The cloth looks golden! 

Do you create the cloth design yourself or is there an established fanart on the Ophiuchus gold cloth?

Ok, after a long hiatus, finally I can produce something [barely] presentable:Hyoga the cygnus saint. Full view is not really recommended as it points out the many mistakes I made . The smaller view is better IMO, as I can just focus on the shiny cloth & not the flaws in the details .

I think the question should be: "How many countries do the entries represent?"

Aaaahhh... I know I don't have luck in these kind of things  ...... 

Congratulations to Xing2x for being the winner!

Efrayim, is that you in the pictures?

Thanks so much, Nicol!
btw, is there any way we can see the inside of the booklet?

Thanks, Shaina & Van!

btw, Adobe has just come up with a free version of Photoshop, called Photoshop Express: http://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html?promoid=CBTVJ.  It doesn't have as many features as Gimp, but they provide 2 GB of online storage. They don't support it under Linux, though.

Thanks, AE!

I didn't realize the original deadline has passed . It's good that it's extended because I hadn't got a chance to enter yet! 

Does anyone have any recommendation on freewares or open source softwares that I can use under Windows? For example, CD burner, a comparable software for flash editing, or other cool software that I should know about?

So far I've used & am satisfied with open office for my office applications, VLC for my video needs, & have installed Gimp2. I looked at several CD burner freewares but there are so many options that I'm a bit overwhelmed in choosing one .

Also, can anyone recommend a good web host service?

Hummm... good point ^^.
Without looking at the picture, I read it as: No, I'm not Shiryu, and I believe that this will work . I got the idea after rereading the doujin page, though.

Freebies! Who doesn't like them? It's really nice of you to do that, Efrayim!

Anyway, whatever method you guys choose & whatever kind of giveaways you guys have must be great! *in excited mode, although usually I don't have the luck for this kind of thing *.

Well, the new episodes will air late March, the 28th if I'm not mistaken. I'm not sure when we'll get a chance to actually watch it, though (i.e., being able to download or purchase it) .

Ok, I'll definitely ask you in more detail when I'm ready to buy one. Currently I don't have the resources (*cough*money*cough) or the need (*cough*drawing skills*cough*) to justify buying one yet . Btw, is GT = Graphic Tablet?

Digital pen? Ah, you must use a tablet, then? Sounds fun! I should go to an electronic store & try it out sometime. How long have you had it & how useful do you think it is? Have you ever paint your drawing using mouse? Is it really difficult to do?

Sorry for the many questions .

Well, I haven't watched any of them. So I'm interested to know which one is the good one, too .