Here is the image on the cover of La Macchina Bellica Volume 1 (chapters 1-5).

Sorry for the delay in Friday’s page. I’m inking it now. I had to finish the PDF for volume one ASAP to be able to get books to sell at Otakon. I’m waiting for my proof copy in the mail. Once I make sure that looks good, I’ll be bringing a few copies to Otakon. Anything that’s not sold there will be sold online.

Stay tuned, folks! 06_04 will be posted saturday or sunday, depending on what craziness happens on the 4th.

So.

Life is starting to get really, really busy. I have two art history classes, both of which require 8-12 page research papers. It is my senior semester at college, and all my art for the senior show needs to be done by April 1st. My top priority is to graduate summa cum laude in May, find a job as an artist, and still keep my bills paid even though I’m unemployed, so I need to make some changes!

Macchina:

I still want to keep updating, twice a week, but the days will now be flexible. Tuesday/Friday has been working pretty well for me (and hopefully for you!) but if I have projects I need to get done for the day the update is due, then the update is going to get pushed around, probably just the day after.

Pages 18 and 19 (end of chapter, short, i know XD) is a double page spread. The update date was originally scheduled for Fri 2-27, but since its a rather complex double page, it’ll probably be done closer to saturday or sunday. Just, a warning.

Chapter 5 marks the end of Volume 1 (140 pages). Chapter 6 introduces a whole new set of characters and would be slated to start Tues 3-3. I’m going to be pushing Chapter 6 back until APRIL. Meaning, I’m taking a month off posting. I’ll still be working on pages as I have time, but since it’s the CRUNCH MONTH for submission for the senior show , I made no promises.

Volume 1 (in black and white tones), will be available for purchase at some point soon. Once I finish Chapter 5 I’m sending all the pages to Duckie for editing (spelling, grammar, all those typos…) and getting them ready. No release date yet, but I’m trying to have color character profiles in the back of the book. XD

I got laid off  my job today along with two of  my coworkers.

Totally bummed. I’m still working  on tonights page and intend to finish it tonight, but I’m completely mentally/physically exhausted and am going to lie down.

Update will probably be later in the night instead of my usual midnight.

I’m almost done inking the double page spread for tomorrow. It’s looking sweet, but it’s sooo intensive. I had alot of graphic design homework due today AND a quiz today, so I couldn’t ink as much last night as I had hoped…

In an effort to NOT skip out on sleep, I’m going to be updating tomorrow with the completed page.

I always forget how time consuming double page spreads are. t_t

I got a missed a package! It’s manga studio! They attempted to deliver today but no one was home. I’m going to pick it up tomorrow, which means the update schedule is as follows:

03-29 Saturday (during  the day)
03-30 Sunday (during the day)
04-00 Monday (midnight, for tuesday’s update)
04-01/02 (double page spread) Wednesday midnight (Thursday’s update).

Then tuesdays and thursdays from there :B

Sorry for another post so soon.. but I ordered a replacement disk for manga studio. It should be here within seven days. In the meantime, I’m going to  keep penciling and inking my pages. Once the disk comes in, I’ll be able to catch up! <3 I’ll probably be doing a page a night until I’m back up to date.