Lavender Legend

Leaving Behind

by jamie on 06/19/2013 at 12:01 am

Chapter 4

Hey everyone, I’m back from my trip.

I’m working on finishing up all my Kickstarter rewards ASAP. I ran into sort of a hitch because my car battery died all of the sudden and I couldn’t get around town, but at least that didn’t happen while I was on my trip.

I visited several major cities in the United States including Raleigh, NS; Dallas TX; Sandusky OH; St. Louis MO; and Las Vegas NV, with many places in between. I went to a total of four conventions. Three of them were a great success, and the forth was a bust–but we had a good time, regardless.

Despite taking all the vitamin C I could, I still got a bit ill the last week of my trip. It always happens with cons, I end up with the con plague. I’m not feverish or anything dangerous like that, but it’s just making me killer tired.

I hope to actually implement my 3x a week schedule ASAP, although it may take a little more time before I can catch up with everything I’ve missed these past several weeks, being out of town for so long.

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Heading Home

by jamie on 06/10/2013 at 3:56 am

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Well, I just finished my third con in a row, and I’m still alive! It was pretty awesome. I met a lot of new readers at Colossalcon. Now I’m driving home, it’ll take a few days. I am at a hotel right now, and thought I’d let you guys know what’s going on before I conk out.

BTW I have about half of the Kickstarter stuff sent out at this point. Working on getting it all out while I’m on the road and everything. It’s kinda crazy.

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At A-kon

by jamie on 06/01/2013 at 3:49 am

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Hey guys, so I was at A-kon today running my table, and I was trying to get Lavender Legend updated before a ton of commissions came in. I finished the next page, but when I tried to open the file to upload it, it had been corrupted somehow. It was all black with red marks like it was cursed by Satan or something, very weird. I have been trying to recover the file, but I think it’s hopeless. Sucks too, because it was going really well.

Anyway, so I’m sorry there’s no new page right now. My computer kind of ate the latest page.

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On Bonus Updates, etc.

by jamie on 05/04/2013 at 5:48 pm

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Most of the reasons I’ve been late to update this past week are personal, but for the sake of communication I thought I should post something even if it is a bit vague. To put sum it up neatly, I’m still struggling with getting ill on a semi-monthly basis, and I still can’t afford a doctor’s visit just yet. Although I did check prices about it, and it is an attainable goal within a few months. So no worries, it’s a temporary situation.

I don’t think I have hit a complete 3-update week in the entire month’s time that I have been trying do do so. I know that I can accomplish this when I don’t have other distractions, but being in the thick of con season, it was too ambitious to start off right away. In addition to the other websites I work for, I’ve been formatting 5 different books for print and pulling together everything that I can find for convention supplies.

So What I’m going to end up doing is still strive my hardest to keep up, but really just change the bonus time frame to the months of July, August, and September which would be after I’ve returned from con season.

If I could make Lavender Legend my full-time job then I’d love to do 3x a week updates on a regular basis for the long term, but that doesn’t look possible at this point in time.

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Podcast Show: Jamie and Tessa’s Artsplosion

by jamie on 04/27/2013 at 10:46 pm

Posted In: Blog, livestream

My fellow Filthy Figments contributor Tessa and I are going to start a weekly podcast show in which we’ll talk about the process of making webcomics, and demonstrate some techniques for you live on LiveStream. The first episode is going to start Monday at 9 PM Central time at this link; however you won’t find much there right now, since it will be our first broadcast. Please bookmark it and tune in when we go live. Of course, I’ll post a reminder of it when it comes the time. If you can’t make it, we’ll upload the recording for you to check out at your convenience.

The first topic will be the rule of heads, and how to properly apply the concept to your drawings. The reason I chose to talk about this subject is that there is a lot of misteaching and misconception about this “rule” which causes beginners to reject the idea completely.

Of course, it won’t all be serious business since me and Tessa will be joking around the whole time. That’s why the show is rated NC-17, for all the f-bombs and crass humor we’ll probably end up making. We’ll also answer your questions and have an off-topic segment of the show, if enough people show up for it.

Can’t wait!

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Schedule Change April 1st

by jamie on 03/26/2013 at 12:34 am

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Hi everyone,

You probably notice a significant lack of updates today. I apologize. I have been trying to clear out all of my commissions before April begins, and the 3x a week updates starts (this was a reward for the Kickstarter). But here it is, Monday, and I still have a deadline for another website breathing down my neck. So I’ve decided that I’m going to be on a “break” until April 1st, which will begin the Monday-Wednesday-Friday updates.

So essentially the news is, I’m taking about a week off, and when I get back, more updates than ever.

BTW, our Kickstarter is almost over! Your last chance to back us and get some cool rewards. If you wanted to get the sold-out 3-book set, the quantities have been increased so you can now order it. Here’s another sneak peek at a reward wallpaper you can get if you contribute any amount.