Yes, your characters are very interesting, and I find their personalities to be unique! :D And don't worry about creating too many characters; it's really fun to create them after all. ^^
Also, like you, Minty is an inspiration to me as well. I believe I was 12-13 at the time I read her Pokemon Colosseum fanfic. She also inspired me to write and create artwork, and I really respect her! ^^
No problem! :D And yes, just seeing a lot of characters in a gallery on this site makes me feel driven to upload more of my characters. And I'm glad you look forward to them! ^^ I just have a feeling that the majority of them will be Pokemon OCs, though. xD
Oh, also, is there a nickname I can call you? As for me, you can call me Megg or Misa. Take your pick! ^^
Aw, thank you. :3 Sometimes I have way too many ideas for my own good, because I certainly can't keep up with all of them. I haven't written nearly as much as their development suggests, but I suppose once I do get down to writing to completion finally they'll already be well developed. XD
Ah, that story was quite the wonder. I still remember how excited when big sister Minty would print out her newest chapter and we'd sit down on either of our beds and she'd read the whole thing to me, with all the fun voices and whatnot... And of course whatever big sis did I did too. XD She drew, I wanted to draw, she wrote, I wanted to write... I even wrote a wonderfully horrendous fanfiction comic of her fanfiction... Boy oh boy, that gorgeous train wreck. ^^;
I still need to upload so many... And a bunch of them are due for redesigns... Gah so much drawing I'll have to do. I don't have very many Pokemon OCs of my own mostly because I just latch onto Minty's fanworld and characters. XD I only have my one uploaded at the moment... and now that I think about it, he might be the only one. Oh well. ^^;
Oh, most people refer to me as Ana or just Lady. I also respond to Pooky now thanks to Minty. XD; It's very nice to meet you then, Megg~
You're welcome! ^^ Ah, I can relate. I have many ideas in mind for future stories, but the best I can do is jot them down instead of actually writing out the planned stories. ^^; And yes, once you write your story, your characters will be fleshed out because you already took the time to develop them. ^^
Yep! Because of it, I plan to write my own Pokemon Colosseum fanfic someday. But sadly, it's still in the planning process. ^^; Ah, you and Minty are sisters! ^^ Minty must be a great role model and sister to you. The relationship between you two reminds me of my own bond with my younger sister. ^^ And the thing you two did with her fanfic seemed like lots of fun! I can recall my sister and I doing something similar... It was perhaps something like roleplaying as characters from Pokemon. But that was long ago. xD
Ah, I can relate to uploading and designs of characters as well. And drawing! I actually plan to upload some of my old and scrapped OCs because I still somewhat acknowledge them. After all, they are what I call "ancestors" of some of my OCs that I've created from their character. I have made several characters based off of them, now that I think about it. ^^; Also, yep, Minty's Pokemon characters are really well-developed and relatable! I think my favorite out of all of them was Travis or Kimberly. They were really unique characters. ^^ And it's okay to have one Pokemon character! There's nothing wrong with that. ^^
Ah, okay! I will call you Ana! And it's nice to meet you as well! ^^
I've been slowly making progress on a lot of my side projects and stuff because they're a lot smaller than the huge stories I tried to write as a kid and now need to revamp... Them big stories are the center of the big world almost all my other stories take place in, so I feel like my written foundation is a little shaky since I'm writing while pretending those stories are already done so readers already have an idea about the world. ^^;
She's a fabulous big sis. She actually humors all the ridiculousness I put her characters through. XD I really wish I could've finished the sequel comic I wrote for the first one, but my art style has improved quite a bit since then so there would be a jump in quality for the not-purposely-poorly-drawn sections. ^^; Maybe I should revamp the entire comic.
There's a huge chunk of my characters from my original story ideas when I was in 2nd-4th grade. That was around the time when Minty was really writing lots of those stories. Colosseum came out at the end of 2003, and of course I watched Minty play it every step of the way. Her writing that big story of her own was probably what got me coming up with a bunch of stories of my own. But of course they're ridiculous, kiddy, and not really that planned out, but I still love them so now I have to retcon and revamp all of them.
Ah Travis, I keep drawing him like a glorified janitor. XD Minty mentions he ends up doing a lot of crappy jobs even though he's got a pretty nice rank, and that somehow translated into me always doodling him with a broom. At least Minty doesn't mind me doing goofy things with her babies.
As long as you're making progress, that's what matters! ^^ And I do agree that smaller projects are much more easier to complete rather than major ones. Also, yes, it's tricky building off from your main world to accompany your other stories. But, there's always a solution to things. ^^
Revamping your comic sounds like a plan! It may turn out to be a tedious process, but at least you can reflect on your improvements. ^^
Ah, I believe I started writing stories around that time, too! (Or specifically 6th grade, when it was 2004-2005...) And I also admit that mine weren't serious either. xD I won't be revamping most of them, but I will be rebooting some.
