Hi...this is the second-to-last Pain picture and WOW, I failed. Faaaiiilll, Hanzy. Just so you know, my nickname is Hanzy. My penname is H.E.You. But it's a mouthful to say.
01 February 2010
Third Pain Picture
To Our Followers
Wow, our amount of followers jumped from four to nine in one night. I'm impressed. Thanks everybody, I just noticed the "Followers" bar on my blog last night (whoops). Anyway, in case you don't know, on this blog you should probably start reading from way back in...what, April? Of last year, because this is (supposed to be) a story, not a series of random events.
The concept art, of course, we just started adding in, and Noria is an awesome artist. In case you're wondering about the names, yes, they are pennames. H.E.You (that's moi, which is overrated in the English language) is derived from my initials, which - yes, for those of you who have trouble making deductions - are H, E, and Y, but no, my last name is not You. "Hey You" just seems like an awesome penname, especially since, again, they do come from my initials. Although I'd prefer the vast majority of you who didn't know who I was not to call me a stalker. :) Noria, on the other hand, is what we've been calling my collaborator/bff for ages, and we spent...what, an hour or so?...in badminton practice making our awesome slams and trying to come up with the best last name for "Noria". "Noria Rose" and "Noria Dove" were obviously cancelled out from the beginning..."Noria Hearth" we considered, as we did "Noria Johannsen" and other last names. But we didn't want something average; we were aiming for something that represented her, like a word from a favorite book, or one made up from something she likes to do, etc. But "Noria Art" is kind of stupid for obvious reasons, and "Noria Crivens" (Noria enjoys the Terry Pratchett books)...well, what can I say? In the end/locker room, we decided on Noria Gray, and there it remains.
The word "Jiaii" came from one of our earliest mutual favorite activities, making random letters on whiteboards by erasing bits of previous words. I don't recall what "Jiaii" actually came from - it was something for football, and I vaguely remember something about "butt"something, but it's a very unfocused memory. Anyhow, we classified "Jia" as "world" and "ai" as spirit, and the rest of the words came from there.
Our actual graphic novel series (only the text, concept art, outlines, and ideas will be posted on this blog), which is about the Hourglass Kingdom and its elemental spirits (you know what, just read the introduction, the very first post, can't miss it) originally came from the fact that Noria is an AMAZING artist, and she was doodling all these intriguing, practically perfect pictures and saying "Well I don't know" whenever I asked her what was happening here or how this bit came to be or who that thing was, which drove me nuts. So she gave me permission to make up explanations, and, well...go look at the second post.
Anyway, this blog is usually not as boring as this long explanation post, and the next step of the pain picture, along with hopefully another Man with the Shard chapter, is coming up when I finish my homework...so, see you all soon!
The concept art, of course, we just started adding in, and Noria is an awesome artist. In case you're wondering about the names, yes, they are pennames. H.E.You (that's moi, which is overrated in the English language) is derived from my initials, which - yes, for those of you who have trouble making deductions - are H, E, and Y, but no, my last name is not You. "Hey You" just seems like an awesome penname, especially since, again, they do come from my initials. Although I'd prefer the vast majority of you who didn't know who I was not to call me a stalker. :) Noria, on the other hand, is what we've been calling my collaborator/bff for ages, and we spent...what, an hour or so?...in badminton practice making our awesome slams and trying to come up with the best last name for "Noria". "Noria Rose" and "Noria Dove" were obviously cancelled out from the beginning..."Noria Hearth" we considered, as we did "Noria Johannsen" and other last names. But we didn't want something average; we were aiming for something that represented her, like a word from a favorite book, or one made up from something she likes to do, etc. But "Noria Art" is kind of stupid for obvious reasons, and "Noria Crivens" (Noria enjoys the Terry Pratchett books)...well, what can I say? In the end/locker room, we decided on Noria Gray, and there it remains.
The word "Jiaii" came from one of our earliest mutual favorite activities, making random letters on whiteboards by erasing bits of previous words. I don't recall what "Jiaii" actually came from - it was something for football, and I vaguely remember something about "butt"something, but it's a very unfocused memory. Anyhow, we classified "Jia" as "world" and "ai" as spirit, and the rest of the words came from there.
