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Quote by mentis

I'm curious, but why were you surprised I wonder...? And you're welcome. I think I'll have to add you to my friends now :D...

Take care...


Well, because it was a nice gesture and came from a person that I didn't know.
Thnx for FL me! :) I'l do the same:)
Don't know how good of a friend I can be cuz my activity on Mt has gone down since I started work, But I'm trying to do something about that, maybe.... a better time management :sweat:
Have to go, got to feed the pets XD
Take care!

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Quote by mentis

Quote by FallenAngelZoicytehttp://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9516/valentinesdayfc1.jpg


Thank you very much for the image. I really appreciate it. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back :(.

I got busy with work, and a bunch of other things. In all of that, I unfortunately neglected all of my MT duties -_-', gomen...

I'm sorry for not being sure, but was this image for a holiday? It doesn't say, so I wasn't quite sure... especially since I didn't get it when you sent it... sorry again :(.

I'm going to try very hard to get back to MT more often now. So I hope to hear from you a little ^_^.

Take care!

It was a Valentine's Day card! Thanks for getting back to me even if it was late. Hope you're doing great!

Ja!

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Quote: Hi Dianas-chan! Gomenasai for being gone so long, but I'm back...

hehe I`m happy to hear that I was wandering where you have disappear ;)

Quote: Things got busy for me, and I also had one of those moments where I was tired of the internet for a few weeks. After that I had so many notifications on MT I was afraid to have to deal with all of them ^_^' ha ha.

so you detoxifyd your mind from the internet..turning back to nature..wops that is what I want o_0 #laugh# hope that u managed to get over all your notifications..I have in my WL some members that submit scans..good scans but sometimes from a day to another I can have till 20/25 notifications even more because of them ^_~ anyway I don`t compalin ^_^'

Quote: I hope you're doing well, and I see you've been changing your page, and picture again :D. Well, I hope to hear from you, so write back if you have time. Take care :D.

yah I like to make changes a lo of them from time to time u know my style..when I had blond har all the girls that I used for my layouts were blond now that I have red hair u can see the resullt ;)

take care now my friend and WELCOME back :) hope that we will enjoy your presence more ;)

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Quote by mentisHello Kokyuy ^_^. You added my Rokujo wall to your favs a few days ago, and I never thanked you for that. I wasn't on MT much of late, so I apologize.

Now that I'm here though, I thank you very much for adding Rokujo to your favorites. I'm glad that you like the wall :D. Feel free to drop by my page and say hello anytime :D. Take care!


Hello, mentis :)

it's alright. i'm glad you did made some classic oriental artworks. it's one of my best favourite art ^^

actually, i like your title "art is no luxury". it's so meaningful to me too. that should be the way! XD art is to be made and appreciated by all :) GO FOR THAT! XD

see you around~ ^______^

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Quote by mentisArigato gozaimasu, Misa-chan ^_^. I didn't realize you were a moderator, so yay!

If it's okay to tell you about one other thing related to this, I'd like to bring your attention to the forum as well. I'm part of many forums, and I'm sure you are too. There's always a notification system for threads you posted in when they are replies. But MT doesn't have this. In fact, whenever I want to check if anyone has replied to a thread I posted in (not created mind you) I find it difficult to do. I usually have to go looking through the forum to locate the thread, or use search if the thread is older (assuming I can remember the title). The point is that this is what I see as the cause of a fragmented forum.

Most people I have noticed will reply to a question in the first post, without reading what else has been said, and never visit the thread again. These are not discussions, but random opinions in many threads. I believe that getting a notification about replies, if subscribed, would actually facilitate ongoing discussions.

Anyway, I'm sorry if I got carried away there :P. Though I suppose that having been a member of MT for such a long time, I have observed many changes in the community, not all of which have been positive. I have heard complaints from other long time members as well, and I would like to see MT continue to be a good place.

Thanks for reading all this stuff :P, and for your patience. Let me know what you think...

Lol indeed ^_^

Hmmm. I think we've had a thing like that mentioned before, but I'm not sure if it ever got put forward. But you don't have to dig out those threads ;D

When you go into Control panel, on the left menu there is a list of recently participated threads under where your groups are featured. They expire though, so I guess it's just there for you to keep track of your threads you've posted in, and keep on keeping track of them thus maintaining activity. You might find this particularly useful, if not, we'll see about those notifications.

