Hello Folks
Been a long time since I last posted anything, anyways,my website hasn't been updated in ages, and I haven't even started a 2nd episode of TICTTAS or anything.
Been a long and very busy year at my workplace, lot's of things have happened, people come, people gone, and I am now the longest serving employee at my workplace(3 1/2 years), with about 7 weeks of leave saved up :P. I swear I'm not a workaholic.
Anyways, I've got plans and stuff to continue a few projects I've let fall to the side, among them is Sandhurst Academy, I'm still considering whether to do a 2nd TICTTAS ep, and the one constant I am proud to say is my story writing. At this point I have filled two and a half little books full of writing. Though I do occaisionally hit little hurdles, my main advantage with my current story is I only write a couple of pages a night, which lets me think about what direction I'm taking it.
I'm not gonna lie, its pretty crappy at the moment, disjointed, and a bit flat, but this is the first draft, after which I will be writing a hopefully vastly superior 2nd draft, with a bit more subtlety to the characters, and a whole lot more depth. Part of this first draft is getting a feel for how I want each of the main characters to be portrayed, also a feel for the world, and how the powers the characters have work. there's a lot of unwritten backstory to a lot of characters, which means they already have a sense of depth as well. I'm aiming for each character to have some form of backstory to get their motivations, personal opinions and the like across.
For Sandhurst Academy, its gonna become a slice of life comic to a degree, and I've already written a bit of a script for the next chapter. My plans with it is to write each chapter as a sort of standalone story, each one will introduce new characters and hopefully expand the world a bit. I'm also considering abit of a redraw of the earlier pages to bring them in line with my current drawing ability, but we will see. But basically the idea now is not to jump in and go nuts, but to be a bit more methodical.
I've also recently taken up playing Minecraft, and am considering creating a youtube series based of that, partly due to Mojang giving their explicit approval for this sort of thing. It will be a standard survival random map, and will involce me building stuff, possibly from my Realm storyline. But we will see where that one goes, I'm thinking of creaating anew channel for this one, to allow it to be fully legit while the other one can be my abrigening series place.
Main reason for the Let's play series, is from a techincal and editing perspective its very straight forward and easy, unlike and abridged show, and can legitametly be used for making money, something I hope to never see from abridgering.
I have another idea of narrating my comics, or at least voice acting them to a degree, sorta like an animated comic thing. Which I may do for the Realm, but may do for Sandhurst Academy first(though more then liekly it will be pretty bad at least at the start)
On the anime side, I've been a bit lax lately, but I was quite impressed with legend of the Legendary heroes of legndariness(though not so much with its name :P) Good action, and a surprising story so far, I've even taken the effort to avoid tvtropes on this one as well. though I may have seen an Amv which may have ruined a few scenes for me.
Also saw broken Blade, and have to honestly say its one of the best looking anime I've seen to date. Voice acting was a bit enh, but at the same time I was glad to see Sentai Filmworks getting this one. Competition is never a bad thing. Story was a bit all over the place as well, but considering they basically adapted what should've been a 26 episode series into a six episode ova you win some lose some.
other than that, I've been watching Rosario Vampire, which while not quite up to par with the manga, honestly made me laugh quite a bit, because of its stupid fun :)
On the drawing side of things, I haven't done much recently really, partly due to not having an appropriate place to do it at home, although I have been told by my mother when my sister moves out finally(she's living here and in another town at the same time), I can claim that room. Basically I'm planning on setting up a bit of an art studio, with the idea that it be quiet and out of the way, probably without a computer in it as well, to force me to concentrate. Computer's are bad at keeping you focused.
On that note, yes I do still live my parents, but when the house has close to 12 big rooms, a pool house, and an acre block can ya really blame me? Plus I don't like the idea of paying money to someone else for renting, when I can just pay mum and dad money, it helps them a little, and seeing as I'm sort've the last one to leave the nest so to speak, allows me to help them with things as well. Though admittedly I'm not the most proactive house mate.
