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[Ealynn]

I remember I once visisted the NiD site a some time ago. I was amased at how much was gathered there. I think it might have even been around the time that I was working on Beyond the Window as that really sparked up my NiGHTS love back from the tiny flame that has somehow always kept on burning.

I don't think there ever was a game that really made me feel so much love as NiGHTS. Other classics like Sonic, Burning Rangers, Shining Force 2 and 3 are still from time to time on my mind, but it has never been anything close to how it was with NiGHTS. It was an experience that would last through the day and the NiGHTS... you could literally take him to bed with you in your mind and I remember that so many years ago I always made up stories with him and me before going to sleep. That one sentence is still a set piece of words in my mind, rolling at the ease of practice... 'and NiGHTS looked smiling at me...' and I would see that tender mystical and magical face of his. I still get all giddy about it.

Anyway, Beyond the Window was completed about a year ago after 6 months of concept development, to storyboarding and finally animating. Afterwards, things moved on so fast (I worked in Brussels on a feature film, which is amasing! go see Brendan and the Secret of Kells in 2008!) that I never had the chance to really enjoy any of it, save for the magical moment of it being shown at the Holland Animation Festival on the big screen. Soon it will also be screened at another festival in Holland and even one in Finland. It really feels exciting to be able to show it to even more people. There nothing like the experience of emerging others in a piece of your mind. You get good comments, you get bad comments, but really... it's all about showing something very special and close to your heart to others and like NiGHTS take them on a ride through a whole new or very familiar world they might have forgotten or never had a chance to look at. That's the real rewarding part of it. I'm so glad I found you guys!

I'm ready to pick up right where I left off with NiGHTS


So, some little specs about me:

I'm a 24 years old fangirl of old games, old animated series and also of shounen ai and yaoi I'm not one for mixing the old interests with the new ones as those old things are really cherished childhood dreams for me which I hold very dear. I like singing musicals, dancing tai chi-esque on rythmic music and I can appreciate heavy metal just as much as any sweet wiccan music and I basically love anything that has deep or special meaning to it. I guess you can call me a sensitive soul. I can sit crying about one sentence in a song or poem for hours and be swept up in the air with love for a special glimpse of a cherished character. I can suddenly break out in laughter in public when thinking up a new twist on a story and generally scare the hell out of fellow train travellers when I'm drawing and not noticing that I do all the expressions in real life too. I was one of those lost souls crying happy tears for the fake NiGHTS 2 trailer on youtube months ago, until finding out after initial joy that it sadly was fake. Luckily it wasn't a long wait to hear that even so, there still would be a NiGHTS 2. And so steadily rumours about JoD and my dear NiGHTS slipped back into my life.
I'm also still a big Elfquest fan and am lucky to know mister Pini in person because of an award I won in around 2000. Art, comics, books, games and animations have always played a big part in my life. No doubt they will continue to do so in the future as I see myself as a storyteller. And with that I feel truly blessed to be able to do all the things I love, creating, imagining and drawing for 'real' when I graduate next year.

I think that paints a pretty accurate picture of at least the inner spirit so, thanks for being here and reading it! If you haven't seen Beyond the Window you, you should definately give it a go at my youtube channel. I'll be seeing you all around here whenever times permits! I've got so much catching up to do.

~Marissa/Ealynn

[DiGi Valentine]

Glad to have someone as talented and as interesting as yourself join our forum and rejoin the NiGHTS fanbase. I bet it sure feels good to be back.

[TRiPPY]

We've been waiting for you : D

NiGHTS fans never really wander for long

[Purgatory]

Welcome to the forum. I'm glad that you joined up, I'm sure with all this new information around about the new game, there will be a lot to be excited and happy about! You sound like a really deep person and with your beautiful work, you expressed something to me. There's just a certain something with no words that you're able to capture and that's pretty rare. Anyway, hope you enjoy it here and I really do hope we all can help you to "pick up where you left off". Welcome again!

*Edit*
TRiPPY has a fan-magnet. You were doomed. XD

[TRiPPY]

Shh that's a secret o.o

[Machenstein]

My greetings to you, Ealynn. It's people like you, people who yearn to create and introduce the world to the unfamiliar, that are the reason I sleep with content and muster the will to wake up everyday. Enjoy your stay on the forums. ♥

[Ealynn]

Thanks for the warm welcomes! It really feels good to be amongst fans who have cherished dreams like me all those years I guess it was inevitable...

:oeh, fanmagnet: nice! *clunk*

I just found this on the livejournal of one of my friends... amazing coincidence? I think not. I'm sure I'll sleep soundly tonight with these lyrics in my mind: dreams to dream by fivel (I have yet to listen to it!) I mean, I've just picked up NiGHTS again and whamma, he's back into my life in full! (as to not clog the topic you can read it here)

[sharky]

. Other classics like Sonic, Burning Rangers, Shining Force 2 and 3 are still from time to time on my mind, but it has never been anything close to how it was with NiGHTS.

I love you! marry me please?

But seriously.. You should have tryed out the Panzer Dragoon series, Skies of Arcadia or Shenmue as well, they are some other games I think you'd have really enjoyed.

[viperxmns]

Hey, great work you did! I think Sonic Team would be proud to know they had a hand in inspiring the work. It would be a quite beautiful use of NiGHTS as a character. Like, at the end when the jester leaves, it could even have been Wizeman calling NiGHTS back. Meaning that this was during NiGHTS's rebellion.

[JaxTH]

Hello. Nice of you to join the forums.

[CORNSiLK]

Hey, I'm glad to see you here!
We are honored by your presence, oh brilliant animator! XD

if you need anything at all, don't hesitate to contact any moderator or admin.

