45% done with next comic. trying to figure out some architecture in the bottom panel =_=
The New and Improved Mari-Orange Studio
Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 07:50 PM Posted by Administrator
This latest page was brought to you by my new partner in crime, Murcot. As I'm sure you are all well aware, this lapse in page-making has been primarily due to the slow death of my old laptop (affectionately named Lemon). Well, thanks to the support of readers like you, I have been able to add a new citrus to Mari-Orange studio: Murcot. As for an explanation of the name "Murcot" it is derived from "murcott" which is a type of hybridized honey tangerine. For mighty Murcot is anything but a lemon. With plenty of RAM, new non-melted motherboard, a kick-ass processor and a high definition monitor, Murcot has made illustrating pages a dream come true. ...The pop-up CD/DVD burner feature was also key in selecting the R2 Toast, in orange of course, as my case of choice.
As you can see I have also acquired a new desk (found on a street corner), lamp (near a dumster) and, oh right, a home office area to put them in (aka, a vacant corner of my new apartment). Well, all in all, this has been a great help towards the production of pages. So thank you to all of you for donating funds towards getting me back on track, and another big thanks to Nikhil, Chris, Ryan and Jack for helping my stupid artist brain work through the tangle of getting things set up.
Monday, May 17, 2010, 04:08 PM Posted by Administrator
Hi to my all-too-patient viewers. In the likely event that some of you are unaware of what is going on, I have been having some computer problems over the past months. Basically, I have been without internet or a functioning OS since two months ago (long story). While this means that I have been taking some time off from finishing pages, I've had a lot of time for sketching up-coming scenes, which will expedite my process without a doubt. Another bit of good news is that the end of all of this is now in sight. I just have to wait for my internet to be turned on and all should be well with my world.
In the meantime though, I've been doing my best to help with preparations for the JKA/AF annual training camp which will once again take place in New Orleans, this time at UNO. The JKA/AF is inviting all interested karate-ka of any organization to come and participate. The guest instructor this year is Kenro Kurasako, who is both a JKA headquaters' instructor as well as a standing director and vice general manager of the JKA's technical division. Clinics will feature beginner and advanced kata kihon and kumite. To download a registration packet, for the camp please see the JKA/AF's website: http://www.jkaaf.org/member/
So the reason this page took so long to get up was actually a very good one. For the past 4 months I've been suffering from bed bugs which spread to my apartment from someone else's in my complex. Sadly, as bed bugs don't carry any sort of health risks in terms of infectious diseases it was not covered in the terms of my lease and I had no choice but to stick it out until we found a new place to go after our lease expired. Furthermore, I spent all of the past week wiping down every single surface of everything I own and laundering every single piece of cloth before bringing it to the new apartment... which is just a little labor intensive.
I am happy to say that it appears to be successful as I have not had a single bite since moving to the new place.
In addition, this is officially the second to last page of Shizentai's chapter 1. for those of you wondering, at the moment there are 15 planned chapters (though I may condense them to 10). This also means that a new chapter and new settings will soon begin! Here's to moving along! If you're interested in purchasing issue/Chapter 1 in print, please see the forums for info about the pre-order list, or shoot me an e-mail: kmbaudier@gmail.com
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