Krys' FAQ Time

hehehe, I better do this coz I just remember somebody are always ask me a same questions. If u want to ask question about my original characters, drawing, animations... except my personal life. I will update more here

Questions:
* Is that mummy wrapping thing your fetish?

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Q: How did you find Deviantart?
My younger sister's classmate  introduces me here and saw my fav idol best buddy 's artworks so I joined new member in DA (on Aug 19, 2006)

My Drawing Skill
Q: What software do you use for drawing?
Ink: Paint Tool Sai / Traditional Pens: Uni 
Colouring: Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS5

Q: Where do you learn in Adobe Photoshop?
I learned from Multimedia College.

Q: Why are you colouring drawing as anime style?
Because I love to make them just like those anime series which I prefer our Original Characters/Playstation Games to be alive in TV, hehe

Q: Which anime for your 1st time to draw?
Boorin, Sailormoon S and El Hazard. Actually, the 1st one is Leo/Kimba The White Lion coz i didn't know it's anime show when I was little girl and all I thought it's american/cartoon show until I found out it's from Japan  

Q: Aside of anime style, can you do other style like cartoons?
Yes, I can. I done that alot since I was little girl. Mostly I do Disney style like The Lion King, Fox in the Hound... Hasbro style: Transformers and My Little Pony.. Other style: Balto, Tiny Toon, Sonic and Tails...

Q: About GiD/DiD/FiD (tied up), where did you learn that in the 1st place?
Well, it's kind of embarrassed, 1st of all it's My little Pony - Vine Mummified, Super Mario World - Mummified, All Dogs Go To Heaven 1 - Charlie's Capture, Tom and Jerry, etc.... I always draw that on purpose for my main storyline and save them in the end / when I was depression mood. >////w////< I used to draw ropes alot before learn to draw mummified once until gave me an ideas - Shrinking Mummy. 

Q: Your humanized designs for TF/Sonic/games/cartoon characters, how did you draw so good?
I followed their personality from their looks. X3

Q: Can you do request for me?
No, I don't. Sorry. I prefer Cash Commission --> krystlekmy.deviantart.com/jour…

Q: Any artist(s) you look up to? (whether for wolves/animals/or in general?)
Hmmm.... I dunno. In DeviantART, I always looks for what I need ref, inspiration, comics, tutorial and style... When I found one artist that i love their arts very much, then i will look him/her up.

Q: Did you try working on a different art style? or developing the one you have a bit here and there?
Depends. That's why I want Random OCs from different artists so I wanna see how my style is changed abit for their OCs =3 My artist dad said "when you draw characters that you got inspiration from anime/comics/artist, you can change here abit and there. You never know that every artists/animators are always do that" Even I went to Manga Magazine company and Animation Company, I asked my Director and Editor when I saw so many books and videos in there, they said they are used for ref from old manga/disney/hasbro/etc for working on current projects: new animation/manga.

My Manga Skill
Q: How long does it take you to finish one manga page, one chapter, and one volume?
Hmm... Depends on my time, mood and inspiration. Also Erix19 as well
one manga page: Around 3-5 days
one chapter: Depends on my chapter plot like 2-5 months
one volume: One year

Q: How do you plan the dialogue(s)? do you have a separate Word file with a word-by-word script, or you leave the specifics while you're drawing?
Both. First of all, From my imagination, i wrote my script in Microsoft Word/Notepad and copy/paste into my manga page and also I wrote new dialogue on my page when I got suddenly idea and making more sense for storyline. Just like my artist Dad, "Script is just only guide you for drawing manga. Sometimes you wanna add/change interesting scenes, you can change it until you do feel happy to see result."

Q: Can I be your script editors/inking/animator/composer?
Well, depends if you have a good talent skill. I have to trust you if you have been here for 1 or more years in DA and get to know you better, esp great respect artists/writer/music composer/animator/ etc...  Except new members (Being new members, I can see there's alot art thieves issues and not be trusted) Please no whining or complaining too much, just because you're not part of it... Geez... >.<

Q: Do you self publish your manga? How does self publishing work exactly?
Yes, since 2008. I've learned myself and you can do it too. There's two ways i used:
Printer shop
1) Once I finished my manga and save it into pendrive (back up)
2) Go to printer shop and ask them print how many copies i want, etc..
3) after a week, I get copies and paid for it. 
4) I registered as artist booth at anime con and sell my copies there
5) After anime con, I set it up at freewebstore.com/ (You will learn for yourself - there's tutorial video.)
6) Once customer bought it from there by using paypal, i have to prepare mail package and send it at post office (paid postage)
7) Once I've sent it, i will email them that i already sent them with tracking number and make sure it's safe to his/her home on time. 
8) For different payment method: Paypal, Cash in Mail, Bank 

Print in Demand Company (Example: Lulu)
1) Go and register at lulu.com / www.indyplanet.com/front/buyse…
2) Set it up for yourself (paypal and etc)
3) For manga/written pages, make sure for upload them as pdf format only. there's alot steps by steps for yourself, set the price, title, book cover, paper, etc....
4) After completed, wait for customer will buy it there and you will get earn revenues once a month (Must have USD$5 above only) Lulu / Indyplanet will do the job for the rest. 

