Hey! Thought I'd indulge myself with another news post. First item, the next chapter of Kansas is finally up! Read it here http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/634402 or get the app (gold star if you want to donate a few bucks to all the other writers and artists by buying the ad-free version!) 

I don't think I'm ever going to not be apologizing for the lack of punctuality on my part. I was actually pretty on top of this chapter, but then vacation happened, then work, then videogames, then minor miscommunications kinda snowballed a bit-- but guaranteed it's my fault. Hope you didnt throw away the tomatoes lurking underneath your crisper drawer quite yet, cause you can huck 'em at meeeeee!

Mmmmmbahbahbahbah.

Second! 

ComicCon!

I fucked up again!

And missed out on all the artist alley tables. I'll still be there, though, and my brother has been gneeping on about how its some anniversary for Ghost In The Shell or some freaking thing so I'll probably show up wearing only a grey leotard trying hopelessly to cosplay as Kusinagi. Choo choo, get the shametrain rolling, cause I gotta get in shape fo' dat. That shape: pure beefslab. If you're in Ottawa in May, check it out, it's a pretty rad event.

Third!

Ah-- third--- what was... *shuffles papers* third, third... oh, right, yeah. New Years Resolutions. Shut up, putting them in a list makes it easier for me to remember them. They're all art-related, too, so you won't have to listen to me rant about how much I hate not being able to put sugar in my tea. Guess what I FURKGIN HATE IT HFAGGHH-

-Colour theory! Gotta brush (HEH) up on colours. Different styles (realism, cell-shading), composition, and using actual physical paints to mix colours. Seriously, it can be hard. Real paints are hard.

-Backgrounds! It's not so much that I can't sorta kinda do backgrounds, it's that I don't take them seriously and they turn out sloppy and rushed. Don't be me. Don't be an asshole. Backgrounds are important.

-Movies! I'm not incredibly optimistic about how many animation projects I'll be getting done this year. There could be some pretty cool stuff coming but everything still being in the planning stages, it's hard to say. Animation obviously takes a lot of time and emotional investment, which, uh, really--well, isn't quite my style, especially when its just me trying to get a personal movie finished. I'll still be working hard on a project any given time, it's just...not...gonna be produced fastly.

-Making dough! This year I want to really get the ball rolling on making art a sorta part-time career. This'll mean buckling down and kissing fandom ass with prints and the like to be sold at the next comiccon. I'm gonna do research into laminating, too, cause little things like bookmarks I can do at work with coloured pencils and just slowly build a pile to dish out to all you wonderful nerds. 

That about wraps it up, I think. Everybody-- try to make this year a good one. It won't work, but keep your collective chins up. Talk to somebody you haven't seen in a while. Watch a new show you don't think you'll like. Stick something new up your butt. Stay positive and stay cool.