Sorry. No new Lovarian Tales strip for today. I'm currently working on moving the site from the Keenspace servers on to my new host. And in the process, I'm redesigning it a bit. So hopefully, you guys don't mind if I skip one strip today. Thanks.

Hey people. First of all I've been monitoring the Keenspace Top 99 list and I have to say that the numbers are good. LA is almost at 9th place. :) Thanks.

On other things, I want to discuss the Lovarian Tales minicomic a bit. I am just realizing how difficult it is to squeeze in good dialogue in 3 panels to make the story pace faster. Also there is the problem of what 3 panels should I draw for every strip to convey the story I want to tell for that particular strip. However, the advantage of doing it in 3 panels remains that I don't have to think about page layouts and number of panels per page, etc. Ah well. Everything has its ups and downs (and that endeth the lesson).

Currently, I'm tremendously satisfied with my new forum host at Piggy Farm which is the message board Henry setup for his webcomic site Ponju. Now, I invite you to go to my forum there and participate in the discussions. Or post new ones if you don't find a thread you want to join in. I'm always thrilled to get to know my readers. :D

That's all for now. Later guys. :)

I have received word from my brother that page 12 is in fact going to be late. And from what I can gather from his message, I think he is going to draw it the Holy Week long weekend. So you know what that means? For two pages now, LA has been updating every fortnight only. O_O It is unfortunate that we haven't built up any buffer pages yet to cover crises that arise. Hopefully, during the long weekend, my brother will be able to build the mythical buffer pages at last.

Anyway, the LT strips are being updated regularly (except for one strip that I missed last week, sorry). I hope that is enough reason to come back here even if the main comic didn't update the past weekend.^_^;;;

I'd also like to personally thank Tommy Heinig for requesting to have the Lovarian Adevntures webcomic be translated into German and included in the role-playing fanzine, Anduin starting with issue 70. :D So if you can read German and is into RPGs, you may want to pick up a copy.

Here is nicely drawn fantasy webcomic you might want to check out: Thelandria by Jien. I love the details she puts in the comic. I wish I had that talent with details. It is still pretty raw as she is just starting with the webcomic.

So far I have finished 2 fanart pieces yesterday but haven't been able to draw new ones yet. Watched to Oscars on TV tonight so my free time was pretty much wasted on that show. ;) That's all I have for now. Later people. :)

Hi people. I still haven't received any sign of page 12 from Ringjo so I predict that there is a chance page 12 will be late again. But that could all still change if he is able to give me page 12 (suddenly) by tomorrow. :)

On other developments, I was planning to draw the next batch of Lovarian Tales strips in advance (wow, huh?) but changed my mind at the last moment. I had only a few minutes left before me and my fiancee chat on the Internet (she's still in the Philippines) and I don't want to lose momentum while drawing comics. So I decided to draw giftart pieces instead.

I've felt like I owe some of the other webcomic artists (and one non-webcomic person -- you know who you are ;) ) at least one giftart for being my friend or at least for being good to me. So I list down these people and started drawing. So below are a thumbnails of brand new giftart pieces (click on the thumbnails):



Please leave comments in the gallery if you are in the mood. You don't have to register, okay? Thanks in advance.

As for the Keenspace Top 99, good job guys. We beat Meekerz for a day or two I think. But now Meekerz is ahead again by 3 votes. ;) O well. Just keep on voting if you feel like it (I hope you always feel like it). :D That's all for now. Later guys!

Hello again guys and gals. Lovarian Tales is still doing well and I'm quite comfortable in making them. I've also used Adobe PageMaker to make myself the 3-panel templates that I now use for LT. I print the templates then draw inside the panels. That means I can draw 4 3-panel strips on one A4 paper and I don't have cut it up and use a ruler. ;) I know, I know. I'm lazy.

Also, I have also helped my brother, Ringjo (current artist of the LA comic itself), in setting up his own gallery in my gallery section. You can see more of his art by clicking on the thumbnail below:


http://lovaria.phpwebhosting.com/gallery/ringjo

Ooh ooh! Lastly, LA is gaining votes on the Keenspace Top 99. A few more votes (like 5 votes actually) and we'll have overtaken Meekerz (which is a cute comic btw ;P so go see it anyway) for 10th position on the top99 list. And a few more votes again and LA would have overtaken Life On Forbez (darnit! another cute comic :D ). So keep on voting guys. Thanks.

That's all for now. Later guys. :D

Heya people. Yes, I know I forgot about the new episode for LT due yesterday. I'll just do two today to make up for it, ok? Anyway, I was also preoccupied. My friend Emily (creator of There Be Elves) celebrated her birthday last week and I promised her something. I was originally going to draw her a picture with some of her characters but changed my mind midway and drew something else instead.

