UPDATES

So first off...





And second... I would like to apologize for the lack of updates. Its no excuse really, more like a why. Due to reasons beyond my immediate control, things have been rather insane in my life. Between the job, the intense need to move out of this house, the personal issues, the computer crashing, the bad thoughts you get throughout the day, and my muse being a zombie in serious need of attention, I simply have not been able to update for a while. I've been drawing again, and thats a good sign, considering its been hard to open the stream of consciousness for a long time now. Organization has been off, obviously, cause I was supposed to be working on a more fluid fucking style already to do this plotline with, not to mention FINISHING THIS PART. >_<. But I'm definitely not dead, and neither is this site... It just tends to go in a coma... I mean, in all seriousness, I am not the worst webcomic when it comes to updates. Not saying any names (Sneezes a few) XD, but webcomic artists are kinda notorious for their injuries and trauma. I do know a lot more about the plotline for this comic, and many possible end sequences, and some personal vents from current life. I am definitely going to throw in a lot of things regarding what has gone on IRL, because this will make my will to do this comic not just a hobby, but also a venting mechanism, which it kinda started off as when I was a wee little depressed kid. LUL. Of course... This blog is subject to more update, cause I have more 'splaining to do. Brb...



-Shew

Hey everyone. Sorry for the couple of weeks of crappy updating. I am writing this to say that I can no longer guarantee that I will update EVERY friday like usual, at least until I can work some more college stuff out. I am also starting my job very soon and making all kinds of appointments, and I'm just spent most of the time. My priority would be here if it weren't college I was worried about... So yeah. Don't expect this to continue though. Personal issues, caffeine withdrawal, depression, and shit I have to deal with has always been kind of a constant in my life, and it has never completely stopped my drive to make things.


I'm also trying to make a coloring technique that doesn't take hours to do, but still satisfies me. I would not want software preferences to limit my usual lineart style I set off to make this comic originally with! So I'm trying to make this work for me. I'm not trying to reduce quality either... Time OFTEN has to do with quality but an artist who does not take pleasure in their work when it is done will make stuff that is far worse than someone who likes what they do, time-based or not.


So I'm experimenting with flash and stuff :P

So don't worry... Personal issues, and art school panic attack aside, I will still be doing this, so still visit it on Fridays! I assure you we're OPEN. Hahah... Quotes.


-That thing...

EDIT: Yeah... I updated... I decided to do something a bit different yet again, but this actually turned out pretty clean and simple (Utada style... DEERRR). I ended up inking in flash, cause the paint brush in photoshop is making me want to gouge my eyes out with my stylus. I wish photoshop just had an inking tool like flash, but was still pressure sensitive. I'm probably missing something, cause I'm still learning about this software, but still... That would make it so much less time-consuming! But whatever. Point is to get the story out of my head, and get it good enough to fully realize the vision... But I was really aiming for coloring last weeks comic too. I must apologize. Things have simply been unfathomably chaotic in terms of getting into art school. I should be finishing my application tomorrow. There are many things which are challenging here, not including my artwork (which I have been improving for weeks), so Wish Meh Luck! D:!!!!!!! Yep... I'm still updating today. Might be uploaded like, this evening though. I usually stay up all Thursday night to chisel out the rest of the comic, but this week, as you may be able to tell, had just been insane. Art school stuff is just driving me insane, and I've been working really hard on things like the portfolio and outlining my essay and talking to admissions. I'm pretty new to stuff involving amounts of money that are more than a good car, and how to get the government to lessen this, cause you're "Special".



... Oh.. I wonder if the college people will see this blog. Well... If so... Then, "Hello!!! Don't click on the contact button! It is NOT DONE YET DX. Please feel free to go through my comics! (Note: Comics do not in any way, shape, or form, reflect the artists overall view of the worl- Well... I guess so!)


BACK TO WEEEERRRKKK!!!!!!!


-Lefty

EDIT: Well... I feel really terrible now. I was able to get the actual pencil up for last weeks comic, but I'm afraid if I don't get any sleep before all the stuff I need done tomorrow, I'll get sick. So instead, a promise I will keep (unless my family goes batshits, batbombs insane again)... Next week I will do a double update to make up for it. I need it anyway. The reason why this week was so clogged was family nonsense again, and me being in a panic to try to get into art school. The financial aid thing is turning out to be quite the annoyance to me, and there are so many delays. I have a plan, a longshot, but still a worthy plan. I have been reworking my portfolio completely with observational work, and organizing a beast of an essay which I plan on lauching via Trebuchet all the way to SCAD in Georgia. So Caffeinaliens plotline took one for the team I guess... Which sucks cause the poor thing has done so way too many times.

