ellhotin_draco

Blatah is back? O-o

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:17:20 GMT

Well, that may still mean something to a handful of you I met through it. ;) Ah those were the days?
Since I'd left people hanging at the last chapter, I will be putting up the conclusion over the next month or so ( there's about 10-12 pages left to finish it off).

I'd stopped because I couldn't draw an epic battle to save my life. I still can't, but at least you get the ending; The story's conclusion.
Yes, crappy anatomy coloring etc but.. endings, yes? <3
Will be up on comic genesis, once the thing updates.. its been soo long...

http://blatah.comicgenesis.com/

change your webcomic links! :D

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 05:26:29 GMT

Anyhow!!

Nocturnia should be back to regular updates once Blatah is finished in a month or two. Until then, updates will be spotty at best. Mind! The keenspace servers are officially changing... so please, remember to switch over your bookmarks to the following URLs or you'll no longer be able to see the comics:

http://blatah.comicgenesis.com and http://nocturnia.comicgenesis.com

The artbook is still out, should you want to purchase it. ;) go to my homepage at http://www.uneide.com/art for the info and link. It should also be available through AMAZON.COM in mid January.

As for the winner of the promotional plushie? ARION MORGAN! Please let me know which Blatah or Nocturnia plushie you'd like. :)

L:iam fans... EG

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:18:32 GMT

you might want to go look at Blatah right now. I updated earlier, since for Xmas I'll be having 2 weekly updates instead of one...

http://blatah.keenspace.com

Update? What is this thing that you speak of?

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:56:28 GMT

:P
Heh, nope, the comics are still updating - Nocturnia's should actually be up tomorrow, now that the artbook is mostly out of the way. I've decided to go back to putting up the ups and downs of comic creation here - yar, I know, this place has sadly been mostly neglected for a while, but no more! This (in theory) should be the place to catch up with the latest news, random developments in the comics/ author's stresses and the like.

Oh banners! Amariah was awesome and randomly made me a Blatah banner that kicks so much ass, so I've decided to revamp most of them. Any thoughts?

Uneide

ARTBOOK Preordering!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:53:21 GMT

*SQUEE!*

Its out! Its done! ^____________^

I'm opening preordering for the artbook! :) --->> http://www.uneide.com/art/index.php<<---

Everyone that preorders or purchases the book before Christmas not only gets free shipping, but they will be entered in a draw to win a Blatah or Nocturnia limited edition Jumbo plushie, or one of their own character! Click http://www.uneide.com/art/plushies/index.phpfor more information on Plushies.

How limited edition are the plushies, you ask? I will only be making 2 of each of the characters from the webcomic in their final battle incarnations – I will keep one of the sets as mine, and all the dolls in the other set will be up for grabs!

News! Comic updates, Artbook!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:45:07 GMT

*cough* joygasm, as a friend says...*cough*

News!
Alright guys, a couple of things!
Firstly, Blatah is back on regular schedule and Nocturnia is updating again. I know I hadn’t kept up with updating Nocturnia in a while, but mostly that was due to working on commissioned art to get holiday fundage and because or Secret Project of Doom™

What is Secret Project of Doom ™ you ask? ARTBOOK! !!

For a while now I’ve been pondering the idea of putting together a companion book of my illustration work. Largely, it covers the art of all three webcomics – Blatah, Nocturnia and Haven: Hathaway, although it also includes some of my random illustrations from other projects. As an extra treat, there are also several stories that give glimpses of the relationship or background of some of the characters that couldn’t really fully be explored in the webcomics. There you’ll find the background of Nocturnia’s Angus and some of his earlier days, when he was young and a lot less jaded; a scene between Liam and Quinn that explains a lot more about their relationship; a sequence between Eggman and Aryck --- and the list goes on! They are some of the writings that couldn’t be fit even in the mailing lists, and most of the art is previously unreleased, so you really are getting a special treat.