Hmmm... about those posts not responding to the first post, that's a good thing too. We might write something about that and grab a hold of those people who just post according to the name of the thread ;D

And not a problem: we're all here to try to improve the place ^_^ There's always the little "ohhh I wish that this changed to this" :P

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Quote by mentisHoi, Chubby-chan!

I hadn't been on MT for a little while, so I'm sorry for not visiting you sooner -_-. Looks like you've been busy :D. You're new work looks awesome, so I'm going to have to spend some more time in your gallery again.

Well, I wanted to see what's new and how you are doing. Write me back if you have time. Hope to hear from you!

Hello! Glad you're still interested in my work! That's really cool :3

I'm doing pretty good. I haven't been able to get a lot of original works done lately since I staff at a KH site, and I've been working on projects with them. I'm currently doing a KH fanart piece and then I'm going to be doing some KH wallpapers for KHInsider (site I staff at). Hopefully after that's all done, I can get back to doing my original works :)

merged: 05-07-2007 ~ 07:27am

Quote: I'd like you to understand that I have some experience with art. I got my Bachelor's degree in Fine Art and Philosophy. I also did a good bit of volunteering at the Yellowstone Art Museum, and after graduating got a job there as well. A few years later I moved to North Carolina where I am now working as Assitant Director at a local gallery, as well as working at the Cameron Art Museum. Though my true interest lies in painting, which I am continually pursuing. So that's just a little of my proffesional background, which I hope doesn't sound too much like I'm tooting my own horn XD.

Wow! That sounds like a fun job! I'd love to work at an art museum! I've been doing vector graphics for a long time now, but what I really want to get into is digital painting. I've started with some in my MT account. I think I only have 2 completed so far. >_> I'm still practicing everyday until I get good though!

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If you lived a bit closer, it would be fantastic to show some of your work in our gallery. Unfortunately our area of focus is the state of NC, and adjacent states. I don't know that the owner and director will change that focus, but I certainly think your work to be worthy of a gallery wall. I'm sure that you will have a very successful career in art, and I certainly hope that you are pursuing this in your education.

Wow! That'd be amazing to have my work shown in a gallery x__x I've had my work up in our school show cases, but not anything like a real art museum. That would be so cool :O And yea, I'm actually pursuing art into my education. I have 1 more year of highschool (I'm a junior D:), but then I'll be going to the Art Institute of Seattle. I plan to really increase my art abilities/knowledge there. And from there, I don't know what will happen. I'll just have to live life :3

Quote: Now, by KH I assume you're referring to Kingdom Hearts? What's the address of this site that you are talking about? I'd be interested in seeing the results of your current projects.

Yup, it's Kingdom Hearts. The site is http://www.khinsider.com/. Information about the contest is at the very last update on that page. It's also a thread in their forum here. The contest ends may 21, so they'll announce the winners sometime around then :O I don't know if I'll win, but I'm going to give it a shot :D

Quote: Well, anyway, thank you for reading and I hope I didn't bore you too much ^_^'. I look forward to hearing from you again...

Take care...

haha, nah, it wasn't boring. I don't interact with members here to much, so it's fun to talk to ya. XD See ya!


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Quote by mentisHi Simo-dono ^_^. It's very nice to meet you. I am a friend of Mira-chan, and she mentioned your name. So I thought I would just say "hello." Feel free to stop by my page and write to me anytime :D. And thank you for being a good friend to Mira. Take care...

Hy, Mentis-dono! Nice to meet u to :), the pleasure is all mine.
I'm a bit surprised to tell u the truth, but surprised in a good way. :D
Thnx for dropping in, I appreciate it!
Have great week! Take care!

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Quote by mentisHi Lion-chan ^_^. You added my Rokujo wall to your favs some time ago, and I never thanked you for that. I wasn't on MT much of late, so I apologize.

Now that I'm here though, I thank you very much for adding Rokujo to your favorites. I'm glad that you like the wall :D. Feel free to drop by my page and say hello anytime :D. Take care!

merged: 05-06-2007 ~ 05:52am
Hiya again, Lion-chan ^_^. I see you like a couple of my other walls :D. Thank you so much for looking through my work. I appreciate your support very much!

So, thank you for the favs, and for taking the time to look at my art. I don't think I've ever met anyone on MT from Saudi Arabia, so it's nice to make your acquaintance :D. I'm afraid I don't know anything about your country, but I would always be interested in learning. I don't actually even know if you speak English :P.

