News

I've posted my Animefest convention report up on Livejournal. It's not terribly exciting (well, it was for ME, but probably not so interesting to read, heh), but it's all there for your reading pleasure if you're interested. :>

Here's the links:
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Photos and Sketches

And rargh, my subscription ran out. Nooo...
edit: Gah!! Thanks *so* much to the kind anonymous person who bought me a 3-month sub! Much love to you!! <3

Peach Fuzz Series

The first three chapters of Peach Fuzz volume 2 are now up on Tokyopop's website. Go check it out!

Peach Fuzz volume 2 is slated for a October 14th, 2006 release. Don't miss this one - go to your local bookstore and preorder now!

Click here for more information about my Peach Fuzz manga, published by Tokyopop. It's a comedy about a prissy ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer
I just found out that an excerpt from my Digital Manga Workshop book was recently posted online. It's from the chapter that covers my cel art coloring technique. Check it out: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Of course, if that piques your interest, Digital Manga Workshop can be purchased in bookstores and through Amazon here. ^_^ It's also available in bookstores (typically sorted somewhere in the computer/digital art section).  If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review on Amazon. Thanks!

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal, and for whatever reason, I also have a myspace account here.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me an email if you're interested.

A note about Notes...

I DO read all of them, but I'm really bad about replying to them, because I'll read them, and then forget about them. If you *need* a reply, please, please, please use my e-mail address instead: LCibos@jaredandlindsay.com. Thank you so much!

Comments and favs

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

News

Jared and I will be guests at AnimeFest in Dallas, Texas on September 1-4. If you live nearby, come and see us! We'll be set up an artist alley, and also doing a panel about making manga and breaking into the industry. We unfortunately will not have copies of Peach Fuzz on hand at this convention, so if you're going, make sure you bring a copy of Peach Fuzz with you for us to sign!

Peach Fuzz Series

The first three chapters of Peach Fuzz volume 2 are now up on Tokyopop's website. Go check it out!

Peach Fuzz volume 2 is slated for a October 14th, 2006 release. Don't miss this one - go to your local bookstore and preorder now!

Click here for more information about my Peach Fuzz manga, published by Tokyopop. It's a comedy about a prissy ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer
I just found out that an excerpt from my Digital Manga Workshop book was recently posted online. It's from the chapter that covers my cel art coloring technique. Check it out: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Of course, if that piques your interest, Digital Manga Workshop can be purchased in bookstores and through Amazon here. ^_^ It's also available in bookstores (typically sorted somewhere in the computer/digital art section).  If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review on Amazon. Thanks!

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me an email if you're interested.

Comments and favs

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

News

Nothing much new to report... just toiling away on the script for Peach Fuzz Vol 3. There's much work to be done, and I'm busy, busy, busy.

Peach Fuzz Series

The first three chapters of Peach Fuzz volume 2 are now up on Tokyopop's website. Go check it out!

Peach Fuzz volume 2 is slated for a October 14th, 2006 release. Don't miss this one - go to your local bookstore and preorder now!

Click here for more information about my Peach Fuzz manga, published by Tokyopop. It's a comedy about a prissy ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer
I just found out that an excerpt from my Digital Manga Workshop book was recently posted online. It's from the chapter that covers my cel art coloring technique. Check it out: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Of course, if that piques your interest, Digital Manga Workshop can be purchased in bookstores and through Amazon here. ^_^ It's also available in bookstores (typically sorted somewhere in the computer/digital art section).  If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review on Amazon. Thanks!

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me an email if you're interested.

Comments and favs

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

Ok, real quick. For those who care, I've started up a myspace account here: [link]

Mostly plan on using it to make announcements on when my new books are coming out.
Feel free to add me if you have an account there too. <3

News

I attended the Anime Festival Orlando 7 convention last week, and I had a fantastic time. Highlights: I spent Sunday with my cousin, Chandra, the artist alley was in a fantastic location, my panel was well attended, I met a lot of fans (was great meeting some of you fellow deviant-artists!!) made some new friends, and to top it off, I was able to hang out with voice actor Quinton Flynn, who I absolutely adore. *^_^* (You guys would probably know him best as the voice of Raiden in MGS2, Axel in Kingdom Hearts II, and Reno in FF Advent Children).

