It's all in the name

And by 'name' I mean the manga term for 'story board' or rough draft. It's where everything is laid out frame by frame and the story starts to materialize in front of you. Keep in mind, it's done in stick figures.. but none the less.. it's still very important.

Why am I talking about names.. because it's official people.. I have started the name for Reservoir! Da da da daaaaaa.

I couldn't for the life of me figure out where I wanted to start the damn thing.. thanks to my good friend and 'coach', Ben.. I think things are starting to fall into place. ^^ It isn't much but it really makes me feel good that Res is starting to come into the light. Woot! Now.. If I can just get my drawings up to par then we'll be all set XD I've got Manga studio to help me with my tones and what not.. but that's waaaay in the future so we won't talk about that quite yet.

Eureka!

Last night.. while lying in my bed I was hit with a wonderful glowing epiphany. The idea for a brilliant one-shot came to me. It'd have to be done right.. as most one shot's do.. but still. I was so thrilled and honored to have come up with it on my own. I teeter on releasing the idea to you.. in the happenstance that someone steals my idea and claims it for their own >.> but, lol.. my blog isn't that popular!

Just bare with me.. I think that doing this will really help me make Res a great manga. Good artists/writers should always come up with a one shot before they make a series. It really gets your juices flowing and allows you to tweak your drawings.

That's it for now.. I'll try to get some name pictures posted of the one shot so you can tell me what you think.. like the 2 of you that have even looked at this XD

Yare Yare~

Wow, work is nuts @_@ That and I blame Zach (my roomie) for getting me hooked on this new book that I can't seem to put down for a second and pick up a pen to draw >_>" But, let's try to stay positive. Research!!

The author of the book I'm reading is fantastic at writing mysteries.. which is what I was hoping that Res would be. So, this isn't considered a loss my friends.. but one more small step into making this the manga that I know it can and will be *raises hand dramatically into the air*

More drawings to come.. remember, check out my DA page for previous concepts on characters from Reservoir. ^^

Little done today

Progress on Res... little to none. I drew some more facial profiles for Sterling. that's about it. I've had mech's on the brain it seems. I've been spending hours today trying to build and design a customized heavy weight mech. So far, I've got a leg that I like XD I'm not too good with machines.

Ok, back to Res. I'm trying to think of rules for the collectors. I think having them able to change shape into whatever they want could warrant some problems. I know that I'd like to have each of them with a form that they prefer and a normal human form. I may have it that they can only change into one human form until forced to take on another identity. That being the case, the person who's form they take must die for them to use it. Something along those lines. I just need something that would prevent them from constantly changing human forms and making it damn near impossible for Joey and Zeke to find them. (For those of you who don't know, Joey and Zeke are some of the main characters) But it also gives me freedom to change how they look periodically if I start to get bored with a character design.