Currently Scripting: Chapter 4 Scene 3
Storyboards: Prologue
Production Sketches: Getting there
Betweeen going on bandtour, classes, make up work, looking for and job aND apartment hunting, life is just so busy! But it's not overwhelemingly so yet, which owrries me. I should be drasticaly overwhelemed. But I'm not...? Interesting.
It has been really cold here lately though. I'm freezing all the time. (except when I'm drunk like last night on my livestream...what?)
I've trying to draw the characters over and over again in the production sketches so that they'll look consistant. Kagehito is the hardest for me to draw, because he has long hair AND glasses. (It's odd because he's not the type of person who would have a ponytail, but he does). Getting Akari to look consistant has also been a challenge. Maybe they're both so difficult because they usually have very blank expressions.
Well, I'm off to dry my hair and go to class. Maybe later or tomorrow I'll post a short profile of Akari, our main character.
All the best!
~6H
Monday, April 26, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
The Place: Inaka City
Currently Scripting: Chapter 4 Scene 3
Storyboards: Prologue
Production Sketches: I have them
Status: Awesome
First off, my roommate helped me find the BEST SITE EVER that has tons of Eurovision related ALBUMS. YAY!!!! They also have LOTS OF AKCENT, this techno/pop band that I first heard on my trip in Greece with their awesome song "That's My Name." Go listen to it. I dare you.
Did you listen to it yet?
As promised, I will now decribe the setting and place that Akari takes place in.
Inaka City 2023
Inaka is a fictional city in Japan that, in it's design, is actually a blending of sevearl cities--Tokyo, Chicago, New York, and anything else I decide to through in there. It was the terrorist attack in 2013 in Inaka that rushed in the CYBER era, and as a result Inaka is a hub of Cybernetic technology, being the home of one of Japan's largest cybernetic desingers and manufacturers, Terra Tech.
Inaka is a small city of about 40,000 people, though a significant amount of the population was lost in the terrorist attack--about 11,000 were killed in the attack. The city has never recovered from this.
The Inaka City Police Department is run by the Police General, who oversees the different divisions. He is very much like a real general. There are 6 Divisions that cover different districts of the city, with the 1st Division being centered in the Police Headquarters near the center of Downtown.
Inaka University is a sprawling campus also in downtown. They are best known for their Science Department. Other places of interest are the free clinic in East Side, near the 5th Division, the Inaka Hospital, and the old Train Station, center of the terrorist attack.
That's all for now!
~6H
Storyboards: Prologue
Production Sketches: I have them
Status: Awesome
First off, my roommate helped me find the BEST SITE EVER that has tons of Eurovision related ALBUMS. YAY!!!! They also have LOTS OF AKCENT, this techno/pop band that I first heard on my trip in Greece with their awesome song "That's My Name." Go listen to it. I dare you.
Did you listen to it yet?
As promised, I will now decribe the setting and place that Akari takes place in.
Inaka City 2023
Inaka is a fictional city in Japan that, in it's design, is actually a blending of sevearl cities--Tokyo, Chicago, New York, and anything else I decide to through in there. It was the terrorist attack in 2013 in Inaka that rushed in the CYBER era, and as a result Inaka is a hub of Cybernetic technology, being the home of one of Japan's largest cybernetic desingers and manufacturers, Terra Tech.
Inaka is a small city of about 40,000 people, though a significant amount of the population was lost in the terrorist attack--about 11,000 were killed in the attack. The city has never recovered from this.
The Inaka City Police Department is run by the Police General, who oversees the different divisions. He is very much like a real general. There are 6 Divisions that cover different districts of the city, with the 1st Division being centered in the Police Headquarters near the center of Downtown.
Inaka University is a sprawling campus also in downtown. They are best known for their Science Department. Other places of interest are the free clinic in East Side, near the 5th Division, the Inaka Hospital, and the old Train Station, center of the terrorist attack.
That's all for now!
~6H
Friday, April 16, 2010
Now We're Making Progress...After A Month of No Progress...
Currently Scripting: Chapter 4 Scene 3
Storyboarding: Prolouge
Production Sketches: Started
Status: Slight Panic with a side of HELL YEAH!
Hey everyone. Long time no see. Eh heh heh...
Well, remember when I said I wanted to have the script finished by Spring break? See how I'm only in Chapter 4 still? ( In my defense, Scene 1 is very long and action packed!) Well, a lot of things began to happen, and then my Grandpa passed so I lost motivation to work. But now I have it back. Why?
Because, against what I originally promsied myself, that I would NOT start the storyboards until the scrpit was finished because I knew that I'd only want to work on the story boards once I started them and would ignore the script until I ran out of script to board...I did it anyway. I wanted to have some storyboards to show my potential (and now OFFICIAL Almost) thesis director! I feel severly awesome right now because I have a thesis director, and it's only one of the greatest intelectuals on our campus! I am so thrilled. She does more of the academic side of graphic novels, but her insight is too valuble to pass up. And she's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!!!!!! I am outrageously excited.
Did you also know it's Formula One season? Just a side note, since I am a tifosi (Ferrari fan) and an F1 nut. Tee hee...