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heheh...sorry but your comment about me speaking english just made me laugh my head off... looooools! yeah ^^ i think i got a good grip on the english language, and don't worry, no offense taken XD XD XD

sorry about the late reply...kinda get caught up doing things...though at the moment i am working on a drawing...kinda taking my sweet time on it though since i want it to turn out lovely...

well.. XD XD
don't mention it, the pleasure was all mine...thing is there are lots of art here that deserve to be favoured, but from the number of people on MT who actually submit art...kinda hard to find them and so on...so i guess i am lucky to stumble across your work ^^

i think your userpage is rather amusing and lovely at the same time...kinda interesting ^^

lool again the pleasure is all mine, though i cannot exactly say i have not met anyone from the US...in fact hehehe... ^^

good luck in everything ^^ i sure hope to see great works from you soon too! gambatte!

...hmm if you are really interested in knowing about KSA, feel free to ask, and you are right, the native language here is Arabic, although i've been in American Schools since i was two and a half XD a lil brat if you ask me... and other than that my parents used to demand we only speak english, so sis and i don't speak Arabic rather well (sometimes shames my father if you ask me ;) he gets pissed but oh well XD )

hahahas anyway then ^^ till next time! :)

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Quote by mentis
I imagine that email notifications (like what most forums use) may put quite a lot of strain on the servers, with so many members here. But there is a possibility of limiting the notifications to one per day. That way, if you have any new notifications at the end of the day, an email is sent telling you of them. Instant email notification would be way too intense. And MT is just really slow to begin with these day (and for a long time now). I feel sorry for anyone still using dialup on MT :(.

Anyways. These days I'm keeping up my blog (mentisworks.org), working on a little game project called Copic Fighter (check sidebar on blog), and right now I'm also working on a new painting. The painting is for a show that'll be starting in a couple of weeks, so it will definitely be done soon. When it's finished, I'll certainly put it up on MT :).

Thank you for writing back. I appreciate you taking the time :D. Take care ^_^.

Hmmm yeah, I was thinking of perhaps an option in the control panel you could tick for email notifications- it might be in the form of just stats (you have new notifications) or linked to Minitokyo news announcements (or something long those lines so that it's something that'll make you log in ;)) I don't know how the idea will be implemented (if at all), but I'm hoping they'll consider it. I'll bring it up a few times >D

Oh! I'll go visit that sometime for sure o_o <3 painting! I'll look out for that too XD

Thanks for the PM reminder and all :D Have fun ^__^

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Ohayo!Nah I am not upset,it wouldn't be nice of me to get so easily upset.I understand that I am not the only one who has problems,well who has thinsg to do and don't worry I am not so often here either or better said I come everyday when I have net of course to take a few pictures and that's about all.I don't know but somtimes MT,actually the people around here depress me.
Thank you a lot for the compliment,hehe,I guess I am thinking to change the picture from time to time!Well now I must go to the post office.Hugs!

merged: 05-06-2007 ~ 01:52am
Well I am happy to hear from you more news,you seem that you had a pretty tough time.Well I think it's better that you quit those jobs that didn't fit your tastes.Well I can't really say that I worked,I have a small job-I am a tutor at English and French for a few kids(very few for now because I still have to deal with the university and exams),anyway I used to have one that was completly tiring me,I mean after goign to her place I was like exhausted mentally and I don't know but it's true what they say that if you are tired emotionally/mentally you feel also that your body is tired but well now I don't tutor that kid anymore,she was just too difficult.
I am glad that your new job seems to work better.And about winter well I don't really see it as depressing,maybe lately only because it dosen't seem to snow anymore like it used to.I think what depresses me more are people,I mean in my country many of them are rude one to another and also to nature,many of them just throw things on the streets and cut green trees and so on and after that they complain about the dirth or the inondations,I don't know but my town,being also the capital,is very crowded and dirty and it's not that it isn't a beautiful town nooo in reality the people are "dirty" and I don't know but also coming here on MT depresses me a lot somtimes because I see some people being very fake,I mean I have no problem with them I just prefere to avoid them,but I just don't get them,yeah sure we are all even in real life a little bit fake but to be fake also in a place where there isn't maybe one person that really knows you and I just don't like that stuff of "kissing" people too much to obtain something from them,okay sometimes you must do that but still you must have some pride too!
You know I haven't been active in MT from quite some time and yeah I kidna did it on purpose,I have a few persons that I call and they call me "very dear" around here so I wanted to see how much will they look for me if I don't seem to be around but in the end most of them looked for me only after a favourite or after I made the first step or something,don't worry I am not including you,I try to understand everybody's problems but come on when you are like active every day and I go to someone and see your posts full of "lipstick"(to say so) at a lot of persons I get annoyed.And after ages soem remember,when I appear a little "oh,I seem to have forgotten you" altough you are "my dear friend" and that is just what happens in real life too,fakness everywhere,I don't say for them to be completly sincere and tell every secret but to be a little bit sincere with themselves and with the others.And I guess I am like muddy when I appear in MT and except that I don't even want to fight anyone over things like this,altough it's common these days but well it still bothers me.
Ah but let's not speak of things like these anymore,I still have few friends whom I keep in touch even elsewhere than MT,like MSN,IM or yeah I know also one of my friends from here very well,she is one of my best friends in real life too,her name is Simo and yeah she joined because of me,hehe and I also made her to be very interested in animes,I am contagious,heh!
Now I talk too much!Hugs!I can't wait for your work to appear!

