MCaesar said: The pic and the writing really blend well together. Her expression is particularly perfect.
That was the intention, yes. :P I'm glad it worked out that way.
There is merit to writing the story for the image, rather than trying to find an image for the story. After I saw the expression, I just had to manip this. I knew it had to be done. I decided to add a caption after I finished the eyes (which were a bit of a pain, tbh - due to the sheer size of the image, the smallest mistakes show up at 100% zoom). I started writing with a general idea of what I wanted the the plot to be, and, looking back at the image constantly as I wrote, actively drew inspiration and ideas from it. The mist, the fact that Cirno's standing, the fact that she's currently mindless, the fact that she's bathing, her erect nipples, blush, and heavy breathing; all of this and then some were directly inspired from the image itself. Even her "nice shape" was inspired by her posture in the image.
When I was done writing, I actually had enough text for a couple of pages of a small-paged novel. <.< I was forced to cut out a good 75% (in volume of text) of what I really wanted to include, and whatever fluff I added in. There was just no way to fit it into the space I gave myself and I didn't want this to become one of those story manips.
Vanndril said: There is merit to writing the story for the image, rather than trying to find an image for the story.
That's at least 95% of my work. I write better than I manip (IMO), so when I see a pic, I'm always trying to build the story behind it, one that requires the fewest changes to the picture in order to realize. Doing it the other way around, writing the story first and seeking out a pic to fit it, seems like a great way for me to waste a lot of time. I'd never be satisfied with any pic, because it would never seem to fit the pic just right; the pic will never be "made for" the story. And if there's a possibility that you might end up with a story and no pic to go with it, you probably should have just written it as a short story to begin with, and let your words paint the picture. Now I'm starting to rant!
Congratulations on cutting out that much text, though. Editing for conciseness is among my greatest weaknesses.
Vanndril said: When I was done writing, I actually had enough text for a couple of pages of a small-paged novel. <.< I was forced to cut out a good 75% (in volume of text) of what I really wanted to include, and whatever fluff I added in. There was just no way to fit it into the space I gave myself and I didn't want this to become one of those story manips.
Out of curiosity, do you still have the full initial text and if so, would you share it ?
daeva said: Out of curiosity, do you still have the full initial text and if so, would you share it ?
Unfortunately not. I actually start writing on the image from the getgo. Everything from the rough draft to the final copy (assuming I give so much effort, like I did on this one) is done on the image and in one sitting. It helps me visualize what I need to do to the text to make it fit, read, and look properly. The downside is that I never keep backups of anything but the final edit.
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This is one of the few captions I've come up with in a long time that I'm actually perfectly happy with.
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well done!
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.
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The pic and the writing really blend well together. Her expression is particularly perfect.
That was the intention, yes. :P I'm glad it worked out that way.
There is merit to writing the story for the image, rather than trying to find an image for the story. After I saw the expression, I just had to manip this. I knew it had to be done. I decided to add a caption after I finished the eyes (which were a bit of a pain, tbh - due to the sheer size of the image, the smallest mistakes show up at 100% zoom). I started writing with a general idea of what I wanted the the plot to be, and, looking back at the image constantly as I wrote, actively drew inspiration and ideas from it. The mist, the fact that Cirno's standing, the fact that she's currently mindless, the fact that she's bathing, her erect nipples, blush, and heavy breathing; all of this and then some were directly inspired from the image itself. Even her "nice shape" was inspired by her posture in the image.
When I was done writing, I actually had enough text for a couple of pages of a small-paged novel. <.<
I was forced to cut out a good 75% (in volume of text) of what I really wanted to include, and whatever fluff I added in. There was just no way to fit it into the space I gave myself and I didn't want this to become one of those story manips.
Anyway, I'm starting to rant, so... XD
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There is merit to writing the story for the image, rather than trying to find an image for the story.
That's at least 95% of my work. I write better than I manip (IMO), so when I see a pic, I'm always trying to build the story behind it, one that requires the fewest changes to the picture in order to realize. Doing it the other way around, writing the story first and seeking out a pic to fit it, seems like a great way for me to waste a lot of time. I'd never be satisfied with any pic, because it would never seem to fit the pic just right; the pic will never be "made for" the story. And if there's a possibility that you might end up with a story and no pic to go with it, you probably should have just written it as a short story to begin with, and let your words paint the picture. Now I'm starting to rant!
Congratulations on cutting out that much text, though. Editing for conciseness is among my greatest weaknesses.
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When I was done writing, I actually had enough text for a couple of pages of a small-paged novel. <.<
I was forced to cut out a good 75% (in volume of text) of what I really wanted to include, and whatever fluff I added in. There was just no way to fit it into the space I gave myself and I didn't want this to become one of those story manips.
Out of curiosity, do you still have the full initial text and if so, would you share it ?
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Out of curiosity, do you still have the full initial text and if so, would you share it ?
Unfortunately not. I actually start writing on the image from the getgo. Everything from the rough draft to the final copy (assuming I give so much effort, like I did on this one) is done on the image and in one sitting. It helps me visualize what I need to do to the text to make it fit, read, and look properly. The downside is that I never keep backups of anything but the final edit.