Thursday, 20 January 2011

How to write:

No offense to anyone... Except maybe the owl in the garage, listen, I don't care what you have written, Hedwig, I will not publish that book.


First, think of the characters, maybe have dark secrets, wierd facts, an odd saying... Etc. Make sure that at least you know who these characters are and what they're doing, an example:

Moriko Kyami, 17,
A Perky Green-haired girl who loves nature. She is studying gardening and has dyed her hair green to show her support for nature. She is spontanious and often abandons her friends for a just cause. Secretly, she is lonely as she lives in a treehouse alone in the nearby forest, but she doesn't tell anyone this. She loves animals and occasionally dresses up like one for laughs. Her catchphrase is "A planty time." Which she uses in reference to a good time


I like Japan, and that is the basis for this character. Names can easily be found online.


Ohh... And do a biography for every one of the main characters until you have a story forming. 2-4 protagonists are good with an equal amount of antagonists. Minor characters are exempt from this.


Second, story.


We need a plot. before we can start. Think of around 3 short stories before starting to write and write up a lot of drafts. I've been working on a plot for over 3 years... I have a folder full of trivia... I'm designing an entire world including a religion. Please think of a story.


Third, the styling, please use adjective and catchy sentences so that we can grow attached to the writing, use a wide range of adjectives so that you can really have a planty time. And finally, the most important thing:


FORMAT!


I don't mind if something rubbish as long as it's readable. If you have three paragraphs per story, blocks of dialogue on the same line as other bits of dialogue and random bolding of text... I will not read it. It sucks. I cannot read it as you are probably rushing your ideas without explaing them and also: PARAGRAPHING AND CAPITALISING CREATES EMPATHSIS! By creating this empathsis, you can draw a reader to read a long story at any point.


That's all... I'm going to write up a fantasy college story soon.

Monday, 3 January 2011

Some random facts

Welcome back to the unread blog of me, the crazy pyschopath who is just down the road from you... Seriously, I'm right outside your house and I'm staring at you.

Well, I have posted a facebook status about not posting my new-years revolution on facebook... I know this this is not read as much, however, and so will contain my revolution.

Firstly, I have a laptop. It has a lot of memory, two memory sticks and uses Windows 7 Professional as an operating system with Microsoft Office 2010 as its programming (Internet is Firefow... The only use of explorer is to download Firefox.) I am not using it currently as it is upstairs. Feel free to steal it, it's only slightly my highest value item.

Secondly, I have not capitalised facebook on purpose, a hwhile (Family guy reference) ago I noticed that the logo of facebook has a lower-case 'f' to help promote friendliness.

Third off the bat is my revolution: "In 2010, I will experience love from another. That is my promise to myself." Quoted from my first words of the year. For the past three I said "I love Vicky Sharpe" as my first and last words of the year. I don't anymore and do not currently love anyone. (Other than any on the list of people below)

Finally, I must say that I hate my 8 year old sister. She is an attention craving bitch who I cannot find a single good point about. I spent two weeks away from her (But still with my 12 year old brother) and I loved it. Here are some stuff I hate about her:
She lies to get what she wants,
She always gets what she wants,
She does whatever she wants,
She cries and screams when she doewn't get what she wants,
She is really needy,
Her name is not spelt right... Amy should be spelt as such and not as Aimee,
Matt, my brother, always listens to her,
She tries to act older than she is,
She's constantly talking,
Her voice is dreadful,
She's my sister... Anyone with a sister raise their glass of energy drink to this,
I had to make a list.

But on another note, there is a list of people I love:
L... I spent ages trying to think of a first person so that no-one would get mad...
Matt, My brother... Sorry, Bother,
Mum... Self-explanatory,
Grandad, Same as above,
Nanny, Same as above, on my dad's side,
Dad, He was needed in my birth,
Awesome Dawson, My aunt,
Adam Dawson, Cousin,
Sophie Dawson, Younger sister of Adam,
My half relatives excluding Aimee,
My best friend Edward Blow, Nicknamed my mum and I his mum... We are gamers who banter a lot,
All the Blows who class their home as [Their house (Surcurity(I cannot spell it))],
Jacob, The brother of my best friend who lives in a caravan outside the house... I gave him a russian periodic table once... A2 sized... This is called Randomosity Central,
Lightning Farron, Oerba Dia Vanille and Hope Estheim from FFXIII... I love Japan,
Japan,
You know, I'd have to say Moosh... He taught me how to draw Manga,
On the subject of people I haven't met: Matt Tuck, Saul Hudson, Matt Bellamy (That's the good way to spell Amy) and any other musicians,
Your mum,
And finally:
My Cat, Speedy and all other cats in the world... Especially cat-girls.

Well, that is all so long and good freaking night everybody.

Sunday, 5 December 2010

A little FYI

I should really find something more random to blog about...

