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Thanatos
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Christ; another year goes by and I make a journal update. Well, normally I write a ton but honestly I need to keep this short.
With Thanatos I am starting to try to become more professional, and looking at my older stuff (all of it REALLY shitty) I think I can say I have improved. I need to spend more time drawing and practicing and learning though, there are still so many concepts I have trouble with. Still, I am practicing my own style, and between my last year of High school I am desperately trying to reach new heights. Heck, I might have an opportunity to go and see a retired Graphic novelist in Lynwood and he'll show me some of the ropes. Its terribly exciting.
I am really starting to understand how much time and effort goes into real pages. I hope I can learn to ink soon, but learning to shade first might be a good idea.
Still love comics, and the Naruto manga is turning out much better then I had feared. Still trying to find some romance; you know, that special someone to be there for you, and for you to hold and cuddle. But with my schedule, its probably going to have to wait till college (assuming I get into some sort of art college!).
Anyway, I figured I should update this page since its literally been a year. I am pretty proud of Thanatos; and looking at how proud I was of that shit I did last year and the year before, I am sure I'll be back one year from now to say how much this one sucked. At least, I hope so! Improvement is nice.
-Noah
With Thanatos I am starting to try to become more professional, and looking at my older stuff (all of it REALLY shitty) I think I can say I have improved. I need to spend more time drawing and practicing and learning though, there are still so many concepts I have trouble with. Still, I am practicing my own style, and between my last year of High school I am desperately trying to reach new heights. Heck, I might have an opportunity to go and see a retired Graphic novelist in Lynwood and he'll show me some of the ropes. Its terribly exciting.
I am really starting to understand how much time and effort goes into real pages. I hope I can learn to ink soon, but learning to shade first might be a good idea.
Still love comics, and the Naruto manga is turning out much better then I had feared. Still trying to find some romance; you know, that special someone to be there for you, and for you to hold and cuddle. But with my schedule, its probably going to have to wait till college (assuming I get into some sort of art college!).
Anyway, I figured I should update this page since its literally been a year. I am pretty proud of Thanatos; and looking at how proud I was of that shit I did last year and the year before, I am sure I'll be back one year from now to say how much this one sucked. At least, I hope so! Improvement is nice.
-Noah
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Ragnarok: About damned time
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It's been a tad over a year since my original "Zombie" comic idea came to mind, and in that time I realized at least one thing: Zombie stories are incredibly over used and abused and that the original plot was so pathetically stupid and caused by a lot of peer pressure from friends that it failed majorly. I made about half way through the final draft of the chapter, and even now I can look at the pictures and how I arranged the views and panels and still get some ascetic pleasure. However, it was poorly duct taped as a story.
Hence why I stopped working on it so that I could have some fun and practice my lacking art skills on other projects *projects I ironically have laying down in my back room, waiting for me to get them and finish them up later*. After a lot of inspiration, and my eyes opening more in this recent year, I went back over the plot, scrapped it, and reinvented it as a short story with morals, and interesting character development (among a lot of other things). Thus, a story more about paranoia and people evolved from the original zombie concept *which was probably inspired a lot from Hellsing, Resident Evil, and 28 weeks later*. This story I worked on every page on and off, but still I worked until I was sure that I'd be satisfied with it whenever I looked back on it, regardless of how much I improve in the upcoming years.
By now your probably skimming past my words to finish this journal and find something more interesting to do, so I'll get to the point. The story's called Ragnarok, first because it sounds cool and not used too much *from what I've seen* and second because its an apocalyptic scenario, set several years after 2012. Now, I am sure you all recall whats been "prophycised" to happen in that fateful year sometime in December, but this story holds little to that. I personally don't really believe that, as people have been predicting the end of the world for...pretty much ever actually. So its nothing new. And you can argue all you want, but what as 2012 flys past and we're still here.
