Lorelai's Artwork RPGallery - November , 1999

Ye Olde EVIL Gallery Helper

A Note from Lore As you see, today's update is by the kind and wonderful Kouryuu, because Lorelai here is still pretty swamped. Rather than deny you a fanart update, I kidnapped...er...asked Kouryuu to assist me! Enjoy! I will return next week. Contact Lorelai Submit your Fanart AIM: Jenova 98 ICQ: 32105014 Lorelai's Archives Artist Archives Updates Archive Artist Database Peruse Me Please Fanart FAQ Submission Guidelines How to get Fanart Posted Be "Artist of the Week" Welcome Youkoso! ^_^ Welcome to the follow-up installment to the October 30th update! As you may have already read, you shall be stuck with ME, Kouryuu, for today. >D Perhaps I should introduce myself since I'm sure that there are many people out there who don't know I am. This is, of course, for the benefit of those that even give a hoot ... I was the EVIL creator/maintainer of the Sephiroth shrine entitled Sephiroth no oukoku. (Actually, I'm still EVIL as noted by the update title. XP) After 2 years of running the place, I decided to retire due to my lack of interest and desire to continue with the Web page. My current game obsession is Tales of Phantasia. (Nope, no shrine for this but I do have a page for its soundtrack.) In fact, I have the PlayStation game just sitting on top of my Magic Knight Rayearth illustration collections ... and ... it's ... taunting me ... ~>_<~ Indeed, I would play it if I had a PlayStation. +P So for those that know me, yes, after all this time, I STILL don't have a PS so no, I STILL haven't finished FFVII. But! At least I own one "system" now -- a Game Boy Color. ^^; Now let's just hope Estpolis/Lufia III DOES get released on the GBC! >P Erm, what else? Well, I do draw and LIKE to draw but churning out artwork is not something I do on a frequent basis. As a result, my skills are not up to par with some of the artists that grace this page. I applaud those that have the love and tenacity to keep practicing. ^___^ Me, I just get easily distracted with the Web and other things. ^^;;;;;;; The only time you'd probably catch me drawing nowadays is during lectures. Â_Â;; Hee, having introduced meself, I would now like to thank Lorelai for giving me the opportunity to defile her spot here at RPGamer. =P KouKou Babble Okei, everyone must buy The Sandman: The Dream Hunters. XP For those that don't know, it's an illustrated story book written by Neil Gaiman, the renown author of The Sandman comic series, with dazzling art by Amano Yoshitaka. I got the graphic novel the day it came out (Wed, October 27th) and all I have to say is that Amano does an INCREDIBLE rendition of Morpheus. In fact, I fell IN LOVE with his Sandman the moment I saw the tapestry of the character at DC's booth at Chicago's Wizard World Comic Con. Storywise, it's a retelling of a Japanese legend, but like his recount of Orpheus' tale and Shakespeare's A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, Gaiman offers a different perspective on how certain events occurred. And although I make it sound like I got it just for the art, I didn't. I bought The Dream Hunters as both a Sandman and Amano fan. ^.^ (Oh, the irony of calling myself a Sandman fan -- I've been with the series from the start but I haven't finished reading all the issues yet. +P) Here is da thoughts-triggering Cookie! Lore's Shtuff that you should know, take note, engrave onto your forehead ...: "The Art Corner": Check out RPGamer's counterpart, The Art Corner. ^-^ If question marks are floating around your head on this, then you really should go and take a look. =P Ask Lore:: Bother Lorelai with Lifestream e-mail! Just be nice and don't pry too much into her life. ^_~ Art on IRC:: Fire up your IRC client and log onto esper.net to join #artcorner, ye olde official channel for The Art Corner! Critiquers/staffers, if ye already haven't, go to the channel to get your Ops. (Yes, you shall obtain god-like powers to smite and flog peons that annoy you and other innocent bystanders in the channel!) And here's an incentive for you to drop by #artcorner: it's another way you can interrogate Lore about her life and all. ^.^ Kou's Shtuff that you should ignore, disregard, ignore: No, that is not a sig: Indeed, my real name is not Chester Barklight although I suppose it wouldn't be too bad to be Chester Barklight. Of course, we all know that he's just a character from Namco's snazzy RPG, Tales of Phantasia ... right? Anyway, I just stuck this silly rodent (as in mouse-driven) piece, rendered via Photoshop 5, here since having Lore's sig here would be silly considering I'm not her. XP And I am not up to doodling myself for any purpose. >P If you want, you can click on the pic to see it in its original size -- not that it's drastically bigger or anything. =P About this fan art update and why Kou is EVIL: Aside from the obvious fact of being long-winded, I must state that some of the comments shown below have been edited as they won't exactly read properly if I posted them exactly as they were written in the e-mail. =/ Edited out parts will have have brackets and/or ellipses. And just for the record, this is NOT censorship! >P Now, to avoid such from happening again in da future, I must point everyone sending fan art to the Submission Guidelines. I really, highly, extremely, SEVERELY RECOMMEND that cut and paste section. =P