Directions of Destiny

Section 2.1 cont. w/ pg. 28

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:03:19 -0800

Douglas is still fixated on Azalea's hair, or something.

A sketch of Celan is up at TWC :B Remember that guy? He's Mei's friend.

Anime Expo starts today!! What are you guys doing reading this, go visit me at tables D15 and D16 in the Artist Alley!!! If you don't know where that is, check out my deviantArt for a lovely map :B

AND MY SPECIAL TREAT IS READY PLEASE COME BUY KTHX

Section 2.1 cont. w/ pgs. 26 & 27

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Does anybody ever find themselves accidentally fondling somebody else's hair? ...No? ...I see.

A sketch of Ryan is up at TWC :B

...Anime Expo is next week!! I'll be located at tables D15 and D16 in the Artist Alley, I've posted more details on my deviantArt journal :D If you're planning on going, please stop by!!

There'll be a special treat for you waiting :B

Section 2.1 continues with page 25

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:16:47 -0800

The comic

is back!

@_@

Just a single page this time, but as the summer progresses I hope to pick up the momentum :B I have the rest of the current chapter inked and lettered so things should move smoothly from here on out!

Thanks for sticking around, everybody :D

Incidentally there's a new vote incentive too ha ha D: A fancy Xin is available for viewing at TWC :B

...Additionally, I got a Twitter. D:

Updates Return June 18

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:46:27 -0800

So May came and went and many of you probably noticed that updates have not occurred yet. >__> Sorry about that! I shall now break down my excuses in a nice clean bulleted list :'D

School got more hectic as the semester came to a close
I got a job working as a graphic artist in my school's graphic services department
Fanime Con was the weekend right after finals (HELLO EVERYBODY I SAW WHO WAS THERE!)
Preparation for Fanime Con (and in turn the rest of the summer conventions) took up the better part of May
Commissionsss

That's basically the gist of it. The good news is I finished the semester with four A's and one B, and the comic is coming back Thursday, June 18!! In the meantime, I'll go back to updating the blog on Slime Mansion starting Monday with stuff I've been working on lately again. See you in two weeks here! @_@

EDIT JUNE 18: HAY GUYS THE COMIC IS BEING UPDATED TODAY!! ...IN A LITTLE BIT LOLOL :')

Hiatus

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:55:06 -0800

Ha ha, um, hey guys, it's been a while. D: I finally have a bit of free time this weekend though cause spring break is coming up and most of my major school projects are out of the way for now, so I got around to finally writing this blurb explaining my absence.

Basically, I'm still alive? It's not QUITE the dire barely-surviving situation that many of you might have expected though, for better or for worse. The story goes that my grandma left for Taiwan back during winter break soon after finals, and since my mom works two jobs and my little brother has tennis practice til 6PM on most days (HEY GUYS MY LITTLE BROTHER MADE THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM WOOOOO), I'm basically the maid/housewife now, lol. Also, four of the five classes I'm taking this semester are studio art classes which have double the hours and workload of normal lecture classes, so I haven't had a whole~ lot of time to do much else.

But I want to!! I feel like it's been so long since I worked on stuff for myself, and I really really want to be able to work on this comic especially, but every time I think that I'll have some time to do it, there's always some other project or household chore or some hungry mom or brother to feed that needs my attention more.

...That being said, um, screw that!! I'm gonna try to work on the comic anyway, because it makes me happy!!! ...is what I'd like to say, but it was easier to work on the comic before with my lecture classes cause I could bring them to class and just work on them while I listened to the teacher, but I can't really do that in studio classes since we're expected to actually work on our projects the whole six hours. :/ And most nights I want to just skimp out on cooking and get take-out instead, but in this economy and our current household financial situation (we're in debt is all I'll say ha ha), it'd be really irresponsible of me to needlessly spend money.

Still, I really do want to do more comic work! I even told a lot of people who bought my book that I'd have the second volume out by the summer conventions, except that's looking...less plausible now. But basically, my goal is to try to get the first two chapters of Unit 2 done by the end of the semester so I can do another little mini-book like I did in 2005 with the first two chapters of Unit 1. So if I want to do that, I'll have to SOMEway or another get my ass hauling on it in the immediate future, which means that updates ARE coming.

Sooo for now, tentatively, I'm saying that there'll be updates again around May. It could be sooner, it could be later, but I can't say for certain yet. I do know that my grandma's coming back finally some time in the middle of April though, so pretty soon I'll be relieved of my maid duties so I can dedicate more time to comic-drawing at home. :B

In conclusion, I apologize for keeping so many of you in the dark, but I have not and WILL NOT abandon this comic, because it really is like a child to me. In the meantime, I'll be periodically updating my personal website again with stuff I've been working on for school as well as general life updates, so you can tune in to that if you want while you wait. :D For the rest of you, see you again in May(?)!!

