dream*scar

chapter 11: page 17

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:17:27 +0000

i always feel like...somebody's WAAAAAAAAATCHING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! lol also i love lysander, i don't care if he's a jerk. that's just what my heart craves, apparently. alsoalso, i missed uploading exactly one month away by just a day. A DAY. i was so close ;0;/ but then again i didn't get to touch photoshop at all yesterday so i would have made it, if it wasn't for that pesky holiday... :'D [speaking of which, we usually go to washington for, so it was a big let down after all the crazy fireworks there to then have the ones in our city canceled due to high winds and fire hazards.... :(((] in other news... spiderforest is accepting applications on the 10th! if you have a webcomic and are interested, please check it out :D they're an awesome and very supportive bunch. :D

chapter 11: page 16

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:37:09 +0000

it's like when ur driving and realize you spaced out and you don't remember the last 8 miles of road at all ok full disclosure, panel 1 was meant to be drawn with two panels but the layout [and my stupid art blooock xD] was just not having it XD;;; so so i feel like panel 1 is lacking a lot of personality ;0; augh. but a page goes up! so i can't complain too much :'D/ in other news, izzie's last day of school is this week already... i have no idea if i will have more or less free time. i can't remember summer life anymore lmao... //laysonface i can only hope but i have no promises. same as always, i'll keep plugging at my own pace xD in other other news... spiderforest is running a kickstarter for a comic anthology! it's a collection of comics based on those loveable scamps, the rogues :'D organized and filled with wonderful original works from my fellow collective mates. please consider backing it!! i feel like i had something else i needed to say here but i'm drawing a blank :T if i remember, i'll drop a message into the comment section and pin it xD;

chapter 11: page 15

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:19:38 +0000

yea, what could he possibly want to talk about? ...find out in 6 months in the next update!!! gkfgdhgkfdjgfdhj okay but real talk, good god. this has not been a good time for d*s. between the usual izzie filled days and being out of town, my tablet decided to have two separate issues [flickergate and the recent windows 10 update] ... it's just not been a very productive time :'D;;;; i really thought i would get this page out waaaaaaaaaay sooner e_e;;; sigh. anyway i'm sorry this page is very content light. in the flow of things it made sense to have a beat here, but it's kinda torture with my current pace, and i apologize for that :'D;;;; i can't even promise the next update will be any faster. i've come to the realization lately that izzie being at school just means i'm more busy than ever lmao;;;; i realized i only get about 1-2 hours of drawing a day [assuming i draw each day]. izzie is only at school for about 5 hours, but...driving, doing errands, chores, eating, etc xD it takes a lot out of that time. plus days off for wrist rest sometimes. i have less on fridays cos i volunteer at izzie's school, and nearly every day after school we're out and about instead of home. i get more drawn in my sketchbook these days than in photoshop @_@ it's good cos i love drawing on paper, but not...good for d*s xD;;; hmm, i was going to link to some d*s things i've drawn on paper during my surface pro downtime, but i'm realizing i only posted a few publicly even tho i drew a lot more xD;;; here's a few that i did post tho. i'll try to upload more over time... anyway, see you guys next time ;n;/

chapter 11: page 14

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:30:18 +0000

gurl, don't thank him, he should've organized this the moment you got there lmao. tbh i wanted to have her think something like this, but then deciding to not pick at it when they are having a relatively normal comvo for once lmao.... i trimmed it out for space constraints, tho... //shrug// maybe one day i won't have to do that :'D [also, to be fair, he has been trying to set this up for a while now...] sorry for the long wait. AGAIN. there's no excuse really, just the same old shit xD i may be a grandma by the time this comic is done at this rate!! anyway thanks for sticking with me. i know it's not really enjoyable at this pace xD but i will keep pluggin away at it, as always. ;n;/ ^^^ since it's the last week this will be available to purchase [orders close on the 4th], i'm pimping this zine one last time. we broke $11k donations this week. i'm rly blown away by the response with this project ;0; it feels amazing to have had a hand in this. we got permission to post our pieces a few days ago so mine is on tumblr, but i doubt everyone is gonna share their piece, so it's still worth grabbing a copy [and also ur helping ppl so that's a bonus XD] - order a copy - zine previews - my piece see you guys next time!

chapter 11: page 13

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:34:56 +0000

drawing lysander caught off guard is rly unsettling... i don't like doing it... vix stop freaking ur dad out. D: this page has been done for a few days, but life has been kind of a butt lately :'D i can't guarentee that's gonna let up anytime soon tho, and i do need to open commissions once again, so...fhgjhfdgjk hahasjkG fml. i will do my best to keep updating as often as possible tho ;0;/ i also have some d*s art i rly need to post somewhere soon too... it's been on patreon all alone for a while lmao. maybe i will try to set up TWC again :|a ... hmm. next update, maybe?! D: i'll figure it out. i should be finished entirely with zine work by then. speaking of which lol... ^^^ yes this again. it's on the final week of preorders~ we're almost done compiling everything, and the donations are up to nearly 8k now ;0; i already talked about this project on the last news post, so i won't ramble much more again, but here's some links lol: - preorder a copy - zine previews - preview of my own piece see you guys next time!

chapter 11: page 12

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:15:56 +0000

good cover lysander, not suspicious at all :'D/ whew! sorry for the long break between pages. i mentioned last upate that i was working on a charity piece. i was working on it side by side with the d*s page up until i finished inking and realized i probably wouldn't finish the charity piece by the deadline if i kept alternating lol... it ended up being a lot more ambitious than expected [3 separate scenes with different lighting and full backgrounds...argh!!!]... even with me not touching d*s, i only managed to finish it with 2 days to spare on the deadline... ;;; but!!! it was finished last week, so i'm back to d*s ;0;/ so i'm sorry again for the long wait lol XD i am running low on page thumbnails i think at this point, so i need to sit and sketch up some more...hopefully it won't be too much delay xD this chapter has a lot of background and perspective bs I'm not looking forward to tho :'D ...plswishmeluck. xD as for the charity project... it's on preorder now, so if anyone was looking to donate to world disaster relief anyway, please consider preordering a copy so you can get something pretty as an added bonus to helping out ppl in need :D it's a digital 'pay what you can' miraculous ladybug themed zine. you donate straight to a charity and send the receipt to us, so your donation goes instantly to ppl in need ;0;/ we've raised nearly 6000USD on just preorders alone already. i have friends and fam who have been touched by some of the disasters this year [the mexico quakes, and the hurricanes hitting puerto rico and fl], so i'm really proud of this project and all the ppl who have contributed to it and donated so far ;0; here's a link to my preview post if anyone wants to see a glimpse of my last 3 weeks of artistic pain lmaooo :'D see y'all next update ;0;/

chapter 11: page 11

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:29:46 +0000

what's all this then? actually volunteering knowledge? who is this imposter? this imposander? //shot lmao SOOO josh is finally finding some free time from work, so he's picking at the next website layout again ;0;/ please look forward to a pretty new layout, prettier archive page, top of page navigation, more fleshed out character pages, a story so far page, better fanart presentation, the end of that goddamn dead forum link and other things i think i have forgotten about because it's been 2 years since i designed the layout LMAOOO..... oh my god it's been 2 years......... //laysonface// i should look at the art i drew for it...i bet i hate it now... ;;;;; anyway!! if you guys have any suggestions for features my site is lacking in, now is a great time to lemme know. the top navigation i know is a big one. it bothers me a lot too lol. but i am sure there are other things i could add, so spill about em in the comments or PM me on tumblr or on FB lol. in other newwwss... whatttt the heck is going on with this world right now??? so many hurricanes and fires and monsoons and earthquakes and voLCANIC ERUPTIONS??? like ...aaaaahhgfjkdfgd. if anyone is into Miraculous Ladybug, my friends and I are working on a charity fanzine [similar to one we put together last year for haiti, cept this time it's for global disaster relief instead of one disaster]... i'll prolly update about this in future posts, since it's still in the early stages...but we are urging ppl to donate asap, since the need is obviously pretty great right now. @_@ you can read about it on the tumblr, otherwise, feel free to ignore this ;;; anyway, that's all. thanks for reading!

chapter 11: page 10

Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:58:42 +0000

NO LYSANDER IT REALLY DID TAKE LONGER THAN EXPECTED. OKAY SO HI HELLO. first off, I'M UPDATING FROM MY SURFACE PRO 8D!! it took some messing around, but i can do that now. which is good, cos my desktop is messed up from not having been turned on for 8 months :'D;;;; it was bound to happen. secondly, whew that hiatus was a lot longer than expected lol. if you missed it on the comments area or on my tumblr, i had a wrist thing in feb. it healed up, and i did commissions to fund a trip in june. TAKING ON A DIGITAL COMMISSION WAS SUCH A MISTAKE, tho it came out awesome. but i always underestimate my lack of chill when it comes to digital paintings lol...so it took longer than i thought. [commission in question, if u wanna boo and hiss at it for taking me away from the comic :'D] hmm, not sure what else to say. izzie is in school. somehow i am more busy now that she is out of the house for 4 hours a day than i was before LOL. i'm also taking traditional commissions off an on again, since i can pick at those while i'm at the park with her lol. oh!! i hope people are ok after all the hurricanes coming thru the last couple months ;0; i've got fam and friends who were in the path of irma. they're all ok, tho with some house damage and in one case, a month or two of no power to look forward to... yuck ;0; i'm about to contribute to/help run a ML fanzine that's aimed at helping disaster relief [global, not just hurricane...i mean have y'all heard about the fires over here, and the flooding in southeast asia...earthquake in mexico...etc etc etccccccc like holy heck, planet, please calm down ;0; but yea, i will try to keep that to a minimum impact on my comic-ing by spreading it out over the next 2 months instead of doing it all at once ;;;; ok i'mma stop here... i already started inking the next page today while waiting for a fix for my dsNET login fixes, so i hope i can get that one out within the month as well. thanks as always for being patient, even when i don't deserve iiitttgjdfk ;n;

chapter 11: page 9

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:23:17 +0000

look, it's the red shit again! hope no one dies today 8D i'd like to point out that this scene was actually supposed to include her once again having trouble using the ability [like, having trouble focusing with the onslaught of emotions] but i trimmed it out because of my crappy update speed ._. if ever i print d*s, i'll add that back in... //mumbles something that sounds like 'pipe dreams at this point' while kicking at the dirt// also... this page has been done for over a week, and really would have been done much, much sooner [new colouring method is super quick], but i've been pretty busy with life lol. highlights of my past month and a half: - applying to schools for izzie. //buries face in hands// my baby...she is grow ;0; - we had a pregnancy scare recently. that was...an adventure. suffice to say, i was distracted by this and didn't get much done. [for the record, it was a false alarm, but there was about a week and a half where we were really worried about it lol] - there's also this whole thing with this dam in california that is threatning to flood our river; again...surprise, i haven't done much with this going on... - ...which is fine in the end, because my wrist decided in the past couple weeks to have another a flare up out of nowhere anyway. i can't even draw on paper without it bugging me after a couple minutes. not as bad as the one that messed with me for months on end before but i can't say how long it'll be. i need to have it checked out again :T also this: ^ tho to be fair, most of the stuff i mentioned above has mostly distracted me from app season too ajsdhfjsd it's been a month, y'all lol. but yea there's a few days left to apply! //sweat// so have at it...sorry i'm late lmao. anyway i don't know when the next update will be. i'll try to keep you posted about my wrist status on fb and tumblr[under the dream*scar tag]... i don't get a chance to log onto the desktop often [and it takes like 5+ mins to boot up], so i won't be updating the news here. as always, thanks for being patient, and i'm sorry lol. //scoots off to practice left handed thumbnailing e_e// Current Incentive: [not updating this anymore, i don't have the password :T feel free to vote anyway if u really want] Various wips from my sketchbook of Vix and her Twin [but strangely none of them together xD] [obligatory patreon link]

chapter 11: page 8

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:19:42 +0000

no arlies were harmed in the making of this page. really. also this page is another time where i am like.... why didn't i make arlie the main chara??? i love her so much. lol anyway... i tried yet another shading method on this page. this one is just using multiply, instead of hand painting anything... it sped up the colouring a lot. i was able to do it in a week rather than several, which is good for my wrist and also really good time, considering how often life and the kiddo interrupts... [in the short time it took to write this post, the izzie interruption count reached 5.] also since i can't update my damn TWC vote pic, i figure any of y'all might get a kick out of this patreon request i finished for the month of dec. :'D see y'all next update! and thanks as always for sticking with me ;0;/ Current Incentive: [not updating this today, i don't have the password anymore :T] Various wips from my sketchbook of Vix and her Twin [but strangely none of them together xD] [obligatory patreon link]

chapter 11: page 7

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:44:24 +0000

arliss is also that friend :'D [click back if you missed the previous page, this was a double update!!] OKAY HOLY CRAP GUYS, these pages have been done for like 84 years, but i just haven't had any free time to sit and post them. but the fucking planets aligned tonight, izzie went to bed on time for once and josh is playing path of exile, so i finally have me time in the evening to log onto my desktop dfhsjfhj ;0;!!!! eventually i need to get my passwords and accounts all set up on my tablet so i can just...say bye to the desktop lol. but that requires hubby and literally for the past fuckin y e a r he has been swamped at work, so i haven't wanted to bother him with computer stuff when he gets home. [this is also why the new layout still isn't up...a year after i finished the design and files for it... ;0;] anyway long sob story aside, i am very sorry this took so long to update xD;;; [the pages were actually sitting on patreon since finished so like maybe 5 ppl noticed those lol] amnd i'd also like to point out i did this ENTIRE PAGE on my surface pro, because i got tired of not being able to work on pages anymore lol [again -- without fail, when i log onto the desktop while izzie is awake, she makes my life hell]. i tried a few different ink methods [mostly obvious different one is panel 2] but i ended up settling for a sloppy sorta thing cos i can't ink very cleanly on the pro. i think you mostly can't tell at web size tho so it worked out! anyway, um, if you guys have wanted to get in contact with me, lately it's mostly easiest to message me on tumblr. my phone acts funny with facebook, and never lets me actually see the private messages on there. [i can see wall posts ok tho]...but i am super active on tumblr now, so hit me up there ;0; i'll also try and recover my pw for disqus so i can use that on my phone again. bu it might have to wait til i get a new one. [current one is really buggy but it was like 50$ so go figure >>] [btw, pls excuse any typos, using the desktop kb feels weird after all this time @_@] but yea, sorry again about the lack of updates ._. to any of you still sticking around...thanks @_@ i'm doing my best lol Current Incentive: [not updating this today, i don't have the password anymore :T] Various wips from my sketchbook of Vix and her Twin [but strantely none of them together xD] [obligatory patreon link]

chapter 11: page 6

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 23:43:09 +0000

Vix is that friend... [click to next page if you missed that this was a double update!] edit: i forgot to mention that it kinda got trimmed from the transition to comic script, but vix started homeschooling with arlie shortly after chapter 9 xD;; Current Incentive: [not updating this today, i don't have the password anymore :T] Various wips from my sketchbook of Vix and her Twin [but strantely none of them together xD] [obligatory patreon link]

chapter 11: page 5

Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:55:41 +0000

Vix no that's racist 8( In other news stairs. stairs. why do they exist? to make me sad? Nothing new to report honestly. Still only at my comp maybe once or twice a month [the few times izzie naps anymore]. Y'all are prolly tired of hearing about that tho lol. On the plus side I am definitely making pages faster when I can actually work on them so there's that???? Next page is inked already but I need to build my thumbnail buffer again, which I will be trying to do on the Surface pro [cannot ink for shit on it but sketching works ..... okayish]. GL me lol Current Incentive: Various wips from my sketchbook of Vix and her Twin [but strantely none of them together xD] [obligatory patreon link I haven't been able to give many previews lately so just djgdfhgjd idk don't i guess]

chapter 11: page 4

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:26:03 +0000

a distraction appears 8D For the record the pouncing hug was unplanned. Vix was just supposed to smile really big, and Anna pointed out she ought to do it more. Generic dumb shit. This...fits them better xD It's honestly really refreshing to draw happy/goofy Vix ;0; She hasn't really had a lot to smile about since this whole thing began xD //pets@her ANYWAY... sorry as always for the late update. this page has actually been done for over a month but I haven't been at my comp long enough lately to actually post it lol. I can't access my files from my tablet, which is what I am using more and more lately... I really need to get it set up for d*s-ing in general, it's calibrated but still not enough ;0; i can sort of sketch with it but that's it e_e [on top of that there's izzie, who discovered swimming back in May... i haven't quiet figured how to balance the 2+ hours a day of that into my art schedule yet lol...] Anyway, even quicker colouring job on this page. And next page [the one I am colouring currently] I am trying something newer/even faster that might work out??? About to go work on it now for about an hour before I get back to cleaning house xD I might be able to finish most of the colour in that time with this method 8D we'll see. Current Incentive: Random wips from my sketchbook. nevermind TWC refuses to allow me to log in so I'll update this later... [obligatory patreon link]

chapter 11: page 3

Thu, 12 May 2016 21:36:31 +0000

Vix is really good with those guilt trippy puppy eyes... Sorry I didn't post sooner xD I had to take a week long wrist break after spending 5+ hours straight inking one of the coming pages [i think page...5?] ... I only really hurt for 3 days after that but as punishment I pushed it to a week e_e; that'll teach me to forget to turn on work rave 8D; Started trying to dial back my colouring this page xD Not sure it's super obvious. Gonna keep fooling with it til I have a good balance between quicker/looks good xD Also this middle tidbit [why they left julie behind] wasn't actually in the original script but I threw it in cos it seemed like something Vix would wanna know [and maybe you guys too???]... I actually...forget what the original dialogue was here hahah. I'd have to pull out the script... Patreon is still a thang. Eventually I will have a button permanant...whenever the new layout comes... //side eye @ hubby lol Current Incentive: [[no new vote bait, i literally drew nothing for over a week, not even on paper argh xD;]] requested sketch from patreon from last month that turned into a comic... prompt was "zeke arm wrestling arliss or jo" ...something like that. somehow it uhhh...went directly the opposite way i intended and this happened?

chapter 11: page 2

Mon, 02 May 2016 13:26:57 +0000

For the record, Vix is getting the warm fuzzies cos Arianna referred to Julie as Vix's mom lol. I find this both really sweet of Anna, but also really really depressing, cos I know she really regrets not raising her xD;;; Also this is the page that killed me. Like it doesn't look like much, but panel one guys...uuuuuugh. It took so long to ink lol. Also for those who made it to the stream for this, let's point and laugh at the pants guy -- boy, we know your secret. Sorry for the long delay between updates. Surprisingly it's not actually Ladybug this time. it's actually mostly Izzie xD;; she's so demanding. Josh got me a Surface Pro to try and make it so I can draw more away from the desktop [like when i take her to the park or her bath times] but it's still not really set up [and i am finding i can't ink on it at all, even after calibrating it...maybe i am doing something wrong??? but it's really inaccurate D:] so it hasn't helped a whole lot yet xD I've mostly been colouring with it...which is ok but I kind of ran out of inked pages soooo I haven't made much progress in over a week XD;;; I started trying to dial back my obsessive nature on this page to colour it less like .... perfectionisty... I think I succeeded more on the next page with reining myself in tho haha [and more so on the surface pro coloured page following it, which i am working on currently]. So the quality of the colouring might seem to start dropping from here on out, in an attempt to get pages done faster with what little free time I find myself with now xD All that said, I was gonna wait til tonight to post this [cos the comic is supposed to update TUESDAYS or Fridays...not mondays...lol] but I am not sure when I will be back at the comp again [//side eyes isabel] sooo...here. Early Monday update xD Anyway, yea... just keep your eyes on facebook or tumblr if you are ever wondering on the status of an update. Also, for the record, I made the monthly sketch request threads for April on patreon, so jump on it if you are a patron! Current Incentive: requested sketch from patreon from last month that turned into a comic... prompt was "zeke arm wrestling arliss or jo" ...something like that. somehow it uhhh...went directly the opposite way i intended and this happened?

chapter 11: stab city

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:57:33 +0000

OH LOOK I'M ALIVE!!! Sorry for the lengthy hiatus. I could say most of it was due to my wrist but really only like 25% of it was. 8( I'd say it was 25% wrist rest, 40% child distractions, 25% Miraculous Ladybug obsession [i'd rec it but don't, it's too addictive, you will not survive] and 5% working on print edits looool ._. and then the last 5% was me hoping Josh would find free time for layout version 3... [spoilers: he didn't. he's been overly busy at work since late nov, so...not sure when the new layout will go up fhfshjs ;0;] But yea...just. WOW. Sorry. BUUT here we are, heading into chapter 11 finally ;0; I'm pretty nervous for this chapter lol... it uhh... things start to...get interesting??? I guess?????? //covers face and screams// ANYWAY, Chapter 11 is named for Stab City by As Tall As Lions! I am using this remixed version cos the sound/mood suits d*s, but the original is fucking amazing as well and you should check it out!! Current Incentive: shit i don't even know what to use here right now, most of my non-d*s page art time has been devoted to ladybug doodles pfff. have a buncha random art???

chapter 10: page 28

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:56:53 +0000

--VALENTINE'S DAY EDIT-- Valentine's Day Sex Drive 2016 AWWW YAAAAAAAAS i did the thing too [only click if you're ok with nudity -- charas are milla and rylie. we meet milla in ch15 or 16...forget which. based on a really old RP doodle from 2005] my main monitor broke at some point so i had to do this mostly greyscale cos i don't really trust how my colours look on the web thru my cintiq screen xD Please check out the other participants: Vas n' Ram - 3 Dangly Bits | MonicaNG - MoonSlayer | Nick Greaves - The Great Isle of Prentil | NoiV - The Secrets of the Afterlife | Emy Bitner - Trying Human | Hiro Odan - Bridge University | Jackarais - Bicycle Boy | Krazy Krow - Spinnerette | Nunc Dimittis - Res Nullius | Rd Ashes - Dyerin's Line | Amy Letts - Epic Fail | Ebenezer Splooge - Portcall Uranus | Ebenezer Splooge - PronQueens | Ebenezer Splooge - Mammazon | Ebenezer Splooge - Hentai Poster Company | Ebenezer Splooge - Magical Virgin Princess Training Academy | Ebenezer Splooge - PronQuest | Andrew Hunter - Delve | F. T. Benjamins - Winners and Losers | Dave Barrack - Grrl Power | Mike Aston and Shaun Nicholls - Lacey Investigations | Captaingerbear - Grant | Niauropsaka - Raspberry Rain | TK Doherty - Nikki Sprite | Lou Graziani - CyBoar | Mark Egan - Bata Neart | Mark Egan - Back Office | Spaces and Tempo - Yestergirls | Jeremy Begin - After the Dream | Heather Meade - dream*scar | R(ed) - Meiosis | argylefox - Indifferently Evil | jeromatic - Jeromatic Tales | jeromatic - Bunny Wiggins | Zach Vanzile - West Tree Academy of Heroes | yellowgerbil - Zoe the Vampire | Asmodeus - Exorcism Academy | John Harrington - The Savage Sword of Sharona | Sean Harrington - Spying With Lana | Peter Anckorn - By The Book | Alli Perry - Out of My Element | Caley Tibbittz Collopy - Eternal Knights | Byron Wilkins - 1977 the Comic | Kami - Get Your Man | The Blood Teller - Alvery Nerveaux's Secret Case Files | Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz - Velvet Rasputin | Bearalzebub - Devilbear: The Grimoires of Bearalzebub | Stef Marcinkowski - Sarah Zero sorry to post this late, i've been sick xD;;; //goes back to bed lol... --end vday edit-- --edit 02/01-- Posting to let y'all know that's a thing! Click the image to go to the apply page, and feel free to check out the rest of the SF site! Feel free to shoot questions my way about it as well :'D Also -- working slowly on thumbnails ... currently only on page 7 ._.;; but thumbnailing is the slowest part of making this comic @_@ I wanted to get to page 10 before i started to work on inking and finishing any of the pages but I might just push it up a bit so I can get to updating sooner xD; Full disclosure tho, I signed up for a Miraculous Ladybug fanzine and managed to get in. Deadline is in a couple weeks, so I've been alternating days working d*s and working on that. xD so it's slowed me a bit lol. [also app season here might slow me too...I CANNOT WIN 8D] Anyway keep an eye out as always. Sorry for the overly long hiatus ;0; --end edit 02/01-- --edit 01/04-- Hey guys! Sorry to be so silent! Just dropping by for a not so great update -- work has been really stressful on the hubby, so he's not gotten much of a chance to work on the new layout. I'm thinking I'll start the new chapter/volume without the new layout, even tho it pains me cos the new layout is cool as shit, and it's been tradition to start each new volume with a new layout... sigh ;0; Anyway I will update here again when I know an exact date. I am still plugging away at various things that you can peek at on patreon... but now that I've decided this, I am focusing solely on the thumbnails again. I hope to start updating before the end of the month. Keep an eye out :) --end edit 01/04-- --edit 11/16-- I mentioned it on facebook, but I should post here too -- I am aiming to return to updates in January, along with a new website with things y'all have been asking for, and some things you haven't LOL. I have the layout 100% mocked up now and I'm nearly done with the new content for it. The other things I've been doing with my time [aside from getting super sick for a week there] have mostly been print edits. If you're on patreon, you got some looks at a page split I was doing for chapter 3... [turning 2 pages into 3] that has taken longer than expected, since i had to create a lot of new art for it and trying to match my old style a bit...is hard :P I have one more page split in the same chapter I intend to do [but just one page into 2 for that one], but I might not get to it this break, since I wanna get crackin' on thumbnails for chapter 11... //excite 8D!! Anyway, yeah, keep an eye on FB for more updates, but I should be back in January, as long as Josh gets the site up and running by then. :) See y'all then! --end 11/16 edit-- WHOO CHAPTER 10 IS DONE. And hey! This is also the end of Volume 2!! Which is why I have those big shiny lyrics plastered on the last panel. It's cheesy but it's a thing I planned to do for the end of each vol xD [i did it for the end of volume 1 as well] The lyrics used here are from Rufus Wainwright's 'Bitter Tears', which Leitbur actually did a remix of! Figured since this whole chapter had a Leitbur theme, I'd stick to it XD But yea. Vol 2 in the bag!! Whoa! But....I still haven't gotten Vol1 ready for print....fml. But I hope to get more work on that between this chapter and the next. Sooo yes, I'm doing another mini hiatus before starting chapter 11. I'm still reworking the script a little... I made some last minute changes to one of the charas introduced in it, so I'm just trying to make sure it hasn't effected her scenes too much xD; So far, it's only been some minor dialogue tweaks! Whoo! SO! During the break, I plan to work on: - Script revision [i have all of vol 3 scripted but some parts need polish] - Thumbnail buffer for chapter 11 [having a thumbnail buffer helps me spot mistakes/flow issues] - New website layout/backend updates [there will be top of page navigation for the comic this time, i swear omg] - More vol 1 print edits [left off in chapter 3 last break]... we'll get to that kickstarter eventually 8DDD [but probably not during this break lol] Regarding those print edits: Thankfully once vol 1 is done, the edits will go muuuuch faster. Vol 2 wouldn't need much work, just minor dialogue/art tweaks to fix anything that really bothers me/doesn't come off clear enough. I'm not sure if I talked about it, but vol 1, the dimensions are waaay off, so I am having to patch up a lot of empty space, and adding in enough room for trim/bleed, which is why it takes so long to edit... also the fact I don't touch print edits while I am working on new content for you guys. xD; My priorities are probably really wierd but I like posting new pages more than making money off my work apparently e___e;;; I'll be updating my Patreon while the hiatus is going on with a lot of hte stuff mentioned above [clips from the print edits, thumbnails as I scribble them out, etc etc]... so keep an eye on that if you are a patron :D [but also feel free to lower or pause your donations while the hiatus is going on, i won't blame you!] ANYWAY... yeah. This break will probably only be about a month or so? maybe longer if the website upgrade/revamp takes longer than anticipated... I'll let you guys know on all the social mediassss, but I'm most active on the d*s facebook page [tho i am trying to get better wtih twitter again]. You might have more luck seeing updates about the comic by turning on notifications, like so: [tho i'm told facebook has started messing with this method as well...] See y'all after the break! Ways to contact me during the hiatus: email (responses will come from my gmail account) facebook tumblr twitter SF forums [or just post a comment below cos i'm still around lol] Current Incentive: To celebrate the end of Volume 2, here's the chapter 8 thru 10 art comparison between 2003 doodles from the notebook where I wrote d*s, compared to the comic counterparts...along with notes about the changes I made. Good times!! If you missed the old ones, here's the old ones: volume one | chapter 7 ---- PIMPAGE TIME: First up, here's the last 2 batches of Spiderforest newbies, cos I am going to miss the final week @_@ But please give these guys a look too! [i'm shamelessly stealing these descriptions from delphie lol] True Magic -- Fantasy/Comedy. True Magic follows a band of commoners who've had it with being mistreated by their magical noble overlords, and sneak into the imperial capital to try and change things. But bumbling into strange conspiracies and magical traps seems to be their specialty, and not even their fabulous hair seems to be helping. =( Ball and Chain -- Post-Apoc. Ball & Chain is about a mutant gladiator and a pickpocket with a stolen pair of shapeshifting gloves in gritty post-nuclear Canada. On the run from their family, they stumble into the care of The Agency, a refuge and training center for other mutants. Accursed Dragon -- Fantasy. Accursed Dragon is the story of a dragon-man named Coven trying to recover his humanity after a terrible curse. As he makes enemies and allies, centuries-old conflicts and magic brew beneath the surface of the warring lands. Out of My Element -- Steampunk/Fantasy. TDUGN (The Drako Universe Graphic Novel) -- Fantasy. TDUGN follows a mysterious child from another world who falls into the care of the leaders of the Draga Empire... and a deadly political struggle. Castoff -- Fantasy. Castoff is about a lonely kid secluded away in a bookstore with gold glowing eyes. He's always wanted to get out, make friends, and see the world... and when a magical bounty hunter finds him, he might get the chance! Y'know, if he doesn't get killed first. -- Secondly: CHIRAAAAAAAAULT!! KICKSTARTERRRRRRRRR!!! It's entered it's final days, and I have a mighty need for it to reach that sticker stretchgoal!! [for the record, here's the awesome shit i got from vol 1's kickstarter!] [see? it had stickers! awesome goddamn stickers!!! i must have another set!!!!] -- AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GUISE LOOKIT THIS KIX FANAAAAART: hnnGgggg. I thought this was really awesome cos it takes in a lot of symbolism from some of my side/concept art in pretty damn cohesive manner xD Thank you again, Elsa!! Check out her comic @ Lucifer's Playground~

chapter 10: page 27

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:57:26 +0000

10/10 EDIT: WELP THEY DID IT AGAIN. The person who posted dream*scar on Webtoons is also posting it on Tapastic. I'm linking to them this time because, honestly, this is messed up, and I figure as many reports as possible on this will help get it taken care of. For the record, if you happen to see my comic ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE WEB aside from this website or the now defunct mirror site on drunk duck, IT IS NOT ME. Report it and let me know so I can make an official complaint/DMCA take down. Thanks to Yasha and Thorbjorn in my comments section for pointing me to these sites. Y'all are awesome :C And thanks to everyone else for your support ;0; To the person doing this: Whoever you are, just stop. This is not cool. I was quietly upset about the first one, but this one too? Both sites that offer ways to monetize my hard work? That's gross. Stop it. Don't be gross, okay? ------ [original post] LOL KOU WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE GRUMPINESS THO. But really tho, I am pretty sure he wasn't expecting this kinda reaction from her lol... One more page in this chapter, which is gonna wrap up Vol 2...wowza XD I'll prolly ramble more about this next page. (edit: bawww i forgot to put the music swirlies in this page...ah well.) --- SOOOO last week, a reader posted a comment asking about me/d*s being on webtoons, and if it was legit or not. I don't know if you ever saw my reply to you, but NOPE, THAT WASN'T ME. It was some random person pretending to be me and trying to win money, I guess...???? Cos it was in one of their league challenges, and those lead to paid positions on webtoons [it was doing pretty well for only having 1.5 chapters up XDD] But yeah, as we speak, it's still in a pending deletion status while they wait on the poster to reply to their inquiry. I doubt they will reply...like what could they even say e_e;;; I have so much proof it's my creation that it's not even funny. So yeah, if uhh...anyone has ever wondered if I'm okay with you taking my shit and pretending to be me/trying to make money off my stuff... I'm not xD;;; Like... wtf guy/gal. 8( I was actually kind of amused/shrugging it off til I saw they were trying to make money off it ._.;; like, it still would have been not okay [not to mention creepy, since they were responding to ppl as if they were me lol], but I wouldn't have been mad about it, cos it's happened before lol... i usually solve it quietly cos it's just kids that don't know better. But this was really messed up 8( In usual Hchano fashion, tho, I am looking at this in a positive light. It made me think maybe I should open a mirror somewhere to reach new readers, cos there were a few new readers in there! I'm thinking either SmackJeeves or Tapastic, but I'm not sure what people like better... personally I think I like the way SJ looks more than Tapa, cos...the scrolling thing on Tapa...it's kind of annoying... and reading it on mobile is awful, cos the ads keep moving the pages around. What do y'all think??? --- ^ THIS IS A THING STILL and I swear I will replace the store button with a patreon button soon XD Thank you again to everyone who is helping out so far ;0; Please know that I do a little dance anytime I see a new pledge pop up XD ---- And here's batch of new comics we accepted this season! The theme this week is SCI FI. I'm following all three of these, just haven't added them to my links page... T__T;; //lazy RetroBlade -- After a 'reality crash', Axel Kepler, the last known survivor, travels back in time, trying to figure out what where things went wrong. The Demon Archives: Minerva -- As humanity struggles to rebuild civilization after the third world war, a soldier and his AI fight against demons both internal and external. [straight up stealing thane's desc lmao...] The Ferrin -- Follows a young researcher named Elanore as she researches a species only found on a protected planet, far from her home. While she immediately bonds with the animals in captivity, her skill is tested when an incident forces her into the wilds, where the wildlife is not quite as friendly... [my desc is bad but this comic is really good, dammit] --- Current Incentive: Some doodles of charas that are coming into the comic in Vol 3...excuse the stitched together cellphone pics lol. >_> also i was doodling these without a pencil sketch so they are kinda sloppy....and I'm rusty with these two since I haven't drawn them in a very long time xD [edit: i just realized i accidently cut off the Dana's Lips doodles...oh well lol]

chapter 10: page 26

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:06:30 +0000

Tuesday Update?! BLACK IS WHITE UP IS DOWN THE WORLD IS ENDINGGGGGG But no really, since I was so close to done with the page, I thought I'd finish it up so I could post it today! Trying out a Tueday OR Friday update schedule now, depending on the closest update day that I finish a page :D Sound good to you guys? Also... //screaming I DID THE THING...after a lot of nagging for like over a year now from art buddies, I started up a Patreon ;0; I'm still working on ideas for better tiers, but I have the basics up right now. Feel free to suggest some stuff. I have a little list I am making. Mostly things I think won't take much time away from working on the comic... Anyway, Patreon is totally optional and up to you, and it won't change anything around the main site really, so don't worry if you can't chip in :D but I do beg that if you can't help out that way, please consider helping out by spreading the word about my comic! Word of mouth is really the main way I get new readers ;0; doing ad stuff is extremly time consuming, and I'd rather be drawing when I have my limited computer time lol xD;; Anyway, thank you for reading ;0;! ---- EDIT I ALMOST FORGOT, CHIRAULT IS DOING A KICKSTARTER FOR VOL 2!!! I'll make a banner about this for next week... >< ---- CAMEOS on this page: Daniel from... uh. Well... Daniel XD Katsumi and Karra from Bedlam Genesis Leawyn from Stargazer's Gate And here's batch of new comics we accepted this season! Xylobone Tomes -- a creepy-cute adventure comic of a skeleton necromancer and his tiny mandragora sidekick. Really fun witty little comic. I really enjoyed this one ;0; Random Battles -- Random Battles is about a new family finding their place amidst the magical girls, robots and the bizarre inhabitants of their new home on the Bebop Isles! The art is really fun and the story is just starting to take off! Worth jumping into now~ Witchery Etc. -- A sweet story about a headstrong young witch named Hazel who befriends a headless man named Jack. The art is really adorable, and I enjoyed what I got to read [but i was reading from my phone, and tumblr haaaates my phone T_T] Current Incentive: Emma, who does The Sundown Boys, started a cute little comic strip called Really, Tillie? The charas are adorable so I had to doodle them xD

