YAY. You can do it (First comment) XD

This is just too damn awesome!

How well is the audio, I'm not a hater, I just hope the voice's are not the "Here they come floating around kinda gay guy voices" now some may be pissed at what I said, but I stand by it.

personally, I loved the voice acting. Marcus comes the closest to sounding 'gay', at times, but honestly. . . that's sort of his thing. . . so it's quite fitting ;)

I see, I'll save your Journal for tomorrow, I'm on my crappy PSP.

Give me a bit on Reis' voice, does he sound like his hardened self?

to be honest, they'd've needed a 40-50 year old man to equal what I always imagined for Reis's baritone. But that's because he's a seven foot something wolfdog, not a real teenager. I think most voice actors were matched pretty well. I *loved* the Horse cop, I think, best of all

I see, I'll be sure to listen to it, and buy Cruelty sometime, I like porn just as much as the next fuury. ^^

You can hide the first one, I misspelled "Furry"

I'm trying to think of what a baritone would sound like, I don't know dick about most music terminology. People always say I have a deep voice.

I loved the horse cop too, as well as some of the other side characters, I just wish there was a little bit more confusion in the nurses voice when saying, "next?"

Alex Vance did that role sooooooo well!

Glad you liked Horse Cop! I have trouble with American accents in general, so I must have re-recorded his lines a half-dozen times before I was satisfied :)

Heh, I'll tell you what was totally gay. That ring tone Marcus has on his cell phone. :P

that was awesome. . . what was it?

I don't actually know what it was. I think it was a generic ring tone, but I got it from here - http://www.freesound.org/samplesVie.....e.php?id=77166

Most of my sound effects come from Freesound.com, and to a lesser extent, Sounddogs.com.

Zomg, this IS amazing! Your fans are amazing!

May give it a listen.

I've been waiting a while for this!

Thank you Rukis for an amazing story.

And thank you Rahne for an amazing adaptation!

maybe someone should do a motion comic version..*extreme nudging*

I'm very glad you like it. :3

i don't mean to hate and please don't kill me when i say this >.o but umm... the voice acting umm... could... be a little better >.< i should be telling him this but I... i don't wanna offend him with the amount of time and effort he put into this. I'm no expert but the voice acting sounded off and not very energetic.

I cringed when I listened to it x.x I know the hard work but into this but it just frankly... didn't feel right. The voices sometimes sounded lazy or something. I'm not dissing anyone but the voices were off and IMO did not suit the characters very well.

Give this to professionals who have done this their whole lives or for someone who is extremely good at CG animation and this could be a good short video or something. Maybe extend abit on it if it did happen. IF though heh

voice-acting is very, very hard. I went to film school, and studied sound quite a bit myself, and it is very difficult to capture the right amount of emotion, scene-to-scene, especially considering the range of emotions necessary for this little short story. Also keep in mind, these folks did this in their free time, unpaid, probably in and around real, full-time jobs. All in all, I was impressed

yes yes i know i know, but i just think it could have been done better if they dedicated more time, not from work but instead of releasing it this early, well to have done it in like another few months or so to listen through it themselves and look at the emotions you displayed on paper and analyzed it. It would have been more fluid and would pull more. In my film making class and drama class. I could put more emotion into something somebody wrote for me in 30 minutes or less and get 100% on that. These guys must have been doing this longer than me but.... nevermind, like i said... don't wanna offend

First of all, thanks for your criticism. I know you were just being honest, and that's absolutely fine. I am not offended. I'll tell you this, though: I've been voice acting for four years, and I've taken voice acting workshops/lessons, and I've taken acting class; I like to think all of the actors in this gave their all for their characters, especially me in my portrayal of Reis. I'll admit, you can ALWAYS do better, but given where we all our with our current acting skills, this is what we managed to come up with. Also, believe me when I say I did not release this "early", by any means. I started working on this thing back in May. My intention was actually to release it back in September or October, but I put everything I had into this. That's why it took so long. I took my time carefully with every single step of this entire production. I honestly can't name any other voice acting project that I've put MORE time and effort into, especially since... I didn't even make this for myelf. Honestly.

And as it stands, I am currently a "professional" actor, too. But honestly? "Give this to professionals who have done this their entire lives?" There are very, VERY few people who would have gone so far as to make an entire, faithful adaptation of Rukis' comic. I can virtually guarantee that.  buckhopper and :osfer: are both better directors than me, so they probably could have made some better choices than I did, as a director, but they wouldn't have done this, because... neither of them have the time. But I managed to secure the both of them because they're still both REALLY good actors, in my opinion.

If you honestly think the voices sounded off or didn't fit, believe me, there's absolutely nothing wrong with feeling that way! Perhaps you interpreted the entire thing differently or maybe your "vision" was much different than mine, and that's totally cool, too! However..."I could put more emotion into something somebody wrote for me in 30 minutes or less and get 100% on that" I'd be careful with statements like that. Getting 100% on anything, acting-wise, is completely and utterly subjective, meaning, just you personally you think you did 100% on a performance, there's probably shitloads of people will disagree. That's because acting is subjective. Performance is subjective. I don't even think my own performance is 100% for Cruelty, but I know I gave it my all, and as a director, I expect the same from my actors.

