January 22, 2010 by Ki Hiwatari
First things first. Manga update: pages 12 to 13 added for Devil x Cross. I am actually working more on Devil x Cross compared to Contradiction right now XD So enjoy~!!
This semester I have a really bad schedule at school… I go on Mondays from 12:30pm to 2:00 pm for Concrete, 3:00pm to 5:00pm for Earthquake and 5:00pm to 8:00pm for Steel. Tuesdays and Thursdays I have Timber from 8:00am to 9:30am. Wednesdays I have Concrete again from 12:30pm to 2:00pm… and extra seminar on Thursdays from 3:30pm to 5:00pm. As you can see if I don’t have to take Timber I can have BOTH Tuesdays and Thursdays free… except for the seminar in the afternoon which gives me a SIX HOUR GAP in between the classes…
Today is Thursday, so I made use of these six hours to finish up the stupid Earthquake assignment (thanks God I finished Timber way before) and then I have 2.5 hours for manga drawing =D I did 8 pages of rough work for Devil x Cross in a row~!! Next will be freaking crazily inking and toning… Toning is taking longer and longer now that I am switching to the tablet (because I want to use the stamp tool and not to select/highlight all the areas like when I tone with the mouse). On average my toning speed has decreased from 5 pages to 2 pages now per day maximum… =_=
Colouring is worse… I have not been colouring ANYTHING since the first manga page for Le Diable… which was like a month ago =_=… I have been drawing stuff for the 2011 calendar, but do not have the motivation to colour it… I am still struggling whether I should use the manga-style or the half-manga-half-anime style of colouring the hair… It will be a pain when I actually started work…
Moreover, I just remembered it is again time for the Contradiction annual character poll, and, I have NOT CODED the poll page yet!!!! Gah.!!! I need someone to kick me to work… *runs to find the poll sample script* Also working on manga translation for Esthetique… I am translating 3 projects at once, so that is kinda hard work as well… but that means sooner or later everyone can enjoy the awesome mangas by Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Japanese mangakas =D LOL I am translating one manga from Hong Kong (Love Probation Witch by Os Rabbit Neko <- same mangaka as the one who did F.O.X., and my favourite HK mangaka), one manga from Taiwan (Unbeatable Youth by Peng Xue Fen) and one manga from Japan (Yumeiro Patissiere by Matsumoto Natsumi)…
And I guess that's long enough for today's rant. There is a new person I started to hate very much starting this term, but I don't think I will spend time to write about him.
-Ki Hiwatari
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January 16, 2010 by Ki Hiwatari
I should have given different post titles LOL Now there are a chain of “Manga Updates!” posts =P
Pages 7 to 9 are uploaded for Contradiction chapter 24. More coming soon after I am done with the rough XD Also inking a few pages of Devil x Cross now, so if I have time I will get them up asap.
-Ki Hiwatari
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January 13, 2010 by Ki Hiwatari
Another manga update XD Pages 5 to 6 added for Contradiction chapter 24, page 11 added for Devil x Cross and page 2 added for Le Diable chapter 1.
Progress on other projects:
2011 Calendar: 3 inked, 2 sketched
Contradiction: 3 sketched
Devil x Cross: need rough
Le Diable: inking in progress
4-koma strips: no idea right now =P
Art Book: 38/60 images
And now let’s look at Headmaster’s latest sexiness =P
-Ki Hiwatari
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January 10, 2010 by Ki Hiwatari
Pages 2 to 4 added for Contradiction chapter 24. Also strip 5 added for the 4-koma manga. I have also completed Le Diable page 2 and Contradiction chapter 24 page 5, but they will come in the next update, since I forgot to add the webpage code before uploading the site =D
It is getting busy at work right now >_< But luckily I have nothing needed to be done for school yet. I think when assignments come I will have less time to work on my manga again…
Also I have signed up for *free* Japanese classes at MangaBullet! Registration is open to everyone till tomorrow, so be quick if you want to take some free classes XD It will be all online, I guess, and hopefully it will be fun =D
-Ki Hiwatari
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December 28, 2009 by Ki Hiwatari
Short update ^_^ Page 1 of Contradiction chapter 24 and page 10 of Devil x Cross are now up!!!!!
What else whould I write…? It’s kinda hard for me to catch back up with my previous speed now that I have “rested” for so long due to heavy school work… I am trying to force myself to work on my mangas, but I really hate inking now… and I can’t seem to get the hang of the tablet… aww..
