It looks like I skipped September entirely. Quite a change from posting nearly every day for months. Well, there's a good reason. All of my free time has been going toward cleaning. I'm working on Kaichou wa Maid-sama with CrazyKitty Scans, which we're trying to get out as fast as possible every month. Since I do everything except translation and QC, I pretty much lose two nights of sleep for each chapter.
We're also working on Faster Than a Kiss. It was apparently dropped by another group after chapter 32, so we've got chapters 33 through 38 to do so far. We're not worried about the schedule as much on that one, but our goal is to release a chapter every two weeks. If we stick to the schedule, chapter 33 should be out by Sunday! KWMS and FTAK are published in LaLa magazine, which is released on the 24th of each month.
My third project is Skip Beat! with Franky House. Luckily, I'm working with a great group on this one, including another cleaner and a typesetter. Last chapter I cleaned the whole thing, though. Kind of a rite of passage for joining the group it seems. :P Skip Beat is published in Hana to Yume, which is released on the 5th and 20th of each month, skipping every other 5th.
I'm insane. I have been keeping up on a few things, like the Kaichou wa Maid-sama anime (loved it!), Kuroshitsuji II (LOVED it!), and Bleach and Naruto mangas. I just haven't had the time or energy to write things up. When I finish Ch. 33 of FTAK and we're done with Skip Beat Ch. 164, I'm going to take some time to go back and write in here. I really enjoy having a record of what I've read and watched, even though I now have some friends to talk to about this stuff since I've joined the scanlation community. I swear to not abandon this blog!!!
Showing posts with label Maid-sama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maid-sama. Show all posts
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Random Icons
Cute, ne? Just a couple of the many icons that are shared at the glitterySUICIDE group at livejournal. (No, the name doesn't have anything to do with the content. No worries.)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Scanlations - Cleaning and Typesetting
So I had so much fun doing KWMS Chapter 52 that I'm going to apply to be a cleaner/typesetter for Franky House. What is cleaning and typesetting, you say?
Cleaning is the process of taking the raws, or scanned pages of a manga, and cleaning it up so it is easy to read, sharp, and pretty. Many teams remove the Japanese sound effects as well, which can be very difficult since you have to reconstruct the art that was obscured by the sound effect text.
Typesetting seems like it should be really easy. You put text in the appropriate places on the page (in the speech bubbles, etc). There are many challenges, however. You have to make horizontally read English fit into vertically read Japanese bubbles. Then there's choosing the right font. Some typesetters use slightly different fonts for each character. This makes it easier to tell which person is talking.
I have no idea why I enjoy doing it so much. Maybe because it's something that's close to creating art without having to do the original drawing, since I suck at it so much. I enjoy the art a lot to begin with, too.
Here are some examples of what I've done so far. The original page is on the left and my finished version is on the right.
Cleaning is the process of taking the raws, or scanned pages of a manga, and cleaning it up so it is easy to read, sharp, and pretty. Many teams remove the Japanese sound effects as well, which can be very difficult since you have to reconstruct the art that was obscured by the sound effect text.
Typesetting seems like it should be really easy. You put text in the appropriate places on the page (in the speech bubbles, etc). There are many challenges, however. You have to make horizontally read English fit into vertically read Japanese bubbles. Then there's choosing the right font. Some typesetters use slightly different fonts for each character. This makes it easier to tell which person is talking.
I have no idea why I enjoy doing it so much. Maybe because it's something that's close to creating art without having to do the original drawing, since I suck at it so much. I enjoy the art a lot to begin with, too.
Here are some examples of what I've done so far. The original page is on the left and my finished version is on the right.
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| Ch. 52 - Kaichou wa Maid-sama |
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| Ch. 390 Title Page - Naruto To be used for Franky House test |
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Obsession and Irritation
Ok, so I don't really know what's been up with me, but I'm really stuck on Skip Beat lately. I just finished my third time through the series and now I'm going for my fourth. But this time I'd like to write summaries of the chapters or something. More than just reading.
I'm really irritated that chapter 49 of Kaicho wa Maid-sama hasn't been scanlated yet. It's been a month and 8 days. At this rate, the anime will catch up to the scans! If I could get someone to do the translations, I'd do the rest myself. Of course, I shouldn't complain since I'm just a moocher anyway. Pfft.
Hm .. I just realized something. Mothers blog about their kids. Narcissists blog about themselves. I blog about anime. What does that say about me? Wait. Don't answer that.
I'm really irritated that chapter 49 of Kaicho wa Maid-sama hasn't been scanlated yet. It's been a month and 8 days. At this rate, the anime will catch up to the scans! If I could get someone to do the translations, I'd do the rest myself. Of course, I shouldn't complain since I'm just a moocher anyway. Pfft.
Hm .. I just realized something. Mothers blog about their kids. Narcissists blog about themselves. I blog about anime. What does that say about me? Wait. Don't answer that.
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