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That was the funniest thing I've read in the new year. Awesome.

No. But if there was a drug that would make the straight go gay, I'd force it up their throats in a heartbeat. Just so they would see how it would look like from the other side. Especially homophobes. Then give them the straight pill (if they still want it, that is hehe!)

Quick edit to warn: OMG big wall of text! tl;dr I agree the most important thing is communication. CONSTANT communication and discussion. In my previous collaboration, the other artists and I had very little discussion about the project because the other two were busy with studies, and I was busy with work. In the end, things were a bit haphazardly done. I was lucky that we were drawing them and not writing, so I had visual aids, so to say. I had the first artist show me her last two pages, and the last artist show me her first two, and I came up with the middle part of the story. It was hard, but it was also easy, because we had total freedom to what we wanted to do. The hardest part was that we were doing it at the same time, not chronologically, because we had a time limit to send the finished work to the printers. All of us finished the night before it was sent to print, so we couldn't have had time to repair anything with the story, as we had to redraw any mistakes. I guess if I were to write and collaborate with authors, I would probably ask to do it in order of chapters, and not have the other authors write at the same time. This way we could coordinate the flow of the story better, having the first author set the pace. I also agree with Conner, and would like to elaborate the point a bit. Personally, I think one of the important thing in a collaboration comes to the characters that will be used. Most (if not all) creators of the characters, whether they be authors or artists, are very, VERY protective of their characters. Some creators do not like their characters to be...out-of-character (OOC). The usual way to prevent this is not to let other people use them. The only way to reach a compromise, that I've used before and know of, is to let them use a character that I don't mind...abusing. In the sense of their portrayal of course, not in the violent sense. This gives room for some mistakes with the character that I don't really mind other people doing. Of course I can write a basic guideline or character sheet for the character, but sometimes there could be things that isn't detailed in them that the other author/artist might want the character to do, thus making them act OOC. This way would make the other authors/artists feel less scrutinized and they could work their way around it more freely and creatively. I find that different artists don't really have to match their styles to make a great collaboration, but it does help the audience to familiarize themselves easier with the project. I don't know about authors though, but I do believe it isn't a big of a concern. I think that I would enjoy a story more if it's done in different styles. I came to this conclusion because I think if the styles of different authors are the same, I might rather just stick to one as it might read out the same and lose the writer's personality. But I dunno, I'm just wired like that so it might just be me hehe. The trick might be to get an author of a certain style to get to write a chapter or part of the story that would best showcase their talents. For example, getting an author with a flair for drama to write a part of the story with the same element, or an author who writes good comedy for the more lighter parts of the story. You know, all that divide and conquer thingy.

Happy new year! It's already afternoon Jan the 1st here, and I'm stuck working Hopefully you guys wouldn't have to hehe

I think it would be cool, to have variant writing styles on one story. I've done one (last 2 weeks ago) but for my group's manga. We had 3 artists, each taking a chapter of the same story. It would need a lot of cooperation though, specifically to ensure the continuity isn't screwed up (which sadly we did screw it up a bit hehe)

Max?

Yep, creative things can't really be forced in my opinion. They just happen (well to me anyway!). If I force them, usually they come out sub-par and I'd end up hating most of it. Sometimes I get a dry spell and I can't even stand to paint anything coz nothing comes to mind Longest dry spell for me was 5 years, back when I was still studying in university. That...sucked. Actually I do have a deviantart account, it's been mostly forgotten about hehe. Most of my artwork are there Ima go check the shack out now!

Merry Christmas guys To add UEnigma's multilingual wishes: Malay: Selamat Hari Natal!

Aww thanks Drewbie, too bad my one and only white shirt was in the laundry that day heheh And yes jessi, you'd make an awesome elf <3 Oh and Conner, when you reply to a thread or post, there's an attachment thingy that you can use to upload your picture Actually it works with Fast Replies. I just noticed the icon heheh. It's the fifth button, to the left of the Smiley

Fear my frazzled hair,tired eyes and pathetic attempt at a goatee!!! Taken yesterday at a local Anime convention. I don't usually have this cheerful expression though. Or cat ears. I was...humoring the photographer. I swear! Yeah. Btw I could soooo paint jessiflash as an elf. Prettyyy Nice eyes Brycman

Thanks MikeL! Actually it was my fault, I didn't know there was a setting to make it show to the public Thanks Dolores, I like him too. Too bad he's not my character heheh

I agree with this. Rambling is good if it's in small doses located sporadically in the whole story, so readers get the inner thoughts of the character as well as progress on the story. Except for maybe "Billy Chase" coz that's supposed to be a journal of sorts, so the ramblings there doesn't count

Aww thanks It depends on which piece you're talking about, and my mood I guess. Usually it's somewhere between 1hour to 3days Oh and I've already sent a bigger resolution of the image to the email stated at the blood bank

If you knew, then Zenny would be a bad ninja stalker. You'll only know when they want to tell you that's how they roll.

Sure Comsie, I'm really glad (and relieved) you like it and thanks J.Ross!

Thanks Jon! I hope it does some justice >_< Ooo thanks Graeme! My bad!

Hmm, I don't know what's up with the errors, maybe you could PM a mod about it. Oh and I just attached the pic in the first post, hope it's viewable

Thanks Graeme! MikeL, try clicking on the link in my sig, it'll take you to the gallery.

Happy birthday!

Feel free to post your own fanarts too! I'd really like to see them Justin Been wanting to do this for a while now, just taking a break from my own work. Sorry if it looks weird heheh, didn't use any references or took real time to make it nicer. Max

Thanks jessiflash, hh5. I do have a few gay friends, all of them flamboyant. They know that I'm kinda lonely and have tried to hook me up a few times, but I guess things didn't spark. I'm kinda like what Myk said, I welcome love, but I won't go around chasing them. I guess I'm not the kind of person who'll make the first move heheh. I dunno, maybe I'll find one in Melbourne when I go do my Master there next year. *crosses fingers* Here's to hoping for love, cheers!

Being where I am, I don't think I'll be able to find a boyfriend at all. It's just too hard. Gays here are either the flamboyant types (not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just not my preference) or waaaaay inside the closet that they're in Narnia. It's a cultural and religion thing. And partly my fault too I guess, my self-esteem isn't really up there. But I still have hope. Even if I have to wait forever, I will. I'm not the kind of person that wants to play or date around. So that makes it harder. I'm such a glutton for misery. *sigh*

I've sent my submission, hope you get it

I don't really have time to write a story, so I had to pick "I'm too lazy to write a story", which is also partially correct heheh.

No worries, I'll only be able to create new art after the 18th (I have a deadline that day so I'll be busy until then). Thanks for clearing that up anyway, I'll try to whip up something good for you guys