Friend Dream! ^__^
Thank you for your kind entry into my guestbook and for the link! I made use of
the Download feature and watched that extraordinary Amano video with great zeal!
An absolutely marvellous collaboration of frame-to-frame animation, one
excellent painting after another. Thank you very much! ^___^
I've not heard from you in a little while either, my friend! Write in and let me
know how you've been!
I've just updated my user page with new MTM reader headlines and a countdown
timer. Also, new film and book titles have been added to the Top Fives lists!
No new art releases yet, but soon enough to come once I get all my studies out
of the way!
Quote by DREAMi agree with lady alterlier
basically. lovely work on the lady. my only complaint here is the
"glow" or halo around the lady's hair and how it not quite contrasts
per se but stands out against the clouds. to me -it would be perfect without the
glow.
very good work here and love the title, annakee.
hey, thanks u for the advices. i did the change of the halo and the update on
the gallery.
this is the same that i uploaded.
watchlisted? thanks u. i want not deceive ^^'
see ya soon, maese DREAM.
au revoir
Hi DREAM, I saw your post on mizzleestar's thread and thought you might be
interested in the MT-Atheists
group. Feel free to join if you're interested!
Quote by DREAMah Lady Arya3087 i love your
vectoring- you managed to retain the Amano-sama "essence" of the
image.
i absolutely love the layout and the text my only crit is the border.
THE BORDERLESS VERSION LOOKS MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER.
note: updating to the borderless warrants a fav from me.
:tosses a red rose:
thank you very much for the comment!
well, I guess everyone likes the borderless version more (at least those who
commented my wall do) so I'll
upload that one...
thanks again!
have a nice day!
Quote by DREAM
there is one small thing that bothers me: i know the importance of using shapes
and patterns in the composition but her arm bothers me. in the beginning it is
held together fairly well (which i like) and then gradually becomes uneven
shapes without structure and then the wrist is completely unconnected. there is
a good chance that this was your goal but i think holding the integrity of the
arm together would have been ideal.
now that you said it....I cant take my eyes out of it, pretty much sadly concur
with you sir dream, but I'm glad you like it.
Quote by DREAMah lady k1ru, you have made
an Amano-san wallpaper in the art-noveau fashion. i love
the overall composition especially the circular design. the original artwork
comes from a book called "Kingyohime" (Princess Goldfish) and fashions
the pretty princess with quasi-"cute" fish.
this leads to my very minor crits: i think the fish would have been better
served with a different color. i.e a light purple or a shade of blue etc., and
you colored the dress part on her arms yellow- this is a mistake since the dress
covers her whole body. so in essence the color must remain fixed.
overall beautiful work.
:tosses a purple rose:
muhee~ dream-sama! xDDD
Whoa, the book title is cute lol xD
yeah i colored the dress part on her arms as yellow because i want to make
something looks different from the scan, so yeah :3 but thankies for the crits!
me love crits <3
ah, and thanks for the comments and fav on my wall ;DDD *glomps* xDD
before I go to bed I'll finally answer your last entry in my guestbook. I have
been absent again of Minitokyo. At the moment I spend so much time at the
computer writing or reading books, so since it's summer now, my freetime I
mostly spend at the lake. That's what I really like about this rather boring
city... the wonderful lake.
So please forgive me for being so late. I also had problems with my neck and
head, resulting from all this PC work... so I had to stay away as much as
possible to free myself of that pain.
By the way you wrote a PM to me about Arete ii. I cannot be a judge, since I'm
one of the participants. And yes, I finally managed to finish my entry. Yeah...
time to celebrate.
In fact I just came home from a nice small party. We didn't celebrate my arete
entry though... *lol*
Quote by DREAMYes; the professors in
America would feel the same way as your professors there do. Even though manga
and comics are popular and readily available in stores, comics have always
suffered this unspoken stigma in America. It's really a travesty as there are
some stories that could be considered "high art". Series such as
Sandman, Akira etc. Try not to think so much about what your professors reaction
will be but to back up your thesis with strong documentation and argument. A
fair professor would realize you picked a difficult topic and should reward a
strong effort as such.
