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Quote by kuroimisaHaha yeah mostly because of school- sorry for the late reply ^_^'

That's great! I'm sure you did really well :D Wow... last year of Uni already- soon you'll be a postgraduate- :nerd:
Year of Hell? I thought... you... owned hell... o.O;;


Nah... it's okay, hehehe! I guess you're busy cuz of projects and exams? ^_^'

Hehehe... kinda! XD nah, I really have to work hard this year cuz it'll be tons of work!

Well... yeah! What I mean is... the place is gonna be full of Hell! XD you know that the both of us are just in disguise as mortals on this world but this year, my place'll be like Hell. Geez... I really dun want to see Hell nowadays!

I'm in my worst mood of my life! -_- T_T

merged: 06-07-2007 ~ 11:34am
Wow... that made me laugh! XD

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Hey Misa! How're things going with you? How'd that project go? I'm doing well... been extremely lazy now that I'm done with school for awhile. It hasn't quite sunk in yet that I won't be going back to school in the fall yet... lol! But, I actually went and got a job today, so at least I'll keep myself busy during the off-time. Well, take cares and hope that classes aren't stressing you out too much!

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Hiya Misa-chan ^_^. I feel like I'm always apologizing for not replying fast enough. So I guess maybe I'll just tell you that we were away to an anime convention, which is why I wasn't on MT last week. You can read all about the con in my report right here, with pics. There was some awesome cosplay going on, and it was great fun all around :D.

Quote by kuroimisaHmmm yeah. I was thinking of perhaps a "have you read the latest Policy?" thing after being inactive every now and then- it might make people want to log in just to avoid doing so XD A suspension isn't a bad idea...

I think that this is a good idea, and if anything of this does end up being implemented I'd love to know about it ^_^.

Quote: Well the content itself (the html, css and all) doesn't take that much space on the server- just when it loads, it takes its toll on the bandwidth ;D
The thing that takes up a lot of space are the images (gallery)- and it only affects the browsing and speed when there are downloads (and there are lots of people downloading at the same time, I'm sure).

So there maybe inactive accounts could still have images, bigger stuff (i.e. videos), disabled to conserve bandwidth. But that might be more complicated to do...

Quote: Thanks for the flower :D
It's a strange feeling to be "helpful" ^_^'
Hope this week is fun for you ^^

Indeed it was quite fun. While at the con, we also got to spend time with some friends we hadn't seen in about a year. It was a great little vacation really :D.

Quote: Awesome lighting!

I really love the expression on her face as well- but in particular I really like the black against the colour. It makes this so strong XD

Thank you so very much for the fav and your nice comment :D. Seems like this new piece hasn't been viewed all that much, but then I didn't have much time to promote it either :P. So I'll probably do that as I catch up with my notifications (yet again ^_^').

Take care Misa-chan!

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Hmm... I guess Kuri's busy again with school and with the new contest, ne? ^_^'

Nee... nee... guess what, I already finished my practicum! *gives some pearl milk shake* YEHEY! XD all I need to do is to work with the papers for the requirements and I'll go get my grade! XD and also, I already am enrolled for the 1st sem of my last year in the Uni. It's gonna be a year of HELL for me... T_T

Hehehe... that's all, thank you! *bows*

And one more thing... *steals a kiss from Kuri* *giggles* XD XD XD *runs away*

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Quote by kuroimisa

Lol we don't really get power as such- we always do things for a reason ;)

Haha yeah- time indeed is a big barrier *shakes fist* before we know it we'll be working people and having children D: D: D: zomggg ewww :P the PAIN XD Nah, it'll be something to look forward to ^.^

Well, I think that if you're prepared to go up north to the better schools, I don't think it'll be a problem for you to get into those XD Because spirit-chan is smarrrtttt atama ga cho ii *.* And it's not just the glasses :P Hehehe... ewwww chest hair T_T reminds me of austin powers X-P