And now to reveal the names of the six main characters. Their profiles will be coming soon for you enjoyment, so you'll actually know what I'm talking about.
Akari Saito
Takaharu Shidomi
Junko Arada
Yukina Tachibana
Katsuaki Yamada
Kagehito Yamada
Next time, I'll talk about the setting of the story, Inaka City. Farewell for now!
~6H
Storyboarding: Prolouge
Production Sketches: Started
Status: Slight Panic with a side of HELL YEAH!
Hey everyone. Long time no see. Eh heh heh...
Well, remember when I said I wanted to have the script finished by Spring break? See how I'm only in Chapter 4 still? ( In my defense, Scene 1 is very long and action packed!) Well, a lot of things began to happen, and then my Grandpa passed so I lost motivation to work. But now I have it back. Why?
Because, against what I originally promsied myself, that I would NOT start the storyboards until the scrpit was finished because I knew that I'd only want to work on the story boards once I started them and would ignore the script until I ran out of script to board...I did it anyway. I wanted to have some storyboards to show my potential (and now OFFICIAL Almost) thesis director! I feel severly awesome right now because I have a thesis director, and it's only one of the greatest intelectuals on our campus! I am so thrilled. She does more of the academic side of graphic novels, but her insight is too valuble to pass up. And she's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!!!!!! I am outrageously excited.
Did you also know it's Formula One season? Just a side note, since I am a tifosi (Ferrari fan) and an F1 nut. Tee hee...
And now to reveal the names of the six main characters. Their profiles will be coming soon for you enjoyment, so you'll actually know what I'm talking about.
Akari Saito
Takaharu Shidomi
Junko Arada
Yukina Tachibana
Katsuaki Yamada
Kagehito Yamada
Next time, I'll talk about the setting of the story, Inaka City. Farewell for now!
~6H
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Chapter 3 is Really long...REALLY
Currently Scripting: Chapter 4 Scene I
Status: Stressed
So I was comparing the lengths of chapters 1, 2 and 3 yesterday and I just realized that Chapter three is almost the same length as chapters 1 and 2 combined...
I'm really bad at dividing up the story...but I think I'm going to cut the second half of scene VIII, because I'm not sure that I like it. Meh, I don't know...I guess I'll wait until storyboards to figure all this shit out.
But now, to writing papers! AWAY!!
~6H
Status: Stressed
So I was comparing the lengths of chapters 1, 2 and 3 yesterday and I just realized that Chapter three is almost the same length as chapters 1 and 2 combined...
I'm really bad at dividing up the story...but I think I'm going to cut the second half of scene VIII, because I'm not sure that I like it. Meh, I don't know...I guess I'll wait until storyboards to figure all this shit out.
But now, to writing papers! AWAY!!
~6H
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Now We're making progress!
Currently Scripting: Chapter 3 Scene VII
Status: Not as dead as before, but still fairly dead
I finally got a chance to work on some more of the script! Joy! Since it is the end of Winter term, things are getting super hectic. Luckily, I have been getting things done nad was able to pull myself together after having two breakdowns and being a complete wreck. (One of my breakdowns occured at dinner one night, and conisted of me yelling out the names of dead Formula One drivers, i.e. "Jochen Rindt! He's DEAD! Dead these forty years!!!!!" It was quite upsetting...)
So I suppose I should start talking about the plot a little bit. Today will be a general overview of the six main characters and a bit of the setting. Setting first though, so you don't get lost.
Akari takes place in the fictional Japanese city of Inaka, somewhere in the near future. (2017 was the original date, but that was back when I writing the story in 2004, so maybe it will be a little later...?) The CYBER era is still trying to gain it's footing, as cybernetic technology is somewhat new and imperfect. The CYBER era gets it's start when a terrorist attack ten years prior to the start of the story kills 11,000 people in the city and injures countless others. Also, the outbreak of Muscle Degenaratory Disease (MDD) has a hand in it as well, as so far the only cure of MDD is amputation.
The story follows the members of the Inaka City Police 5th Division--Akari Saito, Takaharu Shidomi, Yukina Tachibana, Kagehito Yamata, Katsuaki Yamata, and Junko "The Chief" Arada. They are all CYBERs (meaning they have some sort of cybernetic body part), and primarily investigate crimes invovling CYBERs and androids, since those two classes are looked down upon by "purists." However, a serial killer soon starts killing CYBERs and androids in an unusual and dangerous way--by hacking into their heads and making them kill themselves in anguish over their memories. He is only known as "Ghost." It's up to the 5th Division to solve a case that no one else wants in order to protect the CYBERs of the city, while trying to figure out what the meaning of being human is.
Soon, I'd like to do a character profile for each of the six main cast members, but I'd like to have illustrations of them first so that you can all see what they look like. It will give you a better idea of the story, I think...
Oh yeah, and I have to present my thesis project next week for a bunch of first and second year students. Shoot me in the face! I already have two concerts, a 20 page paper, a 10 page paper, two smaller papers, and several reading assignments to do on top of that! And a printmaking project! ARGH! It doesn't help that my crappy English professor is compeltely unsympathetic and won't help me with my papers. She always says "you need to interpret and go deeper!" WHAT DOES SHE THINK I'M DOING?!
