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| 2008-07-24 23:50 |
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I saw THE DARK KNIIIIIIGHT or whatever it's called. It was pretty disturbing. I must be included in that group of "faint of heart" people, I guess. But, it was quite good, and Heath Ledger's performance lived up to the gossip, in my opinion.
Man, readership and comments and everything are so bad in summer! I'm mostly perplexed that people are faving it on Smackjeeves faster than ever, lately. It's completely out of nowhere, but I'm glad about it. Let's get Heard on the first page!
Tomorrow I go to the dentist and get some cavities drilled. It's going to be a pretty horrible ordeal, and I don't anticipate having the energy or motivation to get a page done. I'll go cry to mah friendie Alma and she'll distract me from my sorrows.
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Some boring news. I decided to change up the advertising on Heard a little. Basically, I took out the four small banner and I put in 2 square ads. Square ads can show a whole lot more information, and although I find them a little less attractive, I think it'll be more beneficial for everyone. This is a trial run, pretty much, to see how well the square ads work. Now is a really good time to bid if you're looking for cheap advertisement.
Today's page will be going up in a few hours. Me, updating on time? BIZARRE! I switched back to ComicWorks for this page, so it's not taking too long.
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I do realize that today's an update day, but it's also the 30th anniversary of my parents. I'd rather celebrate with my family than sit in my room and draw, so I'm gonna go do that. If I don't get an update done today, I'll get it done tomorrow.
I'm going to try using MangaStudio for the next page. I'm a bit scared, the program is ridiculously complicated and clunky so far.. let's hope I can figure it out.
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Today I updated. If you haven't seen it yet, go check out the new page. Woo. Let's all pretend that I wasn't late at all. Man, I love my fantasy world! I'll be posting another batch of birthday art tomorrow, and hopefully the next page will go up ON TIME, on Tuesday.
So, lately I signed up for a twitter. It's pretty pointless, but I figured that some of you out there might be twitter-lovers, and therefore might find something interesting in this silly thing. Well, here's a link. I may end up putting a little box on Heard, but I'll see if I actually remember to use it from time to time, first:
http://twitter.com/nenadi
Also, I'm switching to MangaStudio. Although ComicWorks has served me quite dutifully, it's a very limited program in many ways. Those limitations have, lately, been bothering me more and more. So, I'm going to be getting a copy of MangaStudio in the next few days, and seeing how I feel about it. I'm also seriously considering a purchase of the full openCanvas program. I don't particularly like coloring in Photoshop-- never got used to the way it felt, so.. I think I'd be better off going back to openCanvas.
BLAH BLAH BLAH WHO CARES ABOUT THIS MUMBO JUMBO. I dunno, maybe somebody?
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| 2008-07-11 23:26 |
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Man, I just spent the whole day being distracted. If I wasn't cleaning my closet, I was on the phone making appointments for this or that, or spending time with my family. In the end I didn't even get a chance to touch the next page of the comic. I'll get it done first thing tomorrow, though.
I also spent some time today researching some new web-design TRICKS. It's about time to redesign Heard's layout, and I've been dreading it. Dreading it HARD. But, being a bit of a control-freak, I'm much rather do my own (mediocre) layout than have someone else make me a better one. I'm just stubborn like that, I guess.
There's so much I have to do, it's driving me nuts.
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So, today I was salmoned. Don't know what it is? Neither did I. Basically there's a bot that's exploiting a weakness in Livejournal and AIM, collecting AIM usernames from livejournal and making us talk to eachother. The weird thing? Both people who are forced to IM eachother, can't see the other person's real username. For example-- the person who ended up IMing me appeared as "WinningSalmon" and I appeared as "GelledSalmon." .. We actually had a really nice chat in the end. A link on salmoning, here:
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Have_a_Livejournal_Watch_Out_For_Salmoning
I don't have much Heard-related news at the moment, so instead I'll do some pimping of random comics I like:
STRANGE SOMEONE
http://www.strangesomeone.com/
Awesome art, interesting story and characters, possible gay secondary characters. It's hard for me to summarize, so here's their summary: Strange Someone is about a woman named Liz who just wants to finish writing her book and instead, gets caught up in the weirdness surrounding the guy she's hired to help her.
THEY WALK ON THE CEILING
http://ceilingwalkers.smackjeeves.com/comics/266668/cover/
This is a horror comic that can be confusing on the first read-through, but starts to make more sense towards the more recent pages. Their summary is "A bizarre story about cannibals, people with split personalities, talking snakes, teeth in weird places, dead people on ceilings, repressed memories, fruit obsessed girls, and the poor boy who has to deal with it all."
That's all for now!
