Road Trip

Sorry for not posting, I just havent done much recently that I need to show you guys.  No new pictures or Models or anything.
My tablet has been acting weird, really slowly and I cant draw with that so now pictures like I said,
And I just dont really feel like working on the Pinkie Pie MMD Models.
The Twilight Sparkle models are done though, so that's nice.  I just need to actually get pictures of them and upload them.  I dont know when I'll do that though.  I wanted to release them all at the same time, but that seems kinda stupid to have them just sitting there in my folder.  So, I think I will release the Twilight Sparkle models when I find a 4 person Dance Motion that I like, because then I can give an accompanying video on YouTube.

Alright, other news :
I have actually learned how to make an oto.ini myself! I will not be doing Chiyone Maiko's, since Miramiee is already doing that, but I will be doing LS#1's Utau, who doesnt have a name yet(nor design), but she does have the voice fully recorded.  We just plowed right through it one night, where as it took weeks to record Maiko's.  I guess I'm just slower by myself.

Recently I have been in a huge Legend of Zelda mood.  I have been watching a lot of let's plays of some of the games, and it's been several days of watching them actually.  I have gotten a lot of progress on a scarf I was knitting.  It's not done yet;  I stopped because I wanted to knit something Zelda-themed.  So I have been making several goes at knitting some Triforce Fingerless Gloves.

Try #1 :
I cast on a lot of stitchs, around enough to fit my wrist.  Did some ribbing for a few rows and then stockinette stitch.  Did the Triangles and they turned out good.  The biggest problem was that I did not have a pattern, so my thumbhole sucked and the triforce wasnt in the middle of the back of the hand like I intended.  Try#1 = Fail

Try #2 :
This time I actually looked for a pattern.  Found a pretty good one, so I cast on!  Unfortunately, I noticed a few minutes late that "Whoops!" this pattern is in the round! Which means that me and my 2 needles wont work.  So I searched around for a pair of round needles, but no luck.  So I settled for some double pointed.  Well, see, this is my first time knitting in a round, so I did a bit of practice but got the hang of it really quick.  The rows went by fast, and suddenly I'm already putting in the triforce pattern, but earlier, I had noticed that it was getting very big, so I simply stopped the increases the pattern called for.  Now we are about current.  The whole thing is still way too big.  I probably will end up with a Try#3 later, but making it proportionally smaller all around.  Try#2 = Will probably fail


Next up on the block, we are planning a vacation in a little more then a week.  We are going to be going up to kentucky, then over to the beach, then Atlanta, and then home, perhaps with a few other places I forgot.  We've been planning this trip for awhile, so it's kinda weird to have it so close(And actually out of the planning stage).

And now for the final piece of news, I am going to be starting work on a big project.  I wont tell you now what it is, but there will be updates on that occasionally.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day everybody!
I'm to tired to do anything because I had a lot of fun earlier.  We went to my great-grandmother's house and had a cookout.  It was exhausting, playing with younger kids.  Why do you get more tired as you get older? I'm only 15 and I couldn't keep up with 8 and 9 year olds.  Maybe I just need more practice running.  I bet I would be faster if I wasn't sitting around my computer all day.

Well, Early today I was planning on drawing a big really nice picture for you all to celebrate the 4th of July.  I'm going to have to make it tomorrow because I couldn't today.

There are apparently some problems on oto'ing my utau voicebank.  The really awesome Miriamee is having trouble because she cant hear the samples, and that makes it much easier.  If she cant hear them, she cant properly tell what area is what and all that.  Additionally, I made an English voicebank, and she is not used to the extra sounds(I put in a lot of them).

I cant think of anything else to say about today, or news for you guys.

M.A.I Con

(breath in . . .) SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I was just checking on facebook, when I see a comment one of my friends has made.  They are asking if it's ok to go as someone not anime related to an anime con.  Nearby.  I'm pretty sure that if you were to look at me in that moment, I would simply be sitting there, stunned.
So I checked the facebook page.  In September, there is an Anime Con in Oxford,MS.  Mississippi Anime Invasion.  MAI Con.  I cant wait, and I really hope I can go! I need to save up and plan a costume! This is going to be so cool!  It's not even like we have to go far! Wah, this will be my first con! Who should I cosplay as?

As, you may be able to tell, I am excited.

As for other news, I have started on the Mane 6 Models! Twilight is done, for the most part.  Just keeping her to see if I spot any glitches.  I really want these models to be the best of the best I can do.
Next up I'm going to make Rarity.  I do not anticipate trying to find good enough hair.  It will be difficult, but probably not as difficult as Pinkie Pie.

Also, Chiyone Maiko is likely to be released soon!  I got someone online to make an oto file for me (Miramiee is awesome), and all I have to do in return is make a cover with her utau, a picture of her utau, or an MMD model of her utau.  Of course, I do video with my covers, with at least a picture to look at.  I have a bunch of songs in my music folder that I need to go ahead and make pictures for so I can post them.  So, I'm making an MMD Model to go with the cover, so that I can make a video to go with the song I chose.  Asane Hana's sounds really really nice with the one I picked.  Im not telling you guys what song it is though ;)  You'll have to wait and see!

