Planning for stories and stuff.
Word, dawg.
note: this intro hasn't been thoroughly updated in a couple years
This is a world I made mostly for my own use, but I made it a public world anyways. I'll be posting things about story outlines, my characters, my comics (including fan comics), WIPs, ect... It's pretty much a world where I can store information and/or plan things. xD
Below are short descriptions of my stories to help you know what's going on. xD It also shows which characters are in which story, along with their extended profile if I have one made. Some stories aren't mentioned because I don't work on/think about them often. Therefore, not all of my characters are mentioned.
STORIES
The link leads to the fan comic in my portfolio. If there isn't a link, there isn't a comic yet.
ORIGINAL STORIES
*Rock Band: Something Impossible: The story of a Rock Band and their adventures in music business.
Major Characters: Michka, Zack, Loyal, Dare, Rick
Important/Frequently Mentioned Supporting Characters: Damian, Tim, Dare's Aunt aka Auntie
*Of Fruits and Vegetables: 4-panel comics of the life of a 21-year-old model and his friends/workmates.
Major Characters: Tomato, Stefan, Tomato's Boyfriend aka "TB", Gabe, Janet aka Jo, Kasey, Dean
Important Supporting Characters: Danny, Leah, Mick
*Dreams: The story of a rich and pampered English boy who gets transported to the mysterious town of Dreams, and his adventures there.
Major Characters: Alcott, Luli, Ms. Marigold
Important Supporting Characters: Shinitsu, Annabelle, and others that are to be decided.
**Annabelle's and Ms. Marigold's profiles are in the same post.**
Story Dialogues: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
*My Dear Princess: The story of an orphan child, a princess, and friends who's home country's peace is threataned by the evil prince of a country that was thought to be nonexistant. (CONFUSING. xD)
Major Characters: Isaac, Charlotte, Rinchu, Segran, Lucia, Nicholay, Faida, Hrafn, Falorin, Gaelnis
Important Supporting Characters: To be decided.
*Foreigner: An alien boy sent to Earth to destroy the human race finds himself in Los Angeles California, befriends a human girl, and gets involved in crazy advetures.
Major Characters: Kor, Gliding Eagle
Important Supporting Characters: Michelle, Dailen
*A Life Like This: A written story in the perspectives of Dare, Tim, and Rick.
Major Characters: Tim, Dare, Rick, Ms. Ackart
Important Supporting Characters: See characters for Rock Band: Something Impossible.
Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
*Teach Me Something Good: A story about a friendship between a student and a teacher. Somewhat of a spin-off of Of Fruits and Vegetables.
Major Characters: Noland, Chrystal
Important Supporting Characters: Prudence), Stefan (briefly)
*I Was a Boy, Too: A short 3-part story about Gabe when he was in high school. Optional backstory related to Of Fruits and Vegetables.
Major Characters: Gabe, William
Important Supporting Characters: DJ, Dave
Parts: One
*Nerdy and Jock: So there's this nerd, and this jock, and also they're boyfriends. That's it.
Major Characters: Jack, Ned
Important supporting characters: Matthew Brodney III, Dmitri, Charlotte, Jessica Marron, Lafayette, Brodney's girlfriend who doesn't have a name yet;;;
FAN STORIES
*The Adventures of Marth and Roy: Super Smash Brothers fan comic. Title is pretty self-explanitory.
Major Characters: Marth, Roy, Ike, Pit
I don't have a name for his story, but Jamal is a Kingdom Hearts fan character. I figured I'd mention him because I draw him often enough.
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Also, if you want to find posts that feature a specific character, type in the URL http://theotaku.com/worlds/variousinformation/tags/[character name]. For example, http://theotaku.com/worlds/variousinformation/tags/dare will bring you to posts about Dare. :)
Enjoy Your Stay at Various Planning!
I haven't posted in this world in a while, so today is the day! :D I BRING YOU TONS OF RANDOM STUFF. 8D
A quick sketch I did of Stefan and Gabe I did maybe 2 days ago. It's too sloppy for me to finish, so it'll stay as a sketch forever. :V Floating SteGabe, yaaaay. :^D
This is something I want to draw for the OC Fans challenge. It's Izuzu15's character Amnesia! I really wanted to draw Grief in the picture, too, but the page wasn't big enough. .u.
I WANT TO DRAW EVERYONE'S OC FOR THIS CHALLENGE, it's such a fun idea!! *0* Too bad the deadline's so short. orz I hope I can at least get a couple submissions in.
It's Daaare! 8D I always feel bad for not drawing my A Life Like This characters. I should probably work on that.
Anyways, for this one I was practicing coloring over top a middle value color, and seeing how that would work out. :M
Stefan doodlie-doos. :V The Japanese says "tsun tsun, dere dere." Because... Stefan... yeah.
I've also been doing tons of Gaia freebies/commissions because I get bored. Here's some of the ones I liked!