Also – everyone that purchases the book before Christmas will be entered in a draw to win a Blatah or Nocturnia limited edition Jumbo plushie, or one of their own design! http://www.uneide.com/art/plushies/index.php How limited edition, you ask? I will only be making 2 of each of the characters from the webcomic – I will keep one of the sets as mine, and all the dolls in the other set will be up for grabs! I won’t be making any more of those, so if you do order the book, send me an email (the publisher sends a thank you email when you purchase one, so that would serve as proof of purchase) and you’ll be entered in the draw. Also in the works - A Blatah! only artbook that will be released in the spring, celebrating its conclusion, possibly a paper doll book and other goodies. If there’s anything you’d like to see, let me know! I’m very excited about publishing this book, so I hope you guys are too.

I should be getting the prototype to proofread it in a few days, so after that I'll be putting up the ordering info, juuuust in case. *WriggleS*

BACK!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:43:10 GMT

Heh, so you have probably noticed that the comic is updating again. Why the hiatus? Pregnancy and an overseas move, imagine that! I'm 7 months pregnant and back home at last, so the comic should renew regular updating starting next week.

Keep in mind that come the end of October when I give birth it will likely be spotty again for a bit, as other things will take priority.

Starting tomorrow I will be having a table at the Artist's Alley at Anime Evolution http://www.animeevolution.com in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. If you are in the area, drop by and say hello! I'll have a ton of merchandise and art from both comics and I love meeting the fans. :)

Wish me luck!

Fun webcomic survey:

Inspired by Sans and Charlotte... *smooches them both*

ABOUT BLATAH

*Webcomic Artists Survey Galore*
What's your comic's name?	Blatah
Comic's link:	http://blatah.keenspace.com
In short, what is it about?	The rebirth of a draconic god
When/How the idea was born?	weird dream
Tools you use to make it:	paper, pencils, ink, photoshop
How many strips you've done so far?	egads... umm.. about 250
Define the style in your comic:	fantasy -- manga-esque
Is your comic for a general audience, or just for a particular group?	hmmm... mostly general, on the mature side
Which is more important: Killer graphics, or strong storytelling?	both are equally important
Got a favorite comic (webcomic, newspaper, print, manga, etc.) artist? If so, who and why?	Cascadia. It's different from everything out there.
Which is your most favorite character in the comic? Why?	Eggman. He manages to deal with all that comes his way.
Which is your LEAST favorite character in the comic? Why?	Amanda. She is flat out a bitch.
Recieved positive feedback from readers?	yup!
Recieved hate mail?	hmm no, just creepy mail.
According to your readers, which is your comic's strong point(s)?	>.< The bishonen
According to yourself, which is your comic's strong point(s)?	The characters
According to your readers, which area(s) do you need to improve/work on?	more bishonen time
According to yourself, which area(s) do you need to improve/work on?	the consistency of the artwork
Got any future projects on mind once you're done with your current comic?	L yup.
Finally, got any words of advice to aspiring webcomic artists?	Keep at it!
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

BOO!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:26:46 GMT

HEading out for a week, but will upsate before I go, worry not. ;)

In the meantime, from the fabulous Reiko of Hybrid Genesis, the sexiest Eggman drawing.... perfect for the warming weather! :D :D:D

Swimsuit Egg

Updates and assorted things...

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 03:17:51 GMT

Yup, I know updates have been sporadic of late. In case you haven't heard, I recently became pregnant and the first trimester brings along an entire herd of fun things like morning sickness, eye strain and exhaustion. :p

That being said, I think I'm over the worst of it, and regular updating should be resuming soon. If you haven't visited the sites for Blatah and Nocturnia, updates have been posted, if a little on the irregular side.

The ML seems to be thriving, which has me fairly content, and I have finally broken down and put all my slash/yaoi art in one gallery. XD The galleries and fanart for both comics badly need revamping, so I hope to get around to that this week before work really gets going.