Hehehe we can release an album <3

hahahaha, i'm sure you guys do. :)

lol. silly misa. we're already old. :\ i was talking to my sister about some of the shows that i watched when i was a kid, and she looked at me with that "what-the-fruit-are-you-talking-about?" look. where has the time gone? it's strange to think that i was ending my freshman year of high school when i joined MT. now i'm already graduating from high school on sunday. wow. sigh...wait? we're talking about having kids already?! What?! XD you're really silly misa. XD XD

hahaha. believe it or not, i got denied from them. but hey, i'm not prepared to get the freshman 15 [gaining weight due to the overdose of pizza and fast foods] or pay for my own laundry. :D either ways, i'm going local and communiting. plus, my parents cannot live without their private "cab driver". XD

lmao. austin powers had the craziest batch of chest hair i'd ever seen. XD XD

we should. grammies, here we come! :D

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Quote by kuroimisaGreat!
I usually scan with the Scanner Wizard >_> And then I open the image in Photoshop- I never knew about the whole bicubic thing, so I guess I'll do that for sure next time- nifty :D

yup- when i first started scanning centuries ago. lady misa.. i used the Epson software then would shift the scans to PS. the problem is: when scanning a book the raw size of the files can approach nearly 100mb's per file which is monstrous. so i had to scan a few then shut down, import to PS rinse and repeat.

the beauty of directly importing into PS is that the scanned images are directly in PS ready for your cropping, resizing etc. as illustrated in Step 2, directly behind the preview glass are the other scans from the art-book.

not sure what version of PS you use - perhaps 7? but "the experts" say that to decrease the size of an image - use Bicubic Sharpener and to god forbid. [gasp] up-sample use Bicubic Smoother. i don't think PS7 has those as choices so stick with Bicubic.

btw- your scans are great, so no worries. but it may save you time. it wasn't until i started walling and DernierCri gave me a serious beat-down [never use the Gaussian filter on scans nor the wand to extract- cry] that i realized the hazards of resizing scans more than once and using filters. yes, early one i actually used filters in PSP. :shame: scans that you yourself have walled in the past. so i go out of my way to make the rawest [just invented a new word] hq scans possible. a little digital penance if you will. it's a shame Mt doesn't have the 5mb limit. hell, if i was running the show i would make it 15mb. o_O and throw in a bonus of 2,000 credits or so to those brave scanners who submit tons of good scans; so they can download all the ecchi towards their heart's content. do we still have ecchi scans here? not sure.......... all about motivation. :)

:wants those Kunie contest scans: ..... maybe i can hire Tevi to make a wall in my name?
lol jk

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Quote by kuroimisa<3 Extremely lovely interpretation of the scan XD

.PS: interested in arete ii? :3
(competition) areteii - winner gets HQ scans!

Misa....I'm illuminated...I've just have an idea ^^
I'll give the contest a shot.
Expect my entry
By the way, thanks so much for the fav and sweet comment
Have a nice day!

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Hi! I love Kunie Kanbara and you submited some of her scan from her artbook. Thank you so much! XD

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Quote by kuroimisaLol don't worry :D Just remembering is enough ^_^ <3
So don't cry :O

Nope, you didn't mention that *__* I'll expect some nice vectors from you, then >D


Okay... *stops crying* your word is my command, LOL! <3

You're gonna expect some vectors from me? Oooh... that's it, I'm gonna be serious on it, knowing that YOU are expecting some from me. Now I'm inspired! XD

Oh yeah, if I got to learn more and more, I'll vector YOU! Yeah, that's right... I'll vector YOU! XD XD XD *giggles*

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Hello kuroimisa!
Mmm..... I doing well these days, and think I'm going by the rules
I hope you're doing well too

I was just going to submitt a wallpaper but I had a question

Quote: You may not use unmodified stock images for background purposes. For the purposes of this policy, an image is "unmodified" if it has not undergone any editing or if it has undergone only basic editing, such as resizing, retouching, or cropping.