Travis was so lovable, even if he had to face such difficult tasks. And your portrayal of him with a broom is really funny and makes lots of sense. xD It's nice that Minty allows you to do goofy things with her OCs. xD
Oh, sorry to be off-topic, but what are your plans for Christmas? For me, I will just be celebrating with my family. ^^
Right. A lot of my projects have been pushed off recently though, especially now that I have to work on my honors thesis. ^^; I need to make a text based Java game that teaches German. Thankfully I'll be working with some of my characters while I work out the plot and game features.
It'll definitely be tricky, especially a big part of the humor was the way everything was drawn. It ain't easy to recreate some of those perfect facial expressions, and some of the parts of the comics were actual drawing accidents I was too lazy to fix so I just worked it into the panel. Like... misspelling "soap" as "soup" and then I end up drawing that instead... or drawing an arm with one too many pencil strokes and you get, "Even my body feels weird. It's pretty bad when your arm bends twice." as dialog. Oh boy, was I a doof back then. Well, I'm still a doof, but... details... ^^;
My sister was writing various Pokemon based stories way back when, so when she started writing fanfiction I wanted to try it too. Of course I never had any intent on posting it anywhere and just wrote it in notebooks. My first story ever attempted was back from 2001... that was 2nd grade for me. But I'm such a slave to sentiment that I'm revamping EVERYONE, which is precisely why I have so many more characters I need to add. XD Ah well.
I think that comic was the main thing that got me doing ridiculous things to her OCs. I even made it so Nascour specifically gave Travis a steel broom just in case he ever took a swing at him in one of his over-exaggerated fits of rage. XD I've been having the itch to draw some of her characters again, and now that I don't have to worry about finals anymore I actually have some time to do so.
Oh, I dunno actually. Probably just staying at home and keeping it simple. Holidays are usually pretty quiet as normal around here, especially now that Minty's not around. (weeps) Maybe I'll dig out all the old Christmas specials of movies we have in our box of VHSs in the basement. ^^;
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Thank you for replying! ^^
Yes, your characters are very interesting, and I find their personalities to be unique! :D And don't worry about creating too many characters; it's really fun to create them after all. ^^
Also, like you, Minty is an inspiration to me as well. I believe I was 12-13 at the time I read her Pokemon Colosseum fanfic. She also inspired me to write and create artwork, and I really respect her! ^^
No problem! :D And yes, just seeing a lot of characters in a gallery on this site makes me feel driven to upload more of my characters. And I'm glad you look forward to them! ^^ I just have a feeling that the majority of them will be Pokemon OCs, though. xD
Oh, also, is there a nickname I can call you? As for me, you can call me Megg or Misa. Take your pick! ^^
8 years, 4 months ago
Aw, thank you. :3 Sometimes I have way too many ideas for my own good, because I certainly can't keep up with all of them. I haven't written nearly as much as their development suggests, but I suppose once I do get down to writing to completion finally they'll already be well developed. XD
Ah, that story was quite the wonder. I still remember how excited when big sister Minty would print out her newest chapter and we'd sit down on either of our beds and she'd read the whole thing to me, with all the fun voices and whatnot... And of course whatever big sis did I did too. XD She drew, I wanted to draw, she wrote, I wanted to write... I even wrote a wonderfully horrendous fanfiction comic of her fanfiction... Boy oh boy, that gorgeous train wreck. ^^;
I still need to upload so many... And a bunch of them are due for redesigns... Gah so much drawing I'll have to do. I don't have very many Pokemon OCs of my own mostly because I just latch onto Minty's fanworld and characters. XD I only have my one uploaded at the moment... and now that I think about it, he might be the only one. Oh well. ^^;
Oh, most people refer to me as Ana or just Lady. I also respond to Pooky now thanks to Minty. XD; It's very nice to meet you then, Megg~
8 years, 4 months ago
You're welcome! ^^ Ah, I can relate. I have many ideas in mind for future stories, but the best I can do is jot them down instead of actually writing out the planned stories. ^^; And yes, once you write your story, your characters will be fleshed out because you already took the time to develop them. ^^
Yep! Because of it, I plan to write my own Pokemon Colosseum fanfic someday. But sadly, it's still in the planning process. ^^; Ah, you and Minty are sisters! ^^ Minty must be a great role model and sister to you. The relationship between you two reminds me of my own bond with my younger sister. ^^ And the thing you two did with her fanfic seemed like lots of fun! I can recall my sister and I doing something similar... It was perhaps something like roleplaying as characters from Pokemon. But that was long ago. xD
Ah, I can relate to uploading and designs of characters as well. And drawing! I actually plan to upload some of my old and scrapped OCs because I still somewhat acknowledge them. After all, they are what I call "ancestors" of some of my OCs that I've created from their character. I have made several characters based off of them, now that I think about it. ^^; Also, yep, Minty's Pokemon characters are really well-developed and relatable! I think my favorite out of all of them was Travis or Kimberly. They were really unique characters. ^^ And it's okay to have one Pokemon character! There's nothing wrong with that. ^^
Ah, okay! I will call you Ana! And it's nice to meet you as well! ^^
8 years, 4 months ago Edited 7:11 pm
I've been slowly making progress on a lot of my side projects and stuff because they're a lot smaller than the huge stories I tried to write as a kid and now need to revamp... Them big stories are the center of the big world almost all my other stories take place in, so I feel like my written foundation is a little shaky since I'm writing while pretending those stories are already done so readers already have an idea about the world. ^^;
She's a fabulous big sis. She actually humors all the ridiculousness I put her characters through. XD I really wish I could've finished the sequel comic I wrote for the first one, but my art style has improved quite a bit since then so there would be a jump in quality for the not-purposely-poorly-drawn sections. ^^; Maybe I should revamp the entire comic.
