Arise! Rise and Shine!

So we've been heavily busy with alot of, err, things. One of us "still" hasn't updated one, one of us only updated once, and we must all still remember that Ein has an important thing to do at February 28, 2010.

I am here to revive a suspiciously dead blog. No, we're not dead.

Like I said before, we're all busy, with, things.

Yep.

So, without further buying for time and blog space, here's a giant robot.

Evil OS, Enjoy.

A new day awaits

I have my first class of the new semester, my final semester, at my post-secondary education, in 4 hours.

I have no idea why I'm awake now. Too lazy to set alarm clock again and again...

So yes, we all have been lazy in updating Evil OS, I'm no different. I have been busy with making highly destructive 3d robots, teaching art of war to random folks, and making Ein work with the serving-burgers clown. Ahh, what a summer it was. I already miss it.

Summer Report:

I'll do a full summer report, since Ein pretty much covered the otakuthon convention report, and there wasn't really much big news to cover it.

As for my part, the most thing I did for the summer was, well, working. Serving coffees, mastering the creations of lattés and other ultimatastic drinks (yeah, you heard me say it). There were also a few BBQ parties hosted by the Art Club which were incredibly fun. Oh mann, you guys got to try that Quelf board game. that thing made us speak in third-person, gain some bad backpain, and running around for wood.

As for Evil OS, some of the summer time was spent with Ein and Davis watching random martial arts shows on the internet. They we're featuring different martial arts around the world with a reality TV sense of making the hosts feel brutal pain (JIMMY!!). It was fun.

Speaking of brutal pain, I did start free martial arts lessons this summer. It's a new experience to actually host it, prepare it and manage a class. I'm really proud of this one, I alwats thought of teaching martial arts one day, but this is a realistic good step forward to that goal.

One step at a time, ladies and gents.

What else, hmmm, alot of different kinds of liquid has been drunk the past few months, wasn't really a bad deal. Although summer was quite hectic and simply lame this time of year. How unfortunate.

In any case, all is well on my part of the world here. There isn't much to report, so let's move to the artworks, shall we?

Speaking of my part of the world here, my old comic is still updating on the old comic website. You guys should check it out.

Oh, and here's a preview of the gundam robot that I will soon unleash to the public!

I was suppose to be more finished than this. But the program crashed at some random point last week, making me loose alot of the work. I really should double save my file like Ein. Gaahhh... I was already working on the leg that time...



I'll work on the head afterwards. I wanted to scale the head right, and the only thing I would see the scale is after I finished the legs. I was actually unsure if I did the arms right. And they were wrong earlier on.



I'm already up to 6000 polygons in this suit already. I'm pretty sure I have alot of polygons there that I don't really use. Less polys means more faster render time and smaller size, which also means more happier computers who would play my animations!




that's all for now, I want some more sleep, Evil OS!

The Journey Begins

Domo-Kun attacked me!!

Well people aren't updating, so here I am again!

No, I didn't forget about the convention pictures. Just that I haven't seen Great God Mike on MSN lately. His computer is probably still broken. It crashed sometime ago. Mon has some of them too. ~_~

In the last three days, I finally got the computer upgraded. Uncle Rhey gave me his ASUS AH3650 SILENT video card and another gig of ram (because his computer crashed). I'm not sure how far off the AH3650 series are from my old ATI Radeon9600Pro, but it has this huge heatsink and no fan. The card literally looks like a starship... bloody hell! I've also been backing up my harddrive files in case the darn thing decides to go bonkers on me. Though, it seems to be working fine. Oh well, least I can work on bigger prints now.

Script finished, computer tested & running and got my hair cut! Time to start this baby!


"This is an epic drama. The story is about a righteous bounty hunter. It starts on a world artificially created by magic. The fall of the Soviet Union plays a major part in the story." - Seventh Sanctum, Steven Savage

Can we dance now?

Right, sometime Monday when I finished my script for Ma. Na. Link, I decided to add-in a mascot character. Why? Well the script called for one...

He looks like a gremlin... with a cowboy hat!