Thanks for your kind and calming words.
Unfortunately such things stress me so reading your lines feels good. Now you're
not only giving me helpful advice on my wallpapers but also on my university
problems! Thank you... they are always most helpful. And I still remember when I
came to Minitokyo and I felt so happy when I read yours and DernierCris
comments. I think you helped me a lot to improve! Do I sound all sentimental
now? Too bad actually that you are living in the USA. Must be most interesting
to have a conversation with you!
Hmm... at the moment I feel like going to France! But I also know myself and if
I find an interesting job I guess I will rather do that instead of going abroad.
I'll see. I love the French language and I forgot most of it. Well somehow I am
attracted to France...so maybe maybe...
USA also sounds cool to me, but then that would be really far away. I guess I am
not brave enough for such things.
How are you doing? I hope you're starting to feel better again? And was your job
search successful?
Quote by DREAMtry not to worry to much
about your future- it will all work out in the end. You are young, pretty,
smart, and creative.
Hmm... thanks. You are too kind!
Tomorrow I must work in the clothing store again. I am not really looking
forward to it, but yeah some money comes.... and yes I am definitely always in
need of money... *lol*
Again, I am very sorry to reply so late! I hope you're doing well and I'd be
happy to hear from you again soon.
Quote by DREAM
your welcome. let me know if you need an avatar.
:)
lol... thanks for the offer
but the thing is, the family filter has deemed the personal options to be
"Adult" and has blocked it.. so, i can't upload any avatar..
Quote by DREAMfuck yeah- this is the kind
of wall i love.
love the ambiance.
very minor crit: i would have liked to see the car a little "sharper"
and darker shade of red.
dont worry for that. is the kind of wallie that i like most too, so i hope make
something like that soon. and with a better car, of course ^^
Quote by DREAMi think the "pepsi"
cap is a tad much but a worthy highlight indeed.
the meaning for the cap... could be coke or sprite, yeh. that was random. but
the fact of be corroded for oxide was for cover it ^^' not so well done as i can
see
well, the cap was for cover the insect too. that mean that your demons and fears
can be in anyplace. where you less can expect them.
merged: 06-21-2007 ~ 12:49pm
absolutely beautiful. this Chinese artist, DEO R. reminds me slightly of
Benjamin.
thank you for much the all the comments on my Deo.R scans!
the art is tricky but i'm sure you can make a fabulous wallpaper out of it keep me
in touch anyhow if you do, i'm sure it'll be awsome.
here's the link to the book i scanned (yea it's in french): http://www.amazon.fr/Vampire-Deo-R/dp/2940380457
unfortunatmy though i don't have any more Deo.R material to scan well there
were 2 double pages but i was afraid the scan would be choped in the middle so i
passed on those 2 (plus i had to give the book back). and this manga/art book is
the only one published in France... but i'll keep in touch with any new editing
have a nice day
and thank you for the link to the scanning tutorial, i'll be sure to use it next
time i scan something
Quote by DREAMhello lady misa! i just
wanted to stop by and let you know i have emailed some people about the contest.
all
parties have been told to "pm" you. ^^
Quote by DREAMsorry for the late response
lady xangel0- i was away for a few days. i do in fact prefer the other version
but i am impressed by your lovely vectoring and the use of the color
"white". ^^
oh dont worry about that, i was a bit confused about which one submit, but i
decided for the one with border, im glad you liked my work, and appreciate your
support
many thanks!
hey man thx for the comment, yea i didnt want to enter it, i have a personal
piece im gonna enter it was merely an examlple if ppl were suffering from mental
block
Quote by DREAMof course i remember you
mentis- i just got back to Mt after a few weeks absence. yes, it is true that a
lot of the old Mt-er's aren't here anymore but although i don't submit walls too
much i still pop in to see what my friends are doing.
perhaps MT is ready for an overhaul. luckily i am able to block all these damn
"google" ads that defecate this place nowadays in
Firefox.
