Character Designs
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05/09/2009
Since I've been working a lot since the start of this thread, (both my real job and sketching like mad making character designs for this manga,) I'm went through the thread, and I'm going to address a lot of the comments that I liked the most.
Draco Allen McWharter
Preferably characters who have a brain.
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There are a lot of characters who are somewhat brainless and no common sense.
XP
Sorry to say. Action, some mystery and just a good story to draw me in and keep me interested.
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Mizuiro already covered this one, but I'm going to go ahead and put in my two cents, since I'm going to be scripting and drawing the manga.
These characters will have substance, because I'm pretty much unable to make characters that are lacking in personality. That kind of stuff drives me crazy. xD Basically, my goal for this manga is to create a story that you could read whether or not you're a member of Gaia... A coherent story with a solid plot and great character development.
AkaiRedChan
Wow. Great minds think alike, right? ^^;
How about having a few easter eggs around too? Not really
Easter eggs but like an angel imp flying around in the coulds or a gwee hiding in a tree or something like that. How about that?
Hehe. You can see I'm more of a background type of person ^^;
Definitely. ^__^ I was planning on fitting more Gaia-related things in the background then you could shake a stick at... And I'm curious to see how many people will be able to catch all of them.
AkaiRedChan
Is it possible to have pet Animated? If that's the case, could Animated attack another Animated? Interesting thought, isn't it? o.o;
I've thought of that... There are going to be many pets in this manga, and I know that some of the animated from the game have item counterparts that you can equip to your avatar, like the Wolf Pup. So it's possible. I myself am planning on having one of the rats from the Enchanted Book, and Mizuiro is going to have the ferret, and another character is going to have the owl from the summoning tome. OwO
Ataner Yennaiv
Gee High eek i vote for gee high.
that's a cute name c:
everyone wants to be in the manga dramallama
So now, what are you both next step?
Yeah, I'm noticing that Gee High is the favorite. ^__^
The next step as far as I can tell is to start final drafts of at least the first three pages of the manga that I have story-boarded. And some more character designs, of course. <3 We also have to figure out a definite character list... There will be major characters, minor characters, and lots and lots of cameo characters. ^^
Ataner Yennaiv
So, urm.
zOMG! as a basic theme of story, than some adventure ..., oh. How many pages do you plan to make?
Several. O__O It's going to be a long manga, as my manga/stories tend to be. As long as I keep coming up with ideas, (which isn't difficult for me,) I'm going to keep giving pages to Mizu to color. ^^
As for the basic plot, while it will revolve around destroying the animated with the rings and what not, the plot is going to be about Gaia in general. Poking fun at the forums, fishing, the games, towns, glitches, items and even art shops. The story will also be character heavy, with lots of character development. I'm also throwing in a personal quest for the main characters, that isn't particularly Gaia related, but still fun.
I really want this manga to be the kind of story that you could pick up and read without ever having stepped foot on GaiaOnline, and enjoy; but I still want it to be ironic and humorous to Gaians. ^_^