chapter 10: page 25

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:49:06 +0000

This page took way too long. I blame crowds. And potty training a stubborn toddler. 8D; Anddd I feel like I forgot to do something but...oh well xD I'll fix it later if I did. I'm super sad cos I had to cut a cute Jo moment here...as she was heading down the stairs, she was gonna like, bap kou on the arm and do a really frantic, "TALK TO HERRR, SOMTHIN'S UP" mouthing/miming thing, and Kou would just be like "uhhh-- oh." and then talk to Vix xDDD;; But it messed up the page flow too much... plus it made things way too cramped. like i couldn't even draw more than a few basic stickfigures before I realized it wasn't meant to be ;0; But I figured I'd share it cos it's cute and I want y'all to mourn one of many deleted character moments in my comic xD;; [literally, so many deleted things like this ._.] ANYWAYYY, MORE CAMEOS Y'ALL: Jaron from Leitbur again [sorry sam ;0;], as well their awesome song, Counterpart~ Tenge&Rana from Sombulus Awesome Bra Flinging Leitbur Fan [i'm not sure it's ok to link his fb, but he's adorable xD] Sagira&Garrett from The Only Half Saga Adrienne&Leon from The Sundown Boys Menkar&Syrma from MoonSlayer ALRIGHT, so since we got SO MANY freaking new people in Spiderforest this year, we're announcing them in batches! So, please check out the first three! Ensanguine -- Sci-fi/drama... Basically it follows a guy who was created as a living cure-all... and he's way not into that 8D But yea, my awful summary aside, this is really good... I'm just not sure how to sum it up without super-spoilers... I went in knowing nothing and it was really fun to piece it all together 8D Heracles Knot -- Urban Fantasy I think?! Follows a group of people training to become Wardens for The Order, a group that keeps the peace between the human and unhuman types. Really cool organic world building in this and I love the art xD~ Daniel -- Horror... vampire horror! Awww yiss! Daniel follows...well, Daniel, a kinda dorky dude, and his close friend Christine, whom he has a thing for. But then Daniel goes missing for a few months, and returns as a completely different person... SPOILERS GUYS, HE'S A VAMPIRE. But yea, this comic is fuckin' awesome. I miss evil vampires 8D [says the person writing friendly vampires lolol] I have to say, tho, this comic starts getting reaaaalllly dark/gruesome the further in you go, so if you are squeamish about graphic gore, just uhh...be aware, that is a thing in this comic. XD [i'll be adding a buncha these guys to my link page soon enough, since i am reading them weekly now...lol.] Current Incentive: Been using my no computer/no draw days to work on the script, so no new art per se. I figure I need to change the incentive again tho, so here's the next page's thumbnails, sans text. It's pretty sloppy but yay...previews??? xD

chapter 10: page 24

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:40:14 +0000

HOMEWRECKER 4 LYYYYYF So I actually lost a lot of this pageeee... yesterday, I was working with the server file instead of the local one [idk why, i don't normally -- just by mistake] when our server finally gave a death wheeze, and ...idk, it crashed photoshop on me, so when I ended up opening my local file, I had lost a few hours of work 8D;;; So I am sure I forgot to do some stuff on this page, but it looks ok! Nothing obvious anyway! xD Here's the fanart I forgot to link last week! AWESOME PRETTY RYLIEEEE //love@herforev Click for fullsize/to go to the artist's DA! =DDD SpiderForest app season is over! Whhhewww, man we got soooo many apps. We broke our previous 2009 record hahah. We're still waiting on 1 or 2 more accepted comics to respond, so I'll prolly give all the new members a shout out next week... or maybe in batches over a couple weeks, since it's a lot of new comics and I wanna give them all a fair shake! But yeah, thank you to everyone who applied ;0; In other news, IZZIE TURNED 3 THIS WEEK. we're having her party on saturday...time flies, jeeeez. OK, gonna go rest my wrist! See y'all next week or uhh...the week after, since i haven't started the next page yet //cray stupid wrist Current Incentive: [same as last week but please feel free to vote again, as it's a new month :>... i actually did draw some new d*s related stuff, but it's all spoilers for later in the story, so i can't share it...sorry xD;;;] I did some requests on tumblr during my no-computer-art days [paper art doesn't bother my wrist at all for some reason lol]... these are all already on tumblr, but here they all are in one place cos why not 8D; some spoilers in here but i think they are all safely vauge/out of context enough not to be worried about lol

chapter 10: page 23

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:59:45 +0000

I think we can tell who is in charge in this relationship... :'D [hint: it's mom #2, aka jo] Music on this page is On The Run, Leitbur's Remix of 'The Returners' from Final Fantasy VI. Just cos I love it forever and it's how I discovered them hahaha =x Cameos! James, Eli, and Avril from Soul to Call Luci and Bee from Lucifer's Playground [she's been doing a buncha cute d*s cameos, have fun finding them XD~] Miranda and Cabal again, from Only Half [and my friend's character demi again xD] OKAY here's some of the fanart I got while on hiatus! I...feel like I missed some, so feel free to prod me if I did ;o; Click to see the images larger! Arianna pic by cciliaxs, Twix pic by trishabunny, Kix pic by Ana, Vix pic by Alyssa... Thank you again so much guys!! ;0; fanart literally gives me life, y'all don't even know! (i know i use this a lot but it's literally how i feel when i get fanart) LAST CHANCE 8D Spiderforest is still open for apps...until Saturday, August 22!! We've had such an outstanding response this year... like wow! So many awesome comics! But yeah, if you miss it this time, no worries! You can try again next round! =) If you're looking at this and going WHATTT SPIDERFOREST, WHAT IS THATTT IT SOUNDS HORRIFYING, feel free to read this post~ I've actually been in this collective since before I started chapter 5...they are a great group of peope and I love em to death xD [thank you for having me you guysss aauuughhh //uglycrying] Current Incentive: I did some requests on tumblr during my no-computer-art days [paper art doesn't bother my wrist at all for some reason lol]... these are all already on tumblr, but here they all are in one place cos why not 8D; some spoilers in here but i think they are all safely vauge/out of context enough not to be worried about lol

chapter 10: page 22

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:50:05 +0000

WE'RE BACK AAAAAAAY AND VIX AIN'T HAVIN' NONE OF WHAT ZEKE IS SELLIN' So who's the lady and that handsome devil there? It's a cameo of Miranda and Cabal from Only Half...there's been a running joke between us for years concerning Cabal and Zeke, so I figured this was a good place to drop his cameo xD [cabe was also in the bg in chapter 7...] I've gotten some fanart during the hiatus but I will share that next update, this post is probably already going to be pretty long :'D So yea, let's talk about that hiatus... For anyone who only checks when their RSS is like, 'YO, UPDATES!' I've been gone for a while. My wrist issues became much worse in Feb, and I had to take a break. It was to the point where just being awake was painful. It was a dark few months there lol. Turned out it was nerve damage! Who knew! Obviously I'm doing better. I'm on some medication that's helped a lot, and I'm not drawing as much as I was before to avoid making it worse. In any case, I'm just so happy to be back, you guys don't even know. @___@;;; WHAT'S THIS MEAN FOR D*S? I have no plans to stop updating, but I might not update every Friday anymore. //ducksthrownstuff xD It sucks, I know. Once a week was already pretty damn slow, but you do what you gotta xD My plan is to update any Friday after I've finished a page, tho. I'm imagining right now that might be anywhere from one page a week to one page every 2 weeks. I'm sure I will have good weeks and bad weeks... we'll see how it goes from here. I'm planning to use the quicker colouring method I used on these club pages when the scene is over. I'm actually not sure how great it'll look, but I'll try to make the transition as smooth as possible xD; I don't think anyone will complain tho... y'all have been beautiful through all this ;n; Thank you so much for sticking around ;_; IN OTHER NEWS Spiderforest is open for applications now through August 22! Do you have a webcomic? Do you want to be a part of a nice and helpful community? Perhaps enjoy some joint exposure for your comic? Any of that? ALL OF THAT?? Then go have a look around SF and think about applying! If any of you have any questions at all, please let me know~ c: Current Incentive: I spent yesterday [and actually most of this week so far XD;;] reading webcomics that applied at SF, and took breaks to doodle random cute stuff [cept the rylie doodle...that one is sad lol]. These are messy but I actually hadn't planned up posting a vote bait this week til I did this anyway so...enjoy xD;?!

chapter 10: page 21

Thu, 05 Mar 2015 18:52:34 +0000

7/22/15 -- hiatus ending ...soonish~ sorry i don't have a set return date, but i'm finally done with that commission that was holding me up. with my wrist issues apparently a permanant issue, my schedule is gonna be really wonky. but i'm back on the ball in any case! expect a new page within the month :) in other news: WEBCOMICS CREATORS -- GET READY FOR IT! ---- 5/29/15 -- yet another wrist update / d*s 6 year ani yesterday was d*s' 6 year ani... i just realized that. oops. HAPPY 6 YEARS, DREAM*SCAR. yeah, it's a birthday gif...LET ME REUSE MY SHET OK ...soooo yeah. shortly after the previous wrist update, i had another freaking flare up lol. i ended up avoiding the computer completely for over a month and now my wrist is mostly back to normal, tho it still has days where it decides to be a butt out of the blue. i finally started drawing a bit again this week, but very small amounts, and i'm limiting myself to about and hour or so every other day for the time being. just taking it easy. these past few couple months have been really hard and i don't want to go through that again. i don't want to have to think about a future without art like that ever again. it was scary. anyway, i'm currently working on finishing a commission that was started before the hiatus...that is taking priority at the moment. once it's done, i'll finally get to start working on the comic again. but with this pace, it will not be updated every friday anymore. i'm pretty bummed about this. i've been pretty proud of keeping a weekly schedule for the past 6 years xD like, 6 years of consistent updates and one baby hiatus? [and now a wrist hiatus too lol] but i think it can't be helped... i can't draw like i did when i was younger anymore :( i'm really sorry about all the delays. i think most of you know i love my comic to death and i'll do anything to see it through. it'll be slow, and i'll prolly lose a lot of readers because of that, and i won't blame them at all, but i hope those of you who really love it as much as i do will be able to stick with me... anyway, thanks for your patience, as always.... and as always, check the facebook for the latest news, since it's the easiest place for me to update from my phone. 4/17/15 -- wrist update if you guys haven't kept up on facebook, figured i'd post here that my wrist is doing better. i'm working on the comic, but slowly, so i don't have more issues. not entirely sure when i'll be back but i wanted to let you know i'm slowly getting back into the art routine... thank you so much for being so patient while i recover :'D i think i am not being naive when i say my readers are really the best group people ever. xD //love@y'all foreverrr i also wanted to post an update here so i could plug my friend's kickstarter for her webcomic, sombulus! which i've been waiting for since freakin' last year!! it's a print run to fund vol2, but you get the option of getting vol1 instead [or both] if you are new to the comic :) sombulus is a really feel good comic, i think. it's very witty and fun. def worth your time and if you can, help fund the kickstarter -- if you can't, consider helping spread the word about it! you can reblog it on tumblr, share from facebook, or retweet on twitter :D ----- 3/17/15 -- wrist betrayal hiatus Wrist is fine unless I try to use it for anything whatsoever...sooo improvement? Since it's not really hurting anymore when I just let it sit there uselessly lol... [before it was just constantly hurting/tingling] I'm going to set up an appt with my new doc this week to see exactly where I am with these wrist issues now, cos they are different than the last time I went in. But yeah, of course this means there is kind of an unplanned hiatus going on now. Real sorry about that, but obviously, can't be helped :( If you are on Facebook, I suggest following the d*s FB page and enabling notifications from it like so: ...since it's the easiest place for me to update without having to use my comp [my setup is not very ergonomic], and you'll probably hear about any update news there first. In other news my birthday is on Friday... uh, yay. 8( I don't get depressed very easily but the #1 sure way is to take away my ability to draw. So scuse me while I go lay on my face uselessly some more. See y'all when I see ya. [but for real tho...d*s fb page] ----- 3/10/15 Hey guys, I just wanted to give a heads up, I probably won't update this week. My wrist has been acting up lately and I was trying to take it easy, but I think the current page did it in [it was deceptively intense to work on lol]. I was waiting to see if it felt any better today before saying anything, and while it does feel a bit better, it's still sort of alternating between achy and numb, sooo... I think I need to give it a rest for the week, not tempt fate, etc lol. Thanks for understanding :C And really sorry... the timing on this is awful I know ._.;;; EDIT: My friend just launched his kickstarter for Snow by Night, and I'm contributing a SbN-themed commission for one of the higher tiers. Check it out! ---- hey there's no words again also OOPS PARTY POOPER AT 3 O CLOCK alsoalso after seeing this resized and on the web, i notice something i coulda done with the panels that i didn't do. hmmm.. THERE'S ALWAYS PRINT EDITS. so still no word from the one person on their fanart, so i'll just post the others i got! [click for their sitesss] I...think I had a couple more but they're not in my fanart folder...so if I forgot you, msg me x_x; [but maybe i am thinking non-d*s stuff tho cos there has been a handful of that as well] IN OTHER NEWS Plume be doin a kickstarter right now! She already hit goal but THERE ARE STRETCHGOALSSSSS so check it outttttt [threw this banner together outta crap i found on her website -- so if it looks bad, don't blame her, blame me lol] Current Incentive: Wondering what Kou's up to right now? Vote to find out 8D

chapter 10: page 20

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:32:05 +0000

aaaaaaaaand this page is wordless SORRY i'd like to point out the incredible love story on this page between arlie-fish and my friend's demi-dexter lol. anyway, in a hurry so fanart will have to wait again, sorry guys T_T Current Incentive: Since last week was Kylie junk, have some Kix junk. Kinda. Ref to a song by The Cure.

chapter 10: page 19

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:27:32 +0000

I don't think Kou's ever witnessed The Homewrecker in action before... Sooo with this new colouring method... it's really easy haha. I finished this page in 2 days and considering moving on to the next page to possibly update on Tuesday, but decided instead to work on the print edits again, because AHHhhh it's been too long! I finally caught up there where I left off the last time thru, so it'll slow down a bit now I think... but I'm glad to be making progress on them again. Sorry that it means no extra updates on the main site tho...[that said...who knows, maybe i will still manage to do another page before tuesday lol...] Song playing is still Think Of Tomorrow btw. Cameos on this page: Chloe & Maddie from Bad Moon Rising [and yes, chloe is gigantic on purpose] Lave from DDWG Bean from Lapse Luthe from From the Machine [from-from...again. lol] I have some fanart to share, but I am still waiting to hear back from one of the ppl about posting theirs here, so I will share it next week instead :) This is still going on! 4 days left :D Go Ava~ Current Incentive: So my buddy came up with this idea for a side comic I need to do and I've been slowly expanding it in my head the past couple of weeks, so I figured I'd draw something based on one of the scenes. I threw some lazy colouring on it but it's just a doodle xD It's a Kylie thing btw

chapter 10: page 18

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:25:05 +0000

AAAAAAAAAH THIS PAGEEEEEEEEEEE CAN SUCK IT wwooow crowds nooooo whewit'sdonetho. This page actually woulda been a looot later, but I did a new/quicker colouring method on it that I learned from Matt, and it really sped the page up. Thankfully the scene change kinda masks the change in methods, and it came out rather well :D Hoping the next page won't take as long, it's not as crowd heavy... [also lemme apologize this page is really um...like not much happening, and yet it took so long to do x_x;;; sorry...ahha] ANYWAYYYY, there are cameos allll over this page! First and foremost, I really need to thank Leitbur for allowing me to use their likeness and music on this page! Their stuff really caters to my love of 80's pop music and kinda marries it with a modern sounnndd. It's so dreamy! The song used on this page is Think Of Tomorrow. I highly recommend checking out more of their stuff! My faves right now from them are: Counterpart Heartsink When The Lights Go You And I Could Rule The World and of course the one this chapter is named after: I Will Always Be Your Constant They also do some really great remixes [been listening to this one a lot lately, and Final Fantasy 6 one]... I should probably stop linking stuff now tho, or I might just link everything they've made e_e;; They're releasing a new EP soon that I am p excited about so...expect me to plug that when it comes out too ahhaha...I'll prolly still be on this scene anyway sigh :| ANYWAY, the other cameos on this page: Lave from DDWG Bean [sorta lmfao] from Lapse Leon & Adrienne from The Sundown Boys Rodney from LaSalle's Legacy The main trio+Tenge from Sombulus Garret, Sagira, Cabal & Miranda from TOHS Ashley & Seth from Altar Girl Kats, Karra & Kevin from Bedlam Genesis Trent, Tristen & Karasu from my HIME & LiR stories Donovan, Billie, Mirah and Demitry from an old RP [for which i created arliss~!!] with a buncha buddies back in the early 2000's~ WHEW think I got everyone xD //wipes brow INOTHERNEWS: i'mma be pimpin this til it's over guys [this is my child btw lol] Current Incentive: Follow up to last year's Valentine's day pic :] Just a quick doodle.

chapter 10: page 17

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:09:18 +0000

lol kou feelin old as shit JULIE NO I MISS YOU ALREADY COME BAAAAAAACK... but seriously tho i will miss drawing her hair...but omg not her outfit. GOOD RIDDANCE LAYERED FASHION HELL [but really tho this page gave me super feels. mama's girl complex strikes again 8D] by the way. sorry this page was late. the combo multiple light sources and multiple skin tones was a horrible time sink [and i still didn't do all i wanted but i just hate this page now so posting it as is lol]. i'm gonna try something different next page that will be faster [i hope]... because there are crowds. //cowers INOTHERNEWS: do any of you guys read ava's demon?? did you notice that it's doing a kickstarter for vol2 =D? if not, get in on ittttt! tell ya kids tell ya wife etc Current Incentive: mild NSFW warning due to underwear/bra~ this is a doodle i started for day 7 of the smut challenge [half dressed prompt], but i ended up drawing cute kix fluff instead hahaha. i actually did a whole comic based on this doodle but i'm kinda uncomfortable sharing the whole thing here cos it's kind of a striptease xD maybe i will feel braver about it later... idk.

chapter 10: page 16

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:41:00 +0000

oh hmm what she thinking about there I WONDER. this will be explained later, i promise. i'd tell you to remember it but you won't, cos it'll be a few chapters before it comes up again lol... aaaand at my pace THAT WILL BE A WHILE SORRY also... there was supposed to be a big 'blue moon' sign above the howlereen banner on this page and i was like MAN I'M TOO LAZY TO DO THAT so i didn't but now that space looks too empty oops OH WELL not much else to say right now, i need to go aaaah. Current Incentive: Sketch dump~ VERY MILD NSFW WARNING due to some scantily clad penelope, and some art clipped from my nsfw blog. nothing blatantly nsfw tho [thanks to the clipping]. but figured i'd warn you anyway lol. but yeah this is just a buncha doodles and such from this and the past couple weeks. didn't fele up to doing another hs meme entry.

chapter 10: page 15

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:32:16 +0000

VIX STOP STRESSING ABOUT SHIT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY NIGHT WOTTERUDOIN I actually don't have much to say about this page! I did actually cut a lot of dialogue about Julie's secret new love interest out cos in the end, it wasn't exactly important and I felt like these scenes ought to just be about these two lol. The only really interesting thing you learned in the cut dialogue is that the person is a detective working the case, who went out of their way to make sure Vix wouldn't be mistreated [which should be a given buuut...unhuman]. So yeah, obviously Julie didn't tell them that she knows where Vix is [or that she was seeing vix tonight]... xD I think there was something I needed to talk about here but I forget now. Going out for a walk tho :P See ya next week! Current Incentive: Question 4 in the HS meme... "Zeke asks Vix on a date. What is Vix's response?" previous answers: cast&1 - 2 - 3

chapter 10: page 14

Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:19:21 +0000

not gonna lie, all the speculation on the previous page was great. i love you guys. never stop being awesome haha. sorry this page is a bit late... i was procrastinating a lot this week on side arts for my own entertainment [some on my nsfw tumblr (not gonna link it sorry lol), and then the kylie gif (sfw, unless making out is too much for you haha)] but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do haha. thanks for your patience :) okay time for that fanart dump. i'm super sure i am forgetting some tho ;_;... From artofcaeldian @ tumblr [highly suggest reading the reblog thread lmao... KOUSANDER FTW] from some adorb nerd from felix~ [webcomic] - [tumblr] from amanda~ [webcomic] - [tumblr] WHEW hopefully i coded all that right hahaha ;_; I LOVE YOU GUYS THANK YOU!! Current Incentive: Question 3 in the HS meme... this one features Vix and Lysander lol. This is also the last one I did in the meme T_T;; oops. I'll try to pick it up again sometime haha.

chapter 10: page 13

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 01:20:02 +0000

vix be like doooon't chaaaaaaange...yoouuuur plaaaaaaaans... for me. xD not much to say about this page except that there was a lot of covering of things i liked... such as boobs and cute hands. OH WELL. THAT'LL TEACH ME TO DRAW EVERYTHING EVEN KNOWING I'LL COVER IT UP WITH WORDS again i still need to post all the fanart... maybe next week //sob SORRY. it's pretty late and i need to sleep... there's a lot of good fanart tho so look forward to it please! Current Incentive: Question 2 of the HS meme. This one is about Rylie.

chapter 10: page 12

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:46:57 +0000

Aaaah we're back and it's 2015 and I am soooooo fucking sick right now, which is why this page was late. x_x; SO HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS LOL //violent sneezing Also nice bomb shell there, Julie. Ok so I got a buncha fanarts I need to share but I know for a damn fact I do not have the brain power to do all the linkage I would need to do for them so...I will share those next week. Oh and if you missed the xmas comic, check the news post on the previous page. There's a bit of something for everyone in it I think haha Gonna go lay down now... e.e ilyguisebye Current Incentive: A few weeks back, I started a high school meme using the d*s: high cast... here's the first prompt [and the characters involved].

chapter 10: page 11

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:47:08 +0000

----- 12/22 EDIT: As promised, here's the minicomic! I was gonna post it tomorrow but I have other things to worry about in the coming days, so just putting it up now! [edit 2015: removing the images for clean-up purposes, you can see them on my tumblr.] So there ya go! Hope you liked it! Happy holidays, everyone :) //end edit ----- Gettin' a lil possessive there, aren't ya Vix? 8D; THERE WILL BE NO NEW PAGE NEXT WEEK BUT!! Please check back next week anyway! I will be putting a 3 page mini comic for Xmas down here in the news post =D I'll post on all the news feeds about it but the RSS won't update to let you know to look, so if that's how you remember to read d*s...yeah! Just try to remember, I guess :'D You will like it, I assure you :] If not, I'll see you guys next year :'D Happy Holidays!! SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is actually dream*scar's week.... lol. But since I won't be updating next week, let's just skip ahead andddd piiimpppp From the Machine! A runaway supersoldier and a lady bard go on adventures with a snarky pilot; meanwhile, a weird guy who talks to trees finds a lost kid on a battlefield and ends up taking care of him. On their journeys they encounter assassins, toxic forests, draconic airships, and a search for a mythical land. You might've seen this comic on my links page already, which means it's one of my weekly haunts hahah. FM is so fucking fun. It took me a while to get into it but now I kinda obsessively check it every week XD This is another comic done traditionally [SF has a lot of those!!] and the charas are so cool. Luthe is so goddamn cool and a beast and ffffffffffff. Felix has actually bee redrawing all the old chapters so now's a super good time to give it a read =D Current Incentive: Page 4 and 5 of the Kou/Arliss mini-comic wherein they attempt to find a bday gift for Vix. I just wanted to finish this up in one go since there will be no update next week xD Hope you guys enjoyed this side comic :D

chapter 10: page 10

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:15:21 +0000

This is a good approach, Vix. You probably shouldn't mention the dude you freed from the basement that is possibly trying to kill you, or the ex-boyfriend that actually did try to kill you... just... keep those on the DL gurl. Omg you guys I could draw Julie forever, I love her ahhhh. I could also draw Arlie stuffing her face forever hahaha. It's more fun than expected... //edit OH RIGHT I forgot to mention cameos this page! -- Karasu & Emyli from my HIME comic -- Malaak from Malaak: Angel of Peace //end edit SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is MoonSlayer! When Syrma discovers that she is the victim of a curse that will end her life, she intends to change her fate. For this she must destroy the goddess who condemned her... and time is running out. This comic is so damn pretty guys. She inks all the pages by hand like a damn boss. It is still relatively early in it's story so it's a good time to jump in! Current Incentive: Page 3 [of 5] of the Kou/Arliss mini-comic wherein they attempt to find a bday gift for Vix. [i didn't have to replace all the dialogue in this one... lol]

chapter 10: page 9

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:06:37 +0000

Jo what are you doinG THAT IS AN AWKWARD TOPIC DON'T BRING IT UP GAWD.... And I get the impression she didn't tell Seth that Vix was basically putting the moves on her, cos homeboy look entirely too calm about the topic at hand. [also: arlie -- yet again getting vix mildly in trouble.] Aaahhh man, feels good to fully finish a page again. //spits on previous page XD So this week, slave made a adorable kix fanvid for me and I'mma just drop that right here *attempts embed* [i am actually still giddy about this...no one's made a fanvid for me before //uglycrying] SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is Soul To Call! The earth has never been the same since the Fall. Two thirds of the human population are dead, otherworldly abominations wander the ruins, and the occult runs rampant. In hopes of salvaging the only scrap of family remaining in her life, aloof courier Avril seeks an Anathema, a blasphemous creature rumored to have the abilities that she needs. Man if you guys are not reading Soul to Call, get the fuck out of here and go read it. The art is so damn perfect for the story, both of which vaguely give me Silent Hill vibes in the best goddamn way omg. I think her description says enough about the story so I won't say much more, but she does forget to mention that AVRIL IS A BADASS AND I LOVE HER FOREV but yea stop reading this and go read it right now ok Current Incentive: Second page [of 5] of the Kou/Arliss mini-comic wherein they attempt to find a bday gift for Vix. [if you missed page 1 i feel bad for u son, but you can still see it right here (i won't be doing this again next week tho so keep up y'all!)] (edit: sigh... vote bait won't show up til friday cos twc is a butt. sorry.)

chapter 10: page 8

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:23:01 +0000

------------- edit 11/26: no update this week after all! sorry guys! see you next week! ------------- Sorry if you notice a decline in quality this week. Coloured this entire page very quickly today, and not with my usual care. I think it looks pretty good considering I only got to spend a few hours on it, tho, so I don't feel too bad lol... I'll fix is for print later for sure tho. Anyway, reason for the rush is we're going outta town for the weekend, leaving tomorrow morning, and I still gotta go pack... which i am going to go do now. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE!! [and a good thanksgiving as well! p sure there will be a page next week but will keep you posted as always on fb/twitter] SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is Stargazer's Gate! Some gates aren't meant to be opened. Atrina Vilanar stumbles through a gate into the tightly controlled world of Wynd, leaving behind her sister, Leawyn, who's sure Atrina isn't dead. Her search leads her through the dark secrets of her lineage, and straight into another mysterious gate. Open gates are open doors to the things on the other side. The Kickstarter for Chirault is on it's final week! The final stretch goal includes chirault side-comics from several artists, including myself! =D Check it out~ Current Incentive: No extra time again this week, obviously, so here's page 1 of an old comic from 2006[?] wherein Kou and Arliss go shopping for a bday present for Vix. [there are 5 pages...next week's votebait will be page 2].

chapter 10: page 7

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:25:42 +0000

Oh yeah these guys still exist. I guess there actually was a reason for the Ash/Pikachu cameo last page... but Julie, did you even try? You're as bad as Kou 8( Ugh tho guys I am such a mama's girl, this page made me tear up more than once while working on it uuugh ughhh xD; //long distances hugs @ own mama [also i'd like to point out that 'over a month' = nearly 2 months. GUYS IT'S ONLY BEEN ABOUT 2 MONTHS IN-STORY AND IT'S TAKEN OVER 5 YEARS TO DO THAT MUCH lawd help me] SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is Chirault! Chirault is about a young girl named Teeko, who gets shrunken to teacup size by a wayward spell. Luckily, the demon hunter Kiran is nearby when this occurs and Teeko sort of guilts him into helping her out haha. The two set off on a journey together, in search of a mage to cure her, but in the process get dragged into a mess that the mage guild is trying to cover up... Chirault is a great webcomic, drawn traditionally, which I think is pretty rare in the webcomics world, and it looks so fackin' cool you guys omgawd. Teeko and Kiran are so cute together [innnn a platonic way, teeko is a kid lol] and the story has been getting really exciting lately @_@ Also, the comic updates 3 times a week cos Thane isn't human. Aaand for the record, the Kickstarter for Chirault is also still going! She's already reached all her current stretch goals so there are a lot of goodies to be included with the book xD I am so excited, y'all, omg. 8D Current Incentive: I didn't really get a chance to draw anything other than d*s this week, but here's the start of a draw-this-pic-again thing that I did last week. It's not very far along, but I am basing it on one of my oldest "wow what was i thinking" arts from 2002... which you can view over here if you wanna laugh at some old art. I'm trying to keep it pretty close to the original pose...even tho it's ridiculous xD[note: it's pre-dream*scar, back when vix and kou were classic style vampires, so it's a non-canon scenario haha]

chapter 10: page 6

Thu, 06 Nov 2014 20:09:40 +0000

MY DESIRE TO DRAW KOU/ARLIE MISADVENTURES IS GROWING HELP So this is the page that wrecked my wrist loool. ALL THE BG UGH. I am still recovering [not drawing as much] so the two page buffer I had for a couple weeks now iiiis already gone GOOD JOB ME. But I am pretty happy with these pages anyway, even if the proportions are a bit off in places xD I have been using the method from this post to do all these bg's and it helps so muchhhh even for outdoor scenes like this :C i can't recommend that method enough xD Anyway, Posting early cos whaaat 10 year ani with the hubby [10 years since our first date, i mean...wedding one is in april and we rarely bother with that ani pff]. I am 100% the guy in the relationship cos i literally forget our ani every year til he brings home something cute for me looolfffffuck i am the worst ever 8D Btw, there are a few more cameos/refs on this page~ Panel 3: - Teeko+Kiran again from Chirault [but covered by dialogue oops] - Colbey+Peter from What It Takes - Blaise [coverd by dialogue+Snow posters from Snow By Night, used with permission :'D [you can see them up close here] - Other movie posters are old art from my other comics/stories: Life in Rain, Atrabolus, 8mm, Dahlia. Panel 4: - Me+Bestie Kyrstan, being lost. She is judging me because I was the navigator. - Tiny Keiko+Setsuna for my friend Jessa - Tiny Ash Ketchum with a Pikachu [no reason, no regrets] - Tiny Disco [my silly dragon gal oc] as a waitress COS WHY NOT SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is LaSalle's Legacy! On a world similar to our own, Jonathan LaSalle meets his bastard brother, Jared, who reveals that their father had a very unsavory past. Part of that past is Rijik Van Heissler, a pirate turned zombie who is seeking vengeance for past wrongs. Jonathan and Jared must work together and learn how to kill this zombie before he can kill them. But time is running out for both of them... The Chirault Kickstarter is still going! It's into stretch goals already cos, AS I PREDICTED, she blew goal outta the water on day 1 :P Again, I say if you are feeling generous, pledge @ the kickstarter or just feel free to show your support by reblogging the post on tumblr~ :D Current Incentive: Some more picking at the high priestess tarot card. I like the first one the most on it's own I think, tho I worry it might be confused with the moon card lol...but the last two might look better on a tarot...? it's boring to me tho lol. And the second idea I think would look better as a landscape-oriented pic [more open space on the left hand side] so I think that one is an immediate scrap, at least for this project xD

chapter 10: page 5

Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:49:55 +0000

Man, Kou, you need to get your foot out of your mouth, these things never end well for you. Fun[?] Fact: This chapter used to be called 'The Legend of Fark McFook'... I changed it since I've had a theme of naming the chapters after songs. But maybe someone should write a song about this guy...he sounds like a super neat guy. [be sure to mention his weapon, which is the legendary tempest blade 8D] FANART: [click the pic for bigger + my art reply to it lmao] ALONG WITH THAT I ALSO I FOUND A BUNCHA FANART BY ACCIDENT THIS WEEK [click the images to go to their full-view/unclipped versions!!] WTF tho I found more art than just these looking through DA's dream*scar tag and WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SAY ANYTHING. I am always overjoyed when ppl draw my charas WHYYy would you hide them from me //whine xD OKAY IT'S PIMPIN' TIME: [i made a last minute banner for this, blame me if it looks funny, not her haha] Thane of Chirault just started her very first kickstarter! I have no doubt she'll hit goal and then COMPLETELY BLOW IT AWAY cos she's a damn boss and she underestimates her badassery. PLEASE SHOW HER HOW WRONG SHE IS by either pledging @ the kickstarter or just showing your support by reblogging her post on tumblr~ :D [speaking of chirault, kiran and teeko make a cameo in the middle panel!] SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is What It Takes! Colbey is a martial artist who survives the end of the world. Armed with knowledge, experience and a machete, she is searching through what's left for a man named Peter Wolfe. A post apocalyptic comic that DOESN'T use zombies? Sign me up! This comic is one of my favourite weekly reads and I remember on my first read through having trouble taking breaks haha. Colbey is such a badass but also still very feminine in a way? It's hard to describe. And the reason for the world being in such collapse is so fucking terrifying to me xD [i won't spoil it for ya] Kez is a great writer, both of story and dialogue, and her art is really expressive, even in simple monochrome. If you aren't reading this comic yet, gtfo of here and read it now. 8D Current Incentive: I kinda blew my wrist out this week doing next week's page [there's a lot of background...] so my planned halloween art never get made...:'( So instead here is the next page as it sits right now. [...can you see why my wrist is dead? lol] [edit: TWC is being a butt and won't let me update the vote bait right now... i'll try again later.]

chapter 10: page 4

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:16:36 +0000

Kou, you should have known what you were getting into. I don't have much to say, aside from colouring shiny leathery material is a pain in the ass 8D! So instead of whining about that [everyone else: but you just whined...] I'll show you some arts I got this week! A hot Kou from Thane~ Arlie and Vix taking cute selfies from Delphie~ [i def need to do a series of these XD] :c TY so much guys!! Oh yeah, Tuesday was Arlie's birthday btw.... sorry arlie... SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is Sunset Grill! Gangsters. Mercenaries. Public defenders. Ordinary people struggling to survive in an extraordinary future. They all have one thing in common: they all drink beer. Current Incentive: Spiderforest is starting a Tarot deck and I grabbed up the High Priestess card. This is just a rouch sketch and i might redo the design to be more close up?? Or a different pose. Not sure yet...

chapter 10: page 3

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:13:32 +0000

guys, this might be the most wonderful thing i've ever drawn Also, here is an alternate panel 3: It was painful to cut it, but it ruined the page flow any other way so... First not-my-character cameo on this page! Panel 1 features Ikarus from Bedlam Genesis :D There will be more to come :] SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is Lapse! Lapse is a ghost story that follows the spirit a young woman named Bean, who gets separated from her body during an unfortunate accident in her home. Suddenly anchored to the house, Bean begins to find that she's not the only one haunting the place... I really love this comic! It's both creepy and lighthearted, which Alyssa somehow manages to accomplish flawlesslyyyy. The art is really expressive and perfect for the story. Please give it a read!! Current Incentive: The creation of Arlie-fish! Features the original design and also some art from Matt as well, who helped inspire the fucking monstrosity that Arliss is wearing... truly, he is mostly to blame for this. PS: If you guys missed the alternate chapter 10 cover I posted on tumblr a while back, look again: Makes a little more sense now, maybe...

