Back online, back (somewhat) on track.

This week we finally ordered an external harddrive port so we can gut the old laptop and move over some of the missing files that I need for the comic. With that, I think we'll be entering into a psuedo spring-cleaning: whatever I haven't touched in a year from my old laptop goes into storage. While this new laptop's speed is much, much faster, I don't have as much room to keep things on here (and I'm going to try to keep everything free of digital clutter...as strange as it is to say it.)

So what have I been doing in the meantime? Well, mostly tea.

Well, a LOT of tea.

About a year or so ago I started putting together blends based on Guild Wars 2 characters and only recently finished up the artwork for them. Mostly because the labels didn't work for me before. Eir's Tea, for example, has gone through four labels on it's own.

From this, the original name of the tea...

to this, which still didn't feel right.

There are more blends planned for other areas (along with a set of teas not related to any fandom in particular because, let's face it, not everyone's a fan of everything). It's not much, but every time some one orders one of those teas, I get more money off when I go to fuel my own tea supply, which, in turn, allows me to test more blends of teas. (Also, let me know if you're new to the site, coupons are a lovely thing.)

It's a hobby of mine, mostly, that comes up on the side. Much like the SCA and related activities, which was last weekend.

With apologies to Ms. Diane Peterson-Dover for borrowing her photo.

But yes, that's what I've been up to in the fallout from the mini-computer-crisis. Realizing now that it's been roughly three weeks since the computers both had issues and two since I got the PC up and running, and about a week for the new laptop to get to a state of normalcy.

I will have more on a projected release date for Stacked Hand after next weekend. Until then,

-C-Z

State of Affairs

Welcome to 2014 all! I know I posted earlier this week about postponing the comic release, and well...here's why.

Between Thursday of last week and Monday of this week, both of my computers decided to break. The desktop was salvageable (PSU fried), while the laptop...was not. The piece was integrated with another part of the computer that was too costly to repair and would most assuredly break again. I had to replace it with a new laptop, thanks to the generous support of my boyfriend, I now have two computers functioning.

Sadly, most of my work that I had gotten finished is still on the old laptop. It will take some time to get the files off, and, at the same time, more time to get them completed and the site in order. I feel terrible about this, but if I'm taking the time to try to get things in order, I want to make it right. I promised a 2014 release, and I'm going to stick to it. It's just not going to be in January, sadly enough. If you want a direct notification as to when the comic launches, you can always sign up for the newsletter on the site, or follow tumblr if that's more your thing.

Again, thank you all for your patience.

2014 Update.

Greetings, everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates for the last month - health has not been the best for the month of December. I wanted to let everyone know where everything stands.

Shiny. 

Stacked Hand, the graphic novel project I've been working on since June, will officially start on Janurary 25th. I'm working on some last-minute stuff as well as the cover for the first chapter right now. If you follow the link to the main site, there's a signup link for notifications sent straight to your email. Or, if you're a tumblrin' sort of person, you can follow the comic's blog here.

Most of my attention's turned towards that at the moment, but outside of the realm of art I will be working on a few new tea blends/tea labels soon - as well as a Peoria area announcement soon!