7-day Blog for Finals

     Hey guys, sorry I haven't been around in the past few days. I might probably be abandoning this blog after my finals project, but fear not! I won't be quitting blogging anytime soon! I'll be making a new blog, but I'm not too sure of what I'll be putting. It would most probably be my artworks and rants and whatnot. 

     Anyways, what's this 7-day blog you ask? This is basically one of those 60-day blog challenges which requires you to blog everyday for 60 days, except this one is just 7 days. There are certain themes for each day and this is the list:

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

Day 2 – A song to match your mood.

Day 3 – Something you crave a lot.

Day 4 – Your plans for today.

Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.

Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.

Day 7 – Your dream wedding. 

        Well I hope I don't accidentally forget to blog! hahaha! I'm actually pretty relieved that this is our finals because if we were to be given a heavy job like create a working website that you can actually view through the internet, I would be soooo dead. 

8-bit Theater

Today's Webcomic Review: 8-bit Theater !

1st comic of 8-bit Theater

Status: Completed

Updates: None

What's it about?

    This is a parody of one fo the most successful and popular RPGs ever made by the Japanese: The Final Fantasy Series! This comic, however, concentrates more on the very 1st game of the series, thus the pixel graphics. Enter Black Mage and Fighter's to become the light warriors!

My Rating:

Story

   The story's pretty funny and it's definitely something I can go to once in a while when I feel nostalgic for old final fantasy games. What I like about this story is it's usually gags but it advances the story at the same time. It has an actual plot which is engaging but is also light and funny. This is a nice read for those who love the first and original Final Fantasy game, those who like parodies and light comics.

       

Art

   
     Well once again we have a comic which uses a game's sprite, but then if you actually check out the game, you'll see that the game's sprite's movements are very limited, so most of their actions are drawn by Brian Clevinger himself. I really like it when sprites are used this way [either animation or comics], for me, it always has that cute factor and likeability which comes from a person's familiarity with the game. 

    From this point you can definitely guess I'm a big fan of parody comics [specially ragnarok ones]. I found out about this comic from my S.O. which was one of the stuff we bonded over about.


     A quick trivia: Brian Clevinger likes to play tricks on his readers. :P

That's all for now~! Ella blasting off~! XD

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Ragnarok Wisdom

Today's Webcomic Review: Ragnarok Wisdom  !

Status: Ongoing

Updates: Irregular

What's it about?

    It is yet another parody comic, this time about the ever famous MMORPG, Ragnarok Online. It's a comic about the in-game jokes and also references other games occasionally. It stars an acolyte named Aragan and his friends like the swordsman Sniff the Raven, Nth Power the alchemist and etc.

My Rating:

Story

     The first time I started reading this, it made me laugh and I can actually relate since most of Aragan's comics back then were definitely centered on the in-game jokes, but as time passed, he started to reference other things that are not related to Ragnarok Online. It was still kind of funny, but then it seemed to concentrate more on it than on the original concept of in-game jokes. I started to get lost while reading it and could not exactly relate to it as much as I did before. 


     After a few months of reading it, I eventually became too busy to check back on it. When I checked it out today while I was browsing through possible webcomics I could review, the latest comics were either filled with jokes that couldn't really make me laugh or jokes that I didn't quite understand. The humorous tone of the comic changed, but I'm not saying it's just not funny anymore, it's just not as funny to me as it used to be. 

     

       

Art

Ragnarok Wisdom's First Comic

     The first art that the comic produced was not well made and a little rough, but I guess you can say that  its kind of impressive as well if you consider the fact that this was only done in MS Paint. I used to sprite and draw a bit on MS Paint, but it is very difficult and tiring, and the fact that this guy can make sketches in that program the way he can draw using pencil and pen is pretty cool...

Ragnarok Wisdom's Recent Comic

     ...and it just gets better from there. the recent art used in his most recent comics are amazingly detailed. From the line art to the coloring to the shading and the editing, it absolutely far off from what he started with. it still looks like he drew it from MS Paint, but I'm not quite sure. One part about this comic's art style that I really love is that it uses pixels, not just the regular soft and smooth lines. That style is what made it original and I'm pretty glad he didn't change it.




I absolutely don't remember how I found this, just like my other old webcomics, though I sorta wish I could remember. What I do remember is looking through Ragnarok Online-themed webcomics through the internet when I was bored and had this obsession with Ragnarok and its sprites.

That's all for now~! Ella blasting off~! XD

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Hanna is not a Boy's Name!

Today's Webcomic Review: Hanna is not a Boy's Name! !

Status: CMIA [Creator Missing in Action] 

Updates: None

What's it about?

     Hanna is not a Boy's Name is about this paranormal detective who sucks in his job. One fateful day, a zombie knocks on his door asking to be hired by him! And it doesn't just stop there. They eventually befriend a vampire, face off a siren and many more I do not want to spoil!

My Rating:

Story


     The story is not the usual stories you read when it comes to the paranormal and what not. To tell you the truth, the story itself is pretty basic and simple, what carries it along for the ride is the Art.
       

Art

     The art is absolutely astonishing. Tessa Stone [the creator] has her own style of making comics and breaks away from the norms. It's not the usual 4 panel comic or the comics with white dividers and what not, it's absolutely unique! The way she draws is stylized and the way she colors the whole thing is simply amazing. Every page is just so wonderful to look at.