So... photos!

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Here's what Artist Alley looked like on Friday morning, positioned right outside of the dealers room. We pretty much had a steady stream of traffic all weekend long.

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Me at my artist table.

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Me and Chan (I love how this photo turned out ^_^). Fun fact: our mothers are twins, and we were born about a month apart. So she's like my sistah.

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Chan sharing the artist table with me on Sunday (that's her art over on the far right). Check out her website at [link]

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Me and Katie. She volunteers as part of the AFO staff, and always gives it 110%.

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Me and Quinton. Quinton's a lot of fun, and a sweetheart to boot. Friday night at his panel, I gave him a print of my Army Boy Raiden pic ([link] teehee), and a copy of Peach Fuzz (on the premise that I'd love for him to voice a particular character should it become an animated series), and he read it the same night and came by my artist table the following day and told me about his favorite scenes... How awesome is that?! He also spent a good amount of time just chatting with me. It was a dream come true. *swoon* ^_^

I didn't get a picture with him, sadly, but I should also mention that voice actor Jeff Nimoy was also a really cool guy. Seriously.

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Fellow artist alley residents Dee Jay and Miriam. They're always so cute together!

And ze face sketches...
Since these are pain to save, and I always end up doing over 80 of 'em throughout the weekend, I've decided to just select a choice few favorites to share.

Faces...
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More faces... these coupled with their owners.
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A lovely kimono-clad group of ladies...
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And their portraits...
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(they're wearing fox masks on top of their heads)

And I always love doing sketches for couples:
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On Sunday, Chan set up to do some portrait sketches too.
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Here's one Chan and I both did:
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And, of course, every con comes with its share of cosplayers, and there were plenty of great looking costumes abound at AFO. Some of my favorites included:

Utena and Anthy
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(This is one of my favorite pairings, and these lovey ladies pull it off beautifully -- an *awesome* likeness, right down to Utena's footwear.)

Michiru and Haruka
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Phantom of the Opera
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I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this. She totally rocks for cosplaying as one of my favorite characters. :>

Queen Beryl, Evil Mercury, and Zoicite
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Dr. Mario
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Hurray for Mario! This dude is always awesome.

Zelda
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Positively the splitting image of Zelda--just gorgeous.

So there you have it. Let's just say, I had a lot of fun, and this is definitely a weekend I'm going to remember for years to come. ^_^

Digital Manga Workshop
I just found out that an excerpt from my Digital Manga Workshop book was recently posted online. It's from the chapter that covers my cel art coloring technique. Check it out: Part 1,
Part 2 and Part 3.

Of course, if that piques your interest, Digital Manga Workshop can be purchased here. ^_^ It's also available in bookstores (see the computer section--I usually see it sorted under "3D art", unfortunately, probably because "digital art" is equated with "3-D animation").

Peach Fuzz

The first three chapters of Peach Fuzz volume 2 are now up on Tokyopop's website. Go check it out!

In other news, I'm starting on the conceptual stage of working out Peach Fuzz volume 3. Reading through my detailed outline for the book again, I'm finding lots of great scenes in this one that I can't wait to plot out in storyboard form. On the other hand, since the outline is so jampacked, it's looking like

I might have to cut some scenes so I don't go over my allotted page count for the book. Ideally, I'd prefer to split volume 3 into two volumes so I'd have lots of room to spread out, but requests for additional volumes aren't taken into consideration until after the third book is done. Therefore... *puts on ye old editor's hat and dons a red pen* I'll just have to find a way to make it work. ^_^;

Speaking of which, I have some unfortunate news on the Peach Fuzz volume 2 front. Due to some mishaps on the production side in which older versions of pages accidentally ended up being used (o_O), the release date has been pushed back to October (it was originally going to be September). The good news is that at least the problems are going to be fixed before the book goes to print. Better late rather than flawed, right? Not happy about the delay, but glad I caught 'em!

My ferret Elf

Rest in peace, sweetheart. I miss you, my little fuzzy mink.

He was 4 years, and 8 months old.
August 9th, 2001 - April 15th, 2006. ;_;

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

My how-to art book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me an email if you're interested.

