Manga Update!

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

Store Update & Random

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

Beyond the Light Store Grand Opening!!

Finally I have gotten everything set up!!!! Beyond the Light Studio Official Store (such a long name LOL) is now open!! I am very excited although we only have 2 products on sale right now XD The colour prints… I know I have said this a zillion times… the printing shop is too far away and I am lazy to go gt some specimens printed… so they will come later =D

Took some time to set up the PayPal account… kinda new to the system, so if there are any thing that looks weird, please report immediately! Thanks!

By the way, the store is found on the left menu bar on the main site. It also has its own domain at http://www.store.khiwatari.net.tc

-Ki Hiwatari

Manga & Fanart Update!

Very busy with school, but still, I cannot live without drawing =_=… gah!

Pages 15 to 16 added for Contradiction chapter 23. New fanarts received from Selenaloong and Maisie. Thank you so much, gals!!

Well, back to my books… first mid-term in two days +_+

I actually think Ki and Ruya make a cute pair XD What do you think? (Although Toshino looks good with her too, I just like brown & blue =P)

-Ki Hiwatari

Art Update & Rant

Uhh… so busy with school!! To the extent that I could not help but rant about it with every chance I have LOL Mid-terms are coming… every Tuesday for three consecutive weeks! And more than that we are still having our regular assignments for those courses and two term projects on the way…

Hardly have enough time to sleep LOL But despite those I need to draw, or the wolrd will look void… Did the Dream 2010 calendar image, an entry for my club’s art contest (still have 2 more to go for that =_=…) and could not stop myself from starting to draw Le Diable LOL Here’s the cover page for chapter 1! I like how it turned out in sketch =D~~

-Ki Hiwatari

Fiction/Manga Update!

I know the people who likes Le Diable have been waiting for this… in fact, I have been asked several times when I will have the second season of Le Diable up… And today, I have finally uploaded the prologue plus first 10 chapters of Le Diable II. This is the rewritten version because the first version sucks so much that I could not force myself to continue writing it =_=… If you find any errors, please let me know. I have quickly scanned though it for once and depend much on Word’s spell check function…

Manga update includes pages 12 to 14 of Contraiction chapter 23! Erm… that’s it XD I was not very eager to work on manga because I have much assignments undone… but then I am not very eager to work on assignment either XD

Finished inking the 2009 Christmas card. This year I am not doing a Contradiction-themed card… because… I really like this new character I recently designed…. so the Christmas card is based on two random new characters. I haven’t thought about their names yet. I think the guy will be called Yui (裕伊) <- Yes, it sounds like a girl's name in Japanese, but it sounds like a guy's name in Chinese & Kanji XD For the girl… any cute name suggestions? I don't want anything that ends in -ko because that's too common. I need some special kanji that does not look weird =D

Also starting work on the image for the Dream Manga 2010 calendar. This year I am working for February again ~! =D And I will be using Contradiction as the theme… Here's the concept design (and very likely be used)

Oops, and before I forget… there is a very important annoucement… HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOSHINO!!!!!

-Ki Hiwatari

Art/Manga/Fanart Update!

There’s a reason why this site is called “where the spoilers are”, because stuff appear earlier here than any other site if you are following my art or manga from there =D First of all, the 2009 Halloween image is up! Featuring Keiji from Contradiction and took me two days to finish… it did not turn out as expected, but I am satisfied with the result. If you do not want to spoil yourself, it will be out on DA and everywhere else on the 31 of October.

Spoiler peek:

The other two coloured works added are the prize image for Muffin for winning the 2009 Annual Contradiction contest, and the cover page for Contradiction chapter 24. I know I have not yet finished the manga for chapter 23, but I just couldn't help drawing the next cover, because I really like the design X3

For manga, pages 10 and 11 added for Contradiction chapter 23. I am getting much slower these days… I have not expected such a busy schedule in school. Graduate school is really different from undergraduate, and together with work, I don't have much time to draw after spending time on my assignments…

I am fully recovered from my flu~! Yay! That's why this blog post is super randomly long! XD Beyond the Light Studio store will be coming soon!! I want to have it opened on the 2nd of November. If you know me, this is the birthday of one of my characters, Fujisaki Hiko and also my "virtual birthday", which means the birthday I use when I don't want to give out my real birthday XD Too bad last time I could not get the print-out specimens printed… so I don't really know how the coloured prints will look like yet… the only product we have now is pin-back buttons… for the PayPal account… I think I will borrow a bank account afterall… from my family =D

Art book progress 35/60 … It seems that this number has not increased since I last posted the progress, butI have changed some of the images XD

Manga progress:
Contradiction: rough – chp24 p2, ink – chp24 p1, tone – chp 23 p13
Devil x Cross: I really need to get myself working on this one… but I am too busy…
FMWS Doujin: Probably will be dropped XD But hopefully I can get it done… even 10 pages would be nice.

