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I need your help!

by on November 4, 2013 at 6:00 am
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I, as the post title indicates, need your help!

As anyone who has seen a photo of me knows (which is probably not many of you, otherwise I WILL be asking questions), or has paid attention to these little rants of mine, I am not a slim fellow. It’s not for want of trying, of course; I have indeed tried to diet, or to exercise more in the past, but it always falls over after a while because the only person I have to account to is myself. Inevitably, I start comfort eating, or boredom eating again, and the exercise quota just falls by the wayside as I procrastinate and avoid having to do the work. read more

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Tasty, tasty holidays.

by on November 1, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Well, that was a fantastic trip to Hong Kong I just had, I’m missing my family already!

Shan’t spend too long typing up a follow-up post, as I returned to work today and I’m already shattered, despite sleeping for twelve hours on the plane yesterday warning. Perhaps on Monday I will regale you with tails of my visit, but for now I must away to bed, lest my forehead smash into my keyboard. Again.

How’re you enjoying Mei Wu so far? I think with the action picking up, it’ll really grow on people! read more

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Multikulti – Woo!

by on October 28, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Wai, lei ho!

Yeeeeah, it’s time to slowly turn up the Canto dial on this thing! Mei Wu is going to get progressively more Cantonese as the book, and books continue. Brace thyself 😛

I love being mixed-race. Even more, I love being mixed-culture. Okay, I grew up in Scotland for most of my life, but my Mum and the Chinese half of my family always made sure I kept in touch with my Chinese heritage.

This absolutely does not mean that I condone the culinary travesty that is Haggis Won Ton

*shudder* For me, being multicultural isn’t about meshing things together artificially, nor is it about keeping two spheres separate from each other. It’s just about… Living, really. Identifying with all your parts. It doesn’t necessarily mean flaunting it (although that mostly stems from the twin personally conservative cultures of being Cantonese and Scottish. It’s a wonder I have enough confidence to carry on doing this comic!) Anyone who tells you that you need to pick a culture and stick with it is a moron. And probably a bigot. But mostly a moron. read more

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Posts of no real consequence!

by on October 25, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Last week’s post was somewhat heavy, so I thought I’d intersperse it with something nice and light. And what’s lighter than…. Nothing?

If there’s one thing working my job is that it’s incredibly important to just wind down, and do absolutely nothing from time to time. So, let’s kick back and do not very much for a bit!

Iced coffee is nice. Not many people are keen on it, but I love it. I’m not talking about frappuccinos, I’m talking properly brewed coffee, chilled, nice and milky, cubes of ice. It makes for a fantastic summer drink. Why am I drinking it during Autumn? Trying to claw back some of the summer, I suppose! read more

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Creativity vs. Creativity

by on October 21, 2013 at 6:00 am
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I read an article recently. An article that amused me, dismayed me, and in general, made me think.

This article, to be precise. “TED Talks are lying to you.” In this article, the author lays into the modern creative industries, and bemoans the rise of the creative professional, the usage of stock creative heroes/aesops, and the idea that creators are being lead to falsely believe that they will be able to make a living through their creations.

Now, I will admit that the author writes proficiently. However, I have a major, MAJOR, problem with the conclusions that he draws. His contention is that creativity experts are, themselves, devoid of creativity and actively damaging to the notion of creativity in and of itself. read more

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Mei Wu is here!

by on October 18, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Hooray, the brand-spanking new work is here!

As a little bit of a break from Elf Blood, and in a bid to get some print work done, I’ve embarked on a little diversion here. Mei Wu is my loveletter to Chinese mythology, and centres around a society of fox spirits. The world of Mei Wu was two years in the making, based on discussions I’ve had with my aunt and my uncle, books I’ve read, and general making-stuff-up based on tradition, legend and other folklore!

Incidentally, the title is a pun (which I hope works as well as I think it does); nine-tailed fox spirits are known in Cantonese as Gau Mei Wu. However, I have replaced the word Mei (tail) for the word Mei (beautiful), which is also quite fitting as fox spirits took on the form of beautiful young women, and were often seductresses. read more

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Who’s excited??

by on October 14, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Whew, that was a good arc, if I do say so myself! It’s good to be done with it, though, and to move onto the next thing. In this case, we’re not moving on to the next arc of Elf Blood, but instead to a single-block arc of a new work of mine, Mei Wu. Fear not! If you enjoy Elf Blood, I think you’ll enjoy Mei Wu as well – it’s more modern urban fantasy action, but instead of the Central European/North American flavouring of EB, instead it has a disinctly Cantonese theme and setting! It’ll also become a print work soon after, with extra content specially created for the paid-for version! read more

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Office shenanigans!

by on October 11, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Hola, everyone!

After last week’s somewhat grim and dour, but nonetheless thought-provoking article (though I do say so myself!), I thought what I’d do instead today was list some of the best pranks we’ve pulled in the office. Er, by which I mean an anonymous perpatrator pulled off. Honestly.

1: The remote-control buzzer. Hidden in strategic locations around the lab and the office, the buzzer is best activated when the Health and Safety advisor is in the vicinty, causing them hunt through the entire building for the sourc of the noise. Bonus points if you hide the buzzer under the desk of your co-conspirator, causing them to go mad. read more

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Youth and Technology

by on October 7, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Fewer and fewer young people are taking up science and engineering as a career.

This is a topic that has reared its head numerous times over the last few years, and is a particular issue in the UK. It’s no secret among any industry especially the power industry which I work in, that the workforce is ageing with little to no new blood coming in to replace those retiring or otherwise leaving. Now, I know I’m hardly the best person to address this, being an engineering graduate who no longer engineers, is desperately trying to become a professional writer and artist, and who has absolutely no standing professionally whatsoever. But! Don’t mistake my desire for a more artistic career as dislike for my existing career. If anything, I’m bloody grateful for having been trained and am working in a highly technical field, as I feel it’s prepared me well for writing by giving me an expanded view of the world. And I’m incredibly keen to see young people head towards it as a career! read more

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What’s Manson playing?

by on October 4, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Let’s get roguey!

I love videogames; those of you who have been paying attention probably know this already, but I’m always happy to profess my enjoyment of gaming. Unfortunately, these days and for fairly obvious reasons I tend to be able to play games only while having dinner, just before bed or at the weekends. My gaming time is therefore fairly limited, and the types of game that I like to play has been affected somewhat.

I love strong narrative in games, and games that allow a great depth of freedom to explore. The temptation with these games is to sink hours and hours into the experience; I’ve done this many a time with the Metros, STALKERS, and Elder Scrolls of the world, sometimes to the detriment of my art time (and most definitely to the detriment of my sleeping time). These games are now the ones that I tend to play only at the weekends, for fear of compromising my fairly strict artistic schedule. read more

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