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[griffinmcelroysvorecorner]

if you don’t draw bud like that chimera from full metal alchemist you’re doing it wrong

[incanters-blog]

We love you, Monty

I am going to bed tonight with three victories under my belt.

1. I figured out my scaling and aspect ratio problems on Manga Studio EX4. My images now fit properly within the confines of the page.

2. I figured out that American comic books are EXACTLY 6.7 inches wide by 10.25 inches long. It WASN'T 6.63 by 10.24. Yes, I could tell.

But more importantly:

3. I did something I've been promising myself for the last seven years. Start the path of being a published (Self-Published at the moment) comic book writer.

But most importantly, I did it on February 1st. The day Monty Oum died. I'm going to guess that 90% of you won't know who that is. And that's ok.

Monreak "Monty" Oum died two years ago today from an unforeseen allergic reaction to anesthesia right before a routine surgery. I never met him personally, nor did I ever interact with him in a one on one basis other than he told me he liked mayonnaise on his ham sandwiches in an AMA (Google it) on Reddit once.

In the grand scheme of things, Monty wasn't really that big of a deal in the world. Also, considering some of the people that I have crossed paths with, I should be dedicating this post to them and not Monty. He made some really cool 3D animated movies but that's really about it. His most famous ones being "Haloid", "Dead Fantasy", and "RWBY" (pronounced Ruby, it's complicated).

But within his fandom, he is most famously (and obscurely) known for two things specifically:

His Herculean work ethic and his ability to inspire others to get that little bit extra spirit out of their work session. He would work for 30 hours straight all the while encouraging his co-workers to try and match his efficiency. Promising to buy them dinner or a beer after the project was complete. Or promising to acknowledge that his favorite anime character would lose in a fight with their favorite anime character if they beat him to the deadline.

Of course, since Monty was part cyborg he never lost.

I don't really know what else to say so I'll just finish this with a message to Monty:

Hey, thanks for making things. Thank for being you. I'll keep moving forward like you always say to do so long as you keep showing me the path.

I dedicate Incanters to your memory.

We love you, Monty.

Nich

P.S. Go easy on Jesus, he's not nearly as good at DDR as you are...

[hesperie-s]

I was kind of aware there was a live action FMA series, but I was not prepared for seeing a clip of the Ninalexander chimera.

Very glad it was a gif, I don't think I could handle hearing it. Saw that episode once, have deliberately skipped it ever since.

[vexsandvaxs]

I finally got my boyfriend to start watch full metal alchemist: brotherhood with me (I've seen all but the last season) and the only warning I have him was "there's a disturbing episode with a dog" and he has no idea

[whalehouse1]

Explaining

So I was talking to my friend about how fictional movies make people sad for dumb reasons. I then explained to her;however, that I shouldn't say that due to (in order of most horrific things ever) Fred and George, Rue, Tess (Magi) and finally, Nina. The latter of whom my sole explanation was if you every think of that and can be happy, you're a sociopath. And by the way, yes I did explain what happened with Tess.