Dir en grey

2 years 9 months ago

"I have all of their albums as well. I really like their old stuff. The new stuff is kind of..."okay". I went to their concert in LA when they were debuting in America and it was a pretty cool concert. The only thing was that they hadn't dressed up in their costumes >___<

They're touring around America right now and I'm soo mad because they're coming back to LA in February! I had no money to get tickets, so I'm not going...

I don't really like their "Aggitated Screams of Maggots" single. That song's not that great. However, I do like their other new single "Ryoujoku no Ame". That song sounds like their old stuff with updated sounds haha

I think one of their best songs was "Cage".

So a question for all of you guys:
When did you start listening to Dir en Grey?

I started listening to Dir en Grey in my Freshman year of highschool, which was four years ago. A friend of mine exposed me to them XD That's when I started listening to something other than J-pop. Now, I'm a huge fan of J-rock and J-punk! I've sort of gotten out of the "Visual Kei only" phase. I'm open to everything now :]

So Dir en Grey was the first J-rock band that I've ever heard. "
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What are you listening to?

2 years 9 months ago

"

Nekyo

This Thread is leading nowhere!
You guyz are just saying what songs you are listening at the moment?
This cant be a topic for discussion!Its just a song listing topic...

It's been in a lot of forums for a while now and so it's somewhat become a "tradition" of some sort. There's always a "what are you listening to now" thread. :]

Dir en Grey- The Final

Ohhh I'm so mad >___< I really want to go to the concert in Feb. but I had no money to get tickets!"
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My artwork! :)

2 years 9 months ago

"Hey, that's pretty good for drawing with a mouse. I started off like that and my stuff turned out like crap haha But I really think you should start investing in a tablet :]

When you get the chance, get one! I have one now and I love it to death ^____^ I haven't been using it as much lately though..."
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Character Concept

2 years 9 months ago

"Hey, I really love your concept sketches :] I really think your future Manga might be a success (if the story is good as well).

Do you have their colors planned out as well? If so, can we see a colored piece? "
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Hide

2 years 9 months ago

"Hmm...I don't know how long I did this. I think it was about three months ago.

I decided to do a digital portrait of Hide :]

Here's the Original picture:


Here's my digital portrait:


I used:
-Adobe Photoshop 7.0
-Wacom Tablet Graphire 3

Comments and critiques please~"
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Post your sexy self

2 years 9 months ago

"I am the PANDA bandit.
"
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Fan Dance

3 years 7 months ago

"^^; I'm good, not quite yet...I've more to learn!"
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Fan Dance

3 years 7 months ago

"I was just working with perspective and shading. I haven't really CGed anything a a very long time and I just had a burst of inspiration.

Read my DA comments for more comments from me :x

http://www.deviantart.com/view/31256077/
I'd really love comments and critiques!"
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I want to see some art drawn with a mouse only

3 years 7 months ago

"The pen tool works wonders!! Just use it to do lineart, like scan your image and then trace over it :] Master that and you'll have clean lines when you CG"
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Art tips?

3 years 7 months ago

"If ever you CG your work, use the pen tool in either Illustrator or Photoshop to do your lineart :] It makes your lines clean and crisp!"
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Yuffie

3 years 7 months ago

"Oh wow, I really love your style! Kind of gives me inspiration to get out of my huge artist block :] Yuffie's one of my favorite girl characters in that game, so I'm a tad biased in my comments. However, I do love your style and your CGing technique. What program do you use? "
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Cross Stitch

3 years 7 months ago

"Oh wow, that's something quite different. I've always liked this kind of stuff, but you don't really see it that often and as good as that. It's always a crappy look-alike thing that I find. But what you've done, it's really awesome. You have some talent for this XD Really awesome stuff you have!!

I really love the Bust a Move one. It's cute and quite accurate! Do you sell them?"
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I want to see some art drawn with a mouse only

3 years 7 months ago

"I do lineart with the pentool in either Photoshop or Illustrator and then I color with my tablet (though before I got a tablet, I did everything with the mouse :x)

The pen tool comes in handy when you don't have a tablet and when you do have one. It gives you crisp lines. Master the pen tool, and your lineart will never look crappy XD I had control problem with the mouse before I learned to use the pen tool. My lines were always crap. But yeah, if ever you need to do lineart and you want it to be crisp and clean, use the pen tool!!"
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Not a problem, but a suggestion.

3 years 8 months ago

"Ahhh I see where you're getting at. It just bugs me, that's why I suggested it. Ah, well, it doesn't hurt to try. :] O_o I suppose this thread would be closed now or something?"
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Not a problem, but a suggestion.

3 years 8 months ago

"I've noticed that there are quite a lot of "My first..." submissions in the Artist Ally section. I think we should just have a thread called "My first..." so that everyone can put their first something there instead of having repetative threads saying "My first vector!" or "My first fanart!" etc.

I think it'll be much easier for everyone to stick it all in one thread rather than having a single thread for each first vector, fanart etc...

That way everyone can critique each other in one thread.

Just a suggestion :]"
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Dir en Grey America Tour

3 years 8 months ago

"

pjs8879

R they the ones who do the title music for Fullmetal Alchemist [Ready Steady Go]?
those guys are good...

omg...NO.

That's L'arc'~en~ciel O_o Dir en Grey is more...ROCK."
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Taking A Closer Look

3 years 8 months ago

"Note: This is all copied and pasted from my DA account so yeah :]

AHAHAHA I'm alive! This is actually something I did last year in computer graphics but never finished but got full credit on it because it was an original idea. Anyway, this is just working with illustrator and stuff. I've forgotten that you had to have a bunch of patiences to do all those details ;___; I really don't know how I did that last year.

Well, my teacher wanted me to finish it so it could be entered into a contest or something. So I finished it and stuff O_o So there you go.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29443555/
Comments and critiques if you want lol"
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Dir en Grey America Tour

3 years 8 months ago

"Awww it's a shame you don't know who they are :\ Try listening to their music! It's Jrock so yeah :] If you're into that stuff, then great!!"
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Dir en Grey America Tour

3 years 8 months ago

"http://www.warconent.com/tour.php#12

Wow, I really can't wait!! I'm planning on going the one in Avalon Hollywood :] fun fun fun! Even though it's like 30 bucks, it's soo worth it because this is their first tour in America AND it's only in these three states XD Mannnn I really hope you guys go! It's Dir en Grey! They're worth watching live!!

I'm really curious as to how they'll communicate to all of us O_o lol And I'm also anticipating on meeting them all "
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