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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:10 am 
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Recruitment is such a pain, but hopefully this is the last time for a while! I am looking for a backround artist, for my VN Karui Natsu Ame: The Sun Will Shine Through
軽い夏: The Sun Will Shine Through
Light summer rain: The Sun Will Shine Through
(Title pending)

So under my wing already I have a character artist, a musician, and two assistant writers but as is clear I am missing a BG artist. The project has actually made some nice progress with character sketches so far which I cannot include due to me having them in a file that does not like to be uploaded on this site. The vn has five heroines and I plan on making it as big as a commercial one like something made by Key or Minori, and opefully at least within the quality of a commercial one. The bg artist hopefully has some experiance, and can work with my character artist to do splash pages but I am not to picky seeing as I am lucky to get some incredible help on my vn so far. As it sems to help I am including one character design from my vn.

Sei Yasuwa
汐 泰和
Translation: Tide Peaceful Harmony

Height: 5' 7"
Bust: Caes Please fill in in centimeters
Waist: Caes Please fill in in centimeters
Hip: Caes Please fill in in centimeters
Weight: 143 lbs.
Build: Thin
Hair Colour: Darker Blue
Eye Colour: Sharp Amber
Hair Style: Straight hair down to hips with bangs
Standard clothing: A long sleeved grey shirt with a black wave design, tight blue jeans, dull sneakers. Always wears a little pouch on her neck containing a small pearl her mother gave her that she found on the beach. The pouch is a brown bag made of leather and tied with a piece of string and is tucked into her shirt. She wears no jewelry.
Date Clothing: A sleeveless white summer dress and a straw hat with a dark green bow on it. The pouch is hanging over her dress.
Personality: Coodere, but acts like this because she is very awkward and is a little bit sharper of tongue. Slightly clumsy but not overly and will concentrate very hard not too be clumsy in the presence of others. Dresses with confidence
Likes: The sea, waves, salty food
Dislikes: Places where you can't see the sea, people who look into other's business, sweet food
Good at: Running (Both ling distance and sprints), smart
Bad at:Cooking (uses to much salt), swimming
Bio: When she was 3 her mother committed suicide by jumping off a cliff into the sea because her secret lover was lost at sea during a storm. Sei was told by her grandmother that her mother had become a mermaid in the sea, using this as a way to comfort her. After this Sei would often go out on boats and jump overboard and nearly drown because she couldn't swim. Her father also turned to drinking and smoking, then he stopped working. Sei stopped believing this when she was 12, after being teased a lot by her fellow classmates. Eventually they moved to avoid the neighbors and kept moving, never living near the sea again and eventually ended up in the main character's town.

Contact me if you have any interest or want more information as I can email the rough sketches.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:23 am 
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Can you tell us the goals of this? Ex: Number of endings, length, number if BG needed.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:52 pm 
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Any mood you would like to give off?
A certain setting? (city, rural)

What type of Visual novel is this going to be?

Oh and I agree with cloud, all those would be nice too.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:23 pm 
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This is a standard guy pursues girl/girls visual novel rated either 13+ or higher depending on a group decision. The goal as I said is professional length, at least six endings but I like deciding as I go to match the feel of the story. ( The five endings are for each female and then the one for a possible bad/nothing ending that I know I will have but not sure what. The length again I like to decide as I go because I feel setting boundries limits creativity even if you know you can break them because while writing you can feel that they are there. As for the setting it might be easier to put in a introduction to the scenery thing I wrote and highlight key spots that contain descriptions. Note this is a complete rough draft that has yet to be edited. The town is in a valley surrounded by mountains but on the other side is the sea. The story will spend some time there and most in the city, the rest is one shot spots like a hot springs or something alone those lines. Now for the hardest part theme... I guess you could say that might be closeest for what my goal for this game is. My goal is to create something that can truely come alive and take hold of people's hearts like my favorite visual novel Ef ~ The First Tale. I want to create something where the player will fall truely in love with the a character like the love of Romeo and Juliet, deep and pure. MY goal is to take a dream and make it come true. If there is anything else you want to know just request it.

