tripped a bit last week..

well, let's see the working straight thru two weeks at work work hit me on wednesday finally. i got DAT done for wednesday, but missed HDJ. got thursday's HDJ done and totally crashed on friday. so what needs to be done is i need a weeks worth of stand alone comic strips for HDJ if i have to work straight thru again. so that's on schedule for next sunday. This Sunday i cleaned some more and put up my xmas tree. I've got to switch website companies for HDJ before jan 15th- that's on the agenda- luckily that'll be around 50 or so strips. and we'll see how easy it'll be to migrate a wordpress site. ow i coughed and scared the cat in my lap. why do cats like traction when they move quickly. little holes in my legs. I also need to start thinking of house of other worlds. sigh- maybe i'll win the lottery or at least the runnerup prize.

updates

Okay, i posted a new page on DAT as i was working on it, i realized i was out of a lot of my basic tones. i still lay my tones by hand. however sometimes i'll print them out on adhesive film. I have a few pattern tones i created for myself. and actually i do have a couple of tone programs. it just still quicker for me to do by hand, but my "new" tablet pc is much quicker than the old one. i should try doing the basic dot ones and see how it works. HDJ keeps chugging along. I can feel the momentum behind me. i"ve gotten used to getting up at 4 am. I really am a morning person- i get my best work done in the first four hours. before getting up at 6, i'd be just getting into the steam of it and have to quit to get ready for work. Well, let me go finish up the character page for HDJ - that still needs to be done before i can start advertising it.

Hazy Daisy Jam

Okay, a bit more fine tuning and hazy daisy jam will be finally up and running. You can check it out there. I've placed it on comicssherpa too. It's a bit moe mainstream then most of my other stuff and it's a strip too. so I'll see how it does there. Switching DAT to wordpress will probably get pushed back to next year but the comic will be updating again starting december 2009. The House of Other Worlds will start up again jan 2010. We're working on more print files. So it's all looking good. And my apt is starting to look inhabitable again. I work on the art, then i work on the apt,- the apt feels more friendlier so i feel like working on the art again. the cat is happy, i'm happy. work sux but we're building a wall so we can block it out. not easy. but it's going again. once i get the momentum going, everything will be fine- the problem is the getting the momentum going.

cleaning up stuff

well, things are actually going fine. i'm going to relaunch everything dec 2009(my 50th bday). i'm working in the background of my websites. everything will be on one site under wordpress/comicpress. i'm really impressed with comicpress 2.8 its very user friendly . one of the things I want to do next year is set up a comic ring site and this is very beginner friendly- no code needed- well i'll have to do some cpanel stuff. but not like the old days of handcoding every single page. but that's next year. this year, i'm building up my backlog of comics, rebuilding websites, putting comics into print. DAT 1 is done. I'm really excited with everything.

fieldtrip

realized the utrecht art shop is right by the station- actually just a 6 minute walk away. so I went to look around. its okay- the people are nice. but selection wise is it's very classical. but its a handy place to pick up my basic supplies that michaels by work doesn't carry. as I was walking back I realized I really don't like its neighborhood- its all these condo skyscrapers with the shops on the bottom. the area had such a cold feel to it. eh, maybe its just me.

keep on drawing

When i have something that makes me mad. I write it down- get ready to post it. And I realize I'm no longer angry. So i delete it. Of course, sometimes i write things down and i find I'm even angrier- those I delete also- because when i'm angry like that, I always say the wrong thing. So, is that why I havent posted anything lately. Nope. Just been doing too much thinking. Sometimes i get caught up in the reflections of my thoughts- unable to move. I've decided now just to "do things". So this week - 3 updates of DAT. I have decided when the economy gets better(in a year I hope), I will look for another job- I am very tired of being the "straight person for the joke" in my job. Meanwhile, I'm saving money. And drawing comics. I dont care how tired I get. I'm drawing my comics! I'm going to spend the next year getting rid of things, learning how to drive, and drawing my comics. And play the lottery- maybe I'll be lucky. Ha! But most importantly, I need to keep drawing my comics.

haiku_20090206
in the chill and bite
of a wearying evening
spring returns once more

well my one day off after three weeks is an oasis. I have two more weeks to go before the next one. I'm trying to keep the creative synapses going. since i'm always snapping pictures with my cell. i figured i'd write haiku's to go with the pictures. yeah, i know - cheesy- but one little scratch against the machine called stifling modern life.

ugh- work is making me down!

we're down to a skeleton staff because of the economy, very busy and the boss keeps heaping more work on us. I'm so fed up, I think I'll start playing the lottery. And my next day off is far far away. If I win the lottery, i think i'll just quit - no two weeks, nope- just bye! That's how mad I am right now! I'm not getting depressed. Modern Management wants you depressed so you'll stay in a rut. I'm getting angry. I got energy. I got work- my work- to do- BYE!

URGH- need more time to myself-really

got thru week one of working three weeks straight. Sigh, I'm really tired of being a manager sort. I really would like to find another type of work, but i wouldnt want to try and find it in this economy. so here i stay. The cat is really being needy, since a few of those days were 10 and 11 hour days. while he insisted on crawling into my lap, i've noticed he's gone from being a tiny stray who would tug at my skirt as i walked down the street to a decent sized housecat. little monster. i managed to catch some more sleep so hopefully i'll be able to draw another page of DAT.

playing with vue

It's a cold dreary sunday- just staying inside and being lazy which means playing on the computer. Discovered that i had bought vue 5 long time ago( it was a package deal with poser 6- (what i really wanted and it was cheaper in the package-go figure!)) so i put it on computer. it's fun with outside views, i think. lots of fun actually just to play and make scenes i might use one day- like this one.