Not much happening in this page, I guess... but I needed this for pacing purposes. I'm glad Alban has his reference sheet available. It helped a lot when I was drawing in the details... Please LAM-mama, we need Fuu-san's reference sheet too!
Now the bigger question is, when do I get the time to draw the next page. (• ▽ •;)
Trigger Warning: (manga-styled) Blood
Or that could just be spilled ink, I dunno. (･ัω･ั)
I haven't been drawing manga pages for a long time. This is so satisfying! I'm thinking if I should continue this all the way until the actual death scene or if I should just leave it at that.
Fuu-san and Albanyan have very complicated character designs, so drawing them in manga is quite difficult. Well, if I get more time to draw, I probably won't mind continuing the angst. (｡ŏ﹏ŏ)
Now to find some Ceasar Salad.
The Barong Tagalog, more commonly known as simply Barong (and occasionally called Baro), is an embroidered formal shirt which is considered the national dress of the Philippines. It is lightweight and worn untucked over an undershirt.The sheer fabric of the barong is surprisingly durable. Artemio's barong is longer than usual though, and I added a belt to it, just because I wanted to stylize it.
I gave him the box and he just looked at it. I wasn’t sure if he was angry? Annoyed? I had no idea what was going through his mind.
Then, he smiled quietly while looking at the box in his hands.
“It hurts.”
Translated version of an excerpt from
My Facebook Boyfriend for Real 2
by A.B. Castueras
My heart is broken. Please let me move on. ((´﹏｀*))ﾟ
I've always wanted to draw these two… they are my original characters from quite some time ago, when being a shoujo mangaka was the only thing in my mind.
Yes, I used to write love stories long before college ever came, but reading them now, they’re also so cheesy that I just want to rewrite everything again. OTL;;; Even the names are all in Japanese, so these two will remain “a girl and a boy” for now. The uniforms are new though, because I don’t want this to look like Sailor Moon anymore. xD
I wonder if I should work on this for Komikon or my new Doujinshi? The only thing stopping me with this is buying the hassle of buying the copyright… and the script too, of course. That needs a lot of work.
You know, there’s a reason why this image is cropped the way it’s cropped. ;3 Mwehehe~ I don’t have much free time, so the coloring is a little rushed, sorry! ♥
Someone suggest some names for me please? :3
But is this really the end? Personally, I would love to draw more of Baku’s human form. Maybe he would meet up with Kuromi after she leaves the school?
In any case, is anyone interested in getting the copy-bon form of this series? As I’d expected, Mote-Mote didn’t sell very well in Komikon because not a lot of people know about this anime. ^^;;; But this is ok! Komikon was still quite an experience and I wouldn’t trade it for anything!
So anyway, my sister is going the USA this December. This means I can ship stuff to the US (and possibly Canada) from the US! I’ve already got 4 packed away and ready. :D Although I still need to find out how much it will cost for shipping, the book itself is only US$1.50. ^_^
Feel free to comment or email me and let me know! Thanks guys! ♥
I was actually going to update about what I had to go through in preparing the original print outs for xeroxing, but this is much more exciting news~ ♥
I have in my possession, all 30 copies of Karma 2, Mote-Mote, and Renka-chan’s “Soul Dice”! They’re cut, stapled, and ready to be sold at Komikon this coming November 19!
Although I’m disappointed that I can’t splurge a little for colored covers, this will be a good “test run” for my first convention as a seller. >.<;;; Besides, black and white Mote-Mote turned out pretty well~
There’s a sneak peak into the Epilogue available in the independent manga. International readers don’t need to fret, because I will probably post these pages on site some day… not right away though, because I want to give the Komikon people their exclusivity. And speaking of exclusive, this Komikon version of Karma will replace all Japanese “Rei-nee”s and “Tori-nii”s with their Tagalog equivalent, “Ate Rei” and “Kuya Tori”!
Soul Dice's cover will not be in the catalogue given out at the Komikon, unfortunately, but with Lan looking so cute, I'm betting people will be fighting just to get this manga~ ♥ I’m now wondering if it was a good idea to just print 30 pieces of this book… but then again, I can only carry so much in my backpack. @_@;;;
This is one of my complaints about the xeroxing. >.>;;; What is with those blurred edges??? I thought the xerox machine would be able to cut it off cleanly, but apparently not! If I do sell these again, I will need to modify the original copies so that it will turn out better next time!
The other complaint? The sketches I added are not all clear! Some turned out alright, others didn't. ;_; S-sob... More modifications for next time, for sure!
Either way though, I got these exactly one week before Komikon starts. Not bad, considering I’m releasing 2 books and working on Mist. T-then again, Mist is late this week, so I’m wondering… if joining Komikon will cost me my job. >.>;;; Wah! I hope not! ;~;
Ok, I really need to sleep. I’ve had this flu all week long, and working so hard is really not healthy. @~@;;; Good night guys! See you at Komikon! *^_^*
It's pretty much official, so I guess I can make an announcement here. :3
I will be part of November 19th’s Independent Komiks Tiangge in Komikon! For now, I will be releasing 2 books, Mote-Mote and Karma: Ai (Karma Chapter 2)!
I know, I know, both are available to read for free online, but I will be adding some special extras for the indies.
For Mote-Mote, there will be several Onegai My Melody fan arts that I have never posted online. I will try to add a few more pages to the finished doujin, but this is more or less the basic idea of what to expect when you buy it as an indie.
For Karma, it may be renamed “Karma: Ai”. The reason I am doing this is because I want to turn Karma into a series of short stories for indies. Each will have it's own subtitle, but all of them will have “Karma” somewhere on it. :) And because this is my original work, I will be including an epilogue to what is available online. I’m not sure if I’m going to post the epilogue online anymore, but we’ll see!
There will also be material from the original chapter 2 drawings. I used A.illusions characters for this version, but in the original, there were 4 characters specifically created for Karma.
Needless to say, I’m very nervous about participating in Komikon. This will be my first Komikon as an indie seller, so… I’m kinda worried! What if no one buys my books? What if people get irritated that they could read it online anyway? What if I get lost on the way to the Bayanihan Center? What if I don’t finish these on time??? ;u;
Ah well… I will do my best! I hope to see you guys at the Komikon! >.<;;;
Technically, this is also Mallory’s cheesiness, but what the hey-
This is such a typical, shoujo manga storyline. I’m kind of glad I got to draw this scene, because Hiiragi blushing? That never happened in the anime did it? xD
Not counting that new year’s(?) episode though… the one with Hiiragi in a kimono and ponytailed hair? I’m pretty sure he sorta blushed then, but I can’t remember now. I should have downloaded the entire series! ;u;
Anyway, I just finished Karma: Chapter 2 and now I’m wrapping up Mote-Mote too. I hope this drive continues so I can get on with A.illusions already!
…I really need to practice drawing kisses. This looks so awkward somehow. ;u;
Back to sleep for me! Hope you guys enjoyed this page! ^^
