[X] My Assistant

Greetings! Thought that since I've translated, edited and posted some stuff here at e-hentai, I might as well, uh, raise my tent here, so to speak XD . Hope that's okay...

So, guess I should introduce myself or something? Well, not much to tell, I'm just a guy who has learned japanese to some degree (self-taught), but is certainly no pro... And yet somehow got into his head to put what he'd learned to use by translating doujins since a short while back (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif).

Though my skills may be somewhat poor and my tools (or my way of handling those at least) crude, I plan to continue translating stuff for fun and hope people'll enjoy it (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

As for what kind of stuff I translate... Well I'm usually drawn to stuff I already like & is familiar with, so you'll probably see mostly doujins from me. As for content, well... Internet has throughly corrupted me, so I don't mind most stuff - in fact, as many may have concluded from seeing the stuff I've worked with, I do actually prefer to work with some of the more kinky/hardcore stuff such as BDSM, mind control, rape, brainwashing, "Training", NC, etc... I do draw the limit at a few things though - Snuff is a no-no for me, as is most forms of guro. Excessive use of scat, such as in some of the works of hakueki shobou, can also be where I draw the limit. I'm also not usually very enthusiastic about working with loli, shota and yaoi, but I can do it if I want.

Not doing any requests or bounties yet, though I may pick up one or two in the future should it appeal to me. For the time being, I just translate stuff that has caught my interest (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Currently working on/In progress:
[Alice.Blood] 洗脳教育室～ブラックマ☆シャンガール編～ (55% done)
[Kichiku Koubou] 風の谷の尻穴出産 (30% done)
+ a couple other I've only lightly touched on, plus there's of course my constant work on miscellaneous pics for my assorted translated pics collection.

Future projects/projects I want to do but have yet to start on:
[純禁] 堕落ノ王
[納屋] オブジェにされた王女様・奴隷になった王妃様 (maybe)
Plus a few other ones... Plus, I do have the goal of eventually translating all the complete works of Sisak that I've uploaded so far...

This post has been edited by DarkSpooky: Mar 8 2012, 16:36

I see from your latest release that you've recently switched to using GIMP, which is great! Always nice to see another GIMP user around. However, I've got to agree with Super Shanko that choosing fonts more suitable to comics would go a long way towards improving the overall product. I've attached a few fonts that you might consider for your future uploads.

 DarkSpooky.zip ( 335.79k ) Number of downloads: 38

Wild Words is the standard font used by most scanlation groups and is very highly recommended. I would suggest sticking with this one until you're more comfortable with your editing skills. If you like fonts that also use lowercase, Komika Text is quite nice, and I believe it's used by the group translating Nana to Kaoru. CCComicrazy is also pretty good. I've also added my current choice, Blambot Casual, in case you might want to use it as well. Hope you find this helpful.

I see from your latest release that you've recently switched to using GIMP, which is great! Always nice to see another GIMP user around. However, I've got to agree with Super Shanko that choosing fonts more suitable to comics would go a long way towards improving the overall product. I've attached a few fonts that you might consider for your future uploads.

 DarkSpooky.zip ( 335.79k ) Number of downloads: 38

Wild Words is the standard font used by most scanlation groups and is very highly recommended. I would suggest sticking with this one until you're more comfortable with your editing skills. If you like fonts that also use lowercase, Komika Text is quite nice, and I believe it's used by the group translating Nana to Kaoru. CCComicrazy is also pretty good. I've also added my current choice, Blambot Casual, in case you might want to use it as well. Hope you find this helpful.

Oh... Thanks a lot! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I've download & installe'em. Will start putting them to use, though I'll keep using the front I'm using right now for the works that are still in the "in progress"-stage, at least, so you'll have to endure that a little bit more, I'm afraid ^^;;.

I am a bit partial to using Segoe Print =3

I like to mix it up sometimes and do something completely different depending on how the manga looks. It's just always tough to find "right" font until you've seen someone else use it :/

Well, I admit that I'm a bit neutral on the whole font issuse. To me, the most important thing is and remains that the translated work can be read - preferrable clearly - so "style" and "artistic approaches" or whatever one should call it comes second. That's good enough... I hope (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) .

I've taken a look at those fonts though. I'm honestly not sure if I'll be using'em much though. I mean, if I think about it, I think I originally went with Sans Bold (which I now most commonly use) because it seemed like a soild, easily readable font to use, so... Well, Sans Bold feels like the best choice for CG collections at least, but I may well experiment around with using the fonts from rookie84 when working on doujins/manga (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Updated the Currently Working On part of the first post since I finished "Record of Slave Elf War 2" at long last and updated with the next one I'm currently focusing on (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .

DarkSpooky, did you finish translate Kichiku Kobou work?

Pleased check my bounties