But still, thanks for your opinion!

i just done with it.. its great.!!!!

errr i mean i JUST got done with it.. and i liked it

It's your fault this happened Rukis

Hahahaha omg the adult scene... I really couldn't stop giggling either.
The whole thing was great though! If a little cliched at times, in a sort of soap opera-y way. I still liked it a lot though, and the hard work put into it really shows and shines!

and I STILL love your icon

hehe X3 Thank you very much!
Ah, the products of 5am craziness~

I have to be honest here. I thought that the delivery of the lines were a wee bit deadpan. I couldn't here the emotions in the voices. I'd love to do a voiceover in this comic, or any comic, for that matter.

finally somebody who agrees heh. not much emotion was conveyed. the voices sometimes sounded dead right? sometimes wheezy or even too quiet for what was being portrayed. Even the normal talking scenes were alittle like they were whispering or something.

I agree. I thought the most problem was with Marcus, honestly. In some cases, when he was just cranking out lines, it just sounded . . . stolid. The kicker for me was, "Not without you." I guess I imagined more emotion in that line.

Also, some work could be done with the editing, it's ok to have a second or two between lines. Loved the music though, and I still think it's good overall, will definitely be keeping a hold of this, I would just suggest, maybe a revision, perhaps.

Haha, editing is not an easy job, by any means. XD When it comes to editing the lines, I wanted to edit them in a way that seemed most realistic to me. It's all about how I interpreted this as a viewer, as a director, and as a person. I wanted, more than anything, to make this all sound like real dialogue and real conversations that took place between two people. I like to think I achieved that for the most part. But of course, it's not perfect.

As for a revision? Uh... no way. :P It took me over six months to get this freaking thing done. XD I'm not going to be like George Lucas and keep revising and reediting my stuff over, and over, and over, and over again, and re-releasing it over and over again, to keep making it "better and better." When you do that kind of thing, it starts to lose it's authenticity and it's appeal. It's like... kicking a dead horse. You have to remember, I'm just one person. One, single person, who directed, edited, and did everything myself, aside from the voice acting, which I called on other people to help me with. It's almost maddening when you consider exactly just HOW much work I put into this thing. :) A revision is just... not even on my radar.

Thanks for your honest criticism, though! It lets me know what I need to improve on in the future. :) Constructive, honest criticism is always good.

Well, I mean, editing can only do so much, I guess the word I really should have used there was timing or pacing. I guess I just pictured some pauses between some of the sentences. In some cases the lines just feel too rushed.

As for revising, I understand not wanting to take the time, though I don't feel that revision is necessarily a bad thing.

Yeah, I see what you mean now. I realize, now, that I forgot how much of the lines actually could have been paced better. x.x But the problem with that, as an editor, is sometimes the "waves" of the lines are sooo bunched up together and "connected", that trying to break them apart, and separate them for better pacing is... suicide, because they're the waves are so bunched up together sometimes. That's a really hard thing to do, and I wish I'd actually been able to.

And revision isn't always a bad thing, true! It's just a lot to do. Revising means improving. But if I do it, once, I'm likely to do it... again... and again... and I don't want to fall into that habit.

Oh, and uh, great job on the, "WHERE'S MY MOM!?" and the following lines, had me tearing.

I second that, reading it was a kick in the ol' heartstrings but hearing it was even worse (or better depending on how you look at it).

Only criticism I had was Reis's voice, seemed a bit too... soft? Still, was really cool reading along to the comic with the voices. Awesome that they took the time to do this.

Forgot to add, they delivered most of the lines the way I read them in my head which was pretty cool.

That was beautiful! ;)

Haha! This is awesome! <3 Ya'll should put the audio and images together and do something like this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI2oLD8QsVA

That would be neat. XD

Whoo, audio! Awesome. :3

This doesnt surprise me, definitely it doesnt surprise me, your comic deserved it

That was so awesome...

Just listened to the whole thing. It made me laugh so much, and parts almost made me cry! IT WAS AMAZING!!!

I'm so glad you liked it, Rukis! Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to make this.

When we hung out at EF I completely forgot to mention to you that I was contributing to  rahne's project. I think he did a great job herding such a large stable of actors, and cutting the damn thing together. Props to all the other performers as well, of course. And Rukis, it was a delight to contribute to this, as a compliment to your work. Keep the faith, sister :)

- Alex

I LOved It And Honestly I Love Voice Acting And Dang They Must Of Spent Weeks Making It By How Well It Sounded.... Thank Them For Me!!!!

What's with the Furplanet link? Is the page supposed to be black with just audio? Or..what's the deal?

