Got my signed copy of How to Make Webcomics today! Found a nice package from Texas on the mat when I came home. Also included Kris’ fun little meme indie comic.

This is all about how to take your webcomic to the next level, so I can’t wait to start reading! Looks really good so far. This will surely reinvigorate my motivation. I’ve got a few other comic projects lined up, and I’ve been listening to the Art and Story podcast which offers some very concise advice and insights on the whole process of putting together a comic too.

Finished making a 12 second animation for a college assignment aswell yesterday, you can check that out here.

So good stuff all around.

I’ve been poking around the site design a bit to fix some things that have been laying around. The text colors are a bit softer and I finally tweaked the comments to my liking. That alternating background color was just silly. I’m basically in the process of making everything a little more shiny.

And as you may have read, the update schedule changed to Monday and Thursday. I’m enjoying drawing the strip completely digitally with my tablet, but I’ll need the time to do so, so I’m going to try to have the weekly strips done in the weekend so I won’t have to rush it at the last minute.

Traffic also seems to be increasing again. There’s about 1500 people a month coming through here now, and my ranking on TWCL has gone up too. So thanks to everyone for dropping by, I hope you enjoy the comic and continue to do so! I certainly enjoy making it (most of the time ). Spread the word!

I won’t lie, I’m in a bit of a rut in regards to enthusiasm about dinerdate (or TMC for that matter). Not the plot or the premise or anything, just the motions involved in of getting my ideas up here. Inking and up, basically. So there will probably be a few more sketch editions. But don’t worry, these periods come and go, it’s a natural thing for artists.

I DID plan out the storyline for the next month however. It came surprisingly easy once I sat down. And I think it’s pretty good stuff. It’s a bit of a direction I haven’t explored yet with DD, although Vendetta touched on it a little. For that, I AM excited.