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Quote by mentisWell, here I am. Surprise :P. Yes, I have been caught up in life, work, and lots of other things. In the process I completely neglected MT. I am very sorry for not responding.

Thank you very much for your kind words. I haven't actually done any other vectors since then :(. Though I know I should!

I'll have to stop by your page and see what's new over there. I hope to be back on MT a little more often again. I wish we had some kind of email notification for, well anything on MT. That would make it easier to remember. Oh well... the servers are slow enough already though, so I'm sure they couldn't handle such a huge load.

It's nice to hear from you! I've been caught up with life, too >_< *sigh* So it's okay :D Real life is always a priority >D

Hmmm... that's not a bad idea, actually =O
I think I'll bring that up as a suggestion some time for the team to think about.
I guess it won't be *too* hard to have an option somewhere to get email updates... we'll see :)

I hope that life is going well for you :D Hopefully not too busy in the near future ^^/

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Hey there my friend!How are you...sashibury!How is work going?We haven't talked in such a long time,well I just finished my exams for now and I hope everythign goes well for oyu.I wasn't so active on MT for a few weeks.Yay I ifnally succeeded changing my picture too,I put one with me with my glasses on,hehe!
Well take care!I hope you're well!

merged: 02-20-2007 ~ 04:29am
By the way sorry for my spelling mistakes!I am kinda tired to edit them!

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http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/jikuhart/valentine.jpg

wishing you a happy valentine with your special person ^^ !

I hope you will like my card eventhoguh it's not very pretty ^^ !

take care !

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Hiya! Just dropping by to ask, have you got a DeviantArt account? I know lots of members @ MT do X-P Oh, and if you've got the time, you can check out my DevArt page [it's not much, but heck, I'm working on it ^_^'].

Matane~!

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Sorry for replying lately , I have to say , school is a killer T^T ! I’m 18 so this year I’ll have to take the university’s exam , since I have to take exams in Korean it’s more difficult and I’m studying hard >.< .

Well , I’m trying to make some wallies and graphics too but … haha .. not really success ! I’m jealous with your plentiful feelings , I think feeling is the most important point for making sth .. uhm , especially in making sth like graphics or wallies .. U must have a colorful life as well so that your walls are so beautiful ! So , by your words , I think u used to creat a wall with a game’s feeling . May be you’re interested in many games as well ^^ . I think those are games such as war or silk road .. .. ha ha . I don’t know very well but I really like your walls !
Thanks for your suggestion , I’ve just changed my userpage once again , but I have no time to creat a new one , I just add a small banner which I made some weeks before to it , I think it looks better than the last one .. may be .. I’m not sure


Wow .. I do like Sumi-e and Ukyo-e art very very much ! uhm , … I like Japanese painting style and I used to draw sth like a kimono or portrait of a manga character but in my own way .. ^__^ .. Haha .. not really good but I like to draw very much ! I just started to learn PS to make sth like avatar or graphics .. , I do use brushes too , but using abstract brushes is my weak point !
Ha ha .. I’m glad to be your friend , I did add you to my friendslist , too ! I hope u don’t mind ^^ !

And , you’re so kind to pm me to tell me that you’ve posted sth on my guestbook ! I used to check it verytime I get onl so I can notice it immediately whenever sb post sth on it eventhough it was merged , but I’m really happy to receive that message ! It took sometime too !

Well , hope to see u around !

