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!

Some Stuff

I tried to post this yesterday, but accidentally closed the page. orz SO HERE WE GO AGAIN...!

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Some Gabe heads. Gabe's head used to be the easiest for me to draw (because it's the most similar to how I used to draw heads, but now Gabe's head is one of the more difficult ones to draw... especially as far as head angles go. Noland's is probably the easiest, because it's basically just an oval. :^D;
I like when I get Gabe's expressions right, though. *U*/ Gabe's been trouble for me ever since I created him, but I just... really like him, haha...

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I like how the original sketch looked, too, so I guess I'll include it. :9
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THIS, IT'S JUST STEFAN AND GABE BEING CORNY AND CUTE. :^D;;; I want to draw more Stefan and Gabe comics, gah... I just feel weird that I always post these corny drawings of the two of them, but I hardly give you guys any context on their relationship. xD Comics just take a long time to draw, though. orz

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Decided to make a body and face reference for Jessica. :u I like drawing her legs, haha. Now I just need to make her hair more consistent;;; BOTH SHE AND DMITRI HAVE THIS CRAZY HAIR THAT I JUST RANDOMLY ASSEMBLE WHEN I DRAW THEM. ;u;/
Even though I've designed her, I never draw anything for Nerdy and Jock. "orz SORRY...

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Some cuddly SteGabe. I've drawn Gabe's hand on Stefan's butt on other instances, so I deem this okay to post on theO. -u-b The butt grab here seems more sincere than those other instances, even. :^D (????????? i do not know, my friend.)
I like how most of this came out, but I don't like Gabe's arm. :T MUSCLES? ARMS?? I should practice... I keep saying should practice bodies and anatomy and stuff, but I never do;;;

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So much Stefan and Gabe in this post.
Anyway, this was a response to something Tauria said on dA when I posted that top picture of Stefan and Gabe. I imagine Gabe likes when people compliment him and Stefan, but Stefan doesn't really know how to feel about people commenting on their relationship. :^V

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This is one of many potential designs I've gone through for Brodney's girlfiend. orz I DON'T... EVEN KNOW ANYMORE, DO I EVEN NEED TO MAKE THIS CHARACTER. /;U; Iiiidk, Nerdy and Jock wasn't supposed to have a huge cast, but it's kind of turning out this way. I just feel like I should maybe have another girl character to help even out the cast, but meh. I like how this character looks, but I'm totally lost on personalities right now. BLUGH.

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Finished the Roy line art! :D Now to color, hoo hoo.

...MMMYEP I guess that's everything, then. Hope you have a nice week, yo! :D

More Stuff

These titles are getting worse. Bleh.
Here's some stuff I've drawn over the past couple weeks. :v Also, sorry for the weird bored tone in this post, idk what's up, haha;;

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I drew this because I wanted to see how exactly I draw Noland when I'm not doodling. ...yeah, idk what else to say. -u-b

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I drew this because I wanted to doodle Noland. ...still not much to say;;;

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Character ref of O. J. I made for KASA'S ROLE PLAY, WHICH YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT!!! 8D Yeh.
Idk why O. J. is just like PEACE SIGN all the time. orz POSES ARE HARD!!!

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Some thing of Gabe that looks off to me, and idk why...!! Idk, his eye is too low or something.
All the drawings in this post so far aren't even ones I feel like I should be posting, but am because I have nothing else to post. orz

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Here's a character ref I made for Charlotte! She feels so short to me. WHICH... I GUESS IS OKAY, SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY SHORT.
Charlotte basically looks like this one girl I sat across from in art class in high school, except a little more daring (?) with her clothing. :V Though idk, I feel like Charlotte's clothes are pretty normal. Maybe I'm just used to drawing and looking at them.
blee blah.

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Stef, my boy. Expressions are kind of hard to do on your long, pointy face...
I feel like I need to go and practice expressions some more, or just head angles in general. I STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE LOOKING UP ANGLE, YET, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT PICTURES AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT SINCE LIKE SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL...
But uh, yeah. I like drawing Stefan's expressions, though. He's always so annoyed, aha;;;

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Oh, not really a new thing I drew or anything, but I went and printed this. It's a lot darker than how it looked on my computer, but I think the colors still look pretty good! :V
Now I finally have some SteGabe for my wall, hoo hah hah. -u-

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Oh hey, I drew this this morning! I'm experimenting with using a smaller pen size and a sketchier line art, to see what the outcome is like. :V It's pretty fun to work with, and a lot less stressful than how I normally do line art with SAI's pen tool, but I'm still not sure what it's going to look like in the end. Hopefully it'll look good...!
But yeah, Roy. I was in the mood to draw him. The legs and his tunic are tripping me up, though;;; Hope it turns out okay.