To tell ya the truth, I have no idea what this little creature is. Some sort of bunny/cat/dog/fox/tiger? Not that it really matters, the script states it's a sprite. Some little spirit creature. And yes his name is Orz... just like the emote. Wasn't my idea, I swear! I wanted something that was between evil looking with good intentions. I suppose that idea went out of hand when the cowboy hat came in. Oh, and there's a story behind the hat, it comes up later after the first few chapters. As usual, I used Corel Painter 9 to draw the little dude and Photoshop 7 to colour him. Original size is about equal to a sheet of normal print paper (27 x 21.5cm).

Anyway, I'll get started on the manuscript today after I finish reviewing the script one last time. Thirteen pages of pure goodness, always a chance I missed something!

Doesn't it look like Jeff?

I found this really scary looking lettuce brand in our fridge. The kid in the logo remind me of a younger version of Jeff, mostly because of the hair I guess, lolol! Little Junior my arse!!

Here Jeff, I'll put this up for you. It's rather late though, lol. Jeff, Mike and Davis actually wanted to order a few, hahaHAHAHAH!!


-Ein Hoshino is powered by Evil O.S.!!

TO THE PROMISE LAND!!

Convention reports below!!
Yes I know the bow is the wrong hand (or quiver in the wrong side).

Well, at least Mon's been found. He can't make it this year... bummer, no Tifa this year eh?


"This wild magic knight has slanted blue eyes. His very short, wavy, luxurious hair is the color of black coffee, and is worn in an attractive style. He has a lithe build. He has poison powers that are activated instinctively. His costume is mostly brown and blue, looks like a fusion of a gigolo's shameless clothing and a raver's elaborate clothes, and it looks more like a deadly, murderous device more than anything else." - Seventh Sanctum, Steven Savage


The sky is falling!

Yes, the day has finally come, we shall initiate our revolution against YAOITHON!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Anyway, I'll arrive early before everyone to scout the place. Everyone else arrives around 4:00pm at Place-D'Armes ticket area; our Great God Mike arrives an hour later though. (I'll be wearing one of my kimonos, beads, an umbrella and a motor bike HELMET!!)

Show them your pride Evil O.S.!!!

-Ein Hoshino is powered by Evil O.S.!!

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C O N. - R E P O R T

Ein; Day 0: Cat handicapped again through unknown accident involving an SMS shop. We saw a six-packed Spartan. Weird man in similar Hawaiian shirt to Great God Mike gave us coupons for A&W food store. We used them, awesome! THANKS UNKNOWN-MIDDLE AGED MAN IN HAWAIIAN SHIRT!! Cosplay picturing. Almost grabbed ice coffee from Tim Horton's, but Ein whined about wanting to go home and he WON! Got home.

Ein; Day 1: Helped Davis find pre-registration line. Went to shop, nothing really appealing to buy. Went to eat in roof, friends were served rusted tap water drinks. Umbrella Corp. soldeirs were attacked by Domo-Kun. Jeff yelling back at welcome ladies. Lenneth tried to eat my soul (pic later). Davis and Jeff got the Black Power Ranger's autograph. Was attacked by Domo-Kun (pic later)! Watched Kendo and Wushu kids. Soul Eater scythe almost cut my head off (several attempts). Eat at restaurant Basha, awesome shishtaouk. Watched 404's. Home, tired...

Ein; Day 2: "Wouldn't you like to know..." well yeah, ok. Davis didn't make it, his work schedule got screwed up, though instead MON CAME!! WOOT!!! And he brought like, 7 of his cousins with him. Funny how they all took photos with Chewbacca... one at a time. And yes, we have pictures as proof! We sat around for a while, waiting for everyone to arrive. Took a picture with Code Geass' CC with both of us holding a Pizza Hut box. Haruhi Suzumiya attacked me. The Umbrella Corp.'s soldiers attacked me. Bought two mangas from Sci-Fi Anime, one Code Geass - Nightmare of Nunnally and LovelessHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... There was a long line of otakus doing a Japanese folklore dance. We went to watch the 404's. Back to the Dealer's Area one last time, before the end of the con. Can't find Kath. We arrived at Scores for our finale and we found that Kath had beaten us to it. DOM STOP COPYING ME!! Awesome waiters at Scores, btw. Damn you SEA HORSE!!!

