot, + fav". on the
plus side a bunch of Mt-ers are on deviant..
i wish your sister the best of luck. i can understand her frustration.. in a way
art is difficult to measure as it is in a way.. subjective..
"artist" very interesting question. what exactly is an artist? first
let me say this: i have become more open-minded towards art in general but i
still can instantly recognize art i like. i believe art in general must have a
point or purpose. or in other words say something. i don't care what people
create as long as they say something.. this allows artwork to transcend being
just a pretty picture and have meaning. i also like to challenged.. i love to
see art [be it a poem, music, drawing or a wallpaper] that make me think about
what their meaning is. so, Regenbogen in answer to your query- i would say art
could encompass anything a person creates that has meaning to them. i by no
means consider myself a "great artist" and have lots to learn about
digital art but I feel i can create something that has meaning and purpose. as
my friend Lady Kotter tells me "be creative". All people have a
capacity for creativity on some level.
sei-iki is now ...... updated. haha, I spent all last week figuring out how the
code works and is set up. Dreamweaver is a very good program for creating and
updating websites. i highly reccomend it. today i
had to delete about 10 entries in the gb since someone spammed me. they wrote
strange entries and posted links to drugs i have never heard off. i am used
to getting spammed at my yahoo e-mail acoounts but my web-site?
ah, you enjoyed "Bleach"? i just finished watching
"Gilgamesh". you must watch that series if you have a chance.. it's
awesome.
Ah the Amano contest- i myself didn't enter since the artwork seemed complete..
I felt that i could not add anything to it..
I understand- i believe why you liked Lady Misa's wall. Do you know how i first
meet Lady Misa? Why though an Amano wall. See a trend
here? hehe; Anyhow, i am a huge fan of Misa's but my heart always skips a beat
as she mentions how this is her "last wall" etc.. please Misa
don't quit...
I really felt that the Arete artwork should NOT have been vectored. To me-
vectoring the artwork took too much away from it and loses the essence or
"soul" of the work. But i must confess her use of the tree and
branches was sheer genuis. I wouldn't have thought of that.. I favoured Lady
Cyd84's work because it felt to me more in line with the whole essence of the
original. The bg, color coordination, and text really worked well -imo.
Lady Niji [i like your names] means "Rainbow" right? i want to thank
you for writing in sei-iki and demanding i update the site. DernierCri and his
wife put a lot of time setting it up, so i have a duty to make sure i update it
in a timely fashion. hmm , perhaps i will provide more scans you will enjoy..
^^
:leaves Lady Regenbogen a red rose:
Merci beaucoup et a bientot
Salut Lord DREAM,
thanks for your long comment in my guestbook! I found it most interesting to
read.
About my trendwhore wall, I picked a scan that I thought would fit into the
trendwhore criteria. It is true, I personally don't like it too much... So maybe
that was a bad idea. But I
want to finish it... no matter what. I guess another problem that is slowing me
down was the discussion in the Underappreciated group. Even vectors were assumed
to be trendwhore. I guess now that statement was qualified but all these
discussions about what is trendwhore now or not and how the quality at MT is
lower than in the past. It frustrated me a little. However I feel like trying
new things now, but I still have to finish the trendwhore wall. So it seems a
little in my way to explore new possibilities.
As I see, you seem to read our comments in the UA group from time to time...
When I was writing about the highlights I was mostly writing about the Anime
wallpaper. I don't understand the recent choices. None of my personal favorites
of Arete was highlighted! But two others were... And there have been some walls
where I really asked myself "Why is this a highlight?". Thanks for the
praise on my walls. I have received no highlights but that's okay... I remember
in the past I thought I want to improve and it would be so great if someday my
wall would be among the highlights. Now... it
became a lot less important, I am just glad about the feedback of people that I
receive here. It helped me to improve. You and DernierCri were the first people
here to comment my wallpapers. I will
never forget your help! I don't read anything of DC anymore but I still get favs
from him and that still makes me feel honored, even though I would like to read
his personal opinion. ^_^
Again about the highlights. I especially realised at Arete that taste can be
very different. So I am not angry or upset about the highlights. It's just no
longer the ultimate choice of the "best" here on MT. And in the past I
actually always liked most of the highlights. So I don't understand what's
wrong? Is it me? The mods? The quality discussion again?;)
I will check our your friends on DeviantArt! If only I
had more time. However I was already looking for inspiration there. But in a
rather random way... *lol*
Oh and you are right, Deviant Art has many talented people... but it also has
lots of ... Oh well I don't want to give it a bad name because I think it is
cool that so many people try to be creative. But the Deviant Art gallery is
really overcrowded. And they have all levels of quality... from very high to
very low.