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I'm very pleased to announce that Heard has more than 800 fans on Smackjeeves now! Slowly but surely, Heard's climbing in the ranks. I'd love to see Heard on the front page of "Most Popular Comics"-- we'll see if it's possible!
Today I posted another batch of fanart! It's so awesome, and I've still got MORE awesome fanart to show. As of right now, I have TWO more batches of fanart. Look forward to it!
I also got plenty of rude comments and emails today. Awesome..? Except, not really. It saddens me that people are jumping to conclusions and judging my story/characters before even giving it a chance, or searching for ways to get offended. It's pretty exasperating. I'm just a rookie artist, putting my stuff out there and letting people read it if they want. If you don't like it, you don't have to insult me, my writing, or my readers. You can either write me an email with constructive criticism or you can go read something else instead of flaming me.
Comicgenesis is down. I find that entirely sucky!
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| 2008-07-05 18:20 |
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Alright so, I'm having some internet problems at the moment.
basically no internet
using dads phone to post this. :c
I'll keep drawing and see if I can fix it later.
I'll update whenever I can
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| 2008-07-05 01:17 |
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Today I dug the tablet out of my luggage; seems to work fine. Yay! I was worried it was damaged from the horrible treatment of mah luggage. I'm still settling into my workspace here at home, but I've started on the next page. I'm very particular about my workspace and it's hard to be productive when it's not set up in a way I like. I'm working on it.
The main point of this post? SATISFIED HAS RESTARTED!
Satisfied is one of my all-time favorite webcomics. I really loved the old version, but I find myself liking the re-started version even MORE! She's already got the entire first chapter posted (About 30 pages), so I recommend giving it a read! Seriously, do it.
http://www.gatorlove.com/Satisfied/main.htm
That is all.
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Hm. Well, today was my first full day back in the states after living in Japan for five months. I spent the entire day at home with my family-- just trying to recover from jet lag and (reverse) culture shock. Before I left I started leaving memoirs about how I felt-- I was going to post them but I think I won't. Anyhow, suffice to say, I wasn't really ready to leave. I could have stayed longer, definitely. At the same time, I know that this summer will give me a lot of time to work on my art-- something that's been hard to prioritize while in Japan. Even when the semester starts-- if all goes according to plan, I should have a pretty relaxed academic load, and more time to work on comics than before. Let's hope for the best.
I'm trying to adjust to my life here again as well as possible, but I can't help missing my life in Japan. HOWEVER! I did eat Taco Bell FIRST THING off the plane. I was pleased that I kept my promise.
So, what's there to look forward to in summer? Lemme spell it out.
- More updates. I'll be able to update regularly on Tuesday and Friday, and hopefully build up enough extra pages that I don't miss updates if I get sick or anything.
- New website. Heard will be moving off of Smackjeeves and into a new little webspace later this summer. The layout will also change. (By the way: if you have any recommendation for hosts, please let me know.)
- Commissions: I'll have more time to take commissions, so it'll be a good time for anyone looking to get some drawings done!
- More art: I'll be drawing a lot of Heard-related art and some fanart to sell at cons, and also over the website. Woo, merchandise..?
- Possible sidecomics: If I have enough time, I'll be drawing short comics on the side.
I'm looking forward to all the work I can get done. Today my luggage was retrieved from the airport, so I have my tablet again. I'll have to make sure it wasn't damaged or anything, but hopefully it works just fine. If I don't feel as jetlagged and sluggish tomorrow, I'll try to draw the next page. . . EDIT; Oh yeah! Time for me to do some random plugging. First, a very promising webcomic: http://starcrossed.automaton-works.com/This is a girl-girl webcomic that just launched recently, updating Tuesdays and Fridays. There aren't many pages yet, but it's off to a good start. Once it builds up an archive, I'll be linking to it on Heard for sure. But go start reading now! Now, some of my friend's art [Japanese only]: http://amatsubu.fc2web.com/index.htmlThis is the website of one of my friends in Japan. She's a really funny and sweet girl in person, and she's got a really funky style. She's aiming to become a graphic designer and also has some neat stuff for sale in her online store (which she co-runs with a friend). I'm going to get some of her stuff soon! http://amatsubu.fc2web.com/meruto-top.htmlThird of all, especially good for those of you with a website: Rubyfruit exchange: http://www.rubifruit.com/exchange/ This is a banner exchange system for websites for/by/about women. A lot of quality stuff is in the system-- join if you have a website, or just look through if you don't. .
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| 2008-07-03 14:45 |
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Safely at home in the states after about, oh.. let's see.. thirty hours of traveling. The fun part is that more than half of that time was spent in layovers. GREAT.
The luggage with my tablet in it is currently lost. HOPEFULLY tomorrow I'll be able to recover it and start drawing, if I feel good enough.
