Azure Knight

Call OP a cartoon at an anime convention and see what happens. The art is based on the artist's style, plain and simple. I don't even care for OP. It's not horrible, but I'm not that big of a fan of it's art style, but I'll still recognize it as an anime. A shonen anime which is geared towards the generic younger audience. The animes that aren't shonen tend to have much more realistic and detail backgrounds. They're all anime. Anime is a broad term that covers a lot of different styles. They may be different, but it's all still anime.

It's anime.... "Anime" is japan animation...Fairy Tail and One Piece are mangas and animes made in Japan...therefore, they're anime. It's a different anime/art style. So I don't get what makes you think they're less anime and more cartoon... They're shonen...shonen art tends to be rather generic, it's just a style. But in the end, it's still anime. The difference between Anime and "Cartoons" is that Anime is linear, there's a progressive storyline and events that happen in earlier episodes directly effect the next one. "Cartoons" don't have a flowing storyline and are usually singular stand alone episodes. So I disagree with you saying OP and FT aren't anime. Claymore is dark fantasy, not Shonen. Sounds like you enjoy stuff that isn't Shonen which isn't a bad thing either.

Berserk is going to have new OVAs, so you can definitely mention Berserk.

Key word here is "could". It's a possibility. You've been taking possibilities as facts ever since this thing has started. That's why everyone's shitting on you. Because you read the word blue and in your head you interpret it as red and call it fact. You take your assumptions of a situation and turn it around throwing it in people's faces shouting "fact". It's not even about whether you can trust them or not, it's about you making up scenarios in your head and portraying them as reality. Personally I don't give a shit, but I'm just saying, it's getting old coming in here and seeing the same back and forth with no sign of any change.

It has it's moments. Spoiler! --Click Here to View!--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STpGJFhc-4A

http://azure-productions.com/ap_julyupdates.jpghttp://azure-productions.com/Act4%20Release%20Blog.png Watch Here: http://azure-productions.com/Novel%20Blog.png This week along with the release of Shattered Heaven Act 4 comes the release of the first vol DVD. It is free to "order", all I would ask is to cover or split the shipping fees which shouldn't be much. The first volume DVD contains: The first 4 episodes of Shattered Heaven Season 1 Textless Opening and Ending Minisodes #1-7 Voice Actor Interviews Shattered Heaven Promo Video Audio Scene Excerpts from the first novel Behind the scenes look at the development and production of an episode For more information on this keep a look out at www.azure-productions.com After years of keeping it on hold and going back and forth I am finally releasing the first Shattered Heaven novel, Episode I: Sins of the Soul. It will be available through my site and eventually through Amazon.com and BarnesandNobles.com. It will be available in both paperback and ebook form. I have always been a writer first and foremost, it's the one skill that I take the most pride in and actually seeing this through is pretty big for me. I'll also be at Otakon and have already taken out half a page of ad space for the novel as well as my production studio. For some reason people asked me about the possibility of signed copies, I'll offer them, don't know why anyone would even want one though XD.

Super necro. Anyway, still no word on if/when this is being released. I read somewhere on the Capcom forums that they're waiting on SCEA to answer questions to verify that they'll be able to support certain aspects of the game here as it is in Japan. Sooooooo yeah, I think I'm gonna import it next week or something. That being said, I'm playing MHFU again, I've been on and off with it so I still have stuff left to do. And I finally got this damn ADHOC Party to work now that I have an actual network cable that works. So if anyone wants to pass time and party up that'd be awesome.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/cof_cover1.jpg Episode 1 "Chasing the Azure Sky" Run time: 24 minutes http://www.4shared.com/audio/Cuc8VlRY/sh_cof_episode1.html Synopsis: An elite force from the Trinity Alliance has been sent to Mars, their mission; to find and bring back the former Alliance member, the Azure Knight also known as Adam Novus. Xander Belellus, a commander in the Alliance finds himself torn between duty and emotion as he heads the campaign to bring in the former Alliance ace. In the mean time the EAP is working on a prototype frame that they hope will turn the tide of the war. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Shatt...165110893500320 Azure Productions: Production Site Shattered Heaven is a novel series that I've started years ago and around 2007 I made an animated series sequel to my third novel. The first novel is going through the final editing stage and will be available for purchase this coming July. Shattered Heaven is a mecha drama series focusing more so on character interactions and their development over time. Though there are good actions scenes as well, can't have a mecha series without good fights! Synopsis In the year AR 106, the war between the Trinity Alliance and the Euro-Asian Pact has escalated to its most devastating height. No longer are nations hidden from the truth about their Government's movements and even their motives. The battles have taken to the heavens as space ports and moon bases have become finalized and outfitted with offensive capabilities. In the shadows of the conflict, deep within Mars, near what has been labeled as the South Western Territory a battle rages forth under the noses of many. The EAP have been working to develop a new type of frame that runs solely a new energy source that was recently discovered. Testing pilots and their capabilities and sync ratios to the machine they have come up empty and with no hope in sight they realize their time is drawing near. When an Alliance battalion arrives in the area in search of ways to pass through the South Western Territory they find themselves unveiling the last EAP outpost on Mars. The EAP test pilots have no choice but to try and defend their last home. During the conflict one soldier from the Alliance comes across the EAP project known as Constellation. The last outpost becomes a tragic battlefied where these soldiers put all they have on the line to protect what it is they truly hold dear. Cast: Xander Belellus: Murdog09 Megan Rose: Aya Shinomoto Jason Strife: Beatblox Travis Sanders: Kiryu-Kun Mason Trevor: Benjaminz Kyle Ford: Arklight Will Ross: Jazzydj Alice Wayward: Yineth Stephanie Zane: Kaurituso Lust/A.I.: Merodi Ashley Belellus: Melissa D. Johnson "Mippa" Sharon Amare: Morgan Barnhart "mochan" Adam Novus: Adam David Lepidus: Haruhost Mechanic: Monotori Created/Written/Mixed: Azure Knight Music: Projecttrinity "Dilema" from the Shattered Heaven OST

