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Post by Belle on Apr 23, 2006 1:56:01 GMT -5
Squee! So many reviews! ;D *glomps you wonderful reviewers* Yay, you guys know how to make an artist feel that seven hours of working on a comic was worthwhile. ^_^ I must return some reviews to this thread to pay it back for this.  [/u] The Happiest Quiggle by nut862ROFFLE! XD Nut, this is awesome! I love, love, love how you drew the Healing Springs Faerie! And, that's not just because I'm a Water Faerie. *wiggles eyebrows* That part where she's casting a spell in gibberish totally reminded me of, well, me. XD And, that scene in the tub where Quiggler's spots are floating in the water was so cute. [/quote] *superglomp* ^^ Thank you, Belle! I was pretty pleased with how that faerie turned out. ^^ She needs some more recognition, especially now that she's so pretty after the revamp. Really, though, since when have you bothered with saying spells? I always saw your transformations as sort of an instantaneous "think-and-it-is-done" type of action.  At least, that's how it feels to the one on the recieving end of it. XD Oh, and that scene with Quiggler's floating spots is my personal favorite panel of the comic--so, thank you for appreciating it. XD [/quote] A very long time before you came to the NTAG, I used gibberish spells but it became tedious so I stopped using 'em. XD |
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Post by Nut on Apr 23, 2006 1:58:25 GMT -5
NUTONGZ I KNOW THIS IS OFF TOPIC BUT I <3 Your Avatar. I WANT IT. *throws a fit like a small child* 'k. Did you make that, out of curiosity? Roffle! XD Thank you. Heh, it would actually make more sense for you to be using this av, since you're impersonating Marak if I'm not mistaken. n;) Let's see, did I make it? Well, I didn't draw the uber-spiffy pic of Marak--that's lifted clean from the Book of Ages. But I drew the background. *nod* Fear my leet ability to draw multicolored diagonal lines! XD |
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Post by Nut on Apr 23, 2006 2:04:01 GMT -5
Squee! So many reviews! ;D *glomps you wonderful reviewers* Yay, you guys know how to make an artist feel that seven hours of working on a comic was worthwhile. ^_^ I must return some reviews to this thread to pay it back for this. *superglomp* ^^ Thank you, Belle! I was pretty pleased with how that faerie turned out. ^^ She needs some more recognition, especially now that she's so pretty after the revamp. Really, though, since when have you bothered with saying spells? I always saw your transformations as sort of an instantaneous "think-and-it-is-done" type of action. At least, that's how it feels to the one on the recieving end of it. XD Oh, and that scene with Quiggler's floating spots is my personal favorite panel of the comic--so, thank you for appreciating it. XD A very long time before you came to the NTAG, I used gibberish spells but it became tedious so I stopped using 'em. XD Oh, I see. XD Wow, you managed to improve on even the great spells of Neried. That's an NTAGer for you. ^^ EDIT: I just realized how off-topic I'm getting.  ; Sorry. |
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Post by Belle on Apr 23, 2006 4:26:29 GMT -5
Short Story ReviewDinner with the Kings by mygoodguildThis is a very interesting piece, Tay. ^^ Your descriptions are vivid and action-packed which I like. Especially when it came to the food. Your characterizations for the kings are awesome. I especially love the way you compared and contrasted the two of them (without necessarily being obvious). The scenario is also quite interesting. Heck, the pet must have been bloated by the time this ended! XD Personally, I wouldn't know what to do if I were in the same situation.  The capacity of my stomach is very limited. What hooked me into reading this piece, though, is the point of view. You chose to do it in second person (and in present tense, too) which made me curious as to what direction the story was going to go. However, by the end of the story, I was feeling slightly unfulfilled because I couldn't understand why it was in second person. I also felt like I didn't know much about the protagonist. Perhaps you could enlighten me? ^^; All in all, a good piece which made me think a lot. ^^
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Post by Patjade on Apr 23, 2006 8:00:44 GMT -5