This is AuroraRugiada's character Thomas. I liked drawing his head. :V
This is A Perfect Memory's character Hiwa. I really liked drawing the pose! :D
This is MateSprite's character, but I don't know the name. Drawing the legs was pretty difficult. orz I'm not used to non-human limbs. ;u;
AND... That's all I have for you. Kind of a boring post, but oh well. Thanks for viewing! c:
Hey guys! It's 2 minutes to midnight as I'm typing this. :D Happy almost new year's, everyone!! In the new year's spirit, I did some OFAV new year's doodles. C:
This is the first one I drew. :D Champagne for Stef, and beer for Gabe 'cause I guess he's not classy enough. (?) Idk why Gabe's winking. Drawing laid-back and happy Stef was weird, but it's nice to see him causal(ish) and friendly every so often. :9
I like drawing random dialogue. The main reason Stefan likes new year's is because he has an excuse to drink and not worry. I actually had him saying something along that line, but I accidentally cropped it out. xD;
This isn't related to the previous comic-thing. The premise is that everyone's basically like, "We sometimes think you don't like us Stefan, but it's nice that we got to be your friend this year again! :D" And Stefan is emotional when he drinks.
This bit of StefanxTomato is dedicated to Wakusei Aoshi, who used to ship them and maybe still does.
Actually, there is no drinking age in France. It's illegal to sell alcohol to people under 18 years old.
Dean doesn't drink. Jo does sometimes, but not really much. Pointless information.
Okay, it's 22 minutes after midnight where I am now. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Happy 2014! :D Let's have a good year this year!
Happy Halloween, everyone! :D I don't have a costume this year, unfortunately... but oh well. I don't have time to trick or treat or anything this year, anyway. (Or maybe I do, idk. xD;)
But enough about that.
After some adventures on Gaia, I've decided I need to practice drawing poses. I have a bad habit of not using references... >u> I don't like to use tons of references for completed pictures because then it feels like I just copied it... but I've come to the conclusion that practicing drawing poses from references will help me become more comfortable with anatomy and whatnot! 8D
/obvious conclusion
So here are some sketches I've done from references:
I can't find all the reference pictures I used for this... but I drew these from Star Trek TOS screenshots. Though I think I used this for the drawing of Spock's face and maybe this for Kirk's face. REAL PEOPLE ARE NOT EASY TO DRAW! 8D;
I really want to draw some Star Trek TOS fan art, but idk if I'll ever get around to it. ;u; Maybe some day. Hopefully. xD;
I wrote "posemaniacs studies", but I didn't actually use Posemaniacs. xD; It didn't work on my phone. :M I like how the one of Stefan standing and looking to the right looks. :D But collared shirts are a bother... I think I just don't like drawing buttons. Gah.
I can't find all of the references I used for this, either, but here's some of them. And this might've been used for the Stefan-Face picture, but I'm not sure.
"Younger years" doesn't mean anything, by the way. I just wrote it there so I don't forget it. And yeah, Gabe doesn't play guitar... but he looks cool with one, right? 8D Haha... ha. xD;
Anyway, here's Gabe's references: They're all Mark McGrath, because why not. xD AND LOOK, I HAD ALL OF THEM! They were easier to find because I remembered what I searched in google.
I didn't use a reference for the last one, but I just liked how it came out, so... :Y The mess of lyrics comes from this song.
And... yeah, that's what I have. :D I also have some non-related Tomato sketches that I drew the other day, so I might upload those later or soonish. Oh, and I'm working on a colored picture of Noland, which is taking a while... all I have to do now is the background, which is going to be fun. 8D; AHEH.
Oh, and I might break tradition and not have my 300th picture be a thank you. ;m; I really want it to be a thank you, but I haven't thought of anything or started the thank you picture yet... And I'm drawing other stuff, too. I WILL DO A THANK YOU PICTURE, but it won't be my 300th picture. Probably. I still need to think on that.
Anyway, have a nice Halloween! :)
I want to enter the Alternate Approach challenge, so I'm coming up with some designs for (as always) Stefan and Gabe. DON'T HATE ME. *jumps off cliff* I wish I could enter more than just two designs to the challenge... ;u;
I'm going the boring route, and making Victorian-era Stefan and Gabe. Here's Stefan:
The sketch of normal Stefan on the side was drawn over top the sketch of Victorian Stefan. :V I'M TRYING TO MAKE HEADS MORE CONSISTENT... gah. I also made Stefan's sunglasses into real glasses because I'm pretty sure sunglasses weren't invented yet. I think they're just for show, though... as in the glasses don't have prescription lenses in them.
Here's some sketches of both of them:
Gabe looks so different because people didn't dye and spike their hair in the 1800's... orz SO LONG PONYTAIL HAIR IT IS, I GUESS?
And yes, if you could read the notes, Gabe's voice sounds so weird in my head right now. Gabe sounds kind of cockney, while Stefan sounds kind of posh... Why are they English?! ;u; I really don't know what an American accent sounded like in the late 1800's, so... yeah. I'd be really horrible at dialogue because of my lack of knowledge about Victorian-era speech.
SPEAKING OF DIALOGUE...