I'm also putting myself on a sort of diet I guess, basically I will avoid having takeaway for lunch, for the next month at least, perhaps indefinitely, instead eating packaged meals, or bakery products from the work freezer. This is mainly due to the fact that in the last couple of weeks I estimate I went to KFC at least ten times. And its put a bit of weight onto me, which I don't really want, though it does keep me warm in winter :P
Anywho, sayonara folks, have a good one, hopefully my next post will be full of good news of projects starting and going along swimmingly :)
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Sandhurst Returns
Heya Folks
As I said in my previous post, Sandhurst Academy has now had an updated page. I'll be trying to do more updates a week, probably gallery entries or something, but expect a definite update on the comic every Sunday for the forseeable future. We'll hopefully see it move to a bi-weekly update once I get back into the swing of things, and eventually a tri-weekly update.
Other then that, have a new phone...as in I actually have a working mobile phone now. This is a big deal seeing as I haven't had a working mobile for nearly 2 years. Pretty cool being able to text people again.
I also went to the celebration of the name change of the company I work for, which was pretty dang exiting to see all the people down in the Melbourne place I've never met before. Got to go to the top floor of the Eureka tower and everything which was pretty cool, if a little scary for someone like me who hates heights.
My anime and manga collection is on a continual rise at the moment, I've nearly used up all the space I have currently available so I'm doing well :P
Anywho that'll be enough, be sure to check the comic if you want, or yerknow, wait till next Sunday when another page will be up, so you can read two at the same time instead of one or something :P Or not, your choices as everything is.
Oh and as I like to pretend I say a lot, "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Damm coke machine.....
Sayonara folks!
As I said in my previous post, Sandhurst Academy has now had an updated page. I'll be trying to do more updates a week, probably gallery entries or something, but expect a definite update on the comic every Sunday for the forseeable future. We'll hopefully see it move to a bi-weekly update once I get back into the swing of things, and eventually a tri-weekly update.
Other then that, have a new phone...as in I actually have a working mobile phone now. This is a big deal seeing as I haven't had a working mobile for nearly 2 years. Pretty cool being able to text people again.
I also went to the celebration of the name change of the company I work for, which was pretty dang exiting to see all the people down in the Melbourne place I've never met before. Got to go to the top floor of the Eureka tower and everything which was pretty cool, if a little scary for someone like me who hates heights.
My anime and manga collection is on a continual rise at the moment, I've nearly used up all the space I have currently available so I'm doing well :P
Anywho that'll be enough, be sure to check the comic if you want, or yerknow, wait till next Sunday when another page will be up, so you can read two at the same time instead of one or something :P Or not, your choices as everything is.
Oh and as I like to pretend I say a lot, "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Damm coke machine.....
Sayonara folks!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Time goes on
Heya
Been a while since the last post.
Anywho lot of things will be happening shortly.
One is Sandhurst will be getting a new website at some point, and the comic will also be continued from where it was left off. Probably going to be aiming for a once a week release until I get a buffer organised, then moving up to a biweekly update or even three updates a week(here's hoping) But I will be holding back on rushing into this one as I've taken a long break from drawing.
On other news, I've been terribly busy at work, calls are flying through, and I'm lucky if I get a moments peace to even think. But we are getting some new people so hopefully the pressure will ease off soon.
I've also started the first draft of my Realm storyline, staring the Eledor that this blog has been named after, and his sidekick Aeries(actually Aeries is the main character)
I've been writing one or two pages a night, before I go to sleep, and I have been managing this for the last 3 months now, without missing a single night. I'm impressed with myself even if no one else is :P
Other then that, I'm finding at present I don't have the energy or available time to continue TICTTAS(the abridged thingy), for now anyway, I may change my tune in the future, but I feel I need to focus on my writing and comic at present.
My brother got himself a girlfriend, and has now moved in with her, good on him I say :P. And my sister will finish her accounting course soon, and hopefully get herself a very nice job.
Now, as I tend to do, when watching a momentus event, such as a wedding of a cousin, I start to get a bit reflective and look at myself. Look at where I've gotten too, and what I've achieved. First thing I did was cut my hair, I'll probably grow it long again, but that will take months at least. Next thing I did was make the commitment to myself to continue my webcomic, and get a redesign of its website and new domain name organised for it.
But simply I realised if I want to do the things I want to do I have to get my act into gear, I've already been reducing my expenditure and saving a bit of money(kinda aiming to purchase a house when I can), but the added benefit is I have a lot of cash on hand if something happens, need a lot more though.
But anyway, just thought I'd mention stuff is happening again, and the return of a regularly updated Sandhurst Academy will be arriving by the end of this week.
Sayonara folks!
