Epic FailGuess what my new favorate toys are? That’s right they’re Flitter Fairies! I was lucky enough to recieve two, Daria and Alexa, as Christmas Pressents and wanted to see if I could fly them both. Doing that whilst simultaneously opperating a video camera was challenging to say the least especially combined with the wind and the snow. But they look so pretty!
On the 27th of March this year I will be taking Epic Fail to The UK web & mini Comix Thing. It will be my first time as an exhibitor so I am both excited and nervous. And, of course, if I’m going to show at a Comics Convention I will need some comics! That’s where you can help out. By pre-ordering your copy now, in advance, it will help pay for the printing costs. In addition to the 32-page full-colour comic book everyone who pre-orders will also get a unique, signed sketch, free, as a thank you. If I raise enough to make buttons, etc. I’ll be throwing them in as well!
I’m working on improving the pages for print – shading them all, fixing spelling mistakes, continuity errors and generally making them pretty. Oh! And I have to make a cover, a proper cover, not just a bit of interior artwork stuck on the front! There will be 30 pages of story and 2 of bonus content. I’m hoping they’ll be off to the printers sometime in February.
Come along loyal readers – Epic Fail needs you! Pre-Order your copy today! (please?)
If you haven’t heard of the WAGON Webcomic Battle then I feel it’s my duty to tell you how AWESOME it is. It’s a card game a bit like Magic or Munchkin only cooler because it uses characters and plot devices from webcomics. Sadly these do not include Epic Fail but I’m sure, given time, they will correct that oversight. In the meantime they are taking Pre-Sale orders for their new Delta Deck.
I’m certain there is a slew of people out there who have made New Year resolutions to be cleaner and tidier, but, lets face it, would much rather be playing games. Well help is at hand because with Chore Wars you can do BOTH!
Chore Wars is designed so that you and your household can complete with each others to do adventures (such as dusting, hoovering and emptying the bins) and earn Experience Points for completing them. I’ve been using it for over a year and I love it. It’s about the only thing that will make me wash my dishes. You see I’m a role-play gamer and the idea of earning more XP will spur me on to do almost anything. I’m certainly not a domestic Goddess, but slowly but surely I’m gaining levels and one day all I’ll have to do is look at those chores and they’ll roll over in suplication. Oh yes.
Oust the stereotype of Gamers being dirty and smelly. Soon they shall be known as being clean, tidy and exceptionally well-groomed.
I love Guinea Pigs and have two of my own: Haley and Sabine, named after characters from Order of the Stick. This is not one of them. As 2010 has arrived it is time for me to throw out my old calendar. It has pictures of Guinea Pigs on it. They’re nice pictures so I thought I’d copy them for a little bit of art practice first. This little piggy is eating curly kale. Piggys love their noms.
OM NOM NOM.
School of Saatchi was an interesting reality TV style Art programme by the BBC and gave us a glimpse into the elite ‘Art World’ or ‘World of Contemporary Art’ as I have sometimes heard it called. It’s nothing like the inclusive world of webcomics and self-representing artists that I enjoy. It’s a world of Galleries and Collectors, waving a bone tantalisingly at attention-starved artists to see them beg and jump through hoops when ordered. Ugh!
It was farcical to watch the judges send away the artists who demonstrated good, technical ability and promptly ask the rest to do life drawing! I felt a mixture of amusement and annoyance in the first episode when the experts/judges started asking what art was. Frankly they came across as not having a clue (confirming what I’d long suspected). But ultimately Saatchi – a man of action, not words (or appearances) – decides, so we can ignore them.
On the subject of the ‘king-maker’ he has caught a bit of flack for doing this programme from critics. They say he’s not as big as he used to be and is trying to revive past glories. But critics like criticising. I quite like the way Saatchi covertly looks at the artists’ works and simply chooses what he likes. He leaves the furory and shit-flinging to everyone else. Good for him.
I’m not going to recap the show, I’m just going to give my opinion on the final contestants. I’ll try to be constructive rather than destructive if possible.
School of Saatchi was an interesting reality TV style Art programme by the BBC and gave us a glimpse into the elite ‘Art World’ or ‘World of Contemporary Art’ as I have sometimes heard it called. It’s nothing like the inclusive world of webcomics and self-representing artists that I enjoy. It’s a world of Galleries and Collectors, waving a bone tantalisingly at attention-starved artists to see them beg and jump through hoops when ordered. Ugh!
It was farcical to watch the judges send away the artists who demonstrated good, technical ability and promptly ask the rest to do life drawing! I felt a mixture of amusement and annoyance in the first episode when the experts/judges started asking what art was. Frankly they came across as not having a clue (confirming what I’d long suspected). But ultimately Saatchi – a man of action, not words (or appearances) – decides, so we can ignore them.
On the subject of the ‘king-maker’ he has caught a bit of flack for doing this programme from critics. They say he’s not as big as he used to be and is trying to revive past glories. But critics like criticising. I quite like the way Saatchi covertly looks at the artists’ works and simply chooses what he likes. He leaves the furory and shit-flinging to everyone else. Good for him.
I’m not going to recap the show, I’m just going to give my opinion on the final contestants. I’ll try to be constructive rather than destructive if possible.
Purenightshade drew me this wonderful cross-over piece of Amuletts and her character Kishandren showing off in their gorgeous red dresses, as worn by Amuletts here and Kishandren here. Together I’m sure they’ll turn heads!
You should check out her comic, Children of the Tiger, because it’s totally cool and stuff. Right now it’s heroes are preparing for an elaborate deception and a daring rescue!
CAPTION:
Amuletts: “You stole my clothes! Now I have to wear this!”
(If the joke is too obscure I refer you to Kishandren’s previous cos-play. Coincidence that Amuletts has not been seen it those clothes since it happened? I think not)!
This deserved posting because it is just… brilliant! My gaming group and I often produce a verse or two of “Never Split the Party” when the situation calls for it. It’s a good song, although personally I don’t agree with the sentiment.
I’m told it’s because I play a Theif. It’s true. But if a Theif doesn’t stay out of sight, scout ahead and take problems from a different angle (usually the rear) then they’re not a very good Theif. Just sayin’.
Don’t you know you never split the party
Clerics in the back, keep those Fighters hail and hearty;
The Wizard in the middle where he can shed some light
And you never let that damn theif out of sight.
This is a Character Sheet style Resume by Sean McNally. He’s a pretty good artist actually. You can find page 2 here. I’m not sure what role-play system it’s based on, if it’s D&D then it’s a different system to the one I play.
If this is the resume just imagine the interview! I think it would go something like this:
“Mr. McNally?”
Before the man even rose to his feet the interviewer could pin-point him with ease. He had piggy-eyes, sagging skin and large tusks protruding from his lower jaw. In one hand he was holding a wacom tablet as if it were a shield, its cable trailing uselessly, and in the other he weilded a .07mm Pacer, its thin tower of lead doing a good impersonation of a filthy hyperdermic. The interviewer took a step backwards as he lumbered towards her.
“W-won’t you go through to my office please?”