I hear ya. I too have been fortunate enough to not
see any of the ads. I have also proposed a few changes to MT, bringing the forth
to the mods, and they seem receptive. I don't know if or when they may be put in
place though.
As you can see my reply is also a bit late. We had been away on a trip to an
anime convention. It was a lot of fun, and if you're curious you can check out
the report I wrote up on it right
here.
be sure to go back and view all the guest-book posts.
I
haven't had a chance to look at those links in detail yet, but I appreciate all
the information. Thank you ^_^. I'll try to get to them soon :P.
Quote: it's beautiful mentis-san.
this is my favourite original work of yours.
+ fav
Thank you so much for the nice comment. I'm happy to
hear that you enjoyed this piece so much. I must admit that I was very pleased
with this one, so it's a shame that it sold quite so fast :P.
Quote: congratulations on the sale-
that ,must be a bitter-sweet feeling. i look forward to seeing your new piece.
it's really great to see an MT member creating art and a life from that. very
admirable indeed. ^^
Yes indeed, I got a little attached to
it. So then, after it sold, I was asked to paint another piece. I had to do it
on pretty short notice, so that was a challenge. But I did get it up on MT
already, which you can see here.
So thank you again Dream-san ^_^, and take care...
Quote by DREAMi joined an "art
noveau" group you may enjoy: http://art-nouveau.minitokyo.net/
so what are you up to? i suppose summer vacation is starting soon.
It's still a long way to go for my summer break - the exam
session is about to begin and I'm soooooo busy...
I need to look at the group closer, but right now I'm head over heels in love
with the art deco period and Tamara de Lempicka
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempicka). I have recently re-discovered her after
one of the discussion sessions at university where we discussed feminism in
music videos. We included Madonna, of course, and her Vogue music video, where,
at the very beginning, there are a few canvas with Lempicka's paintings. I
remembered from one of the interviews with Madonna that she bought a few of
Lempicka's paintings and I took an interest in the painter.
Currently, I'm reading one of a few books I found about her, and I'm
appreciating the art.
Btw, we also mentioned Madonna's Express Yourself and that led to Fritz Lang's
Metropolis and anime with the same title... Believe me, it was a very
interesting discussion that tended to stray in different directions .
Quote by DREAMdoes your art-book contain
any other Noriko Meguro artwork? as far as i know she only has some pieces in
"Digital Comickers".
[...]
: crossing fingas that more Meguro art exists in the book
:
Sorry, I've looked in both artbooks I have, but no more
Noriko Meguro artwork. There's a lot of other great artists, though, so if you'd
like to, I could send you the book over to the States. I guess I still feel
indebted to you for the Yoshitaka Amano artbook...
Take care,
Joanna.
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
Hmmm yeah, I know what you mean. The highest DPI for me to scan in is 600 so my
scans are quite small in size (rarely above 10 o_o') which also means it's quite
fast to scan them- but it'd be great so i don't have to open this application
and then the next one to open the files- so your tutorial is handy
<3
Yup, I still use the ole '7 I'll try out
the Bicubic thing :3
Well, scans do need touching up every now and then ;D Like I mean, us wallers do
it, so why not the scanners? As long as it's done correctly I don't think it's a
problem- it's only a problem when it's pixellated and blurry, or some random
filter like "smudge stick" is applied onto it
As for the ecchi scans, we still have them, but only the "tasteful"
ones. Well, I guess that's a little misleading, but we generally nuke anything
suggestive and just not family friendly- It kind of
reduces the number of bad ecchi walls as well- I'm not complaining lol.
Lol- well the scans are up for grabs ;D
:leaves a bottle of fine red wine: ^_^
Friend Dream! ^__^
Thank you for your kind entry into my guestbook and for the link! I made use of the Download feature and watched that extraordinary Amano video with great zeal! An absolutely marvellous collaboration of frame-to-frame animation, one excellent painting after another. Thank you very much! ^___^
I've not heard from you in a little while either, my friend! Write in and let me know how you've been!