IRRELEVANT SOLILOQUY! I tend to draw people with one eye when I doodle... .u.;;
And so, that's their designs. For some reason the idea of a Victorian-era boys love story really appealed to me when I was coming up with their designs. :V I think it'd be fun to draw them sometime. I even made some notes about Victorian-era Stefan and Gabe and how they're different from their modern-era counterparts. 8D
Gabe: Victorian Gabe is a cobbler (!?!?! If you read this, that might sound familiar. xD), because his dad was one. Unmarried, and disinterested in marriage. Jo (who's called Janet in this era) is the only person (besides Stefan, eventually) who knows of his homosexuality. He dresses like a drunkard, but doesn't really drink. He's lazy and doesn't work much--consequently, he doesn't get a lot of money.
Unlike modern-day Gabe, he doesn't flirt with guys so much as inconspicuously making them uncomfortable by standing too close to them/hugging them too long/touching their thighs when they're sitting in a close vicinity of each other/etc.
Stefan: Victorian Stefan is born into a wealthy family and potentially has a lot of money, but willfully refuses to accept money from his parents. He's more superficial that Modern Stefan, and spends more time on his appearance than necessary. He's a fan of literature. Possibly influenced by Oscar Wilde, who he admires for his wit and aestheticism. Idk what occupation he has, but it's moderate-paying and he lives in a small apartment.
While modern-day Stefan is an atheist, Victorian-era Stefan is a deist. Furthermore, while modern-day Stefan has no qualms with liking boys, Victorian Stefan ignores his feelings for men and tries to convince himself he only has feelings for women. His parents push for him to marry.
Story in general: One thing I tried not to focus on in Gabe and Stefan's modern story is gender. As in, neither Stefan nor Gabe would say things like "I can't love you, you're a boy!" in their modern story because they've both come to terms with their orientation. Because homosexual practices were illegal in the Victorian era, I think it would make more sense for there to be a larger focus on gender and the legalities of them having a relationship--probably more on Stefan's part, because Victorian Gabe's more or less accepted that he doesn't like girls. There would also be a focus on how they come from different social backgrounds. I don't know how I would incorporate Tomato and the rest, since Stefan wouldn't be a modelling agent, though... whoops.
This post ended up being really weird and slightly pointless-feeling. I forgot what I was getting at.
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SHABAM!
Yeah. I have a lot of old sketches and doodles on SAI. I can't show you all of them since I can only post like 10 pictures in one post, but here's a couple of them. Hooray! 8D
I posted this on my DA, so this might look familiar. This is Stefan's boss! She's the head of the New York branch of the modelling agency that Stefan and Tomato belong to. :D She probably won't appear in the comic, but she appears from time to time in Tomato's backstory. So if I ever draw that, you'll know who she is.
She doesn't have a name yet. :m Any suggestions?
I totally thought I posted this on theOtaku, but... idk, I can't find it. xD; This is a mock sticker sheet of the main characters from OFAV! :D I actually did make stickers out of these using my sticker machine, and stuck them on my physics binder. (why? xD;) I like how Stefan and Dean's came out, but my least favorite is Kasey... Kasey's always my least favorite. Her hairstyle just looks so weird to me... I want to restyle it, but it's already too late, I think. xD;
I also thought I posted this on theO, but... ONCE AGAIN, I GUESS NOT! If you were looking closely, you could see it in his "character development meme" I posted several months ago. This is actually really old, from November of last year. This was probably when I realized that I really enjoy drawing Gabe. :D;
This is REEEAAALLY old, from last year or something. Just some random stuff on alcohol and drinks, I guess.
I think Gabe looks hilarious here, for some reason.
I drew this last month, I think. I was drawing pictures to the song I was listening to. Drawing something in less than 5 minutes is really hard! ;u; And no girls, because I'm a buttox.
I don't remember what song I was drawing to in the last picture, but I think it was Motorcycle Drive By.
Idk when I drew this, but it's pretty old. I had a sudden urge to draw HMNNNHIIIO and Dare, since HMNNNHIIIO is technically Dare's Pokemon. Idk, I thought it was kind of cute despite its sloppiness. xD;
Stefan and Gabe doodles in comic form. I actually doodle stuff like this all the time in my doodle notebooks........
along with, y'know, actual stuff like OFAV comic strip plans and stuff. *cough cough*
Timmeroo! Tim. I had a sudden urge to draw Tim some weeks ago. I keep drawing that head angle, but idk if I'm even drawing that head perspective right. :M;;; OH WELL, WORKS FOR ME I GUESS...
And more Tim! I've missed Tim. I think I drew this the same day or the previous day as the previous one. My handwriting's even worse with a tablet, so if you can't read it, sorry. xD;
By "Gabe idiots", I mean people who are "idiotic" in a similar way that Gabe is. DOES THAT MAKE ANY MORE SENSE? NO! 8D
Luli doodle from yesterday. Woo! I haven't drawn her in forever. I made a Luli outfit in Animal Crossing, though! 8D It looks weird! But oh well.
This is a grapefruit gijinka I did for someone on Gaiaonline. I do a lot of freebies on Gaiaonline, but I don't bother posting them because they're pretty lazy. xD; This one came out cute enough, though. I like a grapefruit color scheme. :V
And yeah! I should probably work on other more important stuff, now...
