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Holidays 2011 ~ Chains and Ronou

…and happy new year, all! It’s another year passing, and on the 5th Lovefeast will be 4 years old!

It’s been awfully quiet here these last couple of years. Not without reason, especially this year. I actually had to get through quite a bit of crud! Lots and lots of unstable ground, cropping up right after I’ve dealt with past difficulties! But I honestly do believe I’m better for it now.

I’ve got some more things to take care of (priorities have become pressingly more important since a few months ago). After that, updates! For this comic! And a format change that I think will be better both for the life of this comic and for anyone who reads it. I had reasons for writing it a certain way before (not necessarily good ones), but I realized just what I want to do (and, really, what I SHOULD do) with the comic now, so I’m going to do it. No more doing things the way I “think” they should. Just…getting it done. And enjoying it. You like that, right?

2012 will be a year of reconnecting with comics. I love comics these days. They excite me. I submitted to Aftershock earlier this year, which is a beautiful book with impact. I’ve still got to wrap up a short story I did originally for an anthology, as well as guest pages for Union of Heroes. I’ve gotta do what’s priority, as always — job-hunting in the quiet times was keeping me as busy as if I had a job — but I’m going back to the time where my comics were retreats and pleasures. And it’s reason to be excited.

Much love to you this coming year!

December 31, 2011 | 11 Comments

Take a Look

Oh.

This is a WIP clipping from the next page. It’s been in the works for like a year. Crazy, huh? But it IS coming.

See, some things have been going on, and life’s not exactly going as planned. The last few years I’ve battled general fatigue, bad hardware, and a lack of discipline with regards to working from home, but right now I’m countering things that are mostly out of my control. Wish me luck, and I’ll continue to do my best!

The tides keep turning. Up until recently, I was drawing for Mysteries of the Arcana (which I reviewed here a while back). As of yet some of my pages there are still incomplete (without shading), but I am finishing them and a few other projects (freelance and otherwise) alongside working on my comics. Meanwhile, I learned some things about my capacity for drawing comics and got a much better drawing tablet to make the experience less painful. Yay!

Right now I have big priorities, which is why some of my plans for comics haven’t moved forward as quickly as I’d hoped. But my vision is clearing, so I think things should come together in the next couple of months.

Also, Fan Feature: I recently commissioned this picture from a friend as well as a fan!

SUPER CHAINS

Hushicho drew this! Chains is a classic action Super Hero! His power is being sexy! I fiddled around with coloring it, too. Also, fun facts: a while back, I redesigned his website. You can see it by clicking the link there! I felt like he needed a website that complements the sexy art. Nothing says “sex” like art nouveau, right?

Addendum: I changed the poll and partially rebuilt the fake OSTs using Grooveshark. If you start memorizing the songs now, you’ll be able to hear them on my next updates!

July 19, 2011 | No Comments

News and Art for Japan

Oh, it has been a busy month. Busy, and definitely not slow, with a lot of firsts — my first time giving blood, my first time going to/being in a wedding, my first time seeing a whole bunch of groups in concert. I’m sure there were some others, too.

Also, this month was the first time since last year I’ve drawn any new Lovefeast pages. Yay! I would show them to you, except showing previews sometimes affects my productivity. I can’t describe it better, but there you go. You’ll see them finished when they’re ready!

A lot has been going on lately. With me, and with the world. It makes my head spin. Sometimes, I’m really not sure what to do. I’ve got people trying to influence the way I think, and I’ve got a pretty good chill going naturally, you know? I don’t need any extra or manufactured stress or worry, but sometimes, I have it. It’s strange to deal with. It’s very against my nature. What I’m talking about is drama, essentially; sometimes it surrounds me, but doesn’t actually have anything to do with me.

Sometimes it’s easier to deal with things that we know aren’t in our control, and never can be. At least, as people, we can be united that way — by realizing our human limitations, that we are human. Realizing that we all have hardships, and we don’t have to suffer them alone.