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Hi mentis! I'm sorry for having neglected several messages I should have replied to >.< Got a little tied up lately and just ended up forgetting so last night I was lying in bed trying to sleep and suddenly thought "EEK NEED TO REPLY" @__@;;

Quote by mentisYou are very kind to give me a fav AND comment on my piece :D. I appreciate it, to be sure!

I am glad that you like the vector. I have been meaning to do something with that portrait for a long time, and I finally got around to it :D. I think it's an excellent character design to begin with, and I enjoyed making a vector from it!

Yeah, I really liked the character design as well~ it was quite a unique style of art and I liked how you sort of just used blocks of colour in your vector to emphasise that sort of happy-ish feeling. And really, it was a great vector because the lines were so smooth :D I remember the first time I vectored it seemed like I had a jerky mouse XD

And while I'm here, thanks so much for your kind comments and favourites on my recent work :)
I can't wait until your next submission :D
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ohayo gozaimasu- mentis san! xDDD

ogenki desu ka. :)

Quote by mentisThat's true, I did go to school for art. So I have an undergraduate degree both in art and philosophy. And now you know :P. I couldn't separate the two, so I had to study both, ha ha!

awesome.. i envy you. truly. XD

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I remember that when I studied art back in high school I didn't really like it, but I happened to be decent at it so I stuck with it. It's all because of that "tightness" that seems to dominate every art students' experience. I don't know why they don't teach you to do it differently, those fools! Ha ha.

*laughs* yes i agree.. also, i think the instructors should help the students realize how much they love art.. or- i think to loosen the tightness, it's also about understanding the form of the object cos, it's all comprised of points that results to curves, planes, textures.. it's a very neat hobby indeed. ^^

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When I said metaphysical, I was referring to the philosophical discipline (Wikipedia article). It also involves traditions of mysticism and spirituality for me. My approach to the creation of art has been inspired by Taoism, Zen, and other forms of Asian thought. Hence my earlier reference to Lao Tzu. If you're curious about him, try to find his (only) book, the Tao te Ching. But I imagine that you might be quite familiar with Eastern though given your country of residence, right?

ah i see.. so - if i take it as "subjects which are beyond the physical world".. like whatever is physically visual, also represents what is beyond visual, well yeah.. i do believe that as well.. as it gives the impression that in nature, we are surrounded by reason, intelligence thus constituting a certain harmony.. like poetry.. so yeah, art runs deep. :) Lao Tzu, i've only known him in reference to his book Art of War.. but never delved to eastern philosophy at all.. ^_^' oh, where i live, it has been under spanish regime for around 300 yrs so the school of thought pretty much adapts to western philosophy. but as far as tradition goes it still has it's own eastern influences. ^_^

Quote: My opinion of Abe's work is more due to observation than factual research. But I do believe that his work, more so than most others' has a subtle emotional quality that I personally find very vibrant and strong. I have seen a number of scans from his books, and as I said previously, I am enamored of his ability to make people look lifelike and like anime/manga at the same time. I believe that Abe creates from his heart, not so much from his mind, and that is the result of giving up control. Control is a trick of the mind, while knowledge and trust are the true qualities of the heart.

those are truly lovely words..~ yeah, without emotion it almost becomes just another piece of drawing.. but i think the reason why so many admire ABe is that his works come from, like you said, from the heart.. that makes him a very effective conceptual artist. :) the only thing i like about control is... the more the hand-mind coordination is put into practice, certain hand muscles i believe is developed.. that makes it very easy for the artist's strokes to be fluid like water, like bruce lee would often to say. xD and yet, the hand momentum is rather stable.. that both (mind/hand) become very, very synchronized.. as if the pencil is another part of the body.. x33

Quote: I have also seen people flip their reference upside down besides just mirroring. This in turn causes us to see the shapes as they are, and actually produces a more accurate representation than creating from a reference right side up. I believe that a simple line has the potential to carry a great deal of emotion, and many of us tend to forget this.

i remember some even start from an inverted reference.. xD

Quote: I don't think it would be that difficult. You can choose not to shade, but only use flat vector shapes. Or, you can convert your vector shapes to rasters or selections, which allows you to use the gradient fill on them. I actually submitted my first vector to MT this morning, which you can see here. I think it turned out decently :D.

