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[cg8900]

I'll be sure to contribute as well!!

[p__q]

I'd be out of my depth with any art or creative writing but I have linked this thread to someone who's fan art I'm a big fan of, hopefully they take notice ^^

[Verly]

I sent a copy of this to that email address. It's titled When I Fell
my femshep Penny and Thane

[Ghost_Nappa]

Hmmmm if its a summary you want I can give!.....just going through the last 3 weeks of crunch time on my classes so getting a wee bit hectic and insany on my end.

[Laser-Eyes]

Contributing as well! Will play through ME2 to re-collect my thoughts and take screenshots. Might *big might* try some fanart too.

[cbutz]

Letter has been sent

[kumquats]

I support this and I will give it a shot.

[cg8900]

I have a question, should I write in Shep's POV or my own/the player ?
oh and another thing, probably stupid question but...how do you format pics as 8,5 by 11?

Edited by cg8900, 12 April 2012 - 03:33 PM.

[Visii]

Shall I give an example of a letter?



Dear BioWare,

My Jaine Shepard was a colonist and "Ruthless". She had seen some terrible things, and done some terrible things. She romanced Kaidan during the hunt for Saren, but he was too "good" for her. To Jaine, he had made one mistake by accident a long time ago, and she had made many bad decisions on purpose, and just couldn't seem to let it go.

When Jaine woke up on the Lazarus station, she saw it as a chance to do better and move forward without the iron fetters to her past. She still had that hard edge, that tendency to lash out when diplomacy might have suited better, but instead of beating herself up over it, she just used to fuel her desire to be different. This was her new chance, she wasn't going to screw it up.

Seeing Kaidan on Horizon was, difficult. She had "hardened" Garrus during their time on the SR1, so meeting up with him wasn't so awkward. But Kaidan; he had changed and it wasn't her fault. Worse, he blamed her for it. She hadn't chose to die, to leave him mourning her for two years! She'd been dragged back from death to do her damn job and despite her determination to do better, she wasn't about to take the blame and all the mental anguish that goes with it, for something she didn't do. Jaine was done with Kaidan; his email was an insult and she didn't respond.

When she met Thane, the half-harnessed beast inside her, calmed inside its' cage. She couldn't get the image of his cool stare, his body outlined by the red and orange light of dawn, out of her head. He was very sure of himself, and his skills. The news of his terminal illness, his eventual death- if the suicide mission didn't do it- she swatted it away like an insect.

She was determined to get to know him and quickly found herself developing feelings for the drell. Jaine was the Butcher of Torfan, but she wasn't racist, and wasn't concerned with his history; for a long time, she had considered the military a means by which to murder many, only with ribbons of honor and duty and patriotism tied to it. Jaine saw no difference between her occupation and Thane's. She had no problem loving an alien, and seized each day with a ferocious joy; to do what she'd been brought back to do, to save people and stop the Reapers, and to spend every free moment she could with Thane. Because he was her equal. She couldn't push him around, he could hold his own in combat and conversation. He understood what terrible deeds done in the past do to a body, but like Jaine, he was trying to live in the present.

This is why I can't accept the culmination of Thane and Shepard's relationship in Mass Effect 3. Shepard doesn't get to say the things she should have been able to say; she doesn't get to tell Thane she loves him. She doesn't get any opportunity to show some emotion at his deathbed; denial, tears, anger. She doesn't get to express disbelief that nothing still can be done for Thane, or demand why other treatment options aren't available. I loved nearly everything about the Thane romance in ME2; I only wish I could say the same for its' conclusion in ME3.

__________________________


So... sort of like that.

Edited by Visii, 12 April 2012 - 06:42 PM.

[Moira-chan]

i will also do it, if i have the time for it.

[cg8900]

thx for the example!!! it helped a lot )

[Criz]

p__q wrote...

I'd be out of my depth with any art or creative writing but I have linked this thread to someone who's fan art I'm a big fan of, hopefully they take notice ^^

I was always sad that I missed out on the original project to compila a book for PAX about our appreciation for the LI, so I'm very glad you gave me the link to this thread

now I just have to pick one or some for a collage


btw: simply giving the page sizes as 8.5 x 11 inches may not be enough
if you want to print something you'll also need to take the resolution into account
a picture at 72 dpi would probably look crappy, while 150 dpi may be okey, but 300 dpi and up might be preferrable

[Visii]

Criz-Zone wrote...

p__q wrote...

I'd be out of my depth with any art or creative writing but I have linked this thread to someone who's fan art I'm a big fan of, hopefully they take notice ^^

I was always sad that I missed out on the original project to compila a book for PAX about our appreciation for the LI, so I'm very glad you gave me the link to this thread

now I just have to pick one or some for a collage


btw: simply giving the page sizes as 8.5 x 11 inches may not be enough
if you want to print something you'll also need to take the resolution into account
a picture at 72 dpi would probably look crappy, while 150 dpi may be okey, but 300 dpi and up might be preferrable

Yeah, I noticed, but I'm not too good with images  @_@  Is there any sort of free tool around that we could direct people to, to resize and edit the resolution?

[Chromatix]

Yeah, I noticed, but I'm not too good with images  @_@  Is there any sort of free tool around that we could direct people to, to resize and edit the resolution?

