Raging Hormones

Hi guys!  it's been a while and I know people are wondering what's been happening within the STAFF.  Well, we're totally in a RUSH, so to speak.  Apart from preparing for the coming 6th Issue that will be taking our stories into a whole new level, we are also preparing for several important things.  

This coming October, the Manga-Making Competition is taking it's toll on me along with the AniMotion2011.  I'm sure the other staff members are also having a hard time given that we have our separate REGULAR works in the morning.  Here's the MECHANICS of the MM Competition.

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MANGA-MAKING

Stories should be in theme of the MASSKARA festival. Stories must contain one or more elements that are related to the festival; Story setting, history, Festival-culture, icon, landmarks, Events or any other ideas / concept that is strong and relevant to the MASSKARA "Celebration".

Story Categories are:
1. Love Story
2. Comedy
3. Action Adventure

CONTEST GUIDELINES

*ENTRIES Should be:
MANGA MAKING: 6-12 pages in 8.5" x 11" (Letter) Paper size.
*The work should be in Black and White
*Story should be one shot, not serialized.
*Work must be clean and texts are readable.
*No Nudity / Sex, Gore. Extreme Violence / explicit or vulgar words or ideas.
*Submit your entries on or before October 14, 2011.

REGISTRATION will be at the 888 China Town Square
Bacolod Admin’s office before October 8, 2011. Look for Ms Katz Tecson

Deadline of submission of entries is on October 12, 2011 4am @ the 888 China Town Square submit it to Ms. Katz Tecson.

One winner will be chosen on each category. Each winning entry will be publish on the Ice Cream Indie Issue 7.5 (New Year’s Special issue) and will receive certificates and ICI Issues and goodies. Pepsi Products and other sponsors freebies.

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It's funny when the VOTING for the KOMIKON AWARDS started.  I was so in HOT mode that I actually promoted Ice Cream Indie to all my officemates and FORCED them to vote. HAHAHAH!  Well, not really forced...more like, pushed them.  They do have loads of work so they said to assist them in voting, which I did.  Please vote for us:

Step 1: register here http://www.komikon.org/wp-login.php
Step 2: claim password from your email-ad
Step 3: Log-in here http://www.komikon.org/wp-login.php
... Step 4: click here to vote http://www.komikon.org/vote-for-2011-grassroot-award/

check the box - Kristone Bayoneta & Emil Dela Cruz

KOMIKON › Log In
www.komikon.org

So, yeah~  I hope you guys support us all the way and THANK YOU SO MUCH!  With this renewed strength and the good reviews of Rook of the Rats, Jay and I took our time last night into starting the sketches for the 6th Issue.

RAW COVER: Art by: Jay Wong | Inked by: Shin Oe

ROOK of the RATS will be welcoming THE NEW ROOK (Look) XD heheehe~  I know there are several groans and complaints regarding the cover of the 5th Issue - the contents of that issue is about Rook and Nameless' past before they entered the Guild of Rats.  My apologies.  Teeheee~ But that's called, PREPARATORY LEAP.  Ehem!  Anyway!  So yeah, since we've finished sketches...we're pretty happy that's ONE DOWN for the hundreds of work coming in. 

For the coming issue of RR, we're presenting the relationship of each thief, the bond between Rook and Nameless (who, by that time...will have a NAME already) and the start of something dangerous.  Thank you for always staying with us and keeping up with our issues <--- pffft~!  

With the response I'm accepting through text, emails, twits and FBs, I'm very happy and no matter what the result of the KOMIKON 2011 will be, I'm already glad to see so much support from you all!  

Thank you!

SHIN OE

 

who is SHIDA SHINPAN?

As promised, here's the profile of Shida-kun!!! At last! (0,0)  Anyway, hope you guys enjoy!

Hmmm...is that me? HAHAHAH!

NAME: Shida Shinpan

JOB: Art Director | Mangaka (In Her World/ Rising Underground/ One Step Closer)

GENDER: Male

HEIGHT: ---

WEIGHT: ----

HAIR: Black

EYES: Dark Brown

ALL ABOUT SHIDA-KUN:

First off, let's talk about Shida-kun.  Everyone seems to be mysteriously attracted to our boy here...  Well, he loves to draw in his spare time, playing online games, watching anime, doing pakour and...sleeping.  Here's a downer...he relishes in being ALONE.  You heard that right!  We can't even get him to share a bit of his Alone Time with us.  (glares at Shida)  But don't fret, women!  Being alone helps Shida think and boosts his imagination 90% thus, pleasing you all with the issues to come. 