In other, happy news - I -may- be publishing a Nocturnia novella or novel sometime at the end of the year. If I manage to get it all written out in time, of course! Hopefully it will be part of a larger slash\darker fiction anthology that is routinely put out by a small press MAS-zine If you are into either do check them out... and wish me luck in the submission, though things are looking very positive. I'll let you know sometime this summer how things are shaping up (deadline is in a couple of months I believe, so I must set myself to writing feverishly) - if it does make the cut, hopefully you can read all about Angus and more in depth about the realm of Nocturnia. ;)

I will also be sending work to a couple of upcoming conventions -

CONduit in Utah in May and Anime Evolution in Vancouver (CANADA), come August.
For Anime Evolution I will be the panelist for a yaoi panel, and will be having an artist's alley table as well. I will probably be giving away blatah goodies and some of the stuff from my private shonen-ai collection, so check it out!Do come and say hello if you are in the area, I'm always happy to meet fans. ;)

In other news - next week I'm part of a gallery show here in Japan with some local and foreign artists, though unfortunately I only had time to prepare two pieces for the show. All the same, I'll let you know how it goes...

and don't forget to check out Ellen Million Graphics, for Ogopogo stationary! :D

The LJ Community is up!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:34:09 GMT

Well, on the off chance you have been itching to share your views on
a particular fic that has been posted on the ML, requests particular scenes or ask about pairings, this is the place to do it.

Input is more than welcome, as I am only now getting on my slash shoes, so to speak. Besides, always curious to hear what intrigues!

http://www.livejournal.com/community/nocturniaslash/

Anyone with LJ can join it, posts are members only. Livejournal
codes a currently free, so don't worry about having to get one off
someone else.

Update Joy

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:14:48 GMT

WEll, so this week's is a day earlier. Rejoice ye that might still read it ! :D

Things should be moving along relatively quickly now. ;)

Tokyo and KAMAKURA! Anime loot we got!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 02:42:18 GMT

This past week we had a conference in Yokohama, so we went early and spent the weekend in Tokyo and Kamakura. The Japanese say that as Kyoto was a city of nobles, Kamakura was a city of warriors and the ghosts still wander over it.

It was a place I had long wanted to visit, not only to see the more popular giant Buddha statue but some of the smaller temples. The only one we ended up skipping from our intended visits was the Kannon shrine, as it was dedicated to the souls of departed children. Having learned of my pregnancy two days before, it did not feel like a place I wanted to go to at all.

Tokyo was fun, as usual. Still have to scan pics of our visit to the Ghibli Museum, but most photos from the trip you can actually find on my DA Japan photo account

Mostly I got Art poster collections for Fruits Basket and Yami no Matsuei, a couple of doujinshin and assorted goodies. HERE BE THE PICTURES!!

Me at the temple that hosts the Dragon God Hall:

Better half at the Ghibli Museum:

The one doujinshi I bought for me... *cackles*:

There are DOZENS of these. I was so happy:

Yes, Iam a big geek. Since we found out about the pregnancy last week we couldn't resist getting the Totoro Baby set. :

For Uftaki's Bday!

For Dixey, though I'll make you choose... XD:

SLASH Mailing list

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 06:25:14 GMT

Is now up. I have to approve joining so that we won't get spam bots and such things.

It is currently up and open on yahoogroups.
You can subscribe by going here: mailto: nocturniaslash-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

PLEASE remember that this is the place for slash and more graphically violent scenes that I did not wish to directly depict in the comics. Also note you can't be underage to join, sorry.

It will also be hosting my DA inappropriate art once I get home and can start uploading it.

SLASH! What did happen to Eggman?

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:00:27 GMT

I have decided to revive one of the yahoogroups for my webcomics as a place to put the more graphic violence and slash behind the scenes for both BLATAH! and NOCTURNIA. There were many things that took place that still have some readers confused, others that will be happening that more than likely will have the same effect.

My webcomics are both rated MA so they are anything but sanitized Disney versions, but simply put there were things that I could not bring myself to depict. Why? Partly too graphic violence and partly that I felt some of those depictions would completely derail the stories themselves.

In the past I have been REALLY annoyed at fans that would send me emails or post maniacally in the guestbook about seeing the characters in my webcomics get it on. I had a HUGE LJ rant on the matter.