My Animation Skill
Q: Where do you learn in Animation?
Firstly, I still remember that I was 8-10 years old (Can't remember ), I use to draw Leo The White Lion (Running and fighting scene) in flipping papers when i paused the frames by frames in TV... Secondly, I learn animation computer: Macromedia Flash in Multimedia College. And Lastly is Toonboom Animated in Korean Animation Company where I worked in 3 years. Nobody can teach about this so we learn ourselves and shares new method

Q: What software do you use for animation?
Toonboom Animated. I did use Macromedia Flash/Adobe Flash for animation last years ago but now I using it for coding like preloading/buttons...

Q: Your WB animation looks so real anime TV series, what and how many softwares do you use for turn into the one anime video?
Awww, I'm flatter Okay, that was very difficult ones to make into anime video - 6 softwares 
Animation/Drawing: Toonboom Animated
Background Drawing: Adobe Photoshop CS3 / CS5
Voice/Sound Recording: Sound Forge XP and Audacity
Video Effects: Adobe After Effects CS4
VIdeo Editor: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

Q: Can you do request for my Ocs in small animation video?
No, sorry. It's too much work for animator myself. Example: My WR:GiD animation video, 14 minutes... it takes me for 10 months to make them perfect non-stop. It's very stressful, hard and complicated for too many layers   

My Original Manga: Wolf Brothers
Q: How do you inspiration for making this Wolf Brothers?
It was started on 2007 after 1st came here on Aug 2006, I got inspiration from my 1st idol buddy and her paromanga are the best parody about Devil May Cry 3 (Playstation 2). I played that game before so i started to make my own storyline - Wolf Brothers. If I didn't see her works, my WB won't be exist.    

Q: What's the different between Devil May Cry and Wolf Brothers?
Spanda (Died) = Khoval (Alive)
Eve (Died) = Corina (Alive)
Vergil (Died) = Carlos (Alive)
Dante = Travis
Nero = Fred
Devil Form = Wolf Form
Weapons: Guns & Swords = Weapons: Fangs, Claws and Sword 

Q: How many series for this manga?
Umm... my original idea is vol.2 but there's new vol.3 which inspire me from my script editor buddy, 's fanfic - The Wolf Girl. Her story is very interesting me so I think we'll see if I could modified my manga version from her fanfic version in future

Q: Which one is elder brother of Wolf Brothers?
It's Carlos

Q: Got any girlfriends for Wolf Brothers?
Travis' girlfriend is Clara (Wolf Brothers 1)
Fred's girlfriend is Mina (Wolf Rookie: Be My Pet)
Carlos' girlfriend is Raine (Erix19's OC (Wolf Brothers 3))

Q: Why same name/character: Khoval and Clara from your Rudy The Wolf Boy Manga?
Haha, wow, u still remember their names XD Okay, coz I love those names so much. Khoval is sound like leadership (father) to me so i used his name again from Rudy's Father to Wolf Brothers' Father. For Clara, I recreate her again coz i love her personality looks and great couple for Rudy and Travis  

Q: Why choose Fred as GiD (Guys In Distress)?
fufufu, well, he's weakness wolf boy and I can easily tied him up in good mood! He's so cute to be mummified~

Q: Is that mummy wrapping thing your fetish? </i>
Uh... Not really. It's just normal mummified tied up. Example like mummy movies, some normal cartoon/anime got scenes when they caught and become mummified/web cocoon by villians and later saved in the end. I don't want people thinks my mummified arts is fetish too much. Esp my real pure fans

Q: Can we see Wolf Brothers' Kids?
Uhhhhhh....... I really can't say that for sure.... >////w////< Only I got name for Carlos' future daughter.

Q: Hmmm I'm always wondering why most of the WB characters look alike? I know Carlos and Travis are twins, but what about the others? (eye/hairstyles..etc)
Eep, your eyes are very sharp and you're one of my some fans are same question on my previous comics.... OxO;; Okay, that was my weakness point: same faces. Yeah, I really don't want my style look alike which I tried to make them different faces in many years but the result is same. Except their hair and personality are different. I can't help it.

Sometimes my mood can be change - tired, stress, angry or sad, my Ocs' faces are changed is very weak and crappy than original so i redraw again... Fred is abit same face as his twin cousin. But his big round eyes while WB had small sharp eyes. Of coz, In case u missed some pages in WB1 manga, I drew a middle age old man and a normal girl are abit different from the rest =3

Example of my fav manga artists: Yuu Watabe. I can see her style are alike characters on every different manga she created.... Also Singapore Manga Artist: Wee Tian Beng: His all characters are alike in his different manga (almost 100) but he's very popular of Singapore Manga Artist that i've bought all his manga collections.

Example- Anime: Too Heart for girls while guys in Prince of Tennis. all characters are alike but different personality, hairstyle. Even My little pony friendship is magic as well. There's more DA artists I watched - also same faces on their manga as well. I have no complain and still love, love, love them so much

My Original Manga: Rudy The Wolf Boy

My Fancomics
Q: Are you going to continue for your Transformers Doujinshi?
Nope, sorry. I decided to stop making them. My humanized design and story are mine but.... Those characters aren't mine, after all. I realized that my home - Malaysia doesn't fond much about Transformers than USA. Hope you will understand this.