Click on the thumbnail below to see it in full size:


On the matter of gift arts, I have just added the gift art images to my gallery system. I have also adjusted the site menus to point to that place now instead of the old giftart.html page. ;) The URL is http://lovaria.phpwebhosting.com/gallery/giftart.

Another thing I'd like to mention today is the Keenspace Top 99. Lovarian Adventures had slipped to 13th place last week but I'm glad to report that LA has risen to 11th place since yesterday! Thanks for voting guys. I hope you vote some more (like everyday you visit this site). Thanks and thanks in advance. :D

Howdy people. At last, page 11 of chapter 3 is now up. As it happens, we were not able to put up a new Lovarian Adventure page last week due to personal reasons. Episode 8 of Lovarian Tales is also up since yesterday. I made a slip in schedule of Lovarian Tales last week actually. All episodes for last week were delayed by a day. That is 5 LT strips per week however so I guess it is still okay, right?

I am also in the middle of modifying the whole website. For example. the Lovarian Adventures archive no longer points to keenspace but to my own personal host at http://lovaria.phpwebhosting.com. It is actually placed right inside my art gallery along with the fanart. The dandy thing about that gallery software is that it allows me to create ''albums'' that can store nested ''albums'' and/or pictures (in our case, drawn images). And the navigation is similar to a comic archive in keenspace anyway that I used it as the archive system for my comics too. :D

And now that that I've essentially moved the most important aspect of this website to my host, I can soon move the other easy stuff there as well quite soon. When that happens, http://lovaria.com will no longer point to keenspace but to that new url. :D

My brother is also working on a poster for Lovarian Adventures. It is still unfinished but here is a teaser thumbnail of it.


Also, while I was surfing the other day, I came across a real cool looking comic called Palestra by Crow and Nainami. Go check it out. :)

Finally, I have just setup a gallery for Ringjo in my gallery system. Check out his other work there:

http://lovaria.phpwebhosting.com/gallery/ringjo

Later guys. :)

LT 7 is now up and shows the return of Syphal the poisonous blade thrower from 1:11 (Chapter 1, Page 11). You may notice that he looks a bit different now that in the mentioned old page. It is intentional so don't panic. :)

Also, Ringjo (I guess by now you know that this is my brother) was not able to finish coloring the page today due to unavoidable circumstances in his office. But to whet your appettite a bit, below is a thumbnail version of the non-colored page 11 without the dialog put in yet.



If Ringjo still encounters any problems tomorrow, I'll just post the b/w lineart version with the dialog in it. The colored version will just have to come after it. As much as possible though, I do not want to show the incomplete version.

As for my life, I'm waiting for my Australian Computer Society immigration assessment in the mail so that I can finally apply for permanent residency here in Australia. Also, someone just commissioned me to draw vampires for him. I'm still thinking about it though. It's not that I think the money he is offering isn't enough, but the amount of free time I have right now is the limiting factor here. That and I don't usually draw vampires and gore before. :P I may have to discuss this project with him a bit more. I may end up just asking him if I can draw a couple of b/w vampire pics. Depends really on a lot of things.

I guess another reason why I'm a bit reluctant to draw for money is because I don't think much of my own skill sometimes. On the other hand, if I do this, it'll help build up my confidence on my own work. Ah, what will be will be.

Later guys. :)

LT episode 6 was up since yesterday but I just forgot to update the index.html page on my keenspace server. :P Anyway, I saw that some people located the new episode on my gallery anyway. Good for you.

On other news, my brother has finished the inked page 11 and it looks good so far. He expects to finish coloring it today. And from my discussions with him, I can gather that he does not need the breathing room I was talking about in the forum. So as soon as he finishes it, I can post it here. It will be 5 days late but better late than never. :D

Hi folks.

LT episode 4 is up. It's going to be every weekdays so stay tuned.

As for page 11 of the main comic, well, my brother was supposed to do it originally. Then, he had to attend the wake of my late cousin. So he told me he couldn't do it. Then I told him that I was going to do it. Then he told me he was going to do it anyway on Sunday. Then he told me he wasn't able to do it because the family (including him) went out. So now, no new comic. And it's Monday night here now, and he still hasn't given me anything to put the letters on. So I think from the way things are going, the main comic will be seen on Wednesday at the earliest. I hope it is earlier but my hands are tied here. X( Sorry guys. I know it is no excuse. Gahhh!

I'm going to sleep now. =_=

Hello people.