Notions and Nonsense - Lemonade StandOh man. I guess I'm slow. It took me a couple of reads to understand the joke. Maybe I was thrown off by the intro text before the comic, that part about sugar. I was kinda' wondering where the cost-extra sugar came into play. XP Heh. Now that I actually get it, it's a pretty cute joke. Typical of the oldschool jokebook jokes that N & N are pretty famous for. I like this one, because it didn't have a groaner pun in it. Artwise, I like the expressions on the characters, and the lemonade stand has that cute colored lettering that you expect from every stand of this type. I think that the lineart could probably be more uniform. In the first panel, the usul has a thick dark outline around her, yet none of the rest of the objects and characters has that sort of outline. And in the second panel, the usul loses that dark outline for one a bit thinner and fuzzier. Though, I understand how difficult it can be if you're using a simple program like Paint or Oekaki, with a mouse. That's hard stuff, and I applaud all the effort you put into the comic. On behalf of Hu and myself, I thank you for the review. Hu actually did that comic a couple of months ago, but it didn't make it in for some reason. I am glad it finally did.  |
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Post by Star on Apr 23, 2006 8:29:44 GMT -5
Could someone please review Invisible? I love my custom pic! I <3 your custom pic too! Check my first post for your review, Star Thanks Psycho for the great review! I know what you mean now. I wanted to convey that Jimmy was only pulling pranks to get attention but I guess it wasn't as clear! Hmm and I see how the mood dropped very suddenly. I'll remember that in future. Thanks again. |
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Post by Tay - Sock Eater on Apr 23, 2006 13:18:56 GMT -5
Dinner with the Kings is looking for some reviews, please! Much thanks! |
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Post by Tay - Sock Eater on Apr 23, 2006 13:25:27 GMT -5
Short Story ReviewDinner with the Kings by mygoodguildThis is a very interesting piece, Tay. ^^ Your descriptions are vivid and action-packed which I like. Especially when it came to the food. Your characterizations for the kings are awesome. I especially love the way you compared and contrasted the two of them (without necessarily being obvious). The scenario is also quite interesting. Heck, the pet must have been bloated by the time this ended! XD Personally, I wouldn't know what to do if I were in the same situation. The capacity of my stomach is very limited. What hooked me into reading this piece, though, is the point of view. You chose to do it in second person (and in present tense, too) which made me curious as to what direction the story was going to go. However, by the end of the story, I was feeling slightly unfulfilled because I couldn't understand why it was in second person. I also felt like I didn't know much about the protagonist. Perhaps you could enlighten me? ^^; All in all, a good piece which made me think a lot. ^^ Hmm, I just spotted this. Thank you so much for the review! I wrote this a pretty long time ago, but I still wanted it published, so I kept sending it back in, waiting for it to get accepted. I am, honestly, not quite sure why it is in second person. Perhaps because I have never written a story in present tense second person (or second person at all, for that matter)... I thought it would be interesting to write about the Kings, since one of them is always away for dinner, and the other must eat too! And then, well, you're eating with them.  +shrugs+ But thank you for the review, so much. I probably won't get reviews of my own in, but I'll try! |
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Post by nikki on Apr 23, 2006 14:55:56 GMT -5
I know! I was surprised that TNT placed my articles so close together. They were held over a while ago and I assumed they'd put them in issues farther apart. Oh well, I'm not complaining I see what you mean about having pictures, I didn't even know we could put pictures in our articles when I wrote that one I wish I had thought of that earlier or that TNT had added them, but I do see what you mean ^^ Thanks for the review |
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Post by Tay - Sock Eater on Apr 23, 2006 15:16:58 GMT -5
I know this is a little off topic, but how DO you put images in articles? And to be on topic, I will get some reviews in ASAP! |
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Post by bag on Apr 23, 2006 15:30:58 GMT -5
Thanks. ^^ I went back and read over it after the issue came out, and I agree that the conclusion could have been much better. I'll work on that. How? XD I mean, you can't edit it now. I know this is a little off topic, but how DO you put images in articles? The NT faeries randomly put them in. I'm not joking. |
