Zerothemaster Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Macku: commit yourself to a watery grave in sadness from the loss of all your friends. Quote The Drawing Room (Comic) ~ Mata Nui Adventures (Comic)Lost Forgotten Souls (Comedy) ~ Bad Images (Comic) ~ Reality (Comic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemony Lepid Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Maku: Wonder why you think your name is Macku and why you would have a Pohatu plushie. Ponder these thoughts to your Huki plush doll.That was some typo, eh? Glad you cought that, it completely slipped my mind. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 I've got some bad news. First things first, to explain my delay. I've recently gotten a new computer, and I've been working on things now that I can do them again, and I keep getting distracted from making comics. Second of all, technical issues. GIMP won't load my brushes correctly, so I can't work with a lot of my backgrounds since I don't have the brushes. I have some brushes - but now, any new ones I try to install won't show up. I install them to the right folder, I refresh, even restart GIMP. I'm currently using Gimp 2.8 on a Windows 8 computer. Any help with this? I extract files to C / Users / <my user> / .gimp-2.8 / brushes, which Gimp in its settings says is the brushes folder. However, it will not load any more brushes when I install them, and I'm still missing quite a few crucial ones. 1 Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerothemaster Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I forget how gimp works with brushes, I never bothered with them much, but is there some sort of a "re-scan folder" option when you have gimp open in the brushes area? That's what I have to do when I load new fonts into the program. Quote The Drawing Room (Comic) ~ Mata Nui Adventures (Comic)Lost Forgotten Souls (Comedy) ~ Bad Images (Comic) ~ Reality (Comic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 I forget how gimp works with brushes, I never bothered with them much, but is there some sort of a "re-scan folder" option when you have gimp open in the brushes area? That's what I have to do when I load new fonts into the program. I install them to the right folder, I refresh, even restart GIMP. If the refresh button on the brush dialog window is what you mean by 're-scan, then yes, I have done this. Several times. Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerothemaster Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Well I just did it on my copy of 2.8. And it worked. I hope you figure out what the problem is Quote The Drawing Room (Comic) ~ Mata Nui Adventures (Comic)Lost Forgotten Souls (Comedy) ~ Bad Images (Comic) ~ Reality (Comic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemony Lepid Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) I could always fill in for you. HAHA! HAHAHA! HA! No. (I mean, unless you trust me, Which is a bad Idea.) Edited April 13, 2014 by Loganto The Bo-Matoran Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) Maku: Wonder why you think your name is Macku Macku: Hug your Huki plushie and cry because you're sad about having your elder and all your friends trapped at the bottom of an ocean Macku:Dramatically play dead to catch the colorful matoran's attention Macku: Yell meaninglessly for Nokama and Gali Okay, well. Sheesh. Maku, then. People just keep mispronouncing your name as Mah-Koo, so you got sick of it. Guess we've gotta be all grammatically correct here. As for your painstakingly hand-made with your love, sweat and tears plushie... It's currently in your wrecked hut. It's probably soaked which is okay because you made it waterproof for secret cuddling when you're hidden underwater which is... slightly bothersome. You don't have it. The monster attacked before you could grab it, and you had to flee. Playing dead? Being afraid and screaming? Karz no. You're no wimpy damsel in distress. You just need some help to check things out whilst you look for Gali. But this... colorful weirdo? Ugh. You suppose you have no choice. ------- What will you do? ------- Had to recollect my gimp brush collection manually, but it seems to be fixed. Edited December 21, 2015 by Control_Vee 1 Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Maku: Get the attention of the stranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) Maku: Get the attention of the stranger. -What do you mean, 'edit' the sun?-I didn't blur the BG at all. That's how it came out. The only things I blurred were the gulls in the background, for perspective.-Shadows are a development process. I'm still not the best at backgrounds either. Lighting is something I'm working and improving on over time, hence the experimental 'shadow trail' leading to the shadow on the ground.-Furthermore, I had to rebuild my entire collection of brushes. I couldn't achieve the same effects as before. Thank you for the critique. Edited April 17, 2014 by Leraku Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Maku: Get the attention of the stranger. -What do you mean, 'edit' the sun?Editing the image. You have to do much more work to figure out the lighting in these back lit images. It is the same for front lit panels. You have to put forward more effort with regards to core lighting and shading in such panels than in others, which is why some authors find midday and midnight panels easier to produce than morning and dusk. You did, however, do an excellent job with the core shading in this one. I'm merely giving you advise regarding where your light source is, and warning you what to expect when it comes to Vakama's talk with Takua (or any panel with Vakama, really If you allow this to happen I cannot be held responsible for what happens to you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) Maku: Get the attention of the stranger. -What do you mean, 'edit' the sun?Editing the image. You have to do much more work to figure out the lighting in these back lit images. It is the same for front lit panels. You have to put forward more effort with regards to core lighting and