No comic update

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:23:18 -0800

Heeyy guuuyys, sorry I haven't been updating the past few weeks but it's finals time so I had been working on projects and studying and yada yada yada lame crap like that. I prrrobably won't have a real update for you next Thursday, but I'll have -something- to show for my time away from the comic! Until then~

Section 2.1 continues with page 24

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Cursed?

This week's vote incentives sketches showcase Zephan and ANOTHER Zephan! Please vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

OH MAN YOU GUYS IT'S THANKSGIVING BREAK YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSssssss

Section 2.1 continues with page 23

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Cursed.

This week's vote incentives sketches showcase Chrystelle and Zephan! Please vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

Oh my god so I had accidentally deleted pages 20 and 21, so I kind of need to redo those. Blagh!!

No comic update

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Guys. It's been a rough two weeks for me. I'll resume updates next week, for sure.

Section 2.1 continues with page 22

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Azalea always keeps her bandana around, just in case?

This week's vote incentives sketches showcase Libelle and Evelyn! Please vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

Okay, I know that technically for the bandana to actually have an effective purpose in being worn while cleaning, Azalea should be tucking her bangs and all her hair behind it etc. etc.--WHATEVER!!! I think she looks cute this way. :[

plz to be coming back next week kthx

Section 2.1 continues with pages 20 through 21

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Sebastian brews good coffee!

Mei and Zephan are here for this week's vote incentives. :> Vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

BWAAAAHH!!

Section 2.1 continues with pages 18 through 19

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Azalea's OCD alert is going off again.

Ryan and Libelle are here for this week's vote incentives. :> Vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

I got a motorcycle license!! 8D

I'll catch up with the comic in time for next week's update :>

Section 2.1 continues with pages 14 through 17

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Nice to meet you, Sebastian and Claudia.

It's Douglas and Zephan again for the vote incentive sketches! I-I forgot what exactly the person who requested Douglas for their pre-order sketch had specified. "Sexy"?? Additionally you can put Zephan's vote incentive sketch to the right of Douglas, and it'd be kind of like Zephan's glancing over in that way. Vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

You may be wondering why you're seeing pages 14 and 15 again, and why they seem considerably different from the pages 14 and 15 from last week. Well, this is because LOL HANS IS A GENIUS!!! Where by "a genius" I mean "mentally deficient." :[ So I've been working on a lot of my pages at school these days to squeeze in as much comic-time as I can, but the day I worked on pages 14 and 15, I didn't have my script on hand! So, naturally, I end up forgetting about five lines or so of dialogue. AAAuuuuuuggh!!

Unfortunately, I hadn't noticed the missing dialogue until after I had put the new pages up last week, so the fixed pages are going up this week instead. These are the pages as they were originally intended, but the layout's been changed too from last week's to accommodate the extra panels. I'm sorry!!! D;

Mmm, well, come back next week :D

Section 2.1 continues with pages 12 through 15

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0800

In Japan it is apparently rude to talk on your cell phone while walking in public.

Douglas and Zephan are here this week for the vote incentive sketches! Vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

This update marks the first time in over four years where the comic has finally progressed beyond the furthest chronological point reached in previous versions! For people who have been following this comic for a while, you may have remembered the previous scene with Luka appearing in the old version of Directions of Destiny right before the story was completely overhauled. Although the current version of the story has covered much more plot elements up to this point, as well as changing several plot elements altogether so that the Luka scene has a completely different meaning in the current version, the time line of the Alatus Institute had never gone past this point...until now!!

...This is probably only exciting to me. ;D()()

Anyway, welcome to all the new readers this week :D See you next week!!

Section 2.1 continues with pages 9 through 11

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0800

It's always a little awkward when you walk in on your brother in the middle playing with his sword.

Our main protagonists Zephan and Azalea are here for this week's vote incentive sketches :> Vote at TWC and Buzzcomix!

If anybody had trouble commenting, sending an e-mail to me, or shopping at the Mansion Boutique over the last few weeks, those problems should (hopefully!!) be resolved now because I've ditched my old website server like a germy old rag!!

I also added a bit more navigation to the comic display pages, namely a Subscribe to RSS Feed link and a Return to Archive link. Info page has also been tweaked slightly with a new synopsis.

That's all for this week, Adieu, adieu~