I agree with you on how art has to have a meaning... But I wonder why on the one
had most of the people don't like visting museums or reading books and poems and
on the other hand places like Deviant Art are overcrowded and everybody wants to
be an artist. At least I have the impression... maybe I am wrong but I think
there are so many people trying to be oh so much of an Artist since they think
it is cool or something. And then on the other hand they are not really
interested in what in my opinion is art. But maybe I am simply too frustration
about all the experiences I had in my past with people who don't share my
interest of literature. However one of my teachers said something about
"leaving traces of ourselves" (I hope I can say it like this, I'd love
to express it in German... Spuren hinterlassen... ^_^) and I think he got a
point there. It also became more and more difficult to leave a trace since there
are so many traces. Am I still making sense?
Some people just seem to be bored... spamming sei-ki... I guess
there is nothing you can do about it but to erase these comments from your
website. However I really hope that it won't happen anymore. At least on my
visit I didn't see a weird line in the guestbook.
Yes, somehow "Bleach" wasn't that bad. I like the idea of deathgods.
However sometimes it's a bit annoying... the character's behavior or the fights.
I depend on my friend on which Animes I can watch. To buy the DVDs is so
expensive... so hmm there are other ways with a fast internet connection at
university. So she tends to do... um... "research" there and hands
some of her dvds to me. I will ask her about "Gilgamesh" though. I'd
love to see it since it's a recommendation of Lord Dream.
Misa and her "last wall"... In my point of view, Misa will not be able
to just stop making wallpapers from one day to the other. I can see that from
how much energy she puts into our discussions on wallpapers, quality of MT...
It's like banning one of your most interests out of your head. I think it has to
do with university and thinking that there will be no more time for "such
things". She seems to be like me a litte, wanting to do everything at
university right and well. This
results in stress... When I started university I was the same but I really
stopped drawing since I thought I have to focus on other, more important things
now. It was very wrong and I only found that out after a while... quite a long
while actually. But that's another story. I don't intend to write a novel here
in your guestbook.
Niji means Rainbow yes. I have been using this name online for quite a while now
and it's like my second name. *lol* So when I wasn't able to use this name here
at MT I felt a bit upset and I quickly had to find something new... so I ended
up with a German translation.
I am a bit sick at the moment. My throat burns like fire... it's from all these
temperature changes! And again I will have to spend my weekend mostly at
university.
However I hope to find some time for my trendwhore project.
Thank you very much for writing to me! I hope to read you soon and/or see some
new scans in your gallery.
yes, Japanese woodblock prints are truly a thing of beauty..
+ favs
Thanks for the fav...yeah I didn't think about signing it before posting since
it was a class project...plus it really belongs more to Hiroshige than to me
i like this artwork- would make a great wall done
right....
Thank you
It's been used in one wall already, but hopefully we'll see a few
more...
Quote by DREAMswear i have seen these
before.. seem to be better quality though
There were a few
previously, but they were stolen from aethereality so they had to be deleted.
THe only good thing I can boast about is that mine are significantly bigger...
hee hee
Since 'Satan' by Kirk Hammet & Orbital was among your favourites, I thought
you might like the Spawn ost. The film was rather average, but I found music
very refreshing in terms of musical experiments - a mixture of techno and metal
(each track was created by artist known to perfom in one of those music
styles).
Check your PM for details . Feel
free to share if you wanna.
Quote by DREAMhey shinsengumi- i just
wanted to stop by and thank you for bringing closure to Arete. I really
appreciate that. Also im glad you posted the autographed Murata artwork.
Strangely, Murata-san is the only one of my favourite artists to which i do not
have an artbook.
hmm- btw did you snag the scans in IRC? or?
au revoir
Heyo, DREAM!
