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The old saying “You can never return home” is wrong. Sure, the carpet looks a little worse for wear, and the cat still hates you, but overall the experience remains overwhelmingly wonderful.

Hero of the week: Lovetoread! Many huzzahs for recommending the wonderful Mateki which was illustrated by Yosjitaka Amano. Plus 100,000 geek cred for good classical music taste and a Final Fantasy related artist tie-in.


Art that is contrasty:

Art that is shiny:




My new segmented overlords:
Within a foot of me I have a tiny army, and each member of this clan is named Fred. They are building something special. Yep, you guessed it - I have an ant farm. So if you have any questions or requests for the Army of Fred please let me know, and I will pass them along!

Awash in present-tense,
- Josh

It seems like just the other day I was evading a large pack of wild dogs as they nipped at my heels. And instead of the usual flashbacks of repentance, I wished for Apotheosis. At the time I assumed my monkey brain was making up nouns again in a hopeful attempt to survive, but lo-and-behold it was a real word! Once I recovered from the deadly jaws from the wall of sentient “woof woof”, I looked up said word.

A-P-O-T-H-E-O-S-I-S:
Apotheosis (from Greek), deification or divinization is the glorification of an individual to a divine level.

Wow. Wouldn’t that be cool? To have God-like powers of your own choosing? Kind of crazy though. Unless maybe someone had - say - a choose your own adventure graphic novel in the works. Then it might be relevant. Hmm…

In unrelated mind rambling, the image above is from one of the few pages right now with Fil in it. What I find interesting is that Fil is simply more fun to write for, so he kind of needs to go away for you to invest yourself in Kirby. Here’s hoping it works.

OH - and just to prove I have no idea what I’m doing - I went back and updated the last book sample. It looked a bit plain so I began to fuss with it. *emo comic artist sigh*

IDON”TKNOWHOWTOUSESPACEBAR,
- Josh

The first 140 pages of the future Pixelton graphic novel are 100% inked. It took longer then I imagined, but I’m happy. It looks and reads well, and once I add some extra shine to the gaps I think the first section does exactly what it needs to. For once in my life I have something I’m proud to stand behind.

And of course now that I’m getting somewhere, I’m entirely changing how I do things. The rest of the book will be roughly written/sketched on paper but drawn from the start in the computer. I feel I used my sketches as a crutch and with less emphasis on copying I can make faster pages. This is the same method I’ve used with the online comic, and I finally think it is looking good enough to bring to the book.

After replaying ICO I’m dedicated to building more atmosphere. If I have the time you will get to explore many parts of the enchanted island, even if just to enjoy the view. Having a sense of place and weight is a big push that I feel worked in Nothing Left to Lose, even if the story was crap. I’d like the same gravity but with a child’s sense of wonder.

If I get my way I’m half done. So much more to do, but to be honest, this end section goes insane. When I started this book I never imagined it would end up being such a strange and heavy project…

GOOD NEWS/ BAD NEWS:
I finished two pages today but the first won’t get colored until tomorrow or Tuesday. This next page is nice but the second page could be one of my best drawings ever. It was the reason (outside of the book) that I stopped drawing here, because each time I realized what I was doing my mind became lazy. But both should hit within a week!

HELP ME PLAY A PRANK ON THE KITTEN PEOPLE:
So when you type kittens into Google the first image you get is Pixelton’s image of a kitty sniper. And this isn’t Google Images…just regular old google search. And while I enjoy the thousand people a day coming here for fuzzy cat love, I wonder if Google would notice if I say, swapped this image for another the same size and name?

Wouldn’t it be funny if they searched kittens and got an image of Hitler in a monster truck? I need your genius to make this prank fully epic. Please share any ideas/images in the comments.

If you’re happy and you know it write a blog post,
- Josh

Why has it been so quiet around here lately?! I totally hate that Josh guy. GRRRR!

Sorry Pixeltiers, I apologize for the lack of updates lately. This weekend there will be a new comic and a detailed look at where the book is. But here is one of the reasons for the abscence…

Introducing Cubicle Ninjas. This is the rebranded version of my personal portfolio. Cubicle Ninjas are like design and illustration warriors. Check out my design blog, or what some nice people had to say about us.

More cool comic related crap coming this weekend or I live-blog while I commit hara-kiri.

Kick, punch, chop, block,
- Josh