Basically, I was tired of people making it look like it was all about which tab A might be inserted into slot B (pardon my crudity) and ignoring the overall plot and storyline.

I like slash. I love yaoi, which I will honestly admit. But this doesn't mean that every character is thinking about the next time to jump another. My beef in particular was with Quinn and Liam. They loved one another. When Quinn died, it completely broke Liam. BUT THEY WERE NOT LOVERS. I mean, think Sam and Frodo, to use a LOTR analogy. I have characters that have had their slash relationships, mostly Aryck and Eggman and Eggman and Rai... what bothered me was the assumption that EVERYONE then had to have same sex relationships.

Take Nocturnia-- Adrian and Damien have had a .. uh.. questionable moment, but you will NEVER catch Angus around another man. It just isn't in chara.

Anyhow, its more a general announcement. If you would like to be included in the ML, note or send me your email address. NOTE that this will not become a random free for all and fanfics of my characters still... squeek me in many ways.

I'm putting this up since many people have been asking, and its a way of both filling in the gaps of what took place and keeping it separate from the comics themselves.

Ack! Off to trample over Tokyo now.
Here until next wednesday, so have been anime goods shopping.

Anime Goodies and Artbooks on Ebay, Updates

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:05:17 GMT

Alright, so the hubby and I finally went through our pile of artbooks and chose which ones to keep and which to put up for sale. I let my students choose the manga and artbooks they wanted, so whatever was left I have not started to list on ebay thusly

ON TO THE GOODIES!

ie: LOTR doujinshi, Rayearth, Fushigi Yuugi, Utena, Yami no Matsuei, Inuyasha etc.

In other news, Blatah will be updating tonight for last week's and this week's update. ;)

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:18:33 GMT

Cut for 2nd Anniversary thank you image. ;)

2 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:04:58 GMT

Good grief. Today (tomorrow for you guys stuck in the past unlike me in Japan :p) is Blatah!'s 2nd Anniversary. Figure it would fall while the keen server problems are still being sorted out.
Initially, the story was meant to be told within three years, given updates twice a week. I think that more or less.. despite the hiatus and the server problems it has remained relatively on track. What an odd concept that is! At any rate, I will be posting art tomorrow to commemorate it.

THANK YOU, guys. This is a story I tell for my one selfish need to tell it, ever the bard at heart -- but what would it be without people to here it? I hope that you continue to enjoy the tale.

Uneide

BLATAH UPDATE Feb.3rd

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:55:07 GMT

Server is still down, so here the text updates will continue. If you are ART deprived, check out my Deviant Art Gallery Had a slight back injury earlier this week, so sorry if I have been rather conspicuously absent... not been sitting at my compy much and when I am hyped up on meds so not particularly talkative.

NEXT UPDATE - Cut for length:

Amanda frowned, arms crossed in her irritation.

"This wasn't part of the deal mage." She let out a hiss and a low imprecation, not liking the idea of being forced to stay. "You were to look out for my guild.... to see they weren't punished. I have heard nothing from them, and here you expect me to wait even longer?"

Drayton didn't turn to face her, intent on reading his scrying sphere. Dark red hair trailed loose and unconcerned a scowl slowly forming. Rana had clearly shown her hand, betrayed him and chosen... what, to take Liam in as a new acolyte? She couldn't be as foolish as to think the man's arrogance would brooch such imposition. And where was the elf's shadow, Quinn? Nowhere to be seen.

"Our arrangement was satisfactory at the time, woman. You will stay here until I am certain that you carry his child within, and you give birth. Afterwards feel free to crawl back to that foxhole for all I care. In the meantime, I am justified in protecting that which is precious to my ends." Even if it grew even now within the woman. He could feel the presence... so like Eggman's when he'd found the bard -still a child- within the ruins of the passes, coccooned in his mother's magic. Tier na Lua had done much to protect the boy, and even then --- before Drayton's own change --- he'd known him unique.

