Updates on things and also art

Ok so I haven't updated this is a while?

NaNoWriMo was a no-go sadly, since things came up and I had to put up commissions instead. It's been rough, despite the mini-vacation I had and things will continue to be rough probably until the end of March? Or later in the next year. BUT humans were designed to soldier on, so that is what I shall do!

Here's a sketch dump!

NSFW for sketchy sexy times

More in the future!

.L

NaNoWriMo Week 1 Recap!

Ho'kay. 

I've been juggling Day job work, Comic work, NaNoWriMo and a little bit of school work. Who needs a social life?!

Week 1 was pretty stressful seing as how, unlike previous endeavors, I had NO IDEA what I was going to write. I attempted at an outline but only got as far as... 5 major scenes I think. It's rather refreshing, like how I've written prompts, I feel pretty relieved that I'm still able to write something, mind you it's nothing of a masterpiece.

Anyway, I've managed to survive week 1, keeping a steady flow of words going each day, though I know week 2 might very well just slay me--I SALL NOT GIVE UP!

Happy Week 1 guys!

.L

NaNoWriMo 2012 Fou and Folly

It's 5 days into NaNoWriMo and I'm already stuck. 

So I took a few minutes to grab a bunch of photos and Saturate the shit out of them on Photoshop and put together a quick cover in hopes of recovering from the early stages of NaNoSlump.

Here's to more productivity for the rest of November!

.L

Writing Excercise

Switching it up a bit because NaNoWriMo 2012 is inbound! Giving it another try this year :)

I wrote a weird thing this time. I think I was trying to be clever but failed and it just became a bizarre thing. Took a completely different approach and it was mostly a kind of stream on consciousness thing anyway. Didn't proofread. As usual. Untitled so far, but let's just call it...

I See You One Day

I see you one day. You walk pass me and you do not notice me but I see you and I watch you. I can see that you are young and I can see that you are tall and I can tell you are strong. I do not mean to follow you but I do, you do not see me though. I stay at the back because I know if you see me you might be taken by me and that just will not do. It will not do because people are always taken by me and you will be jealous.

I see you today and you are friendly. Not to me but to everyone and they are friendly to you. You work hard and everyone is friendly to you.

I see you meet her and you are so happy and so high that you do not see anything else on earth. She is with you and you are with her and you are both high and mighty and happy. You are proud and fearless. She is with you and you are with her.

I see you today too and you wear that comfortable scarf you love. I can tell it is comfortable because I touch it and it is soft and warm.  I walk closer to you because I have to and because I want to. I am close enough to see you are much younger than me, even with those grey hairs that I see you hide with your hand. Your skin is rough and soft and you are cold and you turn away when I am near. She tries to see me sometimes and I think you try to see me too but you do not want to. That is good because people are always taken by me and you will be jealous.

You still do not see me but one night she does and she cannot take her eyes off me. You are with her but she is taken by me and she is not there with you. You are still not taken by me and that is good. It is good because people are always taken by me and you will be jealous.

I see you in the day, you drink coffee and eat muffins at the bus station and at the bus station you wait with everyone. I reach for your hand and you walk away and you laugh and you pretend like you know do not know I am there.

I see you in the night, you arrive home and you are hungry and you are tired. You eat supper and you watch television. You do not hear the television because you are tired and you are afraid. You wash and you go to bed and you are afraid because you are alone and then you dream, you are happy and you wake up and then you are alone again. You are alone because she is not there and she cannot take her eyes off me.

I talk to you today but you do not hear me because people do not really hear me. They see me sometimes by accident and when they see me they cannot take their eyes off me. I am not very pretty and I am not very charming but you are.

You are pretty. You are pretty and I hear you speak and your voice is silk. You are kind and you work hard and you are generous and funny and I feel shame. You are alone and you are kind to everyone but not everyone is kind to you but you are okay. You do not see anyone and you sometimes you see her but she cannot take her eyes off me and I feel shame.