The boy's dormitories are at the bottom of the right side of Matsu Hill, which is the highest point within the valley. As I jog up, more and more of the city begins to appear starting at the top of the clock tower in the middle of town, the sun glinting off the glass cover of the clock and sending the like scattering making it look like a star. As I continue to run my breath gets louder and louder in my ears, but not filling the empty silence of the morning. The cool air feels nice on my face as the sun begins to warm the right side of my body while my left side is still in shadows. My feet finally find a rhythm with my breathing and my breath quiets slightly as I continue to run the hill seemingly to continue rolling and rolling forever without end. Finally I stop and place my hands on my knees, trying to remain standing. Looking as the town I can now see the school over on the far side, standing out with its older design compared to most of the more modern buildings around it. The school had been remodeled but only on the inside and the outside was left as it was when it was built about fifty years back. Next to the school I could see the last remaining buildings of the old school that had been built about a hundred years ago, according to the school principal. I don't know why I remember that, for some reason or another it stuck. As my legs continue to move they bring me over the crest of the hill, it feels like I am falling, my pace quickens and the wind begins to make sounds in my ear, whistling a tune as I start to run again. The girl's dormitory bounces around in my vision as I move from foot to foot and in an attempt to steady myself I stick out my arms. I feel like I'm flying, images in my head begin to appear of when I was young and with some friends in a park running around with our arms out and making airplane noises, running around till we were tired and then we would sit in the shade. Suddenly I realize my eyes are closed, opening them I see the edge of the hill approaching fast. I attempt to lean back but my legs continue to move even as I command them not to. I hit the rail and flip, the sun glinting as I glance it from behind my shoe. Then I hit the ground.

"Gasp!"

I bounce a few times still with my feet downhill, then the gravity and momentum grip me again and I begin to roll in a diagonal sweeping motion across the hill. I try to stop myself but my lungs feel empty and I am gasping for air, the wheezing and whipping of blades of grass, making my head spin even more. Finally the curve becomes to shallow and I stop face down, nose pressed against the dirt. As I lay there the sun begins to heat my back again, pushing the shadows away from lower down on the hill. I press my hands down into the dew covered grass and roll onto my back coughing a little. Sitting up is even more of a challenge but I finally make it, holding onto my knees so that I don't fall backwards. As I try to reorient myself my head keeps flashing between the sunrise and blackness as the blood rushes back into my head, and finally my vision clears completely. I try standing up and as for a bit of stumbling and swaying everything checks out. As I make my way up the hill I turn one more time to face the town and press my hands together, in a form that you pray with. It was something my dad showed me how to do long ago, if you can completely still your body you can feel your blood pulsing through your hands, then your arms, and then through your whole body with one constant throb over and over. It always helped me relax and eventually became a habit I do whenever I feel like a fool, or tired, or just nervous.

"Th-thump"

"Th-thump"

"Th-thump"

I wait for ten seconds and then let my hands drop to my sides, I can still feel the pulse but it is fading and my breathing becomes out of beat with my heart again. Spinning around I plant my feet into the earth and shove off, sprinting back to the road, and jumping over the guard rail. Looking back up to the top of the hill I see I hadn't actually rolled that far and the only reason I was really disoriented was the from hitting the ground so hard. Not wanting to risk that again I decide to walk the rest of the way down hill, taking longer but being able to calm down, I guess I still must be a bit shaken from the ordeal. After about five minutes I reach the base of the hill and the girl's dorms. The girl's dorms are a copy of the boy's , the architects even used the same blueprint. The only differences are the flowers in the flower beds and the plaque in front of the building that reads Girl's Dormitory. Sun is just beginning to reflect off the black metal gate at the entrance but still there were no signs of anyone being up. Alone as usual eh? I start jogging again the muscles tightening up in my legs for a second and then relaxing.

