[OOC][Info]Nothing Better Than This Wiki

[robkelk]

Safebooru's back, and I've done some more looking. Three more images for the wiki. I was going to go with more official art... until I saw these fan works.

• Nadeshiko Kinomoto, by keylin-lin-
  
• Tomoyo Daidouji, by keylin-lin-
  
• Shaoran Li, by heavenlove
  

'tis a pity keylin-lin- hasn't done more pieces.

And I'm not uploading this one.

EDIT: One more for the wiki

[Bob Schroeck]

(Hey, Bob, do you think she'd ever dress that way in Girls Girls Girls?)

Why not? I was going to have her dress that way by about 2/3 of the way through DW6... (Among other styles. I have a directory full of official artwork for Evangelion with Rei in all kinds of outfits that I planned on having her wear.)

[robkelk]

Since Bob's given his blessing to being an NPC apartment manager and has expressed an interest in K-On!, I set myself a task: put together a complete set of images of the major characters from K-On! using only art by Ikari Manatsu (which, if it isn't official, certainly looks like it is).

Oh, boy, did I succeed! Not only did I find images of the major characters, the "also starring" characters, and more than a few of the supporting characters, I managed a secondary objective: No school uniforms.

Major characters:

• Tainaka Ritsu
  
• Akiyama Mio (I can't decide: casual or listening?)
  
• Kotobuki Tsumugi
  
• Hirasawa Yui
  
• Nakano Azuza
  

"Also starring" characters:

• Yamanaka Sawako
  
• Hirasawa Ui
  
• Manabe Nodoka
  
• Suzuki Jun
  

Supporting characters (a.k.a. some of the other girls in class 3-2):

• Kimura Fumie
  
• Nojima Chika
  
• Satou Akane
  
• Taki Eri
  
• Wakaouji Ichigo
  

While these aren't going on the wiki, they're too good not to share:

• When was Nodoka in Gundam 00?
  
• Doesn't everybody want a mini-Azu-nyan? (Much more adorable than a mini-Washuu-chan.)
  

EDIT: And one from a different artist that I am so tempted to use... but, no, different artist.

[robkelk]

Just fiddled with the template that loads a new-page skeleton when you create a Displacee page from the box on the Characters page.

Nothing major, just added a couple of notes and headers to the page-text area, so future pages should have some sort of consistency. There are now sections on the page for the character description, a list (or description) of the character's canon abilities, and a list (or description) of the non-canon power-ups that the character gets.

[robkelk]

Just made a bit of a change to the primary Story pages. I had the "previous page" and "next page" links both at the top of the pages, which meant that anybody reading the story in chronological order had to scroll to the top of each page to go on to the next one. The "next page" links are now at the bottom of the pages.

[Black Aeronaut]

Awesome. That makes it a lot more user friendly. Thanks again, Rob, and Happy New Year.

[robkelk]

The character pages for the displacees - but not the managers - at Westwoods, Blossom, and Gulfside now all have images. Aria House is shy by three (Fujitaka, Touya, and Kero-chan). I haven't been looking for 33-Stars images, since Dartz mentioned wanting to commission fanart of them.

Mount-Royal is still missing plenty of images... as would Boston, New Jersey, Windsor, and Chicago if I had created pages for the characters at any of those complexes.

[Black Aeronaut]

I haven't heard anything from my friend in a while, and DA shows that she hasn't even read the notes I sent her. Fortunately, I have her on my friends list on Discord, so I'll nudge her there.

[robkelk]

Thanks. I do need an idea of how much she wants for the job... and I just made a big purchase, too.

[Black Aeronaut]

Okay, she finally did get back to me. Here's what she said:

Guh sorry again, this holiday season had me more preoccupied than intended. I'm working on getting some of my work load cleared out and then I'd be able to. do you know the size you wanted, or is something like 500x500 px alright or something smaller or bigger?

if we're talking just 500x500, simple ink, color and shade like that art you referenced, probably 30$ each. But if you want a -sketch- as in portrait pencil sketches I could probably do something for 15$ each

So, whatcha say?