Arete was great fun for me, both because it exposed me to a lot of Amano artwork
that I had never seen before and because I've always found judging a rewarding
experience, and as such I'm glad that I could be of service.
Compared to you, I certainly have far to go in my artbook collection; right now
I just have a couple Range Murata artbooks and four of his Comiket doujins, as
well as some Yoshitoshi ABe, though I'm really considering getting Kouze Amano's
Aria artbooks and a few others on my list. To me, Yoshitaka Amano is a bit
hit-or-miss, and so I'm content just browsing through the impressive collection
of scans you posted. As an aside, I'm not sure if I ever thanked you for
pointing me to the Japanese Comickers books, and so I just wanted to say thanks
for introducing me to another source of beautiful artwork.
Now, onto your question about form|code. I pre-ordered the book through TokyoCentral on eBay a while back
because I decided that given how much I like Murata-san's work, I would really
rather have the real deal instead of having to settle for the regular edition,
judging from how rare futurythm is in the States compared to re: futurythm. It
certainly cost an arm and a leg, but I thought that it was definitely worth it.
Their service is really great, and they have a knack of finding out-of-print
items, so I highly recommend them if you're looking for anything obscure or
hard-to-find.
I was actually thinking of scanning all of form|code, but DPG got there first,
and given the fact that my scanner isn't all that great, I decided to use theirs
instead, except for that one autographed print that they did not have because
they apparently did not shell out the extra cash for the Wani Special. For DPG
releases, it's actually faster to get them from torrent rather than xdccing from
their bot; the torrent can be found from all of the usual suspects, e.g.
tokyotosho and datorrents. If you don't have luck finding them, I can toss it up
on my server for you sometime.
So, thanks again for stopping by! Take care, and see you around!
I just wanted to ask you about your favorite of Arete... but I already see it in
your favorites. Oh well I gave most scores to Kuroimisa's entry... Mostly because of
its originality. And oh it was something I would have never thought of...
Anyways I understand your choice... "Snow-white rose-red" is
beautifully made, but it's the more"classic" way. I am impressed how
Kuroimisa interpreted the Amano scan and made something completely new out of
it... trying to open new ways of intrepretation.
Quote by DREAMfuck yeah... great wall man-
i agree this is the best MGS wall i have ever seen.
the design may appear to some to be simplistic but it is brillantly
executed..
what roads will the "path of life" lead us too? no-one can know for
sure i suppose..
+ favs
Thanks, the designs pencil sketch took like 3 hours at school. I find it also
far from simple, guess my wallpapers do leave a first impression of being
simple, but some details have been polished, really hard.
I am glad to read that your report went well. ^^ And your are welcome for the
comments- i love your userpage. you have excellent taste in art and a delicate
touch in assembling the background. i love how everything falls into place here
[points all around].. hehe i hope that makes sense.
make me an Amano userpage? well I would be honored; believe me. ^^ but i
wouldn't want Lady Regenbogen to spend too much of her free time.. [Dream
secretly wishes for a very dark Amano userpage featuring a beautiful lady and a
small necklace with skulls on it].
speaking of Amano-Sama. yes, it is breaking my poor heart to see color scans of
Amano artwork deleted. I was informed that there weren't "enough
colors" in the scans. Actually 2 walls were made from those scans. These
deletions are troubling since i cringe at all the ecchi garbage that permeates
through this site. Sadly for every great artwork there are 50 inferior ones..
well i shall have my vengenace- i will post a slew of hig quality Clamp scans
already on MT .. nobody deletes Amano and survives.. haha
re: sei-iki.. i have figured out the coding of the site but need to figure out
how to upload images via PHP. Or is it PCP? hehe All very confusing.. When you
find some free time you should create a web-site Regenbogen- it would be great
im sure. pehraps this summer when you have free time?
oh, i have been meaning to ask you-- are you a member of http://www.deviantart.com/ ?
you should join.. and post
your works as well.
yes, we need to make more Galaxy Express walls. i have my eyes on 2 scans. i
culd cry when i think of how many Bleach wallpapers there are and how few GE
walls.
So have you started your "trend-whore" wall? i can't wait to see.
^^
Well i have to go to sleep now - so i can get up in 5 hours and "break
rocks".. jk
thanks for all these compliments... I am not
sure whether I deserve them though...
