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2013
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Okay, I think it's time for an end of the year update, but I'll keep it short and sweet.
Lately, my main focus has been improving my artwork. I've been doing this by doing character concepts as well as starting up a new comic series called Lousy with Quests, that you can and should read here: erk-kun.deviantart.com/gallery… I started this series mainly as a drawing exercise and so I can experiment with paneling and different artistic styles. That being said I'd also like it if I could get a bunch of people to read it and enjoy it and look forward toward the new pages. At first I was essentially making it up as I went along but I think maybe now I'll put more effort into coming up with a decent plot for it.
Concerning In Space, I have decided to stop posting new chapters online for it anymore. I haven't given up on it, in fact its quite the opposite. The reason I started Lousy with Quests is so that I could improve my art so I could start the series over from scratch and most of my time is spent writing out the plot for the series so that I can try to get it published. I feel that in its rewritten state it could be something really great, and all I need to do is try to get the word out and build a name for myself, and to anyone reading this I really appreciate your support and hope you will support me more in the future.
As for 2014 I do have some plans set up. I will be posting more character art as well as many more pages of LwQ. Once I feel my art has increased to a level I've deemed worthy I will write out a short story that I came up with that is completely thought out and its purpose is to a) attempt to write a comic in a more professional manner b) show off my writing chops c) hopefully get my name out there and be more likely to be considered for published work. I will attempt to become more well known so once I reach the point I want to show it off to the world I will have people there who are willing to give it a read and not just ignore it or just never come across it. So wish me luck on that! Also, I've started a tumblr account to help in me getting my art out there. If you have a tumblr account check me out and share my stuff with the world: foolishhumon.tumblr.com/
Anyway, for anyone reading this I really appreciate you listening to my rants and hope you will stick with checking out and liking my art. Look forward to good things to come, and again thank you for all the support.
Lately, my main focus has been improving my artwork. I've been doing this by doing character concepts as well as starting up a new comic series called Lousy with Quests, that you can and should read here: erk-kun.deviantart.com/gallery… I started this series mainly as a drawing exercise and so I can experiment with paneling and different artistic styles. That being said I'd also like it if I could get a bunch of people to read it and enjoy it and look forward toward the new pages. At first I was essentially making it up as I went along but I think maybe now I'll put more effort into coming up with a decent plot for it.
Concerning In Space, I have decided to stop posting new chapters online for it anymore. I haven't given up on it, in fact its quite the opposite. The reason I started Lousy with Quests is so that I could improve my art so I could start the series over from scratch and most of my time is spent writing out the plot for the series so that I can try to get it published. I feel that in its rewritten state it could be something really great, and all I need to do is try to get the word out and build a name for myself, and to anyone reading this I really appreciate your support and hope you will support me more in the future.
As for 2014 I do have some plans set up. I will be posting more character art as well as many more pages of LwQ. Once I feel my art has increased to a level I've deemed worthy I will write out a short story that I came up with that is completely thought out and its purpose is to a) attempt to write a comic in a more professional manner b) show off my writing chops c) hopefully get my name out there and be more likely to be considered for published work. I will attempt to become more well known so once I reach the point I want to show it off to the world I will have people there who are willing to give it a read and not just ignore it or just never come across it. So wish me luck on that! Also, I've started a tumblr account to help in me getting my art out there. If you have a tumblr account check me out and share my stuff with the world: foolishhumon.tumblr.com/
Anyway, for anyone reading this I really appreciate you listening to my rants and hope you will stick with checking out and liking my art. Look forward to good things to come, and again thank you for all the support.
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Well it has been a long while since I've posted a journal entry here on deviantart and its also been awhile since I've uploaded anything as well, so I thought I'd just share what's going on and some things I have planned for the future, both here on deviantart and beyond.