So, the story itself I worked on to be as original as possible, and I made sure to find as much critic as I could from my close friends *who in turn assisted in the plot to some degree or another* and I can finally say I know where it is, where its going, and where it will end up. Hopefully in a spawn of 10 chapters or less. I finished the first chapter completely, and once I finish this I will scan it and put it up; I warn that my scanner is crap and will certainly ruin lots of value as its done in all pencil, but please bear with me.I've been a little apprehensive about putting it up; I don't want someone to steal my ideas and all, but I realize what I've got probably resembles a lot of other stuff and it frankly doesn't matter too much. I hope from the bottom of my heart no one will take it, or else I'll be forced to hunt them down with some form of crossbow. On fire of course.
Well, I hope you who view this will all take a look at the 10 or so pages, and enjoy them. Give me some critique if you will, or even make my day with some complements. It's all good. I just want to thank my dear friends, because without them, I doubt I'd be motivated to work so long and hard on a project. I'll be starting the drawings for chapter two after Final's this week. Oh, and have a happy MLK day.
-Noah
Hence why I stopped working on it so that I could have some fun and practice my lacking art skills on other projects *projects I ironically have laying down in my back room, waiting for me to get them and finish them up later*. After a lot of inspiration, and my eyes opening more in this recent year, I went back over the plot, scrapped it, and reinvented it as a short story with morals, and interesting character development (among a lot of other things). Thus, a story more about paranoia and people evolved from the original zombie concept *which was probably inspired a lot from Hellsing, Resident Evil, and 28 weeks later*. This story I worked on every page on and off, but still I worked until I was sure that I'd be satisfied with it whenever I looked back on it, regardless of how much I improve in the upcoming years.
By now your probably skimming past my words to finish this journal and find something more interesting to do, so I'll get to the point. The story's called Ragnarok, first because it sounds cool and not used too much *from what I've seen* and second because its an apocalyptic scenario, set several years after 2012. Now, I am sure you all recall whats been "prophycised" to happen in that fateful year sometime in December, but this story holds little to that. I personally don't really believe that, as people have been predicting the end of the world for...pretty much ever actually. So its nothing new. And you can argue all you want, but what as 2012 flys past and we're still here.
So, the story itself I worked on to be as original as possible, and I made sure to find as much critic as I could from my close friends *who in turn assisted in the plot to some degree or another* and I can finally say I know where it is, where its going, and where it will end up. Hopefully in a spawn of 10 chapters or less. I finished the first chapter completely, and once I finish this I will scan it and put it up; I warn that my scanner is crap and will certainly ruin lots of value as its done in all pencil, but please bear with me.I've been a little apprehensive about putting it up; I don't want someone to steal my ideas and all, but I realize what I've got probably resembles a lot of other stuff and it frankly doesn't matter too much. I hope from the bottom of my heart no one will take it, or else I'll be forced to hunt them down with some form of crossbow. On fire of course.
Well, I hope you who view this will all take a look at the 10 or so pages, and enjoy them. Give me some critique if you will, or even make my day with some complements. It's all good. I just want to thank my dear friends, because without them, I doubt I'd be motivated to work so long and hard on a project. I'll be starting the drawings for chapter two after Final's this week. Oh, and have a happy MLK day.
-Noah
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The Best Laid Plans
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Well, I don't have time to put up whats been going on, but I assure you it's a LOT. But, to make things short and to the point for the purpose of this journal, I am putting the Elite comic on hold *Along with the other 3 on hold rough drafts* and starting on my Luke and Jan canonical comic of a tragic life before joining Millennium. Not to say it wasn't tragic in Millennium, but you get my drift if your a Hellsing fan and know these characters. It is fairly short, but I took a lot of time writing the rough draft and going over it again and again. I just feel like I should relax and do a more down to earth story; nothing with the fate of the universe or super powered ninjas. Just something about more realistic problems 
I would have started that sooner, but I just finished a HUGE and FUN for once project for Language Arts. I had to read a book for honors, and I chose DRACULA by Bram Stoker. See were this is going? I am a big fan of Hellsing, and Alucard's story is derived from Bram Stokers version. So, I read that, and it turned out pretty good. A bit dry in some parts, but eh. Now the project had a list of things I could do, summarizing the book, blah blah blah. But the final, and longest and most difficult, made my heart alight.
