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Katidid1992
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[2010-04-26 14:45:32 +0000 UTC]
"Just call me Katidid"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 643; Deviations: 623; Watchers: 105
Watching: 208; Pageviews: 52237; Comments Made: 5478; Friends: 208
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Clamp, Peach-Pit, Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Tajiri, Naoko Takeuchi, Arina Tanemura, Koge-Donbo, Mato, and Satoshi Yamamoto.Favorite movies: Anything by Studio Ghibli, The Last Unicorn, Narnia, The American Girl Series, Ice Princess, What a Girl Wants.
Favorite TV shows: Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicle, Magic Knight Rayearth, Angelic Layer, Kobato, xxxHOLiC, Eureka Seven, Higurashi , Umineko, Kanon, Air, Clannad, SAO, Log Horizon, Accel World, Little Busters! Madoka Magica, Sailor Moon, Chobits, and more.
Favorite bands / musical artists: Nana Mizuki, Maaya Sakamoto, DK.Smile, Aqua, Ali Project, Vocaloid, Utada Hikaru, Yukari Tamura, Lia, Kotoko, Changin' My Life, FictionJunction, Yui Makino, Kana Hanazawa, Megumi Nakajima, Vocaloid, Supercell, Shikata Akiko, ClariS, and Yui Horie
Favorite books: The Inheritence Cycle, Narnia, Wish, Clover, Gakuen Alice, Alice In Wonderland, Warrior Cats, Pokemon Special, Karin, Full Moon O Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Kamichama Karin, xxxHolic, Tsubasa Reservior Chronicle, Cardcaptor Sakura, Madoka Magica.
Favorite games: Pokemon, Sonic, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Lufia, Portal, Golden Sun, The Tales Series, Metroid, Higanbana No Saku Yoru Ni, Planetarien, Little Busters, Tsukihime, Fate/Stay Night, Magical Battle Arena, & NiGHTS
Favorite gaming platform: I like them all.
Tools of the Trade: Flash CS^, Photoshop CS6, Google Docs, Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet, Prisma Color Pens, Sharpie markers, Copic markers, Mechanical Pencils, white crylic paint, Prisma Colored Pencils and oil pastels.
# Comments
Comments: 1038
Sorry, about the late reply, but thank you. It means a lot.
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Amy: Hey, I don't know if you heard, but Chapter 4 of Digimon Adventure Tri premieres on February 25th.
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I know. At the start of each season of the year, I go to anichart.org to see everything that will air that season.
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Amy: Oh. I just go to the Japanese website for the series. Even though it's in Japanese, the dates are easy to read.
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Yes, but I have been too lazy to learn Hiragana and Katakana. That and it's not just Digimon I like to get info on. It gives me lists and summaries of everything coming out. With that I can pick multiple shows to watch in that season.
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Amy: The date is in English numbers.
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I know. But it only gives me info on one show, not everything I want to watch.
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Amy: Hey, just curious, have you seen the latest installment of Digimon Adventure Tri?
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Yes, the direction it went was pretty surprising to me. Now I want the next part more than after the previous films.
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Amy: Me too! But poor Hikari. Why is it that any time a mysterious being from the digital world needs to communicate with the DigiDestined, they always use her body to do it?
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Hikari has that sixth sense that makes her easier to possess. It's been a while since I watched Adventure 02 so I can't remember the details about why she has that element to her.
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Amy: I think it was actually mentioned in Adventure 01, not 02. I can't quite remember either, but I think it has something to do with her bearing the Crest of Light. Unlike the other DigiDestined, whose Crests are related to their personal attributes, Hikari seems to possess an actual power of some sort. In some episodes, she literally gives off light, and her light has the power to heal Digimon, as well as make other Digimon besides Tailmon evolve. That's why some of the Digimon worship her.
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It's first brought up in 01, but further explained in 02... I think... It's been too long. I know it had something to do with her Crest though.
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Amy: Yeah. Still stinks for her though.
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Amy: Hey, I don't know if you knew this, but the Yona of the Dawn Hiatus only lasted one month. It's already resumed.
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That's great! I'm glad the author and her assistants were able to solve their problems that arose from the earthquakes and can now continue it, but I'm going to wait on the Viz releases.
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Amy: Yeah. I'm looking forward to that too. I have the first view volumes in Japanese, for practice purposes, but reading them gives me a headache after a while... I haven't pre-ordered my copy though, cause TnT is in July.