EDIT: Davis and Jeff got their armbands autographed by Johnny Young Bosch, the actor for the Adam Park character in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He also English dubbed many well known anime characters.

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P.S. We'll post pics later. (Weekdays)

P.S.II This is what you'll be likely to see at this year's Con.

Find me a Mon!

If you happen to see this person in the island of Montreal or elsewhere, please contact Evil O.S. IMMEDIATELY!! DO NOT WASTE PRECIOUS TIME! He is considered unarmed and extremely harmless, but he does owe Mike money!!


“The story is about a dispirited noble and a romantic beggar who has a mysterious admirer: a sarcastic college student. It takes place in an apartment. The threat of terrorism plays a major part in this story.” - Steven Savage, Seventh Sanctum

Too many thought, too little drawn

Among the various art mediums I’ve mastered in the past (i.e. ceramic sculpting, clay sculpting, painting, charcoal drawing, tailoring, design, cartography, digital posters, magazine design, etc.) comic drawing is something I never, EVER felt satisfied with. Mostly because I never finished a story, the farthest I’ve ever gone was 30 pages for one story. That was T.B.E.S., my first manga.

Dammit, I wish I had a camera... I’ve been working on this story called Ma.Na. Link. It’s an old medieval fantasy story I wrote when I was in high school. As usual, I’m recycling ideas from my old comic ideas. I rewrote the entire story, but kept the title. I’m keeping this as my main manga work now. I’ve finally realized how much I love medieval fantasy stuff!!

I give you, Zephyros!

See!? Darn thing took 4-5 weeks of work. I had it printed just the other day, which is why I wish I had a camera. ~_~ I’m terrible with names so Jeff lent me his Latin dictionary. Trust me a lot of those names were really weird, now, it’s not as bad. I was inspired by Middle Earth, needless to say. This is around 90cm x 36cm, I believe. Rather enjoyable cartography.~

And here are the first few characters that go with this newly created fantasy universe of mine.

The Protagonists

Meet Helyan le Blanc and Selene the Crimson Knight, the hero and the heroine; Davis helped me with the names, hehehe. I’ve reversed the roles in this one, Helyan is the priest/healer/medic and Selene is the legendary knight. Why you ask? Because it’s a shoujo manga! I know it’s not a good reason OTL. Right now, the drawing looks smooth and finished, but the real size is actually rather sketchy. Yes, I’ve gone CLAMP-ed *points to limbs*... well it’s getting there. Taller and taller and taller and taller and taller and skinnier and skinnier and skinnier and AND!! Selene is taller than Helyan, she’s supposed to be a bit older actually. Mature and serious, yet her male companion is soft and carefree. Our male lead is supposed to look like a farm boy. I had trouble with his design. He’s supposed to look simple, but he looked too simple. So I figured “hey, he’s a medic. Shouldn’t he carry supplies?” and there we go. I gave him a few pockets and a supply pack. Selene is a knight so I gave her the usual armor, but I gave her one of those made up fantasy clothes. I call it a clothmail, clothing that acts like armor! *Ka-ching!* The two have cloaks too, but I left them out for this sketch. They probably won’t look like this in the actual manga, but its close enough. My drawing style will evolve by then anyway.

I only need these two for now. I want to try drawing one chapter first, just to see if I can pull it off, hahaha. This one chapter alone will test my drawing skills with environments, lighting, gestures, character interaction, dialogue, paneling, etc. It’s rather packed, and it’s good because I have all I need for now. I don’t require the rest of the story for this chapter or any other designs. It’ll give me a certain freedom. Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing!

I’ll start writing my cliff notes tomorrow. I’m not going to write full scripts anymore because I never get started like that. I want to go with the flow this time. It will probably take me two days, but that’s ok. I get started on the actual pages after this. Though, I also have to sew extra armbands Monday since Jeff messed up two of them. ~_~


That’s all for now, time to listen to "the most interesting man in the world”




-Ein Hoshino is powered by Evil O.S.!!

They had FOOD!!

