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Saturday, March 27, 2004

New stuff!
Yes, as you can see I have a new theme on my myOtaku. You see, this scheme came about a few weeks ago when I watched the end FLCL sequence in slow motion. At certain parts of the song, random (and somewhat kinky) images of Haruko keep coming up for a split-second. Thanks to PowerDVD XP, which I wouldn't have known about without the omnipotent guidance of our dear Syk3.

Anyway, I played the first DVD's end sequence in slow motion, and made a screenshot just as the desired picture popped up.

Problem was, because these were the end credits and there's no textless opening/endings on the FLCL DVDs, I had to figure out a way to get rid of the text while keeping the image intact.

And that is where hell began.

At first, all I did was try and go over the text with a brush tool. Needless to say, that didn't go well, and I consulted Kazuko for better techniques, as he is wise in the ways of this sort of stuff, and he told me to use the smudge tool. To me, it was ingenius. I had never bothered to use the smudge tool before. I never saw that much of a practical purpose for it, until now.

Of course, this took quite some time. I went over it many, many times, and my computer crashed twice, leaving me to start from an early point.

Then, I altered the hue of one of the many Furi Kuri logos, cut it out, and put it in the image along with a green border and line thing to match Haruko's eye and.. Tongue.

I know it doesn't look like much, but it took a long time, and I'm proud of it.
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