umm.... about this rule, I'm not so sure what stock images are
I understand that we need to modify the images but I'm not sure if I understand what stock images are.
Sorry and hope you can give me an answer

merged: 05-26-2007 ~ 08:55pm
Thank you for the reply ^^
I understand now.......
Have a nice day

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Quote by kuroimisaGreetings, dear Lord! *hails*

Thanks for your kind comments and the fave on the Macross wall ^_^ And also for the promotion in NWP :P

I guess with the AreteII, I was just thinking of this scan:
RESET10 by kuroimisa

I might even just run away and just... do it now *_*

There are just so many interpretations of it, and it's something wallable. It seems that many people have started to just enjoy the scans, but I figured it might do some good to hammer the metal while it's hot ;D

But indeed, you're right in saying a lot of them aren't wallable- I find most of them are complete like the Ohgushi scans of yours <3

Anyway, I hope everything has been going well for you ;)
*throws confetti into the air* :D

hello lady misa- yes that sure is a good scan. the only potential downside is that her head is cut off a little. that is really my only crit- of her? artwork.
i especially like this scan: RESET01 by kuroimisa
and the one on the web-site banner you set up.

but i can offer my services as a judge if i can't get a wall together. we both know how bad i am at extending scans. lol

sure is nice to receive art-book[s] for your birthday isn't it?


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Hello Misa,

hmm... I was just clicking on the link for arete II that I got in my notifications, but it doesn't work. I read the whole thing on the Schattenrand groupsite so it's okay... but I am confused now where to write that I want to take part?... *lol* So I am spamming your guestbook... Sorry! XD Well last time I've been a judge so this time I'd like to submit an entry... and the deadline is quite nice too! :)
Great that you are taking over Schattenrand. The group was rather dead so I don't think Omni will be upset with you for awaking it from the dead... or half dead... Lovely arete II website also... I don't think your html/css is that crappy! ;) I'm totally admiring how you can set up a website in a few moments! O_o

Well take care and I hope to hear from you again soon...

Oh, almost forgot, due to my excitement on arete II *lol*... thanks for the comment and fav on my latest wallpaper! :)

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kuroimisa-san, just wondering if you can delete my =>dreaming-no-tsuki group ? Thanks *bows*

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Haha..i know i haven't been talking to you for a long time!
But i couldn't help but admire your userpage!
Its simple but it has such a simple and nice theme.
I really like the grays, the raimbows and the huge lettering.
So Pretty!

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Quote by kuroimisa
Lol thank you :D Don't worry too much about time differences~ it generally means everyone has a >24 hour birthday XD
Well, I was meant to do work on my birthday lol... ended up going out and mucking around instead >.<

Thanks again and I'm happy to see you online again :D

Hello Misa,

glad to hear that you seem to have had a happy birthday. I really think it is okay to forget about work on this special day! Especially for people like you who are always working hard and even forget to drink water! OX
*leaves some bottles of water for Misa*

About me being online... I always am visiting MT to check out notifications. Remember, I am the perfect procrastinator! So when I am at my laptop wondering what to write on my uni papers... I usually take a look at MT. However I didn't have time or hmm.. actually energy left to spend my night after work at the computer to create wallpapers or anything. My eyes were too tired. But now I just missed it too much... I already started another thing. Well who knows whether I will ever finish it! :sweat:

I am in Germany at the moment... but on Monday I go back to Austria. I am happy because it is so hot here... and I want to go swimming in Austria. Here we don't have any nice lakes, only dirty ones... Nothing compares to the lake I know in Austria so I don't like swimming here.

Hmm... ok I must stop procrastinating now and get back to my work! <_<

Good luck to you! Take care and I hope to hear from you again soon!

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh o.O
well....um <_<......... >_>
SORRY <_<''

i really wanted to remember your bday, and post it on the day you had it in the yamamori clan, but i simply forgot it due to all those assignmennts i have.....sorry <_<
oooh, and lets also have a picture of the birthday child in my Mt: Members picture thread?

no? of course yes, come along ^_^
*drags misa with him*

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Ei, happy Birthday, misa. Yeah, I know I'm late, I'm sorry... I'm not gonna make excuses... just Happy Birthday...