First, my brother told me that he is going to do the next page anyway. I just hope he gives it to me early so I can have time to put the text on it and post it. O_O

On other news, I have a new host but I'm still testing stuff on it for now. In the meantime, I've used a PHP gallery script/application to provide me with a Elfwood-like art gallery. So far, I've only tested it with the fanart stuff I had and it works nicely. Adding new fanart in the gallery is never easier for me. It does the thumbnail automatically so I don't have to resize anything in photoshop. I can update the gallery anywhere too. ^___^

So now, the old fanart page is no more. The fanart link on the above menu has been change to point to the new fanart gallery. You can go there also through this URL:

http://lovaria.phpwebhosting.com/gallery/albums.php

It is still in the prototype stage and I'm still in the process of configuring the look of the gallery but it is currently similarly themed to the current website design so it doesn't stand out too much.

I'm planning to get a domain name for my site. It will either be lovaria.com, lovaria.net or lovaria.org. I'm still not sure which one to pick. I'm not rich so I can only afford one. Do you want to give me your input? See forum topic

Ok. I have to sleep now. =_= Very sleepy. I'll just add in the recent fanart additions to that new fanart gallery I have just setup. See you guys tomorrow. Hopefully, the new main comic is up by then.

Alrighty! Lovarian Tales (I'll just use the LT acronym next time ok?) episode 3 is now up. ^___^ Doing the minicomic (this word I stole from Maureen ~_^) is really fun and easy for me. The constraints, like 3 squarish panels, actually makes it easier for me. I don't have to think about dynamic panelling in this case. I can also be forgiven if I don't do too many full body shots as well (because the squares are small enough as it is).

I've been able to do LT up to Friday with 3 episodes out. I guess I'm going to continue with it now. You may also notice that the 3 LT episodes are shown right after the other under the main comic. This is just a temporary setup until I create archive html pages for LT.

I'm also going to create a script so that other sites can show the LT minicomic on their sites. Actually, right now, that is already possible but I want to create a sort of menu for it so that people can click on it to go to the archives section here at my site for example.

Thanks again to all those who voted and continue to vote daily for LA in the Keenspace Top 99! LA is now in a safe spot within the top 15 at slot 13 (last time I saw). Of course, it wouldn't hurt to vote some more to put it near the top 10 at least, right? ^___^;;;

Oh and here is a fanart by Emiko of There Be Elves fame in Kern's Oekaki board:



Em wants to marry Sarren, you see?

What else... I guess that's all the LA related news for now. Later guys.

Episode 2 of Lovarian Tales is up. Hmm.. I might be able to do this every weekday after all. ^____^ Let's wait and see what happens.

Ok, the ''prototype'' comic is now up and I dubbed it Lovarian Tales. The title format is going to be changed to Lovarian Tales: Substory Title but I'll do that later when I get back home.

Want to comment on it, go to the forum or click here. Also click that link to read my further comments on Lovarian Tales.

See ya.

Thanks for all of those people who voted Lovarian Adventures back into the top 15 spot of the Keenspace Top 99 list. ^____^ Although, LA is currently at the number 15 slot and could be toppled out of the top 15 very easily. So I hope you don't mind if you vote for LA some more. ^_^;;;

And watch for the ''prototype'' comic I was talking about. Again, I warn that it isn't going to be anything fancy but you may still wanna take a look at it.

On other news, my 7-year old cousin, Paolo Porciuncula, died yesterday. My condolences to my aunt and uncle. And this is also the reason why my brother won't be able to draw the next page. He will be staying at the wake of my late cousin everynight until Saturday. So, it seems that I'll be the one to draw the next page again just so to keep the story of the comic going.

Later guys.

The new message board is great!!! Thanks so much to Henry ''Ponju'' Chiu for the hositng of the forum. ^___^ We are having a blast. Hope you guys pop in there to say hi at least.

Also, I hope it isn't too much trouble to ask you guys to vote for me on the Keenspace Top99 list? I'm just a few votes shy of the top 15. It's in the top 15 that counts because only those 15 webcomics get to have their banners shown. And the banner I have will hopefully attract more new readers to Lovarian Adventures. Thanks for the help in advance. ^____^

While my brother is doing the art chores for the Lovarian Adventures comic, I'm planning on doing some side comics for Lovarian Adventures in the form of comic strips (probably 3 to 4 panels) and it will be 5x a week if all goes well. It will probably have a pencil-only type of art (much like the Lovarian Adventures comics of old but smaller).

I'll get to work on a ''prototype'' of the comic in the meantime. It won't make any sense, I warn you, but it will just be a sort of preview of the type of comic I'm planning to do on the side. ~_^ I can probably finish something up by tomorrow.

Till then. ^_^

Ok. The new page is finally up. It was finished 3 days ago actually but I just thought to post it now. ^_^ Yep. This is my brother's art work including colors. I'm in a real rush right now so just come back later when I have more time put more details about this page. ^_^;;;

BTW, we have a new Message Board here! It's still in the testing stage but it should be more stable than the one by Keenspace itself. Unfortunately, you will have to register again for this one. Sorry.

More later.