Moreover, I really want to start Le Diable, because it will be my first published (most likely on Lulu) manga! And I will put more effort on it compared to Contradiction =D I also want to work on Egao wo Kimi ni Agetai… but I have to organize the storyline first… because I don’t want it to look too common/normal…

Whew~ This blog post is getting really long (because I am active and kicking again I just type endlessly XD). Before I leave I have two more points to make:

First, if you are a fan of Tanemura Arina-sensei, please visit my Sakura Hime Kaden site! We have story summaries, gallery, characters descriptions and RAWs/Japanese scans for download. We also have a forum for discussions and chats! Although it is not very active now, please come and support it to make it active!

Second, due to late shipping, I just bought my October Ribon last week… and… Fly High! is getting interesting!!!! Ruka vs. Ayuzawa! I am still a loyal supporter for the Meru/Ruka pair XD

-Ki Hiwatari

Sick – Hiatus

If you are wondering if I am dead… um… well, sort of.

Have been sick recently and school’s getting busier, so I did not really have time to work on my art or manga projects… The only thing I am done working on is the inking for Contradiction chapter 23… oh wait, I also finished the cover page for chapter 24 =D This is by far my favourite cover page!! (Ruya: Yeah, yeah… for every new one you make you discard the old ones… )

*bleah at Ruya*

Anyways, this post is just some random chat… I finally got my button making machine!! The sad thing is that… the people forgot to send me the plastic covers, so I have to wait for yet another two weeks for them to arrive before I can start making anything. Moreover, I have completely forgotten (actually cannot spare time) to talk to the bank about a new chequing account for PayPal use… uhh… and the shop site I have set up… was too ugly and I am changing it =D (more coding despite the fact that I have just coded my Hayate fanlisting during my illness =P)

Working “hard” on the toning of Contradiction chapter 13… many more pages to go, and I doubt I can finish it within this month, which means I will be VERY far behind schedule after this… which does not matter much now that I am half a year behind schedule ;D

Art book getting along… don’t have many nice coloured images I would like to put in it… I am quite picky with my own work, so it takes ages before one art book can be assembled =D Also working on the image for the winner of this year’s Contradiction contest… I think I will draw your first choice of prize – headmaster & muffins… um.. anime & chibi style to make it quick =P

For school… the main reason I post this thing today is to rant about school LOL 10 questions for the first assignment!! Luckily I am only taking 3 courses, and I am done with the assignment for my other course… (well, earthquake assignment not finished yet, but either way, I don’t know how to do…) BUT, I am determined to finish reliability tomorrow, if mood allows =D Research topic also getting on its way… hope my supervisor can define the scope of the tits and bits lying around and can chat about it early October =D

Um… well, as if this post is not long enough… I received something very awesome from Para.Island… it is a Contradiction doujin of 30 pages!!!! 30!!!! THIRTY!!!! SAN JYUU!!!!! Even I myself have never made a Contradiction chapter that long *w* Thank you so much!! And your meme is super awesome too, although you did not think so, it’s much better than my crappy one >w<

-Ki Hiwatari

Manga/Art Update!

Small update ^_^ Pages 8 – 9 added for Contradiction chapter 23, and a new black and white image added to the gallery =D

Progress Report:
Art book: 35/60 images
Shop: Schedule to open sometime in October 2009
4-koma Strips: 5th strip WIP
FMWS Doujin: Page 2 rough
Devil x Cross: Page 7 tone WIP
Contradiction: Chapter 23 rough done, ink WIP
2011 calendar: concept WIP
And other randomness WIP…

-Ki Hiwatari

School Starts!

School started yesterday~!! Things are getting so much busier since I am taking courses and working at the same time… and sooner or later I will be starting my research work… @_@ Hopefully I will still have time to draw… I may need to drop some of my regular projects… such as some of my fanlistings… or slowing down on my manga progress. I don’t feel like quitting Dream or quitting being a manga translator yet…>_<

Anyways, my button machine will be arriving soon (in around 2 weeks I hope) and Beyond the Light Store will be openeing =D (still lots of stuff to prepare though) I am planning to code a new website just for that, because clamping everything into one page on the main site is kind of confusing… and now I still have to go to the bank to set up an account when I have a day where classes end early…

Here's something random I am working on tonight =D (like this new way of colouring hair, but it takes twice the time as I normally do…) Colouring images is getting longer as well… don't know why O_O… Now usually it takes me a day or two to colour one drawing…

-Ki Hiwatari