How about MS Paint? 

[Visii]

Chromatix wrote...

Yeah, I noticed, but I'm not too good with images  @_@  Is there any sort of free tool around that we could direct people to, to resize and edit the resolution?

How about MS Paint? 

MAC. >_>.

[Chromatix]

Visii wrote...

Chromatix wrote...

Yeah, I noticed, but I'm not too good with images  @_@  Is there any sort of free tool around that we could direct people to, to resize and edit the resolution?

How about MS Paint? 

MAC. >_>.

Oh, i see...

Well, i'm sure Google could help :3

[Visii]

Yup. But that'll have to wait. No time.

So much hype and information to spread, only two hands. On facebook and twitter, need help spreading the word. Damn the messaging limitations on BSN! It makes me wait a few minutes before sending PM's!

Edited by Visii, 12 April 2012 - 04:57 PM.

[Chromatix]

Visii wrote...

Yup. But that'll have to wait. No time.

So much hype and information to spread, only two hands. On facebook and twitter, need help spreading the word. Damn the messaging limitations on BSN! It makes me wait a few minutes before sending PM's!

I'm not using Macs, but it could help, perhaps. (Found on Google...)

http://paintbrush.sourceforge.net/

Edited by Chromatix, 12 April 2012 - 05:00 PM.

[Xeranx]

Visii wrote...

Xeranx wrote...

Is this just for known love interests or does it include love interests and those who've expressed interest or seem open to an encounter?

Like Shiala, or Gianna Parasini?

Yes.

[Visii]

Xeranx wrote...

Visii wrote...

Xeranx wrote...

Is this just for known love interests or does it include love interests and those who've expressed interest or seem open to an encounter?

Like Shiala, or Gianna Parasini?

Yes.

Sure, go right ahead! Please re-read the first post (i've updated it with more info) showing just what we're looking for.

Edited by Visii, 12 April 2012 - 05:07 PM.

[Criz]

Visii wrote...

Criz-Zone wrote...

p__q wrote...

I'd be out of my depth with any art or creative writing but I have linked this thread to someone who's fan art I'm a big fan of, hopefully they take notice ^^

I was always sad that I missed out on the original project to compila a book for PAX about our appreciation for the LI, so I'm very glad you gave me the link to this thread

now I just have to pick one or some for a collage


btw: simply giving the page sizes as 8.5 x 11 inches may not be enough
if you want to print something you'll also need to take the resolution into account
a picture at 72 dpi would probably look crappy, while 150 dpi may be okey, but 300 dpi and up might be preferrable

Yeah, I noticed, but I'm not too good with images  @_@  Is there any sort of free tool around that we could direct people to, to resize and edit the resolution?

Gimp is kind of the free version of Adobe Photoshop
if I had more time I'd offer to go through the images and edit them as needed

the problem is also that if you take a picture at 5 x 5 inches at 72 dpi and simply load it into a program and then change the resolution to 300 dpi but keep the 5 x 5 inches ... it doesn't really work. The program will calculate things as best as it can but there are limits to that, too.
So ideally people would make sure their images have high enough quality in the first place. If you draw digitally you should know these things (some people prefer to work with lower resolutions though)
Things could get problematic for screencaps, too

[Visii]

Criz-Zone wrote...

Visii wrote...

Criz-Zone wrote...

p__q wrote...

I'd be out of my depth with any art or creative writing but I have linked this thread to someone who's fan art I'm a big fan of, hopefully they take notice ^^

I was always sad that I missed out on the original project to compila a book for PAX about our appreciation for the LI, so I'm very glad you gave me the link to this thread

now I just have to pick one or some for a collage


btw: simply giving the page sizes as 8.5 x 11 inches may not be enough
if you want to print something you'll also need to take the resolution into account
a picture at 72 dpi would probably look crappy, while 150 dpi may be okey, but 300 dpi and up might be preferrable

Yeah, I noticed, but I'm not too good with images  @_@  Is there any sort of free tool around that we could direct people to, to resize and edit the resolution?

Gimp is kind of the free version of Adobe Photoshop
if I had more time I'd offer to go through the images and edit them as needed

the problem is also that if you take a picture at 5 x 5 inches at 72 dpi and simply load it into a program and then change the resolution to 300 dpi but keep the 5 x 5 inches ... it doesn't really work. The program will calculate things as best as it can but there are limits to that, too.
So ideally people would make sure their images have high enough quality in the first place. If you draw digitally you should know these things (some people prefer to work with lower resolutions though)
Things could get problematic for screencaps, too

Edited by Visii, 12 April 2012 - 05:27 PM.

[blueshepard]

I linked this Thread in the Thane Fanbook group and made it sticky, hope that it is ok Try to write something this week and give you a couple of pics of Blue and Thane Great new project at all

[Criz]

Visii wrote...

***snipped the blabla about filesizes***

EDIT: on second thought I also snipped the gif so we don't get in trouble with the mods & admins

hehe, I guess I didn't explain it very well ...
but major kudos for Invader Zim!!

Edited by Criz-Zone, 12 April 2012 - 06:22 PM.

[Criz]

and then I relaized I had clicked quote and not edit
this really isn't my day today

Edited by Criz-Zone, 12 April 2012 - 06:21 PM.