Comments and favs

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

News
I just found out that an excerpt from my Digital Manga Workshop book was recently posted online. It's from the chapter that covers my cel art coloring technique. Check it out: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Of course, if that piques your interest, Digital Manga Workshop can be purchased here. ^_^ It's also available in bookstores (see the computer section--I usually see it sorted under "3D art", unfortunately, probably because "digital art" is equated with "3-D animation").

In other news, I'm starting on the conceptual stage of working out Peach Fuzz volume 3. Reading through my detailed outline for the book again, I'm finding lots of great scenes in this one that I can't wait to plot out in storyboard form. On the other hand, since the outline is so jampacked, it's looking like I might have to cut some scenes so I don't go over my allotted page count for the book. Ideally, I'd prefer to split volume 3 into two volumes so I'd have lots of room to spread out, but requests for additional volumes aren't taken into consideration until after the third book is done. Therefore... *puts on ye old editor's hat and dons a red pen* I'll just have to find a way to make it work. ^_^;

Speaking of which, I have some unfortunate news on the Peach Fuzz volume 2 front. Due to some mishaps on the production side in which older versions of pages accidentally ended up being used (o_O), the release date has been pushed back to October (it was originally going to be September). The good news is that at least the problems are going to be fixed before the book goes to print. Better late rather than flawed, right? Not happy about the delay, but glad I caught 'em!

That's all for now. Guess I'm back into the bookmaking grind. ^_^;


Peach Fuzz syndication
Peach Fuzz made its debut in 30+ Sunday newspapers in January 06. If it's not in your newspaper's comic section, write the editor of the paper and request it! They won't know to carry it unless they know people want it.

Two months of work went into preparing the pages for newspaper consumption, so you will notice quite a few differences, such as redone screentone, and enlarged lettering--both necessary for readability at the smaller size. And, of course, the journal entries, alternating between Amanda and Peach, written in character by me and Jared. The journals, I'm really pleased with because they allowed me to go deeper into the minds of the characters, and expand upon some of the events as they unfold.

Peach Fuzz Vol 2 Free Preview

The first three chapters of Peach Fuzz volume 2 are now up on Tokyopop's Manga Online web site. Go check it out!

My ferret Elf

Rest in peace, sweetheart. I miss you, my little fuzzy mink.

He was 4 years, and 8 months old.
August 9th, 2001 - April 15th, 2006. ;_;

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

My how-to art book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me an email if you're interested.

Comments and favs

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

News
It's been awhile since I last posted. During my hiatus from the Internet, I've done a lot of reflecting on life, attended two conventions and otherwise just been grinding away on the remainder of Peach Fuzz volume 2 (what else?). I'm happy to announce that I just finished penciling the final page of the book on Friday. It's not quite done yet -- the final chapter still requires screen toning, and some finishing touches to the bonus pages, but I'm looking to be done with everything by the end of next week... and will likely have to work like a madman to make it happen. But then it will be DONE DONE DONE!!!! That said, PF2 should have a street date of mid-September.

By the way, if you're interested in volume 1 but still haven't picked up a copy, I should point out that it underwent a second printing a couple months back, sans the peachy scratch and sniff extra. So last call if you want the scratch and sniff version. I can't find the first printing edition around here anymore, but there still might be some left to your bookstore.

Lately, I've spent some of my spare time playing through a couple video games. First I finished Suikoden 5, which was a top-notch RPG for Suikoden fans if you can get past the first sluggish 10 hours. Following that, I finally gave Final Fantasy IX a try, something I've been meaning to do for years and I absolutely adore it. A likable cast of characters and a gameplay experience not unlike Final Fantasy VI. Plus, I'm a sucker for a romantic subplots and there's plenty of it in IX. Zidane's courtship of Garnet/Dagger throughout the game is so sweet =^^=

To the topic of conventions, I attended Jacon in Orlando at the end of April, and Metrocon in Tampa on June 3rd (drove out there in the morning at 5 am and got home around 9pm) and had a blast talking with the other con goers, and signing books. As always, I do small & quick five-minute anime-style portraits as a con only special -- always a big hit -- and sometimes I even remember to take a photo before I hand them over. Thought you guys might enjoy seeing some, so I uploaded a handful to the following link, along with a few photos of the convention center and a FF6 Terra cosplayer who rocked.