Model Designs

No actual models here today, nope.  Just here to say that I have finished designing what I want the models of the mane 6 to actually look like.  And boy was it hard! I made way too much work for myself! I decided that I would do a normal outfit, an alternate outfit, because I wanted to do a wonderbolts Rainbow, and a Crystal Pony Dress outfit.  THAT'S 3 MODELS EACH FOR 6 CHARACTERS!!!  How STUPID am I?!! ARGH!!!

Well, I do really like them though, even if it was hard.  I don't know if I'll even be able to get the hair for them.  That's definitely the most difficult part.  How am I supposed to get all those fancy hair styles? What am I supposed to do for Pinkie's bouncy curls? What about Rainbow's swirly pigtails in her Crystal form? And don't forget freaking Rarity, with her HUGE EXAGERRATED Curl.
Ugh.

But, they are going to look nice.
All of the crystal versions have roman-ish looking knee length dresses with varied accessories and shoes.  The normal Outfits are something you might wear for a normal day, based around the personality of the pony.  The alternate outfits are random things I tossed together so I could keep Wonderbolt Rainbow, because my design looks freaking awesome.  Rarity has one of her outfits from the song "Becoming Popular", Then there's Pinkamena for Pinkie Pie.  AJ has a variation on her EQG design, because I could think of absolutely NOTHING else for her.  Fluttershy looks a bit more casual then the nice blouse and skirt her normal version has, while Twilight has a more schoolgirl uniform outfit.

My favorite of the Crystal Pony designs is probably Pinkie Pie.  I love the way I managed to get her hair.

Now, I'm sorry there aren't any pictures, but I drew them with pencil and paper instead of on the computer.  I don't have a scanner, so I cant show them to you guys.  You'll have to wait for the models to come.

Ach, cant believe I forgot.  Also in the packs(I'll be putting the packs by character) will be discorded versions.  They'll just be grayed versions of the main models though.

Well, Bye!

:P Didn't mean to go on hiatus!

Sorry! I think this has been the longest accidental hiatus yet!

But, I have a lot of news!
First up, VBS was this week, and we had a lot of fun at church.  I helped out in the crafts room, and it usually was hectic.  The theme this year was Colossal Coaster World.  I really liked some of the songs, and I tried to make an MMD video of the motions.  However, I flub motion making big time, so I'll ask one of you readers to do it for me, while I stick to making models for you guys.

I also finished recording my Utau, Chiyone Maiko!  I'm working on her costume design.  You might have seen the pictures from the previous post? It's going to be very different.  But I like this better then the previous 2 try's.  I'm working on getting her ready for release! I will show you all her videos when I'm done, but she's not perfect yet.  I can tell I accidentally did some syllables different from others, so I'm going to have to go through and find out which ones those are and fix them.

Let's see . . . anything else?

I am trying to save up a lot of money, but I need ways to get money.  Any suggestions?
Nobody seems to want commissions :(
I was thinking of making cute little clay statues and making them.  I'll post pictures of them when I make them, but this idea has just started.  It's a little baby!

Are there any other things that you readers would be interested in buying that I could make?
I am good at drawing pictures, knitting, crocheting, moderately okay at sculpture, I can make MMD Models but I cant sell those yet.  I'll be working on making a full model myself soon, but it's just an idea right now too.  I have a lot of ideas about what I could do to get money, but I'm not sure if any of them will work at all!

Which one?

 

Sorry for the large size.  Which one is better? The older one I already showed you guys, or the slightly newer one?

Picture Time!

So, I believe I told you all about how I'm re-recording my Utau.
If I haven't yet, I am.  I also have changed how I sound when I'm recording.  I was trying to change my voice a little, and now I'm not, so they sound very different.  So, I made a new Character for the voice.  Meet Chiyone Maiko :

This is just a start of what she'll look like.  There will be some costume changes in the future as I nail down what she's like, and get more of her voice recorded.  I know for one thing she is going to have a mic.  Anything else you guys think would make her more Utau-like?

Chiyone means Sound of a Thousand Sparkles, while Maiko means Dance Child.

 

I tried something new with her hair.  Do you think it looks good? I think I probably could have done the placement of the shadow parts better.  But it looks nice.  I was not expecting to make her blonde.  I was going to have a nice orange color as her hair, and I had decided on silver eyes.  Then I realized that would have been copying off of Orihime from Bleach, which I have had attentions on recently(Im not actually going to watch or read it.  Just reading fanfics.).  I think I already have enough of that by stealing Rukia's hair strand.  So I changed the hair to blonde, and then it was suggested to make her eyes green.  Ooh, Just got a design idea.  I'll have to put it in later.

 

In other news, I am making models.  Unfortunately, I am having a lot of trouble with a Model.  I was making an Ocarina of Time Link model for a contest.  It took forever to find good enough bangs;  I simply couldn't find a good hat and had to make do with making a point on a beret like hat; There aren't any shirts that are anything like what I needed so I had to steal the collars off of other shirts, and try to get them to fit; and then I had problems with the gloves; AND THEN my computer REBOOTED FOR NO REASON!!!!!  I LOST ALL OF THAT WORK!!!

So I'm not making the Link model anymore.  I don't care enough about it to continue :P

I'll think of a different character to make for the video game model contest.