Achievements • Zilch. :B Anime Fan Since • Whenever Teknoman was on American television; my first anime ever. -whimpers about Slade- Goals • To receive the most flames for a single picture EVER. *accomplishish'd... then the mods removed it*
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Like a Surgeon?
So... does anyone have any idea what's to become of myOtaku once Version Vibrant comes out? That is to say, will myO become useless to those who rarely have their sites looked at? 'Cause if that's the case... I'll be moving my henshin icon and fan Mew guides to Mew Licorice's fansite... and I'm not sure what the fate of this site will be.
Dude. I think I might've accomplished my goal with my most recent image post, huh? Or at least I've come close. Maybe I ought to incite rage amongst the community more often... Comments (6) |
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Holy crap, I thought that was it for theOtaku. Go, Adam, go! XD
... In other news, I've set up round two of my fan Mew revamps. Again, these are just MY opinion on the Mews' outfits and, as such, are not meant to get everyone all riled up; I'm not saying you should change your character, I'm just experimenting with their appearances and seeing what they'd look like if they conformed to my goofy fan Mew guide.
This is Yaya-Chan's Mew Bonbon, done with her permission seeing as she asked me to do it in the comments for my last round of these. I even went and added a possible weapon, the Bonbon Bongo ("Bonbongo"). Doesn't have to be used, of course, but it fit the name, so... yeah. Her colors are orange and pink, preferably orange with pink trim as opposed to pink with orange trim, as there are far too many pink Mews already. Orange hair might be good, too, but I suppose you could keep the pink.
And here we have ChibiCage's Mew Candi with a DNA modification. No more random wings; she's now an Arabian Wolf Mew. Her outfit is purple with green trim, and her hair is purple as well (looks better than green, in my opinion, but that could be substituted as well).
... What? That's it?
Yeah. I had plans for two more, but I'll leave them for another round... or I might not do them at all 'cause their creators would probably really bitch me out, unlike everyone else thus far (which is really surprising considering what I've done).
lol wut
Yeah, I'm going to get my pixelly ass kicked for this, but... whatever.
Just an experiment of mine, more-or-less. The idea struck me after talking to Milkshakess about her Mew Starapple (formerly Ichino). Basically, I wondered what she'd look like if I modified her to fit the Mew guide I posted a while back.
Apparently, this is all I could come up with. Though, really, the fact that I didn't have to do much to modify her is actually kinda nice. Removed the belt and changed her bodice a smidgen. Her hair is purple in this, though. ^^;
So... then I took a couple of other fan Mews I had pictures of (yes, I save images of other fan Mews in my TMM folder) and did the same to them, though without their creators' permission.
So this is my version of Ringo Akai's Mew Roseapple. Colors are red and pink (or gray and white, since this is grayscaled). DNA is a Riverine rabbit, since her DNA was a fictional species before. I intended for her sneakers to be red, too, but then I lost the normal wooden pencil I was using to shade...
And here we see my version of MewLemon's Mew Lemon.
Now, before whoever reads this goes and FREAKS OUT on me like when I posted that guide, these doodles are just my thoughts on how a few fan Mews randomly plucked out of my ginormous folder MIGHT look if I modified them to conform to the guidelines.
I'm not saying that anyone has to change anything. That seems to be a difficult idea for people to grasp nowadays. When other people, like Kokkoii-Matoku, have an opinion, you all treat it as such. When I have an opinion, though, you all flip out and act like I'm trying to force everyone to agree with me about every little thing. Comments (10) |
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RC's Guide to the Common FanMew
Because clearly no one here understands the basics to making a fancharacter for this series.
I was going to make this into an illustrated guide, and I still intend to do so 'cause no one will read this, but certain events have caused me to post the text version prematurely.
