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yeah I used the stone texture effect for most of the background. I had turned the image grey then colored it a dark red. Used a circle tool to make the yellow colored circle for a sun. I then did the grainy slashed across the image using the "soft wet oil blend" art tool to manually places the slashes for the windy effect. So there, now you got something for a new banner in the future.

I didn't think that toying around in 3-4 minutes of testing out if the entire program was working completely would turn into this. Lol.

So thanks again for the compliments. I hope now that it's working again that I'll Finally get the scanlations done and work on some more pics. I hardly draw or photoshop these days, and it worries me that what little skill I have may of degenerated beyond repair.

What you just described is my little brother in a nutshell. And common sense as Voltaire once said "Common sense is not so common"

The thing with marriage is that gay couples want it. They would prefer being called "married" not a civil union because it doesn't have meaning. To them the word marriage makes a big difference, and the same may hold true in a court system. So I suggest "Sanctity Union" which would have a stronger meaning.

Now there are some issues and questions in what Durendal just pointed out about starting a family and adopting a kid, and the consequences of doing so. But you know what, that doesn't matter if that becomes the norm. I'll make a point about it... decades ago, people use to say that there would be psychological ramifications and damage done to a white child being raised by adoptive black parents... My point being that the social look many hold against gays is not all that different from the look we used to have against Negro's. They are human beings who want to care for another human being and want to get married. If you take off a harmless label like gay. then suddenly you'd approve. The idea of a gay person(s) raising an adopted child is at times treated like they are a pedophile or some former criminal with a shady past.

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh about the subject but it certainly feels odd that we are more then willing to accept their money, taxes, work, and organs for a things like a liver transplant. But we can't accept giving them the same rights other couples have and put them over more scrutiny then normal when they want to fulfill a normal human desire to raise children.

Finnaly got Photoshop to work again, that means I can get back to working on my scanlations for the oard (really sorry for the delay guys, especialy with the work you did in translating them) This was just some random image I found on the net. Original just a guyver action figure/model to a yellow background. So I spruced it up within 4 minutes of work in toying aroudn with my now working photoshop. Having that thing working for me again got me and urge to toy aroudn with it, and this was the end result

So here it is, try it out as a stretched background. I tried it out on my desktop and it seemed pretty cool. I hope some of you enjoy the image.

Hmm, I don't mind the whole gay marriage thing, a bit of a shame that gay's can't be joined in a ritualistic union like normal couples. The problem is not so much giving them the right, but the name of the union. Marriage, which most people feel should only be between a man and a woman. Maybe they can pass another bill for something that gives them marriage-like rights, but under a different title ...maybe a Sanctity union.

I think it's bad because it leaves no room for any human sympathy on the killers part, also it provides and excuse for them not taking blame by saying:

"I didn't kill them, I was just ordered to drop them, I didn't know people would get killed"

Or

"Just following orders, I would never of shot them, but the machines were the ones killing, not me."

Total inhalation of the opposition isn't new. Heck even the Israelites practiced that, they committed a war of Genocide during their attempts to resettle into the holy lands after escaping Egypt. Men, women, and children from entire towns, villages, and cities ...slaughtered in the name of god. It was the norm back then. Today, it shouldn't be happening since we have such a better understanding of the people near us. Still in real life, and in anime (with horrible foreshadowing) continue to remind us of the actual reality.

You don't need a big government to do that. And why bring bush into this? =P

The difference with traditional mass murder is that you at least have someone pulling the trigger. But nope, the A-Laws are content on letting machinery do all the work, not all that different from Nazi's preferences for efficient gassing chambers.

And wow... a single Gundam wiped out an entire capital and he certainly relished every moment of it it seems.

Horribly horribly turn of events. What's next, crucifying entire towns onto telephone polls just out of sheer murderous joy? Even some of the Arrow/A-Law members are disgusted.

I have to agree, it would be nice for the seires to expiriment a bit more, but there are some things that shouldn't be changed. None the less, they've reinvinted a lot of game play mechanics ever since SotN and some of them have been incredibly cool, like Aria of Sorrow's Soul System.

