Happy Biiiiiirthdaaaaayyyy TiJutoLioo *they always mess up the name part!*

Hello MINA~SAN!!

Today was my nephew's (Julio AKA Tito) birthday party. It was cool, and I met some new friends. Some of them knew me already because my nephews told them about me. We like mostly the same stuff, which brought us somewhat together today. There was a rock band playing, but even though the lead singer couldn't make it, we had fun. At first we were a bit shy to come closer to each other, but we finally got over it and started to talk right away. ^ ^

Here are some pics.

Happy Birthday, Tito! ^ ^

Until next one!

Road to mangaka!

Hello again!

As you already know, I want to become a Mangaka. But I didn't know getting there was THAT hard!! I mean, I've been reading a manga called "Bakuman" (from the people who brought us 'Death Note') these past few days and it's all about youngsters who want to become mangakas and all the difficulties and challenges they face in order to get it. 

I've learned "Shonen Jump"'s system, and all the ways they consider when taking a story into account for serialization. It's a long, hard road, and made me realize how far I am from making it. (If it was already a long road for me, realizing this reality -of how strict the business is- made the road for me 3 times longer than it already was!) But will this be a barrier to stop me from getting there? ABSOLUTELY NOT! 

Making manga is not something I came up with the other day just because is too darn popular nowadays. I've been wanting to make comics since I was in elementary school, so I go waaay back. I've made many stories into comic books just for fun, but this time and date, I want to go PRO, starting from square one. But doing this is like saying "starting a game in New Game + (plus)" I'll be starting from scratch, but applying all the knowledge I've acquired so far in my experiences reading, researching and writing/drawing manga domestically.

Currently, I'm drawing a One-Shot Manga. I'll make a stop soon and consider important points. Once satisfaction is met, I'll continue drawing with the new perspectives in mind. 

I encourage all Mangakas wannabes out there, make a lot of research, read Manga books, and above all, follow your inner instincts. After all, it's originality what truly counts and how much are you willing to give in to your project.

Thanks for reading, and God bless you all. 

Fight for your future, starting Right Now! ^ ^

MGS:Fever continues...

Yesterday I was expressing my feelings toward the Metal Gear Solid franchise as I posted a bit about the next installment of the series, "Metal Gear Solid: Rising". I listened to the MGS2 OST and watched some videos online as well. Too much metal to handle, so I went to my treasure chest where I save my cosplay stuff, and looked for some toy guns. My kid followed me because he knew I was about to do something interesting. For himself, at least. ^ ^

We played MGS! I was Snake and he was... someone else. Then, I grabbed a sword and became Raiden, as he got to play as Snake. We defeated many soldiers and stopped the Gigantic Metallic Menace or the "GMM" (hah... that was a joke there... ... ...*ahem*). Here some pics of yesterday's adventure. ^ ^'

He woke up today very early and is already wearing the bandanna and weapons, ready for another mission. I guess I better not keep him waiting.

Now, where did I put that cardboard box???

Metal Gear Solid: FEVER

Hey there.

After this past E3, I've been very excited about many items presented there. One of them is the upcoming next MGS title "Metal Gear Solid: Rising" featuring Raiden. 

Raiden uses a sword and can cut through anything! You can see a trailer here if you haven't yet. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtM3PGyiQUc

As I understand, MGS4 was based in the year 2014. "Rising" will be set on a previous -yet unannounced- year, which obviously makes it a prequel to MGS4. As I read in an article at IGN website, "Rising" will tell the story of how Raiden went from a young soldier (MGS2) to the cyborg ninja he ended to be (MGS4). Which is nice, since I was wondering the same. 

Raiden can cut thru anything, even this guy's exoskeleton.

When cutting, you enter a 'bullet time' mode

to give you time to decide your cutterly ways.

"Here, at RAIDEN MOTORS, we're splitting the price in HALF!"

Raiden is the main character here, but I also wonder the presence of the legendary hero in this new installment. Only time will tell as news continue to spread.

Thanks for reading! ^ ^

(Images and information source courtesy of IGN.com)

Life will be life until life itself ends!

Hello!

Life has struken me hard these past months, and depression is over me, again. It gets in the way of getting my Manga done, and I hate that. I want to finish it already!! Publish it!! Make money with it!! LOL!

I showed it to my nephews, who adore Manga (and Naruto above all things *roll eyes*) and one of them said something that I overlooked. Something that I noticed while I was working on it, but it wasn't until that moment when I realized the importance of it. It's a good thing to show your underworking product to someone reliable. His/her opinion can help you really good.

They invited me to a birthday party they'll have this next Saturday 25th. I'll attend and take pics. They told me I already have fans, because my nephews talk about me at school and they want to meet me. They've seen some of my drawings and they already want to copy my style, hahaha!... NO WAY!

You wanna learn how to draw Manga, check books like these. ^ ^ 

I'm still learning, and as I make my Manga, I'm learning even more, because I face many challenges on the road and notice what I didn't notice before. Well, I've been drawing since High School, but I've never taken any drawing classes because LIFE is difficult and I couldn't. Even now, if I wanted, I couldn't either.   

But I don't want to wait any longer for things to be accomodated so to begin making Manga. I'm starting with one which I consider it's a TEST, because I'm literally testing many things, like I said, discovering new things and facing new challenges as I work on it. I have another Manga project to work with afterwards, and more stories coming up ahead of these.

So yes, LIFE is hard, but it has its amazing rewards in the end of the road.

Thanks for reading! ^ ^