Been a while since the last post.
Anywho lot of things will be happening shortly.
One is Sandhurst will be getting a new website at some point, and the comic will also be continued from where it was left off. Probably going to be aiming for a once a week release until I get a buffer organised, then moving up to a biweekly update or even three updates a week(here's hoping) But I will be holding back on rushing into this one as I've taken a long break from drawing.
On other news, I've been terribly busy at work, calls are flying through, and I'm lucky if I get a moments peace to even think. But we are getting some new people so hopefully the pressure will ease off soon.
I've also started the first draft of my Realm storyline, staring the Eledor that this blog has been named after, and his sidekick Aeries(actually Aeries is the main character)
I've been writing one or two pages a night, before I go to sleep, and I have been managing this for the last 3 months now, without missing a single night. I'm impressed with myself even if no one else is :P
Other then that, I'm finding at present I don't have the energy or available time to continue TICTTAS(the abridged thingy), for now anyway, I may change my tune in the future, but I feel I need to focus on my writing and comic at present.
My brother got himself a girlfriend, and has now moved in with her, good on him I say :P. And my sister will finish her accounting course soon, and hopefully get herself a very nice job.
Now, as I tend to do, when watching a momentus event, such as a wedding of a cousin, I start to get a bit reflective and look at myself. Look at where I've gotten too, and what I've achieved. First thing I did was cut my hair, I'll probably grow it long again, but that will take months at least. Next thing I did was make the commitment to myself to continue my webcomic, and get a redesign of its website and new domain name organised for it.
But simply I realised if I want to do the things I want to do I have to get my act into gear, I've already been reducing my expenditure and saving a bit of money(kinda aiming to purchase a house when I can), but the added benefit is I have a lot of cash on hand if something happens, need a lot more though.
But anyway, just thought I'd mention stuff is happening again, and the return of a regularly updated Sandhurst Academy will be arriving by the end of this week.
Sayonara folks!
Sunday, January 09, 2011
And then there was one...uh wait...
Hello Peoples
I finally did it, the first episode of the Irresponsible Captain Tylor, The Abridged Series is up, or as I like to refer to it, TICTTAS Ep 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D7yOAotQ-E
Anyway the quality's a bit schwonky, but I've literally spent two years sitting on this one, and really wanted to get onto the next episode, something is better then nothing, and there can be no improvement without something awful coming first(depends on personally preference, its better then some I've seen, but a lot worse then others as well).
Aside from that my family suffered a loss, with the Matriarch of my mother's side of the family passing just a month or two ago. During the first holidays I've had in six months no less, so to be blunt, I didn't have a fun time of it, and neither did anyone else.
On the website front, I'm gearing myself up for a productive couple of months(I actually have some pages that are nearly ready to be put on te website, but haven't got round to due to being busy(playing games)) and you'll probably be seeing some updates there at some point, in the next couple of months.
I'm also gearing up for a collaborative project with some friends, where I'm the artist to their writing and storyboarding. A few things we need to do before that one starts though, one of which is finalising some character designs.
Other then that, things seem to be moving pretty well, I'm feeling more and more confident in my job at present, I'm sorting fitting into the notch as the go to guy for a variety of issues(not a huge amount but some at least), and some difficult customers. And am nearing two years of employment with the company. So even if anything bad ever happens I have some pretty useful experience to get me another job, though I still feel I'm sorely lacking in the people skills department, despite my confidence on the phone.
Anyway I think that's a pretty good update, uh and if you want share that youtube link with your friends or something(If anyone other then me reads this that is.)
Sayonara Folks, and have a GREAT NEW YEAR!
I finally did it, the first episode of the Irresponsible Captain Tylor, The Abridged Series is up, or as I like to refer to it, TICTTAS Ep 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D7yOAotQ-E
Anyway the quality's a bit schwonky, but I've literally spent two years sitting on this one, and really wanted to get onto the next episode, something is better then nothing, and there can be no improvement without something awful coming first(depends on personally preference, its better then some I've seen, but a lot worse then others as well).
Aside from that my family suffered a loss, with the Matriarch of my mother's side of the family passing just a month or two ago. During the first holidays I've had in six months no less, so to be blunt, I didn't have a fun time of it, and neither did anyone else.