You see her and you want her but you cannot have her because she is taken by me and you are jealous.

You try to see me one day. Your eyes are blue and you are tall but you slouch because you are tired. Your skin is soft but it is also rough and it is also dry. You do not hide the greys in your hair and you try to see me and I feel shame because that just will not do. It will not do because people are always taken by me and you should not be jealous.

I walk pass you and you try see me and you try watch me. You try to see I am not young and I am not pretty. You try to look at me and you try not to turn away but I do.

You try to see me in the day when you drink your coffee and I am next to you when you wait for the bus.

You try to see me in the night and you are not hungry but you are tired and you are alone. You are alone and afraid and I feel shame because you try see me and I am not pretty and I am not charming. You wait for me and you call me and I come to you.

You are afraid and I see you are not wearing your scarf. Your scarf is soft like your neck and your hair and your skin and it is warm. I see your chest rise and fall and you are sad and happy and afraid because you are jealous.

Your eyes are closed but you still try to see me. If you see me you cannot take your eyes off me and I feel shame because you see her and you are jealous.

I am not pretty and I am not charming and sometimes I am kind but not always. But I am patient. I touch you and you feel me and you close your eyes and do not open them. Your neck is soft but it is not warm. Your chest does not rise and you are cold.

You are happy because you see her.

Then you see me and you are taken.

There are a few lines I like though so I shared ^^ Gearing up for NaNo and I barely have an idea what it'll be about. More updates soon!

EDIT: Oh yes, I made a picture for it after I finished it last night too because.... of reasons.

.L

When one door closes, another opens!

WELP! Time to update the old blog!

As you know, Grim and I are a creative team and we've got plenty happening!

:EPOCH Files chapter 0 recently came to a close and we're continuing production of on-coming chapters! Chapter 1 will be launching January 2013!

Other than our main webcomic project, we're diligently working on a one-shot manga for (now that I think about it) an INTERNATIONAL manga competition! Truth be told, I don't think we stand a chance but having people read our stuff is good enough for me!

Here's one of the pre-production art for  out manga entry!

We're taking a break from Anthology works for now since we'd like to focus more on our personal projects for the next year (and honestly, my hand can't take anymore!) but we're definitely planning on doing more!

Next year we also plan to officially start production on Howard & Edgar (It's been in pre-production for over a year!) in the middle of 2013 so we're both super excited!

Mary pestering Howard! (Pre-production sketch)

Mary and Edgar are a little incredulous to Howard's methods. 

I'm currently covered in storyboards and concept sketches, so I'll see if I can post more soon! Until then!

.L

I don't even remember why...

Welp, it's been a while since my last post, so what better to post than a funy (by funny I mean painful) story!

I was on the way home from work and was rushing to catch the train home and this happened.

: |

.L

Archer's Goon and Hexwood

Quick fanart of Howard from Archer's Goon and Ann from Hexwood, both books written by the amazing Diana Wynne Jones!

.L

Cobblestones

2 posts in one day!

I initially wanted to practice digital painting because i'm terrible a it. I managed to paint some decent looking cobblestones though! Threw in a shifty Howard for kicks!

Haven't drawn him in a while so I'm satisfied. :D

.L

Dreaming of Falling Bathtubs

So Grim had this dream and I was just so intrigued by this scene (from her dream) that I had to draw it. 

Yes. She dreamed of falling bathtubs. Among other things of course but this one really stuck with me!

.L

Dogs

Decided to practice on drawing animals as I don't do them often... if not at all. Here's Tia, the paranoid two faced Retriever, who doesn't retrieve at all. And Hunter the Australian Shepard who is an air-headed guard dog

Hunter and Tia

Tia's very sweet and very paranoid.Don't touch her food though. If you do, she turns into a japanese ganster from the 80s.

Hunter is too fluffy and a little too HERP DERP to be a guard dog. But he does his guarding at night, when he blends well with the darkness.

.L