"IT is not satisfactory!" Her growl was unmistakable, green eyes blazing. " Listen.. I'm not a mother, do you understand?I do not particularly care for a parasite within me any longer than necessary. If you don't agree to my terms, I can still -end- this." She paused, eyes narrowed to watch him, and at this he did turn, anger brewing.

"You threaten me?" That thought was almost amusing. Her guild had been the first he'd turned within the catacombs, had offered to Rana to secure -her- aid. There would be little left for the thief even now. "We are in Taluzan. Here you hold no power, woman, and do not forget that I am not so easily betrayed."

"Listen--" She hissed in a breath, her protest and invectives cut short as strong hands clamped on her wrists and pulled her arms to her sides. She winced as a shiver went up and down her spine. She was a trained thief, risen through the ranks of her guild quickly, trained to pick up the slightest sound that might be out of place - a shuffle of cloth, a slow intake of breath.

Whoever held her wasn't breathing.

The realization hit her as green eyes widened, witchfire bright, and her head tilted to the impassive statue of flesh that held her in a cold, deliberate grip.

Paye.

Colour fled her face as ice spiderwebbed a trail over her veins, the mad drumming of her pulse a sharp contrast to the unnatural stillness of the other. Golem. Golem. The cry of horror died and was subsumed, a muttered groan sneaking out as her legs weakened, buckled.

"You remember Liam's Shadow, do you not?" Drayton's voice drifted in with amused detachment as he slung a gaze over a shoulder. "Golem. See she stays in the east wing. Bind her to the bed, if necessary, but I need the child within. You may not kill her until then."

With that he turned back to old memories and new plans to be laid, deaf to the shrieks that echoed through the halls as she was dragged away.

BLATAH - Previous 3 updates!!

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:02:22 GMT

Are HERE! Cut for length :

Amanda was nowhere to be found when morning broke over the encampment. Truthfully, there was little time and chance to look for her, as the break of dawn coincided with the first attack the tribe had seen in months. Eggman started up brushing back hair that stuck to sweaty, bloodied temples.

Someone walking on my grave...

And whispers, here and there, the last howls of the few surviving creatures to be disposed of even now. His flesh crawled, and he looked down at bloodied hands, slowly retreating claws back into fingers, fangs back into teeth as man stood where dragon had once been. The blood wasn't his. He could still taste the foul blood of the interlopers, foul things animated by darker things in the Beyond. Rana's laughter, though oddly enough Aryck's taint was missing from the mix.

"It wasn't me."
A whisper in the wind and Egg half turned, a scowl descending as aquamarine eyes darkened. Aryck. "Why should I care, betrayer?" The bard's response was gruff and weary, too exhausted to put venom into his words. He could, he knew it now. He'd felt Aryck's own darkness seep into his soul the longer that their bond continued to grow stronger.

"Eggman--" There might have been a trace of regret, the image forming of Rana's acolyte as Aryck phantasmal form reached within the bard's own mind, insubstantial fingers tracing that figure. " Aye, the darkness lingers. Should it disturb you more than your own light corrupting my desires?"

The fern blazed from the ashen cheek, and Eggman felt, for an instant, that if he were to touch his own cheek he'd feel the contours of the tattoo branding their way onto his skin. "You did this, despite what you might say." He gazed about to where the tribesmen and Rai still disposed of the last creatures, Oog hidden away with the older women despite her loud protests. "Do you deny this is your mistress' taint, Aryck, to syphon life from men and turn them into husks?" His eyes shut with a growl a sudden shudder.

"No." There was a defeat in the elf's voice, a curious tug. "No, but I am honest in my darkness, Eggman. I never pretended to be but that which I have ever been. Even -that-... she molded." A shiver, and memories of Fern that flitted through that thread that bound them before he subdued them viciously. " Look to your own Bard. See then whom you may still name betrayer."

Eggman was silent a while, before rubbing bloodied hands on the bard costume he had worn the previous night, the only clothing he'd had the chance to thrown on when the attack had suddenly begun.

