Soran's Comic Emporium

[Elgra]

I have my own TV...in my head...

[Axilus Prime]

Lol. I never do that. It just makes me more bored.Plus the fact that people can still bother you...Still funny though. Wait, do I have to send you an R sheet?

[Soran]

11/7/12Whoever knows where the dialogue from the TV came from, you win a high-5.To all those who might care: My laptop wasn't completely broken, 2/3 of the screen was just gone. Since it still actually works, I was able to transfer the files I needed from it to my brother's laptop. This means I can resume updates to Season 2. My laptop screen should also be fixed possibly by Friday. It isn't really a sure fire date but at least its something.

Also: I have created another later character for season 2, but I haven't decided a name for him. I can't tell you guy's his personality or role in the comics sadly, so you'll have to just think of a random name. What I can tell you however is that he isn't a lunatic like Akino, and he isn't Evil or anything. Hes also a neighbor. Try your best to make it sound... BIONICLE-ish...~Soran

[Axilus Prime]

First off, the comic. Wow. Those are some grateful houseguests. Second, I applaud you for being able to continue comics through the hardest of times.And third, try... ok, I don't know.

[Cyrix]

Haha, Gav's comics. Nice.I've been following your comics for awhile, and they're excellent. Really good humor and characters that are individuals rather than stereotypes.Also, as for the guy's name, Velst? I'm not wonderful with making BIONICLE-ish names.

[BULiK]

Nice comic, soon enough we will all be watching tv!I'll pm you a bunch of bionicle-ish names when I get to my computer.

Edited July 11, 2012 by Bulik

[Elgra]

Gavla's, and name him Vorian.

[Control_Vee]

Hrrrmmmm.... Well, name-wise, maybe Akavir?Also, it was Gavla's comics, i believe. I don't check up on them much, but i guess i got that.

[Protoss General]

Gavla's comics! :)As for the name...... Can't Barry be an option?

[Soran]

No actual comic today, just another panel test.LinkThis time I'm testing the lamp's use as well as the television room.Television was created on a seperate layer so that when its covering people I can lower the opacity of it so the person is still visible, similar to how some video games make some objects lower in opacity so you can see your character. I'm thinking about maybe putting the Tv higher (its designed to be fixed on a wall), it seems a little too low.To all those who might be thinking "You forgot to make Ro's eyes glow", that was done on purpose. His eyes are currently on Night-vision mode and the glow would probably hurt a person's eyes in real life.I've also considered putting some sort of table near the couch, to let the characters have somewhere to put things such as drinks and such. Make the room more realistic.Also, for those who were giving names, I'm either going to use Vorian or Barry. I really like the name Vorian, but I also think the name Barry suits the character.~Soran

[Elgra]

As a side note on my eyes, I just want everyone to know that when I am in my white/green colors, my eyes will be black as a default, in grey color it will be white.And I think Arga just came out of the tv.

[Makuta Luroka]

he totes came out of tv

[Axilus Prime]

Wow, great effects. Chimoru R suits your comics well. I never noticed Ro's eye glow...You can lower opacity on things other than gradient? AWESOME. Arga's best prank yet.Barry fits? That's surprising...

[Taka Nuvia]

That panel with the lamp has got to be my favourite. Why? The atmosphere. It's lovely.

[Nuparurocks]

I love how the TV is magically levitating

[Axilus Prime]

I love how the TV is magically levitating

It could be floor-mounted. There's no shadow. However, it could be a mistake as you say. Only Soran could tell.What really gets me is how all your critique is done in a sarcastic and snide manner with an offensive one-liner. Even my most poorly-written posts weren't that bad. Please stop that. I can just imagine you doing that to every single user in this forum, and it irks me.

[Soran]

I love how the TV is magically levitating

As explained in the overly large explanation, it was wall mounted. I can see how its unclear though. I am actually making some of the rooms in different angles, this room is specifically one. I'm currently working on a back view of the red couch.

It could be floor-mounted. There's no shadow. However, it could be a mistake as you say. Only Soran could tell.What really gets me is how all your critique is done in a sarcastic and snide manner with an offensive one-liner. Even my most poorly-written posts weren't that bad. Please stop that. I can just imagine you doing that to every single user in this forum, and it irks me.

Its mounted on the wall similar to how a lot of flat screens are in people's houses. Although his 'critique' is very sarcastic, it does help. The main difference between his current post and other posts is mainly just the size of it. He basically simplifies a paragraph to one sentence. Although sometimes it can be taken harshly, I don't really mind. If I didn't want any sarcastic/snide/rude/*insert adjective here* comments then I wouldn't have posted them online. Hes just your typical retired comic maker telling stories to all the newer comic forum viewers about when he was in his prime.~Soran

[Soran]

14/7/12Oh look, another grateful house guest joined the Avoid Soran Club. The show that the TV is displaying in the comic is called Chopped for all those wondering.

