Hy,oh my gosh haven't talked to you for such a long time.How are you,how is everything,how is work.I wanted earlier to write you but all the time something came up.Currently I am sick with a cold and it seems that weather makes me feel kinda tired too,it is that it will be so hard to get used to such a changing weather,so human begin kinda managed to do technological improvement but in the same time he destroys Earth little by little,as I would say,I think,I ma actually sure that all the strange phenomenon or the fact that nature shows some instability is because of our irrational things!
Well I've been also trying to obtain some points on AP,I have been trying to post some scans and they always get deleted by this pretext that they are in the wrong category so how much I like their scans I won't post that!
Haha,I am seeing something pretty funny on TV with mom,it's her birthday so she is at home!Hugs!

Just wanted to stop in and say hi!

merged: 11-01-2007 ~ 10:56am

Hi there,
I'm sorry to come over to your userpage to tell you something this serious.
I have recieved a call from Semangas sister today, she was begging me to tell her friends something very serious and very sadly. Sema has died yestarday, on July the 31st.
She was lying in the hospital over the weekend. And in the first moment it looked like she was getting better, but last night, she died.

I'm sorry, that i have to stop writing now, but i can't write anymore.. with all the tears in my eyes. I'm sorry.

Quote by mentisNice work. I do like the character the most of course ^_^. I do think that there's a little too much text, and it takes up a little too much space in the composition. Reducing that element, I think the look would be cleaner and more effective. Other than that, well done. The character is bold and strong. Oh, and the "Not my scan..." confused me at first :P.

heeee......i'm not sure if you realize, it's a magazine-styled doujinshi. as it's a doujinshi of a magazine cover, i thought it resembles a little like those scans. thus, the joke "not my scan.." (but if it caused much confusion to you, i would apologize )

because from my research prior to this drawing, i find many popular magazine tend to full each space with highlights titles. but do enlighten me if this is untrue

not to forget, thanks very much for your comments!

have a nice day~

AHAHAHA. o my what late reply! gomen gomen~~! >-<

Quote by mentisSo I guess I don't remember, but what level did you graduate from? Is it high-school of college?

college - BSIT. i hate it! but glad it's over. now, i'm working- that' the one that kills me nowadays.. it's fun though. >-<

Quote: I guess maybe you need to take a few people off of your watchlist :P, he he...

heeyyy. i never thought of that! hmmm..

Quote: Well OpenCanvas is still digital, so it's not quite the same thing. I paint with paints and brushes on an actual canvas :P. But yes, if you have not had a chance to check it out yet, you can see my latest piece here.

And yes, my game Copic Fighter is actually about Copic markers. It's a little artsy and humorous twist on the old shooter genre. It's not that big of a download (about 6mb), so check it out if you have time (mentisworks.org).

lolz. i thought so.

Quote: I'd be happy to see some new work from you . I should get a notification, but if not, let me know just in case when you do submit them.

hehe. okays. i will submit some in a couple of hours, just practice/copy works.

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I'm not sure why it would ask you for my address/name on myspace, that's strange. I've never seen that before. Tell me how I can find your profile on myspace and I'll see if I can figure out the problem there...

sure - ok, my myspace address is www.myspace.com/chisaikame ..if it asks for my email it's nervnervi(at)yahoo

thank you for writing again, mentis san! and see you!

-ckc

Quote by mentisHi Kokuyu-san ^_^. I just wanted to let you know that I was able to get higher quality images of several of my paintings. They have now been updated on MT, and include some which you have commented on.

Those paintings are...

Uyoku,
Infidelity of Itsuki,
as well as With Open Eyes,
Tears,
and Elf.

All of them are now higher resolution, sharper (so more detail), and the colors are closer in accuracy to the originals. Enjoy!

Hi, Mentis-san. It's been a long while since I slack from reading guestbook I've been outside MT for quite a [long!] short while when as promised, I did my artworks. Gomen nasai very much

Besides too, I have check some of your paintings. Nothing much to comment, but seriously, it's like I'm REALLY viewing in front of your paintings (though can't feel and touch it ). What scanner did you use? (pardon my lack of better words to describe)

Other than that, I have completed a few of the works as promised. The only difference is I didn't use much (some are none too ) paint, because by the time I realized that, I'm out of budget to buy a new set, added by the fact some geometric styles aren't east to be created by paint. Thus, after a while of brainstorming, I used mainly card boards, soft pastels and coloured markers. In other words, "mixed media".
You can view them in my Userpage, located in "KOKUYU'S ALBUM" section, of SUMMER HOBBY category. The one I once mentioned is the one in dark blue background.
However, the descriptions are rather short, because at the same time I was trying to shrink my userpage from getting too far and too long. So, if there's anything you need to now, feel free to ask me ^______^

Got to go now to wash dishes See ya~!

merged: 07-14-2007 ~ 08:30pm
Hi, Mentis~
You are invited to my party celebrating my 1st Anniversary in Minitokyo [13th July] in >>> Ayupan's POP-Secret Style by kokuyu