chapter 10: page 2

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:43:19 +0000

Hmm, who could that be? Also, Arlie, your costume looks pretty lame... what even are you? ANYWAY, I guess now it's obvious why I wanted to come back from hiatus during October :'D HALLOWEEN CHAPTER AW YISS. I hope you guys like Halloween, because the comic will be in Halloween mode well into 2015 rotfl....sob. SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK! This week is Sombulus! Sombulus is a fun fantasy comic that follows an unlikely trio -- Sydney, the feisty paladin; Rana, the tinkerer that can speak to machines; and Astyr, the mischievous energy gatherer -- as they hop through different worlds together, having adventures and generally leaving each place a little more messed up than when they arrived :'D You might have seen this comic pop up on my links page recently, which is because I finally caught up to it and am SORT OF IN LOVE WITH IT? It's one of the comics I've come to obsessively check at midnight [if i'm awake] on update days haha. It's lighthearted and very funny. I highly recommend it! Current Incentive: Panel 1 without the dialogue, with the charas labeled [ch 10 is the chapter of cameos, tho all of them are mine on this page lol]... also full size so you can enjoy the chalkboard menu [this also means it's really huge so enjoy your scrollbar pls]. Also, I tossed in the concept art for Vix's costume, which I changed a bit for the actual comic. [i am still sad i couldn't get the belt to work out lol]

chapter 10: i will always be your constant

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:52:51 +0000

Hey guys, welcome back!!! I missed you! :C! I bring you chapter 10, which is named for the Leitbur song of the same title! I will be using their songs a few times throughout this chapter, with their permission :) Please check out their other music as well, and consider buying some, especially in light of Jaron's recent run in with cancer [hospital bills be a bitch and a half, i know]... they could use all the help anyone is willing to offer :) Anyway, this is gonna be a pretty lighthearted chapter. I know the comic has sort of thrived on drama up to this point, but I think the charas are kinda due for a break. That said, this is not a filler chapter... just throwing that out there lol. As for the fruits of my labour during the hiatus... - I finished my pieces for the monster anthology . You can find my previews over here, the full versions of which will be in the SFW version of the book. - I got about 50% of the way thru the vol 1 edits. If you kept up with my posts on FB/tumblr, you'll know I ran into some sizing/bleed-space issues, but I didn't mention the amount of contrast tweaking I was having to do after seeing a test print of chapter 1. Like wow, the early chapters needed a lot of contrast adjustment lol... I will continue to edit the pages when I have free time, but it will be slow going. I intend to take another month-ish long hiatus after chapter 10 to finish up whatever else needs to get done for book 1. - The Kickstarter obviously hasn't happened yet xD I know a lot of projects will begin a kickstarter before their final product is finished, but I'd rather wait til I have all the art ready to go, so I can have a better idea for a delivery date to you guys. Just makes more sense to me that way... In other news, after the SPX prints announcement, I had a lot of people emailing me about how else they could get a hold of prints... I DID NOT KNOW YOU GUYS WANTED THIS KINDA THING SO BADLY. I intend to shop around to find a good place to get prints made. If you guys have any artwork you'd like to see printed, d*s related or not, lemme know! I am also considering making charms/keychains cos I see these a lot and I would kill to have one cos goddamn yes forever d*S KEYCHAINS. I have a couple places in mind that I could get this done, just need to make art for them xD [or maybe repurpose those coaster chibis....we'll see] I'm also considering a Patreon! I've had a few people ask about this, and I've seen a lot of fellow webcomickers using this thing. If you've never heard of Patreon, it's basically a way to donate monthly to a creator, in appreciation for what they do, and usually there are patron-only rewards. [chirault & what it takes are two examples just from the spiderforest collective] But yeah, it's pretty cool! I signed up for one but I haven't really done much with it yet...mostly cos I am not 100% sure what sort of goals I should put in, or what my reward tiers oughta be haha... Tho I figure one would be access to thumbnails as I finish them? Seems like something y'all could enjoy... and I guess one of the goals could be ad removal, but I've found some nice comics thru there, so I'd be sad to see it go haha... but I'd get rid of the ads if that's a thing you guys wanted. Lemme know, I guess! Anyway, thanks for being patient guys! You are seriously wonderful readers :C Thank you for just being so fucking great LIKE REALLY ghdsgshj god Last but not least... it's that time again! The SPIDERFOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK!! Bam pow! We start off with Supervillainous! Supervillainous follows the misadventures of the Crimson Claw, a supervillain who also happens to be a dad. But which is the harder job, really...? This strip is really fun and good to read if you are in need of a laugh. Current Incentive: The thumbnails for the next page, sans dialogue.

chapter 9: page 37

Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:45:30 +0000

CHAPTER 9 IN THE BAAAAAAG SON AND NOW TIME FOR A SHORT HIATUS. I warned you it was coming! Why? A couple reasons! 1) I need to finish some artwork for a book I am in. [remember this thing? yeah, that one.] I'm only half done with one and the others are sitting in sketch form ... yargh! 2) I need to finish editing chapters 1-6 of dream*scar for... 3) ...KICKSTARTER OF VOLUME 1!!! [I HOPE?] So yeah, some things I need to do haha... :'D If you have facebook and are following the d*s page, please enable notifications, LIKE SO: This will keep you up to date with news concerning the return of the comic, amongst other news things! Otherwise, Facebook tends not to show you my posts, unless you've been super actively commenting/liking/sharing my posts, because facebook is a butt and a money grubber [seriously, it wants me to pay for all my followers to see my stuff...yeahhhno]. I am hoping this will only be about a month or so of hiatus. It could be slightly more than that, but I don't plan on it being too much longer... In other news... does anyone live in the DC/Bethesda area? There's a con there called SPX [small press expo]... while I will not be there myself, there will be a SpiderForest table that's going to sell a few prints I've set up specifically for conventions! My SF buddies have set up some preorders, but they are only available for pick-up at SPX. So if you can't attend, then you shouldn't place a preorder. [if you have any questions, you may email me or just comment below~] Otherwise, the storefront for preorders is right here! :) Also...are there other pictures you would rather see in print? Let me know in the comments! I would like to revamp my store at some point soon [maybe during the hiatus if i find a moment?] and knowing what you guys are interested in would be super cool. [you can see some art on tumblr or deviantart. -- pretty much anything is game. lol] Alright! See you guys after the break!! Ways to contact me: email (responses will come from my gmail account) facebook tumblr twitter SF forums [or just post a comment below lol] [whew...hope i got everything posted...] Current Incentive: COLOURING BOOK!!! -- A stupid little penelope comic I did for a friend. This is the full size, so if are into colouring things, go for it! You can follow her actual colour scheme if you want, or you can make it up as you go!! Just have fun =)

chapter 9: page 36

Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:40:24 +0000

I'M BACK AND VIX IS ALREADY DEAD OOPS. Washington was pretty neat! Wedding was awesome. Here, have a pic from the graffiti wall we did. ANYWAY. Next page is the last for this chapter! And then I plan to take a break...not sure exactly how long. But enough to give me a chance to finally work on the vol1 print [chapters 1-6] and to finish up my artwork for the demon anthology book. I am thinking it won't be longer than a month, cos the deadline is in Sept haha...but um, yeah. I'll talk more about this next update. RIGHT NOW, NEW COMICS! Spiderforest accepted a lot of new people!! CHECK'EMOUT: Altar Girl Ashley Altars has a major crush on Adam Evenine, one of the most popular boys in school. She also unwittingly holds one of the two keys to Heaven and Earth! The owner of the other key is a guy named Seth Charming, who has been dead since the late 1920s, but has been brought back to life by the heavenly "Gemini Twins" Sera & Cherry. Life is tough for the Altar Girl. From the Machine A runaway supersoldier and a lady bard go on adventures with a snarky pilot; a weird guy who talks to trees finds a lost kid on a battlefield and ends up taking care of him. On their journeys they encounter assassins, toxic forests, draconic airships, and a search for a mythical land. Moonslayer When Syrma discovers that she is the victim of a curse that will end her life, she intends to change her fate. For this she must destroy the goddess who condemned her -- and time is running out. Soul to Call The Fall devastated earth, leaving the ruins infested by abominations and the occult. Surrounded by danger and insanity, there's only two things on a young courier's mind: family, and survival. Star Cross'd Destiny Star Cross'd Destiny is focused around five misfit young adults in New Orleans who are cursed/blessed with supernatural powers. The controller of Air, Juno, is a smartass alcoholic with anger issues who has a rap sheet ten miles long, is wanted by the police and the Cajun mafia, and can't seem to keep her nose out of trouble. Terra Terra follows a group of characters who band together to stop a devastating interplanetary war. Zukahnaut After years of hiding on Earth a lonely alien finally reveals himself. Can Zukah fight his own nature to redeem a wasted life? Ianua A young man named Janus lies at the center of web of fate that connects them all. His encounter with a unbound demon will bring about a series of trials, dangers and magic that has not been seen in centuries. ...whew! go check'em out! they're all really good :C!! Current Incentive: Today's page but without Zeke blocking the middle panel hahaha.

chapter 9: page 35

Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:22:30 +0000

@Vix: hurr...something he could do for you, eh? ehhh? THERE WILL BE NO UPDATE NEXT WEEK [AUG1]!!!! I'm going out of town for a wedding that I got roped into! I will not be able to update [and maybe won't even be online much] til I get back on the 6th xD; Hoping it won't cut into the following update, but as always, keep an eye on Twitter/FB for updates about that! On the other hand, I will hopefully get some paper artwork done, seeing as the drive is 13+ hours lol... Sorry for the lack of heads up. I kept forgetting to post about it @__@ Only 2 more pages in this chapter, too... eek! SpiderForest Application Season Closing Tonight! Today, July 24th, is the last day to apply! Self hosted comics only this round!! That means you need to have your comic hosted on your own site [paid for normally, ad free, etc], and not on a place like a DA gallery lol. Check here to read a more thorough description~ Amya is still running their kickstarter!! Current Incentive: Due to a[n assumed] joke message from an anon poster on Tumblr, Lysandro and Arminara sort of became their own characters in a livestream yesterday. I ended up drawing this pic based on all those ideas during today's livestream... we haven't decided what Arminara looks like yet for sure, but here is Lysandro at least.... enjoy? lol

chapter 9: page 34

Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:25:32 +0000

Awww, okay Kou, I guess you're not 100% creepy. Maybe just...95% creepy. Yeah... PS, due to some confusion from you guys, I altered this page so there were flashback panels in it. SO THANKS GUYS you improved the page 8D It is def better now xD EDIT: Here is the scene from the flashback, if you want to reread it with this reveal in mind... kind of changes the context a bit, I imagine! [end edit!] On the other hand, I am sure some of you were hoping more for this sort of outcome after those first panels: Not gonna lie, after I inked those panels, I kinda felt it too LOL... Y'all infecting me with your ship, jeysus. Speaking of, there's a lot of Kix going on right now. The vote bait, for one...and then a pic I drew during the livestream cos everyone wanted me to draw a Kix pic haha. In other news, I got a Zeke/Vix giftart, but they haven't gotten an okay to post the art in my news box yet...so uhh instead I WILL JUST LINK TO IT AND GUSH MORE BECAUSE aaaaaaaah it's so cool aaah look at it. DAT CURVY VIX and her faaaceee and fhdsjshj i just love her expression :CCCC HOT ZEKE. HOT ZEKE FOREVERRRRRRRR //howling into the wind ...but srsly go show it some love. SpiderForest Application Season Closing Soon! July 24th is the last day to apply! Self hosted comics only this round!! That means you need to have your comic hosted on your own site [paid for normally, ad free, etc], and not on a place like a DA gallery lol. Check here to read a more thorough description~ Another thing!! Any of you guys read Amya? They are doing a kickstarter right now! Help'em out! Even just spreading the word is nice =D Current Incentive: Kix Date Comic [2006] pages 5 & 6! Not gonna lie, the last page is still my favourite part of this whole comic hahah... ahhh. Hope you enjoyed this old comic!! I will share all the pages on tumblr sometime~ [under the kix tag probably!] I think next time I need something to use as vote bait, I will have to share this one where Arlie and Kou try to shop for a birthday present for Vix lol... it's a pretty good one.

chapter 9: page 33

Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:33:36 +0000

I think Kou needs to stop interacting with people. It never really goes his way. Kou: Also, FANART! Rug and Sunglasses, finally envisioned together in full colour by Rose. Just...fucking perfect, honestly. SpiderForest Application Season is ALL OPEN AND SHEIT! July 1st - 24th! Self hosted comics only this go round!! That means you need to have your comic hosts on your own site, not a place like DA lol. Check here to read a more thorough description~ [thanks to those who have applied and also fuck you as well, cos it just reminds me there are so many awesome comics out there i never knew existed faaack myfreetimedies] Current Incentive: Uuuhhhhh so I kinda went crazy with this votebait. THERE IS A LOT. There is page 3 for the old Kix comic from last week, a buncha pics from tumblr, and then just...doodles. DOODLES EVERYWHERE. please enjoy and SCROOOOOOOLLL all over.

chapter 9: page 32

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 02:01:38 +0000

...Aaaawkward. WHAT A CHAMP THO, TRYINA BREAK THE ICE LIKE THAT... gg, Vix, gg. SpiderForest Application Season is ALL OPEN AND SHEIT! July 1st - 24th! Self hosted comics only this go round!! That means you need to have your comic hosts on your own site, not a place like DA lol. Check here to read a more thorough description~ SO GUYS GUYS guys okay LIKE OUT OF THE BLUE I got giftart from one of my art sempais and I just sdahd I JUST guys i just y'all should go stalk this gal, her line work is hella flawless. :CC art tag on her tumblr [some nsfw stuff]. Also, if you haven't, you should look at the update for this page on my tumblr, cos I'm dyin'. Honestly these update pics are becoming my fave part of updating. xD Current Incentive: OLD KIX ART -- page 1 and 2 of a doofy little date comic I drew back in 2006. I will post more pages next week [there are 5 total~] ... if you've watched the Kix video, this comic will look familiar xD

chapter 9: page 31

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:12:04 +0000

Hmm...curiouser and curiouser... 8D Also panel 1 is my new favourite lmao. You can basically read everyone's mind just by their expressions xD SpiderForest Application Season is coming up again! July 1st - 24th! Self hosted comics only this go round!! That means you need to have your comic hosts on your own site, not a place like DA lol. Check here to read a more thorough description~ ALSOOO thanks to anyone who helped contribute to the Monster Anthology Kickstarter! I'll let you guys know when it's available for buying [pdf and prolly some left over prints too]. Speaking of kickstarters, after this chapter is finished [maybe 6 more pages?] I may take a short hiatus so I can work on the vol1 print and maybe get a kickstarter set up D: ??? I DON'T KNOW the idea is terrifying to me. I will decide once I get to it, but I will at least be taking a short break to do print edits and maybe also work on my buffer lol. I'll let you guys know! Current Incentive: Drawing with Izzie and Jeni and jumbo crayons [harder than expected to use lol]. There's a Vix and a Penelope and then a pic of Izzie helping me out. Under all that is a clip from a Kix smut comic I started doin' for myself cos I was bored [but the panel is SFW so don't be scared to look at it lol xD]... it's based loosely on a real scene from chapter 28 so I prolly won't share the entire thing anywhere lol. [like last time i did one of these, the scene doesn't end with them making out xD]

chapter 9: page 30

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:25:13 +0000

But seriously I love Lysander and no one can convince me he's not the best character I've ever created. SpiderForest Application Season is coming up again! July 1st - 24th! Self hosted comics only this go round. Check here for more info. Goal met!! Thanks to those who helped! Not sure we'll meet the stretch goals but at least we'll get paid a little more for our art now xD Current Incentive: Few things here! First is a wip from the Demon Anthology! Next is sfw edits of some smut I drew this week. And last is a new character pairing for you guys to get into. ;D

chapter 9: page 29

Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:04:09 +0000

oh my god arianna this is not about you ok but at least we see where vix gets her angst from lolol I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY but for the life of me i can't remember it... was it fanart...??? was...was it comic news??? I DON'T REMEMBER [it's probably alzheimer's tbh] Holy jeez, it's getting close now =D Thanks if any of you helped out! Current Incentive: Something I doodled in the livestream for this page haha. Deni of The Only Half Saga and Gemutations asked me to draw her Cabe with my Zeke... so this happened. I figure they were all drinking and Kou started moonwalking [as he tends to do] and Cabe was like, "I CAN DO THAT WATCH ME" and promptly tripped over Zeke, who was hanging out on the floor for some reason. [cos drunk?] So yea there is that. Also under that sketch I included another doll thing I did for d*s: high cos WHY NOT

chapter 9: page 28

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:02:18 +0000

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER VIX, YOU ARE RUBBER HE IS GLUE you will never be huuuuurtttt I honestly dunno what else to say here except cactus wait what OH. Uh, SpiderForest is gonna open up applications soon. Keep ya eyes opennn 8D This is still going! We're getting close :D Current Incentive: Fucking Kat of Bedlam Genesis linked me to this goddamn doll maker and I... I kind of went nuts. This is all the d*s characters [minus 3 who i don't want to reveal yet xD] I did... I also did a few of my other charas...I AM A SLAVE TO DOLL CREATORS SERIOUSLY /sobbing ... this file is p big so ENJOY THAT SCROLL BAR IN EVERY DIRECTION. Also all the guys look hella girly..NO FACE HAIR. NO ALTERNATE FACE SHAPES. i did the best i could ok

chapter 9: page 27

Fri, 30 May 2014 09:57:21 +0000

I think Vix is still kinda bitter at Kou for being a creeper at the end of chapter 7.... lol SO D*S asawebcomic TURNED 5 ON WEDNESDAY!! like holy shit have i really been at it this long??? I've literally only taken one 6-month hiatus in that time TO BIRTH A CHILD and like HOW AM I NOT BURNT OUT??? I STILL LOVE WORKING ON THIS COMIC /laysonface if there is something wrong with me i don't want to be right I GOT SOME FANART fdjsd. My friend drew me an Arliss but I CANNOT FIND IT ON MY COMPUTER sob... but know that it was adorable :CCC I also got a badass pic of Vix and The Twin, but there are boobies, so it's a little nsfw. But it's only nudity, not like explicit content or anything... click to view the full pic: [Here's her DA.] The kickstarter for the Demon Edition of the Monster Anthology is still going! You can see a clipped sketch of my first picture for the it here which is of Penelope, my demon bunny girl...it was gonna be Rylie but thing magic happened and it turned into Penne e.e; I think that's all!! Current Incentive: During the livestream this week, there was a lot of talk in the chatroom about a d*s high shool AU in which everyone is in love with everyone else and no one loves anyone back?????? LOL There were more charas listed than this but... I ran out of steam so here are the main ones at least ahahha. if you saw the preview pic on this page [twitter/tumblr/fb] then you have already seen some of the amazing drama in this series...!!! /shot

chapter 9: page 26

Fri, 23 May 2014 13:09:03 +0000

All those years of MOMMY I WANT A LITTLE BROTHER/SISTER VIX JUST BE LIKE Vix: omg i feel like such a dick And yes, Vix is thinking about Buffy in panel 2 XD Tbh I wonder if Buffy would even exist in this world, tho. And if so wouldn't it be different...? Like super different...? Maybe from a more Faith-y mindset or something D: idk, the thought depressed me, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE /uglycrying In other news: The kickstarter for the Demon Edition of the Monster Anthology has started up :> this is funding 2 different versions of the book: the NSFW edition and the SFW edition. They do not have any overlapping art. Each one is unique. My stuff will be in the SFW one, and I plan to use Rylie~ so if you are a fan of Demons, or just Rylie, have at it \8D/ No new vote bait, been a rough week for art on my end, but feel free to vote again if you want. Current Incentive: I got tired of looking at Rylie's butt [somehow] so here's a few things I did this week aside from the comic...one is a suuuper quick art for a friend who was feeling down and the other is a little info on how all my characters talk. This is a a veeery long picture so enjoy that scrollbar 8D it also shows charas we haven't met yet [tho not all of them cos omg my cast be huge]

chapter 9: page 25

Fri, 16 May 2014 11:44:21 +0000

So as promised, since I cut a bunch of Ari's history lesson here to save time, I'll expand on it all a bit here! A lot of this is thanks to my buddy Matt, btw. He's my idea bouncer offer and is really good at helping me refine my ideas [or straight up suggest stuff to me cos he a boss like that]. EVERYONE NEEDS A BOUNCING BUDDY. ANYWAY. As indicated on the last page, that rival group was pretty much out to screw with Lysander's. To stop a coming attack, Lysander cleared his kin from the area and had Ophelia do her thing. Basically any vampires that were exposed to the light were dust. And of course everyone saw it; even people not close enough to see the actual firebird [or too close to really understand what shape it was] still saw the sky light up like it was daytime for a few seconds. The story pretty much blew up overnight. Not just the phoenix thing, but that people witnessed vampires literally being vaporized right next to them. Lysander quickly claimed responsibility, hoping to avoid a witch hunt, and of course the assumption was that, oh shit, this was a terrorist attack. Was it some kind of bomb? Why did it only kill some and not others? Etc etc. About this point is when a group of unhuman leaders met and decided to back him up, which is what lead to The Reveal, which included a few chosen unhuman leaders; Lysander [tho not one of the vampire leaders at the time] from the Vampires, Sung-uk [arlie's dad] from the Weres, Galliot from the Unicorns, and Usadi from the Dragons. As for Lysander basically killing a bunch of 'people', it ended up being a huge debate about whether killing Vampires even counts as murder since they are technically already dead. He ended up getting off with little more than a Public Disturbance charge, because LOOPHOLES YO. I mean how you gonna charge someone when they're not even recognized as literally anything at all. 8D Anyway, that's most of what I had for this... it's not like super important to know really, I guess. But it's fun to flesh out things like this still xD There will be more about this kinda topic later actually in the comic tho [mostly the fallout stuff and the current state of things :P] so ummm...yep! In other news...my wrist is hanging in there. Still aches sometimes, but not as bad as it has in the past. I'm taking it really easy as much as I can, using my left hand to do all the menial shit around the house. I still can't draw or colour as neatly/detailed as I am used to, so's not to stress things... I'm really grateful you guys haven't complained! Maybe it's not obvious to you but the quality drop for me is kinda sad. Whatever tho, as long as I'm getting my story out, it's all good. I've been considering more seriously working on the novel version lately tho... as a fallback if my wrist gets bad and needs a few months rest... I really don't want it to come to that, but it would be fun to redo the novel more like the comic, but with more detail than the comic and some revisions to the earlier chapters cos...idk some of that is just awkward to look back on now xD Current Incentive: I got tired of looking at Rylie's butt [somehow] so here's a few thigns I did this week aside from the comic...one is a suuuper quick art for a friend who was feeling down and the other is a little info on how all my characters talk. This is a a veeery long picture so enjoy that scrollbar 8D it also shows charas we haven't met yet [tho not all of them cos omg my cast be huge]

chapter 9: page 24

Fri, 09 May 2014 23:15:44 +0000

ahhh it took me all day to colour this page cos NEEDY BABY IS NEEDY. i ended up doing my quick method to finish it in time for a friday post [i have an hour left my time!!] sooo this is another page that will need editing later... probably it will only be for the print version tho i guess... maybe that is how i oughta be doing it anyway! i ended up altering the fuck outta this scene tho. i cut a lot and i'm cutting more out on the next page... mainly it's things that don't really need to really be discussed, but i will talk about them in the news post next week, cos i know some of you will probably be interested in the details! anyway~ disney was p awesome! but really hot... D: i managed to not get a sunburn at all. 80SPF all over, every 2 hours. FUCK YOU SUN. YOU WON'T HAVE ME FOR YOUR FOOL. here have a pointless pic of me and josh winning yes, i am still wearing my medieval times crown -- red knight whooo!!! that guy was a fuckin' boss. he won all the games and his fucking horse was a boss. like all teh other horses were sloooow [or maybe the knights weren't gunning it like the red] but the red knight's horse i think had rockets in it's ass or something. it was so fast. *-* he ended up getting killed by green at the very end tho. I WANTED TO CRY. but it was the furthest our knight has ever gotten [ours usually loses in the first round lmfao] so it was super exciting 8D even if he did lose 8DD oh and jeni got a rose from him right to the face. it hit her with an audible FWUP sound lmfao. in other news, my wrist is still kinda acting up, but it's definitely doing better. really, i guess all the baby interruptions might be for the best really! xD ummm, i think that is all i wanted to say! no new vote bait, agaaaaaain...but again, feel free to vote anyway. xD; hopefully i'll build a buffer again so i can just do the page preview thing again... Current Incentive: NSFW-ish due to thongy butt Doofy comic with Vix & Rylie, featuring Kou! ...I umm... spent waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on panel 6 [tho after uploading this pic i realized...i hadn't done lineweight on the 'tattoo' part, doh] but omg lmao.... guys i crack myself up. I'll probably redo panle 6 as a finished art sometime...

chapter 9: page 23

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:38:01 +0000

5/1/14 edit: No page this week. Going outta town this weekend and my tendonitis flared up again earlier this week. Thought it was minor but it started feeling pretty bad later in the day. wearing a brace and trying to rest it... will keep you guys posted on Facebook. sorry and thanks for your patience! :C /end edit Ahhh late page...cos I have no buffer at all AYYYYYYAYAYAYA Also kinda lazy cos I rushed to finish it...this page just... Backgrounds I guess??? like fuck them forever 8D Next week's page will either be late or there won't be an update at all... not only am I gonna be outta town fri-mon, but I'm not even done with the thumbnail of it, cos it's been giving me hell... sooo yea my thumbnail buffer is gone too lol. Really this whole section of the story has been as asshole to me. WISH ME LUCK THO 8D At least if I skip an update I'll have more time to work on the thumbnails lol Anyway I will probably upload a more polished version of this page later sometime when I have time to fix it but it looks good enough to be read now so here it is lol. Ummm.... I think that's all really. I don't have anything new at TWC but feel free to vote again for another look at Rylie's butt. Current Incentive: NSFW-ish due to thongy butt Doofy comic with Vix & Rylie, featuring Kou! ...I umm... spent waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on panel 6 [tho after uploading this pic i realized...i hadn't done lineweight on the 'tattoo' part, doh] but omg lmao.... guys i crack myself up. I'll probably redo panel 6 as a finished art sometime...

chapter 9: page 22

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:29:39 +0000

To be fair, Lysander is kind of a dick... I'm surprised i'm functioning at all right now. Last 2 nights there have been construction crews out the highway near our house. Every mew minutes there's a loud BANG BANG baaangg..baaang... liek a dump truck probably?? This is spiced with the occasional um... what sounds like a bunch of metal pipes being dropped from a very high place. JUST LIKE. KSHHHHHHHHHHdingdingindbjgdghsj and this goes on ALL FUCKIN NIGHT ALL NIGHT SERIOUSLY last time I checked it was 4am. WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING WHY DOES IT SOUND LIKE GIANTS PLAYING JENGA I DON'T EVEfsajkbjgfs IN OTHER NEWS LAST SUNDAY WAS VIX'S BIRTHDAYayayayya Ben [hopefully it's ok to refer to you by name-ish!] drew up a cute bday pic with Rylie and Vix: In response, I drew what's in the vote bait... Current Incentive: NSFW-ish due to thongy butt Doofy comic with Vix & Rylie, featuring Kou! ...I umm... spent waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on panel 6 [tho after uploading this pic i realized...i hadn't done lineweight on the 'tattoo' part, doh] but omg lmao.... guys i crack myself up. I'll probably redo panel 6 as a finished art sometime... [btw, i based panel 6 on this pic]

chapter 9: page 21

Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:16:40 +0000

augh sorry this page is later than normal. izzie was sick this week and has become really used to going to the park several times a day thanks to our FL trip last month lol...so basically I've been busy being a mom a lot and it's beating up my art time! booo! babies, so needy! LOL anyway, this page is pretty sparse...APOLOGIES. the next few pages are a lot more busy :'D but that might make my updates delayed too, if izzie keeps demanding so much park time... BUT HOW CAN I SAY NO TO THIS FACE AHHH AAAAAAAHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH damn her loveable fuckin face ANYWAY I THINK I HAD MORE TO SAY but i can't remember it now ... edit: OH YEAH SUNDAY IS VIX'S BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIX /CONFETTI Current Incentive: As stated above, have had limited art time lately, so I skimmed my sketchbooks for things I haven't scanned yet...this is probably from 2011??? But it's based on a much older artwork. It's the first pic in my previous sketchbook. xD I threw some photoshop at it to spruce it up tho. Lyrics are from this song ...

chapter 9: page 20

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:39:34 +0000

Sooo there was originally more text on that first panel...but I trimmed a lot cos I mean, really, this is all you need... but now the panel feels so much more empty....... /facedirt Also, if you missed it: CINTIQ~ XD It's super fun! I think maybe I work faster with it? Not sure haha. But whoo! Super stoked ahah. Unfortunately it's made me realize that my print edits for Vol1 need to be tweaked/redone on many pages...cos the screen on the tablet is calibrated correctly...so things appear as they would on paper, which turns out to be A LOT darker than my monitor! AH WELL. Thankfully I won't need to redo every page I've already done, just the dark scenes, but it's just another setback to my poor print version LOL. R.I.P. LUCY FAITHFUL INTUOS2 & FRIEND SHE MAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT SHE IS NOT FORGOTTEN 2002 - 2014 IN OTHER NEWS! I got accepted into the Monster Anthology: DEMON Addition! I'll be contributing to the SFW version, so anyone of you guys could enjoy it XD I'll keep you guys updated about it, since it's only just in the starting stages, but I am probably gonna use Rylie and maybe also my bunny demon, Penelope, if I'm allowed to use more than one chara haha. UM. I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAD TO TALK ABOUT. Current Incentive: MILDLY NSFW (nothing showing, but there's nakedness!) Latest OC Ask Meme reply with Rylie... you guys without a tumblr join in too if you want! You can leave the number/chara in the comments or send me an anon ask on tumblr~ you can see the ones I've done already right here [tho other meme stuff is in this tag too...]

chapter 9: page 19

Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:38:22 +0000

I AM BACK HELLO sooo..... remember how i was gonna try and draw a buncha shipping arts for you guys to enjoy and drool over I DIDN'T DRAW NEARLY AT ALL WHILE IN FL I'M SORRY /SOB like I literally didn't touch my sketchbook til the final night and even then I only got to the inking stage lmao..fdsfjksdfs dgfsdgk fack. On the other hand, I had a lot of fun on my birthday trip! I got to see a bunccchhhh of family members I hadn't seen since I was 10 whoooa [aunt kay, i still believe you are an unaging vampire -- what the heck, lady?!] and got to hang with my bestie, who I haven't seen since my wedding ;_; [the fish bowl made it alive, btw]! ooohhh and my mom took me to a shoe place that sells a shitload of wides, so I got some new actual girly[!!!] shoes for the first time in like 10+ years /screaming THEY ARE FABULOUS but i'm sad that this store only exists in the south east... [it's called the shoe station, if anyone has my same issue and is in that area xD] also also my friends all pitched in or something and got me a fuckin cintiq??!! i don't have it yet since i haven't hung out with them but omg forever 8D i'm excited to try it out... my intuos2 has served me well for 12+ years...it is time for it's long sleep e.e;; i hope the learning curve on that thing isn't too bad tho...i don't need any setbacks since i have no buffer right now XD; also look at this adorable art panny drew for my bday xDD vix with our mutual buddy's chara, rabbu, and IDK RANDOM UNICORN CHIKA OF HERS but sjfafsk I THINK THAT IS IT but i also feel like i am forgetting something..............gsjkggsd Current Incentive: the thing i drew on my last night in FL, only spruced up a bit in photoshop. it's a remake of an older pic, but i couldn't remember the old pic very well [no internet] so this is how it came out lol. [song used]

chapter 9: page 18

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:53:27 +0000

Lysander, never failing to make a poor impression even through a flashback. 8D And haaay it's those guys from chapter 2... Also I had to clip/alter some of the dialogue on this and the next several pages due to space constraints. So if her saying something like "when the reveal happened, things... changed" seems a bit HELLO CAPTAIN OBVIOUS HOW ARE YOU, it's because of that aahaha. OKAY 2 WEEKS BREAK TIME while I visit my family in FL! I hope I will be able to post the Friday after I return [the 28th] but I can't guarentee it, since I've literally drawn nothing in 2 weeks and my buffer is literally 100% gone now @_@;... and also when I return home we'll have J's parents living with us for a couple months while they work on moving into a new home, and I'd feel like a total ass if I just drew all day instead of being a bit hospitable. xD I'll keep you guys updated on FB/Twitter as always :) And an update on my wrist, literally yesterday I was able to doodle a little bit without pain! It's the first time I tried since it started bugging me 2 weeks ago tho... I am taking it slow, so I didn't draw too much, but it's progress =D GO ME! PIMPPPP The SNOW BY NIGHT ART CONTEST is still going! The deadline was extended and the theme was expanded upon a bit! I'm still cursing my stupid wrist, tho maybe I can do something in my sketchbook in FL for it fjdskfjksf FINGERS CROSSED. ARM CONTINUE TO HEAL LFHASJFuygsghj Current Incentive: sneak peek at the next page! the inked parts are all I got done yesterday... granted I only drew for about 30 mins but still haha... blaghdfjg. I left some dialogue visible so you don't have to wait 2 weeks for the 'punchline' to the current page xD

chapter 9: page 17

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:10:17 +0000

YES ANNA IT IS. jeeeysus. also dat smug ass kou. not sure if i made it clear enough, but he basically baited vix into asking that so arianna would have to talk about this lmao. /pet@kou [not that arianna was trying to hide it...just wasn't really prepared to explain it lol...] some bad news: my tendinitis has been acting up a lot this week so i haven't touched the comic [or anything art related] since monday hjhdkghdjkfh which makes me feel dirty 8( ...thankfully i have a couple pages of buffer, just enough to last me til...ummm wow, i think i forgot to give y'all a heads up about a short break i'm taking in march xD;;; i'm visiting family for my birthday so i'll be missing updates on the 14th and the 21st! hella excited tho, cos i'll be seeing some people i haven't seen in nearly 20 years! @__@ [and some cousins i've never even gotten to meet too ahhh!] but yea just a heads up on that...hopefully 4 weeks of not really drawing is enough for my wrist to recover. it usually only takes a few days to clear up but having to pick up a nearly 30lb baby several times a day has kinda slowed the process lol. WISH MY WRIST LUCK GUYS [note: there's still one more page before said break, so see ya next week!] PIMPPPP SOMBULUS KICKSTARTER is still going on! DEADLINE IS MONDAY!! So is the SNOW BY NIGHT ART CONTEST~ DEADLINE IS TOMORROW Current Incentive: stuff i drew over the weekend before my wrist started acting up... stuff from the livestream and junk from a tumblr ask meme.

chapter 9: page 16

Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:58:39 +0000

KOU WATCH HOW YOU WORD THINGS [then again he's never been super tactful]. In other news, I've updated all the periphery pages, new content or just formatting fixes/cleanup. The Extras section has been spruced up a bit and now has some of the old vote bait side comics, with tags indicating if they are canon or not xD The FAQ has been updated with new questions and some old ones updated based on things I've been asked a lot lately xD Also the Character page has been formatted a bit and I added notable charas to the Unhumans section. About has an updated Story section [just made it more coherent lol] and some other minor edits. I think that's everything... In other news, me and Izzie are sick AGAIN. What the heck??? 8D I went for like 2 and a half years of not getting sick much at all and then bam a whole bunch all at once. WTF IS HAPPENING TO ME am i dying IS THIS WHAT DEATH IS, RUNNY NOSES AND NASALLY CRYING BABY omg ogmmnghsdadsdf. PIMPPPP SOMBULUS KICKSTARTER is still going on! So is the SNOW BY NIGHT ART CONTEST~ Current Incentive: A peek at the next page -- this is probably the best Kou I've ever drawn XD I also added a buncha random doodles I did this week when I needed a break from comicking xD They're all on my Tumblr but figured not everyone checks there, so here ya go. xD

chapter 9: page 15

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:35:45 +0000

WHAT A TWIST ...or maybe not GOT SOME THINGS TO PIMP: SOMBULUS KICKSTARTER by fellow Spiderforester, Delphina~ I've pimped her comic before and now she's doing a thing I WISH I WAS DOING, which is trying to print her webcomic for the first time!! HELP HER ASS OUT! If y'all haven't read her comic you oughtta, cos it's pretty damn fun! 8D You can watch the video on her kickstarter to get an idea what it's about too~ SNOW BY NIGHT IS DOING AN ART CONTEST and it's got cash prizes, hot damn! I'm really hoping to join cos this comic is one of the ones I obsessively check every update day and it's an excuse to do fanart but MY TIME my tiiime. Not sure I will get to /sob In ANY case, this is another you guys should be reading, it is daaaaaamn good. LAST UP. I did an interview for Saturday AM in their #3 issue~ It's a monthly paid subscription magazine with a buncha shounen manga and what not. They did say my interview would be on the site eventually too, so if shounen ain't ya thang, then y'all can just wait it out. They did misquote a few things in a pretty hilarious manner tho [like 'my Project Wonderful ad money' became 'my wonderful ad money' ppfffahahahah] so it might be worth reading for that since they are gonna correct those things in the site version. XD; I think that's it.... @_@;;;??? Current Incentive: Quickish doodle for Valentine's Day 2014 8DDD I chose the characters based on the pairing poll I did a month or so back... since the top 3 were all including Vix, this is what came of it XD

chapter 9: page 14

Thu, 06 Feb 2014 22:15:59 +0000

MAN VIX CONTROL YOUR DAMN SELF ...why yes, I am posting a bit early! Why? Because SHUT UP THAT'S WHY I actually don't have much to say. Please vote on TWC, tho, becauseeee: Current Incentive: I MADE Y'ALL A WALKTHRU! Yesss, step by step on how I made this page, using Photoshop cs4 [but should apply to most versions~] It's not 100% for beginners, so if you have questions, just ask me, I got not secrets! Also, forgive the typos...I only noticed them after I'd uploaded it and ffff I don't wanna touch that PSD anymore, I AM TIRED OF LOOKING AT IT OKAY

chapter 9: page 13

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:07:13 +0000

Ahhh clearing that last page away, feels good man. Btw I really enjoyed the response to the last page~ There was a lot of fun discussion and dfhsfjshfjd it's just super fun to read and I love you guys. Like you guys look forward to page, but I look forward to comment threads like that! So thanks, guys!! Iiiiiin other news, I spent pretty much all week working on the script for this chapter cos I wasn't all that happy with it [and there were some inconsistencies i noticed too, erk]... it's at a place now where I think it's more interesting/fun... at least I hope haha. I mean if I am unhappy with it, I know you guys would be, so hopefully now it'll...be less awful or something I DON'T KNOW. Also Josh helped me name the city d*s takes place in! Since I know California pretty well, I figured it should be in Cali...Like, write what you know and all that. Anyway, I spent all damn week googling [City Name Idea], CA to make sure the city didn't already exist, and FUCK YOU CALIFORNIA FOR BEING SO BIG and already having every city I could think of. So I began to think of FAKE names. My mind kept going to Auberdine from WoW, and I was like, "Hey, maybe Amberdine... or Aberdine! That's cool sounding!" So I googled Aberdine, CA and google just looked at me and went, "did you mean Aberdeen, CA?" ghkgdloia.. FGHJGDKLKDLIOIU In the end Josh suggested Tunston, and I added City, sooo...Tunston City. IT AIN'T PRETTY BUT WHATEVER, IT WORKS, I'M DONE WITH IT, ENJOY. LMFAO. /end strange rant SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is The Only Half Saga! TOHS is set in a post apocalyptic world and follows Cabal, a sexy ass Native American dhampir, as he seeks revenge on his vampire father... [at least that is the initial premise!] Denise has asked that I link to her current story arc, which can work as a stand alone; it's about another dhampir named Garrett who has betrayed his own kind and now hunts them down as his job. But then he meets Cabal's very pretty daughter and it can only lead to trouble... :'D This story is very NSFW so read with caution! And if you enjoy this story I highly suggest reading the entire thing, and maybe her other comic as well~ I've been reading both comics for a long time now and can super vouch for themmm! They are soo addictive :C!! Please give them a chance! Current Incentive: The next page in full [but in sketch form]! Very canon, not a joke at all. Enjoy.

