Stuffings!

Hey guys. :D

Basically, I need to make a habit of not disappearing from the internet every few months or something. But! Now I'm back as a more improved human being sorta, and hopefully I'm here to stay??

(I posted a long detailed entry on directionsofdestiny.com explaining what I'd been up to over the past four months or so if anybody's curious.)

Ah ah so I'm planning to update slimemansion.com much more regularly from now on, so I think what I'll do is import stuff that I post there onto this LJ every so often for the convenience of people who have me on their flist? Starting with this entry!

I'm planning to update the site three times a week with art I'd been doing while I've been away from the webs, and import those entries here onto the LJ maybe once a week. In the meantime, I'm gonna try to get some more comic work done behind the scenes to resume updates in May. :B Please check back soon!

Four new pages are up at Directions of Destiny this week, complete with vote incentive sketches and everythin'! This marks the first time where the comic has progressed past the furthest chronological point reached in the old version of the story!! Unchartered territory, wutwuut.


In my comics class we're doing a class project, a sort of anthology where we each draw a part of a complete graphic novel of an alternate retelling of the Greek myth of Hercules (or more accurately Greek, Herakles?). We're basing the story directly off the original legend where Herakles killed his own family and set off on the twelve labors and stuff, so it's definitely not Disney, and it's definitely definitely not Kevin Sorbo. But since the original legend made Herakles out to seem kind of like a stupid jock, we're also trying to inject some relatability in him by exploring his psyche?

Anyway, for the past several weeks we'd been going back and forth regarding the character designs, and eventually it ended up being me and two other people working on combining everybody's suggestions into a single design. Another guy in the group did the final bodies, but I got to take charge of the heads and the costume drawings, which is all I ever really cared about because by Jove, I want Herakles to be a hot bara superstar >8(!!



( So without further ado... )

Incidentally, the artist who does the art for the Anime Expo brochures, Zelda Wang, is also in my class :D She lead the team who did the final Hera design.

I've updated Directions of Destiny this week with three pages in Section 2.1. :D I was looking back through my updates, and I realized that 12 on-time updates in a row was my record. 8D() I'M GONNA BEAT IT THIS TIME THOUGH



I got myself a subscription again finally so now I have all my emoting Slimu LJ icons back. :D This one's actually labeled "angry", but in this case it is HARD DETERMINATION

Well, first of all, pages 7 and 8 of Section 2.1 are up at Directions of Destiny! Also, there's an interview with me that went up last week on the Animenewsnetwork, so um, go read it if you'd like? It's kind of long-winded though so I don't blame you if you don't :D()


School started, and this semester I'm taking a Sequential Art class! *_* There've only been three sessions so far, but it's very interesting and exciting, and the professor is amazing as well! He explains things very clearly, and his lectures are like a narrative in that you sort of get this feel that there are plot devices like foreshadowing and thematic overtones going on, and stuff that he hints at in the very first lecture eventually comes full circle in a later lecture. I'm looking forward to getting better at comics through this class!

Anyway, our first homework assignment was to do a two-page comic about an autobiographical incident, so um, I've included that in this entry for those of you who are interested. :D



( View the cut for the whole comic! )

Clearly my obsession with my cat is not unhealthy at all!

Pages 5 and 6 are up now. :3 I'll try to put other stuff besides comic update notices on this journal soon :[

I'm resumin' my updates! This week I've got two new pages :D

Also, new vote incentive sketches!

I am posting to announce that after several days of strife, I've managed to set up an online store on my website! Welcome, everybody, to the Mansion Boutique! Here I will be selling all the stuff that I'd been selling at conventions, including prints, buttons, bookmarks, and of course, books! Including the elusive Something Colorful artbook that I had worked on last year, featuring the work of me and eight other artists!

And speaking of conventions, this weekend is Otakon 2008 in Baltimore, MD, and I will be there! If you're going, look for me in the artist alley at Table C5. :3

Incidentally, my website itself has also gotten a cosmetic (and functional!) overhaul. :D

( My apologies to anybody who's missed me these past three months! )

Another single-page update, but this time also with a single speech bubble! Amaaaazing. Cast page profiles are also updated, and the new layout has been carried out over a good 60% of the site so far.

New daily vote incentives are still going on, and if you vote now it would be especially appreciated since it's the 1st of May and vote counts reset on the 1st. Go go go!

Oh, check me out, updatin' on time~ ;D A-albeit only a single page, and no dialogue to boot, but um, THAT'S BECAUSE I have a new layout for the site! As of this writing not all the sections are updated with it just yet, but I'll be working on it through the week so that by next Thursday's update everything should be good and ready!

And a reminder that I've been putting up new sketches daily as vote incentives at Topwebcomics.com and Buzzcomix.net, so be sure to check those out every day, Monday through Friday!