~('3')~
1) Stick with the manga's established food-based (given) and color-based (family) naming scheme. No "Mew Amy" or "Mew Dark" or anything like that. No English names. The Japanese/Chinese/etc. version of an English food name (i.e. Lemon is Remon, Licorice is Rikorisuu—use that one and I’ll hunt you down and eat your spleen, Cherry/i is Cherii, etc.) would be best, but you don’t have to go that far. So far as family names are concerned, be sure to include your character's main color in it somehow. Flowers may be used if an appropriate hue of whatever color you've chosen is not available. [url=http://www.color-guide.com/e_index.htm]This[/url] site is very useful when it comes to picking her last name.
2) Your character’s color scheme MUST reflect her food-name. A Mew Peach whose colors are black and blue just doesn’t work, capish?
~~ Only TWO colors per Mew! Blatantly ignoring Mew Mint's white accents, all of the Mews only have TWO colors, a main one and one for their trim. The addition of extra colors makes the character too cluttered-looking.
3) The character must have endangered animal DNA. Remember that the Mew draws her power from this animal's will to survive and protect its species. The more endangered the animal is, the more powerful the Mew will be. Likewise, the less endangered the animal is, the weaker she'll be (e.g. My Mew Licorice is one of the weakest Mews due to her animal merely being "vulnerable"). Injecting the DNA of a house cat into your character will not make her a Mew.
~~ No "mythical" creatures allowed! This means no unicorns or dragons or anything of that sort! However, your Mew may appear to be a mythical creature (e.g. a lion and a golden eagle may make a “sphinx,” a Komodo dragon and a Rodrigue’s flying fox may make a “dragon”, etcetera... ).
++++ No. Angels. Period.
4) The outfit. There are, of course, the collar, arm garters, and thigh garter to remember, but have you ever really looked at what makes up the Mew's uniform?
Let us take a closer look:
Tops: All of the bodices/tops for Mews ages ten and up are strapless. While the design varies, all of the tops also have eight seams running lengthwise (a double seam in the front/middle, one over each breast, one under each arm, one under each shoulder blade, and one in the back/middle). There are no sleeves to this part of the outfit at all (this is why Mew Licorice got another makeover).
Bottoms: Shorts, skirts, leotards... As long as it's short enough to show the Mew's thigh garter, anything goes with this. Ball gowns and pants are a no-no.
Collar/Garters: While these may be present, I've noticed an odd trend in which people color their character's collar and garters reversed to how they've colored the rest of the character (e.g. Mew Grapefruit is pink with yellow trim. Her collar and garters are yellow with pink trim, though.). This sort of coloration clashes with the rest of the Mew's outfit, making her look stupid.
Another thing I've seen is the addition of thigh garters where there shouldn't be one (i.e. on the ankle, over knees, etc.). The thigh garter belongs on the Mew's left thigh (or the right if she's the leader of the group).
Materials: The costumes seem to be made out of a rubbery or satin-like material, with trim made of fur or, in the case of Mew Berry (and my Licorice), lace. While one may feel like using fishnets and spikes for their "goth" Mew or tulle and other sheer fabrics for their "princess" Mew, these materials are not standard.
SYMMETRY: This I can't seem to stress enough. All of the Mews' uniforms have bilateral symmetry. What does that mean? Think about a butterfly's wings. Generally, they are mirror images of each other. The outfits the Mews wear are like that. A lot of the "Winx Club" fangirls who have wandered into the "Mew Mew Power" fandom like to use slanted skirts and single-strap tops for their characters, mimicking the clothing worn by the fairy girls. However, if you look at the seven canon Mews, you'll see that all of them have bilateral symmetry, so such designs look clumsy.
Mew Mark: Something that is frequently forgotten, or horribly misplaced if remembered. The Mews all have marks (with the exceptions of Ringo and Berry, the former because she was never injected, and the latter because Mia Ikumi was on her own by that point and is really nothing more than a Mew Mew fangirl herself, just with more power than one of us) where they were injected with whatever DNA they take their power from. The mark itself is a bilaterally symmetrical representation of the animal the Mew was fused with and is positioned over the midline of the body (forehead, middle of the chest, between the shoulder blades, over the navel). One might argue that Ichigo's mark isn't on the midline, but when she is standing in the anatomical position (facing forward, feet together, palms forward), one can see that it IS on her midline, thus following this pattern.