chapter 9: page 12

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:48:12 +0000

So this is the page I was dreading, feel free to call me a wuss, but I'm a mama's girl and seeing a mama loose her shit like this makes me EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE. Even if she is an estranged mama...it's still hits me RIGHT IN THE FEELS. MAMA I LOVE YOU NEVER YELL AT ME *shriek across country* That outta the way, obviously I didn't skip this week. I figured there are scenes that are genuinely upsetting down the line that are more worth a skip week than this haha. Like I said, this is just my personal sadness button. :P By the way, I feel bad for Kou in the last panel. He looks really uncomfortable. But at the same time, maybe he's thinking his own thoughts...? Well that seems canon to me /edits chara page with kou spoilers about this SPEAKING OF, I did update the character page finally! I added Arlie's info, and added new hoverover spoilers for Zeke since we've seen more of him now haha, and updated Vix's hoverover a bit too... What? You didn't know you could hover over the character portraits? WELL HAVE FUN? It's really just important plot points that have occurred in the comic, so if you're caught up, it's safe XD IN OTHER NEWS, did you guys know there's a d*s TVTropes page? We were talking about TVT on the spiderforest forums the other day and it reminded me! I don't update it myself [a, i don't know how, and b, isn't that a little awkward?] but if any of you are into TVT, have at it XD I think it could prolly be updated~ and I love reading the descriptions you guys add XD [oh, and someone updated it yesterday??! there's a pic there now!] SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Evus! Set in a world of endless cloud seas, Evus is the steampunk-inspired story of a young pilot and his little sister, who embark on a journey to save their sinking hometown, but soon find themselves caught in the crossfire of war... and of forces far too dangerous and powerful for them to comprehend. This comic is sooo pretty and colourful, and it's super new, so it's really easy to jump in right now! HAVE AT IT!! Current Incentive: A peek at the next page in full size, yet again, because I've been preoccupied and haven't really drawn much else this week XD;

chapter 9: page 11

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:43:03 +0000

ARLISS NO DON'T LEAVE /fallonfacesobbing Also I'd like to point out that scenes with Kou and Arlie together are probably my favourite scenes ever lmao. They play off each other so well xD AWRIGHT so a heads up, in case you missed it on the facebook page, THERE MAY NOT BE A PAGE NEXT WEEK -- if not, the week after I will post two pages. WHY?? Cos the page freaking depressed me so much that I spent ages on it, and I don't want that page on the front of the site for a whole week! To be fair, the page may not even be a big deal to most people -- [minor spoilers] it's just a page with some yelling between Vix and Ari, but I am A HUGE MAMA'S GIRL and so that was super hard for me to draw LOL. So like I said, maybe not a big deal to everyone else, but fhdsfhsdk I JUST CAN'T DEAL OKAY GUYS i can't lmao. Now that you know the reason, if you think you'd be okay with that page, then lemme know... I can still just keep to the normal post schedule xD; But a lot of people on facebook seemed okay with the skip week/2 page update later idea... [they didn't really know the reason yet tho haha] Otherwise, the plan was to post the next 2 pages on the 30th[thursday] and the 31st[friday] e_E; I was thinking a Tuesday/Friday update like olden times, but I'd rather just kinda do them them rapid fire lol. SO LEMME KNOW YOUR OPINION. I can still keep to the normal schedule if y'all would rather. Up to you guys in the end. I can do either way, I was just concerned it would be a downer, like the whole Andre/Vix scene. xD SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Lapse! Lapse is about a young woman, Bianca 'Bean' Fortune -- she lives in a house full of ghosts and, after an accident, she finds herself thrown in with them! The story follows her and one of the resident ghosts as she tries to reuinite with her still living body, all the while being pursued by an monstrous dark spirit. This comic is still pretty new so it shouldn't take you long to catch up! It's a damn good read, the art is really expressive/animated and the characters are extremely likeable~ I really love how she colours the world and characters differently once Bean passes into the spirit side of the world too :C~ Anyway please give it a read! Current Incentive: A peek at the next page [of the one panel i actually enjoyed working on haha]...mostly done, still needs some effects and textures, but I moved onto the page after it cos I was tried of looking at it!! lol

chapter 9: page 10

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:17:12 +0000

goddammit arliss, you gone and done it again i'm so tired of being sick omgggggggg anyway remember how i said that last chapter changed a lot? basically this whole conversation and werewolf discovery happened in the old version in the previous chapter, while arlie was in wolf form and the entire 'oh shit i got caught doing bad things' didn't even happen [i didn't really like that route tho...] actually i will put this into the vote bait, explaining it isn't as good as seeing it, so go look at it there. xD; ALSO ALSO ALSO I did a pairing poll! if you didn't already vote GO FOR IT or you can just look at the current results if you already voted. i can see who you guys like tho...I GOT SOME PRESSURE ON ME NOW XD SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Damsels Don't Wear Glasses! Life's no cake walk in Persephone for some, but Lave Faraday has it worse than most. In a city where the undead are part of the night life, Lave is expected to make sure the balance between the living and the technically deceased stays in check; or do time in jail for past crimes. But when you have mafia vampires, necromancer frat boys, and zombie booze drinkers prowling the streets, one can't help but feel like a glorified paranormal janitor. Yet somehow being underpaid and living in a shoe box apartment is the least of Lave's problems when she finds herself protecting a young boy from a sinister force, and making enemies in all the right places. i love this goddamn comic. the art is super clean and fun and lave is such a badass. i want to have her asskickin' babies all over the place, you don't even know. GO READ IT Current Incentive: preview of the next page & bonus: alternate ending for chapter 8 featuring arlie-wolf being a goof.

chapter 9: page 9

Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:39:23 +0000

SURPRISE unless you already figured it out because of her necklace [p sure that's the only real clue xD], in which case CONGRATS YOU WERE RIGHT Anyway HAPPY NEW YOU GUYS, did anyone make some really ambitious resolutions? I didn't! I actually forgot to make even one resolution... I was too busy drawing in my new sketchbook. LMAO. /headdesk [you can see what i was working on in the vote bait...] Anyway I gotta go cos Izzie is being clingy [she's been sitting in my lap the whole time i've been writing this post...and is helping me by keysmashing] Here, have a cute baby before I go 8D SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is LaSalle's Legacy! On a world similar to our own, Jonathan LaSalle meets his bastard brother, Jared, who reveals that their father had a very unsavory past. Part of that past is Rijik Van Heissler, a pirate turned zombie who is seeking vengeance for past wrongs. Jonathan and Jared must work together and learn how to kill this zombie before he can kill them. But time is running out for both of them... Current Incentive: Two WIPs for the price of one XD this is my last picture of 2013 and the first picture of 2014. 2013's last was a creepy pic of Vix's Twin in the dreamscape. 2014's first picture is a wistful Kix pic... I had this old trance song randomly in my head while drawing that one [so much nostalgia xD]

chapter 9: page 8

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:33:13 +0000

goddammit i love you arlie STAY ON MY PAGES FOREVER btw her shirt features artwork by camila fortuna~ check her shit out cos it's awwessomeeee. I HOPE Y'ALL HAD A GREAT XMAS delicious food and family [also delicious???] and also gifts if you are into that kinda thing SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Dark White! I FEEL BAD THAT I AM SO BEHIND ON THIS COMIC but goddamn it is super good. It's a dark fantasy and has a lot of different unhumany types interacting. The art is super awesome and expressive and clean and omg IT'S JUST SO DISTURBING AT TIMES AND I LOVE IT hfdksfhk. please give it a read, despite my shitty description. It's only a few chapters old so it shouldn't be too much of a time sink just yet :) Current Incentive: Another part of the Truth or Dare meme. This week's prompt features an embarrassing story from Jo's past xD

chapter 9: page 7

Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:02:32 +0000

ARLISSSSSSSSSSSS~ This page is a little late because I there was some editing to do, and I wanted to do some work on the vote bait for today xD I WANNA THANK ANY OF YOU THAT DONATED TO THE LOVE146 DRIVE LAST WEEK 8D We went from 500$ under to 1000$ OVER the goal in a single day. I ABOUT CRIED WHEN I SAW IT WAS SO COOL SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Sundown Boys! Ahhh~ Sundown Boys is a comic that showed up on my ad box for a long time and I'd always wanted to read it, but never had time... when Emma applied at SF, I was so excited to finally have an excuse to read it gjgkdfgjkdf Basically the story is set in a fucked up dystopian world where criminal organizations basically run the country and follows the Heron brothers who work for a New York organization as hitmen. I wanna say more but I think I'd spill spoilers or something xD There's some romance and loads of drama in this story tho and it's still relatively new, so I'm super excited to see it continue :C~ *scoots to add to links page, since been meaning to add it anyway...lazylol* OH BTW, I will most likely be updating next week since xmas is so early in the week, but keep an eye on FB/Twitter, things could always change xD; ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM WHO IS THE BEST EVER I LOVE YOU NEVER STOP BEING RAD *BANSHEE SCREAM* 8DDDDDD Current Incentive: First part of the Truth or Dare meme starring Vix, Kou, Arlie, Seth and Jo!! I had fun drawing this XD it's why the page update is late. I realized I didn't have anything to offer so I started the meme haha.

chapter 9: page 6

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:03:54 +0000

Nice, Vix! That's not suspicious at all 8D Tomorrow is the last day for the donations drive! We're soo close! If anyone was thinking about donating but hasn't yet, please help out! SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Supervillainous! Super fun comic that follows the misadventures of the Crimson Claw, as he balances life as a supervillain and father. It's still relatively new, so the archive is easy to chew through during a break and it'll get you laughing pretty easy xD CHECK IT OUT! Current Incentive: Peek at the sketches for the next page [kinda spoilers since it reveals who is at the window, but a few of you already guessed right!] as well as a truth or dare meme I meant to start for this vote bait but ran outta time... oops xD

chapter 9: page 5

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:30:13 +0000

guh i've been sick all week SLEEP WHAT IS IT I HAVE NOT KNOW WHAT MEAN so yeah pretend i said something elaborate and profound related to this page oh, but if you missed it, i did update laste week, just a bit later than usual... so go back a page if words words words english words etc SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Cooties! Cooties is an all-ages comic strip which follows a bunch of kids and their adventures dealing with school, friends, parents, the opposite sex, and the occasional paranormal/extraterrestrial catastrophe. Current Incentive: [i am too sick to bother with this so same as last week] A bunch of things! First, some old Zeke/Vix comics based on the novel, but most of the dialogue has been redacted hahaha. There's also a clip for the NEXT page, and a wip of a Kou art I would one day like to finish [mildy nsfw, but nothing is detailed in so...]

chapter 9: page 4

Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:25:25 +0000

Guys this is the last page with flashbacks and I'm sorry, as much time as they save, I feel like it's a cheap way to do a comic. xD; Thanks for being patient about this late page btw! XD I'm sorry about that too /facedirt SO I hope those of you celebrating it had a good Thanksgiving! Getting a chance to see family is awesome when you are moved out haha. Well, at least my husband's family...mine is too far away to see very often :( but I'm visiting them next year! /exciteface Luckily my in laws are the fucking bees knees tho so it works out just fine for me! /love@them Oh also apparently Isabel hates delicious food. She didn't want mashed potatoes, green bean casserole [note: plain green beans are her favourite food], turkey, stuffing...NOTHING. WHAT THE HECK, BABY? She just sat there and ate cheerios the whole time. Gotta be a crime somewhere... ---- IN OTHER NEWS: COMIC CREATORS FOR FREEDOM FUNDRAISER IS OFFICIALLY STARTING UP! As I mentioned before, CCF is a fundraiser to help support Love146, an organization working against child trafficking. Please consider donating! You'll get a wallpaper featuring all of the artwork [including mine as seen above~!] from several webcomic artists! So many artists contributed, and I'm super stoked to have been involved :D WHEN: Donations will be accepted from Dec 2nd until Dec 14th! So check back on Monday! HOW: Donation Page -- unfortunately the organization had some technical issues getting paypal set up, so for now, that won't be an option =( Thanks for reading! :) ---- SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Kaspall! Goddammit, this is a comic I've been wanting to read for ages, cos I've suuuper enjoyed Lucy's other comic, Spare Keys, but I haven't had free time to read this week so I didn't get to ;_______; I STILL PLAN TO COS IT'S FUCKIN LUCY AND SHE'S A BOSS, and also she's working her way to it's conclusion! [a webcomic with an ending? hell yea!] That said, here is the description she has for us: The city of Kaspall has always been a magnet for the bizarre, but lately things have taken a nasty turn in the West Quay district. Someone is getting away with murder, but when there's no connection between the victims and the only witness has apparently lost her marbles, finding the killer is no easy task. Is it a local? One of the hundreds of Off-Worlders flooding the city? Or is it something even more strange? Meanwhile, landlady Hazel Karswell has taken in a new tenant - a newly arrived Off-Worlder - who may cause rather more trouble than she expects; both for herself and everyone else who shares her home. Check it outtttt! ---- Current Incentive: A bunch of things! First, some old Zeke/Vix comics based on the novel, but most of the dialogue has been redacted hahaha. There's also a clip for the NEXT page, and a wip of a Kou art I would one day like to finish [mildy nsfw, but nothing is detailed in so...]

chapter 9: page 3

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:56:31 +0000

DAT INNER MONOLOGUE Also I feel I need to mention my deep regret over covering Arianna's boobs in both panels I'm sorry SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is What It Takes! Okay so I've wanted to read this comic for years and I've just put it off cos dammit, who has time to do anything anymore but oh my god guys MAKE SOME TIME. This comic is badass. The story takes place in a post apocalyptic world -- not just civilization but animal life has all but been extinguished. The story mostly follows Colby, a young woman who knows what it takes to survive [yeah i just typed that without even thinking, sorry not sorry] ... I want to say more, cos there's a lot more to it than all that, but I don't want to spoil anything for you guys!! This comic fucking rules, but it's also definitely for adults -- there's a lot of violence and language! The art is really fun and expressive, and even though it's all monochrome, I think that really lends to the feel xD I wish I could do d*s like this, man..hsdkhgsdj GUYS JUST READ IT, IT'S AMAZING GO. GO NOW *scoots to add to links page* Current Incentive: A cute Vix from an artswap meme that never got off the ground. I did a quick colour of it the other day out of boredom, but I dunno if I will ever actually colour it xD If you guys wanna colour it, I've provided the lines! If you do, show me, I love seeing that kinda stuff =D

chapter 9: page 2

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:36:56 +0000

HELLO IT'S OKAY I'M BACK NOW I KNOW YOU MISSED ME Anyway, I was able to work on pages pretty crazily all last week, so I have a tiny buffer again yaaaaay \8D/ I am going to try lineless bubbles/narration boxes for a while, to see if that will cut down on my page making process well enough. I was drawing all that stuff by hand before cos I don't really like it to look too 'perfect'... so far this has saved a lot of time, tho, so I'm optimistic! I'm also playing around with some quicker colouring methods [i used it on the skin on this page] so hopefully that will help me rebuild my old buffer and allow me to double update again every so often... I MISS MY TUESDAY UPDATES it's been yeaaars :C ANYWAY I AM GONNA GO SIT BY THE DOOR FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, we're getting our PS4 today 8D~ SPIDER FOREST COMIC[S] OF THE WEEK This week is Chirault and Snow By Night -- yes, two comics, because I didn't update last week! First, CHIRAULT. The story follows Kiran, a demon who hunts demons, and Teeko, a young girl demon who was bespelled to be teacup sized XD I kind of obsessively check this webcomic :'D It is wonderful, and it updates three times a week [2 pages and 1 side art/character response]. IT IS ALSO DRAWN ENTIRELY ON PAPER ghdkfgsdh with a brush pen. Which is unfathomable to me, but it is so wonderful. :C GO READ IT. Secondly, we have Snow By Night! I only just started reading this a week ago[tho i'd been meaning to for a while], and I COULD NOT STOP. I plowed through the archives in only a couple hours @_@ This one is about two thieves, the jovial Blaise and hotheaded Jassart, who end up trying to help a spirit named Snow-By-Night find her heart. This comic is kind of glorious and so well thought out. It has a lot of really interesting lore and world building. It also updates 3 times a week, though one update is reserved for 'almanac' entries that further the world building. Also, between each chapter is an interesting side story. Usually I just skip side stories until later, but they were just as good as the main plot and actually really helped flesh out the world/side characters. REALLY I LOVE THIS, PLEASE READ IT. Current Incentive: Ridiculous Kix art from my old sketchbook. I think I just wanted to doodle a horse when I did this but other than that I have no idea why I even drew this lmao. But they look kind of at home like this??? xD;;; [what's this?!]

chapter 9: the line

Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:43:28 +0000

I had actually planned on doing more cleanup on this cover but I kind of like it how it is lol... it's probably one of my more simple covers too so I feel like it makes sense xD; I am sure in a month I will hate myself for this decision tho. This chapter is named for the Joydrop song of the same title. As you can see, I did end up updating this week! Mostly because I wanted to post a few things today...one being the slightly belated Halloween artwork for the votebait, and the other, more important thing being... The Comic Creators for Freedom fundraiser is starting up again, and I'm finally participating!! Yaaay! xD I kept missing it the years before, BUT NOT THIS YEAR!! CCF is a fundraiser to help support Love146, an organization working against child trafficking. If you are interested in helping as a comic creator, please read up on the website -- as you can see above, the theme this year is 'awkward school photos' and it's super fun xD As a reader, you can donate when we open for donations in December [4th - 12th] -- I'll post again about the fundraiser then so you can help out =) Those out of the way, I MAY END UP taking that break next week. We'll see how productive I can be next week...currently haven't had a chance to start the next page yet... halloween stuff had me distracted. xD; But yea, again, I'll post about it on Twitter/FB if I'm not going to be updating. SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Sunset Grill. I actually really love Kat's own blurb on the SF site so I'm gonna quote that haha: Gangsters. Mercenaries. Public defenders. Ordinary people struggling to survive in an extraordinary future. They all have one thing in common: they all drink beer. Basically, as is implied, the story focuses on the happenings at a bar and the people who either work there or are just passing through. It's set in a future world and there are ships and aliens and such, so this is a Sci Fi story! Current Incentive: [mild gore warning~ it's jovial gore tho...!] Happy Halloween, [almost] everyone is a zombie! Unfortunately I don't have many markers that work well for zombie skintones...so I was experimenting as I went. I'd say Zeke, Seth and Jo came out the best as far as skintones xD [they were my last ones to colour...ofc....e_e;] I'm also not a giant zombie fan [i mean i enjoy zombie movies but beyond that, i don't go outta my way] so I kinda ran outta ideas on what kinda injuries to give everyone...ANYWAY, enjoy?! XD

chapter 8: page 22

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:03:52 +0000

WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY Also yes, chapter end. SHORT CHAPTER BY MY STANDARDS I know...it was originally going to be 26[i think] pages but when I changed how things played out, it felt best to end it here... I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT "HIATUS" AGAIN but when I think about it, hiatus is a really strong word, since I really only would be taking a 1 week break [so only 1 missing update]...so really 'brief break' is more accurate XD I am honestly still not sure if I need to take a break though... I am 8 pages into my sketches for chapter 9, but I am normally done with the page for the next week by update day, and I haven't touched the cover in a couple weeks now... I guess we'll find out next week XD But if I don't update next Friday, you'll know why at least! [either that or i'll have died on my hike this weekend 8D] ANYWAY YEAH keep your eyes on FB/Twitter, I'll babble on there about it when I decide... SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Stargazer's Gate. SGG is a fantasy/sci-fi about a girl named Atrina who manages to stumble through a gate into another world... this webcomic is super new, so it's a good time to jump in if you like that premise! It also updates twice a week, so it's not all slow like my comic 8D /envy forever Current Incentive: Some clips from a scene in chapter 9, and also the cover which I still have to finish...

chapter 8: page 21

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:03:54 +0000

It's okay bb, we're here for you /hughughug :c It is looking more and more like I might need a week or so hiatus to catch up on the comic after this chapter. I am having a little art block with how to draw the next scene, so it's slowing things down. :C I'll get it for sure, but I'm not confident I will get it before I have to actually have that page posted xD;;; thanks in advance for your patience 8D;;; now off to self deprecate myself into eternity til I get this thing right ghfdgdj SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is Cetiya. Cetiya is hard to describe in a few words...it's basically set in a post apocalyptic America [like literally over half of america is a crater XD] where technology is basically 'magic'. There is a trade-off, of course -- you can download these awesome 'spells', but it's at the cost of your own memories. Ouch. The story follows Pada, a man who has traded all of his memories to be the best ADEPT[magic] user, and his handler, a tough lady named Nine... Cetiya is a pretty interesting comic, but you have to stick with it! It doesn't spoon feed you the plot, you have to piece it together yourself, which I think works well for it. I couldn't stop reading cos I had to figure out if my speculations for things panned out XD Give it a read :9 Current Incentive: Buncha drunken sketches from last weekend. There is some Kix, Kylie and Zix in there xD And....KOUKARUS the best pairing alive, foreverafter the end.

chapter 8: page 20

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:33:52 +0000

HCHANO; RUINING ROMANTIC MOMENTS SINCE 1984 Y'all have no idea how glad I am to be done with that scene. I MISS MY EASY TO WORK WITH PANELING. I am not sure yet but I might still have a week off after this chapter to help rebuild a buffer, at least in my thumbnail sketches...have 5-10 sketches ahead of the update helps -- especially in cases like this one, where I changed the entire ending to chapter 8, which scrapped off literally my entire sketch buffer lol. BUT YEA I will keep you posted about that on Twitter/FB, as always. SPIDER FOREST COMIC OF THE WEEK This week is dream*scar. It's kind of a long-winded slowly updated urban fantasy by Hch--... OH WAIT THAT'S ME. So since that would be super self serving, I'd like to point out some of the comics on my links page! Ironclad Man follows a woman named Luon as she tries to track down, well, the Ironclad Man, who has apparently done some awful shit and she gon' get'm for it. This comic is by my buddy Matt. He is sort of my editor/reviewer, helps me when I am stuck on shit and is my prime idea-bouncer-offer guy. You guys should all go bug him to update more often, cos goddammit I hate waiting for updates on this one XD I'm so hopelessly addicted to it haha Bedlam Genesis is a rather dark story about a group of people who are at the mercy of their own destinies. This comic manages to be both adorably heartwarming and ridiculously heartbreaking. It's by my buddy Kat and she's jus started the story proper with colour omg pretty pretty. 8D [vol 1 starts the colour -- the b/w stuff was a prelude to the main story] Mildly NSFW tho, due to the awesomeIMEAN horrible violence and blood etc etc. This is my other hopeless addiction. I lose my shit every week over this one. The Defector is about a guy and his buddy who get drawn into another world and thrown into it's war. This story is still super new so THAT PREMISE HAS YET TO HAPPEN but I trust Hilary's description XD The art in this is really nice and the characters are super loveable :'D Ahhh Feywinds. XD I feel like if you aren't reading this then you probably haven't been looking that hard for awesome webcomics. This one's a fantasy comic with super comedic infusions. If you've seen the old anime The Slayers, then you kind of understand the tone [comedy but with epic serious times thrown in]. I don't really know what to say about the plot of this other than you just have to read it for yourself. It's longform [just like everything else i read lol] and I'm afraid I'd spoil it if I said anything. OK I THINK THAT IS GOOD FOR NOW. I wanted to list others from my links page but I don't wanna spam you guys too much, so you can always check out the links section for more of my faves haha. [speaking of i need to update that section again...i keep adding more comics to my reading list :C] Current Incentive: Mild NSFW warning~ Cheesecakey pic of Arianna. Was trying to come up with chapter covers and ended up doodling this aha. I hope to one day finish it... NSFW warning is due to the nudity but nothing is really showing/detailed [i drew this intending to cloth her but never figured out what to put her in]

chapter 8: page 19

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:25:05 +0000

He's supposed to be wiping the blood off her nose there in the third panel. ROMANTIC SHOUJO-Y NOSE WIPING, AWWWYISSSS NGL, this whole scene has been playing out in my head to the Rosalin & Adama theme from BSG xD SO PRETTY UGH I CAN'T DEAL WITH IT But yeah, I know these pages are pretty light on dialogue. Stick with me on it for a bit longer, please XD Also please pretend I didn't accidentally draw Zeke way too tall [shouldn't be much taller than vix when she's wearing those heels of hers...oh well...lol /headdesk] In other news, my revisions I think are going alright. I have a few more things I need to iron out [stitching together the new ideas with the old ones takes a bit of time since the tone is different now haha] but it's about there... Also I literally have no buffer left thanks to these changes. I don't think it's going to effect updates but I'm gonna be scrambling a lot the next couple weeks to redraw all the thumbnails while also still updating every week haha... I ended up scrapping a looot of art and amusing dialogue for these revisions... which really sucks cos I actually liked the scenes, but you know, it's for the best in the end. I can probably share them later on tho so you guys can see what could have been haha [i am repurposing a few things tho so it will have to be after the new scenes play out a bit] ANYWAY!!! I did an art card trade with Thane! She did me this awesome Vix! She still hasn't gotten my half but I am pretty sure hers puts mine to shame anyway so I don't even wanna show you guys mine lmao IT'S ALSO THAT TIME [other] OF YEAR GUYS Spider Forest COMIC OF THE WEEK, go!! First up is Sombulus, a whimsical fantasy with a good dose of humour and action. It follows three rather different people [a feisty lady paladin, a kindhearted tinker, and a cocky 'essence gatherer'] as they world hop around, causing and fixing problems as they go. Really a lot of fun and the art is super cute. Also you might notice the art kind of changes throughout the comic, depending on which world they are currently in, which is kind of super awesome xD Current Incentive: Some things I did this week when I needed a break from comic work. 1: Andre got an ask. xD // 2: Random new OC who I already love even after this one sketch lol. // 3: Trying to give a character coming up real soon a makeover... my friend offered Hunter Parrish as a base and this is what I've gotten so far...prolly gonna tweak him more but he already looks better than the old version! XD; [no offense, demi xD /pets]

chapter 8: page 18

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:44:46 +0000

You know how I kept saying my comic wasn't "that shoujo"...? I might have lied. I updated some pages a bit cos I decided Zeke needed to also have some of Jason Momoa's cute freckle mole things lol. So now he has those 8D; You may have to refresh the old pages to see the updated images tho [previous page didn't change tho, his hair covered all of them there lol] If you missed it on facebook, I made a d*s trailer 8D Let's see if I can get it to show up here: (some spoilers in the video! don't say i didn't warn you haha...tried to avoid super obvious/major ones tho.) I won't know til I post this news post if that worked lol but if not, I've added it to the about page...can only hope that it didn't mess up my news post tho ha :P But yeah, please spread the video around if you think it'll make your friends wanna check the comic out! Like I said on youtube, it's a really rough version since it's not all filled in with completed comic art [a lot of it is old notebook sketches from the written version]... but I think it gets the point across at least? As a little heads up to you guys...I'm considering taking a very short hiatus between this chapter and the next to get some rewrites done...I was originally gonna combine 2 novel chapters but I am thinking I might keep the chapter split after all...and there is some editing I need to do on the next section of the story cos the more I read the script, the more I hate it lol. I don't think it will be a long break if there is one, but I thought I'd let you guys know I was considering it. Anyway, gonna go see if Izzie will allow me to update the character page finally haha. Poor Kou. You're not that mysterious anymore, you fuckin' prick 8D Kou: *boggle* ...the hell did I do to you? Current Incentive: Some old art....one is a hoooorrriiblllee [or hilarious] K. Peen comic made at Kou's expense and the other is sort of what it was based on [cos i'd been working on that pic when i drew this comic]... I really do need to draw that pic again nomnomnom

chapter 8: page 17

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:44:33 +0000

WELL OKAY THEN This actually isn't the first time she's used this ability... she used it in chapter 1 by accident but I don't think she noticed at the time XD;;; Man I was gonna finally update the character page [like vix and kou's profiles need updating mostly, they are *too* intro-y] but I forgot the file where I wrote their new descriptions on my laptop...so maybe next week... OH, also, to those who noticed last week's page had a funny looking Vix, I've fixed her face a bit! Mostly just her chin is a lot less narrow xD You can compare with the old one if you want. She still has the creepy expression but...hopefully it looks a bit more like her face shape at least now xD [i also kinda messed with zeke up top a bit cos his girly eyebrow was bothering me haha] I FORGOT LAST WEEK but we accepted a buncha new comics this round @ SpiderForest! Check'em out! Bedlam Genesis Damsels Don't Wear Glasses Evus Lapse The Sundown Boys Supervillainous Stargazer's Gate ._. I'm reading all these currently [need to add them to my links page hfdjs]...as if I needed more comics to keep up with. STOP MAKING FUN COMICS PPL. I am sure I am forgetting something important in this news post... I am sure if it's something I should have posted for someone, they will let me know xD;;;; Current Incentive: Some alternate last panels for this page... xD [if you follow my nsfw blog you've already seen one of these]

chapter 8: page 16

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:36:48 +0000

Hmm! Something is definitely going on here... SORRY THIS PAGE IS LIKE LIGHT ON PANELS fhfjsdhj I'd post again on Tuesday but I don't even have the next page finished. It's been a rough week for artwork lol :C In other news, Izzie really enjoyed her birthday cake... that was fun to clean up hahaha. xD also HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH 8DDDDDDDDD don'tdieok I'm like coming down with something I think so I am gonna go lay down after I finish posting all this stuff... super dizzy T___T; Current Incentive: I FOUND MY OLD SKETCHBOOK WITH A BUNCHA UNSCANNED ART dhfhsdj most of it is from when I first got my markers haha. SO YEA OLD ART TODAY. It's super old Kix art and I am lolin' cos I have no idea why they are like ravers here [mostly vix, also KOU WHERE IS YOUR TATT], but yea, there it is xDD [the lyrics are from radiohead's 'there there' btw]

chapter 8: page 15

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:15:49 +0000

Posting early cos I will be busy with family stuff tomorrow! I have to admit that I have never really cared a shitload about Zeke. He's a cool dude but I just never really enjoyed drawing him that much, mostly I guess cos he's kind of difficult to draw right and rarely ever comes out how I imagine. BUT THAT MIDDLE PANEL, HNNNGGGG, THAT IS HOW I PICTURE HIM. /fans self Zeke: ..... ._. [it only took her 11 years, i guess that's not awful...] I feel like I have that issue a lot. I find Kou looks way better/more Kou-ish in my sketches than when I've inked and coloured him. He looks perfectly Kou-ish in both the recent Kousander things I did haha... but maybe I just always picture him as a sourpuss...? Or maybe I just need to ink more accurately =P Or it's just my aversion to drawing dudes in general 8DDD ...lol. I'll figure it out... Izzie's birthday party is on Saturday [but her bday was monday, eek]! I can't wait :C I hope she enjoys her cake. I will be super sad if she doesn't demolish it. Current Incentive: Fullsize Zeke panel cos hnnnggg...

chapter 8: page 14

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:40:29 +0000

Dude someone get this guy a cheeseburger, he lookin' hagard as fuck. 8D Anyone remember this guy? ...yeah. I went ahead and updated his info on the character page with his name/nicknames [and updated his picture mmmmm], cos I guess I don't really mind disclosing that, since it's not a spoiler. xD [i also finally changed the twin's name away from ??? cos i kept meaning to do that] SPIDERFOREST APPS ARE CLOSED and everyone who applied should be getting some news soon [i think we send them out on the 1st]. Thanks to everyone who applied, it was fun to have an excuse to read some new comics :) I'll be plugging the ppl who were accepted on next week's update. =) Izzie's birthday is on Monday. WHERE DID THE YEAR GO. /faceindirt Current Incentive: A drunk doodle of Rylie x Kou x Vix XDDD It took me a while to figure out what I wrote here, so goodluck. Also there is an inked pic of Zeke and Vix that is reaaallly old, but I figured I could share it now. I know there's at least one faithful reader who might appreciate it :')

chapter 8: page 13

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:59:49 +0000

I know people have been waiting for this guy to pop up again haha. As much as I hated this coming scene [had to rewrite and redraw several pages til it came out right haha] I am glad to get to it xD I felt bad for neglecting him ._.; I am sure Vix is wondering how the fuck she managed to forget there was a dude locked up in the basement -- or even a place for that to even happen LOL I think I had something to say in this news post but I forget it now... oh well. ATTENTION WEBCOMIC ARTISTS/WRITERS: SPIDERFOREST IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS!! [read this news post for wtf i am talkin' about, willis] Current Incentive: [MILDLY NSFW because there is brief nudity and suggestive things in the video, but the vote picture is SFW... ] Companion video to last week's vote video! This is the Kylie one, using a song that's p much always been a Rylie song for me XD It's not quite as good cos I have less art of them [explained on the vid desc] but I figured there are a couple things ppl haven't seen before. Also this one is more NSFW than the Kix one, so be careful. Also also, IRONICALLY, the youtube video is blocked in GERMANY of all places, so I also uploaded it to Vimeo. If the Vimeo one is also blocked for you ppl in Germany, lemme know. I will upload the video to my server and link it down in the comments section for you :)

chapter 8: page 12

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:59:42 +0000

Vix where are you going, stop that, stop it YOU SNOOP MOAR FANART omg. Both of these are from Taylor... if you didn't notice them over in my twitter widget lol. MAJESTIC RYLIE hovering over a clearly happy customer like, 'yea, i hit that...' MY OTP. you can't see it but i am just out of the frame, hugging their legs like this I'm gonna try to update my links page now, I have a few comics I need to add to it~ ATTENTION WEBCOMIC ARTISTS/WRITERS: SPIDERFOREST IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS!! [read this news post for wtf i am talkin' about, willis] Current Incentive: [MILDLY NSFW because there is brief nudity and a few suggestive things in the video, but the vote picture is SFW... ] A MUSIC VIDEO. Kind of... you have to copy the url from the message area. This week is a Kix video, cos I know you guys enjoy that shit and since I've had these charas forever, they have a lot of art [tho some is old haha]. I have a Kylie video for next week, but it's not quite as good since Rylie is a newer character [she was created a bit over 5 years after vix and kou were xD]... ANYWAY ENJOY. And let me know if you can't see it, it says it's not blocked anywhere but you never know...