I note down the "Dream userpage project" then. At the
moment I am stuck in trendwhore thoughts... *lol* So I don't think it would be
the appropriate time. I have been browsing through so many kitchy galleries
yesterday. Then I finally thought "Okay, let's use this one" and I
started working on it but maybe I'll drop it again and start another one. There
are actually quite many categories filled with cute girls who could be part of a
trendwhore project. But it feels difficult to me... I don't know what I should
do... make it look really trendwhore-ish? Or rather like Kuroimisa's entry...
that is seeking a middle way in my point of view. And then even if I really
decide for the real trendwhore way... I am not sure whether I can do it. I am
not that used to Photoshop and Illustrator yet... especially not with all these
sparkles, clouds, moon and romantic landscapes. So as far as I can tell now...
the trendwhore entry is not really easy...
Oh back to your userpage wish. I also noticed the words in square brackets.
I really don't understand why they deleted your recent Amano scans. As I said I
was browsing the gallery yesterday and I saw so many scans in low quality. Yours
are never in low quality... and yet they get deleted whereas those can stay?
Doesn't
make any sense to me. Especially since they are lamenting about the colors...
which can be easily changed with programms such as Photoshop. And how does there
have to be a certain number of colors in an artwork. What a regulation...
Hmm... maybe in summer I'll find time for my website project... yes... I will
need the help of my friend or my sister though. No way I can figure that out by
myself... I am happy though that you are progressing with your
"project" to upload sei-ki.
I do have an account at deviant art... but I only started mine for my sister, to
comment on her drawings... *lol* She wants to study "communication/media
design" (they have so many names for that...) and she has to create a
portfolio. However so many people want to study this subject so it's hard to get
a place on one of the universities. So far she failed. And I thought maybe
deviant art would help her to get some feedack and some positive words to help
her motivation. But it's simply too crowded there, so that wasn't a good idea.
... I just went there... took me some time to figure out the name that I've
used. Usually online I'm always as "Niji" but here at Minitokyo and
Deviant Art that name was taken. So I had to change it to "Ni-ji"... I
just made one submission there. The
original sketch of the character that I've used in a doujinshi here... And I
also see that my sister deleted all her drawings of the page. What I also think
about deviant art is that it's too commercial already. I hate it when you are
reminded of subscribing all the time by having an advertisement in the middle of
your page. So I can't really imagine of getting comfortable there.
And well in addition to that. Isn't deviant art a place where you can only post
items that originally were made by yourself? There are so many people there...
and almost everybody wants to be an "artist". Oh well... who is an
artist anyways?...
Bleach... I just started watching it. I wanted to know why so many people love
this Anime. I have seen 25 episodes now and I think I do understand. It looks
and feels "new"... The colors, the design of the characters, the music
etc. I have to say I'd really like to know how it continues but I still have to
get the next episodes... hmm but I don't feel the need to make a wallpaper of
it.
So, have you managed to "break rocks"?
I have to get back to my work now too...
A bientot... and merci beaucoup for the link to the Amano scans.
oh wow this must be a decent one to get a comment out of my dear friend DREAM
thank you for commenting
it means
more than you know
and a rough translation is moonlight night rose ( tsukiyo = moonlight night, bara = rose)
thank you again
Retrospective project
I know you like to babble a lot. xD
Nope, gotta disagree, I don't think the text would've been as integrated if it wasn't running across Spike >:3
thank you for writing in my gb
missed
seeing you around here 
glad to have you back
I got a comment from DREAM *dies* ...though I'm not sure about the Shunpei-esque bg.
I did think about moving that lotus; but, with the other one, it sort of looked like parenthasis and broke the balance.
Thanks for the comment
Yeah...I thought about more obvious shadowing but wasn't sure it would keep the cut-out shape look
I was excited to see another Yoko Tanji wall myself...happy coincidence
Lol thanks for the comment, DREAM
) but it
kinda sold hippy clothes and everyone thought it was cool... but anyway, I took
that just literally and then interpreted it in my own way... I think I was going
to have this blooming tree with the flowers connected to her head, but I ended
up doing more hair/ branch connection instead. Maybe it was the tree first and
then I thought of the shop... meh I blame omni for being slow :P I can't
remember *tosses omni a bag of fried chestnuts*
Actually I called it the tree of life because erm there was a shop called that around here in Sydney and it closed down (that's beside the point
I completely understand what you mean about the vectored work of this... I guess being who I am, I don't like to have any of my stuff look similar to anything else other people do. I figured that many people would have probably preserved the Amano lines and look of the whole thing- and to think that if 8 other people did the same thing I'd probably go crazy
Another
reason was that the tree probably wouldn't have worked as well if I extracted
the original scan.