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Post by nikki on Apr 23, 2006 16:06:17 GMT -5
When I say that, I mean in future articles or stories, I'll work on the parts that people tell me are weak xD Since you said the conclusion needed work, I'm gonna pay extra attention to that when I write another article |
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Post by Belle on Apr 23, 2006 21:02:49 GMT -5
I know this is a little off topic, but how DO you put images in articles? And to be on topic, I will get some reviews in ASAP! As I've heard, it seems that the TNT themselves put in the images if they think they're needed. ^^ If you want to add your own, though, I usually place the URLs of the images on the places where I want them to appear. Then, I add a note asking Droplet to enclose them in image tags. Short Story ReviewDinner with the Kings by mygoodguildThis is a very interesting piece, Tay. ^^ Your descriptions are vivid and action-packed which I like. Especially when it came to the food. Your characterizations for the kings are awesome. I especially love the way you compared and contrasted the two of them (without necessarily being obvious). The scenario is also quite interesting. Heck, the pet must have been bloated by the time this ended! XD Personally, I wouldn't know what to do if I were in the same situation. The capacity of my stomach is very limited. What hooked me into reading this piece, though, is the point of view. You chose to do it in second person (and in present tense, too) which made me curious as to what direction the story was going to go. However, by the end of the story, I was feeling slightly unfulfilled because I couldn't understand why it was in second person. I also felt like I didn't know much about the protagonist. Perhaps you could enlighten me? ^^; All in all, a good piece which made me think a lot. ^^ Hmm, I just spotted this. Thank you so much for the review! I wrote this a pretty long time ago, but I still wanted it published, so I kept sending it back in, waiting for it to get accepted. I am, honestly, not quite sure why it is in second person. Perhaps because I have never written a story in present tense second person (or second person at all, for that matter)... I thought it would be interesting to write about the Kings, since one of them is always away for dinner, and the other must eat too! And then, well, you're eating with them. +shrugs+ But thank you for the review, so much. I probably won't get reviews of my own in, but I'll try! I see. ^^ I'd love to see you write another short story in second person present tense but with a different plot goal in mind. |
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Post by Nimras on Apr 23, 2006 21:15:53 GMT -5
Short Stories: The Would Be Detective: A Question of Strength by silentbutterfly I’m thinking this author has something for Unis. *grin* Ah, the dratted and dreaded Test Your Strength game. I love the idea of Arnold using Sand to rig the game, then conning would-be billionaires to retrieve more for him. About the only thing that bothered me with this story is that she didn’t have time to stop by the bank, or to hit a shop for a bottle of sand, but she had time to go all the way to Mystery Island on the other side of Neopia and wait until the Tombola man got enough donations to re-open. Just a small thing really, but it made my brain itch. *grin* I love Strife’s flighty yet curious and thoughtful personality. *grin* It makes her a very interesting character. Losing Your Keys by sulphurheadmatches I love the visual descriptions in this story, it really adds to that spooky atmosphere. Edna’s appearance was also nice; I like how you made her an old softie. *grin* My only real complaint is long dialogue scenes that don’t remind you whose talking. Usually once they run more than two or three lines, people need reminding. “The potion tasted intriguingly of apple and rhubarb.” Mmm, that sounds really good. Now I need strawberry and rhubarb pie. Chomper's Journal: An Arkmite's Story by duster119 “Corky just went upside down. I don't think that's a good sign. Better go turn him over.” *snicker* Aww, I shouldn’t laugh at the poor little petpetpet, but I will anyways. I also like the names Chomper assigns the big things, “Miss” and “Boss”. There was one sentence that kind of bothered me… “But the golden kid, he made that whining noise giants make when they want something, and the Miss lady sighed, and asked how much I'm not sure what that means, but then the Boss looked