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July 29, 2008 - By the gods! It has been a while since I updated
this little message section.
Well, obviously I'm still alive and updating, intermittent though it may be.
Regular readers (those four I have left) will notice a shift in the
character designs; I'm still trying to find my footing with the series and
get back into my stride. I wholeheartedly want to move away from the anime/manga
style I had been using and show off my B.A. by using a more personalized
style for my storytelling. I actually have a style I've evolved; I'm just
trying to find a comfortable way of melding it into VE. Once I'm more
comfortable with drawing my regular characters again, I may be able to start
finding the time to update on a more consistent schedule...
I'm actually not 100% sure how I managed to do that in the past.
Anyway, for those who have voiced concern, I'm fine. Hercules is also fine
(we found him a nice home with a magician). Everyone here is fine.
To those of you who have stuck around this long: thank you; I don't deserve
that kind of loyalty, but I appreciate it. To those of you who have left:
You're not around to read this, so I have no idea why I'm addressing you.
June 25, 2007 - Hercules needs a home!
Two years ago, my fiancé and I adopted a fuzzy adult cat from a friend's
parents who were moving to a no-cat's building. He came to us thoroughly
crazy (raised in a house with a Jack Russell Terrier), and over the last two
years, we've gotten him down to only the standard cat levels of crazy.
Unfortunately, with my leg and loss of all my savings, the fiancé and I are
forced to move to a smaller, cheaper apartment; one that doesn't allow cats.
We're both at out wits end trying to find a good home for him here in
Seattle. He's not used to other cats and freaks out around them, so placing
him with our cat-loving friends has been impossible. And our friends who
aren't cat-lovers, well... they don't want a cat. We're considering sending
him to my parents in Florida, but it means a horrifying 8-hour flight for
him, not to mention dumping the responsibility for him off on my parents
(the $300 to send him down there is no small matter for us, either). So, as
a last-ditch, I thought I'd appeal to my readers.
Hercules (or just "Herc" or "Beezer") is a full-grown
longhair. He's got a lot of personality and loves to play and chase his
toys, wrestle with his own feet, and cuddle up next to humans (one might
even say he demands to cuddle up next to humans). He's fairly well-behaved
as cats go: He's never peed outside his little box, tolerates having baths
and claw trimmings, and only "play bites" these days (he was a
real biter when we first got him). He just went to the vet last week and is
in good health, though he does have hairball problems if he isn't taken care
of (luckily, he loves being brushed and thinks his hairball medicine is a
treat).
Herc has everything he needs to survive: We'll give you his litterbox, food
bowl, brush, hairball medicine, and his toys. The only thing he needs is a
good home with someone who will be patient with a quirky but very loving
cat.
June 21, 2007 - Huh... going back and re-reading some old chapters
to make sure I've got all my details straight for the new chapter... And
some of this stuff isn't bad, is it? It's no "Oddessy", but the
writing is better in some places than I really give myself credit for. Why
in god's name don't I update this more regularly?
Oh, and on an interesting side-note: For the first time in my ten years as a
cartoonist, I have drawn something pornographic. I find it vastly amusing
and plan on doing it again some time.
And yes, I am in fact aware that you read these posts, Dad.
June 19th, 2007 - Yeah! I can actually log onto Comicgenesis again!
At long last: A late comic that isn't my fault!
June 9, 2007 - Huh... hell of a vacation, isn't it. Three months
gone.
Anyway, I think I'm going to be updating with some regularity again (keep
you fingers crossed). I'm not feeling any less burned out, but drawing Zoe
and Richie felt familiar and comforting just now; sort of a release. Plus
now I have a designated workspace again, which I haven't really had in a
year.
Of course, I've run into a new problem: My scanner is dead. I'm borrowing a
very generous friend's, but it handles colors differently, so now I can't
photoshop out my blue pencil lines anymore (hence why this comic looks more
than a little messy). It also does something wonky with the sizing (I'm
still scanning my originals at 300dpi, but they're coming out much larger).
This means all my presets for sizing, outlines, text, and so on don't work
anymore, so I need to figure them out again. If anyone out these understands
how these djinni-machines (scanners) work, please send me some hints about
why two scanners would produce such radically different sized files.
In medical news, I'm healing along. No blood lots, and the scarring has been
downgraded from 'hideous' to 'ugly' (which is still tough for someone who
had the best legs in high school). The bones themselves are solid enough to
stand on, and I can even hobble around the house without a crutch at this
point, though it starts to hurt after a while. With any luck, I'll actually
be back to work in another couple of weeks (which is good, because my
savings are gone... solid gone).
In more positive realms of my life: I've been listening to Hank Williams III
recently, and I really recommend picking up a CD and giving him a try. Even
if you're not a big country fan, he's got a lot of the raw musical talent
that made his grandfather a household name.
I've got a final due next week that is an actual, finished cartoon, so maybe
if I actually get it done, I'll post it up here to give everyone a taste of
what I've been doing recently. Plus you get to hear my try and voice a mad
scientist. It's not pretty.
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