...YAH, that's all I've got for you today. BE COOL, MY FOOL. B)

Character Design Development

I made a little timeline of how I used to draw Gabe, Stefan, and Noland a couple nights ago, because I was avoiding doing homework. -u-b HAVE A GANDER, IF YOU LIKE... ...

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Lots of Stefan and Gabe

I've been on a Stefan and Gabe kick, these past couple days. (I mean, when am I NOT, BUT.....) This mainly happened because I figured out some stuff that helps me draw Gabe's hair a bit more easily. And when I draw Gabe, I end up drawing Stefan, too;;;
BUT YEAH, HERE YOU GO.

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GABE, I'VE MISSED BEING ABLE TO DRAW YOU...
It turns out these drawings helped me understand how to draw Gabe's hair more than I intended. :^D I've been doodling Gabe in class and figured out a good place to start and the general flow I want to go in when doing his hair. SO THAT'S GOOD... Idk if you can tell, but it's a little less pointy than it used to be, and kind of goes back instead of sticking straight up. But whatever, it works for me. It's like 1020930813 times easier for me to draw Gabe with some semblance of consistency, now, than it was before.
I also decided to mess around with Gabe's piercings, a little. :V I kind of like these studded eyebrow piercings more than the eyebrow rings (?) that I normally draw him, so you'll probably be seeing me draw these studs more often. And I like the lip ring, too, but idk I'll probably be switching back and forth between that and his usual lip piercing.

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I just really wanted to draw Gabe with a cat.
SO IN MY MIND (which I guess is canon), Gabe really likes animals. He more or less tries to keep it a secret (or act indifferent about animals), but Kasey knows his "secret" and always sends him cute animal videos and photos and he freaks every time 'cause DANGIT KASEY THESE ANIMALS ARE TOO CUTE STOP IT.
/I have no idea where that sentence was going.
Sometimes he goes with Stefan to the animal shelter (?) to look at the cats/etc to pet them and stuff, but he never actually gets a pet for himself. He doesn't think of himself as responsible enough to take care of a living thing all on his own. And even when Stefan and Gabe end up living together, they don't end up getting a pet because Stefan's not particularly partial to animals. :V

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Stefan pointing at absolutely nothing. I actually drew this because I wanted an updated body ref for Stefan. Often times, I can't decide if Stefan looks skinny or if he looks fit. He's supposed to look fairly healthy, I guess, but not particularly muscular like Gabe;;;
One day, I'll learn how to properly draw hands on hips.

NEXT PICTURE'S KIND OF FANSERVICE-Y... but I liked how it came out, so SORRY. If it's a problem for anyone, I'll take it down, haha.
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You know, I don't really know how this picture is more fanservice-y to me than the body reference of Stefan that I linked to above, besides the pose... I feel like I post dudes in their underwear all the time. IDK HOW THAT HAPPENED...!
Anyway, yeah. Thought I'd test my GABE SKILLS, and somehow this came out pretty decent. ???? The arm on the right came out kind of wonky because idk what I was doing, but everything else looks better than what I'm used to, haha;;;
I used a ref to some degree, maybe that's why this came out better than I expected.

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Another WIP for this pic. I finished coloring Stefan and Gabe, yaaay!! *U*b Initially I was worried that I wouldn't like how this looked soft shaded, but I'm actually pretty happy with it. Now all that's left is the background................
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I'm gonna need to do some practice sketches with the background before I dive into coloring it. WISH ME... LOTS OF LUCK....

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Gabe likes making Stefan embarrassed.
Actually, Stefan likes being flirty with Gabe, too, but he doesn't do it nearly as often.
/pointless

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Wanted to practice drawing some kissing. The most frustrating thing about drawing kissing is the LIPS! Of course. The difficult things about drawing kisses is that I want to draw kissing a little more intimately than cartoon (? or drawn?) kisses usually looks, but
1) Real lips are soft and pillow-y (?), and it's SO HARD TO PUT THAT INTO A DRAWING. It's a lot easier to portray kissing like this (which is the sort of thing I usually opt for when I have to draw kissing), but it takes away from the part of the kiss where lips get all smooshed. THE SMOOSH FACTOR... SEEMS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW. (?? I've never actually kissed someone, so I wonder if I'm even qualified to talk about kissing like this. HAHA;;;)
2) Lips get really small when people kiss. ???? Like, look how small and higher up the lips get in this pic. Well, the girl's lips, at least. IT THROWS ME OFF THAT LIPS CAN CHANGE SIZE LIKE THAT....;;; And then I can't tell if I'm drawing the lips right or not. AGSLKFB! Yeah.
So that's how I feel about drawing nice kisses. I think these came out pretty good for me, though. Also, I used a ref for the top drawing. :^M