chapter 8: page 11

Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:03:07 +0000

Rico you old rascal. LATE PAGE OH JESUS. I don't think that's happened since....uhhhh...forever. If you don't keep up with social media, I was sick Thursday/Friday and then Saturday and Sunday I was doing an overnight hike at Sunol cos we'd been planning it for a month or so lol... BUT I AM HOME NOW AND FINALLY UPDATING. PLEASE EXCUSE ANY MISTAKES, I AM LE TIRED andddd in a rush to update for you!! I have new fanarts to share! First up is from Delphina, which is her half of an art card trade and I am a bum who has yet to do hers. xD;;; IT'S ARLIE GUYS I was surprised and so happy :ccc She's such a new chara, I wasn't expected to her art of her yet :C! /melt happily These three are from Bree who is ADORABLE AND SWEET AND clearly insane, because WHAT, 3 FANARTS. Also you can blame her for the whole shipping battle that happened on Tumblr lmao. [make sure to click these for the full size!] Omgaaaad this is the one that made me feel so guilty for squealing that I had to draw Kylie stuff lmao... [note: see vote bait] oh my glob /fanningself DAWWWW JESUS I CAN'T /briefly jumps to kix ship OKAY I THINK THAT IS ALL. this news post took way too long. I HATE HTMLING and hope i didn't screw anything up in my rush cos it'll have to wait to be fixed LMAO. BED TIME. /flee ATTENTION WEBCOMIC ARTISTS/WRITERS: SPIDERFOREST IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS!! [read previous news post for wtf i am talkin' about, willis] Current Incentive: A mini chronicle of all the shipping wars that went on @ tumblr... there is A LOT here so make sure you scroll down/side to side if you have to!!! Some of it is repeated from Tumblr but there's an extra thing at the bottom too [thanks to bree lmao]

chapter 8: page 10

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:24:10 +0000

WALLS OF TEXT, WALLS OF TEXT, WALLS OF TEXT Did you get all that, Vix...? Vix: @_@;; Uuhh, I-- Thatta girl! SPIDERFOREST IS NOW OFFICALLY OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS!! When - We're accepting applications RIGHT NOW!! August 1st - 24th. - After that, we'll be reading thru and voting on new applicants, which should only take a week, unless we're really debating something [sometimes it's hard to choose!] So you should find out if you were accepted or not first week of Sept. What we do - Supportive community! Needs critiques or advice? We help each other with that! Just want other webcomicers to talk to? We do that too 8D - Hosting! If you need hosting for your webcomic, we offer that! If you don't that's good too! [note: i host my own comic, but i am a part of SF still!] - Cross Advertisement! If you look at the top of my site, you'll see a banner. Refresh my page, and another banner will pop up! These are all Spider Forest comics! Having this banner is literally the only thing you are required to change about your website. Pretty simple and gets you more visitors =) What we want - Comics with a good/coherent story [or a good punchline, if it's a strip!] - Currently be updating your comic regularly/on a relative schedule if possible. - At least 15 pages of comic completed/a good base established [15 pages isn't always enough to know what your comic is trying to do!] - Be willing to continue updating your comic! It would be sad if you joined, only to give up a month later ;_; HOOOWWW?! App & email listed here, as well as a better idea of what we offer. Feel free to check out our forums if you wanna get to know us a bit first haha [tho i think we might be more active in the members only area tbh]. Even if you aren't interested in joining, feel free to hang out anyway. We have a critique forum there if you've ever wanted some open critique but didn't know how or where to ask for it... or you could just hang out and share your artwork or chat or whatev. Current Incentive: I didn't doodle anything extra this week, cos I spent all my freakin' time rescripting an upcoming scene and then completely reworking all the thumbnails for those pages e_e;;; So this week is just the sketch from this page [so you can see how much/little changes], and a peek at where I am on next week's page [i am usually done with the next page already by the time i update so i'm...pretty far behind @_@;]

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:19:08 +0000

chapter 8: page 9 VIX PLS SMILE MORE I NEED THE PRACTICE GUYS GUYS GUYS it's that time of yeaaaaaaaar. DO YOU HAVE A WEBCOMIC? Do you wanna network with some friendly and helpful type people? Perhaps some cross exposure [oh myyy]? DO YOU NOT WANT TO BE ALONE ANYMOOOORRRRE [with your webcomic]. Then join us at SPIDERFOREST 8DDD When - We're accepting applications August 1st - 24th. - After that, we'll be reading thru and voting on new applicants, which I think usually takes a month or so [we tend to get a lot of ppl applying, so it takes a while haha] What we want - Comics with a good/coherent story [or a good punchline, if it's a strip!] - Update your comic regularly/on a relative schedule if possible. - At least 15 pages of comic completed/a good base established [15 pages isn't always enough to know what your comic is trying to do!] - Be willing to continue updating your comic! It would be sad if you joined, only to give up a month later ;_; HOOOWWW App & email listed here, as well as a better idea of what we offer. Feel free to check out our forums if you wanna get to know us a bit first haha [tho i think we might be more active in the members only area tbh]. OKAY! I got fanarts to share! Vix's braid is apparently very popular xD Click the pics to see them bigger. This one is by Alonaria and it is fuckin' adorable 8DDDDD I wanna squish her and cuddle her adorable fuckin' face /screamin You should also check out the rest of her stuff! I really liked this pic way too much. IT'S SO COOL, LOOK AT IT. This one is by my buddy Deni. She roped me into an art card exchange that's going on at Spiderforest. LOOK AT THAT HAPPY VIX. SO FUCKIN CUTE. And I'd say this is pretty adorable for Deni. Her charas are too busy kicking ass and not bothering to take names to get all cute and bubbley like this XD Speaking of, you should def read her comics 8D I finally recently caught up on The Only Half Saga, cos I fell behind when I had Izzie... It's about a dhampir named Cabal, and is revenge story [the best kind, imo 8D]...and then finally got around to reading Gemutations, which I could not fuckin' put down xD It's about a world where the water level rises, so genetically altered people are created [mostly crossed with sharks], and one of the Gemues is trying to solve a plague that's either killing humans or turning them into gemues against their will. It's really exciting and I like to think that it has some of the same themes as d*s, so you guys might really enjoy it. OKAY DONE RAMBLING. I THINK. This news post killed me. Fingers crossed I didn't html something horribly but I probably did. Current Incentive: NSFW! ... AND DENI DON'T VOTE TIL YOU GET YOUR MAIL!!! XD As mentioned, I did an art card trade with my buddy, Deni. This is my half, along with something extra, cos there was a buncha blank space under the letter. xD

chapter 8: page 8

Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:52:49 +0000

WOLFWORD. DO YOU SPEAK IT. But for real, I imagine Vix isn't getting the dialogue as clearly as we are. The word bubbles are more for our benefit xD But she's getting the general feel and impressions that the wolf is trying to communicate and kinda mentally filling in the blanks. I'm actually really enjoying drawing the wolves! As promised last week, here are the things I relied on heavily while drawing my wolves: - Autlaw's Wolf Anatomy [and the other 3 parts linked in the descriptiom] - Wolf Comparison to keep an eye on the general size of wolves haha - and then p much just googling a lot for references [example, sketch for the current middle panel wolfie...] Really tho, those 4 anatomy guides Autlaw posted were the main references. P damn useful! I think that's it??? I got a fanart this week [/screamingjoy] but I wanted to make sure it was ok for me to share it first. xD So maybe next week I will share it if they say I can :'D it'sreallycutesoihopeican. Current Incentive: Final page of the Dog comic. THIS PAGE TOOK ME ALL DAY YESTERDAY COS OF ISABEL. But the fact that it only took a day is pretty incredible [so did page 2]. Maybe I should start incorporating the colouring I used on here into the actual comic [with a little more polish ofc...]

chapter 8: page 7

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:59:26 +0000

WOLVES. WOOOOOOOOOOLVES. I haven't drawn wolves since like 2006 LMAO. They kept coming out like lions cos I was reverting to my Lion King days cos apparently all animals = lions to my art brain xD;;;; BUT I THINK THEY LOOK GOOD NOW. Thanks mostly to a lot of tutorials on deviant art about wolf anatomy [i'd link but i have them saved on the laptop...will link them next week!] In other news...Pacific Rim is out... I... I don't get to see it yet but OMG excited. D: THAT IS ALL. Must go hang with the kid. Current Incentive: Page 2 of the return of dog comic. [if you missed page 1, i will be posting all 3 pages later on fb and tumblr, so you can catch up there later!]

chapter 8: page 6

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:57:22 +0000

I ended up changing the design of Vix's boots on the next page a bit [mostly where the straps are] but I don't feel like fixing them on this page haha. So pretend I didn't just point out my laziness. Tho really it's just lack of time, I am really behind on next weeks page, thanks to stinkin' 4th o July :P Hope my American readers had a nice break yesterday and ate a buncha delicious food with friends/family, tho! Off to work more on page between baby cuddlin' sprees xD Current Incentive: Here's page 1 of the mini comic I promised before xD there are 3 pages... so make sure to vote again next week for the next page =D TEH MYSTERY WILL BE REVEAAAAAAAALED. [also, ngl, this is part of why i am behind on next week's page...so next pages might not be in colour haha]

chapter 8: page 5

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:55:07 +0000

So I'm hoping now that her room appears a little more lived in. I figure she's been there long enough to personalize it a bit more than she had before... so there's a few books and stuffed animals, a desk for her keyboard... not to mention a shitload of clothes. I'd imagine they made Kou do a restock run from her old home to get some more of her things haha. xD This page took a long time. Pls look at it for about 2 hours straight to make it worth my time, thanks. Also, I can't decide if the fanservice on this page was intentional or not. Like, initially it wasn't gonna be this way, but I liked the scanty sketch too much not to use it... :c I had intended to do way more panels of her changing and getting ready [doing hair/makeup/etc] so it was gonna all be a lot more vague but the page woul've looked too cramped with all the dialogue...plus it probably would have had to be split into more pages, and like, screw that, right? xD Unrelated to the comic, I watched Josh play thru The Last Of Us. Goddamn, guys... like, just... goddamn. All my parental feels. I am worried about Naughty Dog...they can't keep up this badass quality forever 8( All their games are so damn gooooddjfd. [if you are interested, you can watch the intro here on youtube. worth your time, imo] That's all I think! Enjoy! :] Current Incentive: This page, fullsize, sans text, cos for some reason I spent forever on things no one was gonna even notice. [i know i said i might do a comic this week but i figure it would make more sense to do it next week. you'll see why then xD]

chapter 8: page 4

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:21:53 +0000

NO RAMBLES, BABY IS RUNNING AWAY, ENJOY PAGE. Current Incentive: Another fullsize from this page. XD I'll try to have a minicomic or something next update [have one in mind i wanna doodle, prolly will be from my sketchbook]...

chapter 8: page 3

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:28:38 +0000

I forgot how long it takes to ink and colour the dreamscape outfits /crying So we've gotten to that point where my baby is 100% mobile and getting into everything. This means it takes me foreeeeeever to finish a page because I am constantly running off to stop her from grabbing things she shouldn't [or from grabbing the cats by their tails]... I literally just last night finished inking the next page [usually it would be mostly coloured by now...] tho, tbh, I think that's partially my own fault, since I did an art swap meme with a few friends this week, but it's been a while since I got to just fuck around, so I'm not gonna guilt trip myself over it haha... But yeah, doesn't negate the mobile baby factor too much...we'll see how my update schedule is gonna be from here out. If it comes to it, i will post lazy greyscale pages so I can continue posting and I'll either colour them and then reupload later, or just leave the colour version for the print copy. Idk. We'll see what happens! Anyway gonna run to go play with said baby. She's getting antsy cos I've had her in her exersaucer chair for 30~ish mins now while finishing the touchups on this page and is def ready to explore the house more haha. Current Incentive: Fullsize view of panel 3... cos I haven't got anything else to share xD

chapter 8: page 2

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:46:09 +0000

YAY NO WORDS. I promise the next page actually has words tho. xD; Posting a day early cos I am gonna be busy tomorrow and don't wanna have to worry about posting a page then xD I think there's not really much to report, otherwise? Aside from my slow progress on pages. I am currently only just past inking the next page [used to being 5+ pages ahead!! argh!!!]... I think I will finish it before next update, but as always, I'll let you know if I am gonna be unable to post a page on the various sites. We can all blame Izzie for the slowness ;P! She's finally gotten really mobile so she's been getting into a lot of trouble all week! Lots of me stopping drawing to keep her entertained so she doesn't go wandering away to grab at things she shouldn't :P! [this includes chasing the cats and trying to chew on their tails... poor cats.] That's all for now! I think! Current Incentive: Full size view of the first two panels of the next page [you'll have to scroll down and then scroll to the side to see the other panel...i work a bit big lol] because I have nothing else for you today.

chapter 8: the heretic

Fri, 31 May 2013 11:16:26 +0000

inevitably it started to bleed and couldn't be stopped that's justice and don't be afraid don't be afraid, don't be afraid... does this look like that? how cruel you get i've started again to miss your hands the carnage you've left and you were dead you've mangled your flesh to see us break - 'the heretic' by the sound of animals fighting So chapter 8! Here we go! I'm kind of excited about this chapter but also dreading it... but I'd say I'm like that about a lot of the chapters from this point on haha. If you missed the other chapter 8 cover designs I tried out, you can view them here [i know not many ppl got to see them when i posted on fb, since fb limits the post exposure now]. I will possibly not update next week so I can work on pages a bit more. All I got done this week was yesterday and it was a single panel of one character lmao... it's been a rough week for the baby [teething, so she's real clingy]. I really wanted to build a buffer up again, but if I can't, I might just have to be one of those unreliable updaters that misses updates sometimes...WHICH WOULD KILL ME because I hate when comics I read fall into that. But I'll do what I gotta, I guess! I finally changed that old google+ icon on the side menu there with my tumblr button. If you are into that kinda thing, have at it! Even if you aren't, and you wanna send me [or my characters xD] a question, you can do that there! And you don't have to be a member to ask! You can send anonymous msg's too! But my answers will be public...so keep that in mind! Also I am using my twitter more now, cos why not. Anyway, back to baby! Current Incentive: As I looked at the script before starting the thumbnails for chapter 8, i realized there are werewolves in this chapter [uhh, minor spoilers? but not really lol] ...and then I realized I hadn't drawn a wolf in years. So I doodled some wolves in my sketchbook without refs [my phone was dead]... then there's also a clip from an upcoming page, where I used a ref xD

chapter 7: page 58

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:18 +0000

YAY!! ANOTHER CHAPTER BITES THE DUST. This was a long one too! But it was two novel chapters combined [the split before was about where vix sees andre at the boardwalk] I am probably going to take a small week or 2 break [not sure yet, will let you know on fb/twitter] before starting the next chapter, so I can build up a couple pages of buffer. I spent all the buffer I had made writing the script and doing some thumbnails. I'm only on page 3 of the thumbnails currently and I like to have at least 6-8 pages of buffer in the thumbnails so I can make sure the pages flow right. If you guys like outfits, I've been designing some for Vix and posting them on my tumblr. I'm also using my twitter a bit more again, if you're into that scene. It's generally more personal stuff than I post on the FB tho, so if you only want comic news, best to just stick to FB or checking the site itself. xD In other news, I added a new comic to the links page, called Lost in the Vale. It's pretty new, so it's easy to read thru! The art is really cool and unique, and the artist is a total sweetheart! :] Give it a peek~ I also wanted to say, thanks for all the comments last page! I really love reading thru and replying to them! So many hilarious and insightful things to read~ you guys are seriously the best! c: Gah, gotta go take care of the baby. See you guys soon! Current Incentive: For those who were sad that these last few pages didn't turn into Kou/Vix FEELS, have an ooold ass comic of the two. Probably not the feels you were looking for... but hopefully you will still get some kinda feels.

chapter 7: page 57

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:08:03 +0000

blahblahblah. I'm livestreaming currently so I don't wanna ramble! Just enjoy the page, ramble free xD! Current Incentive: drunken kix doodles. enjoy 8D;

chapter 7: page 56

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:51:20 +0000

Damn that guy...having backup sunglasses. Now that his scar is no longer a secret tho, I can make his eyes more visible! So there's that, at least... so many pages earlier where I had to cover up good expressions with his damn shades fff. In other news...I REACH MY GOAL OF FINISHING THE VOL 2 SCRIPT yayayayayaybut...then I kept going lmao [cos it is a very exciting part of the story!]... so I'm actually currently picking at chapter 13's script haha. I want to finish chapter 13 and maybe 14 before I start drawing again, but if it ends up seeming like it will take too long [probably won't], I will just leave it off there and get back to comicking, so there's less time between this chapter and the next. xD Speaking of, there are 2 more pages in this chapter, in case anyone was wondering. Anyway, baby time! Gotta run! [psst, here's a picture of izzie i took earlier while baking some food for her, just for the hell of it.] Current Incentive: oooold old old old! this is a comic i drew in i think 2007? josh had asked me to draw vix and kou, married and with a kid, and that they should be looking thru a photo album together...so this is what i drew haha. this is ridiculously non-canon for several reasons, the least of which being ('minor' spoiler) some of the charas pictured die in the comic... chew on that for a while, mwahahah 8D but it's still a fun strip, so enjoy XD

chapter 7: page 55

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:44:16 +0000

I actually don't have a lot to say about this page, because I kinda hate it 8D I might end up redoing it for print, but we'll see. It's just one of those kinda transitiony pages that sucks on it's own, I think. I'm still working on the script. I'm nearly done with chapter 10 now. I had a serious case of writers block this week that pretty much had me stuck on one scene that I was completely rewriting the dialogue and direction of, but I was able to pull through it with MASSIVE HELP from my buddy Matt. I am p sure without his help, I'd still be tearing my hair out over these rewrites. xD; SOTHANKSAGAINBUDDY. [also, happy birthday and stuff, dude] That's all for now, I suppose. Current Incentive: didn't have any extra art since I've just been writing all week, so this vote bait is the current page, sans text, before resizing. Nothing particularly interesting, but thought it might amuse ppl to see the size [utilize your scrollbar here lol]

chapter 7: page 54

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:52:05 +0000

Arliss wait come back to me, i miss you already *ugly crying* The more obsessive readers may notice a mild redesign of the doors... I went from silver doorknobs to goldish.... cos I mean, wtf...why were they silver before? That doesn't match the rest of the hallway at all 8D and also there's the addition of room numbers, because I've never been to a hotel or inn that didn't have them... I will probably not bother fixing this discrepancy on the site, but the edits for the prints will remedy this lol. Also, still working on the script. I'm combining more chapters! So the next one is two novel chapters mashed together... it works better that way, but makes for another crazy long chapter. I am not sure if it will be longer than this one has been or not...we'll see xD It's kind of crazy, tho. I'm pretty familiar with the novel version of my story, as I've been rereading it every couple weeks to try and pick out scenes to cut/add in/etc... and the way the chapter numbers line up is pretty crazy to me. Like where I left off, I was on chapter 13 of the novel, but it's only chapter 10 of the comic, and I know that the difference in chapter numbers is only going to grow bigger as I combine more chapters later... just kind of trippy somehow. Also I am finding a lot of scenes I need to cut or alter completely, due to either just...I was a kid when I wrote them, so they are fairly BAD/amateur/forcedddd... and a lot of it is actually the way some characters interact. For example, Vix and Kou were more way friendly with one another in the novel...but are far more standoffish in comic form xD I think it works better that way, but it means I'm cutting a lot of their buddy/buddy scenes out or changing them completely [sorry kix fans 8D] Alright that's enough rambling. I am suddenly feeling famished, and I need to put something on this burn I got on my arm...it's doing some gross stuff right now [/thinking morbidly of bubble wrap]. Current Incentive: oldish doodle of the mainish charas in most of my stories, just hangin' out together lol. [i say mainish cos lir and atra both share the main chara spot with other characters] Not much to it... I never got around to finishing it, so i tried to fix it up a bit in photoshop. idk.

chapter 7: page 53

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:51:36 +0000

So now we meet officially Arliss! Hurrah, Arlie! I feel really rusty with drawing her. It's been a pretty long time. Also, I'm trying to make her a little more asiany...I didn't used to really bother! But Asians, man...hard to draw! I'm prolly gonna keep tweaking her over time. I've already tried to set her up with some of the Korean-ish features I notice a lot in KDrama, like her brows being thicker in the middle [i feel like a lot of the korean actresses have this eyebrow style, anyway], trying to make her ears stick out a tad more than I normally would [something else i noticed, which is frickin adorable imo], and her skin colouring is hopefully a little more yellow-ish than Vix's... I don't think she wears makeup much tho, so I tried to keep her eye lashes and lips reasonably natural looking lol. I'll get the hang of her eventually... This page took a lot of rescuing...lots of bad proportions and such [arlie had a case of huge head in every. single. panel.] and just general fuckery. But I am ok with it now so...yeah! In other news, I finished this chapter last night... then when I opened my script to read it over, I realized I NEVER FINISHED THE SCRIPT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER. /screaming Like I mean I have the novel version, but I've been cutting out the fat and reworking things, changing scenes, etc etc... so currently I don't have the next chapter totally revamped! I sat and wrote the script from chapter 1 to where it is now and compleeeetely forgot I was coming up on the end of my revisions already! Frick! Thankfully writing is a lot faster than drawing, so I will be getting that fixed soon ahha. But fair warning, if I don't get it done fast enough [cos hey, i still have to thumbnail the chapter out a bit before i start actually working on pages], there might be a break between this and the next chapter. Crossing my fingers for a better outcome tho... Anyway uhhh...done rambling! Current Incentive: Pic I did about a month or so ago of Vix being all springy! I scanned and fixed it up a little bit, so ..yeah, enjoy, and happy belated spring time!

chapter 7: page 52

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:29:41 +0000

This is one of those pages that I feel like I forgot something.... you guys always seem really observant, so if I'm right, I'm sure you'll figure it out! Working off 3 hours sleep here! Not at my 100% haha. My wrist has started acting up as well so I might take a break from working on the comic for a week or so... that usually fixes the problem xD Updates will continue, as I have a buffer [yesssssss!] but I just thought I'd mention it in case it ends up being a bigger problem, which has happened before, but I don't think it will be. It's not as bad as the last time. Wish me luck :'D That's it, I think! Current Incentive: NSFW again. Same as last week, just coloured. I was experimenting with only using coloured pencils [to 'ink' and colour] but it wasn't really working for me lol...I think I kind of ruined this picture tbh, but it was really fun to play around, so whatever xD

chapter 7: page 51

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:35:11 +0000

Poor Rylie xD She's definitely feeling like a jackhole over all this... I am kinda in a rush cos Izzie is raping my ears with her happy sounds [turn down your volume probably lol]... I updated a few things around the site. About page - added izzie. Character page - added arlie [no info yet]. FAQ page - updated schedule question. NEED to update my links page and the sidebar. I'll do that when I can. AWAAAY [my eaaars fhasfj] Current Incentive: NSFW-ish...popping it on there cos it is, but there's nothing really showing! This is some Ry/Vix cheesecake I drew months ago but never finished. I felt like it would go with today's page well enough LMAO.

chapter 7: page 50

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:58:19 +0000

NEW CHARACTER OH SHIT. I actually bumped up her intro by a chapter, just because I couldn't wait haha. [you may have seen her in the bg a couple times earlier in the comic too :)] If you notice a weird drop in quality for this page, it's cos I was trying a new method of colouring on my laptop, but when I looked at it when I was going to post it from computer, it was awful! I had to fix it. So it's not awesome but it's no where near as bad as it was. Hopefully it's not as jarring as it would have been! I haven't had a chance to update the site yet... argh. Lol. I'll get to it as soon as I can. I need to add the new chick to the character page, after all! :'D Off to go work on some of that while the baby is still napping!! Current Incentive: Panel from page 51! Full size as usual :) [and pre-edits...lol]

chapter 7: page 49

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:37:23 +0000

Jeez Kou, don't go man slobbin' wife beater on us-- WAIT OMFG UPDATE WHAT WHAT WHAT. ALSO GERMAN WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE THEY SAYING. [thanks again to that evil squirrel fellar, phil, for the german assist. :')] SOYEAAAH!! We're back!! If you've kept in touch on facebook, you will know I'm hoping to update once a week again, but given my circumstances now, I might be a little late with updates. I'm also thinking it's possible I will take small breaks between chapters to help build a buffer [but not long breaks, maybe a week or 2, idk yet...might not even need to!] I am currently being yelled at by my baby, but I want to get this posted, so I'll be cutting this news post short! Lol. I'll fix the rest of the site up later [like changing that google+ link to a tumblr one, since i have one of those now...] THANKS FOR COMING BEING SO PATIENT GUYS FOR REAL /weeping Current Incentive: Peek at the next page before resize [had tried a new colouring method on it...that didn't really pan out for me]

chapter 7: page 48 [HIATUS]

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:06:50 +0000

I think Vix is still bitter about being called a bitch by her own papa :'D... Annnnd hiatus time. It only seems right to leave things off with some classic Lysandering. :'D For those of you just tuning in, or who don't read the posts down here and are wondering why an update was missed, d*s is going on hiatus so that I can have a baby 8D As this is my first child, I am not entirely sure when the hiatus will be over. It could be anywhere from 3~6 months to even longer. I don't really know! But I do plan to post extra artwork of my own, fanarts, and maybe some previews or games or something during the hiatus, mostly here, but also on the d*s facebook and twitter. I've already done several pages for the print of Vol 1, too, by the way! As well as picked at a few poster artworks that you probably saw wips for in old vote incentives and what not. I'm pretty excited about that! If you guys have any requests for artwork you'd like to see in the hiatus, lemme know! I'm always open for prompts xD Hmm. I guess I will try to keep you guys updated [prob via twitter] on how I am doing with the baby situation, if there's any interest in that lol. And one final note, I wanna thank you guys for being really awesome. Like, seriously. Even though I'm slow [one update a week? it's horrible! it's unforgivable!], you guys put up with me :) I know this hiatus is gonna suck, no matter what, but I hope you guys continue to be as patient as ever over it :> Like I said, I'll be picking it up again ASAP. I have 0 plans to stop. I mean, hell, I want my daughter to be able to read this story one day, so I can't very well leave it unfinished! :) Anyway, not really sure how to end this, so umm... well, see ya soon, I guess!? LOL. If you wanna keep in touch with me, or just wanna keep up to date with the extras/news about the hiatus, I'll still be around online a bit [esp up til the birth], sooo -- How to keep in touch!! -- facebook [i'm most active/responsive on here] -- twitter -- deviantart -- email [mind you, i will reply via my gmail account cos this addy doesn't wanna work both ways lol] Or just post below in the comments section. :) Thanks guys, you roccckk *runsoffscreaming* -- As for the Spider Forest comic of the week, amusingly enough, this is actually the last one on the list! This week features Malaak: Angel of Peace!! As endless war rages in Lebanon, a mysterious child is found in a cedar forest. Malaak grows up to be faced with a double challenge: to come into her powers and to battle war itself -- a war in which the supernatural seems to have a hand... Current Incentive: If you remember after chapter 6, I posted all the old chapter doodles from the rough draft written version of d*s next to their comic counterparts for all of volume 1. I figured I'd do that again here for chapter 7! If you missed the vol 1 doodles, you can view them over here on my deviantart page...

chapter 7: page 47

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:12:04 +0000

Awkward father/daughter time.... reeeaaally awkward lol. Posting early so I can spend the rest of the night working on baby's room! Almost done with painting the trim, and then we can move all the furniture in there. Will be so much happier when it's done... we're cutting it pretty close, I think! Lol xD; Next week is the last update before the hiatus! I'm both sad and excited for it, to be honest. I really want to spend any of my remaining free-art time on the vol 1 print. I don't expect it will get done before the baby arrives, but it'll be nice to finally get back to working on it! For those that were unaware, I was redoing some of the older artwork [mostly those awful long faces/some awkward anatomy...] and fixing a lot of the old dialogue, not to mention having to add some space around everything for print xD;; I really didn't start this comic off right for print LOL. I was ignorant as hell about it... that's how it is when you learn as you go, though xD [if you missed it, i actually posted a vote incentive a while back with some peeks at some of the edits -- that file has some random paint-chat doodles you can oogle as well lol] Anyway, see y'all next week :> -- The Spider Forest comic of the week is Between Places! In a world where dreams are reality, the Order has one mission: to save the inhabitants of what may be nothing more than a dream. Tiana is actually the one who introduced me to Spiderforest :D

chapter 7: page 46

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:35:06 +0000

Well, I'm not sure what that was about, but I think it's safe to assume it was extremely inappropriate! Couple weeks til the hiatus! I still am not really sure what I will be doing during the hiatus with the site -- fanart/fancomics? Just random sketches I've done when I get a chance? I don't really know! I've never done a hiatus before! If you had anything you wanted to contribute, you can always send me an email, drop me a line on facebook/twitter/DA, or just post in the comments section below. By the way, I'd like to mention that I will probably try to finish up the print version of vol1 during the hiatus. I haven't really had a chance to touch the vol 1 edits since January, due to the research I've been doing on baby stuff during any and all of my freetime [and some of my comic time, admittedly]... would be nice to finally have it finished. Totally one of my life's sad little goals, to hold my own comic in my hands :'D -- The Spider Forest comic of the week is LaSalle's Legacy! In the world of the Twelve Seas, the secrets of necromancy have been lost to the Old World for decades. When a young man discovers that his father's old nemesis, who is now a zombie, is out to kill him, he sets out to learn more about this forbidden art. Along the way, he discovers he isn't the only one curious about the secrets and becomes engulfed in a battle for power. -- Any webcomic creators out there? SpiderForest, the webcomic collective I'm a part of, is currently open for applications =D You might have noticed the SF banner along the very top of my website... *pointing upward* yeah, that's them up there. :'D Great group of people who have offered me a lot of advice and friendship since I've been with them! Anyway, have a look around the website, and if you're interested, feel free to apply :D Deadline for entries is the 24th! [next tuesday!!] Current Incentive: Quick comic I drew based on a dream I had the other night. Note: this is the second were-baby dream I've had [the first time, she was a werekitten] ...

chapter 7: page 45

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:21:01 +0000

Kou seems to have forgotten that he himself was actually about to kick a hole through Andre's head before Vix snapped him out of it 8D;; The Spider Forest comic of the week is Cyantian Chronicles! Welcome to Cyantia, a world of lush forests, jungles, oceans and deserts. It's a wonderful unspoiled world inhabited by the Cyantians, immigrants who were stranded on the world by a race of ancient creatures in search of a cure for a disease that eventually wiped them out. Life goes on and generations have been born on this world, going through the normal cycles of conflict and peace to this day. But that is about to change. For one young group of Cyantians, life is about to become far more dangerous as they are targets to be turned against their own families, any way possible. >< The main site is sort of under construction right now I think, so you might wanna go to this section. Tiff suggested the Darius one as a decent starting point tho, since it's completed. -- Anyone webcomic creators out there? SpiderForest, the webcomic collective I'm a part of, is currently open for applications =D You might have noticed the SF banner along the very top of my website... *pointing upward* yeah, that's them up there. :'D Great group of people who have offered me a lot of advice and friendship since I've been with them! Anyway, have a look around the website, and if you're interested, feel free to apply :D Deadline for entires is the 24th! Current Incentive: [7/12: busy week with baby stuff and getting sick, didn't even have time to work on d*s much...so no new vote pic :(] Quick pic! Happy 4th! [or 1st, for you canadians~]

chapter 7: page 44

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:24:30 +0000

Lysander, wahoo 8DD I know a lot of you hate this guy, but I love writing and drawing him xD Any webcomic creators out there? SpiderForest, the webcomic collective I'm a part of, is currently open for applications =D You might have noticed the SF banner along the very top of my website... *pointing upward* yeah, that's them up there. :'D Great group of people who have offered me a lot of advice and friendship since I've been with them! Anyway, have a look around the website, check out the public forums, and if you're interested, feel free to apply :D Also, I am tentatively setting the start of the Hiatus for Aug 3rd... Hoping I can make it there without having to resort to posting unfinished pages, but this month is pretty hectic for me, so I can't promise anything @_@ Wish me luck tho! I will do my best! Current Incentive: Quick pic! Happy 4th! [or 1st, for you canadians~]

chapter 7: page 43

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:54:27 +0000

Operation distract Vix with still more troubling news successful!! [yeah...not very tactful, man.] Literally just got back from the baby class... Handling fake babies in front of groups of people is super awkward. That's all I'll say about that. Gotta go eat something and go to bed now! The Spider Forest comic of the week is Spine! SPINE is an action packed Sci-Fi, Steam-Cyberpunk story about a dystopian future. Cities are destroyed, Industry is long gone, but hope remains within the SUNDRIVE; and Spine almost had it... Spine is badass, I do highly rec you read it. P short archive too so shouldn't take too long :) Current Incentive: [[6/28: didn't have time to coe up with a new vote bait! Feel free to vote anyway if you want.]] Couple clips from some upcoming pages!

chapter 7: page 42

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:20:35 +0000

No one likes what Lysander does because he does it like a douchebag, AMIRITE GUYS /incite mob Wrist is still acting up... not as bad tho. Still trying to take it easy while also getting pages done for you guys. Will be a completed page for sure next week, but it might be up a bit late [or really early?] because of have a baby class to go to that night lol. Just a heads up! As for the update after next, I think it might be a completed page as well, but we'll see... The Spider Forest comic of the week is Riven Sol! Science fiction romance meets Lovecraftian horror! Something is wrong on Danforth Research Station. Orphaned children disappear from the slum-like "lowers," while fearsome masked guards prowl the corridors. Death lurks around every corner, waiting to swallow the unwary. When a mysterious girl named Carter comes to Danforth, it's up to a boy known only as "Silence" to teach her to survive. But Carter has secrets of her own, and the horror within may be far greater than the horror without. Current Incentive: Couple clips from some upcoming pages!

chapter 7: page 41

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:44:11 +0000

I feel like I could have replaced a lot of the dialogue on this page with giant ANGST ANGST ANGST text and it wouldn't seem too out of place. Tone it down, you two! If you check the d*s facebook page every so often, you might have noticed me talking about my wrist acting up again. Yes, one of the many joys of pregnancy is that it can aggravate things like carpal tunnel and tendonitis. Woot! I spent most of this week resting my drawing hand, tho I will admit I snuck in some thumbnail sketching cos, hey, I was out of thumbnails to work off of and it needed to be done, not to mention I feel useless if I don't pick a pen up at least once a day lol. But thumbnailing is easy, fluid work, so it didn't bug me too much. [other than that, pregnancy is still treating me relatively well. :)] I only have one more completed page in my buffer at the moment, tho, so if my wrist isn't up to it, I might have to post the unfinished sketch pages after that. Just wanted you guys to have a heads up lol. If it comes to that, I will let you know when I've updated those sketch pages with full colour. xD Also I should mention the baby popping hiatus again, since it's only like a month or so away [still not sure when the exact date ought to be]. Baby is due mid August, so it will probably be early August, or perhaps if I feel up to it, I'll just post up til my due date! XD The shitty thing is, either way, I am not certain I will complete this chapter by then, so I might post the sketches for the rest of the chapter during the hiatus, just so I can get to a nice stopping point for you guys. Better than nothing, right? I know a lot of people were interested in sending me fancomics/fanart for during the hiatus as well, so if you are interested, have at it. Try not to make them wider than 700px, if you do [tho i can always resize them for you]. I still don't have an email set up for d*s related email, but I'm gonna see about having Josh set one up for me later tonight, so I'll have him edit the post for me, or I'll announce it on twitter/FB. EDIT: hchano@dream-scar.net The Spider Forest comic of the week is Willow's Grove! Life in a small town is not what you expected... Willow's Grove is a small town in north-central Pennsylvania where the dead don't leave. In fact, they like to hang around and continue to participate in their community. Join life-long friends Max, Bob & Fred as they live amongst all things paranormal... WG's archive is unforgivably long haha. There is a handy little story-arc menu right here -- the creator suggests a decent starting point is Vol 8, tho, so give it a go. Current Incentive: Pinup for my friend, Deni, over at Darwin Comics of her character Miranda from her Only Half series, hanging out in her lingerie and being generally a sexy fanged gal... this is actually the picture that set my wrist off haha. Anyway, there are some detail shots and also the sketch included, just to make things interesting, I suppose!

chapter 7: page 40

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:02:44 +0000

Anyone else feel like the lighting on the full body shot there feels like she's telling a ghost story in front of a camp fire xD? I wanted to ramble or something but it's ridiculously warm in here right now and I just wanna go lay down lol... The Spider Forest comic of the week is ! "Gangsters. Mercenaries. Public defenders. Ordinary people struggling to survive in an extraordinary future. They all have one thing in common: they all drink beer." Current Incentive: Had a pretty busy week and I didn't have anything planned for this vote incentive...so I doodled up Vix and her Twin really fast xD Nothing special, so forever apologies @ you guys xD

chapter 7: page 39

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:12:30 +0000

VIX HE WAS A VAMPIRE, GOD. [actually, that's not what she was talking about tho lol...] I like drawing Vix/Andre as normal humans XDD They are 100% cute/innocent ffff :ccc ...but Andre also makes such a good bad guy vampire lol. /sigh I went thru and updated the mouseover info on the character page. I am p sure I updated Vix, Kou, The Twin and Rylie at least... eventually I need to just link to their own pages, so they can each have their own extended profiles with spoilers lol. Then maybe I could also indicate all sorts of useless info, like fave colours and shit 8D; The Spider Forest comic of the week is Ley Lines! Three siblings from a broken family are caught in the conspiracy that claimed their mother's life. To save their family and nation, they seek out ancient gods for answers -- but the gods give nothing for free. [i seriously love that description lol. so catching.] Current Incentive: I haven't had a chance to do much this week, been kinda busy, so here is a pic I took on my phone of an oldish pic of my Dahlia [bird wing] and my friend's Raiy[butterfly wing]... one day I will actually write a proper story for Dahlia. xD In the meantime, I'll continue to use her as a background character(last panel, along with arliss, who will come around next chapter) in the comic LOL

chapter 7: page 38

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:24:55 +0000

Hmm, suspicious...! As with on the last page, I cut out a lot of narration from this page and just altered the dialogue a little bit... I think it loses something without the narration, tho, but I what you guys don't know can't hurt you, I guess haha. In other news: Monday is dream*scar's third anniversary as a webcomic! You can celebrate this by... well just continuing to be 100% awesome as readerssssffjkahh I'm pretty exhausted right now so having trouble thinking of what else to say about this. Gonna go space out while staring at a wall now lol... [on a personal note, grats @ my big sis. if you are reading this, you know why. :)] The Spider Forest comic of the week is Footloose! Keti Jones is a third generation Primary Protagonist with some seriously mixed up DNA, and a predispotion to Multiple Genre-induced Sanity Dysfunction. In a world where the rules of Fiction control everything she must learn to defend herself... with shoes. Current Incentive: WIP from a joint OC meme I am doing with Kat of Bedlam Genesis xD Hopefully it will get finished soon... also, hope she doesn't mind me showing off her side, too. Her Vix's are so cute, had to share :ccc

chapter 7: page 37

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:16 +0000

So this page originally had narration, but it felt too cluttered, and I couldn't condense it enough for it to have the same effect lol... so just pretend it's obvious she's in shock and having trouble focusing on anything while at the same time unable to ignore anything around her lol. I have a confession... I'm readdicting myself to the Diablo series thanks to Diablo 3 :c Good news is, I'm able to play it with my tablet pen instead of my mouse, so it doesn't hurt my wrist when I play it like playing WoW and SWTOR did XD Also, I'm being good and not playing it for more than a couple hours a day... speaking of, about to go play some with the hubby :x The Spider Forest comic of the week is Precocious! "Because Knowedge is a Weapon!" Excessively bright students have an amazing ability to outsmart themselves, and the kids of 4th and 5th grade combined class at the Poppinstock Academy for Gifted Children excel at this. They aren't exactly your usual innocent, starry-eyed youths. Being normal and nice is far too boring! These kids are not content unless they've escalated things out of control. I haven't had the time to read this one thru completely, but it's a very cute comic that you can pretty much jump into anywhere, thanks to the way the archive is set up. Each section is relatively stand alone. Also, I recommend you mouse over the pages, they usually have amusing flavour text xD Current Incentive: Clip from a page I'm working on yet again, less finished that last weeks tho lol. I spent forever drawing that stupid console and it's prob gonna get covered by dialogue ._.;;; Sorry for the caption, this one is just desperately bad and I'm clearly 10 years old.