I got us JPG Ice Creams but they melted...

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Quote by kuroimisaThanks Ken! :D

Awww don't worry about presents or anything- just remembering is the biggest present I could get ^_^
Thankies :D

*cookies with flames*


But... but... T_T

*sniff* I really owe you many damn things now. Haven't even give you a payback from your Nataku doujin a while back. T_T *sniff*

Oh well... *takes the cookies with flames and eats it while crying*

merged: 05-21-2007 ~ 06:29pm
Oh yeah... have I mentioned that I started my lessons on vector-making from a friend?

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Hello Misa,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU... I'm not sure... maybe I am one day too late, it's a bit confusing with the time difference of Europe and Australia... *lol*
Hopefuly you didn't have too much work on your birthday... if so... just make sure to relax and party on another day... I "postponed" my birthday relaxation enjoyment days so often by now... XD

Take care and I hope all is going well for you!

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Quote by kuroimisaOoh that sounded like fun <3 But yeah, I'm stuck here >_<;

Lol, you have plenty of time to go through them ;D I think I might stop submitting them... I hit the back of the book and just majorly went >__>;; Anyway XD

Yes, it was nice. There were many other artists there, and I enjoyed talking with them ^_^.

I will certainly be going through those scans, because I do want to comment on them. I think they are wonderful indeed :D.

That would be a rather good idea- it'd be incentive to keep logging in at least to keep your userpage content ;D

Right. And like I said, different website do it differently, so MT would have to decide exactly what happens to various types of user content, but making it "parked/suspended" somehow may be an effective sysem.

Quote: Well, I don't really know how the others would want to approach inactive accounts- in a way they're just there and they don't really bother anyone. So yeah, it might be a good to just reset their userpage content- put it on expire or something like that :3

Is the content no taking up valuable server space though? I would figure that if all the inactive accounts were, hypothetically speaking, deleted right now that we would probably notice a difference in server efficiency? Just a hypothetical question.

Quote: It was quite recently (and by that, about 6 months ago) that we added the criteria in. I don't think using a camera is a problem as long as you get all the lighting right and it's of high quality (ie. you can see the details). Some people use cameras on white bond paper (baaad) and use a flash making the edges go all dark. We had to introduce that criteria to maintain just a standard of quality from the transformation of the tactile to the digital. I don't think it's a problem- just don't mention it lol. If we can't tell, and you don't say it, nobody will know ;) It's only those really poorly done submissions (bad lighting as I mentioned before) which we can tell are bad we'd delete.

If it really concerns you though, just start up a thread in the forum (I think in the Minitokyo forum... if I remember correctly) to bring up the topic.

Not a problem at all- I'm glad I'm of some help ^_^' ^^/

I see, well I guess it's not really a big deal. I guess I won't worry about it, unless someone else does. If that ever happens, I can make my case then :P.