right- i have seen it.. but, i am still about to write my comment.. xD ..i have another cg'd art.. i used the pen tool.. but i get problems getting the perfect round curve.. and like i said, with cg tools it has not much for line variations, unless i go back and lightly erase some.. so with the latest piece i use a stylus and tablet which was sucky and wobbly.. but i guess it's like learning another instument to understand it's dynamics/algorithms. right.. that nifty gradient tool.. but i mostly use a sizeable brush with low opacity and brush away and blur and erase -since i adore control.. xD

Quote: To be honest, I am actually not that fond of realism. This is because I feel that realism tends to be rather cold and distant. I prefer a more "humanistic" approach to realism if you will. This can be seen in your Natalie Portman drawing, where you have captured a certain human quality.
Another artist who was able to do this in a masterful way was Kathe Kollwitz. Here's her Wikipedia Article, a short biography with images, and another page with more pictures of her work (just scroll to the bottom for image links). You can see that she deviated from realism towards a more emotional drawing style, and I feel that Abe share some of those qualities.

thank you for the comment. ^^ yeah- i think i know what you mean... i never liked realism that look like total photographs -_- (due to too much smudging).. there's relative skill but it barely makes a lasting impression.. but yeah - Kollwitz has some very weighty concepts in her repertorie.. but so far, i find it one-sided and too depressive.. *laughs* but i do have tremendous respect for her art. yes, i have seen many of Abe's drawings a little off than what is marketable, mostly in his mangas. :)

Quote: Ha ha, I suppose I am :P. I wll be taking screenshots of the nice artwork in the game, and I'll post them on the forums. Since they won't be of especially high quality due to game resolution, there's no point in submitting them.

hidoi!.. but if ever you do get around getting the screenshots can you upload them, say photobucket..- if it's not much of a trouble... x3

Quote: Ooops, you're right. That was very Polish of me :P. I didn't think of that...brain must have gone on autopilot, ha ha XD.
Well, that's quite simple, I think :P. I chose it when I first got online as my alias (which I use just about everywhere), and this was back in 1995 or so. I have always been a nerd (yeah, NERD POWER GO! ^_^V), and I found that "mentis" is the Latin word for "mind" or "intellect." Just like the Latin phrase "compos mentis." I always thought that was fitting, and it's been that way ever since.

sou da na.. that sounds neat..! NERDO POWA BANZAI! xDDD

hai hai-! a pleasure to correspond, mentis-san! kio tsukete kudasai! xDD

-ckc

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Ohoo chisaikame sure wrote you a long message there,I am not even close to write you such long message and don't mind because of that I am sometiems afraid not to bore people by talking on and on.Trust me I am liek that type of person whoi has some days when I am very talkative and days when you have to get out words out of me.
These days beign in MT kidna depressed me so that is why I haven't answered so early plus I was busy and yeah it was my birthday.
I am getting old,I really have 21 now like it says in my page,I don't know if they still change our ages when another year passes,last year after the New Year when I enetered and saw that I was already 20 without being I was surprised,I mean I was already paranoic,who changed my age,hehe!
Anyway leaving aside the jokes I had a very ncie time on my birthday,yay this was one of the years where altough it seemed that I was missing something I didn't felt that,I don't know how it is when your birthday is but there were years for me when I felt sort of unhappy on my birthday or better said alone altough I had around people I used to call friends.
Well abotu friends what can i say I passed trough some rough moments with soem and they even proved not to be my friends,well I think everyoen had a disappointment like this or who didn't he/she should be happy.
Well from my point of view the past is the past and since I don't have the power to change anything from it I try to see the good things in it and also to think more at the present.I don't know but this year I really felt loved on my birthday and it wasn't about receiving presents or something like that ,I don't know but I ismply didn't feel any negative vibe from them....I guess your positive vibes reached me,hehe!
These days I am getting more and more busy with school and with the teaching,well I have about 3 kids who I teach English or French and it is sometimes tiring(last time I was almost about to fall asleep,hehe,you should have seen me I was so funny)well that is to win soem money and to spend them how I wish and I odn't know but the money won by me make me to feel better than the ones given by my parents and I must say I had oneactually 2 kids about a half of year ago that were really annoying,I mean I used to coem back home really anoyed and tired because of them but these ones are really cute but sometimes I still get tired.
Ah I was telling you last time that I am working at a drawing well I don't know if it is your type,I mean I drew a girl and I don't know how I got to make a sort of fancy drawing on her,a sort of tattoo I could say and I am trying also to work a little more on an older drawing that doesn't have characters in it,it's simply a landscape,it's after a painting from my house,hehe!
So your other job seems to compensate for all the problems you have at the other one,well that is a good thing because I noticed that if the place where you work is hard or not os hard but annoying you simply change a lot,I saw that at my bro who used to act a little bit more violent or who didn't even use to sleep to well at nights because of his job so I believe that is important to do somethign with pleasere,even the things you do with pleasure might get boring sometimes but if you recharge your batteries than it won't be nay problem.
Talking about that SPAM,I don't know i just send it ot a few person but I ismply got annoyed and didn't send it anymore,I mean if I don't send it that doesn't make me less friend or messages like that don't even make me a better friend if I am actually rotten inside,I don't know but I don't seem to have time to send that sort of game to everyone also so I am on your side in that!
Hmm I feel like changing my pic,hehe i want to change it from a long time but well I have a few pics in my cell phone that look very nice but I can't get them out,I had this problem I sent all my pics to a friend and he was supposed to put them in hsi PC and send them to me and I waited more than 8 months for that,I asked him many times to send them and when I called him on a holiday he tells me that his phone doesn't work anymore,I was so upset but well he is tsill my friend but next tiem if he does such a thign I'll beat him up,hehe!The idea is that lately I am annoyed about my pic,hehe altough I seemed to have inspired soemone to make a pic somewhere releted to mine but well....oho how did I got to talk so much and now even about my picture,well I guess I have it from a logn tiem!
Okay I am goign to watch D Gray Man,I made a pssion for thsi naime,I am acting liek a child!By the way what animes or mangas do you like,I never asked you that!
Hugs!