[robkelk]

Sounds good to me. I'll see about getting some photos today - how do I get them to you?

[Black Aeronaut]

Email is fine. You got my address, right?

Also, which did you want? Color? Ink? Sketch? Size? Style? Shaded or not shaded?

[Black Aeronaut]

Email is fine.  You got my address, right?

Also, which did you want?  Color?  Ink?  Sketch?  Size?  Style?  Shaded or not shaded?

Bump.

[robkelk]

Email is fine.  You got my address, right?

Also, which did you want?  Color?  Ink?  Sketch?  Size?  Style?  Shaded or not shaded?

Bump.

Sorry about that - it took me a bit to figure out how to get the photo to you without Google seeing it and adding it to their database. (As far as I know, they don't have a photo of me yet, and I'd like to keep it that way.)

As I mentioned in the email: colour sketch, in a style that won't look out-of-place beside the ones on the wiki of Teletha Testarossa, Sayaka Miki, or Hyoga Kazakiri. (Mind you, I'm only sending you a head-and-torso photo of me, so I'm not expecting a full-body sketch.) 200 pixels square is plenty big enough. EDIT: But if that's smaller than her usual smallest size, bump it up to her usual smallest size.

I didn't mention "shaded"... but, yes - shaded, please.

[robkelk]

Email is fine.  You got my address, right?

Also, which did you want?  Color?  Ink?  Sketch?  Size?  Style?  Shaded or not shaded?

Bump.

Sorry about that - it took me a bit to figure out how to get the photo to you without Google seeing it and adding it to their database. (As far as I know, they don't have a photo of me yet, and I'd like to keep it that way.)

As I mentioned in the email: colour sketch, in a style that won't look out-of-place beside the ones on the wiki of Teletha Testarossa, Sayaka Miki, or Hyoga Kazakiri. (Mind you, I'm only sending you a head-and-torso photo of me, so I'm not expecting a full-body sketch.) 200 pixels square is plenty big enough. EDIT: But if that's smaller than her usual smallest size, bump it up to her usual smallest size.

I didn't mention "shaded"... but, yes - shaded, please.

Okay, my credit card's paid off, and I have a paycheck coming - which means I can pay bills. Has your friend looked at the photo yet?

[Black Aeronaut]

She should have by now - I bounced it her way (along with the images you indicated for reference) the morning after. I'll check in and see if she wants to accept payment now or later.

EDIT: Later this morning she says we can set up the payment.

EDITx2: Rob, do you have a Discord account?

[robkelk]

No Discord account, sorry. I do have PayPal.

[Black Aeronaut]

Alright then, lemme check with her and if she’s willing to do PP, I’ll email you the particulars

[robkelk]

In case people haven't noticed this page yet. I know Brent's seen it; he's added to it.

[Black Aeronaut]

Never let it be said that I don't ever contribute anything to the wiki. :V

[Labster]

I made a Template:Draft to add a background to sections that we think are a little more incomplete.  Not sure if it's useful or not, but thought I'd try it.

[robkelk]

I'm adding subcategories to the Characters.

So far, I've come up with these:

• Alien
  
• Celestial
  
• Cyber Intelligence (because "AI" is probably too short)
  
• Esper (which, at least for now, includes Whispered)
  
• Familiar
  
• Magical Girl
  
• Mage
  
• Nonhuman
  

Anybody want anything else?

As I post this, "Esper" is in. The rest should be in over this weekend. EDIT: More categories are up - not Alien, Magical Girl, and Mage, but all the others on the list above.

[Labster]

* Labster is so tempted to come up with a reason to tag my SI as Magical Girl

EDIT: really, /me does something on this forum?

[Bob Schroeck]

<blinks> Apparently it does. Color me surprised.

[Black Aeronaut]

* Black Aeronaut blinks and says, "Huh. Well how about that?"

More seriously, Rob: What do you think of replacing 'Cyber Intelligence' with 'Infomorph' instead?