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My roommate's rabbit Ichabod has been ill lately, and at first we weren't sure how long he had left to live, but I guess he's doing better now.  I've never seen him this active ever.  He chased Elphaba around for over an hour, humping any part he could get a hold of (her face, her shoulder; at one point he was halfway in their litter box, holding onto her, but humping the side of the box).  Every now and then he would stop and sit down, lulling her into a false sense of security, only to chase her again.  Best entertainment I've had in a while.

Every time I seem to get a break in my work schedule, more work comes my way.  I guess I shouldn't complain, but I spent two weeks or so doing nothing but work all day.

Enough whining.  More sketches.
      

Check out that awesome sci-fi cityscape in the second picture.

I picked up a calender of sci-fi pulp covers.  It's pretty sweet.  I did a couple sketches inspired by that, too.
 

I'll make my aliens a little less lame if I decide to do finished pictures of these (or you know, draw a comic).

I'm still making comics.  I've just had a crapload of pain in the ass backgrounds to draw.

I took one of my sketches from a couple posts ago and did a finished picture.  I don't want to say how long ago I started it. T_T  Also, Internet Explorer is being retarded and not letting me access my FTP site.  Does this mean I'm going to have to actually download an FTP program?  (I'm hotlinking from Deviant Art instead.  Ha ha ha ha!)

I'm updating my blog. Truly the greatest miracle of all!

I had three rush jobs back to back over the past month or so, leaving me no time to draw lately. That would be why I haven't updated any comics in a month. I also have to take some photos for reference before I can finish the next few pages. Ah ha ha. I will make time for that this week. I probably won't update next week, but hopefully the following week. Just in time for the new year!

Anyway, here's a few more sketches.

 

Have a good Christmas/Kwanza/belated Hanukkah/Festivus/Saturnalia/Winter Solstice/whatever!  =P

I thought it would be nice to post some sketches, because I hardly ever update any more. It turns out my new scanner sucks hard at scanning pencils, but I made do with the burn tool. Besides, they're just sketches, so it's not that big a deal.

I thought I would try a couple different styles, but they wound up looking like everything else I draw. OH WELL.



The facial features are slightly different. I doubt anyone can tell. Ha ha ha. The next few are more successful, I suppose.



( I KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE SOME SEXY WASTED MINDS YAOI ACTION. CLICK IT NOW!! )

Hey, I haven't done one of these in a while. I actually started this one months ago, but I never finished it.



I saw this guy a few times during the summer. I didn't even notice that he was selling comics until I walked past him. I considered buying one of his comics, just 'cause, but then I didn't because I felt awkward for some reason.

I mentioned this in my last post, but I'm mentioning it again!  I'll be at King Con this weekend, along with Melissa DeJesus, Hwan Cho and Robin Ha.  Becky Cloonan will also be hanging out at our table on Saturday, and will be doing a signing with Melissa and Hwan from 5-6.  (I think.  It's far too much work for me to open a new tab and look it up.)  I haven't heard anything about floor maps or table numbers, so I have no clue where we will be, but the table is listed under Melissa DeJesus, so you can just look her up.  I don't have anything new, unless you missed me at MoCCA, then my new-ish mini Domestic Disputes will be new to you.



Edit: Finally got an exhibitor map.  We're all the way in the back right corner.

It's been a whole month since I've posted last.  I'M SO LAZY.

Speaking of lazy...

 

I totally used the same photo for background reference in these two panels (the one on the left top is the latest page, the one on the right bottom is from part 17.  They were supposed to be next to each other...)  It's probably not actually lazy, since I drew the panel both times, but I feel like I'm cheating by using the same angle.  (I should probably be embarrassed that I didn't tone them the same way, though.  Ha ha ha.)

Here's the photo, just because:



Also, I couldn't figure out how to place Fumiko in the first panel, so I drew her separately and pasted her in later.  Now I totally can just reuse this background (but I probably won't).  Heh heh heh.



In other news, I'm going to be at King Con this weekend, sharing a table with Melissa DeJesus, Hwan Cho and Robin Ha.  (At least I think I am.)  We haven't heard where our table is located yet, so if we do, I'll post it.