chapter 7: page 36

Thu, 10 May 2012 21:51:28 +0000

Annnddd she's gone. Lol. I FORGOT LAST WEEK, but I got fanart! Badass Kou inspired by the last few pages, drawn by my friend Deni, the creator of The Only Half Saga [go read it! current page is nsfw, tho] I also got my first fanfiction XD! Ocular Haze is a wonderfully disturbing Kou X Sunglasses one-shot fanfic LMAO. Reading it made me die laughing, mostly because Kou is sort of awkward enough to have done this xD Please go read it, even if fanfics aren't your thing. It is short and won't take long, and her writing style makes me want to die. /totes jelly The Spider Forest comic of the week is Spare Keys For Strange Doors! Toby Hathaway and Marion Sark are your local Specialists - experts at handling the uncanny, supernatural and subnatural. Specialities include visitations, disappearances, compulsions, manifestations, transformations and removal of uninvited guests. Yes, we do accept credit cards. Oh man, I love this comic so much. It is one of the comics I check each week obsessively, even if I know it hasn't updated yet, and I think anyone reading d*s would enjoy it. It's got a good mix of humour and paranormal that just really appeals to me, not to mention main characters that are ridiculously likable and rather interesting cases. So far it's been relatively episodic, so each chapter has been very stand-alone-ish... but I could see there eventually being an overall arc if she every decided to get into that. Lucy also does a webcomic called Kaspall, but I don't know much about it -- just that it is apparently awesome, from what I've heard. I need to read it eventually... @_@ /failure Current Incentive: A full sized panel from a couple pages down the line, since when it's resized, they will be ittybitty. There are also some discarded/alternate sketches from the chapter so far. xD

chapter 7: page 35

Thu, 03 May 2012 19:45:00 +0000

Good job, Kou, scare her even more than she already was 8D U SO GUD @ UR JOB LOL Kou: ... ._.; I think a few of you suspected Kou's shades were covering up more than just a normal pair of eyes lol [or even knew, after browsing some of my older artworks on DA]... well, now you know for sure 8D; But how did it happen? Hmmm! ...Sorry, but you'll have to wait a while to find that out-- Everyone reading this: [but yeah, i really *am* sorry LOL] And because I know you guys were dying to know, my ani dinner was aaawweesssooome 8D I ate too many cupcakes from Kara's after, but it was worth it... e_e Banana caramel fshfjfhjdfj *foamsatmouth* No SF comic of the week this week, but feel free to peek at my links page and check out the comics I've got linked there -- even the ones in the hiatus section! A few of them are actually completed webcomics, after all :) Current Incentive: Since you've seen Kou's face now, figured I could show this pic I drew month or so ago lol. I tried to scan it, but since we moved the computer room downstairs, the wireless scanner is taking like 20 minutes to scan pictures now, so had to use the Android photo I took of it lol... I went ahead and just edited that in photoshop like I'd planned to with the scan, cos I don't have the right colours for Rylie's succubus skintone [kind of a deep pinkish brown lol]. Also a sexy shot of my thumb...awww yea. If you are really curious, you can see the original picture right here. :) [btw, the lyrics are from "fresh blood" by the eels...]

chapter 7: page 34

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:37:40 +0000

Apparently, Kou really liked those sunglasses... srs biz. [also, new canon pairing as dubbed by you guys in the comments: kou x sunglasses. i expect much fanart of these two, chop chop.] This page gave me so much shit but I love it..so much. XDD Like, poor Andre, but I really enjoyed drawing it... xD Life news: 1 year wedding ani this weekend, whoo! [note: coming up on i think 8 years together tho haha..] Going to eat at the place that catered our wedding [they are making the things special for us, cos they don't serve the things we had at our wedding in-restaurant! so cool!], then get some of the cupcakes we had instead of cake from kara's cupcakes [if you are in the CA bay area, should def try them out :9]... I'm way too happy about this xD! We're also planning to go to the beach for the day... hopefully weather will be dry enough! We're also planning to start working on the baby room tomorrow... I've never redone a whole room before, so...I'm kind of excited LOL. /rambling /no1curr ANYWAY....this week in the Spider Forest comic of the week, the urban fantasy series, Twilight Lady! In demonic circles, she is spoken of in whispers, and known only as the Nameless Lady in the Hood. For eons she has wandered the realms of the living and dead, craving solitude, yet compelled to aid any wronged who seek justice... or vengeance. Yet another I've yet to read entirely thru, I still find this story pretty fascinating. The first half is done with 3d models, which I normally shy away from, but I got pretty hooked in by this page and the ones following it and read for like an hour straight lol. Blake recs new readers start at The Indwellers arc, as it features the new artistic team and is a stand alone story [meaning you can read it without reading from the beginning]. I do think it requires you to at least understand that The Lady is sort of 'living' inside the body of a normal person tho [jen, the girl with the bluish/grayish hair]. Anyway, since d*s is all occult and such, I think this one might fit in with you guys, so check it out! Current Incentive: A sketch comic of how this page really should have gone... could be considered the first fanart of KOUxSUNGLASSES. awyeaaaah

chapter 7: page 33

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:16:01 +0000

Yet another page that gave me hell, but came out ok[hopefully]...btw I know you guys were waiting for this to happen too. You're welcome 8D Also, am I the only one who thinks Andre looks like an excited 9 year old in that second to last panel? Might be the freckles and missing tooth... XD /pat him Pre-emptively answering, in case anyone asks, since I've been asked about fonts used for SFX the last few pages: "Snap!" and "ack!" are just my handwriting... not actual fonts. xD; The AUUUGHHH one with Andre lunging is called Edo SZ tho. *nodnod* I also often use one called DeathRattle, but not on this page... Anyway, I'll try to mention them as I use them, if I use any others. This week in the Spider Forest comic of the week, the very pretty Chirault! I've finally admitted to myself how much I suck at descriptions, so I can stealing Thane's: When a wayward spell shrinks a young girl to barely the size of a tin of beans, it is only the start of her adventures. From the shoulder of a wandering demon hunter who is himself a demon, she attempts to find a way back to her previous size. Also, imploding cities. Chirault is one of those webcomics I've read a lot of but not the entire thing yet. This has nothing to do with it's quality, just my lack of free time when it comes to sit down and read time. This comic is actually really fucking awesome. Thane does the comic entirely traditional, hand inking, hand colouring etc on paper... using markers and a pen brush, I believe. It's fucking awesome. So much envyyyyyy. Also she style is just really attractive, and I think the hand inked stuff lends to that quite a bit. Anyway, please check it out @_@ Read it all in my stead. I'll catch up eventually...I hope. Current Incentive: Sketch of two panels from page 34 -- this page is actually inked and coloured, but I like the sketch better, so here LOL. I'd like to say I'm sorry for the recaption on this preview. I'm really sorry. [Kou: "you better be sorry..e.e"] But with that face Vix makes, you have to wonder exactly what Kou really did say here... hmmm!

chapter 7: page 32

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:46:32 +0000

This page took obscenely long to plot out. I can't even begin to tell you why, I have no idea. ._.; Maybe I was just having art block lol. Also, sorry for the lack of dialogue, but I kinda felt like it was unnecessary xD; [once again, million thanks to matt for his moral and technical support on this page lol] In other news, I sort of cleaned up the extras page a bit. That old playlist is gone now, replaced by the current, up to date one. I also replaced all those links in the video section with a playlist of all my art videos [only had a few posted before, they should all be there now]... I was also recently reminded that d*s has a TV Tropes page, as it came up in conversation recently. It hasn't been updated in a while, but if you are a troper, please feel free to have at it!! I love reading TV Tropes, but I haven't touched the d*s cos I felt like that would be cheating or something... [also i would end up spending way too long playing with it, so i haven't even made an account on tvt ._.;;] The comic for this week's Spider Forest promo sort of dropped out, so I thought I'd link a comic I meant to link last week, but like a failure, I completely forgot... My fave webcomiccc, Panthera! I have them linked on my links page, and I've talked about them here before, but eff it, I love this comic! I was gonna write up my own description again, but I think theirs works better: Bridgedale High School's most exclusive club has a dark secret: its teenage members moonlight as feline-shapeshifting, elemental-powered avengers. Four young warriors, with the power of four cats and four classical elements, battle against the very forces that created them -- and that may aspire to do worse. As always, I highly recommend this comic. The characters are very likeable once you get to know them, and the art improves p damn well over coarse of the relatively quick to read thru archive. Also, as I've mentioned in the past, this comic feels like a throwback to Saturday morning cartoons in the 90's :> So much love... :'D I'd also like to mention that two of the comics I linked last week have updated a lot! :) The Ironclad Man is now almost finished with it's prologue [btw, i urge you to also read his ridiculous news posts lol], and Neverend now has a few pages, whereas before it had none :) Go give them another look, if you didn't before. And while I'm at it, it couldn't hurt for me to link Bedlam Genesis and The Defector again :x Current Incentive: Another sneak peak at next week... I think you won't be able to look at this panel next week without smirking after this tho... [sorry kou, sorry andre... ]

chapter 7: page 31

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:32:03 +0000

So that door busty part wasn't in the original script... I was convinced by my buddy Matt to include it. Glad I did, waaay fun to draw. XD I will say now that this page, and the next two at the very least, took me AGES TO STORYBOARD. I have said many times I am awful with action. I might draw it alright once I know what I am doing, but I GET STUCK SO BADLY. @_@ Seriously, a million thanks to Matt for his advice. IN OTHER NEWS: AWESOME FANART GUYS :D It's Vix and her dream twin [aptly nicknamed 'Twix' by one of the fans on Facebook LOL

chapter 7: page 30

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:53:14 +0000

Lol Vix's literal mind fuck seems to have backfired a bit, I think... @__@ I went in for an anatomy scan on the baby this week. =D She did some pretty adorable stuff that I wish I could have gotten video of, mostly the part where she was playing with her mouth and then stuck out her tongue LOL. We also got a picture of her looking like a certain game character... This week in the Spider Forest spotlight: Cetiya! As I am a bum and had a pretty busy week, I didn't get to read this one thru ._.; From what I gather of what I read like a year ago tho was that this is a cyber punk story where magic sort of exists thru technology. It follows one of the users who has p much given up his memories to be really good at it, and his partner, who sort of grounds him. I... I don't know, I suck at this ;_; You can read the about page, which is way more coherent. xD; *whisper* forgive me mitsu, isuckassss. Current Incentive: I was told I should use peeks at the coming week's page as vote art so I can spend more time on the pages themselves instead of extra art...SOO here are a couple inked panels from next week's page.

chapter 7: page 29

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:50:12 +0000

This page was a little too fun to work on lol. :x So much blooooo. I got some giftarts this week! First is a Cute Vix with the gals from my fave webcomic, Panthera :D~ It's disturbing how well she fits in with Jeff's style xD Second is a birthday gift from my friend Kyrstan: it's emoface Kou lighting a candle on a cupcake. LOL. He's also wearing the same outfit he had on in the old Michael Jackson pose art she did for me ages ago that I mentioned a while back [sadly i am still not sure where that picture is]... [yes, i had a birthday this week. i don't tell you ppl nothin'! LOL] This week in the Spider Forest spotlight: School Spirit! (i love this banner XD) School Spirit is a cute slice of life sort of story, only with ghosts LOL. It takes place in Australia and follows a group of school kids as they experience all the adventures and wonders of life as a kid, not to mention the supernatural aspect with the ghosts in the cemetery next to their school. The archive on this comic is MASSIVE, so I haven't read it all, but thanks to the New Readers page, you can jump in at any point after reading the summaries, which really is the best thing ever. I popped in at the Grace/Wendy part [the preview pics for it cracked me up so hard, i had to lol] and read from there, but I intend to go back and read more later when I have time again. Anyway, it's a really adorable comic and I def recommend it, especially if you feel like you need something a little more lighthearted to read. :) Current Incentive: No new vote art this week -- my buffer has gone down A LOT since the discovery of being pregnant, so I figured my time this week was getter spent trying to build the buffer back up than doing extra content... I mean, I was down to only 1 page! I am now at 2, and about to start working on a third page... slow progress, but better than nothing :) Hopefully I can get back up to 15 again sometime in the future lol. But yeah, feel free to vote anyway...

chapter 7: page 28

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:22:17 +0000

I don't think he's fucking around anymore 8( [also sorry for the rape vibes...] Not much to say this week. Finally getting the stitches out of my head tomorrow...hopefully things are ok. The area looks a little gross right now... 8( Also my stomach is starting to show even when I am wearing clothes now... whee~ :D ANYWAY! This week in the Spider Forest spotlight is The Only Half Saga! I have probably mentioned this before, not to mention it is in links section as one of the bigger banners [aka one of my favourite comic reads :)]. TOHS is about a dhampir named Cabal and is first and foremost a story of revenge, I'd say. Cabal is pretty much hellbent on finding his father, whom he pretty much blames for his and his [now crazy] mother's situation. Along the way, of course, he gets sidetracked by other interesting things [MIRANDAAA iloveher XD] and, idk, it's just a fun read. The art toward the beginning of this is a bit shaky, but it gets a lot better as it goes onward, and the writing is really solid throughout, and often Denise will talk about the pages and some backstory at times in her little blurbs below, which offer more insight. Again, I suck at descriptions, but give it a try! I DEMAND IT 8D [note: it has some nudity and profanity, but then again, so does d*s... lol] Current Incentive: Was listening to a Warpaint playlist on YT and felt like drawing Andre/Vix stuff... based the pose on this picture of Emily and Nolan from Revenge [i'm addicted to this show @_@]... what I didn't notice until further into the picture was how good I'd drawn it LOL. Shows you how often I zoom in all the way...

chapter 7: page 27

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:42:51 +0000

I am sure no one is surprised by this development :'D BUT PRETEND YOU ARE, OKAY. GUYS, thanks so much for all the well wishes about the baby =D I tried to respond to you all but I got really overwhelmed! You guys are awesome -- maybe a little too awesome! [*whisper* or a little too raph...] I will of course share photos of the baby when the time comes, since a lot of you seemed interested :'D Also a few of you suggested that I make you guys a d*s meme to play with... seems like a fun idea. I need to figure out how to make a writing one and an art one tho. I am sure not all of you draw, so having a written one would let everyone interested join in. XD I honestly had a lot I wanted to talk about today, but I can't remember it now! I had to get more of that damn mole removed, so I'm dealing with that head throbbing again this week, only worse cos, they had to go deeper and wider to get everything! It looks really gross... lol [also they shaved some of my head!] Also, I can't take anything stronger than Tylenol cos of the baby. *glowers @ stomach* My whining aside, I signed up to do a sort of round robin of comic promotion for my webcomic collective... This week, I am plugging War Of Winds by the awesome Kez. I planned to write up a nice little summary for it, but I never got around to it e__e; [can i blame the hole in my head?] In a nutshell though, it's a ridiculously epic fantasy story [like seriously, it spans over several hundred/thousand? years] that has a lot of cool lore. I only got to read a few chapters before my phone died, and have been reading a few pages before bed, so I clearly I can't offer a great summary for you yet aside from that. Thankfully Kez has actually offered one of her own, which clearly is way better than I would have gone with: The War of Winds is an epic fantasy about a young man named Talon who takes a flat, blue-steeled ring from a dying woman's hand. He finds himself granted near immortality from mortal wounds, while at the same time, he is dying faster than ever. Talon quickly finds himself on the run, hunted by a mythical race of half-human, half-beasts called the "Ayenroki," who claim guardianship of what he took. Can Talon find an ally and save himself before time-and fate-catches up with him? I should probably give the heads up that she's been working on this comic for yeaaaars, so the early art is a little shakey compared to her polished current artwork. [it's actually crazy how much she's improved @_@!] ANYWAY CHECK IT OUT YARRR Oh god I think there was something else I needed to talk about... brain not working. Wtf... I'll probably remember after I post this... ._.;;; Current Incentive: Wasn't sure what to draw for this week, so I asked a friend what I should draw. He said "bacon"... somehow, my sleep deprived brain decided this was the most logical interpretation of suck a prompt. I'm sorry, I-... I don't even...

chapter 7: page 26

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:17:40 +0000

If you are unsure if this development is creepy or hot, I can assure you, either reaction is probably okay. First off, I got a giftart of a real pretty Vix by my buddy, Holly. Give her some love and check out the rest of her gallery! Anddd umm... soo... I mentioned on facebook I had an announcement. So yeah, I've got some good news and sort of bad news. First off, you may have noticed a trend lately, of me complaining about being really tired, and also pretty busy with life stuff [aside from the stitches thing lol, those are out now btw :)]. I've been wondering how to mention it for a while, but I guess it's easier to just say it! In about 6 months, I'm going to be having a baby girl :D! Clearly, this is the good news. xD I think you can guess the bad news... d*s will take a hiatus around the baby popping time. While this sucks pretty badly, upside to this is that I fully intend to continue posting until I literally can't anymore, as has always been my way. :'D This might mean I have to switch to laptop setup as I get further along [which in my head seems very awkward, but i'll figure it the hell out, dammit]. I am hoping not to miss any updates during the pregnancy, but obviously there may be some spotty updates along the way due to unforeseen circumstances. Also, as I said, I will have to take a hiatus when the baby is born. I am not entirely sure how long it will be -- however long it takes me to get into a routine with having a baby, I guess. But!! I will definitely be back to continue d*s once I find my stride. I refuse to let it go unfinished. You guys don't even know how resolute I am in this, seriously. d*s is like my first baby, as dumb as that sounds, and the idea of it never being completed literally makes me want to puke 8D And really, I've always really hated webcomics that were discontinued/canceled, and have always sworn I would never let that happen to mine. I might be slow, but dammit, I get the job done!! ...eventually! LOL. Anyway, I've been told by my SF buddies that a good thing to do during the hiatus is try doing the whole guest strip thing, having art contests that you guys can participate in, or posting d*s sketches I do from time to time and what not. If you guys have any ideas, lemme know! I wanna try to keep in touch with you guys too, even while I'm not able to update, so I will be trying to keep in touch thru FB, twitter, and the comment system here :) Anyway, we still have until August to continue enjoying the story... so there's time to come up with ideas xD Side note, because my baby is apparently awesome. Current Incentive: Quick sketch I threw colour and texture onto. I kinda wish I had been able to spend more time on it, but I only had about 2 hours to work on it before I was done arting for the night, so this is what you get! It is inspired by this song [very pretty video as well, great movie :)] and this photograph... [go look at that shit, it's awesome! ribbon porn lover's dream come true, ngl]

chapter 7: page 25

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:25:12 +0000

HE KNOWS WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMERRRRR /lamejoke Seriously tho, this page took forever to figure out ._.; I am not good with action still lol. In other news, my head is feeling better...not in pain anymore, just ITCHYYYY so itchyyy... I have another week of this before they take out the stitchesssssfffuuuu... Sigh. :c Current Incentive: This week's vote bait is Vix and Katsumi [from bedlam genesis] ribbon porning together. Sister piece to the picture I talked about last update :) I did it on paper and then edited the crap out of it in photoshop [cos i don't have enough colours to do the shading i wanted ._.;] ...you can see the unedited version here if you want, probably easier to see the charas haha...

chapter 7: page 24

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:15:29 +0000

PERSONAL SPACE WARNING, BZZT BZZT. [also...that 'oh god' is supposed to be one thought, not like a pause between the words xD...it just looked strange in one word bubble for some reason...] So this page took forever to prep today [part of why this page is posted later than normal]... I had a creepy looking mole removed from my scalp [they called today and said they were pretty sure it was not malignant, but he was sending it off to another lab for be sure cos the roots were questionable], and all day it was just pounndddinngg awaaay. So I was having a lot of trouble keeping focus on my art lol... [it's throbbing away as we speak...will self medicate soon so i can sleep thru it @_@] In other news, I wanted to thank the lot of you for all the comments I get on these pages. Some of them are funny, some of them are cute, and some of them are really good critiques! You guys seriously make me feel loved. I am so glad I put the comment system in :) In other, OTHER news, I got a pretty badass giftart from my buddy Kat... it's Vix and her own character, Katsumi, from her Bedlam Genesis webcomic

chapter 7: page 23

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:27:16 +0000

If looks could kill xD;;;... poor Vix. If people were unaware, d*s is part of a webcomic collective called Spider Forest! We just accepted some new comics, so I thought I'd give them some linkage... unfortunately I suck at summaries so please give them a chance despite my fail 8D; Dark White - Pretty art and Fantasy setting. Very new so a quick read :) Gods of the Game - Something for you D&D players. :D Also relatively quick read. Spine - Cool art style, kind of an actiony/sci fi type story. I'd say maybe more adult, mostly cos of the violent first chapter. [then again, if you are reading d*s, maybe you like bloody stuff!] Ley Lines - Not sure if anyone read Shades of Gray back in the day, but this is by the same artist/writer! Check it ouuttt. Footloose - I still haven't gotten thru all of this comic...the archive is pretty long~ There's a lot of unhumany stuff in here, too! Silent Pirate - Super adorable comic. The title pretty much says everything you need to know about this comic :) Lasalle's Legacy - Haven't had a chance to read thru this one entirely yet [it was a later entry] but I gather it's got pirates and action and probably some loooove in there too. Also the art is pretty cute. That's all of'em! Current Incentive: YET AGAIN, BUSY. So I went thru some of my old art and threw it together. Most of this is probably 2003-2006...and I am pretty sure most of this isn't on my DA, so umm...hopefully it's new for you =D??

chapter 7: page 22

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:42:09 +0000

HMM, WHO DAT. And why did she get Kou's panties in a twist? 8D [if you've watched my DA for a long time, you may recognize her...] d*s got a pretty sweet review this week over at Tangents Reviews, so check it out, if that sorta thing tickles your fancy. ;D [i made that suggestive, and i don't know why] In comic related news, I am starting to realize chapter 7 is going to be a monster, page count wise. This is because I combined two chapters from the novel into one, but the splitting point was a little awkward [about when vix looked up to see Andre last page lol]... oh well! That doesn't matter, right...? lol... Current Incentive: Busy again this week, but I did manage to sketch some stuff on the back of a flyer during a class this week [instead of paying attention 8D] using a ballpoint pen. I coloured one of the Vix's and a Dahlia a bit in photoshop as well, just for shits and giggles. :)

chapter 7: page 21

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:10:34 +0000

A few ppl have pointed out this place is too clean. So I added some debris and stuff [tho you can't really see it in the bathroom on this page haha...there is graffiti in there too but none of it is in this line of sight...] Some giftart stuff: Response to the current pages by my friend Matt, who really needs an art site lol. last panel sort of killed me lmao Cute lonely looking Vixie by my buddy Taylor... [don't you jsut wanna give her a hug in this art :c???] This links to her tumblr, so check out her other stuff, tho be warned, some of her artwork is nsfw. I've had a pretty busy week. I haven't managed to even finish this weeks page quota @_@ Hoping I can catch up this weekend, since we're gonna be staying home for once...wish me luck, guys!! Current Incentive: as mentioned, had a relatively hectic week, had no time for extra artwork :( but feel free to vote again if you like Well I scanned two arts I showed wips of before, but my scanner raped them horribly... everything was completely washed out, no matter what settings I tried. T_T Did my best to rescue them with photoshop. Sad to say they look better like this than they did before. Oh well... I guess I will stick to photoshop from now on lol.

chapter 7: page 20

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:09:06 +0000

I think I'd bolt for the door if I saw someone in robber mode like this lmao. Not much to say this update...I just ate a huge dinner so I'm completely right now. Current Incentive: Well I scanned two arts I showed wips of before, but my scanner raped them horribly... everything was completely washed out, no matter what settings I tried. T_T Did my best to rescue them with photoshop. Sad to say they look better like this than they did before. Oh well... I guess I will stick to photoshop from now on lol.

chapter 7: page 19

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:33:22 +0000

Gurl, brush that nappy ass hair 8D New fanart! Vix as a Succubus! by Kat [she draws me so much awesome art!! @__@] Would also like to plug a webcomic that I've been reading for a while but only just got around to adding to my links page! Spare Keys for Strange Doors is a story about two paranormal detectives who, well...solve paranormal problems! It's a really fun read, and so far has focused on the subjects of investigation rather than the duo themselves. In other news, if you don't check the d*s facebook page, you might have missed that I've updated the d*s playlist, as well as the drama with my dying tablet [it's better now, but there are some cool pics of the tablet's innards! haha]... so have a peek at it if interested. O_o? Current Incentive: I didn't have anything prepped for today so I grabbed an old pchat and started doing a paint over... it turned very pink and shiny... Idk if I will ever finish it or not xD;; I pasted the original pic to the side for comparison.

chapter 7: page 18

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:46:29 +0000

About now, I am sure Kou is totally convinced it's lady issues. :'D The Panthera cast is actually on this page again, sort of [their backs count? LOL] as well as my friend's charas, Mirah and Demi :) [demi will actually play a part later in the comic -- look forward to it!] In other news, I haven't updated my fanart page in ages..I really need to get on that! But I got some art of a chibi Vix this week by Varethane, who does the webcomic Chirault... AND!! I am not sure I ever linked this artwork of Vix by Kat, cos she posted it around my honeymoon break... if I did link it, well, enjoy it again xD? In other OTHER news, I added two new comics to the links section... first is Utopiates, which is a comic where there are these crazy drugs that basically give you new personalities. It's relatively new so there's not a huge lot of main storyline in it yet, but it's promising and the art is pretty badass. If you've ever seen Broken Saints [which i highly doubt ._.], please tell me I am not alone in feeling nostalgic when I read this comic :P Second is Karnellium -- I actually have no idea what this is about yet, it's only a few pages long so far, but the art is really pretty! I am really hoping it keeps going :) Umm! That's it, I think. Lots of linkage this update...haha. :) Current Incentive: A pic I started on New Years Eve. I took this pic with my phone so the whole thing is a little wobbly looking lol. This also reminds me I need to finish the other pic of these two... eventually xD;;

chapter 7: page 17

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:26:40 +0000

*whisper* Vix...Vix, it's ok, I have a tampon. *passing to her slyly* Vix: 8| .... Okay, so I forgot to mention that there were some cameos in the page last week, including Cabal from The Only Half Saga and Kas & Blue from The Revolution... In THIS page, we have the main cast from my fave webcomic, Panthera, hopefully on a day off and not a mission XD Anyway, see you guys next week, in 2012 :) Current Incentive: Happy New Year! :)

chapter 7: page 16

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:13:00 +0000

Sometimes you have to wonder if Rylie uses strange English just to get a reaction... Also, because they are tiny, have some close ups of the panels one and two. R.Peen Dog....I think I love you. Also, something extra on the forums, just cos I was bored. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend =D Happy Holidays, guys! Current Incentive: Instead of Xmas art, and in honour of SW:TOR, this Christmas I give you Vix as a Jedi.

chapter 7: page 15

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:37:22 +0000

I debated whether or not to make R. Peen the stuffed animal Vix wins in this scene [it wasn't him in the novel version]... but in the end I couldn't resist lmao. [also, i hope you get a kick out of kou's reaction, kyrie. ilyml.] Apparently I am going to be playing SWTOR tomorrow. I don't really know much about it, but J really wants me to play it lol. I won't let it take over my time tho. Gaming almost wrecked my hand, so I'll prob end up really casual about it this time around...but maybe next week I'll draw the charas all Star Warsy, if ppl like the idea lol... ...Or maybe just an Xmas pic. *just noticed the date* Where did 2011 go O_o;? Current Incentive: Spent most of my week rescripting a scene that's coming up, cos I realized I freaking hated it, so I didn't get to do any extra art this week. I just sat down and pooped this out in a half hour. If anyone knows about turntable.fm, you'll probably get a kick out of it? I always thought of this avatar as the 'apple girl' so I might finish this pic later and...idk, put apples on it. lol *headdesk*

chapter 7: page 14

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:06:42 +0000

In case anyone is curious, I imagine Rylie was the provider for the wig lol. Also, again, I wanted to thank everyone for the votes last week. I think I was in the top ten for quite a while :) hopefully it pulled in some new people...? Don't be scared to speak up in the comments if you're new :D ANYWAY! I got a few arts this week from Kat, writer/artist of Bedlam Genesis~ A joke comic for page12 [i was seriously dying @ this one] and Sexy pinup of Rylie *NSFW!!!* [direct link for those without a DA account, since it is mature filtered] Enjoy 8D Current Incentive: Close up of Vix and the human gang...cos I liked this pic and it's kinda small in the actual page. Also wips of those posters from before...

chapter 7: page 13

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:12:29 +0000

If you missed it, I updated on Tuesday as well. Go back and read that page first :) Also, I have to admit, I totally traced the bottom landscape from a photo and eyedropped a lot of colours off of it lmao. [for the curious, the photo is here] I was a dirty cheater for it and I'd feel like a liar for not mentioning it... so there it is lmao. Anyway, I based this place off the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, which is the only place I've been that really fit what I had in mind for this part of the comic, and I have a decent amount of ref photos from our visit lol... but for the sake of ambiguity, let's assume that this isn't actually the Santa Cruz Boardwalk... which is my way of saying that I never gave much thought to a real life city for d*s to take place lol... 8D;; Current Incentive: [same as tuesday update, in case some ppl missed it.] something i started doodling at work on black friday lol... initially it was going to be perverted [if it's not obvious] but then it turned into this creepy thing... but yeah, it's not finished yet. this is sort of like the 'flat colours' stage..i still need to shade it xD;

chapter 7: page 12

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:45:06 +0000

Vix is used to getting her way lol. Spoiled brat 8D Tbh the top few panels are the only reason I kept this scene intact the way it is. I'm all for the fanservice, so long as there is a punchline somewhere 8D Anyway, if you missed it on Twitter/fb, apologies for not getting around to posting on Saturday like I had hoped to. I was pretty exhausted from the holidays lol. Me and J went to see his parents and we slept on an air mattress for 3 days ... then drove back home [7~hour drive] so i could work a 9 hour shift on black friday. 8( that p much wiped me out so i slept most of saturday haha...and then sunday, me and J just hung out. I figure hanging out with your awesome husband is a decent enough excuse right? :) I hope you guys had a more restful thanksgiving! :'D Current Incentive: something i started doodling at work on black friday lol... initially it was going to be perverted [if it's not obvious] but then it turned into this creepy thing... but yeah, it's not finished yet. this is sort of like the 'flat colours' stage..i still need to shade it xD;

chapter 7: page 11

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:24:32 +0000

WHO ANSWERS THE DOOR LIKE THIS fdsjkf lmao... well apparently Kou does, I guess. *mike nelson voice* ..llllllladies. I hope you guys noticed the post on my twitter widget [to the right!] about today's update being a little later. I hadn't realized it was already 'post day' and I had to go to work...didn't get home til really... But better late than never :) SPEAKING OF 8D;;;;;; Heads up!! I'll be out of town for TG, so I might be posting on Saturday next week instead of the normal Thursday night postingggsss. FORGIVE ME, IT'S THEM HOLIDAYS MESSIN' ME UP D8 Current Incentive: Some wips for posters! One is for you Kix lovers and the other is dreamscape-y and probably more for the fellas [and certain ladies lol]... any opinions on the mirrored idea are welcome xD

chapter 7: page 10

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:47:27 +0000

I had a little too much fun with these pages, teasing Rylie thru Vix lol. Anyway, not much else to say! I've been working everyday this week and that always messes up my art schedule, so I barely even worked on a page this week...tho it doesn't help that the last page I was working on just deleted thanks to a power outage corrupting the file 9_9; [i've already made up for that loss tho...thankfully lol..just sucks to have such a set back 9_9] That said, I haven't updated the vote incentive this week, but feel free to vote anyway...even tho it sucks e_e; Current Incentive: Same as last week: the WIP of future page & the Twilight WIP 9_9

chapter 7: page 9

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:41:32 +0000

Lol poor Rylie. xD; She was only trying to help... So I'm back! Clearly... xD Had A LOT of fun on the honeymoon and visiting family :) I don't really have a lot of pics tho, we kept forgetting our camera xD;; We did get some fun space mountain pics tho. I will have to bug my friend to scan them. xD ...I did also manage to get sick, but thankfully it was the last 2 days... and now J is now sick too. No one to take care of us but the cats xD [they are doing a good job!] Anyway, I didn't actually really draw AT ALL this trip. @_@ Like I sketched Catwoman during one of my sick days whilst watching Kent play Arkham City, and I finished a pic for my Aunt-in-law [is that a real term?], but other than that, nothing. ._.;;; I feel so unproductive. Lol... Oh well, back home now, back to d*s :) Current Incentive: Like I said, didn't draw much on the vaca, so here is a clip of a thumbnail sketch for a future page, and a WIP I scanned of the pic for my Aunt[-in-law]...she's a big fan of the Twilight series, so I told her I'd draw Edward and Bella for her since she watched our cats while we were in FL. I tried to add in all the book covers into it, which was hard... lol. I don't think either of them really look like the actors but oh well...

chapter 7: page 8

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:13:57 +0000

First and foremost, I'd like to apologize to any guys or tomboyish gals reading this page, it's a little....girly...? lol Second, I'd like to apologize to EVERYONE because there will be no update next week!!!... due to delayed honeymoon. FINALLY GOING gfufufsufiafak excitement. I kind of forgot to mention it last week [tho i did bring it up a couple weeks before that lol?] ...but i also didn't realize it was already so close @_@; Yikes. Sorry for the short warning guys. In other news, I updated the d*s playlist again this week: Love Can Kill You by BT [something upbeat but warning] Memories by Eisley [something pretty & wistful] The Heretic by The Sound of Animals Fighting [something downbeat & a little creepy] Three pretty different songs that all fit d*s for me...lol. One day someone is going to listen to my whole playlist and somehow figure out the plot to d*s just thru the music. [too bad they are all out of order tho haha..] Current Incentive: I SUCK, I didn't have the brain power this week to work on another FAQ. ._. Instead is a tutorial I screenshotted a few months ago and just threw together today. it's a walkthru of how I did page 9 of this chapter, so it doubles as a sneak peak into the next page. Looking at it now, i realize i forgot to show how I do the panels and word bubbles...if anyone is curious I will add it in later and repost this on da lol.

chapter 7: page 7

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:32:59 +0000

Apparently my weapon of choice for awesome chicks wearing headbands is lip gloss brushes... Tristen did it in the old hime comic too... morbid link there, if anyone is daring enough to see some old art lol [tho that page isn't too bad actually]. I updated the d*s playlist with Cat Power [suggested by a reader for page 6 of this chapter] and Oi Va Voi :D Check them out when you get a chance :) Current Incentive: Same as last week...busy day, didn't really get a chance to work on anything lol. Feel free to vote again and lol @ Kou's dancing... rec listening to this remix of billie jean tho.

chapter 7: page 6

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:08:24 +0000

Oh Vix...always making faces. If you missed it on the d*s facebook, I updated the d*s playlist... mostly downbeat stuff I guess. >>; sorry?! lol Also, thanks again to people who've donated :3 I feel like I should send you guys something LOL. I'll have to ask around and see how the donation artworks/wallpapers etc work... so you guys can get something out of it xD Current Incentive: Only had a chance to do one question for the chara faq before work lol. I'll try to do more than 1 next week. xD

chapter 7: page 5

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:18:33 +0000

I missed drawing Julie [vix's foster mama], like ridiculously so xD; Looking forward to more scenes with her again @_@ sigh. Also ..sorry I didn't do chara questions this week. I collected all the questions and was planning to work on a round of them after I finished prepping this page, but this page took a serious amount of retouching, art and dialogue wise...@_@;; it was already 5 before I was done with that, and I ended up with a huge headache. I tried to doodle some chara FAQs still, but my head was hurting too much to think of anything interesting or amusing, so I'll try for it next week instead xD; Gonna go take a nap...think the lack of sleep this week might be part of why I am feeling bad lol. Current Incentive: Seeing as I spent most of the day/week working on comic related stuff and commissions, I didn't really get a chance to draw anything else... so I went thru some of my old art and threw a bunch into this... a lot of doodles, some mini comic stuff etc...sorry, this one kinda blows I guess lol. :( I made sure they were all d*s related tho.