Good job Roony, and dammit they had burgers!! Well, it's my fault I missed Sacha's gathering party... Oh well, I'm planning things too. Dom, Jeff and I are having this author meeting sometime. We're supposed to help each other and stuff with our comic things. I'm also planning a mass outdoor drawing day for the group, probably in some park. I'll sketch out details in the forums later.

My diploma got stuck in the mail.

"LIVE AND LET DIE!!" - Live and Let Die (1973), James Bond series & Album

Here it is my really late review of Fantasy Life Mabinogi! (I say really late because I started playing the game back in 2006-7, lol... and because I finished this weeks ago.)

After writing that last review on LUNA Online, I thought that I should try making a magazine style review, just to make it a little more creative. I know, they’re all left-side pages. I didn’t think it would matter since this will never get printed. Otherwise, I would have left bleed-edges on the original .PSD, maybe next time. The original size is 23cm x 29.5cm, roughly the same size as the magazines our great God Mike lent me. The first draft I wrote was 10 pages long so I actually had to summarize myself. The end result was 8 pages, clearly still too long. So if you don’t want to read my personal thoughts on the game’s community, payment system, complaints, etc. then skip the last page (7) and read the green square on the bottom of that page. That should be all I have to mention, there’s quite a lot since Mabinogi is very unique from most MMORPGs.

I tried to write this for someone who knows what MMORPGs are and possibly played one before, but never set foot in a game like Mabinogi. For those of you that don’t know the common terms:

PvP - Player vs. Player

PvE - Player vs. Environment (monsters)

NPC - non-player character

If you still don’t understand, search them in Wikipedia.

HA! I think LUNA Online can fit on 2-3 pages! I’ll try to shorten these reviews more the next time, though that next time will probably be in a long time.

The next game I wanted to review was Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online, but frankly I’m not in the mood anymore. I’ll do it another time. I also want to review Dragon Nest when that comes out in NA, but that won’t be anytime soon so it’s all good. For the mean time, I’ll go back to my primary job. MWHAHAHAHAHA, YAO- *ahem* Shoujo manga drawing!!

If you have any questions about Fantasy Life Mabinogi put ‘em in the comments. If you have any complaints about me or if I screwed up in my writing somewhere, you can stick your head into a toilet bowl. =)

Here's a some crazy stuff from the highly (now) controvertial sandbox game Grand Theft Auto 4. You have to admit, his style and video editing is what makes this amusing, lol. The dude has 5-6 videos of these bloopers, glitches and silly stuff. Really well put together!

Ein Hoshino is powered by Evil O.S.!!

P.S. Kath, you’re up next!! Just put something!

Been Out

I know I haven't shown up here in awhile, but it's probably because I've been quite discouraged, sickly, and down in general. Not necessarily about art--but about a lot of stuff that's happening at home.

School's finally ended, but unfortunately I'm not done worrying about it. It's time for me to move onto college, but there are so many financial & parental issues that my heart's sunken in. When you're so stressed that you can't eat and sleep properly anymore, naturally you don't feel like communicating with anyone, haha. So I apologize for that.

Here's a piece that sorta sums up how I've been feeling and what I've been thinking of.


I call this one Of the Wolves. It's a work about my insecurities and all of the things that destroy society. That, and how it's a part of the eradication of wolves. The wolf and I are placed next to each other in comparison, the point being that there is little difference between the two of us. Both are looked down upon and torn asunder by humanity.

There's some pretty strong writing all over this piece, but the detail is lost in the small resolution and I'd rather not type it out for everyone to see, but I'll tell you a few things:

• In the white circles are things that break humanity apart.
• The background contains a short paragraph on how the wolf and I are similar in the sense that we both run from our problems.
• The writing in the boxes around the two wolves and the eye talk about how the wolves are dying, and how the world would be if we contained no prejudice.
• Around the edge of the moon, it says, "The moon will crumble in despair when the wolves die. The world will cry when the moon ceases to rise. It is then that we'll see our mistake."

This is arguable one of my most truthful artworks to myself. I took a lot of risks with it--the wide range of mixed medium and the risk of revealing my thoughts--but I think it turned out well.

Yeah, well, sorry Lia for such a late update. I still feel sick ;_;
Rune is being nursed back to health powered by Evil O.S.