Only three days after it debuted and we got a new page for chapter 24 up and ready for you all. This page is a bit of a call back to chapter 1 in which Kalwa said she wasn’t a fan of onions. Intially it was meant to just be a simple passing note, but this time we play it up. As usual, click the thumbnail below to see the latest page.
Thank you all for your patience, it really hasn’t been easy these last few weeks. But we’re finally up and running with the next chapter in the Japanese arch. Up right now is the cover and two new pages. I’ve started a new system in which I’ll be DRAWING new pages on my days off and then do the inking and toning on regular work days, as they are a bit easier to do rather than the full on drawing after eight hour workdays that involve physical labor. The third page is actually drawn and should be up later this week. As usual, click the link to see what we got.
Just a brief announcement that Chapter 24 will officially be going live on Sunday. I figured this day would be best as a way to start your week off. This update will include two pages plus the cover. See you all then for the new chapter.
It’s been a bit of a long route here everyone, the script was late getting to me and my dog got sick which really weighed me down and I didn’t feel like working. But Chapter 24 is underway and I’m shooting for a weekend launch. As proof, here’s some screen shots showing where things lay at the moment. Look for chapter 24 this weekend!!!
Giving yet another update on progress for chapter 24, and I wanted to start with an apology and and statement that… this has been a real horrible week. First of all, my co-writer has been mauled down with work, but he keeps giving updates that he is working on the script and will have it soon. Meanwhile I’ve been attempting to draw up some pages as a way to get a leg up, but it hasn’t been easy.
So to put things into perspective, I think I already mentioned that I went out Sunday with friends and was only able to get one page drawn that day, I think that was this past Sunday. Well after having a wonderful and happy Sunday, my thirteen year old dog got a virus. It’s a virus that’s causing him to walk in circles and making him a bit restless, we just got the diagnosis on Tuesday. So I’ve been trying to spend some time comforting him and letting him know I love him to help him get through this tough time. Related to that, I’ve felt pretty down on what he’s going through and really haven’t felt like drawing or working much, just taking it easy.
Fortunately, my dog’s making a fast recovery. He’s only been on the medication for a few days and he’s showing great progress. So I’m working my way back after a long break from drawing. Here’s some progress with two pages penciled up. One was previously shown, but now you can get a look at page 2.
It’s beginning everyone, I went out yesterday with some friends abs kinda spent the day out. But I did do at least three mock up pages for the next chapter, and page one has been fully pencilled. Here’s a shot of what we got going and what to expect.
So I’m giving everyone an update on what we got going! On chapter 24, my co-writer has the script and should hopefully have it back to me later today. I’ll start working on pages this Sunday and you should hopefully see some pages coming up next week. I know it’s been a little I lost contact with my co-writer following a phone change situation, and I didn’t know what to post for a while so that’s why it’s been quiet.
In addition I’m working on publication of this’d first five chapters. Drawings are finished I just need to put it in the fixed text which is a real tedious task that I keep losing interest in doing, so I’m trying find a better way of working on that. But it’s coming, it’s coming soon. So that’s the basics on what’s going on, and I just wanted to inform everyone. Thanks for sticking by.
So June 20th is the first official day of summer… which is why we are uploading this on the 21st…
Anyway to kick off this summer, here’s a tribute of all the Kalwa summer pieces. Not all of these were done as the annual summer picture but still it should lighten some spirits as the world gets back to normal this summer.
So now comes Reizo, the latest villain to debut in Kalwa, even though he was only seen briefly at the end of the last chapter. Reizo was actually a character who I had been planning for as he was a character from my original version of Kalwa drawn back in high school. However the character here is racially different from the version I had drawn then, most notably the hair. I really wanted Reizo to appear as an overly serious and downright scary person, so I put a lot of emphasis on his eyes, styling them to look slim and snake like. As with other members of his group, he is covered in rags and battle scars which he wears as a symbol of pride. The little backstory about his facial scar which was mentioned at the beginning of chapter 24 was something I came up with on the spot while writing the script as a way to add more character development.
An adventurous manga series about a teenage girl and her time traveling cell phone 