I hope I gave away just enough to keep you guys enticed for now. Enjoy the film grain, haha! 8D;

A while ago, Areku and I were talking about the length of our storylines. As for Venom Fang, we’re estimating about 25-30 chapters (around 25 pages every installment) — that makes 5+ years worth of RUSH issues! Just wonderful. Erm… OwO

Haven’t been here for a while .. D:
Anyways I almost finished inking all pages, so only screentoning’s left *dances*
yay for easter break~ with current school pwnage i wouldnt be able to finish everything so fast Dx

anyways here’s small image spam. For people who knows orginal ‘guardian angel’ plot from online form, remember the doggies riiight?XD
So once i thought it would be fun if they also had some personalities and would affect the plot somehow and tadah, i forced radittz to turn ‘em into humans when they are not into ‘hunting’. Unlike in wolf’s rain they are naked when they change into humans lol xD
Expect some small yaoish omake with them for rush 02 *heart* of course in human form …;

and here’s hiji kun’s guardian angel~ I’ve changed his design a little as well :F

and here are doggies ~ we still have to name them.

and that’s all for the spam, take care

No April Fools? No jokes yesterday worth having. Wow, this country’s become so conservative! ((^_^)).

April is a BUZY time for me, and Laura Carboni. For one, Laura’s decided to get married. That’s right RUSHers, she’s taking herself off the market. 0_0. She’s marrying the love of her life, and moving to Taranto Italy! I’m very jealous, not because I think her fiancé is hot or anything, but because I LOVE TARANTO ITALY. Don’t you hate it when your friends get to do all the cool stuff? So we’ll be the only members of Team Rush who’re* married. >.> That means, you can expect ZERO romance in our future stories. 0___0.

Convention time is here. Man, there’s a lot that goes into getting prepared for a convention, even if you just plan to just sell some books and doujinshi in an artist alley. I know lots of you out there are artists, and so you know the amount of prep-work it takes to get everything ready, just to sell your works [fan and pro books, and prints]; you must make sure your publisher gets your books to you on time [if you’re a pro]—you have to make sure your printer gets your artwork to you on time [if you just sell illustrations]—you must pay for your table, and membership to the con, on time [usually months in advance-yuk]—and if you’re lucky, get a non-smoking motel room that you don’t have to share with anyone…ON TIME. The month of April will be spent preparing for con appearances in two Texas cities: Dallas [A-kon June 1-3: I’ll be at Table D, #25], and San Antonio [San Japan, July 13-15]. I’ll have copies of RUSH 1 and 2, my new graphic novel, Only Words, as well as my works from other publishers—and my Gungrave/Trigun fan doujinshi. I’ll be giving out free postcards, and hanging out with all my friends, many of whom I haven’t seen in ages. Cons are great, once you get there…it’s the prep time that’s killer.

Anyone else going to a con this year? If so, which one? Any in Texas??!

*looks like whore, LMAO!

I’ve neglected this place, and that’s a shame. My apologies to everyone who watches this blog who’re actual fans of RUSH, and my apologies to our editor, who set this blog up so that we could have a place to talk, which I haven’t done in far too long!

I was discussing Riley Leary with Laura Carboni one day, and the subject of ‘hypothetical’ extortion came up. So I ask you, anyone reading this entry…

If you had the opportunity, would you steal from a Mafioso?

If you worked for someone you knew was a criminal, would you take advantage and ‘borrow’ some of their funds? If you worked for the likes of Nico Cabrini from Roulette, or Tony Soprano, or Sal Minnetta of the Black Donnelly’s…would you help yourself to their extra cash? It’s not like they’re going to call the cops on you! LOL!

Of course, they do have their own cops…don’t they? =_=;

Hi! As you may or may not have known, Venom Fang has been bumped up an issue and will now be published in Issue 01 — including a color insert. C: Here is a set of preview pages from the first chapter. Sorry for the lack of updates!

Hello everybody,

Very busy time right now for the rush team, everybody is handing in their drafts, some already finished while others are on the last 100 meters. Final revisions are almost done and most of the projects are in proofing stages. While I know some of you are wondering when will #01 be out, I can tell you that it won’t be long seeing as I am running around to get it to printers ASAP. Till then I thought I treat you all with a preview of #01 cover.

Thank you for your support and patience!

Akito

P.S. Looks like PB doesn’t tolerate such indecent pictures… When I seen the file deleted I was so scared my porn collection was in danger I rushed over but no need to panic, all my stuff is fine and this image was the only one that got deleted (yet I am still puzzled as of why) I can only assume somebody with too much time on their hands went and reported it. Either way it will take a lot more then reporting an image to get my undivided attention so I really need to get back to work now. Kami-sama, sanq for saving mai porn!~~~*chu*

A friend of mine asked me to draw two of his characters, and I thought doing some fanart helps relax from my own manga project… oh, and the practice is good too!

So I drew this for him:

Oh yeah, that’s a girl behind the sexy tattooed dude *hearts*

This helps me practice my female body skillz (which usually I don’t have, haha), and the digital screen tones. I even discovered a new trick!

Weapons of choice:
- OpenCanvas 4 (sketching)
- Comicworks 600 (inking)
- Photoshop + Powertone 3 (screentoning)
- Wacom Intuos3

UPDATE: Russian expert found!

I am looking for a person who’s expert in the Russian language.
If you are Russian, have learned advanced Russian or have a friend who knows the language, please contact me! A native Russian is preferable, since I need a few words translated sometimes in context rather than just literal translation.

I need the Russian expert for my manga project. Of course you will be credited for the help you provide ^_^

E-mail: lara@yokoshima.com.mx

Is anyone else having trouble trying to upload their installment to the editors server??

Hello??? ^____*

-Tina

I’ve finished the first chapter a few days ago — at last! Working on an illust for now:

Mm, hope I finish this tomorrow. *O* Happy new year, everyone!