Recently most of my time has been focused on going to work and working on my cosplay for this year's ACEN, as well as helping others with their cosplay. This year I will be going as Sanji (time skip) from One Piece. For the most part I am all done with it, as I am writing this basically all I am really doing in growing out my facial hair (a full beard for now) so I can shave my face in the correct way for my cosplay and then I'd consider it 100% complete, but otherwise I have all the pieces of the outfit and all the things I for things like drawing on an eyebrow. So far I am very pleased with my cosplay and think it may be my best yet, and that is saying a lot because I am rarely a fan of anything I make. I will be uploading a few pictures of it in about a week after I post this so all of you guys can check it out and see that I've been doing something and not just sitting around doing nothing constructive. (I've been doing a lot of that too -_-; )
Anyway, concerning my drawing activity here on deviantart, I've sort of stopped making Into Thin Erik comics as you can see though it's not because I don't want to do them anymore or I've ran out of ideas, I've just been not feeling motivated enough to start writing more out and posting them online. I do have a few still stuck in my head and lots more coming into being, so all I really need to do is just sit down and just write them out and hey maybe they will be entertaining. Though something that I have not done in a long time, and I plan to change that very soon, is that I have not worked on my manga In Space in a long time. I had started the new chapter and I'd say I'm about 4 pages into it but something happened where I just stopped for a bit and then got distracted with life and started making my Into Thin Erik comics and it just fell on the wayside, making me totally lose focus in what I should be doing with my time. That said I think that this chapter will probably be the last one I post here on deviantart. I have bigger plans for this series. I wanted to try to rewrite it from the beginning and try to get it published. Initially I had just intended for it to be just some random mess of drawings, characters, and jokes, but my mind kinda took off and I came up with so many characters, plot points, and ideas that I have found this series (at least as far as I've come up with it in my head) as being one of the best series that I've written (again, in my head) and I'd like to try to get it published and if I can maybe I'll be better at my craft and be able to create my more favorite series I came up with when I finish this one. So the plan is to just finish the chapter and see what more I can learn about drawing, paneling, what have you and just wrap it up (it wont be an end to the series, it'll just stop) and then I plan on refining my style a but so my drawings look good enough to be published (I hope). What I want to do at first is to do a few of my characters in the different styles of some of my favorite mangaka and see what I can learn from them to see if I can improve my drawings. I don't want to rip off anyone's style, I want to have my own original style so I hope that even if I do improve it wont start looking a lot like a certain artists known style. I will probably post these pictures here on deviantart depending on how much I like or dislike them. Anywho, once I feel at least somewhat comfortable with having art that I am going to be attempting to show the public I will write out the first chapter and see if I can get it published somewhere. I don't really know what publishers ask for when judging to publish something but if they need a whole first volume I'll do that. The first few chapters are in dire need of being rewritten though my more recent chapters have been more or less what I've been going for, its just that the art and flow of them needs to be improved upon and I'm expecting that by the time I reach that point again I'll be good enough to do that. I also plan on changing the name of the series on account that I hate the name of the series and only went with it because it was the only name I could come up with. I haven't decided on a new title yet but I have some ideas rolling around in my head, I also may be changing the names of some of my characters depending on how I feel about them (though I am horrible at coming up with names if you couldn't tell). If somehow I can't get it published I plan on just making my own website and just have people come and visit that site to read it, because I plan on writing it regardless if its published or not. So yeah, I have a bit of an ambition but this is what I want to do with myself and I think that this series is good enough to be published if I can convey it right/the way I want to.
I also have a few non-deviantart projects I have in my head too but I'm not sure if I want to do them or not and I don't want to be like "hey I'm going to do this" and then I don't do it, I've done enough of that, haha. So, look forward to possible new Into Thin Erik comics, the new chapter of my manga, some cosplay, and maybe in the future the publication of some of my work, oh and some other possible things as well, haha. Also, I may try to post more journal entries depending on what's going on in my life. Have a great day!
