^-^'

Ah, so according to Crystal, Okami means wolf or god.
OK.
And yes, I finished it fast. For 2 weeks that's where I spent most of my free time, to the annoyance of my parents. It was a long game. So I've been neglecting editing my and Ellen's story. Heheh. I 'd better get back to work.

Okami

Someone posted! I'm so excited!
So, I should post. I haven't in a while.
So, Crystal lent me a game called Okami. Up till 2 weeks ago, the only games I knew were Zelda, Smash bros, and Pokemon. Now I know Okami. I finished it last night.
Overall, it's a good game. There's really nice art in it. You play through the game as a wolf named Amaterasu. She's a sun god. What does Okami mean anyway?
Ooh, I should put up pictures of the zodiac animals. I really like the designs for them.
Anyway, good game. They fool you though cause what you think is the end isn't, and that happens a couple times. And there is a few things that are a bit strange. Like Rao. And you defeat the 8 headed dragon by making each of the 8 heads drunk . However that's one of the less strange things. Issun can be a bit naughty too on occasion.
So, here's Amaterasu. There's some great pictures of her on deviantart (I still think that's a strange name for the site).


And here's the zodiac.












So, I like Ammy and the zodiac and stuff. I also like Waka. Maybe it's because he plays flute (like me) or maybe it's the random french phrases (au revoir baby!) He's different enough that I found him interesting. So, I won't give anything away for people who want to play the game. I'll say this. At first, I found him annoying, even though the french was amusing. Then later on in the game, I started to like him before we found out who the heck he was. Though his hair is pretty strange.

Just a little art project

So I'm taking a computer art class which is awesome by the way :D
And here's my first project. It's also in the link somewhere to my DA account. Yeah enjoy.

Fool's Paradise link

Calvin and the raccoon

Very rarely is Calvin sweet, but this is one of the times. This is a sad one, but it's good. I thought it deserved its own post.

King of the World

My first picture done entirely on photoshop.

Changing Names

You know what's really hard? Changing names. THere have been a few instances where I've wanted to change the names of my characters. In "The Light of the Sun," Erika's name was originally Angela. Actually, Erika and Angela were completely different characters. But I didn't think Angela fit the role so I used Erika instead. I changed that one very quickly. Angela became Erika within only a few chapters.
Then in "Of Spirits and Demons," Darien Jaiyer changed his name. In the original draft, his first name was Daniel. I think it was over half way through that I changed it to Darien. But it wasn't too hard to remember because Darien seemed to fit better than Daniel. (Besides I stole the name Daniel from someone I know and I didn't feel comfortable doing that even though I've stolen names for other characters before).
And then in Shadow Split, Briena's second story, there's too many characters. And the Aboree was named Terra. But that never felt right. First of all, she was from Africa. Terra doesn't have anything to do with African stuff. It just means "earth" which isn't very creative. The name Terra was actually a statement cause I'm sick of people pronouncing my name Terra. They do it all the time if they're reading my name or something. Terra is clearly spelled Terra, not Tara. So there. Observe all of the "are" sounds with the a that is in my name.
fAr
jAr
mAr
bAr
and even
tAr
etc.
Either way, back on topic.
I have committed one more major name change as of last night. IN "Of Spirits and Demons," Kimia was the girl in the legend. KimIRA, Briena's friend, is named after KimIA. But I decided that I wanted KimIRA to be the girl in teh legend, and KimIA would be named after Kimira. So, I did the whole "find and replace" thing on my computer. Kimira is officially Kimia and Kimia is officially Kimira.

Back in Business!

I do appreciate it, Ellen!

Anyway, both of us have been reading and editing like crazy and I talked to Ellen last night on the phone. We're gonna edit and maybe add some chapters in the middle of the story. Ellen's actually coming home from college for a dentist appointment (and I found out that I have one tomorrow -_- ) so we're gonna have an onigiri party. I heard about those (after seeing them on Pokemon) in Fruits Basket, so I asked Ellen how to make them. So we's gonna make onigiri (rice balls) and work on our story this saturday.