By the way, some of the artwork and designs from Partiot of Ruin are pretty cool, and I wouldn't mind some of them being part of a new art direction. Yeah, I dislike the anime style in that game a bit, but they had other art work related to it that didn't stink.

Such as Wind (revealed to be Eric Lecarde, who may actualy be a decendent from Alucard), Brauner, and Darcula.

that beauty and elegance gives the series such a distinct style and look. It's hard to imagine anything that can replace it or be any cooler. In all honesty, I like some of the older work. I like the current Alucards look from SotN, but I wish they retained some of the gruff look he had in Castlevania 3. He was a dhampire in turmoil, unshaven, and gritty. That look fit a character struggling with a horrible fate and evil lineage that he was born from and betrayed.

The only art style I can imagine that could work in Castlevania and still retain outright coolness is this type of art.

I agree, I would of prefered the cooler older designs by Ayami Kojima. Yeah, the guys are girly, but they still looked cool. At least it wasn't anime designed like dawn of sorrow.

you should see maria, she look so freakin much like Misa.

yeah, I guess it was rude of me. But going through the trouble of saving them on my computer then reuploading them here or onto another image site isn't as practical as just posting them here with the coding.

that's because the Richter sprites in the PS1 SotN game were from the old Dracula X with a couple of new animations. They totally revamped his sprites for the Sega Saturn version, and also made Maria a playable character. Unfortunately with all the added content, the Saturn was inferior in music and graphics (odd since the Saturn was a more dedicated 2D machine.)

here are all of his sprites.

By the way, the new fighting games namei s "Castlevania Judgement" The art wrok was done by the same man who created Death Note. It's got a very different look then the beloved artist who did much of the art work for the series starting with SotN. Many of the characters resemble deathnote characters. In all honesty, I dislike some of the new redesigns, like Maria and Alucard look so odd and different from their SotN incarnations. Simon though looks pretty bad ass.

site

http://www.konami-data.com/castlevania/youtube gameplay from E3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJgyqEmtr8...feature=related

and Blazblue

Size comparison to GGX sprites

Now imagine Castlevania, any game, not just SotN in HD with sprites comparable to at least Capcom VS SNK sprites. The Results would be nice. Just compare all of the above to the original SotN sprites.

oh and new console CV game coming out. it's a 3d fighting game.

I agree, the art direction and potriats shouldn't be changed at all. But updated more detailed sprites and backgrounds would be lovely, I was thinking along the lines of Street Fighter II HD as well, though in reality, the sprites would probably only be about as big as Capcom VS SNK sprites ,or Guilty Gear X's. So far 2D animated sprites have only been king in Street Fighter II HD and Blazblue. Here are the examples:

SFII Turbo HD

Size comparisons to original SFII sprites, GGX, and new HD size.

well yeah, they had the game planned for release as a down loadable content. They already ported it over to the PSP via a Dracula X remake. I've been hearing a lot of rumers floating around, including a HD remake. No castlevania game has yet to match how great this game was.

One of the best Godzilla movie review ever. I love the humor.

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article81.htm

great articles. I love the Muppet driver. Reminds me of the X-Wing novels when one of the characters strapped an Ewok doll to his own body to make imperialists think that his fighter craft was piloted by an Ewok. lol

Why not just stream the clips? They have websites doing that constantly.

Hmm... so our masked friend now goes by the name "Mr. Bushido" well, that explains the masks samurai design. You get to learn a few more things this episode about Marie and her relation with you know who. Just watch the episode.

while most of you are watching the new stuff, I'm going back to the oldies. Re-watching Gundam X, and soon after Gundam Wing again after so many years.

Also currently hunting down Zipang ...now that's an anime I heard about and want to watch. It's very much like the movie "The Final Countdown" except it's a Japanese Ship sent back int time instead of a US ship. The crew struggle on weather or not they should get involved in the war to save japan from defeat, or risk destroying the timeline, it's also one of the few anime to hint or even mention of usually omitted actions of Japan during WWII.