I draw in various styles. For this series and I keep it this style. This thread is specifically for one series. Not my overall art thread. The style is what it is, it's simple and easy for me to maintain when it comes to animating full episodes and do all the work that I do. I animate episodes that have probably around 32,000 frames. So between work and everything else, I need simplistic to get things done. I may make a thread for more actual "Art" but til then, my focus is on my novel series which evolved into an animated series as well.

Nah son, you know I've always respected your stuff and you as an artist. I wish I had the time to really focus on developing art. Instead I'm focusing on my novels and getting this animated series and all the illustrations from it are just done for the sake of doing it. I enjoy it, it's a way to add the visual element to my novels. I'll have to seriously start doing that. And I'll post up old stuff eventually. haha

You're going to make me repost all the old art I did for this series that is horrible aren't you? Gah. If this was a general thread for my art then yeah I'd be showing off more than this anime style. But considering this is a thread specifically for this series, all the "Art" within it will be the same style that fits within my time allotted. And you are a dick Jose, you disappear and think you can just come in here out of nowhere and make points?

Uh, yeah, I animate frame by frame. Are you suggesting I don't use FBF because I'm using Flash? Not really stagnating either. I have a firm foundation on the style I want to use for this. Let's look at Mangka's their style evolves over years, and they're never drastic. But they're keeping that style. Allow me to rephrase. You're sketching. Do you have a consistent project going on? Are you animating little things when you animated, or are you animating what would be full length episodes with a story, plot, acting etc? Yeah, I've progressed, you're seeing current style for this particular series. So if I'm showing images from a project where characters aren't progressing yet because they're in a set time then that is far from not progressing. Talk to Art, or Owen, they've seen my earlier works over the years. To be honest, that's your opinion and that's fine. And not to be disrespectful to you because I don't mean to be, but I haven't seen much from you aside from your sketches and doodles. And that's fine. But what I'm doing requires me to keep a style. And I'll progress as I go.

There's a few key differences with your "progression" and mine You're randomly sketching things. There's no connection to one another. I'm not. I have an animation series that keeps things in a certain style. I draw for that series based in that style. So the style will remain the same for the simplicity since I'm not exactly just doing one thing. Next, as it's been mentioned, 90% of the stuff in here are screen caps from Flash in mid animation. Not going to have a lot of detail since a frame will be on screen for about 1/32nd of a second. Trying to run a 25 minute per episode animation series while doing the following: Working 9-5, editing audio dramas, doing voice over work, editing a novel, preparing to sell said novel, doing freelance web and graphic design, having a life. So yeah, my art for said series in this style is going to remain simplistic and as is. You want to see progression, look at my older works. You progress while trying to develop a style for something, and when you're comfortable in that style your progression slows down to become minute and barely noticeable. So yeah, you're still developing a style that remains in sketch form. I'm passed that. This style works for what I want and I'm fine with it. And yeah, any art was done in Flash which as was stated can be buggy. Which means a lot of the lines do automatic guessing for you regardless of where you tell it to go. The only thing not done in Flash is the novel's cover. Which means I'm coming back to Photoshop works with a better feel for certain things. I guess I'll just post some older works that aren't flash while I'm at this. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/BD.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/BD_positron_cannon.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/Blue_Dragon_positron_cannon_resize.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/shadowomega.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/sc002c2df6copy.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/scan0026-1.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/Strike_on_japan.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/Art%20of%20Shattered%20Heaven/bd_shadow.jpg

Don't update often, probably should change that. http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/223585_216896408321768_165110893500320_909067_2044905_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/229135_217411171603625_165110893500320_913388_1891824_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228429_217149391629803_165110893500320_911291_7106692_n.jpg Cover image for one of the SH mini-sodes http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/198194_207667225911353_165110893500320_838554_5712623_n.jpg Cover image for one of the SH mini-sodes http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/165777_190455970965812_165110893500320_722539_2376772_n.jpg Some promotional art for my collab audio drama "Follow My Ruin" http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/189025_206099009401508_165110893500320_828876_8056830_n.jpg Some animation screens from the next episode. http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/206326_215188718492537_165110893500320_896549_1333345_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207922_215680038443405_165110893500320_900025_8123452_n.jpg Current work space is a mess >_> http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230781_217373024940773_165110893500320_912978_7192765_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248276_650021230511_43001875_34928121_6637124_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248440_650021350271_43001875_34928122_4386392_n.jpg