I got the option to do a graphic novel version of it. A comic book, detailing the major events in order. Leaped, because my teacher had made the option just for me, on the account that I spend my time working on projects of my own like this whenever I get the chance. This was going to be my crowning work for Sophomore year,and while I typically don't see much point in doing busy work, usually half assing everything just for a barely pass, I found myself spending my small break of a week working on this project.
Using Hellsings style as reference, I managed to finish this project on the last night. 18 Pages of glory, and I had fun with each page *Yunyin helped me on a few scenes if you know her, she's awesome and a good friend*. I turned it in last Friday, and my teacher practically had a heart attack. The description stated I only needed 9 panels; I had managed to do over 45 and each page was, for lack of better words, stunning. She stated it was the most hard worked on project she had ever seen, and I managed to get it in my portfolio once it was done being shown and graded. I plan to use it as an example of my work in storytelling and art for Sophomore year, since it is from one of my core classes. It will be seen during senior year, and I hope will land me into a helpful art college if I plan on going to one or at least show my talents and hard work.
Once I get it back sometime later, I'll be posting it up here *A week or two from now* for anyone who wants to see it. Some pages were hasty, but in the end I liked nearly all of it. It gave good practice too. And now I find that for the next quarter, I had to choose another book from a list to read, and more then likely do the same thing. I chose this time "The Three Musketeers" which is long and old, but I hear is a great book. If all goes well, I'll turn that into a comic too.
So, with all this other school work and stress from life, I hope to find some time to do the Luke and Jan, then get right back to Halo. I'll probably do some more pictures of the Halo comic, since I play the game so much and am excited for Halo Wars and RECON. Things look to be a busy and stressful year, but if I am not either of those things I get lazy and bored after all. Oh, and a last note, I will be doing a TRIBUTE TO CARMINE from Gears of War 2; I loved that guy :*( I liked Anthony Carmine from the first game, and even more his poor brother from the second. I feel bad for his family, it's going to end up like Saving Private Ryan. Except, with Carmines. If you played Gears of War 2 you'd understand
Thoughts if you will, and thanks for reading.
I would have started that sooner, but I just finished a HUGE and FUN for once project for Language Arts. I had to read a book for honors, and I chose DRACULA by Bram Stoker. See were this is going? I am a big fan of Hellsing, and Alucard's story is derived from Bram Stokers version. So, I read that, and it turned out pretty good. A bit dry in some parts, but eh. Now the project had a list of things I could do, summarizing the book, blah blah blah. But the final, and longest and most difficult, made my heart alight.
I got the option to do a graphic novel version of it. A comic book, detailing the major events in order. Leaped, because my teacher had made the option just for me, on the account that I spend my time working on projects of my own like this whenever I get the chance. This was going to be my crowning work for Sophomore year,and while I typically don't see much point in doing busy work, usually half assing everything just for a barely pass, I found myself spending my small break of a week working on this project.
Using Hellsings style as reference, I managed to finish this project on the last night. 18 Pages of glory, and I had fun with each page *Yunyin helped me on a few scenes if you know her, she's awesome and a good friend*. I turned it in last Friday, and my teacher practically had a heart attack. The description stated I only needed 9 panels; I had managed to do over 45 and each page was, for lack of better words, stunning. She stated it was the most hard worked on project she had ever seen, and I managed to get it in my portfolio once it was done being shown and graded. I plan to use it as an example of my work in storytelling and art for Sophomore year, since it is from one of my core classes. It will be seen during senior year, and I hope will land me into a helpful art college if I plan on going to one or at least show my talents and hard work.
Once I get it back sometime later, I'll be posting it up here *A week or two from now* for anyone who wants to see it. Some pages were hasty, but in the end I liked nearly all of it. It gave good practice too. And now I find that for the next quarter, I had to choose another book from a list to read, and more then likely do the same thing. I chose this time "The Three Musketeers" which is long and old, but I hear is a great book. If all goes well, I'll turn that into a comic too.
So, with all this other school work and stress from life, I hope to find some time to do the Luke and Jan, then get right back to Halo. I'll probably do some more pictures of the Halo comic, since I play the game so much and am excited for Halo Wars and RECON. Things look to be a busy and stressful year, but if I am not either of those things I get lazy and bored after all. Oh, and a last note, I will be doing a TRIBUTE TO CARMINE from Gears of War 2; I loved that guy :*( I liked Anthony Carmine from the first game, and even more his poor brother from the second. I feel bad for his family, it's going to end up like Saving Private Ryan. Except, with Carmines. If you played Gears of War 2 you'd understand
Thoughts if you will, and thanks for reading.