Oh, here you go! http://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=465

I don't want to buy it. I mean, I do, I really wish I could, but I can't right now. But that Furplanet link, it has a blank page and audio? Is it the whole thing? Is it supposed to be a blank page with just the audio?

The link I just gave you takes you to the FurPlanet page where you can look at the comic. From there, you can scroll down, and click a link access the audio. Just click the link, honey.

Oh, thanksomuch! *Hugs and runs off to listen.*

That was SOOO amazing!! I couldn't help but do as you say. I cried a bit at the end and I most definitely giggled in the naughty bits.

wow the score sound freaking legit!

Awesome!!! :)

Zoooooooooot! *runs off to listen*

This was totally cool. Some of it sounded different than I would have thought but different doesn't mean bad =3 I thought it was really good, never would have expected someone to make an audio of your comic but I'm glad they did. Heh I also was going through the comic pages while listening to it cause it made it even better. I say congratz to  rahne for making the audio and once again great job to you Rukis for the comic.

Btw I still plan to get an actual copy once I'm able to ^_^

Oh wow that's amazing! They did am amazing job! SOOO full of feeling <3

Great voice acting! I have to admit I didn't expect anything good. Yet, you amazed me.

I get a 401.

Fixed, please try again.

oookay, is it just me being an idiot? The furplanet link doesn't work... it asks for username and password, whether I'm logged in or not.

That's weird, dude. Here - http://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=465 - Just scroll down to the audio.

Same here- asks me for a password regardless whether I click the link in the FA journals or the FurPlanet store. Could it be because of my not being in the US/UK?

Nah. I don't know why that's happening, but it's doing it to me, too. Here you go. http://www.divshare.com/download/13373636-16b

FurPlanet's link is working now, again. :)

I fixed it, please try again.

Thank you very mch!:D

I fixed it, please try again.

You're the best... well not quite... you'd be significantly more awesome if you were a roo, but you're as good as a wolf gets *nods*

What about me? XD

I'm only halfway through listening to it, so I can't say anything... but then, you're not a roo either, HA!

Okay... you won, made me cry four times in those 30 minutes. It's beautiful... just beautiful. I kinda expected it to be cheesy, or badly acted, or just... you know, a "fan production", but I'm surprised on how professional it was. The only not perfect thing was the slight background buzz the "environment-microphone" added, like whenever you could hear footsteps. The way it popped in and out whenever sounds were used was in my opinion the only downside. I really hope you get some "real" titles to work on now. Some professional voice acting here or there for good payment. Cause you really got potential...

Oh and to Marcus' voice, in the beginning he sounds kinda set-up, like it's not natural, and towards the end he really seems to get into it. He clearly IS Marcus in the end...

Great job =) Now if you could only earn money with it I'd say it was well worth the work.

Thank you! And that buzz wasn't from my microphone, actually. Those are sound effects I found on other websites. It's not always possible to edit out the white noise, I know. As for some real titles, I'm actually in a feature film with Drew Barrymore that's being filmed right now. >.> I'm just an extra in the film, but... hey, it's still a feature film. And I have done one professional voice acting gig earlier this year.

It doesn't have to make money to be well worth the work. :) The fact that we all love what we do, that we could all come together to create this for the fans and for my favourite artist, all the praise, the fact that Rukis LIKES it, the fact that some of the people I admire like it... everything about this... just made it well worth it, for me. :)

right-click and "save link as"

No, it actually didn't work at that point dear =) Was a bug on the site. It required you to have a username and password, and the site logon didn't work... but all solved =)

This story just has more and more added to it, stick it in the vault and let it grow old with what it has

actually, this is just an audio adaptation of the original story, nothing added. And to be honest, I'm not gonna discourage folks from doing stuff involving my characters. . . I'm still very fond of them, to this day :P

I can't get into it. The website won't let me in despite me having an account there.

Yeah, the same thing happened to me, for some reason. Here you go. http://www.divshare.com/download/13373636-16b

thanks

Its working now, minor glitch.

Damn it, it just had to open up on Windows Media, now my sister is going to kill me, unless I can get rid of it, lol.

Listening to it now, it's actually quite good, good job Rukis for the Comic, and Rahne for the Audio Recordings.

Never read the comic, gonna listen to the audio as soon as I'm done here.

Wow... what an amazing thing. :) Just had a listen and it's really, really impressive work. Cruelty has really touched a lot of people very deeply I think, but I've never before encountered a fan tribute like this. :) That's so cool.

annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd...DOWNLOADED!

This is simply fantastic! :D

I like it! The voices sound good, it's just.. sometimes the voices sound too similar, I have trouble telling them apart >.< Amazing idea though, I like it :)

Alex Vance voiced four different characters. :)

Oh wow that was really good in my opinion, the voices sounded pretty natural for the characters.

I thought Reis was very good indeed. Lots of emotion and some real tear-jerker moments. Marcus got better near the end. Also the sex part was handled very well. Really great job guys! Enjoyed listening to it (several times).

That was really good!!!