      This comic has got to be one of the comics back in my high school days that I frequently visited. A while after I went to college, I stopped visiting. A few years later, when I decided to write this blog, I rediscovered it... and to my surprise, the comic stopped updating, and Tessa Stone was nowhere to be found. 


     I found out from her site that she had this habit of abandoning her projects and creating new ones. If that was the case, even if she wouldn't come back to making Hanna is not a Boy's Name [though I hope not], I still want to know what happened to her, coz if she made something new, then I'd be one of the people who definitely want to see it!

     

That's all for now~! Ella blasting off~! XD

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Evil Diva

Today's Webcomic Review: Evil Diva !

Evil Diva's first cover page

Status: On-going

Updates: Tuesdays and Thursdays [if there are donations]

What's it about?

     In this webcomic's world, angels and devils live together, and each one of them is expected to act their part; an angel must be good, and a devil must be bad. However, there is just one devil who refuses to conform to the norms of socitey, a devil named Diva Beelze.

     Now hearing her name, you'd probably think of some bratty, spoiled, rich kid, but this girl's the opposite. She has unnatural urges to be nice and good. This poses a problem since, as I said before, angels and devils are expected to act their part, and if they don't, they will face consequences.

     Because of this, their grumpy looking counselor, Mr. Virgil, who discovered her good nature and is not an angel or a devil, decided to entrust to her a magical power in a form of a wand [the one she's holding on the cover page].

     An adventure ensues with her angel bestfriend, angel crush, angel arch nemisis and devil family! 

My Rating:

Story


     Well for my ratings, it would be divided into 2, diva as a preteen and diva as a teen.

     You see, for the first half, the story felt light-hearted and absolutely cutesy and sweet. It just felt like something new and enticing to read. However, when the story suddenly switched to a new direction [like 180 degrees] it just felt like one of those generic comics with the teen angst theme. Don't get me wrong, I love teen angst and all that mumbo jumbo, but the thing is, they already had a great thing going for them and they just decided to completely change it! Though I don't totally hate the new story, I miss and prefer the old Evil Diva's plots.

    

Art

Evil Diva Art by Brinson

     This is the first ever Evil Diva art style. As you can see, it's all cutesy and sweet looking just like the story itself. I really love the art and it's what made me fell in love with the comic in the first place...

Evil Diva Art by HollywoodArtChick

     ...and then Evil Diva get's a new artist! I'm sorry to say but it is not really up to par with the 1st artist's drawings, but atleast it's a bit close to the old style. But then...

Evil Diva Art by HAI (?) [not sure on this one but it's another style change]

     ...the art style just completely changes a few issues later. It isn't the worst kind of art style, but the thing is about art style changes, there is something to compare. It's either the art style becomes waaaaaay better than the last one and become more popular, or just get boring and fail to reach the standards of the first one. In this case, it was the second scenario.

     I really hope this webcomic manages to turn things around... I mean this used to be my favorite. It's not just the art direction change and story change that bothered me though, it was also the new policy. Just recently, they started requiring people to donate before they release a new page or update. The fact is, it could be a good way to raise money and fund the site but at the same time, it just feels like robbing the viewers of their money [no offense]. If they want to really raise enough, they should find other ways like actually publishing printed copies or selling more evil diva merchandise. 

     

That's all for now~! Ella blasting off~! XD

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Finally... REST! Though there's lots of work to be done...

     Hello people~! I guess I won't be going to school today so I'll try and make a longer webcomic review. I didn't feel that well yesterday and when I woke up today, I didn't feel so nice either so even though I didn't really get a fever, I felt that I should get some rest anyways since everything's been so hectic these past few days [2d animation: animating those styrofoam bunnies and editing was hell]. Buuuut~! I won't just be wasting the day doing absolutely nothin', I actually have a lot of work that needs to be done like making a the webcomic review, making a script for AVP, making a draft of the print ad for Advertising, drawing characters for our game project in general psychology [we're cool liek that], and thinking up of a theme for our IC scrapbook. 

     Phew, it's a lot but with me home, I can take it easy. I'd be working then when I want a break I could play a few games like this Sandbox of God and Infinite Game Works I just recently got.

     Well, wish me luck in accomplishing all these :)) I hope I could atleast finish half of these and I'm happy~!


     In other news, it has occurred to me that in order to correctly review anything or any webcomic, I can't just tell the pros of the comic but also the cons. With that said, I may also give negative reviews about the webcomics I like, starting with this next one I'm working on.

Kawaii Not

Today's Webcomic Review: Kawaii Not !

Status: Ongoing

Updates: Mondays and Thursdays (according to comixpedia)

What's it about?

     It's basically a comic about these different inanimate objects saying cute and ridiculous stuff.

    

My Rating:

Story

     Well, there really isn't a coherent or plot heavy story behind it, it's just basically like a gag comic, a four-panel joke. It might not be for every webcomic reader, but it's good for a quick laugh or just to see something cute.

Art


     The art is absolutely cute. Again, one of the most important things when it comes to the simple webcomics: it might not be completely detailed, but it has to be CUTE.


     
     This is actually another one of the webcomics I discovered from my high school bestfriend. She seems to like these kind of gag 4-panel comics. XP

     

     Sorry it's short, but I don't really have much to say about it and I don't really feel totally well. 

That's all for now~! Ella blasting off~! XD

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