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I don't really get this asked a lot to me: what's the process of working on your comic? How do you make your comic or draw it out? In case you don't want to watch the video version of how I work on a panel of a page of my comic SaGia, I'll break it down: 1. (Not in the video) I first type up the dialogue and action in Google Docs.  2. I work on the illustration in Procreate. This is a panel from chapter 16 (which will release in June or July over at GlobalComix and will be in Volume 3) that I picked. I won't show the entire page due to spoilers, if you're waiting on volume 3's release or just simply waiting for chapter 16 to come out. I sketch out the drawing in blue; the sketch is rough as you can see. In the above photo, the blue looks lighter; the reason for it is because I draw over the sketch in black, making sure it's perfect. To do this, I lower the opacity of the layer. 3. Once I'm satisfied with the sketch, I finalize the drawing in black. 4...

Hey all, posting an update while I was away for a couple of weeks. Today, I went out with my mom to promote my comic outside of social media.  One of the places we went to was a vintage store and although the owner doesn’t take independent comics, he was interested in my book and wanted me to sign both volumes 1 & 2 with my characters on it! Luckily he had a Sharpie, as I didn’t bring mine, lol. I realized I forgot to draw an eyebrow on one of my characters on the right, but oh well. Fun fact: I’m a leftie! I draw with my left hand. I also successfully got my books in another comic book store called Danger Room Comics in Olympia. I plan to reach out to them sometime this week to see if my comic is in their database. I also came back to Gabi’s Olympic Cards & Comics ( where I had my first event last year ) and was surprised that 2 out of 5 books were sold! I tried looking at more events but still no success. I recently contacted an event called the Olympia Zine Fest but sadl...

Although this is currently non-existent since my indie comic SaGia isn’t that big yet, I had thought of this concept for days and sketched out my concept on 5/12, which is based on one of my characters, Jikiru.  I was going to work on more merch concepts based on my other characters (Rena, Haido, Lain, Lass, etc.), but wasn’t feeling the motivation this week. I tried so hard to sketch out concepts of action figures, plushies, a reversible plushie of Jikiru/Haido, but again, motivation was so low, I didn’t feel like doing it. I picked Jikiru for this concept because writing her personality in the comic was fun for me that it made me warm up to her. Since I loved her so much, I thought of this idea: an interactive plush based on her. And so, I had sketch out the concept in Procreate and was satisfied with the results. Apologizes for my handwriting in the above sketch concept. I had the idea of having Jikiru’s eyeballs move as well as blink + having her mouth animate. Her head bobs fr...

Note: post was typed on 4/22, but scheduled to post on 4/30. The game from my childhood in question is Enchanted on the Nintendo DS, released in 2007 to tie-in with the movie of the same name; my favorite Disney movie of all time. I got this at some store on the shelf and the part I hate about the game is playing as Prince Edward riding on his horse. I remember getting frustrated with those segments that I had my mom do it for me. The game follows the whole movie, but there are random slime or mushroom enemies that will attack Giselle for some reason. I remember beating the final boss, Queen Narissa's dragon form at night before waking up in the morning for high school without dying to her. Man, the memories. And I saw the entire credits too and quickly saved my game. I remember my heart beating fast during the fight, and I was scared that my mom or dad would come in and take my DS from me. The game's sword segments gets harder, especially post-game. And post-game. Hoo boy. Whe...

Here we go again, more DBZ merch released by MGA Entertainment.  No, you aren't high or having a dream, these are real games (happy 4/20). Disclaimer: I don't smoke, okay?   Previously (on Dragon Ball Z), I reviewed the obscure Battleship knockoff known as Battle Strategy Game - Frieza Saga Edition  and a pinball game (Summon the Dragon Pinball) which re-uses sounds from a Windows pinball game called Space Cadet. In this post, I'll be looking at some of the Dragon Ball Z LCD games released by this company that I own. This will be the last part of the "MGA Entertainment Saga", as I don't really care about some of the other DBZ merch that they released. I love LCD handhelds. My first exposure to them was when I was at my granny's house and my cousin had these collection of SEGA LCD toys. You know, "SHADOW BASKETBALL". That one.  Confused? Well, it’s a meme from this terrible ad: I definitely remember the Rouge and Amy Tennis game .  Someone out the...