April 24, 2008
So, first page of Section 2.1 is finished and ready and up! As you can see, I'm starting off small with just one page this week (as opposed to three or four pages back when I last did my regular updates), but at least I'm starting, amirite?? ...rite??? :Da
Furthermore, if you'll notice the front page, it looks like I did a bit of spring cleaning with a new layout! The first time in how many years...?? As of this writing I haven't carrried the new layout over to the rest of the site just yet, but I'm hoping to do that as the week progresses so that by the time next Thursday rolls around, everything will be uniform again.
I designed the new layout to fit with wider screen resolutions now that I'm pretty sure nobody's using 640 x 480 anymore, and also to make things less cluttered and confusing. It's still got the same general look and feel as the old though to maintain a bit of familiarity, but once I get the other sections updated, the site's organization should be much fresher!
Also, the internal workings of the site will also be completely different (for one thing, it's all in CSS instead of old-school tables >3<b), and basically it'll be a loooot easier for me to update the site now. Where before it would take me between half an hour to an hour to get everything ready for the site after I finish the page, now it's just a matter of preparing the thumbnails and writing this blurb.
Let me know what you think of the new layout in the comments! :D And also remember that I'm still updating the vote incentives eeevery single day, Monday through Friday!!
April 17, 2008
Okay, so I'm still not done yet with the new title page for Section 1.2; my apologies. I WILL get it done some time today though; the background is nearly finished, but I'm just really sleepy right now. :D() So come back later for that!
It's Sunday morning near 3AM and I fjsald;fsdaf FINALLY finished colouring that title page! @w@ Auggh I could go on and on about my troubles with it, but instead you can look at the description (and the full version of the picture) here on my personal site for all the details. Also, the cover for Unit 2 has been fixed a little, particularly with regard to the discrepancy with Auden's hair color. Woooo gonna go to bed now! :D
Anyway, regardless of whether or not I'd have the title page finished, last week I said that I WOULD have a little something for you guys this week. So, here it is: Daily Vote Incentive sketches for the next three months!!
You know how I did all those bonus sketches for people who pre-ordered the book way back in 2006? And how I also did free sketches for people who ordered prints? Well, before shipping off those sketches to their respective owners, I would always scan them in to save a copy for myself. Well, to verify to all of you who got sketches that they are all in fact genuine, unique sketches, I'm going to upload all of them as vote incentives every Monday through Friday so you can check out all the other sketches that I did!
...Granted some sketches were perhaps more, eh, inspired than others, but now you get to see whether you were one of the luckier ones?
Next week I'll try to have at least the first real page of Unit 2 up, but in any case I will have another -something- for you. :D
April 10, 2008
Aaahhhh so it's my first weekly update since I started the comic back up last Friday and whatdoyouknow, YOU GUYS GET AN INCOMPLETE TITLE PAGE >_O. Aaahhhhhhhh I'm so sorryyyyyy. _-_ I-I guess I just got the memo halfway through the week that lol I'm still in college and I've got two tests and two projects coming up next week!! So um I didn't have a whole lot of time to work on this. :\ Next week I'll hopefully have the finished section cover page done. Again, my apologies. D8
O-oh, but thank you everybody for the warm welcome back! @w@ Despite my failure to meet this week's deadline properly, every one of your comments made me feel very motivated, and also warm and fuzzy in my heart. ;D I'm really grateful to have readers like yourselves, so don't ever worry about me stopping this comic because I already decided long ago that I would never betray you guys like that!!
Umm in other news, I had mentioned on my journal entry on my personal site that I got a cat recently named Rupert. Somebody on the forums requested that I draw him for this week's vote incentives (remember those??), so I thought, sure! :D() So vote for me at TWC and Buzzcomix to take a look at my renditions of my adventure kitty Rupert! ;D
Oh, and here's a photo of him:
<3
Again, I'll try to finish the title page by next week's update, but even if I don't, come back anyways because I'll be sure to have *something* for you. :D
Oh, and to anybody who was wondering, Unit 1 IS still available to purchase online, and I even have a new address for mail orders to be sent in to. :D I'm actually starting to run low on copies of the first printing, so if you want one you better get it now~ >3<b
April 4, 2008
Hello, everybody! I'm back! I-I know it's been many, many months past August 2006 when I originally said I was going to update, and I apologize. Uncertainty and anxiety had kept me back from moving forward with the script for Unit 2, and even now it's still not completed yet due to the same fear of commitment, but if I kept pushing it back, I'll probably never going to get around to it; so between that and actually starting, albeit with the same lack of preparation as I had with Unit 1, perhaps the latter is better? :<a
As far as what I had been up to during the past nearly-two years, I wrote a little bit about that in the journal on my personal website, so you're welcome to read that if you want, although it's really no proper excuse for my absence--mostly it's just an excuse to flaunt my new layout and art. ;D()
In any case, not a whole lot yet for this update; just the cover of Unit 2. A bit unceremonious, but it's a start, and now that I've finally shown my face to the internet world, I feel like it'll give me enough pressure and motivation to really push forward with the book. Incidentally, Auden's hair is a lot more pink than we last saw him, but that's mostly my fault because I kind of forgot his hair colour in my absence. 8D() I'll fix it for consistency's sake later. Next update I hope to have the Section 2.1 cover done, and hopefully a few pages if I can squeeze it in. Look for it at my normal Thursday schedule, 12AM Pacific Standard Time! :D