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Halo and Halo themed accessories
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Holy Halo shit, it's been....*counts on fingers* about FIVE months since I updated my journal! Jesus; I feel ashamed for waiting till now to do it. Then again, with Halo tournaments, drawing, school, more Halo 3 xbox live fun, and friends I've been so busy. Personal life has been going through a load of hurtles and abyss's, so let's just say it's been a bit tiring and stressful as well. But I'll get to the reason I'm posting this journal.
I have been recently doing a lot of Halo and Halo 3 fan art, attributing to the fan fictions I did some time ago *which, are actually still widely liked and I am amazed they are good considering I did them nearly 3-4 years ago.* I love the Elite's *Sangheili* Their honor system, their armor and blades, their general appearance *They don't need to be beautiful; they are bad ass warriors and beauty is overrated* And of course, drawing them has been fun. I've since gotten better at drawing human's and male anatomy over the summer...well, more or less. Elite's are a nice break from drawing men whose arms and lower torso's look like crap. Plus, I get more freedom with drawing the aliens.
So, I was doing an Elite vs Spartan comic, but I am thinking I'll put that on hold for a long awaited project that will also be a fanfiction, a story that takes place not long after Halo 3. It's about finding another one of the Rings, an Assault Carrier of Elites encounter Brutes who were sent to take it before Truth was brutally murdered by the Arbiter. They have to prevent the Brutes from alerting other surviving Covenant, and make sure that they don't release the flood or get a human to activate the rings. Oh, and it involves scenes with over 30,000 Elites and 60,000 Brutes, not including Grunts, Hunters, and Jackals. Plus scarabs and all the other favorite land and air vessels. I am taking PAINSTAKING time to make sure the plot's good and done, makes sense, and that each page is taken with a careful consideration for detail. I was inspired by Elites themselves, but after recently seeing more Halo Wars, that's helped get me ready for drawing the war and the Gurellia warfare afterwords.
Note that also, it will follow a careful cast of characters. I don't want it to be disorganized and hard to understand, so I doubt I'll really do a rough draft or final, just start each page slow with what I want and plan ahead. I hope more people will view it once I get it on, I'll be uploading a picture of what you could call a poster of it soon, that mirrors one of the earlier scenes. I look forward to getting back in the groove.
Alright, thanks a lot for reading and please stay tuned to my art!
I have been recently doing a lot of Halo and Halo 3 fan art, attributing to the fan fictions I did some time ago *which, are actually still widely liked and I am amazed they are good considering I did them nearly 3-4 years ago.* I love the Elite's *Sangheili* Their honor system, their armor and blades, their general appearance *They don't need to be beautiful; they are bad ass warriors and beauty is overrated* And of course, drawing them has been fun. I've since gotten better at drawing human's and male anatomy over the summer...well, more or less. Elite's are a nice break from drawing men whose arms and lower torso's look like crap. Plus, I get more freedom with drawing the aliens.
So, I was doing an Elite vs Spartan comic, but I am thinking I'll put that on hold for a long awaited project that will also be a fanfiction, a story that takes place not long after Halo 3. It's about finding another one of the Rings, an Assault Carrier of Elites encounter Brutes who were sent to take it before Truth was brutally murdered by the Arbiter. They have to prevent the Brutes from alerting other surviving Covenant, and make sure that they don't release the flood or get a human to activate the rings. Oh, and it involves scenes with over 30,000 Elites and 60,000 Brutes, not including Grunts, Hunters, and Jackals. Plus scarabs and all the other favorite land and air vessels. I am taking PAINSTAKING time to make sure the plot's good and done, makes sense, and that each page is taken with a careful consideration for detail. I was inspired by Elites themselves, but after recently seeing more Halo Wars, that's helped get me ready for drawing the war and the Gurellia warfare afterwords.
