Level 17 eh? Feels like just yesterday I was Nobunaga's Level 15 Ambition...wait, oh, that was yesterday...

Did I miss something? I didn't realize there was a glitch between 15 and 16. Honestly I've never been one for caring about levels or posting, but that's funny *shrugs*

Anyways, in other news I'm redoing some hand drawing on a page or two of the third teaser, but this shouldn't hinder it's eventual release. I'm not going to form a Union til later, if at all. I've also been doing a lot of Web Hosting and URL registration research...so, it's possible I might be able to reveal the book name and many more details coming up in the near future...

-SD

I hope you guys liked the short, and candid teaser that was posted; for those of you who have not seen it, it is posted under my images tab...

I've definately been feeling the love with the art I have posted and I want to thank you guys for it. I also want to thank Thomas and Ryan again for getting people's attention. Without your help I definately wouldn't have the support I have now. Yet, I feel like I can't lie (even though I can, I do, and I am good at it), these teasers have been nothing compared to what teaser 3 will be. With that in mind I'd definately like to do something B!G when it is released...

I'd like all of your input on this, but I'm thinking Union; what do you guys think? It would start off as an [8/15\8], or VIII.XV.MMVIII or whatever we can decide upon that later. The point is a Union would really get people's attention and with Teaser 3 I think people would really be interested. The union can be used to discuss things concerning the teasers, theories people may have, or I can even address questions people may have. I can slowly give more details about the books, and even post more teasers like 2.5 within the Union, since they are quick and easy, to keep people interested as the date draws closer. Furthermore, when the website is released the union can change names and blah blah blah...point is, people could become more involved, and i could address people's thoughts and ideas, and become less and less candid.

There is one other thing, I would clearly not be able to run the union, so I'd like to know if anyone would be interested in running the union and hopefully we can set it up?

Your thoughts and opinions will be very helpful...thanks guys...

-SD

Teaser 2.5 is up, my hopes are that you guys like it, enjoy it, and I hope that it raises some eyebrows. Like I said before, this one is mostly text, and little art, but i think this teaser reveals more about the 2052 of my story and some things that are going on; it might also say some things about where the plot could possibly go...

Lemme know what you think!...

Post Script: I've decided to redo teaser 1 as well, by getting rid of the crappy static and shading; then reshading it and creating a static filter, that will do it more justice and make it look a lot better...

Edit: Whoops, haha after a quick edit the image is back up; sorry about that! :P

Edit...again: Ok...sorry again, now it's completely spell checked...

With the unfortunate events of teaser three leaving me feeling rather...pissed off, I definitely feel like I have to make it up to those of you I have interested. Teaser three should be up in about a week and a half, so to fill that gap i will be coming up with teaser 2.5...most of the teaser will be text but it shouldn't take me more than two days...

...working in photoshop...had 3 and 1/2 pages done...the power went out... ...I'm not gonna say it...but...you should know how I feel...

-S...friggin...D...

I wasn't sure if anyone else knew this so I figured I'd put it out there, but I just stumbled upon a deathnote movie. It's not animated and it's a full length film on youtube: DEATHNOTE

It's actually not too bad, I just find it interesting how it correlates to the actual series...

-SD

I was lazy and i couldn't come up with a proper title...anyways...

This is just a quick update since I haven't posted in awhile: I'm moving into photoshop this week so, unless there are any complications, expect the teaser posted on friday...

I finished up Wolf's Rain just today and, well, Eh...Im not one criticize animes or mangas much because they are generally total runs of the imagination, and to get into some of them you really have to free your mind of reality. In my opinion Wolf's Rain was one of these runs of the imagination, and I really enjoyed it thuroughly up until about the last few episodes. One thing that really bothers me is when you create something great but f*** it up in a truly s**** manner, normally done through a particularly crappy ending. For me Wolf's Rain was not the exception to this trend, and I can't help but wonder if this was really the creator's vision? or did they just not have a good ending so they said "just do whatever because the mindly zombies that we already have hooked will watch it anyways"?...Well I'm not going to spoil anything but to me it was not a quality ending to a quality anime...it just felt like they didn't put much thought into it:?

-SD

Part of me feels bad that I have not been commenting or visiting many of your blogs. I care, it's just that I am avoiding GS intentionally to put more time and effort into the third teaser...which brings me to the bad news...

Teaser 3 will probably be the last teaser on GS, sorry. It's probably going to be the last because I'd like to start the chapter work as soon as it's done. The reason it's taking so long is for many of the frames i didn't have a prespective or an angle in mind so it's kinda tough since I'm sort of a perfectionist (except on the first teaser, for some reason I didn't care too much about how that one turned out). I'll try to shoot up a forth, but it's not too likely; we'll see how fast i can get some chapters done. Honestly they should progress faster since I already have prespectives and angles in mind, but i don't want to make any promises...

In other news: I picked up Folklore!!! I finally downloaded the demo, and I liked it, especially the panelled cut scenes I felt those could give my some great views and angles for my novel; that, and the game reminded me of an old school RPG or action adventure (threads of fate *cough cough wink wink nudge nudge* "ow, stop coughing, and nudging at me while winking!! it's creepy"...oh sorry...) anyways that's gaming news.

Oh, and just in case you were thinking "how can this *** hat have time for games, but not blogging?! ...C'mon, I'm a GAMER, it's not IN my blood, it IS my blood. So, if I don't game I don't have blood and if I don't have blood it's kinda hard to create books, since I'd be dead. Therefore, if I'm dead it's kinda hard to write books faster so I can get back to reading blogs...hmm? you know the logic!

Oh lemme know if you played the game or the demo and what you think, and which character you prefer...I think i prefer ellen, but I haven't played enough...

-SD

This is exactly why I'm going to be completing my chapters in advance, because i really don't want to be the guy who makes a post every week about how I missed posting a chapter because it's taking me longer than I anticipated...

So as I've been working on teaser three it's becoming abundantly clear that it's going to need to be 7 pages long, which in turn means it won't be posted until the end of next week...anyways I'm spending all my free time this week getting all the pages drawn up and ill be spending next week in photoshop coloring and just completing the whole darn thing. My best guess would be to expect the teaser up next friday...Sorry Guys...

EDIT: To recap: for those of you who have just started reading my blog, I am currently developing a 7 book online graphic novel that will be released on 8/15/08. This up and coming third teaser holds my hopes that it will really portray what I can really do with my art; basically it's going to be one massive fight scene...

Also, I've been watching Wolf's Rain (I watch it as I draw), and it's actually really good IMO, I recommend it to any anime fans. I figure when I'm done with that I'll put deathnote on again to fill in the background noise as I draw...anyways, I should be starting the fourth page tonight; half way drawn! WoOt wOoT!

To Worthy: Alright I'll see ya this weekend

To Symph: Hey, I meant to finish reading but time has become of the essence so I will pick up eternia again later, but I'm really enjoying it

-SD