+PTS+LOKETEST+WHAT? O_O+

It’s been exactly a month since my last journal entry…right down to the date, haha! I think that may have happened before but I never really noticed. Just kinda weird I guess. Anyway, for those that are wondering what the “eff” I’ve been up to—well, not too long ago I officially finished my sample chapter to Part Time Shuffle, “Part Time Shuffle: Volume 000” and despite wanting to make a few things better I’m pretty happy with what I have so far and I can only hope that you and any others who have read it definitely enjoyed themselves as well.


But now that the first sample chapter is behind me…what is there to do? Plenty. While I have it up online and people can read it at their leisure—its always good to have more beef sitting in the marinade just in case people are greedy for seconds. What do I mean by seconds? Well, I mean the newest addition to my set of Part Time Shuffle sample chapters-that’s what.
In the veign of a japanese beta test for a fighting game, I introduce the next sample chapter of Part Time Shuffle: Volume 000: Tetrazzini Impact. A common process for the release of an arcade fighting game in Japan is that when close to being 100% complete, developers allow a test version of the game to be played in select arcades where developers can obtain feedback from players on the overall feel of the game, character specifics, and potential balance tweaks to make the game a better product. What I’m doing is quite similar to a traditional practice that has been going on for years. Before I hopefully get published, I will be premiering my sample chapters online and at other venues/companies that I wish to not devulge just yet in hopes of getting feedback from various sources, one of them being fans/followers of my DeviantArt page. I will updating my DeviantArt soon with new promotional pieces and possibly teaser pieces of the upcoming sample chapter.

I’ve learned a lot from doing the previous sample, and I’m definitely going to be working even harder, and possibly faster to finish the next sample chapter. Maybe one day my comic, after some loke-testing will be able to go “gold”. With that said I hope you enjoyed the first chapter from Part Time Shuffle Volume 000 and that you will enjoy Tetrazzini Impact even more.
Before I end this journal, I’d like to thank the people who do continue to follow/support my DeviantArt page, and my blog which in turn supports my goal to have this book picked up and published. The only favor that I ask from any of you is to tell anyone else you know about my book, or my DeviantArt page that would be interested in what I have to offer. If you’ve got Twitter, drop a link if you can and I will be more than appreciative of your kind gesture! Also, if you can let prospective publishers of manga (Oni Press, Yen Press, Seven Seas, and Viz to name a few!) know that you'd like to see this published and picked up--that would be awesome as well.

Best luck to everyone and their projects and endeavors, and of course…

Stay Beefy.

If you're wondering how powerful "Tetrazzini" can be, let me show you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZxbKvD1YQ

And for the people who may not have read my sample chapter just yet,

http://beefykunoichi.mangakagallery.com/

+SHUFFLE+IS+ADVENT+

I interrupt my normal scheduled blog to bring you this special report:




Some have seen the mysterious photo of a portion of my comic being viewed on my Vizio and the lolz which came from that...well I'm revealing a bit more now...




As I’ve implied I do have an announcement to make, and yes its rather beefy. After a lot of work in between other contracted jobs and life overall, I’ve been able to finally finish my pitchwork for Part Time Shuffle. Its been a long road, involving quite a few redraws, bouts of frustration, and a little lost sleep…not too much. It’s a small step in a big journey toward getting this published hopefully—but I still have work cut out for me. As it stands, the entire sample book is available to read online here…

http://beefykunoichi.mangakagallery.com/


Of course, while it is readable there are some things that aren’t legible due to seeing it at a reduced size—so that means, it would be nice if you could see it close up right? Well, you just may have that opportunity in2010. More details will follow once more things are confirmed. As it stands, I think I could’ve done a lot more in the time frame concerning my pitchbook but at the same time I’m happy with the “small step” I just made concerning this particular project. There were definitely a lot of lessons from it—as any artist realizes during, and A LOT of after you’ve finished your work.


Am I scared? Definitely. I know its impossible to please everyone—but I think that my sample piece will be enjoyed by enough people that more would want to actually read the comic, at least that’s my goal. I have the series mapped out already at this point with some leeway to add new characters in filler spots but time will tell in terms of when they will show up. In the meantime, I’ll still do promotional art to post on DA, as well as bring back some old school ads I did awhile back that were on my old DA page. One thing is for sure, I hope to get more Part Time Shuffle to people this year than I ever have.


Everyone goes through things they don’t like going through sometimes but I can definitely say I met a lot of people who have encouraged me to work harder at my craft and not to give in to what most do in this industry. There are too many people to list right now (I might still try) but I'm thankful for being able to surround myself (on the internet for now) around alot of influential and talented people.


I don’t think that what I’m doing is so innovative that it would change the world of comics, I’m not crazy enough to think that. One thing is for sure, I just want people to be able to laugh and have a good time with my characters, possibly so much so that they won’t be reading about Meiko’s combos but one day actually doing them online….lol



Stay Beefy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhnHF2zh9lc


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