New and quiet user ^^;;

Allanah · Post by **Allanah** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 8:12 am

Hello,
my name is Meghan, and I've been a member of this message board for some time, while I was setting up my keenspace site. That was when this board was on another site I think, because it went down, and I haven't been back since ^^;;
I did achieve moving my manga to keenspace, so I thought I'd come back and say hi. (now that I know this board is working now)

I'm a pretty quiet girl so my manga doesn't get many visitors, I thought maybe coming here I could meet some new people, and find some new comics to read as well.
My manga's a pretty traditional shojo manga about a young girl who's just growing up and learning about life.
If anyone likes that kind of stuff

My few readers think it's cute ^_^

Well, just wanted to say hi, and glad to be part of this community

By the way, my manga's called 'Security Blanket', not 'Insecurities'
I don't know what happened there ^^;;

ZOMBIE USER 9264 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 9264** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 9:38 am

Welcome aboard!
Hey, I'm always up for new recruits, especially ones from Toronto!

Twentyfour · Post by **Twentyfour** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 9:57 am

Razi likes Meghan! Razi likes Meghan! Razi likes Meghan!

*snicker*

Aaaaanywho. Welcome welcome welcome! This board is working fine... even if it takes 10 minutes to load sometimes

. Just posting in here and joining a drop-down will boost your visitors easily! Well... enjoy the community, and don't be afraid to post here often. Some of us are actually friendly! Just be careful around Trevorissmall!

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 10:37 am

Hey, it's better than it used to be.;} USED to take half an hour for me.

Chascraw4d · Post by **Chascraw4d** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:19 am

Actually the trick is to not try and load the main index page, then the board loads decently fast.

Anyways, welcome Meghan

TrevorIsSmall · Post by **TrevorIsSmall** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:35 am

I can't friggen believe this!!! When I came here, NOBODY gave a rats pa-toot! But now that a WOMAN is here, everybody gets all gussied up and whatnot. What's the dilly-o?!? I'm sick of this rampant sexism that takes place here. A MAN can do anything as well as a woman, EXCEPT breastfeeding. If anybody needs me, i'll be in my trailor menstrating.

Allanah · Post by **Allanah** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 12:04 pm

Wow you all really are nice!

I'm so shy at these kind of things

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone ^_^
It is taking a while to load... but thats OK.

Razi likes Meghan! Razi likes Meghan! Razi likes Meghan!

*snicker*

I guess Razi likes me *.*

Trevor: um... sorry for being a woman -_-;;

ZOMBIE USER 8296 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 8296** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 1:00 pm

allanah wrote:Wow you all really are nice! :D
I'm so shy at these kind of things :P

are you kidding or are there actually people like you outside of robot maid anime?

Twentyfour · Post by **Twentyfour** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 2:01 pm

Menstruating Trev wrote:Check it out, pleaaase, I swear to god it's funny. It's about a lad named Trevor and his zany adventures.

That was your introductory post Trev....

And since then you've been running around telling people to NOT read your comic. You have said many an odd thing... but now your claiming that your placental layer is liquifying??? Oh Trev... how far the mighty have fallen... I shall mourn the loss of your sanity, what little that was left anyway.

Oh, as for "all gussied up".... ??? Dude... I'm wearing 2 day old dirty clothing here, and it's not even nice stuff, it's an old Simpson's T-shirt I wear for mowing the lawn! So I have to say no to these claims of gussification.

Jynx · Post by **Jynx** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 2:07 pm

Wow! Ontario Web-comic drawers unite!
I'm a Newmarket girl myself.

Welcome to the board. I don't post much either... even though I should .

Welcome again.

ZOMBIE USER 9264 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 9264** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 5:11 pm

Hey, Trev relax! All men can breastfeed with some kind of wacky harness. I hear they're working on the birth-given thing too.

I didn't get a big welcome either. Who cares?

And as for the Ontario thing; I'm from Oakville but strangley enough, I'm not a racist yuppie gino.

Allanah · Post by **Allanah** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 5:28 pm

Wow! Ontario Web-comic drawers unite!
I'm a Newmarket girl myself

I've been there! My grandparents live near there, and we always stop in Upper Canada mall. Nice to meet you ^_^

are you kidding or are there actually people like you outside of robot maid anime?

uh.... I think I exist *.*

I'm sorry I've stirred up something with uh... some people. Um... sorry ;_;

ZOMBIE USER 9264 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 9264** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 5:40 pm

Better be sorry; damn crazy-ass robot maids, always startin' things.

"Buzz, whir, I don't wanna vacuum the rug!"

I mean, honestly.

ZOMBIE USER 8296 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 8296** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 6:00 pm

got that right Razi! i still kinda wanna see Mahoromatic though...

ZOMBIE USER 9264 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 9264** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 6:10 pm

My-Whore-o-Matic?

What?

ZOMBIE USER 8296 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 8296** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 7:12 pm

close enough, probably in more ways than one

Lui Angus · Post by **Lui Angus** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 7:54 pm

Your comic is what I would call a diamond in the rough, because of your good ability to draw. The comic also has an innocence about it.

Your main problem is you haven

TrevorIsSmall · Post by **TrevorIsSmall** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 8:47 pm

I like your comic, shy anime chick. It's very humerous. Especially the funny parts.

Chascraw4d · Post by **Chascraw4d** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 9:36 pm

Don't mind the random nutiness.

I agree it's a very nice comic. I sort of like the pencil work, though. It gives it a nice dreamy/sketchbook feel. Very soft, which is suitable for the tone of the comic.

Fil3r · Post by **Fil3r** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:21 pm

Well, this isn't really my kind of genre, so I can't give any advice on the writing.

Your artwork's pretty good. Shows promise. I do agree with others who've said you should try learning to ink it, though. Ink always does wonders for the final look of things.

The thing you need the most work on, IMO, is layouts. My suggestion would be not to use the computer to put them together: learn how to do it by hand on your hard copy. It takes a little practice, but once you figure it out, it's well worth it. You'll find it helps the overall look of the comic AND makes it easier to come up with interesting layouts in the future.

I'd also say try figuring out how to do your voice balloons and other text containers by hand as well. Most professionals in the industry do it by approximating the lines with roughed-in letters, then drawing the balloon, then putting the letters in. You can still do this pretty easily even if you put your lettering in on the computer. I just guess (and usually end up either with way too much space or way too little space), but that's because I'm lazy when it comes to those things.

On the other hand, maybe listening to me about anything is a bad idea, since you've got a pretty regular update schedual, whereas the rare book-sized comic I ever even START working on takes me forever per page...I'm too much of a stickler for getting things JUST right, though, and have a tendecy to go through several inked drafts of something before I think its finished.