~ Another Dimension ~ The F.A.Q section of Ortygia (a.k.a 'The Ancient Rules that Sustain Chaos'... Chaos being taking care of this site, of course ^_^)
1. I do NOT sell StS merchandise (videos/dvd/vynils/toys/whatever) -I don't sell a thing to be more precise, this is a NO commercial purpose site-. If you are seeking a site where to buy this kind of material, I recommend www.vegetafansub.com , but there are plenty of other sites that offer that stuff
2. If you are seekind information on StS that I have not posted in this site, just head to the 'Allegiance' section. Most pages have a 'links list' for a reason, and unless what you are looking for is rather specific, I won't answer e-mails saying 'where can I find profiles, info on the clothes, etc,etc,etc?' , because most of those things are available at the sites listed in the links section. If your question is really specific and that section doesn't answer it, then leave your question at the message board and I'll try to answer it asap.
3. The updates are handled in a very organized way -for my chaotic being at least ^-^- and you can expect between two or three updates a month. They are not as scheduled as they used to be due to RL intermissions, but they are done pretty often, so drop by often ^___^
4. I do not bite, nor swear -usually-, nor turn into a daemonic being when getting mails, so DO speak your mind, be it to drop me a line, to tell me your opinion on this island of mine, that you hate/like/abhor/love -that's my personal favourite ^-^- this site, or to just chit-chat for a while. Hearing from you is VERY important to me, as your opinions are the ones that 'hint' me what to change/not change about this site. Unless I have loads to study, I usually reply -yeap, even to those scorching flames-. Still, as RL sometimes gets shitty and the inbox must be left for later, if you want to ask me something and want an answer ASAP, I highly recommend using Ortygia's message board or joining the ML.
5.I LOVE fanfics. (translation of this statement: If you have a fan fiction and want a place to publish it, it would be an honour posting it. I do not ask for any particular genre -though I admit drama is my favourite one ^-^-, I do not ask for any particular rating, as long as the story is good and original, you'll find me a very willing webmistress) 6. I am always willing to publish fanart, but for reasons of space, I have to work with some rules. Don't worry, they are not many, and they are not too harsh, so don't doubt about sending those masterpieces! (guidelines for submiting both fanfics and fanart can be found at the 'partners in crime' section)
7. I have no plans to mirror Ortygia in spanish or any other language for now. The reason is quite simple, I do not have the time to translate the fanfictions, and as most of my page consists on fanart and fanfictions, making it also in another language would be rather impossible at the moment. Yes, it is in my plans to someday have a spanish version, but that will definetely NOT be soon. I can barely take care of this place as it is, having to manage a mirror would be too demanding and almost impossible.
8. For the Hades Poster on the Gallery section... yeap, you can take it and post it wherever you like ^-^. For the images posted at the 'Erebus' section, you can also take them and do whatever you like with them, but if you are posting them on your own site, all I ask is for you to link back to this little island of mine and give me the credit for scanning them. Why? Because this site is almost unknown and publicity never hurts ^_^
9.SIGN THE NEW GUESTBOOK!... please? ^-^ It's soooooo empty... *sobs*
10. For all the rumours on StS, head to the message board at the main page. Another way of learning what's up is by joining a mailing list. The people at the SS-ML are real StS sennins, and if you ask nicely, they'll answer ^_^
11. SIGN THE NEW GUESTBOOK!!! -no,no,no, this is no mind game... this is plain and simple shameful begging ^-^-
12. If you want to post something from my site in yours, please, ask. I'll probably say yes, but it's nice -and also netiquette- to tell me about it first, that way I get to know where my things are, and I can add you to my list of links.
13. SIGN THE NEW GUESTBOOK!!!!.... well... I guess you got the idea... ^_~
14. This site started on April 2000 -yay, more than two years went by! *_*-, as a very small StS shrine. It changed layout about... five times already?o.O Well, it changed layout maany times ^_^U, it receives between 40 and 50 visitors a day, and between 1000/1300 per month (which is a lot for me, specially considering Ortygia only got 8 visitors during its first month of life, and it was mostly myself correcting the links ¬¬), and has a restarted guestbook because the old one was full (derre proud... it seems all the not so subtle nagging worked ^_____~y). It currently hosts the works of 8 fanfickers and 13 fanartists (apart from myself) and has definitely grown beyond my wildest dreams.
15. I have no problem in adding you to my links list (unless your site enters the cathegory of sites that say at their main page that ''we are the best'', I find that a lousy way of explaining what kind of objectives your site has, and besides, I still have to find a case in which that statement is actually true, and not a stupid way of getting visitors), but if you want me to place your banner, do try to make the size of it 200x40 pixels
16. My, how on earth did you notice?
17. I am so so proud of having to answer to this question, and I would more than gladly answer to everyone that asked for this individually... if time wasn't against me. So, for the ''how did you colour/made those drawings? '' question... It's a secret *griiiiiiin* Naaaaah, no secret at all. Basically, I draw -on any paper I can find- with any pencil I find -usually good ol' HB, unless I want some special effect, then 2B and 6B are embraced. Rarely use mechanical pencils-, then ink it with a good ol' black pen (size varies from 01 to 06. Rarely use 08. Even more rare to use brush, though when using it, the size I use is 00. Can't help it, I like the line to be clean). All the nasty pencil line is erased, then the drawing goes into the scanner. SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAN. Afterwards, I clean the line with Photoshop 5.5, and then I colour it (embrace the layers! they are heaven!) with the same program, or Painter 6, or both, depending on the effect I want to create (if you don't have any program, you can download Paint Shop Pro -as shareware- or The Gimp from the net. They should do the job just fine). And there, it's done. I flatten the pic, save it as .jpg file, correct the html of Ortygia and upload it. Ta-raaaaaa! There, it's done. My secret has been unveiled. The pain, the pain.... ^_~ Anyway, if this is not clear and I get enough mails asking for it, I'll try to make a tutorial. If not, this is all you'll get from me.
18. SIGN THE NEW GUESTBOOK!!!.... and yeah, it's starting to sound like an order, I know... but you will still sign it, right?
Well, that's all. If you have any doubt/question/whatever that is not dealt with here, feel free to post it at the message board and I'll try to answer it as soon as I can. Ja-ne! |