shading in such panels than in others, which is why some authors find midday and midnight panels easier to produce than morning and dusk. You did, however, do an excellent job with the core shading in this one. I'm merely giving you advise regarding where your light source is, and warning you what to expect when it comes to Vakama's talk with Takua (or any panel with Vakama, really If you allow this to happen I cannot be held responsible for what happens to you). That's actually fairly accurate, the Vakama bit. It's a dark room with a fire behind him. Given the lighting being behind him, his front would be harder to see and shadowed, with light around the edges. I'd try to sharpen it up and make it look better than that, but it's still lighting-accurate. As for the 'more effort' part, I'm willing to put forth that effort. I'm wanting to improve in my lighting, and the best way to learn is by doing it. It's really not that hard for me to figure out the lighting - that's more of a personal editing 'difficulty' to bring up, it doesn't apply to everyone, but thank you for bringing it to my attention. For long-winded discussions like this, I suggest we take it to PM from here on rather than clog the topic. Thank you. Edited April 17, 2014 by Leraku Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemony Lepid Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Takua: chase a butterfly and accidentally run into macku, falling on your face. Macku: sigh, then help him up. and ask him if he can help you save your pebles. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) Takua: Chase a - You don't know what butterflies are, but you tried to chase them. You couldn't do anything else because you seem to have tripped and gotten your face buried in the sand. Again. You seem to end up with your head in the sand quite a lot. What will you do? --- More light tests. Reason for the delay? One, procrastination. Two, that I got one AC. One. This is driven on community input, so if you think of anything, send it in. Edited December 21, 2015 by Control_Vee Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Maku: Get FRUSTRATED at the audience for their lack of input, then help the stranger out of the sand. After that, explain your current crisis to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 So. We haven't really had many updates here. Mainly because this is a community-driven comic without community input. I appreciate that a few people have left ACs here and there, but, honestly, it doesn't give me much to work with. Look at some of the earlier comics and see how crazy some stuff got. But aside from that, I'm not getting much input.I know how the story goes. But I don't have any drive to keep it going if the community-driven comic doesn't have any participators. I understand that some of you absolutely love this comic, but it's just not going to work out if we don't have enough people dropping by. I sincerely apologize for my past procrastination, but I /have/ been wanting to make comics recently. I just don't have much drive, or much input to work with, since very few people are even posting. You guys are literally the ones running things - All the silly shenanigans that can go on are up to you. I'm only the facilitator, the artist. I'm the writer in only the loosest sense. So. I'm going to leave this here for a little while, see who notices, see who posts ACs. I may cancel the comic if it seems like people just genuinely aren't interested in this anymore. Then I'll go back to the drawing board, see if I can think up anything more, and you might see some things from me again. But for now? The livelihood of this comic is all up to you. If you want it to stay? Post some ACs. If you're not interested... well, don't bother, I suppose. But don't just get lazy and not bother posting, because that's why things have been slow. I've been waiting for input. It's just one little post. And it's up to you now. Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Maku: Get FRUSTRATED at the audience for their lack of input, then help the stranger out of the sand. After that, explain your current crisis to him.Seriously people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerothemaster Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 From one command comic maker to another: learn the value in making up your own situations. Especially if you have a story you're trying to tell. If you leave it solely to your readers 1. they'll let you down eventually and 2. you'll never get anywhere. Takua: Eat the sand Quote The Drawing Room (Comic) ~ Mata Nui Adventures (Comic)Lost Forgotten Souls (Comedy) ~ Bad Images (Comic) ~ Reality (Comic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurora the cat Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Maku: Get that the comic author might just drop this thing. Quote -Insert deep message to prove I am alive here- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemony Lepid Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Takua... listen to me... walk up to her... kneel down... and pull out a ring... and... 'random hot Ga-Matoran... will you be my sand queen?' and then she will slap you 'I have a boyfriend, you creep!' and then she'll kick you where the sun don't shine, and you'll fall to the ground and... Takua: Eat the sand Edited May 31, 2014 by Turaga Loga Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Takua: Bend over Maku: Oh please don't do it... Takua: Grab some sand Maku: Oh Mata Nui put that down! Takua: Eat the sand Maku: Mata Nui why!? Edited May 31, 2014 by Kuan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemony Lepid Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Takua, you obviously can't remember anything, so... try and find some stairs on the opposite side of the beach. I sense knowledge is near... Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Takua: EAT THE SAND! OM NOM NOM NOM Takua: Detach your shadow, preferably while not yelling "Shadow Clone jutsu!!", and hope that your new clone won't get his head stuck in the sand quite so often. Done. Now your shadow is (probably) permanently detached from your body.He doesn't talk much.You think his name is Aukat.He's pretty cool, you guess. What will you do? Edited December 21, 2015 by Control_Vee 1 Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Takua: Offer your new friend some sand. Aukat: Eat the sand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvirick Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Wait what? what is this?! What?! I don't even!? This is amazing! I love this kind of stuff! Takua: Refer your shadow to the abyss that is the horizon. EDIT: I totally forgot to tell you! I love how you've made each panel. And your GIFs are so good! Are you making them strictly from GIMP? Edited June 18, 2014 by Calvirick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemony Lepid Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Takua should focus on his last 13 minutes of his life, his 13 minutes of memories, and look out on the ocean and ponder... what is that large green floating object and blue me-sized thing? Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoris Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Just want to say congratulations! Your series is on the main page! Quote | Tahukan's Comics Mark II | I love Tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Brian Nuva Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Takua: walk up to the floating green thing and get in.(its in the water to the left)Maku: be confused. Quote Chaos will prevail... eventually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dapper-Sama Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Aukat: Make a clever reference. Takua: Deny your shadow's existence. Aukat: Attempt to kill Takua. Quote Morally unambiguous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Aukat and Takua: Do a dance! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopekemaster Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Oh my goodness this is awesome. I'm going to have to read it posthaste. Quote My Writing Blog (more writing coming soon!) My Bionicle/LEGO Blog (defunct) Hyfudiar on Spotify (noise/drone/experimental music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dapper-Sama Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 If there is to be dancing, I demand it be something like this Quote Morally unambiguous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control_Vee Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) ...Huh. Another one of my comics seems to have made it on the front page. ...WAIT I'M ON THE FRONT PAGE AGAIN WHO WHAT NOW HOW IS THIS EVEN I'D LIKE TO THANK - *shot* -----Takua: Offer your new friend some sand. You try to feed your friend the fantastic sedimentary delicacy that is sand.However, Aukat is a shadow, meaning he is (inconsistently) intangible.Aukat cannot eat the sand.This saddens you greatly. Aukat and Takua: Do a dance! HOWEVER, YOU ARE NO LONGER SADDENED AS YOU NOW BOTH ENGAGE IN A MERRY JIG.THE MERRIEST OF JIGS! What will you do? ----- Goodness gracious, front page again! I'm surprised I've done this well at all. Thank you, everyone, for supporting this comic. Thank you, especially, Windrider, for always being willing to help out when questions or support relevant to the comics forums were required. Also, sorry if the Vee images up there are a bit big! I may have accidentally miscalculated the sizes necessary. If it really is a problem, I can go through the hassle of resizing them, but, if it's okay, I'd rather them stay as is. I'm fine with changing them if I have to, though. QUESTION TIME! EDIT: I totally forgot to tell you! I love how you've made each panel. And your GIFs are so good! Are you making them strictly from GIMP? Yes. All of my comics are made entirely in GIMP, including the .GIF panels. I used to use Microsoft GIF Animator, but it had horrendous quality and was very bare-bones, restricting me - especially in quality. If there is to be dancing, I demand it be something like this Unfortunately, by the time I saw this I had already finished the dancing panel. I hope the merry jig will suffice! Edited December 21, 2015 by Control_Vee 4 Quote Sisen said:Let's focus on Snail! Snail is the bombdiggity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I skimmed through the story, and I've enjoyed what I've read so far. I'm interested in seeing what happens next. And as for commands...: Takua: Challenge Aukat to a race. Aukat: Wonder what happens to yourself when there is no light around you. Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dapper-Sama Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Aukat: Find Maku and reveal Takua's innermost thoughts to her Quote Morally unambiguous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvirick Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Takua: Embrace Aukat's intangibility by attempting to hold hands and follow the footsteps. Aukat: Don't hold hands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quisoves Potoo Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) This looks interesting. Thanks for doing this, Leraku.Takua: Backtrack to the canister, enter it, seal it, and activate it.Aukat: Continue following the footprints.Maku: Sail to Po-Wahi. Edited June 26, 2014 by Quisoves Pugnat Quote (Credit to Nik the Three for the banner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Brian Nuva Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Takua: use you power of breaking the fourth wall to travel elsewhere.Aukat: notice your name is Takua spelled backwards.Maku: walk down the beach. Quote Chaos will prevail... eventually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Vee: Advance the plot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P~M Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 TAKUA: Get ye flask. AUKAT: Attempt to flirt with the strange female impatiently tapping her foot nearby. I really like what you're doing with this, even if it takes you a while for each segment; true art takes time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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