If I can't sleep, I don't usually try to fall asleep; it's a good opportunity to do some random stuff, so I just do that. Browse around, play games, watch anime/movie/tv shows... etc.

I listen to both anime and non anime music. I guess I just listen to anything good that I get exposure to, and since I watch anime, some of my music comes from there.
As for lyrics, I don't really mind whether I understand the language or not.

Yes, it is that time of the year for me too. The week after next, I will be having three midterms. That is certainly going to be rather dreadful.
One thing I have learned though, is that getting a good night's sleep is not necessarily the best thing to do (at least not for me). Cramming is much more important than getting that 8 hours.
In celebrating the end of a midterm is when I sleep.

I voted for sleep. My rationale is that if one is asleep, usually he will not feel much hunger. The converse of this statement is not necessarily true.

I have seen my share of disgusting cosplayers who completely ruined my image of an anime character. I don't cosplay, and I hope I don't have to see some ugly or fat persons dress up as my favorite characters ever again.
Albeit if one can pull it off, I am totally fine with that, though I haven't seen too many who can.
Of course, anyone's free to do what he wants; I just discourage cosplaying for those who know they're not exactly the best fit for certain characters.

If it is truly a really bad problem, I think you should seek some real counseling with a shrink or a therapist. That might help you out a lot. However, one thing that helps me calm down in bad situations is that I would look at what the worst outcome could possibly be. Then things usually do not looks so bad.
Anyways, best of luck to you and I hope you become as mentally strong as you want.

Other than the quality, the leaves above the character does not really fit. Further, the leaves in the foreground look out of placce too. I hope this helps and everything works out.

In addition to the things pointed out by those other people, I'd like to mention that there is a few stray lines in the sky, and the grass definitely needs reworking; I can see the bottom of some of the grass brushes. Anyways, I hope this helps and I hope everything works out.

A lot of all of these I think is in the interpretation. As such, fairy tales may be a more accepted children media because they lend themselves easier to milder interpretations than some violent video games or such. For example, it is much easier for children/ parents to interpret violence in fairy tale as justice, but maybe not so much for the violence in Grand Theft Auto.

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Further, most fairy tale books do not come with violent visuals.

I think I feel almost exactly the same way you do. I am rather annoyed by Yoshida too. I understand why the series would want to have a foil type character of Shana, but she is just plain annoying. I hated Yoshida especially during the part at the festival when Shana gets all dressed up for Yuuji and Yoshida has to ruin the whole deal.

I almost never skip endings or openings, unless they are horrible, as is with Strawberry Panic's ending. Those were just plain freaky.

Computer almost exclusively and usually at night.

^ mistake? how is losing your virginity a mistake?

Quote: their most sacred goal is to see us fall as a country.
Sara-ane, are you serious in your believe that all Muslim's most sacred goal is to see America fall?
Please, at least first consider that not all Muslims are extremists and many are American living in America as well. Your attitude is quite racist.

Quote: I have a Koran. A muslim girl gave me one in college.
By the way, stating that you have a Qu'ran clearly proves that your point is valid.

I really like Orochimaru. He is such a beast and he has got one big ambition. For similar reasons, I like Itachi.
I really dislike Sasuke because he is so narrow sighted and one dimensional; his whole life revolves around Itachi.

Archer, terrorism is hard to stop. If terrorism were easy to stop, then they would not cause any terror, thus it would not be terrorism. A non extremist would probably have a hard time convincing an extremist to stop their activities.
In any case, just because you do not stop something, does not mean you support it. I mean, I assume many people here are not actively stopping terrorism, does that mean we all support using violence as a method to get points across? I think not.
I simply do not agree with your logic.

^as a matter of fact alot of people find personality more attractive than looks

...I am sure there are many psuchc eople out there. Sure, for a meaningful relationship, there has got to be personality involved. But I doubt anyone would actually be satisfied with an ugly partner. As a matter of fact, most people I have seen first chase someone because they thought they were good looking, not because they were nice.

After reading yours and Lemon's posts, I tend to agree with Lemon for the most part. There is no way people prefer an ugly person to a good looking person, just as people prefer someone with a good personality to a bad one. But in first being attracted to someone, I am convinced that you judge them by their looks not their personality.

Also, I tend to agree with Lemon's comment about nice guys. From what I have seen, girls do not like guys who are whipped. They want confidant, charismatic alpha males who stand their grounds. Sure they would like some guy who fetch them everything they need, but those guys are not going to gain any respect, and hence they are not alpha males, meaning they do not get girls.

Nice wall; it is quite cute, though there are some stuff needing fixing.
Aside from the blur, as many have already said, the flower's noise is kind of bad. I think you should just make it solid. The wings do not look attached; perhaps that was the point, but they look out of place. Especially when they are dotted like that. Also, I find the dots in the bg slightly annoying after a while, but that could just be a personal preference thing.
By the way, across her arms, there is a dark line; I do not know what that is, but I am guessing that should not be there.

Wow, thanks everyone for all the really really helpful suggestions and comments.

Ok, lets see, quite some changes: http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2149/noirvpk5.jpg

First, I agree that sideways is way too disorienting, so I have changed it to a slighter rotation.

LENS FLARES are out. How's the new lighting? Does it look all right?
I added a sort of grainy effect to the scan and bg as well, hoping to tie them up with that.

Also, I took out the motion blur reddish things. In its place, I just had red dots... now that its red not pink, it should be more obvious that they are blood. The blood spot at the corner is also necessary to hide the missing Kirika legs.

Last thing I did was just add some smoke and gun light... not so confident about the smoke...

So comments and suggetions are much appreciated.

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Ok so I submitted.

Thanks so much for your comments.

Thanks for the comments. They were really helpful.

I made another version before I read your comments, and I suppose this new version is lacking some of the stuff you guys mentioned... for example, there is the lens flare.

Anyways, the main difference now is that I have rotated it slightly, so it is more interesting. The person has fallen now and is looking at his murderer from his side.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7612/noirbigversion22newgk1.jpg

So please critic this again and tell me all the little/ big tihngs I need to fix.

Those pink dots are blood splatters on his eyes... uh, I just thought it looked kinda empty without something.

Again, thanks for any comments.

Ok, I tend to agree with the unnecessary dots and beams, so I took out all those stuff.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6758/noirwallv5my3.jpg

Anyways, I think there is something missing in the wall, but I do not know what is though.

Again thanks for any help.

Thanks for the comments, and no, I do not think I will put text. I personally do not like texts and I can not think of anything meaningful to say. Anyways, is there anything else I should do to improve this quality wise or conceptually?

Ok, I realize this might sound shallow, but I find that looks is the the most important thing. Of course personality counts, but it is hard to have a meaningful relationship if you know you can not proudly say, check out how hot my bf/ gf is. I guess for me it would be sort of 70-30. There is a reason why there is so much emphasis on cosmetics, fashion, and such in the media today, because for many people, looks are still really quite important.

The idea behind this wall is that this is what one of the faceless man would see right before they die from getting shot by her.

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8305/noirwallv4yz8.jpg

Any comments would be appreciated, and thanks for the help.