[Kbooki]

Oh I am so glad you are joining us!

You have already managed to render me speechless and start me crying... and I haven't even met you yet! haha! Amazing work!

From your self description, you sound like a very passionate, and very interesting person. Would you happen to be a Pisces? lol

Looking forward to seeing you around here more often! :D

[animejosse]

Another one who's glad to see you here! Your animation is so beautiful, and to parrot Kbooki you seem like a very interesting person

[Ealynn]

I love you! marry me please?

But seriously.. You should have tryed out the Panzer Dragoon series, Skies of Arcadia or Shenmue as well, they are some other games I think you'd have really enjoyed.

@sharky: lol I finally got proposed! My mum will be so happy

I did, I only mentioned the old classics as somehow those others fall under a younger category for me, as I was much more fangirling then and less the innocent soul I was back then, so I guess they weren't on my mind when writing it. (check my profile, you'll find them mentioned there)
When I saw your Azal avatar I was like d'oh! How could I have missed mentioning Panzer Dragoon Saga which has had a great influence on my personal fantasy world Ocreana. I fell in love with so many of the characters back then.. Paet, Arwen and even Lord Craymen... I was a sucker for brooding, misunderstood characters. And Azel... she was such a great character.... ahh. Do you know this site?

@Kbooki: nope, I'm a saggitarius but I recently found out that there is a 13th starsign which isn't an official part of the zodiac, but does have the sun pass in it. It's called snake-carrier in dutch and happens right around my birthday on the 10th of december. So I'm not sure if there are any descriptions of that

@submas: I'd like that. Would be curious to know what they think about it, and if I can convince them to do an animated series of NiGHTS or something like Burning Rangers.

I'm working on a local comic artist to turn her comic into an animated movie right now, not sure if I can succeed, feels like she's lost a bit of heart, but I've got some classmates helping me out with it. It'd be a real cool children's animation involving a little princess from a world where the long line of kings have always ordered the lamps and candles to shine day and night because the royals are absolutely *not* afraid of the dark, but wouldn't want their precious people to be scared. Because of it, the people have never seen the night sky and the moon and the stars and everyone believes their planet Eureka is the only thing in the universe. When princess Aster escapes from her boring birthday party by means of a magical and dusty old telescope and the help of a friendly out of work astronomer, she starts to learn about the universe and sets out the catch a star and proof to her father that the universe exists.
It's a lovely children's story from a couple of years ago, and I really hope she will make it.

And thanks again for all your appreciation! It's much welcomed!

[GarnetPrincess]

Hello and welcome to the forums. That animated short was nothing short of beautiful and very touching. That 13th zodiac you were talking about is called Ophiuchus. I found it on Wikipedia.

[Kbooki]

@Kbooki: nope, I'm a saggitarius but I recently found out that there is a 13th starsign which isn't an official part of the zodiac, but does have the sun pass in it. It's called snake-carrier in dutch and happens right around my birthday on the 10th of december. So I'm not sure if there are any descriptions of that

Aha! Even better! All my friends are either Pisces, Saggitarius, or Virgo it seems haha. (all my bfs have been sags!) XD

oooh, didn't know there was another zodiac sign. *goes to find out more about it* thanks garnet!

oh, and I'm a scorpio in case you were wondering~

[Ealynn]

Aha! Even better! All my friends are either Pisces, Saggitarius, or Virgo it seems haha. (all my bfs have been sags!) XD

oooh, didn't know there was another zodiac sign. *goes to find out more about it* thanks garnet!

oh, and I'm a scorpio in case you were wondering~

Ah, great match then!

Many of my friends are winter and autumn children. I once bought this book about personality discriptions by the date of your birth. Scary to see that so many of me and my friends' descriptions were pretty spot on. Sometimes it would be off, but most of the times we could really recognize ourselves in the descriptions on that specific day, and in no other day things like that interest me, I'm curious to know how stuff like that works.

[viperxmns]

Eh? Fellow Sagittarian here.. hoi

[YamiLover13]

Woot to Pisces!

Anyway, Sorry I was late to say hey. Its wonderful for you to be here, and your work was nothing short of marvelous. I can't wait for you to do more and get involved in the site. Great to have you here.

[KittyWhiggles]

Oh my gosh, Welcome Ealynn! Im so late XD Your animation was awsome. Made me fel warm and fuzzy inside. It kina reminds me of a dream I would have 0_0 Only not being handicap.

[sharky]

@sharky: lol I finally got proposed! My mum will be so happy

I did, I only mentioned the old classics as somehow those others fall under a younger category for me, as I was much more fangirling then and less the innocent soul I was back then, so I guess they weren't on my mind when writing it. (check my profile, you'll find them mentioned there)
When I saw your Azal avatar I was like d'oh! How could I have missed mentioning Panzer Dragoon Saga which has had a great influence on my personal fantasy world Ocreana. I fell in love with so many of the characters back then.. Paet, Arwen and even Lord Craymen... I was a sucker for brooding, misunderstood characters. And Azel... she was such a great character.... ahh. Do you know this site?

Great post! Reminds me why I have been a SEGA Fanboy all of these years ;p
BTW That site is awesome, have YOU see THIS SITE!

[Ealynn]

Is it this site? Because this one isn't working. It looks really interesting! I'll try to find time and read through it all, but the illustrations are really nice and very PD like.

[Wizeman1213]

Once a fan, always a fan! Welcome to the forums! I'm sure you'll really enjoy it here.


P.S. Sorry I have nothing more to write. I'm a very concise person let alone a concise writer.....

[sharky]

Is it this site? Because this one isn't working. It looks really interesting! I'll try to find time and read through it all, but the illustrations are really nice and very PD like.

The very same!