For now: passing out is on the agenda.
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Well, I'm back in Osaka. I spent about a week traveling to Tokyo and Hiroshima, but I'm back in Osaka. Arrived yesterday. As great as it was to see Tokyo (again) and Hiroshima for the first time, it's pretty tiring to travel around. Tomorrow is my last day in Japan-- I leave early Wednesday morning (Wednesday in Japan.). Due to the time difference, I'll also be arriving early Wednesday morning, in the states. I'll actually be arriving an hour earlier than I left or something. TIME TRAVEL?! I THINK SO!
Now that summer vacation's started and all us students have a bit more free time, artists seem to be going into overdrive. A lot of artists have started up webcomics with great potential and asked me to link to them/become their affiliate. It's not that I dislike getting emails of this nature-- I'm very glad to be notified of new comics starting up with good potential, but I don't normally do link exchanges. I link to comics that meet these requirements:
1. I like the comic and read it regularly
2. I feel that the comic is quality material worth recommending to others.
If the comic only has 5 pages, and only started a week ago-- I don't know if it's going to become something I read regularly, or something I can recommend without hesitation. Even if the first five pages are totally awesome, I have no way of knowing if the artist will stick to the project or quit in a week. For these reasons, I don't link to comics without a significant archive. At least 20 or so pages, or a few months' worth. So, please keep that in mind when you mail me. Thanks!
That being said, the hiatus for Heard will continue a little longer. I know it's boring and sucky; I apologize. I'm itching to finish up this chapter and start the next, so please look forward to the upcoming pages!
I've been reflecting on my time and Japan and the fact that it's coming to an end. I started to type up this reflection, but decided to leave it for later. I'll finish up these thoughts, then follow-up after I return home; I'll post them all later.
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So here's the rundown of my life lately.
- I haven't had a voice in 2 days. I literally cannot speak above a whisper at all. This is a problem since my brothers can't understand/speak Japanese at all-- and I can't speak AT ALL. You can imagine the chaos that has been ensuing. I hope I wake up with a voice tomorrow. :C
- I go to Tokyo tomorrow. I think I'll be bringing my laptop, but I don't know how much access I'll have to the internet. I won't have much time to sit around anyway. I'll be there for a few days and then I'm going straight to Hiroshima for a few more. I'll be back in my apartment on the 29th, middday. But not for long! I leave Japan on July 2nd. I can't believe it's so soon..
- I did a silly gift art for YU+ME. You can see it here. Can't find it? Underneath the comic, Megan wrote a bit of text and included a link to my OMGROFLFANARTS. It's pretty freaking ridiculous. (Shortcut to it here.)
- SORTA cameo on this page of Two Rooks. If you look at that jar of alfredo sauce, it says Nena. Why did Alice name her alfredo sauce after me? Go here to find out. [Warning: I am completely retarded and you will agree if you go to that link.]
Alright. That's about it. Time for sleep! 。
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| 2008-06-17 15:48 |
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Argh. I'm having some internet problems today. This seems to happen randomly every few days. My online messengers work fine, but i can't connect to any websites for more than a few minutes. Then, I'm unable to connect to any websites for 10-15 minutes. Then I have a few more minutes where it works-- CYCLE FOREVER. Ugh, so annoying!
I'm gonna try to get the page up today but that depends on my stupid internet.
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Taken from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) miniowl , who gave me the letter L.
1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.
1. Let's Get Known - Unicorns - Youtube Link (unofficial but awesome video) -
2. Let the Poison Spill from your Throat - the Faint - Youtube link (unofficial and sorta weird video)
3. Light & Magic - Ladytron - Youtube link (unofficial video.)
4. LONELY ROLLING STAR- Namco (Soundtrack of Katamari Damacy) - Youtube Link -
5. Lyckans Undulat - Detektiv Byrant - Youtube (official video! yay!) -
Most of my favorite bands have very few actual music videos. If anybody wants me to upload any of the songs, let me know. I was just feeling lazy and decided to give you guys an option to preview the songs without having to download them.
This update took me a really long time to draw. The problem is that I like, forgot how to draw. I kept trying and trying but it looked terrible. Finally I got it to look decent, sorry about the delay. It'll be up within the next hour or two.
I decided that in honor of the birthday month, I'll post extra "bits of into" at the bottom of the comics. Things about how Heard was created, etc... as well as posting some 'random facts' and stuff. It'll be on today's update! :D
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My brother and brother's BFF (may be hereon referred to as just 'my brothers' due to my laziness) are coming to Japan here in about a week. A week and a day, actually. I'm really happy to see them and we're going to have a lot of fun! But, it means TONS of planning of booking things, on my side. It's kinda a bummer, but it can't really be helped. Since neither of them speaks Japanese or really knows much about Japan, the responsibility is all on me. It's really exhausting.
