The Elves of Iax

Long Time Gone

2009-09-05T00:00:00-07:00

It's been quite a while since I worked on The Elves. Chapter Two has remained 50% complete for nine months now. I am right now at the PAX gaming convention. Conventions traditionally re-inspire me to be artistically creative. At present, the Splurdagumi and I are coming out with Papyrus within the week. I suppose I'm struggling to find the drive and focus to get back to Iax. I guess, much as I love The Elves, them being my oldest and most in-depth creation, I'm at a loss as to what I'm ultimately capable of accomplishing. There's so many aspects of Iax, and I"m so very stubborn about how each is presented. The Splurdagumi and I gave the Elves of Iax RPG a test run this summer and had a great deal of fun with it. I think I will put my next burst of energy into that, as it is perfect for building the website's content. Encouragement is welcome.

Finished Page 6/7

2008-12-21T22:00:00-08:00

I just finished page 6/7 of chapter two. Just to put things into perspective, the last spread I finished was on June 18th. Nothing else to report, just moving on to the next one.

Research

2008-11-14T22:00:00-08:00

No real updates to the site today, but I've finally ended my hiatus for working on Chapter 2. Previously, my working life made it impossible, but I've found an interesting new method of freelancing where I bust-ass on a project for two weeks, then spend the next two looking for the next project. That looking period gives me ample time to work on artwork. The next page I need to draw is extremely important, as it illustrates Py's first view of Iax. Most of Chapter 2 has been told in flashback, and involves a great deal of landscape, which I don't have much experience with and is an immense amount of work. The good news is this picture of Iax will be the last such illustration before I can finish the book with dialogue and action, but the frustrating news is because of it's significance, this is going to be the hardest comic page I've ever drawn. I hope you can see why i've put it off for so long.

The Tale of Mother Adelynn Complete

2008-10-25T22:00:00-07:00

I finished The Tale of Mother Adelynn today. Its interesting how well I got to know these characters I'll probably never use again. I've always adored the "tip of the iceberg" style of story telling, and I hope I pulled it off well here. There's quite a bit about Paul, Robert and Eleanor's life that I wrote into their dialogue, and I'll be interested to see how much people pick up. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll be working on Chapter 2 again soon, (25% done at present,) but I've also got the idea for my next short. We'll see what I get done next.

Mother Adelynn Page 4

2008-10-16T22:00:00-07:00

I've posted the fourth page of Mother Adelynn, and I've added an RSS feed to the site. Not much else to tell, so I'll get back to finishing Adelynn.

Three Pages of Adelynn

2008-10-13T22:00:00-07:00

I posted the third page of Mother Adelynn, as well as some corrections to the second. Huggy has been an interesting challenge to draw for this comic, since it seems he really enjoys talking with his hands. Anyone familiar with my old comics will know my infamy with drawing foreshortened hands. I'm rather proud of how Huggy turned out in the second panel, but I redrew that four times to get it right. While I still (and always will) don't feel it's perfect, I can say I'm really starting to enjoy drawing characters facepalming.

Mother Adelynn Page 1

2008-08-17T22:00:00-07:00

I took a little time off from my day job, and low and behold the site suddenly has the start of a new comic! This is the first page of a six page short story that breaks away from The Crew's adventure a bit and takes a look at some of the culture of greater Iax. I'm going back to that day job in about seven hours, so I guess we'll see how long it takes me to get to the other five pages.