"...my imagination boost to 90% if I spend my time alone, that's very important as a mangaka." Shida said. 

Shida-kun is a Fine Arts Major in Advertising graduate.  He took it because at the time that is the only course for artists that are not good in math.  SHIDA!  We got the same idea! HAHAHAH!  But seriously, I'm happy to know we somehow got this united love for HATING MATH.

He says he want his Alone Time.

"...never thought that it would be so useful after I graduated, everything that I have learned from anatomy and perspective are so applicable for me now that I'm making Manga."  This is one big advice to take heed, young artists!  Always value your education...  MOU!  I truly envy you for learning anatomy!  

Most of us have our views on what an artist is and when I asked Shida-kun about what he thinks he said that being an artist is aesthetically pleasing.  That as an advertising graduate, he was trained to please the mass media with his works.  It is the difference between advertising artists and visual artists like painters and sculptors - "...while they do art to express themselves, we do it for others..." He said.  Hmmm...  Now I feel like I'm a millennium away from Shida-kun. (TTATT)  I am a visual artist...

Unlike Shin Oe, Shida-kun didn't have anyone who influenced him in his art style except maybe he got the hang of the art style from Japanese Comics (manga) and did his own personal touch.  He concentrated within this form of art since he was in high school.

I asked him about exhibits and the like but he chuckled and answered, "...our art is displayed on billboards and posters! HAHAHAHAH!" In short, their ART SELLS!  Another thing to envy Shida-kun.  My list is slowly getting longer! 

Despite how people see him and despite how we actually see he's problem-free-fluttering here and there, Shida, like all humans...yes you....unless you're an alien, have turning points in their lives be it terrible or ground-breaking.  So I asked him about this and by gods!  He never disappoints me!  He kept the terrible one and only shared the good one.  DEMMET, SHIDA!

"...it was September of 2010...a month before ICI was formed when I found a job that requires my skill as a graphic artist.  Just before I slept that night I told myself that tomorrow, my life will change, and I know how..."  Shida answered.  I remembered that time! 

So how did the dream start in Shida-kun's mind?  You know, about being a Mangaka...  He smiled and answered me quite cheerfully for Shida-kun, "In 2002 our dream started, we wanted to make a comic and it was all in full-color not a manga.  Years go by, Yelo and I went our separate ways.  Eventually, we forgot about the dream.  I wanted to an animator and get my stories to be animated.  In 2006, I found out about anime stated as serialized comic called [drum rolls] "MANGA"  That's the time I started to do a manga-style webcomic."  Shida did tell me more about that one...but I chose not to share it.  BLEH!  Seriously, if you want spoilers, go ahead and SPOIL YOURSELF...but I'm not helping. Humph!

Shida is not really keen on giving me an answer when I asked him what he can suggest to others with regards to planning their lives.  He reasoned out that he's not good in suggesting but dropped a hint that WE ALL MUST BE USEFUL IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

"...whatever you do, always remind yourself if what you are doing now will eventually help you in achieving your dream someday."  Shida, I nearly cried here because I always say that to all the young ones I encounter.  Truly, it goes with experience.  We might sound like old people...but these words are heartily given and are gifts from experiences earned through the years.  Treasure them...most especially because the SILENT SHIDA-KUN shared it!



You better be grateful, scumbags!  I demand a free muster Ice Cream for this piece of blog post!  Shida-kun is a LEVEL 5 SILENT TYPE.  I'm lucky his mood changes and I managed to get him to answer these questions.  And...Shida, I'm not sharing that lil bit about the outburst~ gomen, neh?  If you're asking what it is, well...  It's for me and Shida to know and you...to STALK. HAHAHAHAH!

When asked what he thinks about the STAFF and his relationship with them...

"Yelo is my always and forever partner in crime!  He needs training in his artwork but he learns so fast!  Shin Oe is always energetic, I guess she's a reinforce type, her power level just keeps getting higher!  Jay is cute in every way.  What she looks like and what's going on in her head makes her a complete character! (horns suits her well)  I want the relationship of the STAFF in ICI to be like a relationship between officemates.  I don't want it to be too close basically because I don't want to change my lifestyle."

KUDOS to the "HORNS" bit, Shids! ROFLMAO!  Shida-kun also tells me of the different stories within ICI and he thinks all these stories makes ICI complete.  The five stories with different genres were not planned.  It so happened that the STAFF has them.