happy and said "free."” Maybe breaking it into two sentences would make it flow better. I caught the reference to Nat and Peo’s story from a couple issues back. *grin* Maraquan petpets really don’t seem to do all that well in the Lost Desert. Starry Starry Night by doughnut215 While I really liked the basic plot of this story, the time jumping back and forth, made it hard to follow. It was also difficult to tell who was speaking, when it was Iliria or the Darkest Faerie. Maybe arranging the story in a slightly different way would make it easier. Though telling Iliria in third person and the Darkest Faerie in first helped a little, on the second read though. Orbulon and the Queen of Mystery Island by tashni Muahaha, evil Jhuidah! I’d been hoping for a sequel to Orbulon has landed, and it’s finally come. *grn* “"Curse you, SR, for not counting hair as vital to bodily function!"” The mental picture from that is too much. I’m going to have giggle fits the next couple of times I see her. I can’t really find anything for a negative comment… so you get off easy. *grin* The Mixing Ray, or, Fool Me Not by feerique_chanson Yikes, Laura’s mean. I love the awkward way the prank backfired on her, and her sister’s (justifiable) anger. I only have one question, did she start the prank 11 days before April first, or on April first? I love the ingredients for the ‘magic’ potion, they’re so nasty. Add to it leaving the mix in the sun for nearly two weeks to ripen, and … ewww… Multiple showers would be in order. Dinner with the Kings by mygoodguild The POV style of this story is interesting. The only thing that really bothered me (as a girl) was the masculine references, like “lad” and “chap”, which kind of confuses me because I’m pretty sure the author is a girl too. The subtle compare/contrast of Skarl and Hagen was nicely handled. Just too much food, *grin* one of those courses is probably more than I eat in a day. Invisible by star_29791 Awww, poor widdle Jimmy wants attention. Marvin the yellow Lupe plushie was a nice addition. Especially when Jimmy thinks Marvin has superpowers and is beating him up… the little six inch plushie that he is. I am a little confused how they could afford to buy two paintbrushes, when they’d needed to sell one to afford only one of them. And the ending was so sad. :’( Ralphy and Dizzy: Wannabe Adventurers by tyleraapje I must be slow, because I had to read this story twice to get it. The second time though, it was really cute. I do still not like the whole conversations with petpets thing. Maybe I’m just an anti-talking petpet bigot. The Day Spike's Life Changed by esmerulesok Pokey. *Prods Meerca* The only real thing that bothers me about this story is some of the paragraphs seem … random. Some of them I’d have preferred to see cut into two separate ones, especially when there’s a long span of time between them. Anything that starts with “One day though,” or “When Spike grew old” for example. And I adore Gruffle, I guess I have a weak spot for Gruslens. What’s in a Name? A Faerie Tale Gone Wrong. by dark_stars_angel I love what you did with the Snow Faerie. She’s just such a ditz, and the other Faeries bickering amongst each other over something as simply yet difficult as a name for the Grey Faerie. The descriptions of the room and the things inside it were very deftly done, especially the Fire Faerie accidentally combusting the quill and paper… and her look of shock when it happened. Very cute. What You Own by peterpuffin1 Meh, sorry it took me so long to get this one posted. Real life came up and bit me. I love the interactions between Mimi, JoAnne, and Angel. Despite being a pain in the neck, Mimi was completely sympathetic, all while keeping JoAnne believable too. This story really hit close to home, because I went though a similar thing at the same age, so I can understand JoAnne's stress. Too bad the story couldn't be as happy in the end for Mimi. |
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Post by Tay - Sock Eater on Apr 23, 2006 21:15:57 GMT -5
I wrote a second tense one for Tyrannian Day. I've already sent it in, but if you'd like to review it for me (wink, wink, just in case), in the forum Work Reviews and Advice, I'd appreciate it. I wanted to hurry and get it sent in, as I wrote it pretty late, but... :/ So it's probably pretty awful. But if it gets rejected and I have to send it again, and I'd appreciate advice. AND I SWEAR, I WILL DO SOME REVIEWS SOON!!! |
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The capacity of my stomach is very limited. 
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