As for the monitor setting thing, everyone sets their monitor at different brightnesses depending on preferences and how they work. It's not that big of a deal, but I kinda just forgot to turn up my screen at the end like I usually do to see if my work is compatible with brighter monitors (actually I've been forgetting to do that lately altogether) so people tell me that my wallpapers are either too bright, or they see details they're not supposed to :P It's my bad, so I'll have to just be more aware of that in the future ^^
Hehe yes they are pretty expensive for a pair of, well, plastic shoes
Gyahhh!
And maybe
some other strange drawing I scanned lately with a dodgy scanner... 
I guess the most I can get from where I live is the catalogue itself, which is a ripoff $20 AUS
I didn't think of posting this on dA :P Maybe I shall do that
hey DREAM,
thanks for the comment and the fav. i actually like the no text version but since 3 people said that it looked too empty i added text. now, since someone agrees with me, i uploaded the no text version and added a link for the text version. thanks for the support.
it's so funny, everytime i decide to make a wall, i go straight to your gallery. you have THE BEST scans.
thanks again for the comment and the fav!
take care my friend.
merde
Salut Lord DREAM,
thanks for your long comment in my guestbook! I found it most interesting to read.
About my trendwhore wall, I picked a scan that I thought would fit into the trendwhore criteria. It is true, I personally don't like it too much... So maybe that was a bad idea.
But I
want to finish it... no matter what. I guess another problem that is slowing me
down was the discussion in the Underappreciated group. Even vectors were assumed
to be trendwhore. I guess now that statement was qualified but all these
discussions about what is trendwhore now or not and how the quality at MT is
lower than in the past. It frustrated me a little. However I feel like trying
new things now, but I still have to finish the trendwhore wall. So it seems a
little in my way to explore new possibilities. 
As I see, you seem to read our comments in the UA group from time to time... When I was writing about the highlights I was mostly writing about the Anime wallpaper. I don't understand the recent choices. None of my personal favorites of Arete was highlighted! But two others were... And there have been some walls where I really asked myself "Why is this a highlight?". Thanks for the praise on my walls. I have received no highlights but that's okay... I remember in the past I thought I want to improve and it would be so great if someday my wall would be among the highlights.
Now... it
became a lot less important, I am just glad about the feedback of people that I
receive here. It helped me to improve. You and DernierCri were the first people
here to comment my wallpapers. 
I will
never forget your help! I don't read anything of DC anymore but I still get favs
from him and that still makes me feel honored, even though I would like to read
his personal opinion. ^_^
Again about the highlights. I especially realised at Arete that taste can be very different. So I am not angry or upset about the highlights. It's just no longer the ultimate choice of the "best" here on MT. And in the past I actually always liked most of the highlights. So I don't understand what's wrong? Is it me? The mods? The quality discussion again?;)
I will check our your friends on DeviantArt!
If only I
had more time. However I was already looking for inspiration there. 
But in a
rather random way... *lol*
Oh and you are right, Deviant Art has many talented people... but it also has lots of ... Oh well I don't want to give it a bad name because I think it is cool that so many people try to be creative. But the Deviant Art gallery is really overcrowded. And they have all levels of quality... from very high to very low.
I agree with you on how art has to have a meaning... But I wonder why on the one had most of the people don't like visting museums or reading books and poems and on the other hand places like Deviant Art are overcrowded and everybody wants to be an artist. At least I have the impression... maybe I am wrong but I think there are so many people trying to be oh so much of an Artist since they think it is cool or something. And then on the other hand they are not really interested in what in my opinion is art. But maybe I am simply too frustration about all the experiences I had in my past with people who don't share my interest of literature. However one of my teachers said something about "leaving traces of ourselves" (I hope I can say it like this, I'd love to express it in German... Spuren hinterlassen... ^_^) and I think he got a point there. It also became more and more difficult to leave a trace since there are so many traces. Am I still making sense?