I've just updated my user page with new MTM reader headlines and a countdown timer. Also, new film and book titles have been added to the Top Fives lists!
No new art releases yet, but soon enough to come once I get all my studies out of the way!
Take care, until next time! ^___^
UV
hey, thanks u for the advices. i did the change of the halo and the update on the gallery.
this is the same that i uploaded.
watchlisted? thanks u. i want not deceive ^^'
see ya soon, maese DREAM.
au revoir
Haha, yes :3 I'm just too lazy to look for it, and yes I know I spelled it wrong, but keep this between us, but I did that on purpose :3 but shhhhh
Ironically you were the first person to notice that :O
Wut? I love le head-less-ness.... :O
Hi DREAM, I saw your post on mizzleestar's thread and thought you might be interested in the MT-Atheists group. Feel free to join if you're interested!
Aw~
Thanks kind sir, Appreciate it very much <33
thank you very much for the comment!
well, I guess everyone likes the borderless version more (at least those who commented my wall do)
thanks again!
have a nice day!
now that you said it....I cant take my eyes out of it, pretty much sadly concur with you sir dream, but I'm glad you like it.
muhee~ dream-sama! xDDD
Whoa, the book title is cute lol xD
yeah i colored the dress part on her arms as yellow because i want to make something looks different from the scan, so yeah :3 but thankies for the crits! me love crits <3
ah, and thanks for the comments and fav on my wall ;DDD *glomps* xDD
Salut Lord DREAM,
before I go to bed I'll finally answer your last entry in my guestbook. I have been absent again of Minitokyo. At the moment I spend so much time at the computer writing or reading books, so since it's summer now, my freetime I mostly spend at the lake. That's what I really like about this rather boring city... the wonderful lake.
So please forgive me for being so late. I also had problems with my neck and head, resulting from all this PC work... so I had to stay away as much as possible to free myself of that pain.
By the way you wrote a PM to me about Arete ii. I cannot be a judge, since I'm one of the participants. And yes, I finally managed to finish my entry. Yeah... time to celebrate.
In fact I just came home from a nice small party. We didn't celebrate my arete entry though... *lol*
Thanks for your kind and calming words.
Unfortunately such things stress me so reading your lines feels good. Now you're
not only giving me helpful advice on my wallpapers but also on my university
problems! Thank you... they are always most helpful. And I still remember when I
came to Minitokyo and I felt so happy when I read yours and DernierCris
comments. I think you helped me a lot to improve! Do I sound all sentimental
now? Too bad actually that you are living in the USA. Must be most interesting
to have a conversation with you! 
Hmm... at the moment I feel like going to France! But I also know myself and if I find an interesting job I guess I will rather do that instead of going abroad. I'll see. I love the French language and I forgot most of it. Well somehow I am attracted to France...so maybe maybe...
USA also sounds cool to me, but then that would be really far away. I guess I am not brave enough for such things.
How are you doing? I hope you're starting to feel better again? And was your job search successful?
Hmm... thanks. You are too kind!
Tomorrow I must work in the clothing store again. I am not really looking forward to it, but yeah some money comes.... and yes I am definitely always in need of money... *lol*
Again, I am very sorry to reply so late! I hope you're doing well and I'd be happy to hear from you again soon.
A bientot!
lol... thanks for the offer
but the thing is, the family filter has deemed the personal options to be "Adult" and has blocked it.. so, i can't upload any avatar..
thank you very much for the link.. it's awesome. Sorry for taking so long to reply.
Top - girl, bottom - boy
dont worry for that. is the kind of wallie that i like most too, so i hope make something like that soon. and with a better car, of course ^^
the meaning for the cap... could be coke or sprite, yeh. that was random. but the fact of be corroded for oxide was for cover it ^^' not so well done as i can see
well, the cap was for cover the insect too. that mean that your demons and fears can be in anyplace. where you less can expect them.
thanks for the feedback, Maese Dream!
thank you for much the all the comments on my Deo.R scans!
the art is tricky but i'm sure you can make a fabulous wallpaper out of it
here's the link to the book i scanned (yea it's in french): http://www.amazon.fr/Vampire-Deo-R/dp/2940380457
well there
were 2 double pages but i was afraid the scan would be choped in the middle so i
passed on those 2 (plus i had to give the book back). and this manga/art book is
the only one published in France... but i'll keep in touch with any new editing
unfortunatmy though i don't have any more Deo.R material to scan
have a nice day
and thank you for the link to the scanning tutorial, i'll be sure to use it next time i scan something
(cool userpage by the way)
Thank you for the fav on my drawing
Merci!