Lmao. I'll take it! Hahaha

Most of you who are on this site know me, have known me through ACO when it was good etc etc. You also know that I'm a serious writer, someone who has always enjoyed telling stories and telling them well. Most of you have read Shattered Heaven as I was writing it and posting it on ACO, and well, finally, it'll be on sale next month. I'm waiting back on some edits this weekend, but the goal is June 2nd. I'll post more information when everything is set. But still, it's going to happen. The final cover of the novel http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/249578_649573363041_43001875_34921564_5351023_n.jpg It'll also be available on ebook and pdf download. Buying the paperback or hardcover versions will also get you a copy of the original soundtracks and some audio drama cds. I'll have an updated blog post with all the specifics probably next week.

Haha, it's a Niji! Epic. It's going on the site XD.

Haha, yeah I know bro. @Niji And yeah, he did. I got lazy. I'm going back to full digital art.

Owen, you're awesome. But seriously. Legit entries would be greatly appreciated. This kind of is a big thing for me. At least for those who know me should know that much haha.

I will say it's been pretty cool to watch you grow as an artist. I remember before you started digital painting when you were using colored pencils and what not. I kind of wish I went the same direction in focusing more on digital painting and getting better at it. While I enjoy animation, I miss digital art and I'm probably going to start up again. But yeah, don't think I ever gave you enough props for the stuff you've been putting out.

I'll be straight, I don't know why I'm posting this here since this section has basically become dead. But I will anyway. http://www.facebook.com/notes/shattered-he...212711152088530 More Information and to see current entries go here: Fan Art Site Fan Art Contest Series Character Information as well as some of the Original Soundtrack are here: Info Also, more reference. Artbook Fan art can consist of anything related to the series, whether it's of the characters, of their mecha, or of your own person pilot/character in the series setting. The winner will have a chance to create a pilot that will appear in an upcoming episode. Based on the scripts they will most likely appear at the end of Act 6 or the beginning of Act 7. The winner will also have the opportunity to voice their character if they have recording equipment, otherwise I will scout a voice actor to play him or her. Deadline for Fan Art is May 1st. Send all entries to my email nikedrummer33@gmail.com || If there are any questions feel free to ask! -ACU Note: I know this may be a little confusing to some, not all, but some. This is an original project. It is not Armored Core based. Though there are mecha. I updated the rewards to the following: A copy of the original soundtrack || A copy of the first volume DVD with extras || A copy of the audio drama cd || And the opportunity to create an original character that will appear in a future episode.

For the first volume dvd that's being released in late February/early March I've been putting together extras in the form of minisodes and behind the scenes works. I've got quite a few Voice Actor Interviews up, will probably be more, since the cast list is huge, but this is what I have for now. Voice Actor Interviews Screens from the upcoming Act 4 http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs275.snc6/180331_195603310451078_165110893500320_756491_3331906_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs020.snc6/167004_195603330451076_165110893500320_756492_5435072_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs278.snc6/180622_196438063700936_165110893500320_761238_8108521_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs897.ash1/180525_195352203809522_165110893500320_754762_7866474_n.jpg

Well, it's nice to see more people wanting to write, but the first thing I'm noticing with all these new writers are their 5-8 sentenced "chapters". These don't really count as a "chapter". Nothing really happens, at least no where near enough for any reader to get drawn into the story. It just seems like you were narrating dialogue in your head as you were playing the game. You didn't introduce any real characters, no personalities, no environmental descriptions, it was more like a quick snippet of an event. I'm not trying to put you down, I'm giving you advice if you want people to read your story, and if you want to get better. I'll ignore grammar for now, because more importantly you'll have to work on plot development and story telling. First, chapters should include the following:Character developmentPlot advancementDescriptionsIt doesn't have to be ridiculously long, but long enough to explain an event crucial to the progression of the plot. You need to show character interactions to make the readers care about them, to get to know them. I would suggest looking at other stories to see how they're done in order to get an idea of what is a proper chapter length and how other authors develop their stories.

Geez. wth. Oh well, no matter. I'll just rezip it when I get home. Though it'd be nice for my server to just give the access I gave it in the first place >_> Or you know what. Do you have skype? Anyway, my skype is adam.tilford and my aim is nikedrummer33 It'd probably be easier this way if I would help you out with sound editing. Much easier than posting in the thread, real time tends to work much better.

I've been so busy lately between freelance work and other things, but I'm actually about 8 minutes into Act 4. Random screen caps http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/act_4_scene3_11.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/act_4_scene3_9.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/act_4_scene3_8.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/act_4_scene3_5.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/act_4_news2.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/act_4_news.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/act_4_scene3a.jpg First volume DVD jacket. The release should be this coming December. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/nikedrummer33/sh_vol1_dvd.jpg