YEP.
Also, sorry I haven't gotten around to judging my challenge yet. I have a lot of work to do this week, but spring break is NEXT WEEK!!! So I'll definitely let y'all know by then. >:V Have a great life!

More drawings, aw yeah

I never know what to title these dumps because there's usually no surrounding theme or anything... ANYWAY, drawing dump time. I feel like I just posted one, but I guess that was actually like a week ago. :O
ALSO, thanks, to everyone who joined my challenge!! I'll go and comment on everyone's piece, and then I'll decide on the winners. I'll try to finish that up by next week! c:

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Katsucon made me want to draw some SSB fan art. This is coming out strangely cartoon-y, though, not entirely sure how I feel about it right now. Maybe it'll look good in the end, idk. INCONSISTENT!
The Pit I've drawn here is so different from the whiny-pouty-Pit I used to draw in 8th grade. :I MAYBE SSB4 PIT IS DIFFERENT FROM SSBB PIT, LIKE... THEY HAVE DIFFERENT VOICE ACTORS. So there.

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There was a text post going around on tumblr, which made me think TEENS IN FORMAL WEAR. WHAT A FANTASTIC IDEA. So yeah, here's Ned and Jack going to some dance together.
Idk why Jack is looking so short, lately... originally, Ned wasn't supposed to be that much taller than him. But idk, there is a visible height difference between them... so this is probably actually right, haha. Jack's like 5'8 or 5'9, btw, while Ned's at least 6 foot.

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PruexNolandxPillow, OT3. (I-i'm just kidding, don't bother me;;;)
I just wanted to draw Noland and Prue being snuggle bums. :V Prue looks too different with her hair down, though, I can't get used to it;;;
Still waiting on the day when I have the energy and time to type a big post about Noland and Prue, and probably also some about Chrystal and just Teach Me Something Good in general. :I
I guess I'll just say here that even though Noland isn't romantically interested in Prue, the two of them do, like...cuddle, hold hands, and sometimes kiss. But it never reaches a sexual point. Also, Prue is romantically interested in Noland, but understands that he doesn't have the same objectives as she does. She's also let Noland know how she feels, but doesn't try to pressure him or their friendship in any direction that he doesn't want it to go.
Idk, they're basically just very open about their feelings and communicate with each other a lot to let each other know what they're thinking about and also what they want to do as far as romantic interaction goes.... idk if this is making any sense, but yeah. Noland and Prue have a fairly intimate relationship, but neither of them see themselves as dating the other or anything like that.
Yeah. There's the poorly written abridged version of that.

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Thought I'd try to figure out the flow of Gabe's hair, one night. :V I pretty much traced these photos to help me get the gist of the flow. I'm not really sure if I like how fluffy Gabe's hair is in these, but idk, it's definitely interesting... I feel like I'm slowly getting closer to THE KEY THAT WILL UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF GABE'S HAIR.
...but in the meantime, I'll just be drawing it like I always do. B)

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I just... really like drawing Noland with pillows. And also drawing Noland in his underwear, apparently. I'M SORRY, I JUST THINK BOXER BRIEFS LOOK KIND OF CUTE AAAAAAH WHEN DID I GET SO PG-13;;;; But uh, yeah. Anyway, pillows. I really like pillows, so I kind of gave Noland my love for pillows. YOU UNDERSTAND, RIGHT, NOLAND? A NICE FLUFFY PILLOW IS A WONDERFUL THING.
I really liked how this looked while I was drawing it, but now that I look back on it, Noland looks a little too young. BUT I MEAN, HE KIND OF ALWAYS DOES... look too young, I mean. I swear he's 33, he's just... a human fluff pillow...............

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Mr. Hanekoma from The World Ends With You. I kind of just wanted to see if I could draw him. :V While I was drawing him, though, I realized he looked weirdly similar to Leorio from Hunter x Hunter. Is this some sort of anime/Japanese trope that I'm not aware of...???

Hm.
YEAH, ANYWAY, have a great week and stuff. I wish I had better ways to end my posts, haha. xD:;