Guess what? I've been ill since Wednesday! I haven't been excused from school, however. Luckily, I have continued with my projects...

The first thing is that my Anime Drawing is getting better. It is now just like classic Manga. Unfortunately, some people have called Anime a 'gay' style. In my opinion, if I wanted to draw like they do (A lot of lines that barely resemble anything) I'd become a tattooist. I draw Anime because it is fun and  my imagination can give the characters a story.

The second thing is that I have finished the story about Josh and Hannah. Yep, more pretend. It's in my Facebook notes but please, drop a comment if you want to read it on here. Josh's personality is inspired by myself, while his name comes from the glorious frontman of Crimson Solace. Hannah's personality is simply my dream version of Hannah the fake version I have created to understand humanity (This applies to everyone but myself.) She is completely inspired by a classmate of mine who shares the same name. I have not, and do not want to, read Twilight. I say this because apperently my story is simular to it. Stephenie Meyer, you've got the talent of a Fifthteen year old. Grow up.

Games. Both classical and new. I have been playing Pokémon Diamond quite a bit as... Randomosity. I love Pokémon. I have also been playing Halo Reach, FFXIII and Gears Of War 2, however. THe reason I have started playing these games again are simple: New fun. Halo Rach is fun to make maps on, after modding everything you have an awesome gametype. FFXIII can unlock me my favourite profile pictures... I also love Lightning and Vanille. GoW2 is...
...
Gory. And has bots. The one thing that is needed in Halo: Bots. AI are awesome, they allow for replayability, hours of fun and (Judging by the amount of games I've played on GoW2) really grabs the attention of the player.

That is all. Thank you for reading. I like to use an Elpisis every now and then, I possibily overuse it.

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Anime

First things first, I have learnt how to draw Anime characters. They are not perfect or anything but it's a start. They are the best drawings I've done. I currently draw three type of people:
1. Anime Cat-Girls,
2. Male characters with wierd (Well, Anime style) hair,
3. Female characters with ponytails that look crazy.
As does the teacher, Moosh.
I do not know Moosh personally. I was on Newsgrounds the other day, found the tutorial and then decided to learn how to draw. It was fun.
My method of drawing is simple:
1. Decide the character. There are some differences between the three that need to be done quickly.
2. Decide the view, Head and shoulders, 85% of body or 45% of body. For size reason.
3. Draw the face lines. These have slight varience depending on character.
4. If it's a girl, choose hair style. If you want the hair to come in front of the shoulder then take that into account while drawing the neck/shoulders.
5. Make the fringe. Randomosity is key.
6. From the neck up, draw a spiked hair style for boys or a long flowing style for girls (Including cats.) Dont connect it with the fringe but make it come up to the height.
7. Randomly do the hair for guys. For girls I recommend a circluar style.
7a. For normal girls, draw headbands and go crazy with the ponytails. With cat girls, draw cat ears instead.
8. You now have the outline. Well done. Choose an expression.
9. Eyes. Hard to explain. Moosh explains it well in his tutorial but if you use the expression builder, you can create thousands of eyes. Either small and shart for males or big and bushy for females.
10. Nose. Draw a line from one of the eyes to around the cheek level and the make a < shape. (Or a > shape.) This is a nose. Easier than I expected.
11. Mouth. Line with smaller lines purtuding at 45 degree angles from the tips. Best tip. Add fangs for Cats.
12. For cats, draw a tail to one side. For more than head and shoulder, draw arms, body, big breasts Et cetera.
13. You're done. In theory. Clothing is important (Jeans and a T-Shirt) and if you can, colour. I can't colour so... I wont.

And that's Anime drawing. Hard to do at first, easy to do after a while and simply awesome when you add colour and a background. I'm done.

Sunday, 28 November 2010

What am I doing and why do I not post much anymore?

Revision... If you know me then you would know that I do not do revision or homework... Ever.

I live with my family, my brother is on the computer most of the day, my sister is on it the rest of the time and... I am busy. I'm a gamer. Simple as. I play Halo, Pokémon, Mortal Kombat, Et Cetera. I have recently re-discovered my love for Pokémon (My brother (Younger) gave me his copy of the game. One deletion later, I was able to play the game from the beginning.))

What am I doing on Diamond? Well, I started out with the grass one, I caught five more Pokémon and then swapped them with my sisters DS so I got the 6 Pokémon I want, all at level 10. Pretty cool. I'm getting through the game with just these people. It's harder than you think. The only Pokémon I intend on catching is the Legendary, and that is simply so I actually have it.

Final Fantasy. Yesterday, at around 10am, I was on the internet. I was bored so I wanted to learn how to draw Anime. I looked at tutorials and then thought of the best Anime sequences I have ever seen... This was not Death Note, not Pokémon but instead, Final Fantasy XIII. I have fallen in love with Oerba Dia Vanille and Lightning Claire Farron. I also have rediscovered my love of the name Hope... And white hair.