Not to worry though. I stayed sane from Z-day, which was an amazing success. 200 Zombies stormed the streets of Providence covered in fake blood and attacked cars, and Starbucks. I myself got fake blood all over some guys Escalade with like 10 others. Nothing brightens a day more than taking someone's bad choice and drooling blood all over it. NOTHING.

Shown here are the portraits of all the zombies. Everyone who was involved got a snapshot after blood was dumped over their heads. Great idea. Props to the Barron guy who started all of this.

But basically, my friend showed me around Providence and I got to meet her dorm-mates. They were pretty much wonderful people. Props also go out to whoever brought the limes and fried the Plantaines at 3 am. Its motivated me much more to get out to art school even more. Staying here is no longer an option anymore. NO. Just... NO. There was also some party over at Brown... Which was huge and just dying down when I arrived. I must say, I had an enlightening time, and shoutouts go to everyone I got to know over that short time. I'm definitely taking the train up again one of these days when time permits.

But I really hope all of you understand the delays. Its either been complete family chaos which has been ruining everything, or a panic for my future and peace of mind, or Monday where I had to be sleepless cause of writing my friends memorial for Connecticon. I've had enough of producing sub-par art for what I'm capable of just because of stupid fights or the smothering cloud that people call the Connecticut Shoreline. So, like I said, I will update big time next week, and fill you in on how I'm advancing with my portfolio work. Some of the things I'm drawing are going to be from the zombie picts, so I'll definitely post them...

But until then, enjoy some Moskau in ENGLISH. Moskau! Moskau! DO DE DO DO DO DO DOOOO

-Left Shew





Yeah... I'm a shmuck... I know. So basically, I only recently got my computer up and running again, like TODAY, so no comic right now. However, I am going to be going to Z-day tomorrow. This is basically why I need sleep, cause I will get sick if I go running around Providence with fake blood on and 2 hours of sleep. Why however? Cause I'm definitely going to make something about THAT when I get back from it. What is Z-day you ask? Its when hundreds of RISD students dress up as zombies and run around Providence looking for meat! The storyline, if all goes well, should pick up again next week. I'm really sorry for the delays. That incident with my family was just too crushing. My concentration is still a bit gone... I was gonna make something different for today, but ended up stuck in the car until I got back home exhausted.




Most of the said exhaustion comes from a panic to get into art school. There have been like 50 delays cause of stupid, nit-picking things which weren't even my fault, and its been stressing me out to the point of no return. I definitely know that I will completely lose my mind if I am stuck stagnant in Connecticut for another year, so I'm currently trying for SCAD, and a couple of others. Paier is where I am going now for a drawing course, but I'm looking for something with more of an animation program and department for this Falls semester. Wish me luck I guess?





So... I'll definitely have some interesting stories from Z-day.

So... You're all wondering why this is flipped, penciled, and uncolored...




Well... I have no scanner and photoshop. I had to remove that stuff from my house so my family's insane brawl wouldn't break it (that computer and tablet and scanner are my life. Wacom has me on a leash) And I'm currently living elsewhere in CT. Why? Its a long story I'd rather not say cause I'm getting carpel tunnel probably. I'm not a healthy thing, rather a fragile little elf thing which has slight balance, which, if disturbed, will implode upon itself and die.





So basically I'm continuing the plot further, and if you can make it out, this shows Wehs' friend finding out, to their shock and disbelief, that he has obtained a drivers license. Knowing that his friend is a completely hopeless weirdo, the character knows something is wrong, and leaves in a hurry. The character is most likely going to be called Knights.



Regardless... I deeply apologize for the lack of a full color comic this week! It really annoys me, and I wish I could have seen the last few days coming and prevented them from happening so I wouldn't have this kind of a useless delay again. I'm currently catching up on Heroes, and its kind of the only thing to do here except mope and draw, and I really wish I could bend time and space. Hiros fucking awesome.



If you know me on facebook, and actually want to read the entire story of why things suck, read the note I wrote. Its not a pity party, but I did get angry writing it, and am sick of typing to everyone and retelling the story over a hundred times. Thought I'd say over nine thousand didn't you?! NOT THIS TIME DUMMY!



So in the meantime, why don't you all go to my DevianTART and check out stuff.








Also... Cloverfield Water?!

-Shew, from the woods of Connecticut