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[quote=NO U]old man...[/quote] warblegarbleyordlewheeeze.

[quote]WHER'D CHU GOES?[/quote]

Still here, not much active anymore, mostly just lurking in the shadows.

むきゅ～ん！ Things have been busy, but otherwise good, mukyuun.

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That ...is truly something else. I am deeply honored. Thank you! I'm glad you liked it so much.

Good to see you here again after such a long time! How have things been?

[quote][quote]Pay homage to MC Escher with an Aria wallpaper.[/quote]I don't quite fully understand the concept.[/quote]

I've been in awe of the way Escher plays with perspective in his work, e.g. Relativity, Belvedere, Ascending and Descending and Waterfall.

Something about the arches and canals in Aria appeals to me, begging to be used in distorted perspective artwork.

[quote]Haven't watched/read Aria either[/quote] Me neither, just thought the art was really good from looking at manga scans and official art. Plus, as above, it seemed suited for the concept.

But it's really nothing more than a vague concept at this point, don't even have a composition in mind.

[quote]I've always wanted to do a soft vector[/quote]

Ooh, I've always wanted to try that too; and I'd earmarked the Misa/train idea for that -- check out the closeup screencap.

[quote]I'm not up to doing a collab atm[/quote] Aw... but in case you were setting expectations too high as to what collabing might entail -- with my current schedule, I'm nowhere near full walling capacity myself; what I had in mind was gradual progress as and when free time allowed, no rushing.

Let me know if you're still game for the deathnote idea. If not, I'll probably just go back to fixing up the flaws from my minitokyo w?w round 7 wall for now...small[/small]

[quote]Got any ideas or anything you particularly wanna do?[/quote] ... and you're asking someone who always has more wips (mostly abortive) than complete wallpapers... heh.

Here are a couple of really challenging (potentially epic) ideas from my todo pile:

1. Pay homage to MC Escher with an Aria wallpaper. The setting of the series, particularly the architecture (so many columns!) and water (canals!) just seems so apt, and should offer much potential. I've collected some possible scans for this, but haven't made any serious effort beyond that.

2. Delacroix's La Liberté guidant le peuple parody featuring Nodame Cantabile. I've already picked out the manga scans to correspond with the painting itself, and made weak (failed) attempts at prepping the background layer. Lots of very difficult vectoring/repainting, re-posing characters, etc.

Tamer ideas (screenshot recreations):Death Note - Misa in trainHanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru SoraKanon - Mai fighting in school corridor. (I still less-than-three shots with interesting perspective!)

Agh! No internets? Your school is so cruel! OTOH, I've heard good things about it. Unfortunately, I missed the show when it was here in LA last month. >_<;;

Yeah, happy CNY! Here, have an ox!

And yes, I'm in Los Angeles these days. It's been fun! (mundane domestic chores aside >_<;;) I hope you're having as much fun staying overseas as I am.

Speaking of chores, no amount of washing, cleaning, cooking and shopping can detract from your legendary waller status!

Photography? You must show us!

As for procrastination... always a good thing, heh. As a grad student, I can now truly say that I procrastinate professionally! [small](All I've been making lately are "toy" wallpapers to avoid becoming rusty, though.)[/small] If procrastination is what brings you back to AP, you need to procrastinate more, heheh.

So, has the time come for a dramatic comeback with an epic wallpaper? rolls up sleeves I'm ready. Bring it on.

[small]Alternatively, you might also want to do something for the latest round of the MT which?waller guessing game, or filling in one of the remaining gaps in the 100 themes project...[/small]

I also thought it was pretty good for doujin work, especially the background scenery. The inconsistent character design I would attribute to the (understandable) lack of oversight of the art style when animation work got divided amongst several artists -- this is really a challenge for doujin animation as compared to the work of large studios.

The voice work was excellent, though I must say I was somewhat surprised at how *gentle* Sakuya sounded -- I guess they were going for elegant and refined. The danmaku in the battle scene was (also understandably) underwhelming; sub-easy-mode!

What really sold me on this anime was the humour (especially the hidden stuff) -- Suika's trouble with her horns, all those interesting titles on Patchy's bookshelf, and the very in-character food-related stuff like 酒池肉林 (sumptuous feast) and 焼肉定食 (set meal with grilled meat) written on Reimu's prayer slips -- man, that gave me such a laugh!

[small]MT is down, but happily, I can still post a card here![/small]

Zomg signs of life! How have you been?

[quote=monchi-nee]Maybe we'll do a collab comeback one day or something, that would be cool I reckon :)[/quote]

Still ready to take you up on that offer! ;b

Merry Xmas, Solwy!

Omg its stacking immediately on top of last year's card!

Two-thirds of the way down my list, you are.