HOLY S***, AN UPDATE?Falcon6Posted: 04/18/2010
Yes, you heard it here first, ladies and germs. We have ourselves a comic update!
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In the Fanart section.
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Ehehe...
The comic was created by forum-goer and all-around crazy individual, MarioMK1. What was just going to be a small comic for the forum became his own little way to practice, and it finally ended in April. What an...insane series of comics.
As for me and my comics? Well, I have nothing set in stone at the moment. The revamp has so many little details I need to work around, and the character designs are nowhere near done. Hair is a problem.
Hair is a BIG problem.
Expect a new site for this stuff, as well. Soon enough.
But until then, I must return to my studies!
Until then, read this, read this, READ THIS ENTIRE SITE'S COMICS.
Small updateFalcon6Posted: 09/12/2009
Listening to: Beware the Forest's Mushrooms
Playing: Nothing yet
Yearning for: Bowser's Inside Story
Yes, this is so small that it may be insignificant for broadcast upon even this site, a site that has had fewer updates than the news story saying "Mice Like Cheese."
I am in the process of thinking up ideas for the beginning layouts for a tentative design change for the site. When I say it like that, you KNOW I won't have this up for quite a while. Because of this and the revamping project I'm having with the comic, it could be quite a few more weeks before another update on the actual comic archive.
Be that as it may, I'm planning on making small comics and art updates for the heck of it on my DeviantART account. This is mostly because I don't have a place for them on this site...yet.
So, this small newspost...what does this mean? Two things: (1) New design for the site will come with the new comic and (2) side comics will exist on this site. Whether that means I'll actually do "mini comics" that will update on some sort of schedule like the mini comics on other sites or actual comics that update on the side while the actual story is progressing remains to be seen.
The new comic, by the way, will be separate from the old comics shown now. We'll still have the old comics, but the main archive will basically reboot for the new comic. We'll also have a new archive for the side comics, too.
No word on what the heck I'm going to do with the supposed side-comics. All I do know is, if it does what I hope, then I won't lose my desire to do these comics anymore.
Breaking news: Mice still like cheese.
The Degrees and Styles of HumanityFalcon6Posted: 09/06/2009
Playing: Arkham Asylum
Listening to: Warcraft Theme
Currently: Translating Mooglish
So, I'm just going to ignore the great, big elephant in the room that is "Why in the heck is your update schedule so...non-existent?!" and just focus on other issues. 'K? 'K.
I recently started my final year of community college. I've decided that much right now. Whether this means my schooling days have finally reached its climax or I end up going up for higher education remains to be determined. I honestly have no clue as to either. If I choose the former, I have to find a job that will take just that and I have no clue if I'm even ready to take said job yet. If I choose the latter, that means the hasty decision of where on Earth should I go to further said education. Heck, I have no clue if Web Design is even a viable choice for a further step. I've heard some people saying I would have to major in "Computer Science." It's honestly very hard to get that much out of it.
Not to mention my desire to further my Graphical Design aspects. I went into Web Design because I thought it would provide me with the opportune medium to create really neat things, but I found out that the majority of the degree ended up being about Programming and I dunno if I like that so much. I like messing around with Javascript and CSS, don't get me wrong. But I feel like this is what I wanted to do as a minor detail and that graphical design was my true reasoning for going into this degree. This is probably why I'm going to take a few design classes on the side next semester again.
Not to mention I've also gotten interested in model design for video games...but that's for another time.
Speaking of design, I guess I have to go back to the whole "update" deal. So, why have I not been updating? Has it been WoW? Has it been the fact that Batman is right behind me right now just aching to beat up some more thugs? No, it's actually...uncertainty.
Don't get me wrong here, I am very close to updating. I wasn't lying last time when I said I had two comics almost ready. Back then. Problem was, I looked at them and thought "No, no, no, that's not right. I can't do that." and threw them out. I just recently redrew one comic and I think I was able to condense the two into one...but I don't know entirely yet. I'm still drawing the comic and I do feel like it'll be updated soon.
Anyway, why am I uncertain? It's not exactly the few comics ahead that I'm worried about, but the comic's future. I've been drawing a lot lately, doing concepts and figuring out my styles. I've had critiques heard and listed and I've come to the conclusion that I really have no idea where I'm going with it.
...let me reiterate: I know what the story is going to be about. I've had this story in my head since Falcon was created and Gameck created a few months after. This is a story that's been in my head for 5 years now. Heck, I have stuff planned so far ahead that I think I would never have to worry about "where to go from here" story-wise. The problem is, I want to shift something dramatically art-wise and I have little clue as to how to do it, and how it will affect things.
In the end, these months without updates have been annoying to me, as well, because I've had to rack this idea in my head for a few months now...
How do I change the characters into humans? Both story-wise and art-wise.
And I've gotten close. At least with one. I still have more, and thus starts my real problem.
Why am I so focused on this sort of change, you may ask? Simple: I hate relying on a character model I don't own. Falcon and Kifyra were never supposed to be hedgehogs and X3 and X6 were never supposed to be foxes. The only main character in this comic that has had their character design completely on-point is X7, who was created to be a humanoid dog. In the end, my constant laziness with sprites created a real obstacle. I've always said that I was focusing on making the characters unique and not the sprites, but in the end, that's not what being an artist is about. It's about being creative on all fronts. And when I switched to drawing, I started to really see the roadblocks I've created for myself.
If I want to get better at what I do, I need to figure out a few key issues. And I assure you, I'm thinking of them all. I really am wanting to get this comic rolling again, and I think...well, no better time than now.
Seven years later, the hero reawakens...?Falcon6Posted: 06/05/2009
So, that wait was quite an ordeal, huh?
I'll be honest, my long absence was due a large part on my duties in ol' World of Warcraft. Ever since the guild I'm in disbanded, I had an opportunity to take a break from raiding that beastly Ulduar. I assure you, I'm going to be going back into the game soon enough, but being cut out from my officer duties again should allow me a lot more time to do whatever needs to be done vis a vis the comic area. My plan is to do a server transfer to the same server our favorite alien parasite is at. [Metroid152, in case you forgot your favorite. On a side note, Metroid is a huge charlatan, taking advantage of my poor guildlessness to make me spend $25 for it.]
But because of financial areas, I can't server transfer yet, so I'm using the opportunity to get some WORK done.
Another part of the comic having issues returning was mostly due to my classes. Especially in April and May, I just didn't have enough time to do stuff. This accounted for even WoW, before someone picks up on it. College is serious business! D=
And it'll probably be worse off come August. Ah, well. I think my next objective to improve myself comic-wise is finally going to be my schedule-keeping.
Anyway, comic back and cheers are heard...in at least one place in the Interweb. And no, I don't think I'll be able to keep to a set schedule for at least a few more weeks. I still need to figure out what all I can do about it. I'm planning on figuring that out soon, though.
Just know that I already have comics being ready. The next two should be particularly interesting.
- 01/14/2008 - New banner for main site and forum
- 01/07/2008 - One year online
- 12/21/2007 - Server service upgrade
- 12/21/2007 - Forum Upgraded to 3.0.0 Gold