chapter 7: page 4

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:07:44 +0000

FYI, those are PJ shorts she has on in the bottom of the page, not undies haha. [that would be awkward...] Not much to say, atm, kind of in a rush! Current Incentive: Buncha wips and doodles... I need to do another character interview/FAQ thing...feel free to ask questions @ my charas in the comments and I will use my faves for next vote bait xD [examples: #1, #2, #3.]

chapter 7: page 3

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:42:29 +0000

Weird page is weird. Been getting back into anime lately, thanks to Jeni... we're watching Hanasaku Iroha, which is ..idk, kinda slice of life-ish and cute, and then also Tiger&Bunny, which is about ppl starting to be born with special powers, and some of them decide to be superheroes...which is then broadcast on live tv lol. It's really funny. Maybe I'll do the charas dressed up as them for the halloween art this year... Anyway, I wanna say thanks to the ppl who have donated so far =D [big thanks to the one who gave 20$! was not expecting that!] I didn't think the button would used at all, so I really appreciate it xD Current Incentive: Asked for some prompt words of a chatroom earlier and so this is the mashup of the three words I was given... not sure what to make of it, honestly. 8D;

chapter 7: page 2

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:03:29 +0000

Rylie

chapter 7: blindness

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:41:34 +0000

NEW CHAPTER!! NEW VOLUME!! And also... new layout =D New stuff! Comment System! Because people have wanted it since forever... Lol. You can find the comment system below the news here... when you click the "# Comments" button, it will load up the comment app, which is run by Disqus. So those of you who avoid signing up for forums can have a voice now too :) Sidebar! Completely new. :D It has buttons for where to find d*s related things, including the rss [previously hidden at the bottom of the page lol], Deviantart Group, facebook page, etc etc... You'll also find the vote incentive button is going to be over there now [tho i am not 100% on this yet], as well as a button for the underused d*s store, a new project wonderful adspace and also... a donate button, since people have actually asked me how they can donate. xD THE OBVIOUS! The main page now has the comic on it... lol. :'D Hmm, that might be all...but it's a pretty big deal to me XD Anyway, I've updated the layout section of the About page, and tweaked a few other ones so they point to places like the DA group for fanart, or the YT playlist, etc etc. Oh, also, the song for this chapter is named for is 'Blindness' by Metric... great song :) Current Incentive: While I *do* have some actual d*s related things in my sketchbook I could scan, I am a lazy bum and will not be scanning them today. Mostly I spent today picking at the layout and making sure I updated stuff [i am sure things were forgotten anyway]... so yeah, aside from comic stuff and this commission, I haven't gotten much art done. So this vote incentive is a not-so-stellar WIP of a commission I am finally picking up again after weeks of sitting on my hard drive untouched. :( /londwindedrant[?]

chapter 6: page 32

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:18:01 +0000

Early, early post! Not gonna be around tonight to update, so figured I'd post it early :'D Everyone likes early posts, right...? LOL BUT YES! Chapter 6 ends! This also concludes Vol 1 of d*s! ...finally :P Sadly, I haven't finished the edits for vol1 yet, so I guess the print version of d*s will be a while :( ... sorryisuck. Btw, the song Vix has on her player on this page is 'Lovely Head' by Goldfrapp ... I kinda of imagine it from 3:00 on for the scene, tho in actuality the lyrics listed start at 2:05~ish. :P Also, Josh has pretty much finished the new layout, and I would like to post it by tuesday...but he still has some details to finish [which he's put off for over a week now, grrr!], but look forward to that, I suppose?! ALSO also.... it's still a couple months away, but I'll be going on my honeymoon [finally :P!] toward the end of Oct, so there will be a missed update or two around then... I'll keep you posted. :) Current Incentive: I haven't really had much time to work on art this week, so here's a couple thumbnails for pages from chapter 7, wherein the characters get a little break from angst and drama to have some fun xD [beware: my thumbnails aren't as pretty as the finished work lol] next update: fri, sept 2 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store || facebook

chapter 6: page 31

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:02:37 +0000

The stranger greets Vix... If you don't check my facebook page, you might not be aware that I have started up a twitter account for the comic, as well as general art stuff as well prob, eventually... Also, I found my old formspring account. If you don't know what that is, it's basically a place where you ask me a question and I'll answer it. So fire away XD Also also, everyone please send some mind bullets at my husband, telling him to complete the new layout faster. :P Current Incentive: Since the comic is nearing the end of volume one, I figured now would be a good time to dig up the old doodles I did in the notebook where I originally wrote this story! So have a look at the old art, side by side comparisons, and some insights to a few differences between the two formats. :D next update: fri, aug 26 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store || facebook

chapter 6: page 30

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:17:55 +0000

Vix finds that she is no longer alone... Updated character section ... for what it's worth. Lmao. ._. Also, new layout incoming :) Why? Because volume 1 is nearing completion! ;) if you want, you can check the forums for more info about the changes... Current Incentive: Clip of a commission I am working on @ 100% size xD; I figure they look kinda like Vix and Jo, so people might like to pretend?!?! XDD [perverted ppl..like me. ._.] This will be on my deviantart later, probably... also I was totally listening to this song while working on this lol. next update: fri, aug 19 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store || facebook

chapter 6: page 29

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:25:37 +0000

Vix begins to hear things... never a good sign. xD Also, yes...early post today. I managed to hurt my wrist this morning by being a clumsy idiot, so need to give it a little rest for the rest of the night. 9_9 Current Incentive: A close up on the layout pic I posted on facebook the other day, as well as a little comic based on a RL event 8DDDD ...starring me, J, and one of our cats. And Jean Luc Picard. Kind of. next update: fri, aug 12 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store || facebook

chapter 6: page 28

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:00:49 +0000

Vix takes in her surroundings... I forgot to upload a thumbnail for it, but I got a cute fanart this week! You can see it on the artist's deviantart page. It's a Kix pic~!! :3 Current Incentive: I realized last minute I didn't have anything ready for vote bait, so I rushed to finish this art trade I been picking at off and on this week ... it's the girl's characters in Silent Hill lol. I p much listened to Hometown on repeat for 2 hours as I finished it xD [btw, that's the radio he's holding lol...] next update: fri, aug 5 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store || facebook

chapter 6: page 27

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:47:57 +0000

Vix seems to have some trouble with this development... If you missed it last week, THERE WAS AN EXTRA UPDATE THIS WEEK! If so, go back a page :) Also, again, if you missed it, I started a Facebook Page for d*s, which I will use to post about updates, wips for pages or other d*s related art, etc... Also it's another way to be heard if you aren't up for signing up on my forums. Also, if you don't have a facebook, I think I've left everything public, so you can probably still browse it. :) Current Incentive: Just sharing the page I am currently working on... I LOVE DRAWING RYLIE, so I've been having a total blast working on the current scene I'm doing xD next update: fri, july 29 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store || facebook

chapter 6: page 26

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:21:04 +0000

Things get trippy 8D I started a Facebook Page for d*s. Feel free to like it and look around...I posted some old vote incentives and artwork I had laying around on my harddrive, as well as some stuff I don't think I had posted publically before... most of it is old tho, haha... I'll try to post wip sketches there or something as well, while I am working :) Current Incentive: [same as last friday, but feel free to vote again :)] Have you ever wondered what it would look like if I drew with my left hand? Well, here you go... lmao. [ngl, i am actually surprised this came out so well, but it did take me more than 4x as long to do it as it normally would have... ] next update: fri, july 22 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store || facebook

chapter 6: page 25

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:33:55 +0000

Vix is left alone with her thoughts again... I intend to post an extra update on Tuesday!! Please don't miss it =) I'll mention it next Friday as well in case some of you forget ;) Also, the music on her cd player for this page is Utopia by Goldfrapp, which is featured in the d*s playlist :) Also, forgot to post it last week, but new fanart: -- Vix and her dream twin [she is introduced soon enough xD]~ looking amaaazing in the dreamscape! [also introduced soon :)] By shotakat@da!! Current Incentive: Have you ever wondered what it would look like if I drew with my left hand? Well, here you go... lmao. [ngl, i am actually surprised this came out so well, but it did take me more than 4x as long to do it as it normally would have... ] next update: TUESDAY!! july 19 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 24

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:38:17 +0000

Vix starts to lose it. 8D; Current Incentive: Kou & Vix as chibis, wherein Vix acts like a damsel and Kou apparently is suddenly Freak Nasty. Just something I doodled at work recently :) next update: fri, july 15 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 23

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:40:27 +0000

Arianna stumbles upon the scene. Current Incentive: Remake of a kinda weirdo older pic I did lol...this remake is also months old ._.; I had planned to use this for the vol 1 extras but the more I worked on it, the less I felt like it would really be a reward to anyone for buying the book LMAO... also I don't like how it came out, which is why it remains unfinished xD; next update: fri, july 8 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 22

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:13:49 +0000

Well, that doesn't seem very comfortable... + Added a new comic to the links section. I been meaning to add this since she started the comic a few weeks ago but I'm a lazy bum and also have a jellyfish brain...so I kept forgetting. Her comic is just starting out, so go check it out :) Current Incentive: Something I drew on the back of my new sketchbook and then shined up a bit in photoshop... I am thinking of using this concept for the next d*s layout. next update: fri, july 1 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 21

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:52:51 +0000

Vix starts to feel the effects... For those of you on DeviantArt, I started a d*s group there where you can find p much all the fanarts I've gotten and I guess other stuff to come? Idk... I'd been prodded to start one a few times and just figured why not. Next I need to make one on FB lol... but not sure how. I'll figure it out someday 8D; Current Incentive: VAGUELY NSFW Due to boobies. Otherwise it is okay, I think lol. This is Rylie and Kou being angsty/lovie to the song Skinny Love... I intend to colour this more for vol1 of d*s xD next update: fri, june 24 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 20

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:36:04 +0000

Someone pays Vix a visit [aunt flo jokes appreciated] ... + Updated Characters Section with a few new charas and a few updated portraits. + New Fanart: -- More giftart from shotakat@da... she's trying to make me die of joy by drawing me so much fanart, esp with these two on top of it all... @_@ VAGUELY NSFW? Nothing is showing cept a butt... nevertheless, prob best not to click if your boss is looking over your shoulder :) Current Incentive: Thank you scanner for finally allowing me to scan this old pic lol...I started this thing over a year ago and the inks for it were an incentive sometime last year [but can't recall when]...well in any case, here it is now, all finished, cept for some tweaks I'd like to do to it. This chara is introduced later this chapter ;) next update: fri, june 17 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 19

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:22:42 +0000

Someone pays Vix a visit [aunt flo jokes appreciated] ... + Updated the d*s playlist... +Updated Fanart: -- Giftart from iceeking@da... Vix probably said something whiney again... but at least she gets her payback!! 8D -- Giftart from shotakat@da... two year ani, YESSsssuh! Vix has delicious BLOODBERRY cake. Current Incentive: I finally got a new scanner, so I scanned like 20 pics...but this is just one of them. People on DA have been talking about how they love the Kou/Vix pairing [my fave is kou/rylie haha...am i allowed to ship my own charas..?], so I tossed some quick photoshop colours on this old sketch. BE APPEASED, KIX SHIPPERS. [lyrics in the picture are crystal method.] next update: fri, june 10 forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 18

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:08:19 +0000

...aaaand she chickens out. Vix is listening to Goldfrapp in the last panels there. Nomnomnom. Speaking of music, I added more stuff to the playlist there, and also went thru and added descriptions to each vid via the playulist note system they added~ Yayyyyyffffwggj Anyway! A few things! 1 -- d*s has it's two year aniversary as a webcomic on saturday! hurray!! 2 -- I've begun revamping the first few chapters of d*s for print. YEAHH PRINT you heard meeee 3 -- Gonna have a fanart section in the book...so look forward to me bugging people to make me sexay arts [tho i might use some of the ones already given~] 4 -- I might be at Fanime on Saturday wandering around. GL TRYING TO FIND ME LOL..tho I might not, cos I am hella sick right now :c 5 -- Also a litttlleeee doped up on meds due to said sickness...I may not recall writing all of this tomorow Current Incentive: paintchat stuff with my buddy taylor [i'm in green lol] and some random person, as well as a few clips of the pages i've been revamping for the print of vol 1... Gonna go pass out now!

chapter 6: page 17

Thu, 19 May 2011 21:09:34 +0000

Vix doesn't get the answer she was hoping for... About to start preparing d*s: vol 1 for print...I'm scurd D: Also I edited the last few pages a bit...they needed touching up since I was in a hurry the past few weeks when posting LOL. [not that anyone will know the differences ._.] Current Incentive: Picking at some extra content for volume one of d*s! The first one is a pic from a while ago that I am gonna paint over. The other two are remakes of old pics...if you remember the old ones, kudos XD! And the comic is an andre/vix one I am mucking around with but might not end up using if I can't get it to come out right lol... next update: fri, may 27th forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 16

Thu, 12 May 2011 23:02:38 +0000

Vix chews Arianna out a bit... Current Incentive: A peek at a new character from a later page, and a couple commission sketches I did today. next update: fri may 20th forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 15

Thu, 05 May 2011 14:26:06 +0000

Arianna drops the ball 8D; AND WE'RE BACK XDD Man it seems like it's been longer than one week of updates that I missed! @_@ The wedding went without a problem [unless you count me being awful sick the night before! LOL]. I had a freakin' blast. Unfortunately the only good photo of the two of us is hella blurry =( ... thankfully we'll have pro pictures in a while xD; Anyway, yeah! Back on schedule 8DD And I'm nearly done with chapter 6, page count wise..then I can start working on some extra content/fixing older pages for the book!! 8DDD Any suggestions for extra content are totally welcome. I think people have said I could sign the books or do doodles I guess to stick into them?? Idk... lol. I need to get J to tell me how we do this printing stuff. I'd rather him deal with it for me so I can concentrate on the content xD Current Incentive: Trying to redesign Vix's old dress... since it makes an appearance in the next chapter. next update: fri may 13th [oh shit!] forums || deviantart || [ghetto] d*s store

chapter 6: page 14

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:27:07 +0000

Vix sees a familiar face...? OKAY sfhkasdf WEDDING HIATUS D8...*freaksout* I'm not even gonna try to say anything coherent here cos I am pretty flustered right now LOL. But yeah, no update next week, seeing as I will be kind of preoccupied 8D; I will try to update the following week but if not then...I'll try to post maybe the following Tuesday [may 10th]... Sorry >< Maybe I will post my most embarrassing wedding photo afterward to make up for it 8D [i know there will be a few...] Current Incentive: The thumbnail sketch for the next page, since there is such a long break xD;; feel free to make up joke dialogue. next update: fri ...may 6th? [hopefully...] forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 13

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:37:37 +0000

Arianna seems to be in for an unpleasant surprise... GUYS I HAVE DECIDED I will take a break in updates after next week's update. I was going to stop this week, but I don't want to pause it at this sort of cliff hanger. But yeah, family and friends are going to start trickling in for my wedding [only 2 weeks to go, ohgod], so I won't be able to update @_@ I will talk more about this next week, I am currently in a hurry. Also sorry this page is late. Kinda ties in with what I am saying here lol [having ppl over...frantically cleaning the place up... ._.;] Current Incentive: A clip from smack dab in the middle of a later page. Looks like something really has Vix weirded out, huh? [you'll find out eventually~ ;)] next update: fri - april 22nd forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 12

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:17:57 +0000

i apologize for this page ... it is one that works better when read thru in one sitting :( new songs in the d*s playlist btw. matchbook romance, planet funk and the glitch mob. Current Incentive: i did a looot of chores today so i didn't get much art time in..i picked at a commission a little so here is part of it lol next update: fri - april 15th forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 11

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:45:50 +0000

I considered doing an April Fool's page, but I figure I make you guys wait long enough for new pages each week as it is. Also, I suck at pranks. Maybe I'll try next year, when I'm not bogged down with wedding planning and commissions lol... Also, this isn't an April Fool's joke, but I *will* be pausing my updates at the end of the month due to the wedding/honeymoon stuff...Maybe I'll post 2 pages a week afterward for a couple weeks to make up for it!! I'll give a heads up when I know exactly when I'll take this small break. In other news! If you haven't kept up with it, the d*s playlist has been very busy!! I highly suggest you listen to bullitts dominae, because it's awesome and I really need to draw a picture to it lol. 8D AND! Updated the fanart section finally!! Vix as a Vocaloid! KOUKIII XD adorabley. POSSIBLY nsfw? But only because it's so hiliarious and gross that you'll be laughing really loud and get in trouble with your boss. NSFW-ish. Vix + Kou, blood and sexy tiems. ^ all of the above courtesy of Shotakat@DA from the past month or so~ [yeah i have been neglecting my fanart page for a whileee...] Vix hangin' out with Sienna [tay's chara] by my buddy, taylorzzzz Current Incentive: WIP of Arianna and Vix I started last week, since I don't think I've ever done a pic of the two of them before. Also, every time I'd listen to Daughter by Vienna Teng, I would want to draw them, cos I feel like Ari probably feels that way about Vix... idk when I will finish this pic so I am showing it as is now lol. next update: fri - april 8th forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 10

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:44:28 +0000

Vix makes an observation about the red strings. Current Incentive: just an orgy or random art...some from sketch pages for d*s, random paintchat stuff [not all of it unseen lol], and some from commission stuffs...idk my hand is killin me so i just cp'd stuff together LOL. SORRY, lazy vote bait :((( next update: fri - april 1st [ugh..i suck at a. fools...] forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 9

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:07:26 +0000

Vix officially has a WTF moment. Btw, sorry about the typo on last week's page. It was supposed to say page 8 :P Not 7... lol. [one day i will be able to edit my news posts... lmao] Current Incentive: screenshot of a commission i am working on..there is also a link in the incentive description [above the pic] to a youtube vid of me working on it... next update: fri - mar 25th forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 7

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:59:31 +0000

Vix lets herself worry about some things, understandably so... ._. I still haven't updated the fanart FORGIVE ME. I have a lot of post.... ._. Current Incentive: I felt bad for Kouki [she!kou] from last week's incentive, so I went ahead and did a quick redo of her. Under that are wips from the commissions I am working on currently. :) [btw, lyrics in the kouki pic are 'on the sly' by metric... i love them so hard :(]

chapter 6: page 7

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:01:08 +0000

Vix and Kou arrive back at the inn... UGH UGH UGH i forgot to post the fanart this week. SOMEONE BUG ME ABOUT IT LATER. I did update the FAQ page with a new question about how long d*s is [since everyone and their goat has asked me!] but that's not very interesting...sorry. LOL Also check the forums for me rambling [more like flipping the fuck out] about ch 6 / vol 1 wrapping up! exciting!! Current Incentive: GENDER SWAPS!! Victims in this batch are Lysander, Arianna, Vix and Kou... AKA, Lysendra, Arian, Tex and Kouki!! 8DDDDDDD

chapter 6: page 6

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:30:10 +0000

Kou tries to reassure Vix that she's in good hands and then promptly negates it by making her worry... [he's not very good at this..] I have MORE fanart [yeah i know] to post, but I will do it later this week xD;; I also updated the playlist again but am too lazy to grab the link >_>;;; *flee* Current Incentive: WIP shots of a commission I am working on :) next update: fri - mar 4th forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 5

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:18:59 +0000

Vix realizes what Kou's doing, and is not happy about it. [uh...this sounds perverted...] Updated the d*s music playlist...again. :) More fanart this week!! Vix staring dismally at her new fangs & Lysander is finally proud!!! *...literally dies everytime she sees this lmaooo* by suo of my forums! Vix + Cabal by friend and artist of The Only Half Saga, Denise :) Cabal isn't used to seeing his own kind! And of course Vix is oblivious XD; /pat@her. I updated the links page a bit cos I've been meaning to add TOHS and The Revolution. I finally made a button for Rev and Denise offered me one of her forum sigs XD So thar we gooo. Also I am contemplating making expanded profiles for each character, where there would be spoiler info of what's happened in the comic so far, as well as things like their hobbies or fave music or something?? Idk. Just more in depth xD~ Cos I figure I'll run out of hover-text space eventually anyway... I'll let ya'll know when that is up. Current Incentive: was trying to doodle a reply or something to denise's pic but i failed a lot. this is just a buncha crap for the most part xD; next update: fri - feb 25th forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 4

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:20:21 +0000

Kou finds Vix, much to her dismay. Updated the d*s playlist :) Updated the fanart section with a few I been putting off. Vixie in Lingerie [sort of nsfw?] & vix holding flowers sketch by my buddy, taylorrrrrr Blue + Vix (dreamscape version) by the artist from The Revolution, which is just starting it's third chapter :D Check it outtt! Current Incentive: NSFW past the top two artworks!! WIP dump!! 4 pics here, tho one is from today's page, showing how I touch up a page kind of? I tend to rush thru initially and then come back the day of an update with fresh eyes and fix some of the glaring mistakes :') Also, progress on the elf girl/wolves, progress on the cyber succubus [nsfw] and the beginnings of a siren for my buddy taylor [nsfw]. next update: fri - feb 18th forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 3

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:29:39 +0000

This page features Arianna, doing what she does best. [worrying] And Kou, doing what he does best. [being really rude] If anyone enjoys keeping up with my dream*scar playlist, there is now a thread dedicated to it on the forums. I updated it a few times without mentioning it here, as well as today, so check out the thread when you have a spare moment :) Current Incentive: NSFW!!! side boob and dat ass! Two sketches for a colouring book type deal I am working on with a group of artists. First is a random cyber-succubus thingy which I realized I can't use because it is way too risque LOL. [my bad] Second is just an elf lady with her wolf buddies. next update: fri - feb 11th [j's bday!!] forums || deviantart.

chapter 6: page 2

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:43:18 +0000

chapter 6 opens with product placement for iphone! which is hilarious because i'm still using my beat up old magenta razor. :'D it serves me well... Current Incentive: felt like doodling something gently unsettling and a lot of people thought ch6's cover was unsettling already...soooo here we are, just a little further i suppose. lol. next update: fri - feb 4th forums || deviantart.

chapter 6 cover - "in my bones"

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:46:02 +0000

welcome to chapter 6~ 8D this cover features -- well jee, what is this? lol :'D i had someone ask me what the heck happens in chapter 6... but i'm not tellin' :) in other news, my hand is doing better. still not 100%, but i was able to draw art for my wedding invites, so i am pleased :) prob a week or two more and i'll be able to work on pages again, but ...probably no more WoW for a while, haha. [i'm actually very bummed about that tho...we just started raiding :P] the comic creators alliance is still going on, btw. as i said before, i didn't get to participate, but it's stilla good cause, so give it some attention. :) Current Incentive: a near final draft of my wedding invites. xD there are some things i need to adjust, but this is the general idea here. :) [oh, btw, the rss isn't broken...i just used some letters and characters the rss hated and so those posts haven't been showing up lol...i'll try not to use them anymore.] next update: fri - Jan 28 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 23

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:43:00 +0000

chapter 5 ends!! /confetti excited for next chap!! i'll say why after it happens tho...haha. i have some shitty news. my hand and arm have been really screwed up for over a week now, so i am taking a break from drawing for a bit, as advised by my doc. i have more than enough buffer for my recovery time, but this means some of the pages might go up unpolished and unedited if my hand is feeling shoddy the day of [because i like to do it right before i post lmao]. i'll fix them when my hand has had time to rest and heal tho, so no worries. so please excuse any wonky looking art for the next several pages lol. thanks xD - h, typing very slowly with left hand. 8( in other news, the comic creators alliance is going on again. it's a fund raiser for the awareness of human trafficking, which you can read about here for some back story from the creator. The official site is here for the actual donation thingy. i wish i'd known about it sooner! would have signed up to join in...maybe next year! :) Current Incentive: fanart for my fave webcomic, panthera, drawn for their brief hiatus between story arcs. i know i've suggested them before, but check them out! it's like a throw back to all those awesome saturday morning cartoons from the 90's, plus they've just finished their first storyline arc, so the timing is perfect for a new reader~ :) next update: fri - Jan 21 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 22

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:52:18 +0000

Things get a little more unsettling for Vix... Youtube playlist update :) Most of these are more for when we finally get into the meat of the story xD; Sorry. Lol... let's see if I can HTML all this in one go without mistakes...cos I won't fix it til later lol. Ill Nino - How Can I Live -- [do you dream of me? i always dream about you...] Team Sleep - Ataraxia -- [and as we watch the waves, you sing to me as we sink ...] GY!BE - Dead Blue Flags [second part] -- [just a sweet/wistful bgm.] GY!BE - Rockets Fall (PART 1) -- (PART 2) -- [creepy/cinematic/ominous etc] readded this one as well, the other one got deleted... Mandalay - Insensible -- [it's like i hardly see the sky some days, and i do better if i turned my head... knowing you did] Current Incentive: LOVIE, DON'T VOTE!!! This week's incentive is me trying to come up with some chibi's for my wedding invites...so it's me and J as wedding chibis LOL Idk how I will do my hair yet...but possibly something simple like this xD [with braids/flowers/halfup] next update: fri - Jan 14 [dress alterations after!! ahhh!] forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 21

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:45:33 +0000

Vix finally catches on to what all the readers probably already figured out ;) [never said she was the brightest crayon...lol] I hope you all had a good xmas vaca :) Next time I post, it will be the new year!! Happy new year, guys \=D/ Current Incentive: Still the Xmas incentive! Slept in today [lovie has the day off :)] and now am going out xD Normally I do incentives the day of... I started one but didn't get much done on it @_@ If anyone has suggestions for maybe another character Q&A [now that there are more charas!] please have a go!!But yeah, feel free to vote again :) next update: fri - Jan 7 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 20

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:29:41 +0000

Sorry for the late page! It's here now! Happy Xmas guys!! Current Incentive: Quick xmas incentive before I go out for some last minute shopping!! Sorry it's sloppy XD next update: fri - dec 31 forums || deviantart.

Delayed page!

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:42:24 +0000

I was planning to post the page early today because I am going out this evening, but I was out all morning and afternoon,and just got back in... And now we are already heading out!! I still have to do finishing touches to tomorrow's page, so I will post it tomorrow morning [friday] first chance I get. :> Hopefully only 2 of you would've been checking tonight anyway xD;

chapter 5: page 19

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:33:40 +0000

Jo tells her what's for! I'm 99% sure I'll still be updating next week, so feel free to stop by if you have a moment then :) If not, Happy Xmas in advance :> Current Incentive: I was thinking recently it was too bad I haven't really done any art aside from dream*scar stuff, so I set aside an hour today to draw a character one of my other stories [fantasy type, magic and swords and all that] which I will hopefully turn into a comic once I am done with d*s xD [but that will be a while...] next update: fri - dec 24 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 18

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:43:42 +0000

Vix takes an emotional dump. [it's not as gross as it sounds] I can't remember the last time I mentioned the youtube playlist, but I've been adding to it still every so often. YouTube Playlist Latest additions are: Rosi Golan - 'Come Around' [cute little love song] Clint Mansell - 'Death is the Road to Awe' [long but good background music from a crazy movie] Angie Mattson - 'In Violet' [kind of eerie, mood music] Village Soundtrack - 'The Gravel Road' [beautiful violins and piano :_>;...but i like the lyrics xD hopefully someone better will do a cover of it so I can replace this version...] Current Incentive: Last part of the meme! Finally! This one was packed with potentially perverted questions that I challenged myself not to give in to xD The Dana one is prolly only funny to me and the people who remember her stripping scene lmao. [it's way later...sorry lol] next update: fri - dec 17 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 17

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:20:41 +0000

Vix tries to sneak out... Sorry about the no update last week. I tried xD. I had way too much fun at disney and I managed to not get fatally sunburned this time! Yay! Thank you Winter and your knack for making me keep my jacket on 8D Anyway, back to the regular schedule =) Current Incentive: Part 3 of that meme. This one deals with bad parenting skills [that's not candy, vix!], cat fights, and a prequel to a walk of shame! Hurrah! next update: fri - dec 10 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 16

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:26:32 +0000

Vix starts remember why she probably shouldn't be doing this... In other news HARRYPOTTERHARRYPOTTERHARRYPOTTERHARRYPOTTER8DDD I MIGHT NOT BE UPDATING NEXT WEEK! I will be out of town!! But if I can, it might be on Wednesday??? SORRY >< I hate missing updates, but I think this is only the second time and both have been for being out of town...so at least I'm keeping up the rest of the time 8D;; Please forgive me v.v Current Incentive: Another 3 parts of that meme from last week. xD next update: wednesday - nov 24 POSSIBLY. If not then, fri - dec 3. forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 15

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:32:24 +0000

Vix, doing what she does best -- moping! Also...100 PAAGESSS CELEBRATE DANCE PARTY WHOOO wat. Current Incentive: I realized halfway thru today that I didn't have a vote indentive pic, so I started this OC meme. Obv not done yet... [warning: the meme itself is fraught with terrible spelling/grammar] next update: fri - nov 19 [HARRY POTTER FUUUU!] forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 14

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:57:00 +0000

Vix and Jo broach a slightly touchy subject... Current Incentive: Full size clip of the chapter 6 cover. :)

chapter 5: page 13

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:37:01 +0000

=D yay jo! ...in her sleepwear...xD; which reminds me, I have a fanart I need to post @_@ next week maybe... Current Incentive: Someone on DA suggested 'Vix as Rikku' for the halloween costume, and I was like, "that might be fun..." ...but instead I drew this lol. Sorry this is sloppy. I've been really distracted lately with wedding planning, but I hope you still enjoy it xD Happy Halloween guys =) next update: fri - oct 5 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 12

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:41:15 +0000

Hot driving action!! [wait what?] Current Incentive: I couldn't think of anything to draw for the vote incentive so I just took a screenshot of part of today's page at it's full size so...if you were wondeirng how big it is originally, you could see xD Nice and sloppy 8D; next update: fri - oct 29 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 11

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:18:45 +0000

Vix makes up her mind... Extra update, as promised =) Current Incentive: [same as friday but please feel free to vote again =)] A bunch of little previews of coming pages, plus some chibis for a commish [unfinished ofc] and a single panel from the action meme I am now sure I won't be completing. This is the only one I liked after the ones from last week... I kinda lost momentum XD; next update: fri - oct 22. forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 10

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:48:20 +0000

Arianna shuts down again... I am seriously considering updating on Tuesday... I'll let you know on my DA page if I do, or just check back here Tuesday =) And in follow up news to last week, I did find a wedding dress =) *happy dance* Current Incentive: A bunch of little previews of coming pages, plus some chibis for a commish [unfinished ofc] and a single panel from the action meme I am now sure I won't be completing. This is the only one I liked after the ones from last week... I kinda lost momentum XD; next update: tues, oct 19[?]... if not, fri - oct 22. forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 9

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:14:17 +0000

Arianna reveals that she, like Vix, isn't as normal as originally assumed. I wanted to thank everyone who voted last week! I was at spot 7 to 10 for about 4 days on TWC!! It was pretty freakin' awesome and hopefully some new people read it and will stick around =) Welcome to you guys who are new, if you are here xDD *wave* Wedding/Bridesmaid dress shopping this weekend! I'm pretty excited! Wish me luck guys! Current Incentive: Yet another meme! I am not finished with this one tho. It's an "action" meme, and I used Vix, but a lot of charas are in it as well cos I suck at following the rules xD

chapter 5: page 8

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:03:37 +0000

Ari tries to explain some things about Dhampirs. HAPPY BDAY SIS [even tho you don't check my comic much lmao] YARYARYARYAR. Not much else to say. I added one new comic [planescape: metamorphasis] and I rearranged my links a bit so there is a section for the comics that are now on hiatus or are finished. xD Current Incentive: What I have done so far for the merchandise artwork =D I had sketches of these for a past vote incentive. Now some of them are coloured and I've tweaked a few of them, and added a few more charas =) These are for coasters, but I could probably use them on buttons or t-shirts as well. I wonder if anyone would really buy them tho :'D next update: fri, oct 8 forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 7

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:06:49 +0000

Arianna makes a totally obvious attempt to distract Vix. new song on the playlist: Dolphins Were Monkies [unkle remix] Current Incentive: So, I decided to fill out the fanservice meme that's been sitting on my hard drive for over a year now... Seeing as people seem to just love [ie, hate with psychopathic passion] Lysander, I decided to use him to fill it out. Kou, Ari and Vix also make appearences in this meme :'D next update: fri, oct 1 [my sister's bday 8O!] forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 6

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:21:39 +0000

It was really only a matter of time before she got mad about this lol... If you missed it, I UPDATED TWICE THIS WEEK. If you missed the Tuesday update, please go back and check it out =) Current Incentive: A short strip about Lysander and Arianna, and how he'd react to her death. This is actually something I drew a long time ago, but at the time, neither character was in the comic. This stemmed from a conversation I had with my fiance about how Lysander would take it -- and I would like to take this opprotunity to say that he really wouldn't react this way >>;;

chapter 5: page 5

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:15:20 +0000

Vix makes a pretty reasonable request... Extra Tuesday update :] I really disliked the last page so... I wanted to get it out of the way sooner ;] Current Incentive: [Same as Friday but please feel free to vote again!!] Buncha wips/sketches and a ridiculous angry expressions meme I will never finish. next update: fri, sep 17th forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 4

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:44:45 +0000

another exciting [not] page!!! [srsly i hate this part.] RREALLY considering updating on Tuesday even tho I haven't kept up my buffer to be able to... I just...XD really hate this page. Updated the YouTube Playlist again LOL -- 'The Child Is Gone' by Fiona Apple [namesake for volume 1 of the written version] and 'Yellow Light' by Remy Zero [title song for chapter 6's cover ;P]. Also, this song is not at all related to d*s, but it's still pretty hot: 'The Other Man' by Sloane. Current Incentive: Buncha wips/sketches and a ridiculous angry expressions meme I will never finish. next update: fri, sep 17th [....or tuesday?] forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 3

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:45:06 +0000

...and now officially say bye to Rylie XDDD Ry> I WAS IN A WHOLE TWO PAGE. THANKS A LOT. Thanks to all the people who signed up to help with Rylie's German! I will be bugging you guys about some dialogue I want to include later [in chapter 8 i think?]. =] Updated the YouTube Playlist -- 'Stroke of Luck' by Garbage and 'Into The Fire' by Thirteen Senses. Current Incentive: I asked some people to suggest a word prompt for the vote incentive, one said, "Carrots!" Another said, "Kittens." And yet another said, "Hotdogs." Because of the ridiculously implicating nature of these objects, here is a suggestive picture of Vix drawn with these things included. It is technically SFW, but the implications are still pretty clear. next update: fri, sep 10th forums || deviantart.

chapter 5: page 2

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:37:25 +0000

We officially meet Rylie =) By the way, if I have any actual German speaking readers, let me know if any of her German seems a bit off xD She uses it a lot, but I honestly only know what little I learn off the net xD; Anyway, MANY UPDATED THINGS TODAY!! First off, I updated the Character Page with Rylie and changed a couple of portraits. I've also added new songs to the YouTube Playlist -- 'Cosmic Love' by Florence + The Machine, 'Special Death' and 'Mt. St. Helens', both by Mirah, 'Any Day Now' by Bif Naked, 'So Far Away' by Stabbing Westward, , and 'Ordinary Life' by Kristen Barry [holy shit this is finally on youtube].... and then, 'Asshole' by Denis Leary -- Lysander's theme song. Also, can you tell I based Lysander off him? LOL Anyway, check them out when you get a chance xD ALSO: FANART! GASPU, KOU WITHOUT SHADES!! I swear he does eventually stop wearing them, guys. xD This pic is done by my buddy Nina, who is totally one day gonna be my sis in law, I bet 8D [get crackin' jer.] You can find her DA right hurr. I've also added more fanart to the extras section aside from this...but am too lazy to link it all. I found a buncha fanart I had forgotten to post lol... there are 6 brand new pics total tho. Most of it is stuff from Raiy lol xD God I love her. ALSO!!! AGAIN!!! xD I made an 18+ section for hentai-fanart type stuff, cos I do get that from time to time AND I LOVE IT. Tho I can't find much of it right now, so all you get for the time being is some Kou/Ry action from my homie g Raiy. Whew!! *passout* Current Incentive: A thumbnail sketch for a page on chapter 5 -- I DARE EVERYONE TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN DIALOGUE FOR THIS. DO EEEEEEEEEET and then show it to me for the great luls. next update: fri, sep 3rd forums || deviantart.

chapter 5 cover - "these fangs"

