Hurrah! After a year-long hiatus, I've finally picked my art
site back up. But this is no longer Kaitou-Art, the scourge
of the seas...oh no...you're in snowman's country now!
Ha
ha, but without further ado, I welcome you to
Frozen-North, also known as Frozen North or simply F-N.
The site took roughly two days from start to finish,
including making all of the graphics. (That sure was fun.)
Regarding the graphics...I spent a good deal of time
playing Okami on the Wii. I started the game way over
a year ago and after a certain point stopped playing. I
picked up where I left off about 5 weeks ago and finished
the game over a span of about 2 weeks (though I didn't play
for hours on end.) After 100%-ing the game...it's by far one
of my favorites. I may have to play through it again to get
the joy out of my system.
But anyway, near the end of the game, the player
encounters the region of Kamui, a snowy place fraught with
monsters and really slippery ice. (I hate video game ice.)
While in Kamui, the player stumbles across the path of Oki,
a warrior from Wep'keer who possesses a revered sword, a
strange blue mask, and the ability to transform into a
navy-blue, red-maned wolf. I adore Oki. He's one of my
favorite characters in the game, because of his personality,
character design, tag-teaming...
Only characters I like more than him are Issun and Ammy.
(And Waka's really close.)
So I decided to base the design around him. The Japanese
on the image is pulled from the same page of the art
book...I haven't bothered to translate it yet.
Once I finished the graphics, I started the code ... by
attempting to modify the HTML/CSS from Kaitou-Art. (Just
saves time.) After accidentally opening the files in
FrontPage (for some reason my computer set it to default), I decided to
code the site in FrontPage, and while it made some things
easier...there just isn't the same feel of coding in good
old Notepad. Oh well, we all have to graduate soon, right?
Speaking of which...I'm not that far away from college! I
move into my dorm room on the 20th and my classes start the
following week. But between graduation (end of May) and
now...I've been doing absolutely NOTHING. Sort of. Most of
the time I just sit around reading books, watching a few
things on TV (I've taken a liking to the BBC) and sketching
some random things in my sketchbook.
Oh, did I mention I got a new sketchbook? I finally
filled up the one that my friend Dei-chan gave me and for a
few weeks was without a handy drawing book. So I plunked
down $8 and bought a smaller sketchbook. I don't like the
reduced size that much, but I like that it's more portable
and the cover's made of a sturdier material. I have a few
good sketches in it now, but I really need to get with it
and do something on a larger scale.
Lastly, I probably will continue to post my art on
deviantART. Obviously this provides more exposure, but
chances are I'll post more sketchbook stuff here and some of
my art won't make it onto DA. Plus, I really wanted to have
a personal site that provided more about me than, say,
MySpace. (Which, coincidentally, I don't have.)
Anyway, thanks for visiting and look forward to more blog
posts and art updates!