On the website front, I'm gearing myself up for a productive couple of months(I actually have some pages that are nearly ready to be put on te website, but haven't got round to due to being busy(playing games)) and you'll probably be seeing some updates there at some point, in the next couple of months.
I'm also gearing up for a collaborative project with some friends, where I'm the artist to their writing and storyboarding. A few things we need to do before that one starts though, one of which is finalising some character designs.
Other then that, things seem to be moving pretty well, I'm feeling more and more confident in my job at present, I'm sorting fitting into the notch as the go to guy for a variety of issues(not a huge amount but some at least), and some difficult customers. And am nearing two years of employment with the company. So even if anything bad ever happens I have some pretty useful experience to get me another job, though I still feel I'm sorely lacking in the people skills department, despite my confidence on the phone.
Anyway I think that's a pretty good update, uh and if you want share that youtube link with your friends or something(If anyone other then me reads this that is.)
Sayonara Folks, and have a GREAT NEW YEAR!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Been a while
Hey guys
Been a while, I'll admit, anywho I'm expecting some holidays to be coming up, which I intend to spend a bit of time by catching up on the things I've been neglecting. Essentially at the moment I feel I've got into a bit of rythym at work and things seem to be working out pretty well. I think I'm pretty useful at the moment, so I'm pretty certain my job is pretty safe now.
Anyway I have been seriously neglecting my drawing, though I have been doing a drawing class, which is mainly just a refresher on proper drawing techniques then me learning anything new.
Expect some new pages for Sandhurst Academy to appear on my website in the next two months I won't promise frequent updates but a few should make their way up onto the website between now and the end of the year. And I'm also beginning to start drawing Children of Prometheus, at least the early roughs for some pages.
On the TICTTAS front, I'm almost considering dropping it in favor of a more serious series, which would lend itself better to parody, like Darker Than Black or even the Armitage movies. Might be fun who knows, I think I'll get one episode of TICTTAS done, see what and if the general response is, and maybe switch to something different. Anyway other then that, my time is being taken for organising a roleplaying game for my friends as well as my standard anime and manga viewing which I do a lot of.
And I bought an A3 capable scanner/printer/fax which means I can finally scan some of my larger pictures for web viewage. The other factors for a lack of activity is the acquisition of a new computer, as I slowly bring everything over to it. Plus I have two screens now. Which is actually really cool.
Anywho, expect some updates to my website in the next two months, inlcuding possibly some more details on the CoP comic I'm currently working on with two of my friends. I'm not going to say much about it, as it'll probably spoil it, other then it is based of a roleplaying game we are still currently playing.
Sayonara folks!
Been a while, I'll admit, anywho I'm expecting some holidays to be coming up, which I intend to spend a bit of time by catching up on the things I've been neglecting. Essentially at the moment I feel I've got into a bit of rythym at work and things seem to be working out pretty well. I think I'm pretty useful at the moment, so I'm pretty certain my job is pretty safe now.
Anyway I have been seriously neglecting my drawing, though I have been doing a drawing class, which is mainly just a refresher on proper drawing techniques then me learning anything new.
Expect some new pages for Sandhurst Academy to appear on my website in the next two months I won't promise frequent updates but a few should make their way up onto the website between now and the end of the year. And I'm also beginning to start drawing Children of Prometheus, at least the early roughs for some pages.
On the TICTTAS front, I'm almost considering dropping it in favor of a more serious series, which would lend itself better to parody, like Darker Than Black or even the Armitage movies. Might be fun who knows, I think I'll get one episode of TICTTAS done, see what and if the general response is, and maybe switch to something different. Anyway other then that, my time is being taken for organising a roleplaying game for my friends as well as my standard anime and manga viewing which I do a lot of.
And I bought an A3 capable scanner/printer/fax which means I can finally scan some of my larger pictures for web viewage. The other factors for a lack of activity is the acquisition of a new computer, as I slowly bring everything over to it. Plus I have two screens now. Which is actually really cool.
Anywho, expect some updates to my website in the next two months, inlcuding possibly some more details on the CoP comic I'm currently working on with two of my friends. I'm not going to say much about it, as it'll probably spoil it, other then it is based of a roleplaying game we are still currently playing.
Sayonara folks!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Election time
Hey people's
It's election time in Australia, and that means practically nothing to me, but above and beyond...I'm really sad, as my favourite character in Bleach may have just been killed off :( SAD FACE, this is where Orihime would be awesome to appear...but I'll have to wait till next week to find out...
