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It’s my weekend and I’ll party if I want

by on August 14, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Hullo everyone!

It’s been another exhausting week, but hope is on the horizon! If the chaos manages to keep itself to a minimum tomorrow, I maaaaay just be able to slip away from work a couple of hours early… Which reduces my time owed down to… Just over two full work days. And that’s just since I started counting!

That two hours could give me a real boost, though. If I have more time, I can be more relaxed, and if I’m more relaxed, I’m more amenable to being creative. If all goes well, I’ll be doing a bit of painting later on today, which I’m massively looking forward to! read more

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The Wages of Wage Servitude

by on August 10, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Well, here’s what shoulve have been Friday’s page – Even this took me longer than I expected to finish off, despite my having drawn and inked it on Monday evening.

I’m finding more and more that work is cutting into my art time, and it’s getting incredibly frustrating. Of course, even though it’s not what I want to do for the rest of my life, I want to do the right thing and do the best possible job while I’m at work. But that work is getting incredibly draining. Either I’m working extra hours that directly mean I don’t get enough time to both illustrate/write AND have dinner before I collapse in a heap in bed, or I’m working extra hours which means that I’m too exhausted to do anything at the weekend. Just this week, I had to work until 2000 on Friday evening finishing something off for a client. I then had to go and do my weekly shop, which somehow took me up to 2130. Then, the bus didn’t show up until 2230. So, to nobody’s surprise, instead of finishing off the penultimate page of Bonnie Words (which I’m considering my first real step towards professional publication) on Saturday, I spent the day sleeping, complaining to my family, and generally trying to de-stress. read more

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The weekend beckons!

by on July 24, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Yup, it’s another Late Night(tm)! Thankfully, the weekend is rushing up on me and I’ve got some holiday coming up next week. Some well-deserved holiday I might add… Anyone got any interesting plans for the weekend? I think the highlight of mine is probably finally tackling the rest of my lawn. I… may have left the grass to grow too long, and I can only mow so much before my mower overheats… Yes, there really is nothing like the smell of toasting grass!

Right, better hit the hay – plenty to wrap up at work before I go on holiday, huzzah. Cheerybye for now! read more

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Oh, that clock can’t be right…

by on July 10, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Argh, I woke up a few minutes ago with my face in the Wacom tablet, and I’d somehow sleep-mashed NezumiPro into doing weird things instead of the normal smoothing I needed to complete the speech bubbles and then I noticed it was almost two o’clock…

The things I do to entertain you lot 😛 Well, goodnight! Let’s hope I actually make it to work on time in the morning…

M.

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Good luck, people of Ireland!

by on May 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Today, my friends, I wish Ireland all the best in the referendum on enshrining same-sex marriages within law. I’m sure as readers who’ve been with the comic for a few years know, I’m a keen supporter of equal rights for sexual orientation (among many other things) – everyone should be free to pursue love and happiness! While I believe a vote in this instance isn’t necessarily the best way to go about achieving this goal, I really hope that when the counts are in, Ireland will have shown itself to truly be a forward-thinking, modern society that puts the happiness and wellbeing of its citizens above all else. Fingers crossed! read more

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Comments and Questions and Me, oh my!

by on May 18, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Hullo all! I just wanted to say in today’s post, I know I’ve kind of let my responses to your comments and questions slip recently – I apologise wholeheartedly for this! I always get a tingly feeling of excitement when I see one of you folks popping up in my mailbox, and I really appreciate your participation – I’m glad that you’ve stuck with me for so long!

I’ll catch up on responding this week, I promise! I’ve just got to spend the next couple of hours before I head to bed working on my print submission. Quite excited about this one, and you might get a sneak peek at it while I’m away on holiday! read more

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Heads up!

by on May 15, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Hullo everyone! Just a quick post today, to bring you a little heads-up that I’ll be on holiday in a couple of weeks’ time. Normally I’d work extra hard to queue up some Elf Blood pages while I’m away, but I really need the time to work on pieces for submission.

Worry not, however! I’ll still put something up for the couple of days I’ll be away, but rather than full pages they’ll either be Extra pages or maybe even some sneak peeks at what I’m working on! I’m really looking forward to my holiday – I’ve never been to New York before, and it’ll be great to wander around and take it all in! read more

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How this comic almost didn’t get drawn.

by on May 1, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Thank goodness for forethought! Rather unfortunately, the machine I used to do the art for Elf Blood and all my other comics packed it in on Wednesday night – I strongly suspect that the curse of the original Sandy Bridge Cougar Point motherboards finally kicked in. Gambled and lost, I suppose!

Fortunately for everyone concerned, my laptop has gamely taken over artwork responsibilities (though I had to go out and buy a USB hub to make it workable). With this change, I actually got some benefits – Windows 8 is better than Windows 7 at accurately processing my tablet’s input for Lazy Nezumi, and I get even more accurate lines now! Plus, I’m now using Photoshop CC, which is a step above my five-year-old Photoshop package I was previously using. read more

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Time available – Zero

by on April 27, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Hullo everyone, sorry about this but I’m going to have to make today’s post yet another short one – I’ve been doing decorating work all day in the new house, and I’ve now got to pack for a work trip. If anyone has a lead on that hourglass thing that Hermione used in Harry Potter, please do get in touch, as I need about fifty extra hours in the week to get all the stuff I want done, done!

See you on Friday, when hopefully I’ll be able to write a longer, more interesting blog post. read more

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Zombie… Noises…

by on April 24, 2015 at 6:00 am
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Huuuuurgh I’m so tired tonight… It’s been one of those weeks – not constantly knackering, right enough, but capped off with an afternoon of face-to-face customer meetings. They actually went quite well, but damn if I don’t find them draining.

Well, fortunately I’ve got a decent weekend lined up! This evening it’s games night at a friend’s house – We might even be streaming, try checking us out on my pal’s Twitch from about 2100 BST! He’s totally worth checking out during UK evenings anyway, he can often be found playing Crusader Kings or TF2. Have a look-see! read more

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