OH SHIT!  FANART!!



I liked it when I drew it, but now I think her mouth is kinda weird.  :/  This is why I never draw cutesy anime girls.  Viz should re-release Urusei Yatsura.  I would totally letter it.

Comics have been frustrating lately, so I took a break.  Wasted Minds will be updated tomorrow, because I am slow (and I was sick for like half of Tuesday).

Saturday is 24-Hour Comics Day!  My friends and I are all getting together to make comics.  We never actually make 24-hour comics, though.  We just have a 24 hour comic party.  It's going to be awesome.  Except we're doing it at my place, so I need to clean.

Today is my birthday.  This comic was from two days ago when it was not my birthday.  But they were so close. 

My parents sent me black roses because I'm so old I'm going to die soon.

Another old, old comic.  Svetlana was visiting the city back in February, I think.  Overreacting is funny.

New drawing!  I meant to post this last night, but I had a headache and didn't feel like doing anything productive.  =(



I don't think I've updated my blog this much in a single month ever.  Obviously I should good off less and draw more.

I drew this last year as part of a wedding gift for my friends Melissa and Robert (who celebrated their first anniversary last Friday).  You can see the whole set at her blog.  Vasilis and I were also throwing knives (or maybe I was doing throwing stars, I don't remember).  Vasilis was about as good as Robert, and I didn't even come close to hitting the target.  T_T

Hwan beat me to it, but I'm posting mine anyway, because I can.

I just felt like doing some simple, designy picture.  I spent way longer on this than I would've liked, but I forgot how to draw Rowan (and he still doesn't look right) and it took me a little while to get colors I liked.

Also, I am not at San Diego.  And I need to retouch about 20 pages a day to make my next deadline.  FUN!!!

I drew this comics ages ago, and didn't get around to finishing it till now.  Doh!  Anyway, we went out to Japanese barbecue for Vasilis' birthday (back in January...) when Robin made that startling comment.  If you don't like smores, then the terrorists have won.

Why do I write such long descriptions on these comics?

I'm overworked and having a lousy week in general, so I stole this meme from piratecore 

* Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.

* No captions. It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.

* They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.

* You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.

( More more more! )

Everything on my computer is badly organized.  Ha.

New art!  I haven't been drawing as much as I should lately.  I don't even want to mention how long I've been working on this.  Ugh.



Coffee and books underwater?  Sure, why not?  Extraneous belts?  I'm ready to design a Final Fantasy game.  =P

I don't have anything interesting to talk about, I just felt like posting something I'm working on, because I never update.



Jpeg compression is shitty!  Blarg.

So I was walking behind some guy wearing pink spandex pants with butterflies on them and pink fairy wings (no shirt of course), when it hit me how much the pride parade is like an anime convention.

Similarities:
People wearing silly costumes
People walking around in their underwear
Men in drag
Inappropriate behavior

Differences:
The people wearing underwear were adult men instead of teenage girls
Anime cons probably have more inappropriate behavior
No anime at the parade

Finally, I'd like to apologize if I offended anybody.  Nobody wants to be compared to anime fans.  =P

On a completely unrelated note, I got a new mattress and pillows.  I can't wait to sleep!

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So yeah, Eve and I heard about Michael Jackson on the street, and we thought it was bullshit.  I got home a few minutes later and it was the top news item.  I was on CNN the next morning, and out of the top 10 stories, five were about Michael Jackson, two were about Farrah Fawcett, one was about Mark Sanford, and one was on Iran (I don't remember the last).  This is also the first time I've ever typed "lolwut" and I'm kinda ashamed.  D=  (It won't happen again, I promise?)

In other exciting internet news, I got a Twitter account.  I don't know why, I was compelled somehow.  I haven't used it, but somebody decided to watch me anyway.  I'll probably start posting comic updates there or something.  I also got a Blogger account, mostly because a lot of my friends have them, and I wanted to follow them.  I'm wondering if I should use it for something, but it's not like I talk much about anything other than comics.  Maybe post my strips there?  Sketches?  I made a cute header image for the page.