Questions temporarily closed, comic on hiatus

Hey there folks, it’s been a while. I apologize for my lack of updates on this blog, I hope to get through the unanswered questions that have piled up soon.

On another note, I am closing the asking of new questions for a while, at least until I have gotten through the ones that are unanswered.

Lastly, but most importantly, Summer Fangs is currently on hiatus. The reason is I really feel like it’s not that much fun to work on it at the moment. I drew one page over the winter break, and that one page was really, really not fun to do. It had nothing to do with the contents of the page; I think I’m just in an artistic phase where drawing dogs is not as enjoyable to me as it used to be.

I think the words of Terryl Whitlatch may also be affecting me. When I met her at CTN in November, I showed her my sketchbook (which had some SF question answer sketches in it) and she said something like this about them:

“The thing about manga is that anyone can do it”

Now, I know for a fact that I’m not even going to try making a living off of making manga, but that comment blew my mind for a completely different reason. It told me that the key to being successful as an artist is to do something that no one else can do. So that’s what I’m working on at the moment.

Summer Fangs will be finished one day, that’s a promise, but I don’t want to work on it if I’m not enjoying the process. I also want to establish an artistic identity outside of the Ginga fandom; one that will wear a much more professional face.

I trust you guys will understand, because you’re awesome and I love you all.