Thanks so much DREAM <3
:leaves DREAM some very tasty cookies:
oh dont worry about that, i was a bit confused about which one submit, but i decided for the one with border, im glad you liked my work, and appreciate your support
many thanks!
I'll work hard on the next submissions too
Question: what is this BG music you have playing on your userpage? It sounds vaguely familiar.
Hello Lord DREAM!
Just dropping by to clarify if you actually wanted to participate in areteii or not- I've gotten a bit confused and off track lately
:leaves some french toast and truffles on the Lord's amazingly long dining table:
hey man thx for the comment, yea i didnt want to enter it, i have a personal piece im gonna enter it was merely an examlple if ppl were suffering from mental block
I hear ya. I too have been fortunate enough to not see any of the ads. I have also proposed a few changes to MT, bringing the forth to the mods, and they seem receptive. I don't know if or when they may be put in place though.
As you can see my reply is also a bit late. We had been away on a trip to an anime convention. It was a lot of fun, and if you're curious you can check out the report I wrote up on it right here.
I haven't had a chance to look at those links in detail yet, but I appreciate all the information. Thank you ^_^. I'll try to get to them soon :P.
Thank you so much for the nice comment. I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed this piece so much. I must admit that I was very pleased with this one, so it's a shame that it sold quite so fast :P.
Yes indeed, I got a little attached to it. So then, after it sold, I was asked to paint another piece. I had to do it on pretty short notice, so that was a challenge. But I did get it up on MT already, which you can see here.
So thank you again Dream-san ^_^, and take care...
It's still a long way to go for my summer break - the exam session is about to begin and I'm soooooo busy...
I need to look at the group closer, but right now I'm head over heels in love with the art deco period and Tamara de Lempicka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempicka). I have recently re-discovered her after one of the discussion sessions at university where we discussed feminism in music videos. We included Madonna, of course, and her Vogue music video, where, at the very beginning, there are a few canvas with Lempicka's paintings. I remembered from one of the interviews with Madonna that she bought a few of Lempicka's paintings and I took an interest in the painter.
.
Currently, I'm reading one of a few books I found about her, and I'm appreciating the art.
Btw, we also mentioned Madonna's Express Yourself and that led to Fritz Lang's Metropolis and anime with the same title... Believe me, it was a very interesting discussion that tended to stray in different directions
Sorry, I've looked in both artbooks I have, but no more Noriko Meguro artwork. There's a lot of other great artists, though, so if you'd like to, I could send you the book over to the States. I guess I still feel indebted to you for the Yoshitaka Amano artbook...
Take care,
Joanna.
Hmmm yeah, I know what you mean. The highest DPI for me to scan in is 600 so my scans are quite small in size (rarely above 10 o_o') which also means it's quite fast to scan them- but it'd be great so i don't have to open this application and then the next one to open the files- so your tutorial is handy <3
Yup, I still use the ole '7
I'll try out
the Bicubic thing :3
Well, scans do need touching up every now and then ;D Like I mean, us wallers do it, so why not the scanners? As long as it's done correctly I don't think it's a problem- it's only a problem when it's pixellated and blurry, or some random filter like "smudge stick" is applied onto it
As for the ecchi scans, we still have them, but only the "tasteful" ones. Well, I guess that's a little misleading, but we generally nuke anything suggestive and just not family friendly-
It kind of
reduces the number of bad ecchi walls as well- I'm not complaining lol.
Lol- well the scans are up for grabs ;D
:leaves a bottle of fine red wine: ^_^