So, when I'm not stressing out about travel plans, I've been reading One Piece. I stopped reading at around.. chapter 120ish or something, right after the Giant storyline. In the past two days I've gotten to chapter 214. Haha! I DO wish that the series was more condensed and had an end in sight, but Oda's work is really amazing. I feel like I learn a lot when I read One Piece-- as an comic artist. Damn him and his loveable characters!
I need to stop binging on comics by pros and actually work on my own. But, I've barely been reading comics at all lately.. I have to keep inspired somehow! So, sorry the page is late. I'm going to do it right now.
I'm going to TRY to make pages to post while I'm on vacation, but I can't really promise anything. Geeze, Heard's birthday month is so inconveniently timed!
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| 2008-06-08 19:08 |
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Geeze, Heard's birthday month is going really well! I have lots of really awesome guest art! It's so hard not to show it off, but I've got to spread out the birthday love! It's a whole month, afterall. Those of you thinking about birthday gift art, pleeeaase do it! I'll post it and totally pimp out your comic / art site / whatever you want me to pimp out.
The last few pages feel like they don't have much going on, sorry about that. I'm trying to work on the pacing a little, which makes each update a little less interesting-- but if you read through several pages at once, the pace is better. Once I get back to america, I plan on updating more often.
I haven't linked to any comics for a while, so, I should do that! But.. there's nothing that comes to mind at the moment. I can't remember which comics I've already plugged and which I haven't. I was gonna plug one I'd just recently read, but I had too many critiques to really recommend it. My 'recommendation' sounded more like a negative review. Ah well.
Soo. Just a reminder that I'm taking commissions. I could really use the extra money.. I've got a lot of free time this week and the next, sooo.. a little work would be nice? I guess you could also give me money for no reason if you really wanted. WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE.
I dunno who sent this to me, but he is cracking me up somethin' fierce. WTF.
I think it's one of my dude friends that I haven't kept in touch with too well-- I think I said this to him while drunk once and he's throwing it back at me to see if I remember. Uhm, man. My memory is bad. In my defense, I was also drunk when I said this.
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Just when I thought I'd tried all the food Japan had to offer..
Melon flavored chocolate. Holy shit, yum. It's a bit unnerving to eat bright green chocolate at first, but then its like OH GOD NOM NOM NOM.
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Oh geeze, I've got so many emotions bubbling around inside of me, I hardly know where to start! So today (well, YESTERDAY for me.. but today for most of my readers) is the 1st birthday of Heard. Instead of celebrating for one day, I'm celebrating all month. The fanart I've gotten so far is totally awesome, but I could always use more! All of you guys who are thinking about doing it, pleaaase do! <3 I'll be so happy to have more.
I also received a big donation from a fan yesterday.. Which is great, because I've officially recovered all of the cost from the past year! I'm going to be racking up bills for new hosting soon, so it's good to know that I don't have any old bills to deal with.
I've also got a lot of con appearances planned this year! I look forward to meeting any readers who can make it out to meet me! By the way, this is a point I haven't really made yet, but if there's a con you'd like to see me at-- write to the con people and tell them you'd like to see me there! If I get invited as a guest, I'll do my best to make it. Heh.
Alright. Yes. I'm gonna go stare at my lovely fanart and giggle and stare into space. (And by that, I mean work on the next page.)
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| 2008-05-31 18:50 |
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I was so bummed that I lost the last page after alllll that work, I didn't wanna redraw it. But Heard had to continue SOMEHOW, right? So, I'm redrawing the page now. I've gotten some awesome fanart in the last few days, I'm so happy! I'm gonna put it to good use. Now, June 1st is Heard's birthday, so lemme lay out the basic plan:
Updates will be on TUESDAY, FRIDAY, unless I can manage more-- if I can, I'll post Monday/Wednesday/Friday. On the weekends, I'll post fanart and any bonus art that I have laying around. I also PLAN on making a wallpaper for everyone. :D A free one. IT'S A MONTH-LONG BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZAAA!
If you get any fanart/fancomics in to me, I'll totally post it on the weekends. :D (Man I'm so happy about the art I've gotten already, I'm resisting the urge to post it here SO HARD... must wait!... musn't ruin surprise for readers..!)
OH YEAH. I finished a commission for someone. The request was a portrait of her in HEARD style! Don't you think she looks like she belongs in the story? She could totally be a character in it. I'm quite happy with the way it turned out, and she was happy as well.
Anyway, I'm still taking commissions, so please send me an email if you're interested. :D blinkythered at gmail dot com .
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