Indeed, you have been very helpful, and I appreciate it. Unfortunately I am not able to give you anything in appreciation... ...soo this will have to do...

~~~~<@ ...a flower for Misa-chan ^_^'

So thank you again for writing me, and take care ^_^...

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Quote by kuroimisa

Yup, if you see any submissions like that, report them.
Submissions with inadequate descriptions are not really allowed (especially the smiley ones)

Roger! :)
But sometimes it does seem to report gallery items that could have been made by the members but just forgot how they made it.......
But I guess that makes sense........ because they should remember and write down how they made the wallie.......
I will report those wallies from now on

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misa <3!
sankyuu for moving it! I have put it to kunie's category, but it changed itself ;_;
also for the fav and the help! <333 *chu chu chuuuu* kiru will gives you much kisses for the help and the scan! <3
and alsooooo :3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! xDDDDD
wish you all the best! xDDD

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Misa!~~~ <333
Happi Birthdae!~ lalalallalala!~
ayane here wishes that the older you be and the wiser you be..
Be pwetti pwetti and hope that all ur wishes will come true oh!~
*throw flower petals all around Misa*
*hands over a handsome handome guy to misa* ^^

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Quote by kuroimisaYeah, I thought that if the colours changed it'd probably change it all and the whole concept :x
It'd be indeed nice to see them as the real piece :D

Thanks so much for your faves on my "RESET" scans ^__^

And sorry about this late reply~ I was a bit caught up doing stuff over the past few days ;D

Last night we had the reception for the group show which this painting was made for. I had some very good feedback on it, so I'm fairly excited about it ^__^. I wish you could have been there >__<.

And you're welcome. I think those scans are absolutely wonderful. I will try to make time and comment on some of them. I could favor them all, but there are just so many, so I faved the ones I liked best. But now you've got a bunch more up, so I'm falling behind ^_^'.

Quote: But anyway, just to recap on your 4 suggestions:

1. Forum subscriptions- will probably make do- if not we'll have to move the "recently participated threads" thing to a more prominent place
2. [img] tags would probably be an option (I'm hoping this will be soon- who knows...)
3. For the multimedia tags, I think we could limit these to like one or two per page rather than have unlimited insertations of these tags... this is just to make the pages shorter and faster to load, but also let users to have their own customised pages and to continue being happy, but learn to be selective at the same time...
4. Inactive accounts... well, we've never really thought of the idea of closing them down, because a lot of inactive accounts would also include banned members, and we need to keep a record of them. There's also the chance of that user coming back after several years... but for sure, we need our email password retrieval system to actually work before that >_<

Thank you again for taking my input seriously. I suppose if you don't want to remove inactive accounts, then maybe the first part of that suggestion would still be valuable. After a certain period of inactivity, the account could be "suspended." This could mean lots of things, but it would still be kept in the system. Though when people go to the user's page, the theme may be back to the default MT theme, and the it would simply say that the user is no longer active. Kind of like archiving the information, especially the unnecessary parts (i.e. UP media, etc.). The user's submissions would still be accessible of course. If the user returns, then they would have to go through a reactivation process. It's probably a complicated thing to setup, but it would further reduce server load.

Quote: A lot of the older members I remember being here on Mt left due to mostly the gallery and credits associated with it. Some people were just turned away because of the prospect of having to pay to upload... when the credits usually roll back rather quickly >.< Others left because their friends did and so on... others did for personal reasons. I know one great waller who turned inactive because her Photoshop doesn't work any more... :|

I guess we'll just have to keep on trying ^_^'

I realize that there are extenuating circumstances at times. After all, when I was traveling last year, I was inactive for about 7 or 8 months. So I do understand that. Still there are probably a number of users who have barely contributed, or not at all, and then they leave and you never hear from them again. Those accounts should probably be dealt with somehow as well. So anyway, that's one solution I have seen other website implement in different ways, and I think it's one possible way of dealing with that problem.

Quote: Thanks a lot for your replies and helpful suggestions :D *bows*

PS: Try not to mention that you took your doujinshi with a camera >.< Shhh- if you peek into the Policy, you'll know why ;)

Thank you very much for bringing that to my attention. I did read that part of the policy, and I believe very strongly that it should be amended. The guidelines for doujins are 600,000 pixels. My work is in a large format, and the only scanning option I have is to pay a commercial printing company to use their commercial scanner. In other words it's not possible.

I have worked in galleries and museums, and I have the experience to document large work in high quality. The painting I just submitted comes in at almost 2.6 million pixels. I believe that this more than exceeds the quality requirements. If you would like, you can tell me whom I should contact regarding this part of the policy, and I will bring my case before them.

I don't want to put all of these things in your hands, but I did want to explain myself. You have been tremendously helpful to me already Misa-chan ^_^, and I want you to know that I very much appreciate it.

I'll try to get to those scans of yours soon :D. Take care...!