There's a huge chunk of my characters from my original story ideas when I was in 2nd-4th grade. That was around the time when Minty was really writing lots of those stories. Colosseum came out at the end of 2003, and of course I watched Minty play it every step of the way. Her writing that big story of her own was probably what got me coming up with a bunch of stories of my own. But of course they're ridiculous, kiddy, and not really that planned out, but I still love them so now I have to retcon and revamp all of them. Ah Travis, I keep drawing him like a glorified janitor. XD Minty mentions he ends up doing a lot of crappy jobs even though he's got a pretty nice rank, and that somehow translated into me always doodling him with a broom. At least Minty doesn't mind me doing goofy things with her babies.
8 years, 4 months ago
As long as you're making progress, that's what matters! ^^ And I do agree that smaller projects are much more easier to complete rather than major ones. Also, yes, it's tricky building off from your main world to accompany your other stories. But, there's always a solution to things. ^^
Revamping your comic sounds like a plan! It may turn out to be a tedious process, but at least you can reflect on your improvements. ^^
Ah, I believe I started writing stories around that time, too! (Or specifically 6th grade, when it was 2004-2005...) And I also admit that mine weren't serious either. xD I won't be revamping most of them, but I will be rebooting some.
Travis was so lovable, even if he had to face such difficult tasks. And your portrayal of him with a broom is really funny and makes lots of sense. xD It's nice that Minty allows you to do goofy things with her OCs. xD
Oh, sorry to be off-topic, but what are your plans for Christmas? For me, I will just be celebrating with my family. ^^
8 years, 4 months ago
Right. A lot of my projects have been pushed off recently though, especially now that I have to work on my honors thesis. ^^; I need to make a text based Java game that teaches German. Thankfully I'll be working with some of my characters while I work out the plot and game features.
It'll definitely be tricky, especially a big part of the humor was the way everything was drawn. It ain't easy to recreate some of those perfect facial expressions, and some of the parts of the comics were actual drawing accidents I was too lazy to fix so I just worked it into the panel. Like... misspelling "soap" as "soup" and then I end up drawing that instead... or drawing an arm with one too many pencil strokes and you get, "Even my body feels weird. It's pretty bad when your arm bends twice." as dialog. Oh boy, was I a doof back then. Well, I'm still a doof, but... details... ^^;
My sister was writing various Pokemon based stories way back when, so when she started writing fanfiction I wanted to try it too. Of course I never had any intent on posting it anywhere and just wrote it in notebooks. My first story ever attempted was back from 2001... that was 2nd grade for me. But I'm such a slave to sentiment that I'm revamping EVERYONE, which is precisely why I have so many more characters I need to add. XD Ah well.
I think that comic was the main thing that got me doing ridiculous things to her OCs. I even made it so Nascour specifically gave Travis a steel broom just in case he ever took a swing at him in one of his over-exaggerated fits of rage. XD I've been having the itch to draw some of her characters again, and now that I don't have to worry about finals anymore I actually have some time to do so.
Oh, I dunno actually. Probably just staying at home and keeping it simple. Holidays are usually pretty quiet as normal around here, especially now that Minty's not around. (weeps) Maybe I'll dig out all the old Christmas specials of movies we have in our box of VHSs in the basement. ^^;
8 years, 4 months ago