Note that also, it will follow a careful cast of characters. I don't want it to be disorganized and hard to understand, so I doubt I'll really do a rough draft or final, just start each page slow with what I want and plan ahead. I hope more people will view it once I get it on, I'll be uploading a picture of what you could call a poster of it soon, that mirrors one of the earlier scenes. I look forward to getting back in the groove.
Alright, thanks a lot for reading and please stay tuned to my art!
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How long's it been?
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Wow, I haven't updated since Feb 4....Well, I guess so much has been going on I haven't really felt like updating a whole lot. At least not untill I got the chance to get a good start on a doujinsho project, which is going pretty well for a rough draft. The comic is turning out to be rather long, more then likely 60 pages or more. I've split it into three separate parts, and I am well into the second. I'll be sure to post a few pages of the rough, though you really shouldnt peek since it's all really crappy quality and it's purpose is to help me plan for a final. Ah, I forgot to mention that it is a battle between Itachi and Pein during the timeskip. With the recent information on Itachi finally flowing, I feel I am prepared, and am working on a script to please fans of both. But really, it's mostly just because I wanted to do a doujinsho battle, since Free-energy really helped inspire me. I don't plan to start posting the final untill I am well ahead of it, and I am sure that I'll be able to keep intrest in this. Once it's done, I'll move onto a few other projects I look forward to.
Aside from that, the aura *or whatever* smells great; what I mean is that when I go outside the smell in the morning and afternoon reminds me of a lot of good times from the previous years, mostly summer related. My birthday is this friday, and I'll be 16. Damn, already? I am not too excited though, it's not that big a deal. A lot of friends will probably come to my house, and we'll play something like Halo 3 or Gears of war or Super Smash Bros Brawl. Pizza, etc. Man, I've got to go get my license EVENTUALLY...some day
Well, recent things I've plunged back into include MEGA MAN *Rockman* Battle Network series, especially 3. Bass/Forte is totally badass, and I always enjoyed the EXE series. Then there is Inuyasha, which is actually coming to an end in the manga. MY GOD. Unbelivable. I loved all the characters from that so much, and it was my first/2nd anime I ever saw some 10 years or more ago. First was DBZ I think..*ahem* Anyway, there's all that and playing a lot of Brawl lately; I "Pwn" everyone long as I am MetaKnight Fun for the whole family! I managed to quit an online game, Cabal. It was fun while it lasted, but such a collosal waste of time and meanigingless lvling that I finally decided to get off it and enjoy some console games and maybe even play some M.U.G.E.N.
Well, I'll probably update this journal later; I'm in school right now. *Chuckles* My teacher apparently doesent mind that I managed to get through the blocks onto deviant art.
Ah, and thank Free-Energy! He was awesome inspiration, and always tells me to have fun with what I am doing.
Aside from that, the aura *or whatever* smells great; what I mean is that when I go outside the smell in the morning and afternoon reminds me of a lot of good times from the previous years, mostly summer related. My birthday is this friday, and I'll be 16. Damn, already? I am not too excited though, it's not that big a deal. A lot of friends will probably come to my house, and we'll play something like Halo 3 or Gears of war or Super Smash Bros Brawl. Pizza, etc. Man, I've got to go get my license EVENTUALLY...some day
Well, recent things I've plunged back into include MEGA MAN *Rockman* Battle Network series, especially 3. Bass/Forte is totally badass, and I always enjoyed the EXE series. Then there is Inuyasha, which is actually coming to an end in the manga. MY GOD. Unbelivable. I loved all the characters from that so much, and it was my first/2nd anime I ever saw some 10 years or more ago. First was DBZ I think..*ahem* Anyway, there's all that and playing a lot of Brawl lately; I "Pwn" everyone long as I am MetaKnight
Fun for the whole family! I managed to quit an online game, Cabal. It was fun while it lasted, but such a collosal waste of time and meanigingless lvling that I finally decided to get off it and enjoy some console games and maybe even play some M.U.G.E.N. Well, I'll probably update this journal later; I'm in school right now. *Chuckles* My teacher apparently doesent mind that I managed to get through the blocks onto deviant art.
Ah, and thank Free-Energy! He was awesome inspiration, and always tells me to have fun with what I am doing.
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