This town is really old, some parts seem like they are out of a fairy tale. A big clock tower, cheerful woods, brick streets. The outside of the town is filled with older Japanese architecture covered with moss and ivy. Simply looking at this part makes it look like it was caught in time. The center of town though is more modern, shops and stores, and even fast food like MckDanolds. I wonder if this is what other towns are like, or are they different with towering buildings and the same restaurants every block over and over and over.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:20 am 
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Haha. I'm hoping by splash pages, you mean, CGs. I thought I'd post in this thread with some of the sketches that I was able to provide you to show what a couple of the ideas had become.

Note: that these files may or may not be huge. It's 8AM and I'm lazy. :P You'll see the rough sketches and a quick play with colors, though I'm thinking of changing up the style of her. <_< We'll have to see.

And man is that a wall of text. You could summarize it for readers, you know. XD

P.S. Should bookmark this thread so you can refer back to it, Feather. That way, it'll be our WIP thread. *wink wink*


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:57 am 
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I think how he talks it sounds like he is describing what already happened to him.. I don't know if this was intentionally place but (when you use the words "i" it's like talking in a 3rd person context, Placing my hands down, my palms braced for impact,

Being a CG artist myself.. I think the linearts color (brown) doesn't suit it.. it's to dark (opacity) and the hair is over done, I also don't get why her hair is lighter at the top.. Are there school uniforms?

This is kinda reminding me of strawberry panic and DNAngel OTL

I wonder why he doesn't take a bus? is his house too close..?

And i'm also curious how it's going to be a gxb..

an example of things that shouldn't be written if he is in present tense: As I continue to run my breath gets louder and louder in my ears.


But it's kinda funny because reading that I got an idea for a visual novel, (as Satoko would say) HO-HO-HO


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On a side note.. as for backgrounds it would be good to describe in detail ( not that much in the story but too your bg artist)


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:05 pm 
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Interesting, alberte. Thanks for the brief critique. I will take it to heart as I continue to work with it.

The hair is lighter on top as it is the part that is exposed to light. The hair underneath is darker for shadows but I'll look it over again since you pointed out that it's odd. For the brown lineart, I can see what you're saying. I'll look up more references and see where the colors go from there. As it was a quick colorplay, critiques are always welcomed.

XD Other poses and clothing haven't been put through production yet. I'm actually under hiatus since, well I'm sure most of us have gone through it, I'm a college gal. But once the load lightens, I'm gonna draw my heart out. *_* WITH LOVE!

Anyways, that was wonderfully helpful. I'd like to hear more comments so I'll post up more artworks when the times comes.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:24 pm 
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very lovey art work hope to see a demo some time lol


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I told you guys this was a rough and never edited draft, so I will go through and fix the tense (later of course) or get someone else to. This was from a couple weeks ago and I have gotten my tenses sorted out now. He doesn't take a bus because he lives in the dorms which are near the school, and also it isn't a huge town so they don't provide buses. Also unless I mixed that up as well (school pressure, I am writing this when I should be finishing my essay do tomorrow) it is a boy preues girl not girl persues guy as alberte said.

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well that okay i still would play it


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:34 pm 
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Oh feather, I can totally relate to the essay thing.. I have to finish an essay on some shakespear thing.. D: due in one day too,

I'm looking forward to this; thanks for you explanation, lol.


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FeatherThief wrote:
I told you guys this was a rough and never edited draft, so I will go through and fix the tense (later of course) or get someone else to. This was from a couple weeks ago and I have gotten my tenses sorted out now. He doesn't take a bus because he lives in the dorms which are near the school, and also it isn't a huge town so they don't provide buses. Also unless I mixed that up as well (school pressure, I am writing this when I should be finishing my essay do tomorrow) it is a boy preues girl not girl persues guy as alberte said.

Sincerely,

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