The positioning problem may be averted by adding in the Mew's profile that she was injected by hand, meaning that her mark would be wherever the needle/injection gun went.
5) Weaponry. So far as character designs are concerned, a lot of the names are meant to be puns and stuff; this especially includes the weaponry. I've seen some very cutesy fan Mews carrying some very dangerous implements of doom-ness, mostly swords and scythes. With the exception of Mew Berry (because, again, she breaks all of the rules 'cause she's little more than a fan character herself, albeit one created by Ikumi), all of the Mews' weapons are based on musical instruments. Furthermore, the name of the weapon can blend into the food name of the Mew, adding to the general corny feeling of the series. For example:
Ichigo has a bell, the Strawberry Bell (Strawberuberu).
Minto has (technically) a harp, the Mint Tone Arrow (Mintoonaro).
Retasu has her castanets, the Lettuce Castanets (Retasunetto).
Purin has the her tambourines, the Pudding Rings (Puringu).
Zakuro has (technically) a flute, Zakuro Cross Whip/Zakuro's Whip (Zakurosuwipu).
My Licorice has a lyre, the Licorice Lyre (Rikorieru). It's a bit of a stretch, but if you can make it work, do it. Add an adjective if you must, like in the case of Minto and Zakuro's weapons.
PSA
This is a Public Service Announcement to all members of theOtaku and deviantART who post their works on the Internet and ask/beg for commentary on them.
Okay people... I should've made this post several days ago. I have stopped being nice about my commentary on pictures. Any advice I've given to people, art-wise, seems to be ignored on the whole, and so will be stopped immediately.
I repeat: Panda Pants will no longer be supplying "nice" commentary. You want me to comment on your picture? I'll give you exactly what I think, no sugarcoating. I'll tell you what I think you should work on, and I'll supply URLs to websites and pages that may help you with whatever I say. I will be mean, I will be bitchy, I will be me. I refuse to apologize for what I say, and if you delete the comments, I don't really care. If you ATTACK me for them... well, then there may be some issues.
This isn't to say I'm "out to get" anyone, nor am I intentionally making people cry. The commentary I provide is objective, based on the image before me, not on my opinion of the one who created it. I will not be commenting at random unless I see something I really need to look in to.
There might be a picture up soon with the same information, as I know maybe three people actually glance at this page. If you've read this, then disregard it as it will not say anything different.
I'm not who I pretend to be on this site, and it has become more difficult as of late to hide my "quirks", so to speak. Kokkoii-Matoku got a taste of it last night/this morning and she still seems to be reeling from the experience. I will try to remain as I've always been, but I can't guarantee that this venture will be successful.
This has been a Public Service Announcement directed at the members who post their work on the aforementioned websites. Comments to this announcement will be checked and responded to accordingly. Comments (13) |
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Monday, July 16, 2007
RE: Pixel Henshin Icons (again)
... Okay, right. So, it's come to my attention that everyone's free trials of the Animation Shop program are ending.
If you're one of the many with this problem, leave a comment here with the following information.
Link to the completed sprite sheet: (this MUST be "finished"--that is to say, I shouldn't have to edit any of the bases unless it's a blip in coloring or something else that I see; there should also be an example of the background color or colors that you'd like me to use along with an example of the border color; preferrably hosted at Photobucket or some site like that)
Frame dimensions: (if not specified, I'll make it the standard 50x50 that I always do)
Specialties: (a description of anything unusual that you want in the henshin that you may've not been able to do yourself; an example would be the henshin I put together for StrawberryDaisy--she wanted a zoomed in bit where her Mew seemed to kiss the screen or something, so I added a doll based for the effect) Comments (5) |
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RE: Pixel Henshin Icons (again) 