(Not necessary to fav or comment it, as long as you can view it

Thanks very much in advance~have a nice day

Hy!
Guess why I'm so happy? I finished all the exams! 2 of them with not such a good score but I'm happy with them, anyway everything is well when it ends well.
Read approximately all u wrote about the convention, here u will never see an anime convention at that scale, marvelous! liked everything about it.
There was some attempt last year( I do hope they will organize it again) , never got there, but I talked with my friends that went there and they were kinda disappointed, but I guess that's the thing with the first attempts ,experience and time makes it better
The cosplays, way awesome, the work they put into their creations is astonishing , really liked the one with the belts,there's a picture with her, impressive!
aaaa, there's a trailer on u r blog with a Japanese movie called Casshern , (hope I spelled it right), really liked the trailer showed it to my brother=both of us were impressed.
Tell me , I found a torrent, and started d/l (to see what I got,if its worth the trouble), . there's also a sub(enghlish) version, cuz what I found didn't mentioned anything about it and I would like to know if there is.
Bye! take care!
PS:and if u know anymore good movies, do tell!

merged: 06-20-2007 ~ 11:13pm
these guys are amazing, , actually I'm a Home Made Kazoku, fan, but this uncut video is amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhCIFutHkb4&mode=related&search=
Enjoy!

Quote: Hiya Hino-chan ^_^. I was gone last week for an anime convention, which is why I didn't reply sooner. If you're curious, you can always check out the full report on my site right here (there are pics too ^_^).

Quote by hinotama
Sorry about not replying earlier, this time I was just being lazy. Gomen nasai! What was I doing with the ping-pong table? I was playing ping-pong. Yeah I'm feeling better. Better than when I hit my head anyway. The doctor gave me some medicine/pain killers. On Wednesday I get my stitches taken out. Yay no more stitches My eye however is another story. Vision's the same. But I have a bruise on/near it there's blood over the eyelid/not on top, under my eyebrow. It's not something ya wanna see. Ok..... I'm going to stop talking about that now. Gomen, sorry, rambling habit

Yikes, that sounds pretty rough. Well, the reason I asked about what you were doing with the table is because I've never heard of someone injuring themselves quite this bad during ping pong. I assumed you were playing, but you must have done something a little out of the ordinary to receive such damage . But I do hope that you're feeling better now. Hopefully there's no scarring either!

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Anyway arigato, thanks for asking, I saw your piece. It's really good Gotta go. My computer time's up You also take care! Ja ne. Bye!

Glad you got to see my painting. I actually ended up selling that one, and the gallery owner asked me to paint another piece. Because I was leaving for the con, I had to paint it in one day! So I already got that one submitted to MT as well, which is here.

Thanks for writing, get well, and watch out for ping pong tables .

You went to an anime con? Lucky Well about what happened in ping pong: I went to get the ball. After that, I tripped on my way back to the table so I ended up hitting my head there. I'm feeling a lot better now. There's no scar but there is a little bump next to my eyebrow. It's nothing to worry about. Again thanks for asking and caring Wow. In one day?! Sugoi! I continued playing ping pong a few weeks/days later, tried to be a little more careful and this time I didn't end up back at the clinic for stitches. Yay! Well gotta go. Hope you're doing well! If I don't reply for a while you can check out my other account: evilshoujo. Sayonara. Bye!

just thought id drop by and say hi!

Quote by mentisNo, of course I wasn't suggesting you put him on a black bg, as I do understand your idea of keeping the "White Cloud" idea going. I was just thinking that it would be a stronger piece if there was more contrast, though not necessarily a lot of contrast. If you were to vector the image, that might do the trick.

If I ever get out of my Naruto kick, I may very well re-vector Kumo and try something else with the wallpaper. The screen dots in the original were very annoying to work with.

Quote by mentisAh, so you did vector the characters. Nice work. See, you did such a good job that I couldn't tell the difference between your vector and the original. Well done!

Thank you very much ^^

Quote by mentisThe convention was awesome, and now we are planning a little cosplay picnic with some of the people who went to it. So that's pretty exciting .

Ooh! A cosplay picnice, now that's something new
It'd be great to see what shaped biscuits people will bring... I'd love to eat one in the shape of a Mokona or Pikachu... !

Quote: I know, right? We have vowed to not wait as long to see each other again. Some of them are coming to our town in a month or so. But it's pretty hard when you live in different places that are about three hours worth of driving apart. I suppose that's not that far, but it is a bit of an expense. Especially with the way gas prices are these days.

Ahhh yes. I understand what you mean- I have a lot of friends and they don't even live near as far as an hour away, even with public transport. A lot of them won't come out even at the price of a train ticket Gas indeed is really expensive these days. I remember when it was less than half the price it was now... I was just a kid @__@

Quote: Arigato gozaimasu ^_^. I will go and look at that thread right now . Also, just so you know, I have updated the image for Infidelity of Itsuki. It's sharper now, more detailed, and the colors are more accurate. So if you have time it might warrant another look.

Ahhh right I shall go check it out :P

Quote: Exellent. Thank you very much. You're always so helpful Misa-chan .

Thank you for writing again, and take care...!

... Thank you once again lol- I hope this week has been great for you so far