Recently most of my time has been focused on going to work and working on my cosplay for this year's ACEN, as well as helping others with their cosplay. This year I will be going as Sanji (time skip) from One Piece. For the most part I am all done with it, as I am writing this basically all I am really doing in growing out my facial hair (a full beard for now) so I can shave my face in the correct way for my cosplay and then I'd consider it 100% complete, but otherwise I have all the pieces of the outfit and all the things I for things like drawing on an eyebrow. So far I am very pleased with my cosplay and think it may be my best yet, and that is saying a lot because I am rarely a fan of anything I make. I will be uploading a few pictures of it in about a week after I post this so all of you guys can check it out and see that I've been doing something and not just sitting around doing nothing constructive. (I've been doing a lot of that too -_-; )
Anyway, concerning my drawing activity here on deviantart, I've sort of stopped making Into Thin Erik comics as you can see though it's not because I don't want to do them anymore or I've ran out of ideas, I've just been not feeling motivated enough to start writing more out and posting them online. I do have a few still stuck in my head and lots more coming into being, so all I really need to do is just sit down and just write them out and hey maybe they will be entertaining. Though something that I have not done in a long time, and I plan to change that very soon, is that I have not worked on my manga In Space in a long time. I had started the new chapter and I'd say I'm about 4 pages into it but something happened where I just stopped for a bit and then got distracted with life and started making my Into Thin Erik comics and it just fell on the wayside, making me totally lose focus in what I should be doing with my time. That said I think that this chapter will probably be the last one I post here on deviantart. I have bigger plans for this series. I wanted to try to rewrite it from the beginning and try to get it published. Initially I had just intended for it to be just some random mess of drawings, characters, and jokes, but my mind kinda took off and I came up with so many characters, plot points, and ideas that I have found this series (at least as far as I've come up with it in my head) as being one of the best series that I've written (again, in my head) and I'd like to try to get it published and if I can maybe I'll be better at my craft and be able to create my more favorite series I came up with when I finish this one. So the plan is to just finish the chapter and see what more I can learn about drawing, paneling, what have you and just wrap it up (it wont be an end to the series, it'll just stop) and then I plan on refining my style a but so my drawings look good enough to be published (I hope). What I want to do at first is to do a few of my characters in the different styles of some of my favorite mangaka and see what I can learn from them to see if I can improve my drawings. I don't want to rip off anyone's style, I want to have my own original style so I hope that even if I do improve it wont start looking a lot like a certain artists known style. I will probably post these pictures here on deviantart depending on how much I like or dislike them. Anywho, once I feel at least somewhat comfortable with having art that I am going to be attempting to show the public I will write out the first chapter and see if I can get it published somewhere. I don't really know what publishers ask for when judging to publish something but if they need a whole first volume I'll do that. The first few chapters are in dire need of being rewritten though my more recent chapters have been more or less what I've been going for, its just that the art and flow of them needs to be improved upon and I'm expecting that by the time I reach that point again I'll be good enough to do that. I also plan on changing the name of the series on account that I hate the name of the series and only went with it because it was the only name I could come up with. I haven't decided on a new title yet but I have some ideas rolling around in my head, I also may be changing the names of some of my characters depending on how I feel about them (though I am horrible at coming up with names if you couldn't tell). If somehow I can't get it published I plan on just making my own website and just have people come and visit that site to read it, because I plan on writing it regardless if its published or not. So yeah, I have a bit of an ambition but this is what I want to do with myself and I think that this series is good enough to be published if I can convey it right/the way I want to.
I also have a few non-deviantart projects I have in my head too but I'm not sure if I want to do them or not and I don't want to be like "hey I'm going to do this" and then I don't do it, I've done enough of that, haha. So, look forward to possible new Into Thin Erik comics, the new chapter of my manga, some cosplay, and maybe in the future the publication of some of my work, oh and some other possible things as well, haha. Also, I may try to post more journal entries depending on what's going on in my life. Have a great day!
