Yesterday, I stumbled on ankewehner from Livejournal, who was taking art requests. I requested a picture of Raenur and Ferim, gave some refs, and left the rest up to the artist. I must say, I’m very pleased with what I got:
This captures the two of them perfectly, especially since I’m always imagining the two of them dancing in some way. =3 And seeing someone else’s rendition of characters that I’ve created inspired me to pick up the pencils and get back to comic-drawing all over again! =D
Now, if I can get my scanner to work with my new computer, I can actually upload those comics…
I guess I should start this off by saying that despite comments left in my previous blog and on my forum (and on my Wikifur article, for that matter), I am not dead. Nor do I plan to be any time in the near future. I’m not going into details, but the situation was taken care of, and hopefully, we won’t have any more scares like that in the future.
But now let’s talk about site updating. As I type this, I’m planning and working on new comics. Okay, it’s more like *types a little* *stops to work on comic* *types a little more* *stops to work on comic more*, but you get the idea. I think my motivation to do this went way up today when I logged into my Zazzle store and discovered that someone bought the Arjur’s Epic Quote Mug that I made way back after the first comic and almost forgot about. Funny how the first product I make becomes the first product I sell. ^_^ After discovering this, I promptly did the following:
1) Fell over 2) Died 3) Came back to life 4) Was happy that I have a full $1.82 credited to my Zazzle account =3
I must celebrate this success somehow. I’ll find a way.
Speaking of updates and my store, I really have to give the store link on this site a major overhaul. It needs to be more organized, and I have to update the new stuff I’ve since added, like the variety of items featuring a cute pictureofRaenurandFerim. (Yes, each word is a different link.) I’ll be working on that, so don’t be surprised if the appearance of the store page looks dramatically different all of a sudden.
For some unexplainable reason, comics 3 and 4 got messed up and barely readable out of nowhere. They were perfectly fine and clear when I posted them originally (at least by my handwriting standards… ), but now they’re all blocky and whatnot.
It’s a good thing I keep the paper copies neatly filed away–as my work space is usually horribly cluttered –because I might just have to re-scan and re-upload.
I’m sorry for the current mess that they are. I’ll get it fixed ASAP.
I’ve been getting a lot of comments about my last Twitter update in the days since I posted it. For those that missed it and/or have no idea what the hell I’m talking about, here’s what I posted:
Let it be known that I don’t care for public restrooms…Especially when people explode in them…
This was posted after a horrifying incident in a library restroom. Let’s just say, I didn’t know you could shoot the walls with your ass.
This has started a pretty funny discussion in my Easter post on this site. But imagine my shock when, as I logged into Twitter, I found that I have a follower called “Restroom_Assoc”. :surprise: Equally amusing was the reply I found on their page:
@Kyetsu Want to do a webcomic on our site? 6000 unique hits in an average month. More when we get on national media.
I have nothing to say to that…Srsly.
As far as updates go, I’m being patient with FireForumz right now. They’re supposed to be bringing the site back on new servers sometime in the next few days. Once that happens, we can start building up our little community again.
And I’m hoping to have new comics up by the end of the week. I’m finishing some up now, but I have to wait until I get paid again to post them, since I pay for scanning. One of these days, I’ll have my computer fixed, and I’ll invest in my own scanner for it. That’ll make my life a lot easier.
I’m revamping the look of the site yet again. Website maintaining is an ever-changing progress. Not only has the store been remade, but I’ve also cleaned up the Navigation links on the sidebar. You don’t have to go to a separate page to click on the weblistings links, so you can vote all you want from the main page!
Also, I now have a link to my Zazzle store. Not only can you see non-Ralynkei products (should I ever make them. ), but you can check out new products, like the bumper sticker and magnet I created, before I update the store to show them!
And, as some of you have noticed, I now have “TwitNews”–a.k.a. Twitter updates–located on the sidebar. This makes it easier to update everyone on the site (and, to some extent, what I’m up to) without having to post new entries every time. And since I have it linked up to my phone, I don’t even have to be online to update it!
And since I actually have today off of work (how did that happen? ), that gives me more comic-making time! I’m going to dedicate as much of today to comic drawing as I can, and hopefully, I can have new ones posted in the next couple of days.
One final note: The forums should be coming back soon. Fireforumz just bought new servers, and is in the process of updating the entire site. Hopefully, once that’s done, we can get the community started again!