Anywho, got a new comic in the works to run concurrently with Sandhurst, labelled Children of Prometheus, or as I abbreviate it, CoP. Following the adventures of a rag tag bunch of guys and gals, as they do stuff. It's a superhero comic, but done in a style similar to Heroes, but a heck of a lot less cryptic...well at first at any rate.
Anywho I should have a new Sandhurst page up this weekend, most likely Sunday, as I delve into the wonders of a noir styled comic.
Sayonara folks!
It's election time in Australia, and that means practically nothing to me, but above and beyond...I'm really sad, as my favourite character in Bleach may have just been killed off :( SAD FACE, this is where Orihime would be awesome to appear...but I'll have to wait till next week to find out...
Anywho, got a new comic in the works to run concurrently with Sandhurst, labelled Children of Prometheus, or as I abbreviate it, CoP. Following the adventures of a rag tag bunch of guys and gals, as they do stuff. It's a superhero comic, but done in a style similar to Heroes, but a heck of a lot less cryptic...well at first at any rate.
Anywho I should have a new Sandhurst page up this weekend, most likely Sunday, as I delve into the wonders of a noir styled comic.
Sayonara folks!
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Onwards and Upwards
Heya Folks,
Been a real quiet week at work so far, maybe its waiting around a corner to ambush us, but at the moment, its looking okay. As long as nothing bad happens, and I keep on top of things, I think things will be fine(fingers crossed).
Anywho on other more fun things, uhrmmmm, hmmm, oh yeah did you see those two pages I put up, wait already mentioned them, uhrrmmm, well...I'm going into money saving mode at the moment, I'm gonna be holding off on large spending sprees for a little, as I'm trying to build up some cash, to do what with I'm not to sure to be honest, but having a bit of cash on hand is always pretty nice.
Another thing I'm planning on doing is getting a debit card, earning money is nice and all but when you can't pay for things online it tends to suck a little, especially when the things you want, can only be bought online.
Hmmm, other then that, I really need to upgrade the old bombshell I have of a computer, I've managed to extend its lifetime somewhat, by replacing some parts here and there, but when its still operating on a single core processor, it tends to you know be not...so...good...yeah...
Although I definitely like Windows 7, much quicker, then my old slowly dieing XP, and my work computer which operates on Vista, plus has a broken screen...yes anyway.
Anywho, so things seem to be okay, but I'm gonna be super vigilant for a good long while, to hopefully catch anything before it becomes a major issue. And here I thought I was pretty good at the whole customer service rep, BB tech thing, ah well, ya snooze ya get fired from a large cannon into the stratosphere where you fall down and burn up in the atmosphere, before smacking into the ocean at terminal velocity, and well you know, smeer into nothing.
On that note,
Sayonara folks!
Been a real quiet week at work so far, maybe its waiting around a corner to ambush us, but at the moment, its looking okay. As long as nothing bad happens, and I keep on top of things, I think things will be fine(fingers crossed).
Anywho on other more fun things, uhrmmmm, hmmm, oh yeah did you see those two pages I put up, wait already mentioned them, uhrrmmm, well...I'm going into money saving mode at the moment, I'm gonna be holding off on large spending sprees for a little, as I'm trying to build up some cash, to do what with I'm not to sure to be honest, but having a bit of cash on hand is always pretty nice.
Another thing I'm planning on doing is getting a debit card, earning money is nice and all but when you can't pay for things online it tends to suck a little, especially when the things you want, can only be bought online.
Hmmm, other then that, I really need to upgrade the old bombshell I have of a computer, I've managed to extend its lifetime somewhat, by replacing some parts here and there, but when its still operating on a single core processor, it tends to you know be not...so...good...yeah...
Although I definitely like Windows 7, much quicker, then my old slowly dieing XP, and my work computer which operates on Vista, plus has a broken screen...yes anyway.
Anywho, so things seem to be okay, but I'm gonna be super vigilant for a good long while, to hopefully catch anything before it becomes a major issue. And here I thought I was pretty good at the whole customer service rep, BB tech thing, ah well, ya snooze ya get fired from a large cannon into the stratosphere where you fall down and burn up in the atmosphere, before smacking into the ocean at terminal velocity, and well you know, smeer into nothing.
On that note,
Sayonara folks!
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