"Jealous, Aryck? I though the undead could not feel." But didn't he? Aryck's abuse during that first night... the pleasure had to be genuine at the last. The longer their bond grew, the more it pulled them taut the more Eggman began to feel the emptiness within the other receding. Perhaps the bastard was simply sapping -him- dry.

Aryck snorted, though something flared to life at that accusation. Heated anger, which surprised him in his intensity, and he bit back a retort. " Sleep with whom you wish bard, it matters not." This, this was the Aryck that he knew, the taunting as he felt that ghostly touch over him. Within him. He bit back a sound, eyes shuttering. No, he was long past the stage where he could shut the phantom out, prevent him from invading him in dreams as he had once in the flesh.

"It wasn't me." Aryck repeated, oddly intent in that assertion as his touches lingered, probed, procured hated reactions. "Listen. This. -This- I can still do to you, inflame your lusts when you are weakest, invade your mind. But last night. The dreams that weren't dreams, the ones you don't recall. That wasn't me." A frown, possessive in his hatred. This man, this creature was his, by the incomplete binding. Not even Rana's no, and it was that denial that he knew had thrust him from her grace and made him choose another acolyte, the one that ravaged over Taluzan. " It was another that called your name and played upon this instrument of flesh." A whisper. "Ask what she took from you, bard, when your seed grows into a sapling." Tiredly, and then the contact was abruptly cut, leaving the bard gasping for breath, for release of that blood's madness even as Aryck's words filtered in.

The blue eyes widened and he could have shrieked then, at the recollection of other hands over his skin, other touches that had managed...

Amanda.

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Amanda frowned, arms crossed in her irritation.

"This wasn't part of the deal mage." She let out a hiss and a low imprecation, not liking the idea of being forced to stay. "You were to look out for my guild.... to see they weren't punished. I have heard nothing from them, and here you expect me to wait even longer?"

Drayton didn't turn to face her, intent on reading his scrying sphere. Dark red hair trailed loose and unconcerned a scowl slowly forming. Rana had clearly shown her hand, betrayed him and chosen... what, to take Liam in as a new acolyte? She couldn't be as foolish as to think the man's arrogance would brooch such imposition. And where was the elf's shadow, Quinn? Nowhere to be seen.

"Our arrangement was satisfactory at the time, woman. You will stay here until I am certain that you carry his child within, and you give birth. Afterwards feel free to crawl back to that foxhole for all I care. In the meantime, I am justified in protecting that which is precious to my ends." Even if it grew even now within the woman. He could feel the presence... so like Eggman's when he'd found the bard -still a child- within the ruins of the passes, coccooned in his mother's magic. Tier na Lua had done much to protect the boy, and even then --- before Drayton's own change --- he'd known him unique.

"IT is not satisfactory!" Her growl was unmistakable, green eyes blazing. " Listen.. I'm not a mother, do you understand?I do not particularly care for a parasite within me any longer than necessary. If you don't agree to my terms, I can still -end- this." She paused, eyes narrowed to watch him, and at this he did turn, anger brewing.

"You threaten me?" That thought was almost amusing. Her guild had been the first he'd turned within the catacombs, had offered to Rana to secure -her- aid. There would be little left for the thief even now. "We are in Taluzan. Here you hold no power, woman, and do not forget that I am not so easily betrayed." (...)

ARGH Keenspace server is down...

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:57:51 GMT

Yes, I have had updates queued, but behold the following notice:

OOPS! What happened to Keenspace?

On Janurary 27th, I discovered drive errors on the main server, boardy, which then 2 hours later, crashed and stayed dead for 2 days untill the co-location facility finally got back to nate about the status of it.

So here's the status:

This is NOT the original boardy machine
Nor is this the original drive
Out of 96GB of Keenspace, about 88GB was restored
Only members.keenspace.com, the stats and www.keenspace.com were major casulties
All the comics are still here
MySQL and FTP are offline to prevent further damage
Autokeen is offline to prevent further damage
The web-server is operating in "read-only" , all scripts are offline
We will be moving the comics off this server (and YDK) to a new server at a new co-location facility very soon

I apologize for any inconvience this may cause, or has already caused. -- Kisai

I will be posting the text updates here, until the problem is resolved!

