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Jan. 3rd, 2015 05:53 amWalked even further out into town yesterday morning, and ended up having walked for a whole three hours before returning to Brian's apartment. Part of that had to do with having gotten lost several times. First, when I happened to spot Centre Street after having previously left it, I somehow ended up walking down Highland Street again. And then, after having retraced my path and actually going down it, I ended up walking down Heath Street after crossing Columbus Avenue. For some reason, it's split into two different streets that begin at different points at Columbus, and I only realized that after getting directions from someone.
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Brian later decided to hit Caffe Aromi so that he could start reading Starbound. I came with him so that we could discuss it on the go, especially since I don't have much else to do here. He managed to read the first two chapters during his time there, before deciding to head home and have a break.
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Later on, Brian decided to take me out to dinner somewhere, but had to go to his office first to meet up with Colleen. Just after we left the apartment, I asked him about the possibility of commissioning someone to modify existing voice clips to sound like any particular character, but he told me that such people don't do one-off jobs and that I'd be better off just getting people to train their voices for the purpose.
When we got to the office, I pulled up the relevant webpages and videos, and then just did some side-stuff while he did a few things else. I did manage to show him everything right before he left, though:
What went on, is that someone showed me some voice samples she spoke for various characters prior, and the closest she got with any of them was with Tsukasa, Konata, and Miyuki. She was able to match Tsukasa's voice spot-on, but the other two are still somewhat off. And, since the delivery for a lot of Konata and Miyuki's lines are also off, even after a second attempt with Konata, I told Brian that I'm gonna need to use Mom's iPad for my own recordings once I'm home, but he offered to let me use some equipment in his space sometime today.
Once I have Konata and Miyuki redone w/ all their lines at least delivered correctly, I will host all three attempts on YouTube (after first creating some enlarged sprites like I did with Kagami for Starbound on ff.net). That way, while Konata and Miyuki are still open (Tsukasa will not be), I'll still at least acknowledge the work that my applicant did. Also a good way to advertise all the remaining positions and even the fic itself. And, since there are characters she never even attempted even from canon, there's still a chance for her to audition for all of those and see how they pan out.
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The three of us went to Chinatown, and ate at a Vietnamese restaurant. We then went somewhere else to buy "bubble teas", which were these flavored drinks with tapiocas on the bottom and a straw thick enough to suck them through. They then brought me home so I could go to sleep while they hit Marie's place.
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My commissioning for Sumo Misao not too long ago stems from some stuff that went on with KaishaScire, the person who offered to draw some mugshots for Day of the Beehive.
Shortly after I commissioned her, I asked her for a progress update, but then discovered a list for that under which I was listed as having yet to pay. I asked her how much she'd be expecting, and then discovered some prices (why didn't I look beforehand, twice?) and read that bust-up commissions (nothing about headshots) cost "13$". I mistook the "$" for a "5", due to its misplacement, and paid her 270 points for "two" to start with.
Part of the amount included the 65 that I previously received as a donation for Misao, so I decided to make up for that and offer to pay for her through PayPal instead. Upon her completion, I showed it to the person who donated those points, and they gave me another 102 for everyone else.
Yesterday, KS found herself unable to fulfill my commission, and refunded me the full 270, and now I just need that exact amount more for the next girl. It helps that Chelle recently got around to critiquing chapter 2 of the respective fic, although I have yet to discuss certain points she made before working on it some more and posting it. When that's all said and done, I am planning to mention in its opening note, Kagami and Misao being both up and however many points I'll still need left before commissioning for the next girl.
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Brian later decided to hit Caffe Aromi so that he could start reading Starbound. I came with him so that we could discuss it on the go, especially since I don't have much else to do here. He managed to read the first two chapters during his time there, before deciding to head home and have a break.
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Later on, Brian decided to take me out to dinner somewhere, but had to go to his office first to meet up with Colleen. Just after we left the apartment, I asked him about the possibility of commissioning someone to modify existing voice clips to sound like any particular character, but he told me that such people don't do one-off jobs and that I'd be better off just getting people to train their voices for the purpose.
When we got to the office, I pulled up the relevant webpages and videos, and then just did some side-stuff while he did a few things else. I did manage to show him everything right before he left, though:
What went on, is that someone showed me some voice samples she spoke for various characters prior, and the closest she got with any of them was with Tsukasa, Konata, and Miyuki. She was able to match Tsukasa's voice spot-on, but the other two are still somewhat off. And, since the delivery for a lot of Konata and Miyuki's lines are also off, even after a second attempt with Konata, I told Brian that I'm gonna need to use Mom's iPad for my own recordings once I'm home, but he offered to let me use some equipment in his space sometime today.
Once I have Konata and Miyuki redone w/ all their lines at least delivered correctly, I will host all three attempts on YouTube (after first creating some enlarged sprites like I did with Kagami for Starbound on ff.net). That way, while Konata and Miyuki are still open (Tsukasa will not be), I'll still at least acknowledge the work that my applicant did. Also a good way to advertise all the remaining positions and even the fic itself. And, since there are characters she never even attempted even from canon, there's still a chance for her to audition for all of those and see how they pan out.
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The three of us went to Chinatown, and ate at a Vietnamese restaurant. We then went somewhere else to buy "bubble teas", which were these flavored drinks with tapiocas on the bottom and a straw thick enough to suck them through. They then brought me home so I could go to sleep while they hit Marie's place.
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My commissioning for Sumo Misao not too long ago stems from some stuff that went on with KaishaScire, the person who offered to draw some mugshots for Day of the Beehive.
Shortly after I commissioned her, I asked her for a progress update, but then discovered a list for that under which I was listed as having yet to pay. I asked her how much she'd be expecting, and then discovered some prices (why didn't I look beforehand, twice?) and read that bust-up commissions (nothing about headshots) cost "13$". I mistook the "$" for a "5", due to its misplacement, and paid her 270 points for "two" to start with.
Part of the amount included the 65 that I previously received as a donation for Misao, so I decided to make up for that and offer to pay for her through PayPal instead. Upon her completion, I showed it to the person who donated those points, and they gave me another 102 for everyone else.
Yesterday, KS found herself unable to fulfill my commission, and refunded me the full 270, and now I just need that exact amount more for the next girl. It helps that Chelle recently got around to critiquing chapter 2 of the respective fic, although I have yet to discuss certain points she made before working on it some more and posting it. When that's all said and done, I am planning to mention in its opening note, Kagami and Misao being both up and however many points I'll still need left before commissioning for the next girl.