Our actual graphic novel series (only the text, concept art, outlines, and ideas will be posted on this blog), which is about the Hourglass Kingdom and its elemental spirits (you know what, just read the introduction, the very first post, can't miss it) originally came from the fact that Noria is an AMAZING artist, and she was doodling all these intriguing, practically perfect pictures and saying "Well I don't know" whenever I asked her what was happening here or how this bit came to be or who that thing was, which drove me nuts. So she gave me permission to make up explanations, and, well...go look at the second post.
Anyway, this blog is usually not as boring as this long explanation post, and the next step of the pain picture, along with hopefully another Man with the Shard chapter, is coming up when I finish my homework...so, see you all soon!
Calendar
The Hourglass Kingdom’s calendar has exactly 400 days, for obvious reasons. (If I had to create a world, I would at least give them a calendar that makes sense, wouldn’t you?) Each month has 20 days, and the starsigns affect life more than the zodiac affects our life.
For the next few sections, assume anything before a semicolon (;) are positive attributes and anything afterwards are negative ones.
SPRING — change, growth; excess, greed
SUMMER— freedom, dreams, confidence; pride, fancy
AUTUMN— settling, warmth, comfort; burnout, overwork
WINTER— preparation, inner peace; stagnancy, rot
The starsigns both affect (minorly) a person’s personality and the two months that are spent under that sign. So people born under the [starsign] will be [qualities] and the [starsign] months are times of [qualities] and being [qualities]. Simple, right?
The Starsigns
Wolf: social, intelligent; obsessive, close-knit
Giraffe: foresight, intuitive, planning; lethargic, overly cautious
Bee: Hardworking, creative; overwork, mania
Snake: change, growth, individuality; overconfidence, lack of caution
Crocodile: sense of self, skill; bad luck, close-mindedness
Elephant: travel, strength, memory; clinging to the past, holding grudges
Eagle: joy, fierceness, aggression, confidence; destructiveness, elitism
Pig: inner growth, passive resistance, perseverance; anger, passiveness, reactive
Monkey: adaptive, clever, tricky; lack of sense of self, reliance on others
Deer: caution, speed, peaceful; panic, hiding from problems
For the next few sections, assume anything before a semicolon (;) are positive attributes and anything afterwards are negative ones.
SPRING — change, growth; excess, greed
SUMMER— freedom, dreams, confidence; pride, fancy
AUTUMN— settling, warmth, comfort; burnout, overwork
WINTER— preparation, inner peace; stagnancy, rot
The starsigns both affect (minorly) a person’s personality and the two months that are spent under that sign. So people born under the [starsign] will be [qualities] and the [starsign] months are times of [qualities] and being [qualities]. Simple, right?
The Starsigns
Wolf: social, intelligent; obsessive, close-knit
Giraffe: foresight, intuitive, planning; lethargic, overly cautious
Bee: Hardworking, creative; overwork, mania
Snake: change, growth, individuality; overconfidence, lack of caution
Crocodile: sense of self, skill; bad luck, close-mindedness
Elephant: travel, strength, memory; clinging to the past, holding grudges
Eagle: joy, fierceness, aggression, confidence; destructiveness, elitism
Pig: inner growth, passive resistance, perseverance; anger, passiveness, reactive
Monkey: adaptive, clever, tricky; lack of sense of self, reliance on others
Deer: caution, speed, peaceful; panic, hiding from problems
I think I might be putting too much effort into this...
Also: some of the month names actually have a meaning, which I would be happy to explain to anybody who asks... *stares pointedly at comment button* Judging by pennames, there might actually people who I actually don't know from school! ^__^
31 January 2010
Second Pain Picture
And here's the first colored version of Pain...wow, it does look less wobbly colored...took me a while to find the blur tool...XD thanks for the instructions Noria!
Okay, this picture is completely irrelevant to the story as of now, but it's another one of those little things that Noria and I do together and her picture of Katerina was so absolutely AMAZING that I thought I ought to try sketching something on Photoshop too. This person, Pain, was actually my idea but Noria's picture but my horribly wobbly re-draw, and after I color her in I'm going to repost her and see if it's improved at all. Sorry for using up this blog for this, Noria. Just wanted to show myself my very first Photoshop step-by-step sketch. :D
Concept Art
All right: As I believe H. E. You has mentioned, I have been making concept art for the main series. This is a character that won't come in till books two or three, assuming we get that far.
Her name is Katerina, though only her sister calls her that. To everybody else she is Kate, to her annoyance. She has a fire jiiai. Enjoy!
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