[Makuta Luroka]

gratitude is so overrated

[Nuparurocks]

Just gonna throw this out there - I'm not being a jerk. I just like cynically reviewing stuff. I have no issues here - I really don't care about anything on this site anymore. Some guys just pointed me in the direction of your backgrounds, and I just thought it was so funny that I had to comment.I have no problem with this series. Actually, from what I've seen, it's one of the better series that the current comics forum has to offer. Many of the jokes are lackluster, but that comes more with experience than anything. And I'll readily admit that I turned out more awful comics than I did good ones.I will give Soran credit - graphically, he is probably in the top five or so modern authors that I've seen here. And he is also one of the only people I've seen that can come close to convincingly replicating my water effects. That's not easy, and he deserves credit for that.Don't take my criticism as anything more than (albeit cynical and sarcastic) advice on how to improve. We only improve through criticism. If people only praise your work, you will never learn what you need to improve on.

Edited July 14, 2012 by Nuparurocks

[Axilus Prime]

Not sure on the characterization there. I never really mentioned how he would react to honor vs. pie, especially when the pie's just on TV. Oh well, it was still funny. He'd probably have a mental breakdown and a seizure if faced with that conflict anyway.I liked the way he at first was grateful and then just forgot. Kinda like a classic "Uh nevermind that can wait a few more...days."Wait, when you run out of cast members...LOL. Soran walks in and...

[Control_Vee]

Not sure on the characterization there. I never really mentioned how he would react to honor vs. pie, especially when the pie's just on TV. Oh well, it was still funny. He'd probably have a mental breakdown and a seizure if faced with that conflict anyway.I liked the way he at first was grateful and then just forgot. Kinda like a classic "Uh nevermind that can wait a few more...days."Wait, when you run out of cast members...LOL. Soran walks in and...

I have a feeling Leraku would chop the TV in half before Soran got in there. Soran is pretty much his best friend in soran's canon.

[Lemony Lepid]

I thought I replied? the matorans name should be grohta, a sarcastic character that is a super nerdy smart-alickEdit: Please keep such suggestions to PM!-Wind-

Edited July 15, 2012 by -Windrider-

[Protoss General]

I guess we'll have to see how angry Soran is when he sees everyone prefers to be with the television.

[Soran]

14/7/12Sorry for the late comic, I had to work on a lot of things today. Anyway, my laptop was fixed yesterday so I can switch back to working on season 2 as usual and now I also have all the resources I needed.

[Elgra]

Soran needs a present. Good thing I'm a robot. Oh, and I changed my colors, so I'll send you the sheet sometime soonw hen I can use a computer.

[Axilus Prime]

TNG is half Transformer (Optimus Prime's grandson) and half Toa. Does that make him related to you, Ro? XDI expected more of a reaction, but the last panel makes me feel guilty even though I didn't actually do that. In other words, you did a great job on this arc!Awesome that you got your laptop fixed! Especially since mine almost needed it today. Low battery, power outage preventing me from being online all day, AKA it died due to no power whatsoever. Nearly messed up the files.

Edited July 16, 2012 by TNG Prime

[Control_Vee]

I'm honestly going to hope Lera comes to cheer him up or something. That's probably what he'd do - something like that.

[BULiK]

I'm honestly going to hope Lera comes to cheer him up or something. That's probably what he'd do - something like that.

And I hope Bulik negates lera's cheering up.

[Soran]

16/7/12Why watch TV to avoid someone when you can just go to Walt Disney world?

[Makuta Luroka]

that is a valid point

[Control_Vee]

Okay, to be honest... now i'm really dissapointed. That's really not what would happen...I specifically designed Ler to not be like that. If anything, the reason he wouldn't be around soran would be because he'd be tinkering in the garage. And not for the purpose of avoiding soran, he's just busy fixing things that the others have inevitably broken.Also.I spy an Akino in that thar background.

Edited July 17, 2012 by Leraku

[Axilus Prime]

I sees Akino too.Lighten up, Leraku. When someone breaks my character I don't get confrontational like that.Aw. Soran has a self-worth crisis. You could have TNG say that he was gonna tell him, but was distracted by pie. (Technically that was true. XD)Yes, Disneyland is much more entertaining than TV.

[Soran]

17/7/12Oh look, plot twist. Sorry for the very late comic, I had a few things to take care of.

[Axilus Prime]

Haven't you done this before? Oh well, you did put in the fact that it wasn't your birthday.Last panel was hilarious. Either they really don't like parties, or Disneyland is that awesome.

[Makuta Luroka]

"Meh. We're at Disney world."

[Control_Vee]

Hmm... well, I guess that's okay.Also, you forgot Ler's updated mask.

[Soran]

18/7/12Randomly cameoed whoever's sheet I could find which turned out to be Oneker. Pretty simple comic. Anyway, I'm sorry for the lack of comics recently, my internet is having issues. @Leraku: I'm using updated sheets/items/whatever in the next season.Speaking of which, I still have quite a bit to do for it. Mainly dealing with the kit and a few backgrounds. No initial release date at the moment sadly.

[vataki]

If a pizza guy showed up at my door at some random point in the day, I don't think I'd turn him down.Justax is very wise.

[Elgra]

If a pizza guy showed up at my door at some random point in the day, I don't think I'd turn him down.Justax is very wise.

Not just any pizza guy, that was Oneker.