(Incidentally, those of you into BL should check out today's Buzzcomix incentive >_>)

Ahh this is a bit late. :< I really did work hard on it though, and I'm still trying to update on time next week!! In any case, I finished coloring the title page for Section 2.1, and you get to take a look at it right here~


Also, every Monday through Friday from now 'til July there is going to be a new daily vote incentive sketch up at both Topwebcomics.com and Buzzcomix.net! They're the sketches I did for all the pre-orders of Unit 1 back in 2006. Over 100 of them in total! Be sure to check them every day~ ;D

A-ah, so, actually, the title page is only inked so far. :D() I'll have the finished page up next week! In the meantime, check out these vote incentives to see drawings of my cat Rupert ;D

H-hey guys, I'm back. :D() Read the update on the site for details, or go to my personal site, Slime Mansion. I'm tired, good night. :>()

My year in Japan is coming to a close in less than a month, and what do I have to show for myself? Well, among other things, I was able to contribute to an artbook that will make its debut at Anime Expo 2007 in Long Beach, California, this weekend!


SOMETHING COLORFUL
nine artist collaboration artbook with exclusive & original art

ARTISTS: Mojgon Vatanchi, Carli Squitieri, Jeannie Park, Hans Tseng, Bing Lin, Eastwood Wong, Christie Tseng, Stevie Lewis, Tanya Hioe
GUEST ARTISTS: Jessica Chang, Christine Vu
SIZE: 8.5" x 11"
BINDING: perfect bound
PAGES: 112
PRICE: $25

I've contributed 10 full pages of new, original artwork, including a new Directions of Destiny illustration! If you're planning to attend Anime Expo 2007 this weekend, look for the table with pink tablecloth where the lovely loli Jeannie will greet you and sell you copies of this book. :D She'll also be selling copies of the first volume of Directions of Destiny as well as 8.5"x11" and 11"x17" prints of mine from last year in case you missed out!

Information about ordering the artbook online will be available soon after the convention. <3

As far as my progress on Directions of Destiny goes... mmm, I'll get to that later!! 8D() If you missed the last entry about the current hiatus, please feel free to read through it.

B-believe it or not, I-I'm still around! 8D() And I haven't abandoned the comic! If you haven't been following my Japan blog, I've posted a long-winded explanation on the update at the Directions of Destiny website.

But the abridged version basically follows that: the comic will be updated when I return to the states in August, and until then I will be working on the script for Unit 2 as well as updating the Alatus Institute website periodically.

I will also try to post more art here!! @w@



...Happy Birthday Azalea?

Two weeks ago after the end of Unit 1 I started a little intermission in the comic where I planned on updating each week with some bits of information about the World of Alatus, however it has yet to be updated since that first update because I have been busy preparing for~

OTAKON!

I'll be flying out to Baltimore tomorrow morning, and from Friday 9AM through Sunday 3PM I shall be at table G12 in the Artist Alley sitting next to Zeda Maggie, and my AX table partner Dina! Also, ( I will be selling these )

You're also welcome to pick up my ( business card~ )

All these items will be available to purchase on the website too after I get back! If you're going to Otakon, SEE YOU THERE >3<!!!

(Incidentally, this Sunday is Directions of Destiny's fifth year anniversary? :>

Unit 1 concludes @_@!

I've also put up a new layout. :>

The next few weeks I'll be stalling putting up blurbs about the Alatus Institute for the weekly updates. Make sure to come on August 6th to celebrate the fifth-year anniversary of Directions of Destiny!

H-hey guys. Anybody going to Otakon this year who would have room in their hotel for me and phrotus? :x

I think I'm planning to go for the artist alley there. We would just need a couch or a floor to crash on for the night, and we would of course pay for a portion of the cost of the room.

...Please? :<

Section 1.7 continues with pages 17 through 20!

Hey you guys!! Anime Expo is this weekend! If you come see me and you read the comic, feel free to ask me for a sketch! I will ONLY give sketches to people who ask and specify that they've read this note here on my LiveJournal or at my site; if you don't ask, I'm not gonna say a word! ;D

GASP! You guys! I finished my book this past Tuesday!! EEEEEEEEEE >3<!!! Aww man you have no idea how much of a weight has been taken off my shoulder. @_@ Rather than bore you with my rambling though (which I do more than enough of in the actual update on the site ANYWAY), let me direct you towards the mechapenguin. Seven webcomic artists. One LJ art blog. I'll still be posting stuff here of course, but I'll post other stuff there as well! (I don't really know how I'm going to decide what goes where. Massive sketch dumps definitely will go HERE though. :D()) So if you please, take a look at the community, check out who's in it, maybe stick around for the show?

<- Incidentally, I just posted a lil' somethin' somethin' there. :>

Oh, and today's the laaaast day to pre-order your copy of Unit 1! Just. letting you know. :D

This week, Section 1.7 continues onwards up to page 11! But more importantly, I'd like to remind readers that this week is the last week that I will take pre-orders for Unit 1! By pre-ordering a copy of the book, you not only get it signed, but you also get a bonus sketch of a Directions of Destiny character of your choice; after the pre-order period ends next Thursday, June 22, you will not be able to get these benefits! The book contains Sections 1.1 through 1.7 over 248 pages, and it's the very first full-length book I'm putting out!

So if you would like, please take this opportunity to pre-order your copy of Unit 1! :D