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July 10th, 2009
SSG's standing at TWC has greatly improved these last couple weeks. Thank you very much for the votes! I know a lot more people could be enjoying Lae and Silas' adventures if only they knew about the comic. Let's keep up the good work!
I have a little bit of site news for those of you who didn't notice it on my twitter feed. There's now a character section on the about page, though I may be moving it later. I also updated the author picture to match my drastically different haircut. Next, we have a new favicon for the site so we can stand out in people's bookmarks better. And finally, I just added some new fanarts by my sisters; one by Heather and one by Allison. Hooray!
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June 26th, 2009
This indoor night scene is driving me crazy! I can't do my usual bright, cheerful colors. I'm doing my best to keep it from looking dull but with dim light, gray walls, and a sparse room there's only so much I can do. After this chapter I get to be colorful again so I'm looking forward to that.
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June 22nd, 2009
Lately it's been very difficult for me to get comics out on time. Part of it is the summer break mentality taking over but I'm also putting a lot more detail and thought into each page. I think it was the Webcomics Weekly Podcast that said first new cartoonists get good at what they do, then they get fast, and then finally they get good and fast. I may just be in that first step.
It's important to me to release quality pages but I also don't want to have a bunch of late or missed comics. So I'm going to drop back to one comic a week for a while as I improve my craft. I also need to do a little work on some back burner projects like the second font I'm working on and some basic website features I've been putting off.
The next comic will be Friday the 26th and following comics will be released every Friday.
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June 18th, 2009
This page is late but I'm pretty happy with it. A while ago, when I had my comic critqued at the Stumptown Comic Festival, I was told to put as much effort into my backgrounds as I put into my character designs. It really struck a chord as I love exploring interesting new areas in real life. So I will be doing my best to make the locations I show you in SSGrapes distinctive and fun.
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June 15th, 2009
Oh no! Page 39 isn't near ready yet! I had too much concept work to make and too much other stuff going on. Please enjoy a sketch while I work out the details of the next scene. I will have the next page up Thursday.
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June 4th, 2009
No news regarding SSG today, instead I want to tell you all about my good friend Courtney. Today she will graduate with a sparkly new law degree from Harvard! Not only is she smart and hard working, she's also a talented knitter with great taste in cats. I suggest you all check out her yarny blog adventures at Knitting Siamese. Congratulations, friend!
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June 1st, 2009
I'm so glad to be done with that cliff scene! The mist was a lot of fun but also rather time-consuming to make. Now it's back to drawing trees and grasses.
Lately I've been enjoying the clear skies right after sunset here in Portland. Not only does it get blissfully cooler, it's a really beautiful color. During this scene in SSG, I'll be trying to duplicate the gem-like blue of the sky that I've been seeing.
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May 21st, 2009
I didn't notice that I had already posted this week's TWC incentive sketch in the gallery already until Wednesday morning. That was lame of me! I'll be more careful Monday to put totally new stuff there as incentive. To make up for it, today's gallery piece is inked and colored. Yay, Nulu!
Also, I wanted to thank everyone who has been telling friends and coworkers about this comic and/or voted for SSG so far. Everyone's support is really encouraging to me. On TWC, our rank has improved significantly but there's a ways to go yet. I hope you'll continue your efforts!
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May 18th, 2009
I'm going to try things a little bit differently this week since keeping up with comic production is stressing me out. Instead of the next comic page on Thursday, I'll be posting a quick sketch Tuesday through Friday. I've been meaning to put a bit more in the galleries anyways. In the meantime, I'll work on layouts for the next couple pages. These action scenes take me longer to do. A normal page will be posted on Monday, May 25th. Thanks for your patience, and don't forget to check out the new sketch of Silas at Top Web Comics!
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May 14th, 2009
Last weekend we went camping with some rock climbers in central Oregon. Andrew and I didn't climb but it was perfect weather for hiking. I took a ton of photographs of our friends climbing so I'd have pose references. It was perfect timing for these next few pages!
Sweet and Sour Grapes can now host ads via Project Wonderful. I don't expect to make a fortune with it, but it might earn enough for me to take ads out on other sites! My default ad is to my husband's kaleidoscope painter, Kaleidosketch. If you're not using Internet Explorer, you should try playing with it. An excellent time sink.