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I don't really preorder manga, only light novels. Mom is so reading obsessed she feels obligated to buy them for me with her money. When it comes to everything else, according to her, I'm a miser that stores my money away until the last minute.
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Amy: Being a good saver isn't a bad thing. I wish I was better at it to be honest. Although being on disability kinda makes it hard... I pre-order mind just because I'm impatient and Amazon will deliver them to me on the release date, which is better for me, since I don't have a car or a license. I realized though that the money wouldn't be deducted from my account until after I received August's paycheck, since Amazon doesn't charge you until your item has shipped. So I went ahead and ordered it.
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I was doing pretty bad at it myself earlier this year so I'm trying to go back into miser mode. There were two games I just had to get, I got some new equipment for youtube, all while trying to save spending money for Phoenix Comic Con. Luckily, I have enough money left over to get the two game my youtube subscribers have requested LPs of when they come out.
After that though, I'm spending on nothing until I can afford a Ps4.
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Amy: Ah. So did you get any cool stuff at Phoenix Comic Con?
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I got a ps1 game I've seen online for over $100.00 for only $40.00, volumes 5-10 of a manga I've read, but have been meaning to collect for a long time for $5.00 each, and a hat of Espeon from Pokemon. Espeon looks like this cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thu… . The hat basically looks like Espeon's face on top of my head with the ears.
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Amy: Cool. My friends and I go to TnT next month.
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Amy: Happy birthday! I hope you had fun at Phoenix Comic Con!
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Thank you. It was great at the con.
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Amy: I'm glad. ^_^ Hey... do you by any chance use Poser?
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No, I don't. I can't do 3d modeling, because I can only do basic ordered pairs in math. I would need to know how to use X and Y positions to use it.
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Amy: Meh, not really. I create scenes all the time without paying attention to my coordinates. Like that dorm room design I just posted on my solo account? I created that without paying any attention to the coordinates at all. I pretty much only use three tools.
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Another thing is I'm just not a fan of 3d anything. I know it requires just as much talent as 2d, but it just doesn't appeal me. I'm still angry that Disney closed their traditional animation studio and only does 3d movies now.
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Amy: Hey, I forgot to ask, did you see my other tutorial? The one about how to create a manga?
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I think so, but it was a while ago.
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Amy: I only posted it last week...
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Oh, I must be thinking of something else. 
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Amy: Okay. Let me know how it is.
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This might sound a little harsh and I don't intend it to be, but I find myself against the model portion of the tutorial.
I don't have a need to use the models for tracing because I've worked at drawing with a career role from a young age. I had the benefit of focusing on it young which let me learn to draw slowly, but with more effort. I'm not naturally talented, I had to work at it to get where I am. Because I've wanted to into either anime or manga since literally kindergarden and have worked as long as I have, I have no excuse to use a model even if I wanted to.
For people who started drawing with a career goal later in life than I did and don't have as much time to work towards getting good.
I can see it being useful, but more so for training themselves to draw the proportions by tracing the model, and eventually I feel they will be good enough to stop using it. If they want to sign a contract with a professional publisher, they're not going to be hired if they trace models for everything. They can still use it as a reference, but to a pro, it's considered cheating. So I think it should be used as a training tool and nothing more. Very few artists draw without a reference so I think it's acceptable that way too.
I don't believe in natural talent. I think everyone has to work hard to get good at a skill. So, the tutorial doesn't help people who have the serious desire to want to draw manga for a career. Even for people who have been drawing as long as I have and worse than I am, just need further practice. No one masters everything at the same pace. For some it takes many years longer than others, but it's never too late in life.
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Amy: It's fine. I understood that some people would see it that way.
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That's a relief...
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Amy: Nah. I knew all along that some people would think that.
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Hi Kate, how do you do?
Long time no see, sorry!
Anyway, I remember when we exchanged comments on each other's deviations.
I just uploaded a new drawing.
However, I'm not asking you to look at it, because I'm not the one who should take the initiative.
See you soon!
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Hi. I'm doing okay right now.
I'm a bit busy lately so I'll look at what you uploaded later.
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I've actually had it a little over a week now. Amazon sent it a lot faster than I was expecting it.
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Amy: Cool. Would you like me to send my Akatsuki no Hana video then?
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