I have been fighting the most powerful creatures on the game, the Oretoises. The have a lot of health. I want to unlock Lightnings picture for my Xbox account picture. I don't have live.

I also am writing a lot at the moment. In addition to trying to draw Anime, I am trying to write about Josh and Hannah. If you're reading this Josh, then yes, I stole your name. I did not, however, steal your personality. And on another note, I have exams this week. We're going to fail like hell.

Seriously, you need to listen to some Linkin Park. They have talent.

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Stuff I intend to do:

1. Finish story about Josh and Hannah.
2. Type up story.
3. Get a new guitar.
4. Write a song.
5. Assume a life of normality.
6. Get help in lessons. They assume I can get an A* but I know that that is not the case.
7. Most importantly, I need to find someone who is a lot more intelligent than me, trusts me and is a certain type of person... To talk to.

Trust? Wierd word isn't it? Five letters to be desired. Wierd that if left to long, the T goes and it turns to rust. If someone trusts me then I in turn trust them. I am picky of who I trust but I know that anyone who has faith in me will also appreciate my faith in them, so I trust thos who trust me. I also respect those that respect me and High-Five cats.

Want a little quiz?

1. Are you: a) Boy      b) Girl     c) A cat looking for a cheezburger?
2. What are your goals? a) Money is important.   b) Love comes first.    c) I don't care. I want that burger.
3. Do you take stuff like this seriously? a) Yes.   b) No    c) Seriously, where is my burger?
4. Which of these people are better? a) Wayne Rooney.  b) Cheryl Cole.   c) Keyboard Cat.
5. Are you bored? a) Yes.  b) No.   c) Yes, I cannot find my cheezburger.

If you answered mostly a's then you are obviously someone who likes A's.
If you answered mostly b's then you are obviously a more femine person.
If you answered mostly c's then I do not have a Cheezburger. Here is a cookie:  (::)

Well, that's all folks. See you around!

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Master of Puppets VS Holy Wars

Why? I don't particularly care. It started a couple of months ago. I was bored at 6 O'clock in the morning and I was researching my favourite bads (And yet I don't do homework...) I found out about Metallica legends of the past like Cliff Burton and Dave Mustaine.

After watching A Toute Le Monde, Holy Wars and others by Dave's band Megadeth, I came to the conclusion that both were awesome.

But who is better?

This is opinion driven, as I cannot actually imitate the music, I must explain each bit in sections:

Intro:

The first four chord of Master of Puppets VS the first bit of Holy Wars. HW has a riff that is more awe-inspiring but the simplicity of MP is also good.

The PreVerse riffs:

For MP, this is the driving force of the song. The bits before the singing and the riff that is soon after they yell "MASTER!" The former is the main part of the song and is loved by guitarists everywhere. A true gem of the music industry. The latter is a riff that fits in so well with the first that you are forced to headbang until you suffer a brain hemorage. Megadeth couldn't beat that? Well, they came up with two riffs as well, the first of the two having an open palm-muted string mixed in with some Hammer-ons and Pull-offs in the middle. More metal than the first of the Metallica first preverse riff. The overlay of the pure distortion that follows is awesome to the point of extremity, another gem of the music world.

Verses:

Metallica sounds awesome and the meaning of the words? Drugs. It's all about how drugs will control your life and force you to become a puppet. Megadeth is all about the wars between religions for religous purposes. Both are deep when you think of them. Not Tool deep but deep nonetheless.

Soft Solo:

Megadeth grab a spanish guitar and play a riff faster than I can trembolo pick. It lasts around 5 seconds and is just plain awesome. Metallica, go all out in this section and play a couple of riffs together including the riff that I can play. These riffs are perfect in the song and you can really feel the insanity of drugs. It is beautiful.

The Heavy Interlude between Soft Solo and Verse:

Metallica gradually builds into the heavyness and ends up with a riff that has inspired a lot of metal songs. The riff includes the chorus of "Laughter, Laughter, all I hear or see is laughter!" And after the chorus you get another solo before heading into anything main in the songs. Megadeth instead rushes right into the Heavyness as soon as the solo is over. The riff then goes into pure awesomcity after Dave stops singing.

So, who is better?

Neither. Both are awesome and well worth listening to. If you are to live your lie, please listen to one of these gems. They are awesome. Megadeth is heavier but that isn't always a good thing.

A Toute Le Monde or One?

A Toute Le Monde in the form: Set Me Free. It's awesome and the female vocalist is hot. The song is better than One because it is more emotionally stiring. The best part of One? Darkness riff to the end of the solo. The rest is good but it isn't as good as A Toute Le Monde.

This is all my opinion, choose whatever you wish. Good night Vampires!