FAQ Session with my One and Only Reader

Shakti.

If you're ever reading this, then you'll know what I'm talking about.

1. What is HG Infinity?
-HGInfinity is the manga originally created by Xela and Nona. I am the editor, digital artist and manager. It's about Azure Hitsuzen, who was given the hourglass of life (or something of the same name....as long as it's a magical hourglass...whatever)...*EDIT: i said a spoiler about who gave him the hourglass... I just deleted it, though... /EDIT* Through this, the reader will find the war between Cerulean...and another guy i'm not supposed to talk about. They are demons, or simply put, human beings with supernatural powers. Because of this, they are separated from the humans, and are identified as somewhat of a different race.

2. Does Artistilynx have something to do with school?
-No, it doesn't. Artistilynx[.com] is a website, from the mind of Samantha Cubillo. (Visit her at Twilightheart[.com])
The team is as follows:
SCubillo - Head Administrator, Top Lynx of Australian Connections, Data EVERYTHING, Creativity ANYTHING, she basically owns the thing, duh. [Team Aussie]
Gabsicle - Secondary Admin, Top Lynx of Malaysian Connections, Consultant of Creative Design, Graphic Artist, Brainstorm Team Leader [Team M'sia]
Thoughtspresso (that's me) - Secondary Admin, Top Lynx of Philippine Connections, Layout Artist, Director of Creative Design, Digital Artist, Brainstorm Team Leader [Team Phil.]
Xela - updater, junior, manga-ka (HG Infinity) [Team Phil.]
Nona - updater, junior, manga-ka (HG Infinity) [Team Phil.]
Owen Eye - graphic and logo design, font artist, updater, junior [Team Phil]
Chasey - music updater, Digital Artist, Layout Artist, junior [Team Phil.]
Syn - music updater, sophomore [Team Phil.]
Peaches - Design Contributor, sophomore [Team M'sia]
Lliam - moderator, freshmen [Team Phil.]
Gep - moderator, freshmen [Team Phil.]

The website is created for sharing art and connecting with other artists worldwide.

3. Can you draw as well as Gabs? Or Better?
-I can't really say that. But I do draw. (http://arlihama.deviantart.com/ )

4. Why are you so interested in CGing things?
- CG stands for Computer Graphics. Basically, it's digital art. An example would be using photoshop to color in your work, or your drawing. I'm always CGing things, because I also always draw. And besides, as the digital artist for HG Infinity, I have to CG the cover art.

5. Only three ppl working on the school paper (and it's called SPARKS right)?
-Uhm, no, not really. There are around twenty or more of us in the club. It's just that, when the current seniors graduate, there will only be three students from our batch (the new seniors who will succeed them), two succeeding juniors, two succeeding sophomores and three succeeding freshmen. So the high school level will only be composed of ten students...that'd be for next year. And some of the elementary students say that they'll be leaving SPARKS for a new club next year. So the number of working force we have is indecisive.

(Yes, it's called SPARKS. Or even if you don't capitalize the letters, it's fine.)

6. So what sort of stuff do you publish in your paper?
-It's a magazine containing school news. It also features art and literary compositions of the students. It may or may not contain a few random things. It usually has a fun section with puzzles and comic strips. It also contains a letter from the school head, and whatnot.

7. You ARE getting enough sleep, right?
-It depends. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

8. Have you read those short stories yet?
- Only the champion's composition.

9. pls tell me it didn't take much of your time, I wasn't forcing you.
- okay, so this wasn't a question, but the statement was just BEGGING for a reaction:
yes, it did take up much of my time, and I slept at three because of it. But I had fun. I was looking for ways to vent, anyway. And it isn't at all long, for me. I'm used to writing.

10. ooooh, who's janjie?
- She was an old classmate of mine. She was the one who always read harry potter, even during class, and always spoke english, even during Filipino time.

11. Okay, next, I'll be posting some acronyms and terms I used in the last post.

"Trinoma" - it's the name of a new mall
"MMFF" - stands for Metro Manila Film Festival; every Christmas Season, all cinemas within Metro Manila are required to show ONLY Filipino movies.
"SM North Edsa" - SM, originally meaning "shoe mart" is now a mall...or a whole storm of malls. Lol. EDSA is a place in Metro Manila, and SM North EDSA is just a branch of SM located at the north of EDSA, basically.
"Baler" - a Filipino movie which won the MMFF's best film; it shows the lives of the Filipinos who lived in Baler, a place in Aurora...somewhere south of Manila, after the Treaty at Biac-na-Bato (Biac-na-Bato is a historical place, and i'm not going to expound on it.)
"Stoichiometry" - the science in chemistry concerning the measurements of the substances of a balanced chemical equation of a particular chemical reaction
"AL" - Artistilynx (please see question 2)
"AJSS" - Ateneo Junior Summer Seminar; a series of school-type advanced lessons given during summer vacation in Ateneo de Manila university for junior students in High School as preparation for the entrance exams they'll be taking during Senior year.
"DDR" - Dance Dance Revolution; an arcade game
"CG" - Computer Graphics; see question 3
"Arancarr Pete" - an art piece Gabs drew which he requested me to CG for him.
"Yaoi" - boy on boy relationships; usually in anime
"Yuri" - girl on girl relationships; usually in anime
"Shounen-ai" - boy on boy display of affection, may or may not implicate romance
"Shoujo-ai" - girl on girl display of affection, may or may not implicate romance
"Smut" - mature sexual themes
"dA" - Deviantart[.com]
"PSTextures" - Photoshop Textures; a feature in Adobe Photoshop software where one can use specific "textures" or patterns
"InDesign CS3&4" - Adobe InDesign, Creative Suite 3 and 4; a program used for layouting magazines and newspapers; I need it for editing SPARKS next year.
"OnLocation CS4" - Adobe OnLocation Creative Suite 4; A program used for capturing videos straight from a digital camera
"Soundbooth CS4" - Adobe SoundBooth Creative Suite 4; a program used for recording audio and editing recorded audio
"Illustrator CS3&4" - Adobe Illustrate Creative Suite 3 and 4; a program used for CGing also, or creating vector art and logos
"Owen Eye" - the alias of one of my friends (see question 2) who is the font artist for AL
"Visual Basic 6.0" - a program used for developing software

....and that'd be pretty much it. I'll be posting more stuff if I have to.