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Man talking about writting you a lot,look who was talking...me,hehe!
Well I am happy to hear about you!
Well I am student at Foreign Languages,3rd year,and except this year I still have another one,so we are liek from the let's say "old series" who makes 4 years and not 3 like the younger students.Anywya from my point of view,you never finish to learn a foreign language like also you never finish to learn your own language!Now I know I make many times mistakes when I am writting altough I am student at English-French but I admit it that I don't really look when I am writting,I know to write without seeing the letters but I simply can't seem to get accostumed with that!
Oh from the long list of animes you saw,I cna say I saw about 2 or 3 only,the rest I'll have to check on them.
Well I must say that I have various tastes in animes or mangas,there is one naiem that seems that caught my heart and it may seem strange but it's an aniem baout sports,hehe,Prince of Tennis,it's an older series but I love it!And at this moment like I told you I don't know but I started liking D.Gray-Man very much^_^!I htink this is going to be another long aniem like Bleach,but Bleach isn't really my favourite anyway!Eh you cna look also in my list,I think I am reading more manga than watching animes actually and I also have discovered the Korean manga,at least from the point of view of love stories they have better plots and the art is really fantastic!
As for my drawings,I admit it I am more interested in the practical side,not really abstract but I love good drawings abstract or not made by others,well the idea is that one of my dreams was and still is to be a clothing designer (for women) os that is why most of my characters are girls and yeah I also like simpler thigns,something that a person can wear not so extravagant,I think you saw at TV that some designers make clothes that one can't possibly wear somewhere else actually!
Oh I am happy that you got to know new people and that thigns rae goign better and yeah I think it's good that you will renounce at the other job!It is no point in being so annoyed because of a working place,and what I noticed is that a thing that you don't do with pleasure can get you that depressed that things won't work good on the other plans either.
You are right abotu school in Europe,it's very hard,especially in my country from what i heard,I haven't been in another place but all the Romanian peopel who studied somewhere else also said that our school it's much harder and demanding than in other countries,I mean we even do subjects we don't care about,in high school we had our programm filled with about 17-18 subjects and we were maybe interested in only 5 or 6 of them!
Ah yeah I know I look a little bit serious,I am serious sometimes but other times I don't knwo I am a very amusing and noisy person,honestly when I am not at hoem or at school everyone starts missing me and my jokes and my noise,upss I don't mean to brag but they said that to me.
You knwo i even made one of my best friends to join the site,her name is Simo,she is also my collegue at the University and well we spend a lot of time together!I got her into anime,hehe,and I got her brother also into anime,I spread to both of them the anime love!About friends I always sya that is better to have less but very good,but that isn't always the case,I don't know but for guys seems easier with us girls there appear a lot of negative vibes many times(like envy,for example)!
About my pics in the cell phone I need an USB to succeed to put them in my PC!
Okay now I am already filling your guestbook so I should be leaving,right!
Hugs!