That's enough venting for one blog post...
Status: Not as dead as before, but still fairly dead
I finally got a chance to work on some more of the script! Joy! Since it is the end of Winter term, things are getting super hectic. Luckily, I have been getting things done nad was able to pull myself together after having two breakdowns and being a complete wreck. (One of my breakdowns occured at dinner one night, and conisted of me yelling out the names of dead Formula One drivers, i.e. "Jochen Rindt! He's DEAD! Dead these forty years!!!!!" It was quite upsetting...)
So I suppose I should start talking about the plot a little bit. Today will be a general overview of the six main characters and a bit of the setting. Setting first though, so you don't get lost.
Akari takes place in the fictional Japanese city of Inaka, somewhere in the near future. (2017 was the original date, but that was back when I writing the story in 2004, so maybe it will be a little later...?) The CYBER era is still trying to gain it's footing, as cybernetic technology is somewhat new and imperfect. The CYBER era gets it's start when a terrorist attack ten years prior to the start of the story kills 11,000 people in the city and injures countless others. Also, the outbreak of Muscle Degenaratory Disease (MDD) has a hand in it as well, as so far the only cure of MDD is amputation.
The story follows the members of the Inaka City Police 5th Division--Akari Saito, Takaharu Shidomi, Yukina Tachibana, Kagehito Yamata, Katsuaki Yamata, and Junko "The Chief" Arada. They are all CYBERs (meaning they have some sort of cybernetic body part), and primarily investigate crimes invovling CYBERs and androids, since those two classes are looked down upon by "purists." However, a serial killer soon starts killing CYBERs and androids in an unusual and dangerous way--by hacking into their heads and making them kill themselves in anguish over their memories. He is only known as "Ghost." It's up to the 5th Division to solve a case that no one else wants in order to protect the CYBERs of the city, while trying to figure out what the meaning of being human is.
Soon, I'd like to do a character profile for each of the six main cast members, but I'd like to have illustrations of them first so that you can all see what they look like. It will give you a better idea of the story, I think...
Oh yeah, and I have to present my thesis project next week for a bunch of first and second year students. Shoot me in the face! I already have two concerts, a 20 page paper, a 10 page paper, two smaller papers, and several reading assignments to do on top of that! And a printmaking project! ARGH! It doesn't help that my crappy English professor is compeltely unsympathetic and won't help me with my papers. She always says "you need to interpret and go deeper!" WHAT DOES SHE THINK I'M DOING?!
That's enough venting for one blog post...
Sunday, February 28, 2010
And so it Begins...in the middle?
Currently scripting: Chapter 3 Scene V
Status: Semi-dead
Being part of the college scholars program at my college, we're required to write an honor's thesis, some sort of project that reflects your interests and fits in with what you're studying. I'm a major in art and English...research projects aren't exactly my thing. So my project is doing what will hopefully someday become my career...
I'm going to write a graphic novel.
Bitchin, huh?
One problem--I've never finished a story I've started. And I only have a year. And I'm starting from nothing.
Well, not really "nothing" per say. The story I am writing is called Akari and it's been in the making since about 2004. The original script was lost when I have to reformat my computer at the time, but the basic story is pretty much the same--a near future sci-fi police drama, in a similar vein as Ghost in the Shell. Actually, think of it as more of a prequel, because every futuristic society has to start somewhere, right? This is how I came up with Akari. I say I'm starting from the middle because I've actually been working on this project since this past fall (hence why my script is in the middle of chapter 3), but just as every story starts somewhere, so must every blog. Besides, this is just like me--I think "oh, I should do that!" or come up with a good idea later that what would've been logical.
This blog will chronicle the whole project--from the script and production drawings to the final inking and formatting into a book. I hope you'll stick around for the ride!
Forza Ferrari!
~6H
Status: Semi-dead
Being part of the college scholars program at my college, we're required to write an honor's thesis, some sort of project that reflects your interests and fits in with what you're studying. I'm a major in art and English...research projects aren't exactly my thing. So my project is doing what will hopefully someday become my career...
I'm going to write a graphic novel.
Bitchin, huh?
One problem--I've never finished a story I've started. And I only have a year. And I'm starting from nothing.
Well, not really "nothing" per say. The story I am writing is called Akari and it's been in the making since about 2004. The original script was lost when I have to reformat my computer at the time, but the basic story is pretty much the same--a near future sci-fi police drama, in a similar vein as Ghost in the Shell. Actually, think of it as more of a prequel, because every futuristic society has to start somewhere, right? This is how I came up with Akari. I say I'm starting from the middle because I've actually been working on this project since this past fall (hence why my script is in the middle of chapter 3), but just as every story starts somewhere, so must every blog. Besides, this is just like me--I think "oh, I should do that!" or come up with a good idea later that what would've been logical.
This blog will chronicle the whole project--from the script and production drawings to the final inking and formatting into a book. I hope you'll stick around for the ride!
Forza Ferrari!
~6H
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