I’m making this post right now to inform you of something! Two original art pieces of mine are being sold to benefit charity. You might be interested in them! Each image links to their Etsy listing. Note: you don’t have to be signed up on Etsy to buy. I think.

Hey! Eustace’s covered in oil! I haven’t decided what specific project the sale of this piece will benefit yet — obviously I originally made it to benefit the Gulf of Mexico relief, but that was a year ago and I kind of dropped the ball timing-wise with this particular work — but I’ve narrowed it down to GlobalGiving.

I created this in response to the situation in Japan. Funds will go to the Tennessee Tomodachi Fund. Quite a few art projects have cropped up in response to the whole situation, and it’s all pretty moving. Usually I feel as though I can’t make an impact at all anywhere, but I’ve just got to keep trying. I just want to do my little bit. Maybe along the way, I can stop being scared and learn how to really convey love.

If you think anyone besides yourself would be interested in buying these pieces, please do send them this way. I hope to sell both of these within the next week.

April 29, 2011 | No Comments

Here We Go Again!

Apparently I am too slow to draw my comics anymore, so I am doing the only logical thing at this point and letting Hushicho of Incubus Tales (nsfw) take over Lovefeast! After all, he draws many comics with great stride and sensual art. So, things like this new page is what you can expect from now on. UNKOGAMI! I’m ashamed I didn’t think of it myself.

EDIT: …Aaand if you haven’t figured it out by now, April Fools! Just so you know, this whole thing was actually somehow spurred on by me. I sure am amused by Gods of Poo… I guess it isn’t unlikely, though, in a world such as Lovefeast’s! A big thanks to Hushi-baachan, who puts up with me for God-knows-why. <3 You may actually be seeing more from him soon. STAY TOONED!

I’m sure if you’ve actually followed this comic for any length of time, you realize that the last time I added a new page was…exactly a year ago. I apologize truly for the lack of pages, though I HAVE been working on them (actually got another sketched, yay) and OTHER EXCITING THINGS. I at least had participated in a crossover since then, and have been actively working on aspects of Lovefeast (notably, the aspects I should have worked on before launching it, lol) — see my personal Tumblr for occasional progress. I’ve shelved a couple other projects that I may not be able to keep up with and somehow acquired more (only to my benefit, and importantly to others’) but my Game Plan as far as updating this comic is concerned remains. Even if it does pan out slowly. I’m learning that anything is better than nothing and chipping away at whatever mental deficiency is keeping me from drawing more often — and hence keeping me from improving.

Here’s the deal: unfortunately, cash is important right now, and jobs are always going to take precedent over this comic. But I’m learning. I’m managing my time. Things have grown unstable and taken turns I hoped they never would have, but I can deal with it now. I pretty much have to. Please bear with me.

I’ll throw it out there that if you toss me a bit of cash, I’ll sketch you a headshot or something. My commissions page details what I can do, but you can also negotiate if you’re on a budget!

Anyway, I’m going to leave up this silly page until I feel like taking it down (it will always be in Fanstuff, under doujinshi), probably next week. Thanks for visiting. Baachan thanks you, too. <3

End note 1: here’s a new comic that just started, by the same author of Shades of Grey, a comic I adored. It’s LeyLines!

End note 2: a slightly NWS new page’s sketch. Compare to page 1 and determine which is more interesting!
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April 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

Fan Arts by Hushicho

It’s been a while since I’ve featured fanart! It’s about time I did. Hushicho, author of Incubus Tales (nsfw), is a great artist and a wonderfully sweet guy; I requested that he draw me a few things, because I was feeling brazen, and he drew me four! Since he and I have been talking, we have been plotting some wonderfully silly, fun things to put out soon, and hope you look forward to it! What we have planned is destined for infamy.

Fun fact: the current vote incentive is actually something else he drew!

As a note, apart from the big pic I posted, the other three links there are sort of not-work-safe. Unless you work at a place where there are naked people all the time, in which case give me your job.

February 23, 2011 | 1 Comment