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Quote by jikuhart89very beautiful wall !
I hope 1 day I can make such a pretty wall like this ^^
thanks for sharing ! I really love it very much !

Ah, sagoi XD. Thank you very much for your nice comment on my wall, and thank you again for adding it to your favorites :D. I really appreciate it!

I put together another wall sometime after Rokujo called Senseki, which you might like due to some of its similarities. You can find it here: Senseki - Guilt & Atonement by mentis

Also, I recently found another wall by someone else that has a similar style as well. You can find that one here: So Far Away by Nooka

Hope you like those. :nya: And I must say, I really like your photo XD! Chuu (^_^)m

First , I have to say sorry for my English , there must be some mistakes here and there , but I hope u don't mind

thanks for the links to those scans .. I really love them .. especially your wallie ^^
By visiting your userpage , I can see some more nice walls . But it's really surprising to me cuz usually , an artist will prefer to 1 style of graphic only , but u do make wallies in several styles , that's really incredible ^^ . I'm bad at PS ( u've probably already known it by seeing my userpage ) so I really admire people like u who can make awesome walls >.< .


uhm , thanks for the comment on my pic ^^ . Your pic is very nice , too .
And I do love your userpage's skin . did u design it by yourself ?


uhm , hope to see u around !

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Quote by mentisNo it looks great! Is that your uni computer lab? Nice monitor too, he he :P.

I also replied in my thread to your post there. Thanks for looking and posting, I appreciate it :D. I don't know if you get notifications of my submitted artwork, I guess you might of new threads, but I just put up my first vector piece up! You might like it ^_^'.

P.S.: Congratulations on your job! Yay, are you excited?!? Well, I think you'll do great. You're a very talented graphic artist, so best of luck to you!

P.P.S.: I'm sorry about your computer problems. I hope you've got it fixed by now. But listen, I would have to say that I'm pretty good with computers, as I build them for myself, friends, and family. So if you need any help, or any questions, just email me. My email's on my MT page. Any questions at all, just drop me a line!

Nope, that's the TV Mania magazine newsroom X-P... or rather, the shared newsroom for about 4 or 5 different magazines. But, that monitor is definitely O.o . I'd like to have one, too... *dreamy sigh*

I didn't get any artwork notification yet, but I'll be sure to check your gallery out after I post this message ^_^'

I'm very excited that I finally managed to find a job... The problem is, I'm very close to landing a second job with another web design company, so that would be a definite problem... *sigh* I'll wait and see how things turn out with both companies so I can pick one afterwards ^_^' Life can be so complicated sometimes...

I've fixed the bugs with my computer (thankfully... xD), but if I need any help from now on, I'll be sure to ask ;) Thanks!

See you around~!

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Quote by mentisHey it's me again :P. I just started a new thread on the forums (again) and you may find it interesting...

Creative Painting Guide - Manga Version

Hey! Sorry for such a late reply back! I've been lazy, busy, power out, the whole bit. And neat thread! I read more about it on your site as well! Pretty cool. I don't usually paint...If I do, it's for fan art CGs. Here's a snip of one of my fan art CGs that I haven't finished..here XD It's rare for me to CG...I'll usually work on one like once a year and work on it year round >__>;;

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Quote by mentisSo, I was just curious. Who actually runs this group? And why does everyone have mod status? :P I just wanted to know because there didn't seem to be anything besides members posting doujinshi here yet. Maybe it's just a quiet time, but I thought I'd ask anyways.

on the club page:

Quote: QUESTION! ANOO, WHY ARE WE ALL ADMINISTRATORS?

To make a looong rant short, we would like to try something new here -- building trust and faith in one another. Doujinshi and any other kind of indy art for that matter is under-appreciated anywhere, so supporting our artists -- so-called 'speakers of dream' -- is a must.

It's just something the founders of the club have decided from the beginning :) As for who "runs" the club, the people usually run things (like updating the pages, running events, or make announcements) are Anjhurin, Ephemeral-Garden, Pegassuss , Glassheart, and Ryuuen.

Members are posting doujin here basically to share their latest works. And yes, you did sort of come at a quiet time, because we usually have Monthly Display Contests, but currently because it's the end of year/beginning of new year, it's not set up at the moment :)

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Quote by FallenAngelZoicyteneat. i'm gonna try it soon.

Hey there, thank you for posting in my thread! If and when you try the tutorial, I'd love to know about the result!

sure! i will let you know when i'm done!

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