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As for me, it's back to the artist labor camps for screentoning... I've been saying this for what seems like forever now, but _sooooo_ close to finishing~!


Peach Fuzz syndication
Peach Fuzz made its debut in 30+ Sunday newspapers in January 06. If it's not in your newspaper's comic section, write the editor of the paper and request it! They won't know to carry it unless they know people want it.

Two months of work went into preparing the pages for newspaper consumption, so you will notice quite a few differences, such as redone screentone, and enlarged lettering--both necessary for readability at the smaller size. And, of course, the journal entries, alternating between Amanda and Peach, written in character by me and Jared. The journals, I'm really pleased with because they allowed me to go deeper into the minds of the characters, and expand upon some of the events as they unfold.

Peach Fuzz Vol 2 Free Preview

The first three chapters of Peach Fuzz volume 2 are now up on Tokyopop's Manga Online web site. Go check it out!

My ferret Elf

Rest in peace, sweetheart. I miss you, my little fuzzy mink.

He was 4 years, and 8 months old.
August 9th, 2001 - April 15th, 2006. ;_;

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

My how-to art book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me a note if you're interested.

Comments and favs

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

Peach Fuzz syndication
Peach Fuzz made its debut in 30+ Sunday newspapers last Sunday. Keep an eye out for it in your newspaper's comic section tomorrow... and if they don't have it, by all means write the editor of the paper and request it! They won't know to carry it unless they know people want it.

Two months of work went into preparing the pages for newspaper consumption, so you will notice quite a few differences, such as redone screentone, and enlarged lettering--both necessary for readability at the smaller size. And, of course, the journal entries, alternating between Amanda and Peach, written in character. The journals, I'm really pleased with because they allowed me to go deeper into the minds of the characters, and expand upon some of the events as they unfold.

Peach Fuzz Vol 2 Free Preview

The first couple chapters of Peach Fuzz volume 2 are now up on Tokyopop's Manga Online web site. Go check it out, and don't forget to vote:
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Mario Kart DS

I got a Nintendo DS with Mario Kart from my parents for Christmas... and finally got it hooked up to WiFi last week. Anyone care to challenge me to a game?

My friend code is:
163271
519050

My ferret Elf

Elf is doing is a *lot* better now. With help from the kindhearted people who donated to his medical find, I was able to put together the money necessary for Elf's treatment so far, and he's made a miraculous recovery. Without it, he wouldn't have made it more than a week or two after that initial visit, but right now he's bouncing around, practically back to his old self again!

His tumor has vastly shrunk, and at this point he's almost to the stage of complete remission (!!). Even the vet is surprised at how well his condition has improved. He goes in for a checkup next week... crossing my fingers for positive results on the bloodwork.

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

My how-to art book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me a note if you're interested.

Comments and favs

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

My sweet little ferret Elf has recently been diagnosed with lymphoma, a malignant mass in his abdomen growing off his lymph nodes. ;_; It's quickly growing, crushing his intestines and spreading.

I feel so bad for him. He's been spending his time mostly sleeping, and the rare times when he's awake, he can barely walk and tires easily. He's on three types of medicine right now, but they just treat the symptoms, not the growth. He needs surgery to remove the mass, followed by multiple chemotherapy visits.

The surgery for the complicated procedure costs around $1200, each chemotherapy visit around $300. Work already done so far has added up to $700. This is difficult for me to afford, but it's so painful to see Elf suffer. In case anyone wants to help, I've started an Elf collection fund. Every little bit helps!

Donate here: [link]

Thank you. ;_;

News

Good news! Peach Fuzz has made its debut in the December issue of Tokyopop's Manga Online site! Please read, let me know your thoughts, and don't forget to vote for me.

Click here to read Peach Fuzz Vol 2 Chap 1 on Manga Online
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Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

My how-to art book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

Artist Bio and Livejournal

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Prints

High-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me a note if you're interested.

Comments and favs

I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

News

I've been so busy lately working on Peach Fuzz pages and trying to make up for lost time from being sick that I've barely had a chance to sit down at a computer this week and last week. In the meantime, it seems that so much has happened.