When asked about his favorite character in each story...

"In Wishful Thinking...for me, it's AIMEE.  I don't know but I've always liked girls with long dark brown hair.  In Rook of the Rats...I like NAMELESS.  She's the silent type and mysterious.  The next three stories are my creations.  That's why I like them all (because I made each of them - LOL).  I'm just going to talk about some interesting characters on each story.  In One Step Closer, It's RYO.  I'm experimenting on making a cool looking character to be not what you expect...ehehehe...  In Rising Underground, there is MIKA, soon to appear, she's a specialist and she can make any tool into a weapon - even a bubblegum.  And last!  There are interesting character that will soon appear in IN HER WORLD.  They're the Northlight Band members that are going to visit Green Leaf High School."

Shida-kuns hobbies are Parkour, Internet, Procrastination and firing LASERZZZ?! Wait a minuto! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!? 0,0  Anyway, I hate to be the target of that one~

What can you say about ICI being a part of your life?


"I'm enjoying it.  Ever heard of 'I'm living my dream'?"

Dreams.  I love that word!  YUP! I know the feeling and it's HELL-O-GOOD...  So, any last words, Shida-chan...OOPS!  I mean, Shida-kun!? 

 

"OH MY GOD!  Don't kill me!  It's in the basement, you can have it...just don't kill me!!!!"

(((( ；ﾟДﾟ)))

Oh-kahayyyy~ >.>  <,<  ANYWAY!  Well, folks?  I finally did my job and I'm off to rest for a bit until I go back to reality a few hours from now. I hope that Shida-kun shared enough ---- because honestly, it burns me out asking for his time...  BE GRATEFUL!!!!  I'm leaving you guys with Shida-kun's artworks! Ja matta~

Signing Off~

SHIN OE

the DATU project: prologue behind-the-scenes

And so here I am after 2-days of working with the project.  I know people are slowly getting the hang of ROOK OF THE RATS and I'm glad that I got positive responses.  Thank you all.  Remember that if not for you guys, we won't have the drive to finish the race.  Thank you.  Now, for this EPIC work that we're tackling....

I'm going to give you a little background on THE DATU.  Written by Vivi Villegas when she was 20 years old, the Datu talks about the Philippine Mythology - their deities of old and heroes untold.  Despite the obvious Filipino History roots, this is an original work.  If you managed to get your hands on one of the first releases this coming November, you'll know what I'm talking about.

PROLOGUE SCRIPT - MASSACRED

I was dubbed the Project Director of this ICI project and I am very honored to work with MUTED COLORS: Offbeat and Offhand.  They practically blow me away with how they're illustrating the story.  It was fun discussing several dos and don't s with them throughout the weekend.  So yeah, as promised I'm here to show you progress with regards to this project.

As soon as we get the script for the Prologue, we massacred it.  For me, I can't help scribbling within the paper and yes~  I know it looks really bad.  But that's how we do it.  We scribble notes and little important details near the lines or arrow it.  

SCRIBBLES

We recently decided on the final LOOK of the first hero, PANAY.  He will be the main focus in the Prologue and I hope people will slowly warm up to THEIR OWN CULTURE.  I really hate when I see Pinoys cry over Japanese Kimonos.  I mean, I do have one in the closet but...it's clear in my head that IT IS NOT A PART OF MY CULTURE.

I also saw a comment saying that THIS PROJECT WILL NOT WORK.  Sigh~  What?  Because it's Filipino Based?  It's really ironic when people KILL THEIR OWN CULTURE.  Don't they realize that they're killing their identity?  Anyway, I'm not gonna rant away this post for that person.  

Yes.  We have already finished with the initial design and look of the DATU.  You might be surprised with regards to the PLOT and the Legends...so I am hoping you guys will open your minds.  Here are some of the designs made for the project.  Of course, I promised these...so yeah~  Here goes...

THE WARRIORS

 THE MONSTERS

 THE LADIES

 THE LOCATIONS AND STORY BOARD

 So yeah!  I hope it interests you guys!  This will be my last update till we get the VERY FIRST COLORED PAGE.  And I'll update you with the ROUGH.  Then, after that I won't be updating the progress.  You'll see it by next month by then.  Thank you all for your support!  AND FOR THAT, Here's the wonderful SUMAKWEL!

Shin Oe