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:23:04 +0000

This cover features Jo! Did anyone miss her? I did. XD Which is why I used her for the cover! Yeahhh! The chapter title and lyrics are based off two Say Hi songs, Blah Blah Blah and These Fangs. Check them out and their other songs too. Fun group. Anyway, check back Friday for the first page =) Current Incentive: [No new incentive, same as Friday's! But feel free to vote again!] A picture of Kou and Rylie in her more succubine form [vix met rylie briefly on ch4-pg8]. I love drawing these two. This is the picture I said I gave up on in a previous incentive which you can view here... but I ended up mucking around with it lol. I am showing both the original scan and the photoshop edit of the pic.. my scanner absolutely RAPES my art, so I end up having to fix it sometimes. This one I tweaked a lot since the colours got so washed out and some of the dark colours scanned way lighter. I figure it might be interesting to see both xD next update: fri, aug 27th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 16

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:01:24 +0000

Vix learns what a Long Island Iced Tea is the hard way... Thus ends chapter 4! It was a short one... sorry. LOL Check back Tuesday for the chapter 5 cover. =) I am not sure people actually keep up with my extras section, but I am not longer going to update that playlist.com music list, because the site keeps deleting all the songs I add. I am using youtube instead: Go here to listen to music! -- turn on the autoplay [if you don't know how, it should be on the little floating bar along the bottom of the browser window, on the far right.] Be sure to check back whenever you think to, I update it pretty frequently. The music ranges a lot of genres, but they all have some kind of meaning for me in regards to d*s. Some are just songs that feel like d*s, like Remember Me by The Birthday Massacre, which has lyrics that fit the overall mood of the storyline, or Bela Lugusi's Dead by Bauhaus, which is set to a stripping scene that happens later [lol not telling who or why]. There are also more songs on there than I could find on PL.com, so... yeah. Anyway enjoy!! [edited pages this update: ABOUT (changed some info), CHARACTERS (the flavour text for the portraits), EXTRAS (yt playlist link, tv tropes link).] Current Incentive: A picture of Kou and Rylie in her more succubine form [vix met rylie briefly on ch4-pg8]. I love drawing these two. This is the picture I said I gave up on in a previous incentive which you can view here... but I ended up mucking around with it lol. I am showing both the original scan and the photoshop edit of the pic.. my scanner absolutely RAPES my art, so I end up having to fix it sometimes. This one I tweaked a lot since the colours got so washed out and some of the dark colours scanned way lighter. I figure it might be interesting to see both xD next update: tue, aug 24th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 15

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:35:44 +0000

Vix is less than thrilled by Kou's confession... I've recently discovered someone started a TV Tropes page for d*s xD If you are into that sort of thing, then check it out here and feel free to add whatever xD I don't know how to use it but I do love browsing that site... it sucks you in >>; I dunno who started it but uhmm thank you 8D Current Incentive: Detail shots of a commission I did today, and some stuff from chapter 5... BIG file btw, so you may need to scroll! next update: fri, aug 20th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 14

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:36:32 +0000

Kou finally loosens up a bit... :] Current Incentive: [SORTA NSFW: vague boobage, but artistic. nothing pornish.] I finally scanned a buncha stuff from my sketchbook. Some of them are d*s things, some are gifts I need to finish for friends. Enjoy!! next update: fri, aug 13th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 13

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:21:58 +0000

Vix hits a nerve. A nerve of immaturity 8D; I got a gift art from Meru this week in a charity meme she did xDD You can find her @ DA. :] Current Incentive: I didn't do much this week cept for commissions/comic stuff, but today I sketched a little lazy giftart for someone on DA that gave me the points I needed to give my Albino Llama sunglasses... so now I have me a KOU LLAMA on DA XDD I feel bad tho cos they gave me A LOT of points, and then I only spent 10 mins on this >< but they seemed to like it anyway. xD next update: fri, aug 6th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 12

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:08:44 +0000

Vix obliviously speaks a well known truth. Current Incentive: Details and sketch stuff for a commission I started and finished in one sitting today LOL. I wanted to do a little meme thing I found on DA for it but I guess I will do that next week... next update: fri, july 30th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 11

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:38:11 +0000

Vix: Stop changing the subject, you basturt. Kou: 8-( Current Incentive: Working on a commission for one of the d*s forum's very own =D It's a Star Trek themed pic of his character and the astrometrics lab XD I say that cos the lab is like half the commission too @_@ But I am having hella fun with it xD This is still a work in progress tho [and only a clip of it] so... yeah xDD

chapter 4: page 10

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:16:54 +0000

Vix finally has a chance to learn some things... Current Incentive: I didn't get around to drawing what I wanted for the incentive, so here's a clip of a commission I am working on right now =] Btw, feel free to commission me, I am poor and could use the money 8D I really ought to open up a cafepress store or something... would anyone even buy things? And if so, what sort of things? Let me know?! next update: fri, july 16th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 9

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:04:40 +0000

Vix runs into a familiar face... Current Incentive: We got a new cat this week to keep our current cat, Kouru, company. Since he's named after one of the main guys in d*s, it only made sense we would name our new girly after Vix!! As I watched them interact, I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if I put the real Vix and Kou in their places and made them do the things I watched my cats do... the result is sort of amazing. next update: fri, july 9th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 8

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:26:17 +0000

Vix takes opportunity to explore the inn... A new pic of Vix from my old buddy Katya!: It's her half of an art trade I did with her. You can view my half here. Current Incentive: Another redhead this week xD This one is a commission I am working on at the moment... an elf and her 'luck dragon'. XD Having a lot of fun with this. It's about done now... next update: fri, june 25th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 7

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:52:21 +0000

Arianna hurries off, leaving Vix to her self... If you missed it, I posted an extra page on Tuesday!! As well as fanart. If you missed the last page, please check it out :] And the fanart too, it's in the post below :D Current Incentive: Same as Tuesday, just the closeup of Jo from the chapter 5 cover. Feel free to vote again xD next update: fri, june 25th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 6

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:42:48 +0000

Vix and Arianna have a little chat about the birds and the bees. [only not really, they just chat.] Two new fanarts this week XDD The first is from my friend Taylor, of Vix and Kou, and it totally looks like rape about to happen. XD But I totally love it anyway :] The second is an adorable Vix chibi by this neato mosquito on da. Doesn't it totally make you wish it was a real life bobblehead??? Current Incentive: I finished the chapter 5 cover today. I figured I'd share a closeup of it since I painted it so big [this clip is still smaller than original size lol] next update: fri, june 18th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 5

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:39:21 +0000

Arianna apologized for Lysander, because the guy can't be bothered to do it himself 8D GUYS GUYS GUYS I am gonna update the next page on Tuesday. This page is kinda meh, and has very little happen on it [and it took very little time to do], so you deserve a faster update xDD sooo...check back tuesday =3 Current Incentive: I was watching the 80's music channel whilst at the gym and a buncha dudes in mullets were rocking out on it.. and it made me wonder what some of the charas would look like in the 80's. Really it was jsut an excuse to draw Kou with a mullet so I could lol at it, but I ended up having fun on Vix's outfit >>; next update: tues, june 15th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 4

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:23:56 +0000

Lysander displays his usual tact and tells Vix what's for... Current Incentive: If you happened to be watching my livestream the other day, you could have seen me playing my 71 resto druid in WSG for 3 hours straight like a machine. [as seen here xD] ... so yeah, I've renewed WoW. As such I hadn't really had time to do extra content this week, so I took about 20 mins to scribble up a pic of my 80 Ele Shaman, Emyli. xD Enjoy?! next update: fri, june 11th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 3

Thu, 27 May 2010 23:18:48 +0000

Lysander tells Vix something she already suspected -- but it still hurts =( Current Incentive: Watching Nina play Mario Galaxy 2, I thought about how cute Yoshi was, and then remembered Boshi, the badass Yoshi from Super Mario RPG [SNES], who wore shades and was generally kinda rude to my memory. So I figured if Kou was a Yoshi [Koushi] he'd look like Boshi xD And that's the only reason I doodled them. This thing srsly isn't that funny but maybe at least it's cute? next update: fri, june 4th forums || deviantart.

chapter 4: page 2

Thu, 20 May 2010 22:22:36 +0000

Lysander. That's all I need to say. Speaking of, I added in his information on the character page, and changed a couple of the portraits... I like updating them from time to time... xD Current Incentive: My friend Matt was making fun of me cos my default pose when I am unsure what to draw is a sitting position... he said I could really do with a couple toilets under the charas to make it look more natural or something, so ... I doodled this. Enjoy [or maybe don't]... next update: fri, may 28st forums || deviantart.

chapter 4 cover - "giving up home"

Mon, 17 May 2010 22:17:40 +0000

Yay new chapter =D I know you guys are prolly wondering where this story is going about now LOL. Trust me, there is actual plot eventually...just gotta get all this back story, "OMG WHAT AM I?" and new home stuff settled. xD So hang in there please xDD I'll prolly update the chara page later tonight with Lysander's chara info xDD I meant to last update but forgot... Current Incentive: I still really have nothing to show, so I am just posting this thing I did whilst on Livestream, where I was getting some critiques on this pic xD The word bubble is a horrible jab at a woman who is in my family by marriage who should really just die because she's crazy and cruel. I figure the only one who will laugh at it is my mom, but you know, whatever. lolol. next update: fri, may 21st forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 24

Thu, 13 May 2010 20:30:37 +0000

Shadowy guy finally revealed... as if you hadn't figured it out already over my two week break :'D If you missed it, I actually updated on...sunday[?] after I got back from FL, so don't forget to check that page before you read this one if you missed that xD Current Incentive: same as before, but feel free to vote again =) next update: tuesday, may 18th forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 23

Sun, 09 May 2010 14:19:02 +0000

Vix gets a better look at the guy in the dark... I'm back XD ...obviously. *sleepy face* Updates are back to normal now :> Current Incentive: some of the pics i drew while I was in florida xD all of them are wips for teh most part... next update: friday, may 14th forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: pages 21 - 22

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:19:09 +0000

Arianna takes Vix to a creepy dark room 8D Yes, a two page update!! 8DDD But ... only cos I am going out of town 8D;;; FOR TWO WEEKS 8DDDDDDDD;;; *ducks thrown objects >>;* I'll be back home on the 8th of May. I'll try to post again then... you can read up on the forums for more info if you like. Current Incentive: I didn't have anything worth while so I just bunched up some wips and stuff from the coming pages/chapters xD Including the introduction of another of my fave charas, Rylie the Succubus xD [tho i guess a lot of my characters are my favourites... i get excited anytime I get to introduce one :'D] next update: friday, may 8th - 10th [one of those days...] forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 20

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:56:03 +0000

Vix makes a stand 8D sort of. Next week's update will be the last update for a few weeks, since I am going to visit my family in FL for a few weeks. @_@ I wish I had a laptop..then I could work on the comic some while I'm outta town and still update too... *sigh* But I guess maybe I will be able to draw some stuff on paper for incentives =D Current Incentive: Vote bait this week is a little animated gif I did of Vix and her buddies dancing. Vix's official birthday was this week [april 13th] so let's just say it's a birthday dance party!! XD If you are curious, Vix is technically 12 years old now! I can't believe I've had her that long...12 whole years... it's crazy! My little girlie is gonna eventually catch up on her in story age!! [in 5 more years]... how strange. :'D next update: friday, april 23 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 19

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:50:41 +0000

Vix contemplates her options or something. [these last few updates have been real exciting, amirite 8D] Current Incentive: Too bad I didn't have this ready last week. xDD my friend was drawing a sailor moon chara for a contest on DA and it made me wanna draw something sailor moony too...SO HERE'S SAILOR VIX 8D???? It's not really imaginative or anything, just was a for fun thing. I was also going to do a little sub par gif thing of the d*s charas dancing but I ran outta time..I'll pick at it more for next time.. next update: friday, april 16 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 18

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:28:32 +0000

A couple Unhumans give Vix the stinkeye :[ Current Incentive: I wanted to do something april foolsy [since technically i am posting still on april 1...] but I am not really good at that, and I ended up spending most of my free time today doodling the thumbnails for chapter 4 xD;;; So this is just some pages from my sketchbook, mostly outfits for Vix and other charas [not all from d*s xD] Maybe next week I'll finally do another character FAQ xD; *been putting it off >>* next update: friday, april 9 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 17

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:46:29 +0000

Arianna offers some insight about Vix's whereabouts... Current Incentive: Just a doodle of Vix and Kou I did whilst Josh was playing FF13. Nothing special or funny... I guess tho that there is a panty shot??? Sorta? xD; next update: friday, april 2 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 16

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:25:45 +0000

Vix learns she's basically been in a coma for a day. 8D My friend Jeni drew me a picture of Rylie the Succubus for my birthday =D Since she is a d*s character [introduced in the next chapter =)] I shall share the sexiness with you: You can see more of her adorable stuff @ her deviantart. Give her love and encouragement, she is a shy person and will probably explode from embarrassment, which is half the fun!! 8D ilyjenidon'thitme. Current Incentive: Filling out a meme with some of my d*s charas that I like to use in Memes xDDD I guess a lot of this might not be funny since you dunno the charas too well yet since only 2 of them have been introduced...buttttt whatevs, it is all I have this week xDDD It's not done yet, obviously... I'll pick at it more over the next few weeks. XD next update: friday, mar 26 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 15

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:04:12 +0000

Arianna slips up...cos she's tactless. Current Incentive: *WARNING: gentle NSFW, due to boobies.* Drew this [amongst other things] at the DMV while waiting in line for hours xD It's not done yet, I still need to finish the BG and go over the colours again with Coloured pencils/white out etc but this is the midway point, so...lol. It's a chara not yet introduced, named Mieru. She's a stripper 8D So yeah, nsfw cos of tits. It's not that sexy tho, I had to keep it pg-13 cos people were fuckin' watchin' me draw xD; Btw, the song I mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy8N0PGvq8A [boo quality kinda sucks 8(...] next update: friday, mar 19 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 14

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:00:37 +0000

A strange woman appears. Arianna> uh, hey, WHO'S strange??? =( I updated the character section and added mouseover 'spoilers' to the portraits... they aren't really spoilers tho, so much as little summaries of things that have been revealed about them so far in the story. Figured it was a good idea... eventually I might make seperate pages to keep their updated infortmation on. Me and Josh are going to FL in a few weeks here to visit my mom and hopefully some of my other family. Still over a month off, but thought I'd give an early warning. I dunno if I'll have a chance to update while I'm there, so maybe I'll post extra pages when I get back or something... [that is if i can do extra pages before i go...] Btw, don't forget you can join my forums. I'm actually considering changing my layout and adding in a comment system, for those of you who aren't too fond of foruming... I know how it is. ;] Current Incentive: just a handful of things i been sketching this week, two ads, the finished ad, and a height reference for myself of some of the main charas. :'D next update: friday, mar 12 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 13

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:26:24 +0000

Disembodied voices call Vix a fatty. Current Incentive: flu did me in, so just showing a thumbnail page from chapter 4, sans dialogue. sadly, that is what makes the page awesome... i can't wait to introduce this chara to you guys XD he's great. next update: friday, mar 5 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 12

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:03:04 +0000

Introductions...sort of? And then back to bein' a douche 8( I posted last weeks vote incentive on my deviantart, completed and coloured: http://hchan.deviantart.com/art/ds-ridiculous-wii-comic-154199101 Current Incentive: This week's vote bait is a probably not funny unless you are me or the artist of Toilet Genie but it features her Anya and my Kou being FFFAAABULOUS. XD Speaking of Toilet Genie, you guys should give it a read! She posts TG and another comic on there now too I guess. TG is about a pug named Skittlez who gets turned into a girl by an awesome genie who lives in a toilet lmao. She's adorable. The comic is pretty short right now so it's a good time to start it. :'D The art is really awesome too, very stylized and fun to look at. Give it a try. =) next update: friday, feb 26 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 11

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:03:36 +0000

Sorry for the late update!! If you missed my post on the forums, my computer finally died, but my new one had just arrived... all my d*s files are safe and transferred onto the new computer, so no worries! Even tho I am only a day late, I still feel bad... lol. Anyway, off to catch up on my work x_x Current Incentive: While my comp was dead I started doodling a comic with Vix and Kou playing Wii, another prompt of Josh's. He wanted Vix to be beating Kou on it, which is pathetic, since Vix is notoriously TERRIBLE at video games [you'll find this out in passing in d*s...later on xD], and we figured Kou would prolly lose his temper. Obv this isn't all of it, but this is all I have inked so far xD;; next update: friday, feb 19 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 10

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:48:42 +0000

Vix catches sight of some of the residents of the neighborhood... I wanna take the time to plug my favourite webcomic atm, which is Panthera! It's about an awesome team of teenagers who can transform into awesome jungle cats and use awesome elemental abilities. The charas are really well written and the dialogue cracks me up. Ya'll should take a few minutes to read it, I gaurentee it'll sink it's claws in you lawl 8D8D8D!! *...adds 5$ to cat pun jar 8D;* Current Incentive: Just some doodles I did, trying to figure out what I wanna do with the cover page for chapter 4... prolly won't be using any of these for that tho lol... next update: friday, feb 12 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 9

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:22:53 +0000

Vix takes a nap, which is exciting, dammit. I updated the extras section with 5 new [kinda] fanarts from the past like 2 months lol. Sorry it took so long, more of these artists' work can be found at the following: ki taylor [raiy] teh boo Current Incentive: fuuu...i don't have anything except commission wips to post for incentives, so I am just leaving last weeks incentive up. if you missed it, check it out, it's horrifying/awesome. next update: friday, feb 5 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 8

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:10:57 +0000

This guy is apparently all business...or a robot. Btw, I have opened up simple/cheap commissions on my DA. If you ever wanted something from me, now's the time xD Also...I am going to try to update the fanart page this week, cos I have like ...9 new pics to post LMAO. Mostly from Raiy... tho some of them might not make it to the public site, since they could be considered spoilers. But yeah, I was going to post them for this update but time ran out [and I am late posting the page a bit as it is]... I added some new songs to the extras section, from bands Metric, Copeland, Neverending White Lights, and Lisa Hall. Feel free to check them out if you are a music lover. Current Incentive: Josh's prompt for this week: Butterflies. ;] If you've been wondering what sort of unhuman Vix and her angel are, look no further 8D next update: friday, jan 29 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 7

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:12:46 +0000

Vix contemplates her rescuer... Current Incentive: If you missed last weeks incentive, I am very sad for you, because it was hilarious. This week's incentive sucks, and is merely a screenshot of the page I am struggling to finish for this week. My comic working process has slowed considerably due to looking up wedding thigns and having gotten a cat [who distracts me for scratches and playtime at least once every hour I am home]... @_@... anyway, enjoy the look into my life yet again sobsob. next update: friday, jan 22 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 6

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:51:29 +0000

The cops warmly greet Vix and her angel... err, wait... Current Incentive: I asked Josh for a simple word or object prompt for a vote incentive and he said, "TREES! Everyone loves trees 8D!!" and this is what came of it. :] next update: friday, jan 15 [was gonna update tuesday but haven't gotten enough done this week :( sorry] forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 5

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:16:18 +0000

Hey guys, it's the 50th page on d*s! PARTY TIME EXCELLENT WOOO WOOO. 8D If you missed it, I also updated on Xmas, so don't forget to read that page too =) Posting this page a bit early cos we are going to visit our friends for new years. Hope ya'll have a good one =] Current Incentive: I didn't get to draw anything extra this week, cos of work, holidays...and my new kitten, Kouru!! =D So I just did a screenshot of what I was working on... not much, but at least it's somthing different than what I had here for two weeks lol... next update: friday, jan 8 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 4

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:54:06 +0000

'The jerk' finally speaks... Current Incentive: No new incentive... been too busy. Happy Xmas everyone :D next update: friday, jan 1 [new years, baby!!] forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 3

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:17:32 +0000

Vix faces her mom's assailant... Current Incentive: More wips and some paint chat stuff I did with my friend Raiy[her DA page]... and some discarded thumbnail sketches from ch3, including the cover I didn't go with...I think that's it? Basically just a grab bag of arts. next update: friday, dec 25 [hells yeah, i'll update on xmas!] forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 2

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:28:53 +0000

Vix attempts to help her mom... Added another song to the playlist in the extras section. Have at it if interested. Current Incentive: some wips and work sketches. there's like seven pics so enjoy. next update: friday, dec 18 forums || deviantart.

chapter 3: page 1 - Cover

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:36:19 +0000

Chapter 3, Misguided Angel... and so the story begins ;] Like the others have been, this chapter is named after a song, and one that I really love... 'Misguided Angel' by the Cowboy Junkies. [youtube link] It's sort of a nod to my mom, as well, since she used to listen to this group a lot when I was a little liiiiittle kid. She introduced me to a lot of really nice stuff as I grew up. Love ya, mama :] While the lyrics don't really fit the chapter, the title really does lol... so there it is. Current Incentive: I was able to do two pages this last week, so I spent the weekend sketching out some thumbnails and stuff for chapter 3, cos I was near to the end of my sketches after finishing the last page I did... I managed to sketch up about 9 of them [got up to page 20 thumbed], so here's a pic of my thumbnail sketch for page 17 of chapter 3. Have fun mocking up some dialogue in your head or photoshop. LOL. forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 25

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:22:58 +0000

And thus ends chapter 2 =) Thanks for keeping up, everyone! If you missed it, I am going back to 1 update a week [fridays] with occassional Tuesday updates, which will be announced the Friday before the extra update. My buffer has become very small because of my new job and holiday stuff and I think it's important to have a few pages in case I can't draw for a few days or something. I'll be posting the cover page on Tuesday, and then it will just be Friday updates from there on... just wanted to give a heads up. In other news, I've updated the Extras section! I added links to all my art videos, and have also put together a makeshift playlist for the comic. Basically every song on the playlist is somehow related to d*s, and I've explained all the ones I could without giving spoilers. There are a few I couldn't find so I linked to YT in the description, so give those a listen as well :D I suggest putting the playlist on while browsing instead of just sitting there and staring at my site or something LOL. I'll prolly be adding more to the playlist in the future. I'll post about it if I do :> Current Incentive: More progress on the Ari/Ly pic... her head is sort of gigantic, so i will prolly photoshop that in the final version >>; *cheater. LOL* forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 24

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:35:49 +0000

More unintentional fanservice, sort of. Only one more page in chapter 2!! I wonder who's there :'D? Current Incentive: Last minute incentive ftw!! Couple of works in progress... I made sure they all had to do with d*s tho :] forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 23

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:02:01 +0000

Vix makes a really weird discovery... Current Incentive: I've barely had a chance to draw anything this week, let alone extra stuff for the comic. I started a TG doodle today but didn't get to finish it, so instead I took a screenshot of the page I am currently working on... sans dialogue. xD so no spoilers :] forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 22

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:47:19 +0000

Vix and mom have a cute family moment. Current Incentive: Another incentive where I didn't really have time to draw something specific for it... it is dream*scar related, but not something that will make sense yet. Sorry. Just enjoy the art I guess. I drew it on the back of my sketchbook during my lunch break and finished it last night before bed. I used some shimmery makeup on it too LOL...not that you can tell in the scan... =( In other news, check the forums for a little heads up on the update schedule [the page 22 thread]. forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 21

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:22 +0000

Current Incentive: Didn't really have any inspiration to draw something new, so I scanned this pic I drew a while ago. It's another chara that hasn't been introduced yet, one of the unicorns. it's been a while since I really drew them so hard to get used to drawing them again... her face is supposed to be longish and sticking out but I didn't do that here xD;; Maybe I won't... we'll see. I mucked it up in photoshop cos it was pretty boring on it's own [and was sorta half drunk while colouring it]... it is still pretty boring but...yanno, whatev 8D forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 20

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:57:26 +0000

Yay new scene! =D With sorta horrible dialogue, sorry. Out of it today. Lol. Current Incentive: I was sort of out of it today and forgot I needed to do an incentive, so I just coloured something I sketched while I was at the doctor's today. It's Rylie the succubus [from a few incentives ago, who will appear in chapter 4] and Vix's 'Guardian Angel' 8D This is really just massive self indulgence because I love drawing them together... maybe this would have been better to post once these characters are more in the story but... it's all I have to share at the moment so ...enjoy anyway? LOL forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 19

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:41:13 +0000

I wonder what Vix's mom did to earn this kind of loyalty... hmm! [it's okay, it's not important.] So the people at Xcentrix out of the blue somehow discovered my little webcomic and interviewed me about it. Check it out here and maybe have a look at their webcomic! It's reader suggestion based, to my understanding, so have a go xD Current Incentive: character faq #3. This one is slightly less disturbing than the last one, so don't be scared. I think I used all the questions I got now, but lemme know if I forgot any or if you have any other ones you want to ask LOL. forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 18

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:48:59 +0000

Vix's mom asks a very good question... Current Incentive: Another set of characters questions, but only two this time lol. Distracted today. But they're in colour this time. If you wanna join in, send me your questions :D forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 17

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:51:20 +0000

This page has many a wall o text, pls don't let it kill you. Current Incentive: I IM'd some people for questions they'd like to ask the current main charas in d*s, and got some really good ones. I only did three this time, but I will use the others I got in the next incentive. I ran outta time and was unable to do the others I got. XD If you have another, feel free to ask, now that you know what to sort of expect... I think this will be more fun once there are a lot more charas to ask of tho xD forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 16

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:57:48 +0000

Yay, unhumans! Can you guess what kind they are? :'D [tho the first one may not be very obvious...] Current Incentive: I considered expanding upon the vampire wikipedia article, but came up with this last minute -- DREAM*SCAR AS A SUPER SHOUJO ANIME. Complete with pink stars and spikey hair. Hopefully the bottom japanese actually says "Yume No" cos...I was using my old Jap-Eng dictionary that is smaller than my palm and the kanji was really tiny for Yume lol... I think it came out looking a lot like GALS! which is why I wrote it SCAR! in the pic aha xD As always, feel free to hop onto the forums or PM me on DA if you have comments :> forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 15

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:33 +0000

Rut roh, back story incoming! Current Incentive: Happy Halloween!! This week's incentive is just a little doodle of the gang showing off their Halloween costumes :D The top pics were drawn on the comp, but the bottom one in colour was done on paper and I was pretty drunk when I coloured it. I faded most of the out of lines colouring I did on the white, but you can still tell on parts of their clothes and hair and stuff lol. GOOD TIMES HAD BY ALL 8D forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 14

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:46:04 +0000

Vix's mom has a word with the principal. Current Incentive: I'm not done with the halloween pic, so I made a wallpaper out of a pic I doodled yesterday while being antisocial during a dinner with Josh's boss. I reccommend looking at the 1920x1200 one linked in the desc, the 1024x768 one is pretty horrible looking. I'll have a Halloween pic up next time XD Just in time for Halloween =D forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 13

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:03:49 +0000

And that's the last we see of that stinking infirmary 8D ty God. Sorry about this update, it is kinda small. Next one has more dialogue, promise xD; Current Incentive: Came time to draw a new incentive and I couldn't think of anything... so you get things I've doodled on notes to my BF that I stick in his lunches everyday. I picked out most of the d*s ones... I think only one of them might be sort of spoilerish?? But I doubt anyone would get it so its okay. XD They are generally SFW, since I drew them for him to be read at work, but prolly best if someone isn't staring over your shoulder when you look at them xD;;;... Anyway enjoy.

chapter 2: page 12

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:42:21 +0000

Vix gets to tell Jo what happened... ABAJGHA FANART guysdsjakd It's a very curvy Vix! [holy crap she looks so womanly! my lil vix is a sexy lady!! oaahjfsfsdfhjk] And it's by Nina aka 'Sav' on the forums =) GO LOVE HER WITH ME 8D Also, I forgot to mention that I updated the character section. Check the 'Others' part for the easter egg character :'D Current Incentive: This time, we have a character that I haven't introduced yet! [she comes in around chapter 4 or 5. :'D] But I doodled this yesterday and ended up throwing some photoshop at it, so I thought I'd use it here. =D Enjoy her 8D forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 11

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:36:00 +0000

Vix has some pretty bad news for Jo =( Also, remember that vote incentive from a few weeks ago, where I asked if you wanted me to film it? As promised. ;] Current Incentive: Being friends with Jo is a dangerous affair. 8D Technically this is SFW, as there is nothing showing. Sorry this is just a doodle. It was either this or a peek at a terrible picture I was collabing on with my friend. I figure not everyone wants to have nightmares tonight -- I know I don't, but, obviously, I don't have a goddamn choice dkeperoafdjksik...e_e; forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 10

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:00:27 +0000

Jo!! Jo Jo Jo Jo! =D ALSO!! FANART!! TWO OF THEM! Both from my amazing buddy, Raiy~! It's an adorable chibi Vix and also a very handsome one of Vix's guardian angel =D Hurray! Current Incentive: To celebrate Jo waking up, I've doodled a pinup of her! I'd say it is work safe, cos it is a classic style pinup. =) I sort of drew it to this song, so listen to that as well if you want. LOL. Enjoy!! forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 9

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:46:23 +0000

This update is probably not suspicious or creepy at all. Current Incentive: New incentive! I hope you didn't miss the Vix/Andre one. =( Anyway, this one is a sketch for the cover of chapter 3! Hmm, what's going on here? =o I wonder... =] Got something you wanna see in the incentives? Or just wanna tell me how confused you are? Lolol ......ohwait =( forums || deviantart.

chapter 2: page 8

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:49:02 +0000

Vix remembers her last encounter with the mysterious guy in the shades. AHH. MOAR FANART! This one is from my secret imouto XD It's another Vixie :D You may stalk her DA here~ Current Incentive: Today's incentive is Vix and Andre, requested by Raiybabycakesloveyface. 8D It also features a little Jo and Seth, cos a few people wanted to see more of them ahha. :'D Got something you wanna see in the incentives? Lemme know @ the forums or my deviantart.

chapter 2: page 7

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:01:22 +0000

Vix looks out the window again, only to find a familiar stranger below... Added this guy to the character section, but the description is very vague for the time being. I'll update it more after a few pages =) I got my first fanart for d*s as a webcomic =DD It's a pic of Vix by my friend, Jeni x3 THANK YOU JENI!! ILU. You may stalk her Deviantart and give her praise for learning to use her new art markers in like a damn day. XD IN OTHER NEWSSS... I want to remind people, if you have the Adblock Plus addon with your firefox, please allow Project wonderful. There have been some really interesting comics and online novels linked in there that I've been really pleased to learn about and I'm sure they'd appreciate it as well =) Current Incentive: The vote incentive is still the Vix/Jo fanservice, but I'd really appreciate the votes if you'll take the time to vote anyway. :'D They just restarted voting so I'm actually in the top 50 at the moment [as i write this anyway], and every vote bumps me up a lot right now. [vote here, pretty please lols] I've already drawn up the next incentive, but I will be posting new ones on tuesdays, so the once a week visitors have a chance to see the previous incentive :] If you want to suggest one... as I say every week, the forums or my deviantart are the best places to get ahold of me :'D This was a really long news post...LOL. Sorry if it is a tl;dr.

chapter 2: page 6

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:40:51 +0000

Vix stresses while her teachers act like dicks. Current Incentive: This week's incentive is a mini comic about Vix, Jo and Seth! Behold, the male imagination/over-exaggeration!! I ended up asking my boyfriend for an idea and since he is a dude, he wanted to see Vix and Jo having a sleep over. So this is what I did with it ;] If you have a suggestion for a vote incentive, you can contact me on the forums or PM me on deviantart. =)

chapter 2: page 5

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:42:18 +0000

[insert witty remark here. 8D] Current Incentive: Same as Tuesday =( ... but I'd welcome your votes again. I'd like some suggestions as to what you guys would like to see in the incentive box...do you wanna see Vix tapdancing in a panda suit? Lemme know 8D! You can tell me on the forums or PM me on deviantart if that's easier for you. [also, check the forums for further discussion on this incentive thing~]

chapter 2: page 4

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:24:22 +0000

Vix reflects on what happened... I'm gonna give this TopWebcomics thing a try, so if anyone wants to vote for d*s, give it a go! I'll try to update this at least once a week with some interesting content that won't be posted anywhere else, so... Current Incentive: I sketched up a pic and turned it into a wallpaper...it's not incredible and I prolly should have put Vix on the other side lol...but it was just a sketch to begin with so that is one of many mistakes I made. Hope you enjoy it tho. Anyway, if you have any comments about the vote incentive or the comic, drop by the forums and let me know =]

chapter 2: page 3

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:37:26 +0000

In this update, we see Jo with long hair, doing what she does best -- embarrassing people! I changed the ad space below to Project Wonderful, so anyone who would like some cheap ad space, please feel free :'D If you have Adblock Plus, please unblock Project Wonderful :'D Eventually it will [hopefully] feature some links that are worth seeing [such as other comics or whatevs]. As always, feel free to stalk me on the forums

chapter 2: page 2

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:14:21 +0000

Meet the elusive Andre! Marvel at his girly hair! 8D If you missed the post on the forums, I will now be updating both TUESDAY AND FRIDAY from here on out, or until I run out of a page buffer =) Feel free to join the forums, to either talk about the comic or just hang out =D

chapter 2: page 1 [cover]

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:47:19 +0000

Chapter 2 starts!! Auuugh! Warning for nudity on this cover! The text on the wall is the lyrics to the song that the chapter is named for. Listen to it on youtube if you like: sneaker pimps - clean Check back TUESDAY for the first actual page XD And check the forums about a possible new update sched?

chapter 1: page 20

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:14:52 +0000

Chapter 1 ends! Hope you're enjoying d*s so far :'D Next update is Friday. Check the forums for more info. [let's see if the 'forums' came out as a link lol. my news template is picky...]

chapter 1: page 19

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:36:59 +0000

=( ... Check back Friday for the last page to chapter 1!! =DD And as always, feel free to stop by the forums [unless you are at work -- most of it is nsfw LOL...]

chapter 1: page 18

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:46:27 +0000

The foreign emotions speak to Vix again. Check back Tuesday for the next update =)

chapter 1: page 17

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:57:35 +0000

Vix gets a break... No extra update on Tuesday, so come back Friday. Sorry!

chapter 1: page 16

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:08:18 +0000

Douche With Knife echos what the readers are probably wondering. Check back Friday for the next page. As always, the forums are there for discussion or anything else :P

chapter 1: page 15

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:12:30 +0000

Jo takes notice of Vix, but... Check back on Tuesday for the next update!! =)

chapter 1: page 14

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:53:24 +0000

And now things get a little confusing...? Check back Friday to see wtf is going on 8D; And check the forums for further discussion, along with a mini spoof of this page.

chapter 1: page 13

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:16:08 +0000

Things get a little creepier... Check back Tuesday for the next update! =D And as always, check the forums for further discussion of the page if you are bored :]

chapter 1: page 12

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:10:44 +0000

Seth takes control of the situation, maybe. I hear a lot of cool kids hang out on the forums... I dunno if it's true, just something I heard . . . if not for the cool factor, at least check out the 1.12 thread, there are a few alterations my friends made to the lineart for this page that might be worth your time lol.

chapter 1: page 11

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:53:50 +0000

To quote Matt: "HOLY SH- VIX IS TRIPPIN' BALLS!" [insert obligatory 'check the forums for more' speech...] *points to button on menu*

chapter 1: page 10

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:17:47 +0000

Screw this guy, Seth isn't gonna sit by and watch! I just finished the last page of the chapter, so expect 2-page updates soon enough!! =D Check the forums for more info on this =)

chapter 1: page 9

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:01:13 +0000

Jo discovers a friend in trouble. :[ Check the 'Page 1.09' thread on the forums for some amusing extras from this page. :]

chapter 1: page 8

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:21:57 +0000

Vix remembers a bit of the dream. AX tomorrow [or today] so this page gets posted a bit early :'D East coasters rejoice! Haha.

chapter 1: page 7

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:07:45 +0000

Vix ruins some poor girl's day. Not sure how many people read the comic that aren't watching me on DA/SA, but I might be going to AX. About 99% certain of this now [plans were thrown together last minute >>]. If you are going, lemme know on the forums or my DA/SA accounts. :'D

chapter 1: page 6

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:43:28 +0000

Vix meets up with her friends, but apparently one of the key members of their group is absent... I updated the character section with the new characters from this page =)

chapter 1: page 5

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:03:02 +0000

Meet Vix's slightly scatterbrained mother! Speaking of, I've updated the character section with her information. Also, I've added artwork [mine and fanart] to the extras section, so check them out! As always, if you have comments or suggestions, join the forums have at it. =D

chapter 1: pages 3 + 4

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:48:18 +0000

I know I was only going to post a single page every week, but, well, here we are with another two page update. I think you'll understand once you see page 3... :P Check out the forums if you have comments about these pages or just wanna say hi :'D

Chapter 1: page 2

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:59:37 +0000

Super extra special extra update! I decided I shall be posting new pages each Friday from here on out, tho. Just seemed like a few pages right off the bat wouldn't be a bad idea =] If you are reading this, why not join the forums? They are awfully quiet right now...

Chapter 1: page 1

Thu, 28 May 2009 21:56:33 +0000

Ohmygaaad... so here it is, the beginning of d*s! First chapter, first page! I'm nervous! D: These first couple of pages look a little shoddy, since I had no idea what I was doing... I feel like the pages I am working on currently look loads better. Anyway, welcome to my comic, hope you enjoy it :'D