Peach Fuzz to be syndicated in newspapers
The Peach Fuzz syndication deal has finally been publicly announced, after over a year of talk about the project! So happy that I no longer have to keep it a secret.

Here's the article:
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It's going to be done in a double-page spread format. My set of pages for the newspaper come directly from volume 1 of Peach Fuzz. I don't want to get into the nitty-gritty details yet about how the whole thing is going to work, but I will say that I put a lot of work into reworking the pages so that they read well as a weekly serial. I think it'll be a treat even for people who have read the book, because the format allowed me to expand upon Amanda and Peach's feelings about the situations they find themselves in (you'll see!). Ask your local newspaper to carry Peach Fuzz in their comics section! ^_^

My Birthday!
It was my birthday on the 9th of November, which makes me 24 now. Wow. I don't really feel any older, but it's still a little bit hard to wrap my brain around. Thanks so much to those of you who thought of me and wished me a happy birthday (you know who you are)! It meant a lot. *hugs*

Comments and favs

I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has either faved a picture, friended me, and/or commented. Although it's not always possible to comment back, I do make it a point to look at everyone's deviantArt site who has done one of the above. Thanks minna-san!

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

My how-to art book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Finally, high-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me a note if you're interested.

News

Tokyopop updated their Manga Online web site with November's content... including, which comes as a *total* surprise to me, a Peach Fuzz audio drama! o_O

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I've only listened to the first two minutes of it as I'm currently sick with a bad case of the flu and can't handle light or audio yet, but it seems to have nice production values (sound fxs, music, etc).

I recommend listening to it while reading along with the book (go buy if you haven't yet!!), as it's a straight read from the book that works best with accompanying pictures. (Hopefully on subsequent "Mangapods", they'll incorporate comic panel flash animation into the mix).

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

My how-to art book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Finally, high-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me a note if you're interested.

News

I just wanted to mention that my new book "Digital Manga Workshop : An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer" is now available for sale in bookstores and through Amazon (link here). If the any of you have picked up the book and enjoyed it it please leave a review there.

Also, I recently did a brief live interview about the book on G4 network's "Attack of the Show" on 9/16. If you wanted to see it but missed it, you can catch the rerun on 9/30/2005 7pm ET/ 4pm PT.

Thanks for all the comments and faves!       


Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Finally, high-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me a note if you're interested.

News
Since my last entry, I've settled into deviantART and know my way around pretty well now. Thanks to everyone who has added me to their friends list, favorited a pic, or commented on my pictures. You make updating fun! *hugs* ^_-

Links and Info

For more art and information, see my official web site at: The Art of Jared and Lindsay.

Click here for information about my Peach Fuzz manga, which is published by Tokyopop and can be found in bookstores nationwide (and if your bookstore doesn't have it, please special order it!). It's a comedy about a spoiled ferret named Peach who thinks she's a princess, and her owner, Amanda, who's hands she views as a 5-headed monster.

If you wish to know more about me, check out my personal bio here, which details more about my interests, and for updates on my life, see my livejournal.

Finally, high-quality glossy prints are available in both 8.5x11 ($10 plus $3.50 shipping) and 11x17 ($15 plus $3.50 shipping) sizes for all the images posted here. I can accept payment by Paypal, so please don't hesitate to send me a note if you're interested.

Finally broke down and created a deviantart account. Thanks for the warm welcome so far, guys! I'm still trying to get used to all the features... but overall, I like the feel of a tightly-knit community.

Let's see... if you're curious about my daily day-to-day life, I maintain a journal over at livejournal, and if you're interested in seeing more artwork, there's always my website (though I'll be posting the new stuff here on deviantart first since it's easier to maintain.)

Finally, I should also mention that I have a manga out in bookstores nationwide, published by Tokyopop, called "Peach Fuzz". It's a comedy about a girl and her pet ferret. Keep an eye out for it, and if your bookstore doesn't have it in stock, please have them special order a copy for you. ^_^

By the way, 11 x 14 high-quality glossy prints are available for both the Yuna and Nausicaa images. Drop me a line if you want to purchase one for $15 plus $3.50 shipping through paypal.