Some people just seem to be bored... spamming sei-ki...
I guess
there is nothing you can do about it but to erase these comments from your
website. However I really hope that it won't happen anymore. At least on my
visit I didn't see a weird line in the guestbook. 
Yes, somehow "Bleach" wasn't that bad. I like the idea of deathgods. However sometimes it's a bit annoying... the character's behavior or the fights.
I depend on my friend on which Animes I can watch. To buy the DVDs is so expensive... so hmm there are other ways with a fast internet connection at university. So she tends to do... um... "research" there and hands some of her dvds to me. I will ask her about "Gilgamesh" though. I'd love to see it since it's a recommendation of Lord Dream.
Misa and her "last wall"... In my point of view, Misa will not be able to just stop making wallpapers from one day to the other. I can see that from how much energy she puts into our discussions on wallpapers, quality of MT... It's like banning one of your most interests out of your head. I think it has to do with university and thinking that there will be no more time for "such things". She seems to be like me a litte, wanting to do everything at university right and well.
This
results in stress... When I started university I was the same but I really
stopped drawing since I thought I have to focus on other, more important things
now. It was very wrong and I only found that out after a while... quite a long
while actually. But that's another story. I don't intend to write a novel here
in your guestbook.
Niji means Rainbow yes. I have been using this name online for quite a while now and it's like my second name. *lol* So when I wasn't able to use this name here at MT I felt a bit upset and I quickly had to find something new... so I ended up with a German translation.
I am a bit sick at the moment. My throat burns like fire... it's from all these temperature changes! And again I will have to spend my weekend mostly at university.
However I hope to find some time for my trendwhore project.
Thank you very much for writing to me! I hope to read you soon and/or see some new scans in your gallery.
Till then... a bientot!
Thanks for the fav...yeah I didn't think about signing it before posting since it was a class project...plus it really belongs more to Hiroshige than to me
Thank you
It's been used in one wall already, but hopefully we'll see a few more...
There were a few previously, but they were stolen from aethereality so they had to be deleted. THe only good thing I can boast about is that mine are significantly bigger... hee hee
Since 'Satan' by Kirk Hammet & Orbital was among your favourites, I thought you might like the Spawn ost. The film was rather average, but I found music very refreshing in terms of musical experiments - a mixture of techno and metal (each track was created by artist known to perfom in one of those music styles).
. Feel
free to share if you wanna.
Check your PM for details
...
Thanks so much though
They're gorgeous scans 
HEY DREAM!
What's up?
How are you?
Good I hope ^^
Well take care!
~lunagata~
Thanks! Glad you liked the wall
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And thanks for continuing to put up so many great scans for walling
Heyo, DREAM!
Arete was great fun for me, both because it exposed me to a lot of Amano artwork that I had never seen before and because I've always found judging a rewarding experience, and as such I'm glad that I could be of service.
Compared to you, I certainly have far to go in my artbook collection; right now I just have a couple Range Murata artbooks and four of his Comiket doujins, as well as some Yoshitoshi ABe, though I'm really considering getting Kouze Amano's Aria artbooks and a few others on my list. To me, Yoshitaka Amano is a bit hit-or-miss, and so I'm content just browsing through the impressive collection of scans you posted. As an aside, I'm not sure if I ever thanked you for pointing me to the Japanese Comickers books, and so I just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to another source of beautiful artwork.
Now, onto your question about form|code. I pre-ordered the book through TokyoCentral on eBay a while back because I decided that given how much I like Murata-san's work, I would really rather have the real deal instead of having to settle for the regular edition, judging from how rare futurythm is in the States compared to re: futurythm. It certainly cost an arm and a leg, but I thought that it was definitely worth it. Their service is really great, and they have a knack of finding out-of-print items, so I highly recommend them if you're looking for anything obscure or hard-to-find.
I was actually thinking of scanning all of form|code, but DPG got there first, and given the fact that my scanner isn't all that great, I decided to use theirs instead, except for that one autographed print that they did not have because they apparently did not shell out the extra cash for the Wani Special. For DPG releases, it's actually faster to get them from torrent rather than xdccing from their bot; the torrent can be found from all of the usual suspects, e.g. tokyotosho and datorrents. If you don't have luck finding them, I can toss it up on my server for you sometime.