-Ki Hiwatari
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December 25, 2009 by Ki Hiwatari
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all who visits this blog. It has just passed 12am here, so it is finally Christmas! The site layout for Beyond the Light Studio has changed, ready for 2010 =D We feature our two mascots – Mizune-chan & Yui-kun. Also the original art work for the banner added as a coloured piece, and the Contradiction christmas special for 2009 is now up.
Currently still working on my manga pages. Going kinda slow… because I am rushing my manga translations for scanlation groups. I think I will be quitting Starry Heaven after all… it is quite boring there, but I will still stick with Esthetique, because they are actually worried about getting scanlations out, and they let me choose what mangas to translate =D (Hopefully) soon you will be able to read Love Probation Witch by Os Rabbit Neko and Yumeiro Patissiere by Matsumoto Natsumi 
-Ki Hiwatari
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December 20, 2009 by Ki Hiwatari
It has been some time, looking at the date I last put a post here. Due to final exams, I have been away from manga work. Also, I am currently working hard on a walkthrough for the DS game Legand of Zelda Spirit Tracks, and I have no free time to draw XD (I used all my time to game =P) If you are playing the game and got stuck, you can find my walkthrough on IGN under Zelda Spirit Tracks.
Anyways, just to show that I am still alive, the cover page and page 1 of Le Diable chapter 1 is up! Also updated are a few coloured works, including the 2009 Christmas image and the 3rd anniversay image for Contradiction which, if you don’t want to be spoiled, will officially be up on my DA at the end of December.
Rough of Contradiction and Devil x Cross on-going. More stuff to be added to the shop soon, and I have to change the layout for the site and shop as well. Also… I am trying to get something up for Christmas, such as some simple 4-koma strips… I am not sure if I can spare the time though… I still have to work on some images… and work full time @_@…
I feel depressed now, because I could not get a table in the coming AE convention… gah… I was a bit late because I forgot to send the e-mail on the morning registration is open, and now I am on the wait list >_< I hope I can find someone to share a table, or just… get a refund for my ticket and not going =P
Anyways, gonna continue work again, so see you next update!
-Ki Hiwatari
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November 13, 2009 by Ki Hiwatari
Nothing to upload today, because I am so busy with my assignment and end-of-term projects… I still don’t really know what I am supposed to do with the Reliability model… and the Timoshenko Beam is just a pain to read before I can find its Finite Element components T_T… Also, I am almost dead from calculating eigenvalue problems… @_@… The answer just doesn’t make sense!!! Why the heck do we need three-node elements when four-node elements works so well? GAH!!!! <- just being frustrated, don't take me so seriously =D
Another thing that pissed me off today is the bus schedule. Yesh, I am sure you have heard me complain about TRANSLINK (the bus company) for a zillion times already, and that is still not enough. Stupid #16 bus made me wait for half an hour with no bus, and three buses in the opposite direction, before I made up my mind to WALK home, and I got home before a bus passed me =D I didn't see any bus coming as I turned the last corner back home. I feel sorry for the people who had to wait for the bus and cannot walk home =D
And the last thing is… I got a COLD today XD LOL It is not that I am sick… I have wanted to get THIS cold since grade 9… (look below). Isn't it cool LOL?
// end of rant XD
-Ki Hiwatari
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November 11, 2009 by Ki Hiwatari
Finally done with my mid-term exams today, and I am sad to say that… I am not satisfied with how I have done… Even if I am given double the time to study I don’t think I would know how to do that stupid question 1 T_T… Now I hate earthquakes… why do they have to be so difficult?
Rest of Contradiction chapter 23 uploaded. I am 1.5 months behind my schedule in manga making, and I may not be able to finish drawing Contradiction by the end of 2010… so I am actually starting Le Diable at the same time LOL Kind of trouble setting it up for printing size… @_@
-Ki Hiwatari
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November 5, 2009 by Ki Hiwatari
One more mid-term exam to go!! Feeling bored with reading “Dynamics of Structures”, I made an omamori (amulet). It is now on sale on the official store~! Check out the first design with Ki LOL
Other random stuff… working on Contradiction, Le Diable and Devil x Cross for manga. I am planning to publish Le Diable… so I guess I will try my luck on Wirepop after I have finish at least the first chapter =D (It will be 30-page chapters, same as typical manga chapters) One page per week is now quite difficult for me to keep up given the heavy course load… I think this will be even more difficult in the second semester, when I will have the same number of courses PLUS a research… =_=… Anyways… I guess I need to pass my earthquake exam first for now…
-Ki Hiwatari
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