Update! Whoo! I’m freaking tired so this blog post is probably going to be kinda bleh. I wanted to get up this update last week, but it seems that going back to work has had.. well… certain unexpected side effects to my comic productivity. See I have this problem sitting up right now. My stomach muscles are still healing and sitting all day is pretty painful. Of course I do this all day at work and then come home and lo, I cannot sit any longer to draw. Since I have to draw at my main comp (which requires sitting) i’ve had to do this page in stints over the last few weeks when I wasn’t stuck on the couch. Sitting up the extra time sometimes resulted in being couched anyway.

In this page, we finally meet the last of our crew! The smoking hot elf, if I do say so myself, came out wonderfully. I think the art looks really good in this one. One hell of a debut. I’m totally drooling over him. Seriously.

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I’m very sorry its taken so very long, but here’s an update, with more to come. Last year was rather brutal. At the beginning of the year I suffered a major problem with my long term relationship which shook me to the very core. I’m still dealing with aspects of it. I’ve also been rather sick with a medical problem that required major abdominal surgery.  I finally had the surgery in Dec and it went well, but I’m still recovering. But I’m hoping that with the problem resolved that I will once again be able to resume doing comic stuff instead of constantly being sick or running around to hospitals and doctor’s appointments.

I’ve also made a few decisions about how I’m going to update Brymstone in 2011 moving forward. I’m going to be trying for a biweekly schedule, weekly if I can manage it, but I’m not promising right now as I’m still recovering from my surgery. Also, I’m going to be updating on the main site in advance of the mirror on Drunk Duck. Probably it will be updating a few pages in advance, so if you want the most current story, you’d probably best bookmark or follow the RSS for the site.

Here’s to a hopefully much better 2011 than 2010. Thank you to everyone who’s kept the faith and stuck around. Enjoy.

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Alright! Update, reasonably on time! And almost done the chapter too! I’m actually rather pleased with this fact. I also really liked how the second panel turned out on this page. Its a good dramatic perspective thingy.

Almost done with this chapter, one more page hopefully and we can leave all this flashback stuff behind and move forward! More Darshe! I think he’s beginning to get a little pissed that he’s all having to wait for this exposition before making more smart ass remarks.

Still working on the damn wallpaper. If you want a preview, there’s one on my Ustream.

There’s also some chatter and character speculation going on in the forums. Go on and join the conversation! Its not much fun if I speculate, because I know. Also got a few more “Ask Darshe”  questions that will be answered shortly. If you submit one soon, it’ll get in the next batch!

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Well if you didn’t hear, we didn’t win the TGT webcomic’s contest (we only lost by TWO votes! Bummer!), although I still have the one wallpaper to do, so I’ll hopefully be finishing that up tomorrow (for the love of god I want to finish SO BAD). But a BIG thank you to everyone who voted and continues to support and read Brymstone despite my dismal ability to keep an update schedule at the moment.

The next page is already drawn and mostly colored. I have to still do base shades for it, but hopefully that will get done. I’ve also got prep to do for a class on Adobe photoshop I’m teaching. Hopefully I’ll be posting videos a little more over at my youtube site for basic stuff, but you can see some I’ve already posted here on the Brymstone site under ‘extras –> Videos’,

If you are also itching for new updates, or at least previews of new pages. *eyeballs those who were bellyaching for updates* You can come and view my Ustream. I’m probably going to have to shift the night to Thursdays as my classes will be on Wed nights till 9, which is the start time of the usual show. But i do usually record my videos so you can check em out, and oh my god, they are actually on a schedule that I keep. Here’s my Ustream channel. Follow meh!

I also post to twitter when I’m going to Ustream, so if you follow me, you’ll get a nifty notification. I also usually post when I update. Its normally Friday, but sometimes thursday.. still working on that whole, regular day thing.. hell trying to work on regular week thing. I actually didn’t do THAT bad in August.. only missed one week. I’m already failing here in Sept. Oh well.

There’s also been some site updates, still working on a few things. I’ve upgraded the site to using the new comicpress 2.8 theme and did some graphic fixy so it looks alright. The calendar in the side will eventually hold a monthly wallpaper. Hopefully. I know its dismally empty right now, but fill is coming. I’m also working on some ideas for new site features as well as possibly a donor’s section. If there’s something you’d like to see there, lemme know.

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Alright, after several days of filler, here is the *real* page. XD if its before.. *checks watch* 8am EST, please do me the favor of voting for Brymstone at the TGT Webcomics Tournament. We’re down about 40ish votes last time I looked, so every click counts! Don’t let Darshe down!

This fight is so close to over it’s killing me, but I’m really trying to get pages done, seriously. I’ve set aside every Wed actually, forcing the fiance and roomie to cook so that I can work on comics. I also usually try to work Thursday nights too, and to prove it, I’ve started a Ustream channel, if you hadn’t heard. I’m also trying to figure out how to fix the website’s design to be a little less.. busy.

I’ve also got one wallpaper to finish, and possibly a second if we manage to pull out from behind the stoners and win this puppy.

Also thanks for the comments those who are leaving them! They are greatly appreciated!

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Its 3:30 am. I’m going to HATE myself in the morning so hard for staying up to finish this. But DAMMIT, I’m trying to get an update schedule going.. even if its irratic, at least its once a week. We’ll work on that regularity thing.

I’m still in the running for the TGT tournament! If you haven’t voted (or even if you have, since you can vote every hour!), please go and do so. I’m in the second bracket. ^^

So this page is fight slash ‘all about talon’. Or at least as much as Raif is recounting. Almost to the end of the chapter.. thank gods.Do you have any idea how HARD it is to choreograph and draw a battle between a double handed swords person and someone with a double handed longsword and make it exciting? Its hard! The longsword fighter is very stance heavy and uses his reach and power to his advantage, so he doesn’t move a lot. That doesn’t make a very exciting fight until he DOES move. The other guy, on the other hand, moves a LOT. Seriously, I did research.

Oh and yes, I’m doing a little site renovating. Please excuse my dust and horrid color combinations as I work out better stuff.

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Why pay when you can get your dirty work done for free? Seriously?

Darshe could have told Syban that! What a dumbass.

Not a lot of news. Thanks to those who’ve been supporting me in the TGTwebcomics tournament! Thanks to your help, we’ve managed to survive to the third round! I’ll let you all know when the next round is up.

If you haven’t looked yet, the ‘Ask Darshe’ feature has had some responses posted.
If you’d like to submit something for it, follow the directions on the page. Probably going to be adding more in the week, including possibly a merch store with some possibly highly inappropriate t-shirts. (only because the best quotes from Darshe are generally highly inappropriate). Keep your eyes open.

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Chapter 3 Pg 27 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Its been a little while, and this page was long in coming. I’m very proud of the blur/sparks thing on the middle panel. Yes.. its shiny.

Just some quick notes:
Thanks to all who came by my Anime Evolution panels, and thanks to all who’ve voted for my episodes in the TGT Webcomics Podcast tournament. (I’m in Brackets 11 and 19) If you haven’t had a chance, get over there and have a listen, and vote!

Also, still taking submissions for the ‘ask Darshe’ questions, which you can submit a question on the forums that will be answered by Darshe in the section in the menu above.

There is also possibly a wallpaper coming, soon.. if I can finish coloring it. My computer seems to really hate this one picture.

I’ll get the hang of this eventually. For now enjoy the page.

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