So, thanks again for stopping by! Take care, and see you around!
....O_O;
Lol, nope, she's trying to catch a cicada...
Salut Lord DREAM,
I just wanted to ask you about your favorite of Arete... but I already see it in your favorites.
Oh well I gave most scores to Kuroimisa's entry... Mostly because of
its originality. And oh it was something I would have never thought of...
Anyways I understand your choice... "Snow-white rose-red" is
beautifully made, but it's the more"classic" way. I am impressed how
Kuroimisa interpreted the Amano scan and made something completely new out of
it... trying to open new ways of intrepretation. 
hi there dream-chan <33 arigato ne! for adding to your watchlist ;]
appreciate and hope you can comment on my future wallies ;d
Thanks, the designs pencil sketch took like 3 hours at school. I find it also far from simple, guess my wallpapers do leave a first impression of being simple, but some details have been polished, really hard.
Thanks again.
See you around.
Salut Lord DREAM,
thanks for all these compliments...
I am not
sure whether I deserve them though...
I note down the "Dream userpage project" then.
At the
moment I am stuck in trendwhore thoughts... *lol* So I don't think it would be
the appropriate time. I have been browsing through so many kitchy galleries
yesterday. Then I finally thought "Okay, let's use this one" and I
started working on it but maybe I'll drop it again and start another one. There
are actually quite many categories filled with cute girls who could be part of a
trendwhore project. But it feels difficult to me... I don't know what I should
do... make it look really trendwhore-ish? Or rather like Kuroimisa's entry...
that is seeking a middle way in my point of view. And then even if I really
decide for the real trendwhore way... I am not sure whether I can do it. I am
not that used to Photoshop and Illustrator yet... especially not with all these
sparkles, clouds, moon and romantic landscapes. So as far as I can tell now...
the trendwhore entry is not really easy... 
Oh back to your userpage wish. I also noticed the words in square brackets.
I really don't understand why they deleted your recent Amano scans. As I said I was browsing the gallery yesterday and I saw so many scans in low quality. Yours are never in low quality... and yet they get deleted whereas those can stay?
Doesn't
make any sense to me. Especially since they are lamenting about the colors...
which can be easily changed with programms such as Photoshop. And how does there
have to be a certain number of colors in an artwork. What a regulation... 
Hmm... maybe in summer I'll find time for my website project... yes... I will need the help of my friend or my sister though. No way I can figure that out by myself... I am happy though that you are progressing with your "project" to upload sei-ki.
I do have an account at deviant art... but I only started mine for my sister, to comment on her drawings... *lol* She wants to study "communication/media design" (they have so many names for that...) and she has to create a portfolio. However so many people want to study this subject so it's hard to get a place on one of the universities. So far she failed. And I thought maybe deviant art would help her to get some feedack and some positive words to help her motivation. But it's simply too crowded there, so that wasn't a good idea. ... I just went there... took me some time to figure out the name that I've used. Usually online I'm always as "Niji" but here at Minitokyo and Deviant Art that name was taken. So I had to change it to "Ni-ji"... I just made one submission there.
The
original sketch of the character that I've used in a doujinshi here... And I
also see that my sister deleted all her drawings of the page. What I also think
about deviant art is that it's too commercial already. I hate it when you are
reminded of subscribing all the time by having an advertisement in the middle of
your page. So I can't really imagine of getting comfortable there.
And well in addition to that. Isn't deviant art a place where you can only post items that originally were made by yourself? There are so many people there... and almost everybody wants to be an "artist". Oh well... who is an artist anyways?...
Bleach... I just started watching it. I wanted to know why so many people love this Anime. I have seen 25 episodes now and I think I do understand. It looks and feels "new"... The colors, the design of the characters, the music etc. I have to say I'd really like to know how it continues but I still have to get the next episodes... hmm but I don't feel the need to make a wallpaper of it.
So, have you managed to "break rocks"?
I have to get back to my work now too...
A bientot... and merci beaucoup for the link to the Amano scans.
Linked in descrip :3 But here: http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/1055/rainnotext1hm.jpg