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I don't know if anyone actually reads this but if they do, here is an update.
I've been going through a lot of good things and bad things lately. I haven't been able to work on my manga as much because of finals at school, and I recently started a new job. Sadly, I missed this year's ACEN because of my job because I started a week before ACEN so I already had my schedule before I had the opportunity to request it off, I'm pretty upset I couldn't go because it's the only time I really get to unwind and go out to have fun, mainly because I don't really know of any place to go when I have time off, I usually just stay at home and draw, play video games, read, whatever. So I have a lot of pent up stress with as of now no means to release it. But on the plus side I have found two games I am very fond of and have been spending a lot of time playing, Lost Planet 2 and Pokemon HeartGold. If anyone wants to battle my crappy team my friend code is: 2493 6761 2548. Just send me a note or something if you'd like to battle me.
Anywho, that's about all that is going on with me. I am a little over half way done with the new chapter and this one is probably going to be a lot longer than past chapters.
I've been going through a lot of good things and bad things lately. I haven't been able to work on my manga as much because of finals at school, and I recently started a new job. Sadly, I missed this year's ACEN because of my job because I started a week before ACEN so I already had my schedule before I had the opportunity to request it off, I'm pretty upset I couldn't go because it's the only time I really get to unwind and go out to have fun, mainly because I don't really know of any place to go when I have time off, I usually just stay at home and draw, play video games, read, whatever. So I have a lot of pent up stress with as of now no means to release it. But on the plus side I have found two games I am very fond of and have been spending a lot of time playing, Lost Planet 2 and Pokemon HeartGold. If anyone wants to battle my crappy team my friend code is: 2493 6761 2548. Just send me a note or something if you'd like to battle me.
Anywho, that's about all that is going on with me. I am a little over half way done with the new chapter and this one is probably going to be a lot longer than past chapters.
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The old birthday candle trick...
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Hurray! 6000 pageviews! Thanks everyone for all the subscriptions, views, comments, and favorites! I hope you are all enjoying my manga so far.
The reigning champion for most favorited is still Bleach Note, it popularity baffles me.
One other thing that I really wanted to mention was that I saw Black Dynamite the other day and that movie was simply fantastic. I loved that movie and I would highly recommend anyone who is reading this to go out and watch it ASAP!
Thanks again for the subscriptions and faves! Be sure to look forward to the next chapter of my manga! ^_^
The reigning champion for most favorited is still Bleach Note, it popularity baffles me.
One other thing that I really wanted to mention was that I saw Black Dynamite the other day and that movie was simply fantastic. I loved that movie and I would highly recommend anyone who is reading this to go out and watch it ASAP!
Thanks again for the subscriptions and faves! Be sure to look forward to the next chapter of my manga! ^_^
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What is this... sensation?
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Is it this "happiness" I am hearing so much about? Maybe.
I have been feeling really good lately, I don't really have any good reason for it. But for some reason my self esteem is no longer in the negatives and I feel somewhat hopeful about the future! It's pretty great, I haven't felt this good since I was in high school. And an "old friend" has returned. Let's call him Senior Libido. Now I remember what it's like to want to have sex. Any takers? No? Anyway... It's good to be out of that slump I've been in for the past... 5 years? God...
Maybe now I can get back on track and finally do something worth doing, now that I have that elusive beast known as "self esteem". I better hold on tight! I worked hard for this!
I have been feeling really good lately, I don't really have any good reason for it. But for some reason my self esteem is no longer in the negatives and I feel somewhat hopeful about the future! It's pretty great, I haven't felt this good since I was in high school. And an "old friend" has returned. Let's call him Senior Libido. Now I remember what it's like to want to have sex. Any takers? No? Anyway... It's good to be out of that slump I've been in for the past... 5 years? God...
Maybe now I can get back on track and finally do something worth doing, now that I have that elusive beast known as "self esteem". I better hold on tight! I worked hard for this!
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