Welcome all artists and non-artists alike to the grand opening of the Maidens of the Kaleidoscope Visual Novel Project!What is this project? Basically a chance for the community of MotK to work together and create Visual Novels over the course of the summer! (From now until the end of August)
Originally I made
this thread just to see if I could recruit a few artists to help me draw, but the amount of interest far exceeded my expectations. So for the past few weeks I?ve been thinking about how I was going to coordinate so many people for a small project like this. Of course there?s the chance that only a few of the people who offered their help would actually end up helping, but still I didn?t want to leave anyone out.
So here?s the deal: Anyone is allowed to help out, regardless of your skill level or artistic medium. How will this work out? Instead of striving simply striving for the goal, I want to focus just as much on the process of getting there. I want this to be a chance for anyone who is willing to put in the effort not only to be a part of the project, but to also improve on their own skills at the same time.
But how the hell is this going to be done? Everyone knows that the life and work of an artist is anything but easy. Creating art takes both time and motivation. If it weren?t for these obstacles then we?d all be happily chasing our dreams of being great artists. But reality hits us with many complications that take up our time, and when there?s finally nothing in our way, our greatest enemy becomes our own lack of motivation.
That?s where this project comes in.
For the issue of time: I?ll be handling all time management and coordination of the project itself. You tell me your available work times and together we work out reasonable deadlines. Make sure you can meet each deadline though. While there won?t be any penalties or anything like that, simply ignoring deadlines defeats their purpose. However it is understandable that real life gets in the way of deadlines. What I will ask for however, is that if anything pops up you inform me as soon as you can. Communication is key.
For the issue of motivation: many of you already have great artistic potential, but lack the reason, confidence, or simply direction to bring out that potential. For this project I?ll be giving out small tasks on a consistent basis for each of you to work on, so you'll always have something to work on and that thing will be in the Visual Novel. However it won?t be as simple as ?okay work on this until it?s done and that?s it.? There will be a reasonable level of quality that is required for something to be included in the final product of a game, so expect to do many revisions and refinements of your work. Remember, we?re not just trying to get this done; we?re trying to get better as well.
The number one thing that we all need to focus on in order to be successful as a group is
communication. The biggest reason a group project falls apart is lack of proper communication. As such, I?m going to try to maintain a high level of communication at all times over the course of this project. However, communication is a two way street as they say, so you'll have responsibility of being easily available for contact.
Now I?m not going to make any promises of instant success here. You'll need to work hard and I'm going to work you hard. I'll do my best to help keep you motivated and organized, so I'm going to expect that you work hard from your side as well. And even then with all things said and done there are still many ways things can end in failure. Still if nothing else, hopefully we?ll still have fun, improve our skills, and tighten the bonds of our community.
/extremecheeseending BV
Now all that is out of the way, here?s what you have to do if you want to sign up! Just post the following information.Nickname: The one that you want to go by for this project and for me to address you as
Abilities: The kind of art you can do including but not limited to: drawing portraits (complete or just line art), drawing backgrounds, photography (for backgrounds and stuff), digital coloring, digital manipulation (Photoshop skills), GUI art (buttons, windows, stuff like that), composing music, recording sound effects (need these too!), and voice acting (lower priority but still a possibility!).
Contact info: Very important if we want to have proper communication! MSN, Skype, facebook, e-mail, whatever! As long as it?s something that you use/check frequently so that we can always have a good way of staying connected.
Alright let's all do this! 
Edit: A few of you were wondering what stories we were planning to work on, so here's the list of what I have planned so far:
A remake of Down on the Corner:
http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,5728.0.htmlDouchebag in Gensokyo:
http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,3357.0.htmlTouhou Love Stories - The Bad Ends:
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Fiction_found_on_imageboardsHourai?s noose - 200 words
Remilia - 350 words
Rumia - 500 words
Suika - 600 words
Ran - 800 words
Marisa - 1000 words
Nameless Fairy - 1100 words
Alice - 1300 words
Cirno - 1400 words
Mystia - 1400 words
Youmu - 1400 words
And this one just because - 1000 words
touhou super sonic love adventure: by popular demand :V
Yeah they're all perverted comic stories :V I picked them because they're most likely to have a stronger impact on the touhou community/internet population.
Edit 2: As for my own contact info, you can contact me on this site, on Skype (I'm also Suikama there), or through email/msn/wlm (aaronmaphone at hotmail.com)