And the hermit emerges...

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:37:30 GMT

Some of you that used to be on my personal LJ account *not this one* know of what happened last September, when a protected (friends only, I only had about 15 people friended) entry was emailed anonymously to my husband. You're also aware of the pall of suspicion and paranoia this put on my internet forays. I've always been wary of too much personal information on the net, and having been burned, all I can say is that a journal will stay private, for the above reasons. For the record, it wasn't any of my LJ friends, but the exhusband of a dear friend who hacked into her account (Ro you asshole if you read thsi rot in -hell-). I don't hold grudges, but for him, I'll make an exception.

That being said, I know I've been a big hermit -- I'd promised a few of you to put up a THailand journal with proper pictures, tell you more about my life here in Japan. My personal account will be reinstated, if you knew it to begin with, in the next day or so, and slowly I'll start putting things up. I figure since I have only six months left in this amazing country, I may as well chronicle them properly!

On another note - I thank the people I have met through my comic or any of my random galleries. Please do not email me asking to be reinstated in this LJ friend's list. If you've been taken off its simply because I check it from work, and reading post after post of 200 anime quizzes (this is directed to the ones that don't bother to LJ cut) is more than I can handle AND gets me in trouble at work. This is meant to be as a vehicle to keep you updated on the progress of the webcomics or other artistic endeavours, auctions, etc.

Don't email me asking me for my AIM. On the extremely rare ocassions that I am on my old one, please take the hint that if I say "Sorry, busy at work -working-" it means I don't have time to chat with you. Not about art ccs, the weather, random going ons. If by some chance you're one of the people that put me on their AIM list and forgets who I am only to ping me with a "WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU ON MY BUDDY LIST" I will ignore your ass. I am so tired of random Aim'ings... how the hell would I know why I am in your list???

Not a rant, no, and I'm not. .particularly pissed off. Just been... a long first week of the year, yeah. So! Private LJ will be active in while you guys. Thanks for hanging in there.

Commissions

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:09:49 GMT

Thus far not bad, no... *grin* Though seeing that the queue is a bit slow on the art front, I've advertised an Ebay one, much cheaper than my normal ones...
Anyhow, the auction if for a digital commission of two characters, be they anime, RPG, etc.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3651832895&ssPageName=

In other news, relatively pleased, off now to make today's blatah update!

All The King's Horses - Announcement

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Fri, 02 Jan 2004 07:49:36 GMT

A change in format....

And so it is that things draw to an end - dreaded words from comic creators, hn? Most of you may not know that I have lived in Japan for the past three years, a happy circumstance that gave me the opportunity to start Blatah and Nocturnia. In a few months I'll be returning to Canada - to job searching, family planning and many other things. My commission work has also finally started to take off and quite honestly I no longer have the time or energy to upload full colour CG comics three times a week.

The choices left to me are simple - abandon the enterprise I have kept up for almost 2 years (1 in Nocturnia's case) or change the format to something that I can actually maintain. With this in mind - both will return to what they once were, the result first penned in words, fantasy tales. Meaning that you will get the written tale, and occassionally illustrations to go with it.

I realize this is asking a lot from you, the fans. All the same, the reason I keep it up at all is so that you can find out how the trails and tribulations end for all of them. If this is not your cup of tea, I hope you have enjoyed the ride thus far -- there are dozens of excellent webcomics out there for you to get your fix. If you'll still stick it out... I hope you've grown to love this characters as much as I have.

Uneide

Looks left, then right....

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:58:45 GMT

O.o

I am now 29. And my supervisor rewarded me with a GIANT stuffed, pillow sized Kappa doll atop my desk.

*dances*

and to all, a good night!! *grinchy love* <3

Agh, Happy Winter Solstice..

ellhotin_draco@hotmail.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:52:04 GMT

>.<
I can't believe I forgot to put it up... Gilda, I'd love your addy to send you a card. :)

anyhow, belatedly but.... http://www.uneide.com/nocturnia/ tadah!!