Kodai-Okuda

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Kodai-Okuda

Jul 15, 2024

NA World Weaver Guide Book Full CoverPDF

Been working hard on my books. Finished my Nexus Arcana Table Top Role Playing Game books and have now published them on Barnes & Noble:

World Weaver Guide (GM's Guide):
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/world-weaver-guide-book-kodai-okuda/1145484115?ean=9781958300091

Player's Guide:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/players-guide-kodai-okuda/1145488864?ean=9781958300107

Bestiary:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bestiary-kodai-okuda/1145487975?ean=9781958300114

Creature Compendium:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/creature-compendium-kodai-okuda/1145714101?ean=9781958300121

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Kodai-Okuda

May 14, 2023

Working my butt off on getting my Trademark finalized. Also finished book 7 (writing it), started book 8. The total overhaul of books 1 to 3 is done and they are now for sale at B&N. I will have new artwork for Nexus Arcana, but not sure when I will have the time to upload them since I upload simultaneously to both DeviantArt and my own website (where I have to make the HTML pages for the entries). I will update you all as time permits and as there are new developments.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Kodai%20Okuda%22?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall

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Kodai-Okuda

Jan 14, 2023

The first book of Nexus Arcana (reworked to fit with the artwork here on Deviantart and moved from the 21st into the 22nd Century) is now complete and for sale on B&N. Please DO NOT post images owned by Yesod Publications llc on Goodreads or other dubious "review" websites as they do not have permission to use anything produced by Yesod Publications llc, and are not a professional review website solicited by Yesod Publications llc for reviews. Fair use does not protect libel and slander which for books is rating or review without purchase.
This is for the Epub for the Nook, the paperback (5 inch by 8.25 inch softcover) and hardback (6 inch by 9.5 inch Deluxe Edition with jacket) are both under review and will be posted in a few weeks after Yesod Publications llc approves them for sale. Book 2 and 3 are almost finished editing (FINALLY) and will be out as ebook, paperback, and hardback by the end of March.

https://www.nexusarcana.com/Sales_Shem_Awakens01.html

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Kodai-Okuda

Feb 21, 2022

Please help (if you can) Master-Artist (of Studio Nue/Macross fame) Kazutaka Miyatake. He lost his house and his beautiful wife to an electrical fire.

Also, please share this post.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2022/02/18/respected-artist-kazutaka-miyatake-gets-crowdfunding-campaign-to-help-him-find-a-new-home/?fbclid=IwAR3ePlOXoZUGj3wmGTdkuMaGaJD9-WTQqDmUiHjGtJNS7fc2EqXT8rWlWuw&sh=551342b41afb

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Kodai-Okuda

Jan 18, 2022

Should I change Nexus Arcana's timeline from the 21st to 22nd Century?

11 votes

Keep in 21st Century

Change to 22nd Century

Change to even further into future.

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Aug 31, 2016

I got a flash of ambition over the weekend as I got into the finishing stages of working on my girlfriend's 4.0 Jeep engine. It is crazy what inspires my artwork or what inspires me to change it. As of right now, I am in the process of making more refined and detailed UV maps for my Lexington class battlecarrier. If all goes well, I will use the new object files (that I am doing as individual parts: engines, Stellar Warp nacelles, PHELAC turret, I-Field generator, etc.) to redo ALL of the ships of that type. If I like how they come out, I will begin the process of redoing ALL of the UV maps of my ships. :)

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Copyright and Role Playing.

Aug 23, 2016

I have removed all of my non-Nexus Arcana artwork (Macross Side Story, and Code Geass) because too many people were using it for online Role Playing Games. That is not what that artwork was for. Since I was not being given credit for the artwork, I have deleted it. I didn't mind the people that were using it and linking to my Deviantart page here, but too many were just taking it, making new stats for it, and not giving me proper credit. Therefore, it is gone and I will now only be uploading Nexus Arcana works. As for those works. If I find those on RPG or other sites with new stats and/or non-authorized use, I will send the ISP of the w...

DeviantArtist Questionnaire by Kodai-Okuda, journal

DeviantArtist Questionnaire

Aug 7, 2015

How long have you been on DeviantArt? 4 years (lurked for 2), then finally took the plunge and started uploading my artwork. What does your username mean? This is my professional pseudoname (Pen Name) that I publish all my works under. Describe yourself in three words. Mean, Suspicous, and Vengeful (that's an old Palladium RPG joke ) Are you left or right handed? Ambidextrous What was your first deviation? My first deviations were of a Macross Side Story project I did for an online Palladium based group. kodai-okuda.deviantart.com/gal… What is your favourite type of art to create? That is a tough question. I love to write, I...

NOT for USE on OTHER WEBSITES!!! by Kodai-Okuda, journal

NOT for USE on OTHER WEBSITES!!!

Jul 6, 2014

I have recently found my artwork on a variety of other websites (mostly RPG sites) being used without giving me full credit or referencing where these ships come from. Understand this. My artwork is not for anything other than personal enjoyment on your private computer. It is here to promote my science fiction novel series. Yesod Publications llc, owns the trademark "Nexus Arcana" and all related works are copyright 2005. Anyone wishing to use any of my artwork for their RPG site may contact me here and seek permission. However, DO NOT USE this artwork without linking to the Nexus Arcana website:http://www.nexusarcana.comAnd give full cre...

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Devious Journal Entry

Jun 11, 2014

Nearly finished with the United States Space Navy. Just one more 3D image left and they're done. That ship is the Saturn Class space frigate. I'm going to use LightWave 11.5 for that one and see what I can do with my newly acquired skills using the modeler and layout of that software. Hopefully, with some UV tweaking, I can make it look video-game quality as I'm not going for full-on realistic/movie quality looks for these images. Most of the images have to be "low-resolution" for the Amazon Kindle Gen 8 software to be able handling the compiling process of making an ebook with them. However, I like the challenge of having to keep the poly...