There was a hole here.

Tumblr is awesome and ad-free. Sucks to be you, LJ.
Most of my actual updates are there ( artofdamiem.tumblr.com ) but I'll be around to keep tabs on you guys. It'd be a shame not to. :) But doodles and rambles or other "occurrences" will be done over thar. The comic tumblr is still obsidius.tumblr.com.
Some fast updates; comic is returning the 17th of October, and we just released a game that I'll mention more in detail later (with an art post). To be honest, we're just glad to be done with our producers over this. What a bunch of children in suits.

Thanks to a blip on settings, the first comic page is now posted on http://obsidiuscomic.com. But this will be a fluke; we fixed the issue and it will upload as it should >:c meh. ENJOY YEEEEH

(posting this for your convenience)
Well well well
It's finally happened
We've gotten off our butts to get a webcomic together for all of your pleasures. You can find us at http://www.obsidiuscomic.com ! We also have a forum up and running, and the first post of the first page for Chapter 1 will go live Monday Jan 31st.
We hope to see you guys there, be sure to get yourselves acquainted with one another in the cozy forums, where we've put up little corners of the internet for any nerd at heart.
We really hope you all will enjoy this comic. I've been busting my ass on it for months now, and my husband has been busting his getting this site together (which was not cheap), so at least give us that little satisfaction of amusing us with your presence :)
We hope to give you guys tons of entertainment for years to come!
(Also you can follow us on Twitter @obsidiuscomic for updates there as well :) )

Well, almost.
We are setting up our site (and it was expensive, so you guys better read this pointless shit), so prepare your colons for imminent explosions! Or however it is that you react to seeing lame webcomics.
But we hope it won't be lame, because we are busting out asses on it. We sincerely hope you guys will like it <3 So keep your eyes peeled come Monday. Every Monday. For an unknown amount of Mondays thereafter, as we will be uploading a new comic every Monday. But, don't fret, we will have shit to keep you occupied in the meanwhile, like stories to read and/or forum shenanigans.

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Well, a game I have been working on the last few months with pixelStorm Inc. has finally been released!
Mystery Legends: Phantom of the Opera!.

It's a take on the story "after" the fact, but I will let you guys either buy or try out the demo if you feel up for it. And I suggest you do, because we all worked hard on this one to make it as perfect as it can be. My job was pretty spread across the board, although mostly as an artist (duh).
I did work for some character splashes, some background detailing, puzzle construction, and all the UI elements (including cursors and title screen). In short I left my artistic footprint all over this thing, so if you like seeing my stuff it's worth checking out, eh?
Here are some examples of what I've worked on for the game, I've only been alloted a certain number of images for my "blog space", so please, enjoy!

This game was incredibly fun to be working on, and I've learned so much from all the hours spent on it. Not to mention it holds great joy for me, because I know how much effort was put into each and every picture/inventory item/UI element/puzzle/etc. It was a certain stretch of my abilities, but it's made me grow immensely. I can't be happier with the project.
So please, download the demo and enjoy yourselves!!

oh god I painted something for once.

( Here have a landscape. )

In other news I'm hoping one of these days I can get started on finally working the comic my husband and I have planned. I have six pages done but, I know the first "book" will end up being uhhh, close to 40 if I had to guess. So it's a long process, at least give me credit for ..... I dunno. Shit.
Once we actually do get somewhere with it though we plan to start a blog with updates and whatnot, so I'll keep you all posted on that. Cross everything you've got for us :)

I've been stressing over practicing the human body and how to properly represent it in a quick and understandable way. I'm determined to practice this way until these motions become second nature, and I can do this on my own, without the help of reference. It'll be tough, but I need to understand it more, or I'll go crazy, I swear. I've slacked too much already.
I couldn't bear any more tonight, too much drawing in one day. I plan to add to this image in order to create a large collage of facial features to prove to myself that I'm putting in the time to make this work. This is the actual size of the image, by the way. I'm drawing them small enough to make quick rounds out of them and not sit and obsess over zooming in to waste time on things that are less important than basic shadow and proportion.



In other sort-of-related business, I said I wouldn't update this journal anymore, but I realized that was more or less my childish nature lashing out at particular people who have disappointed me and made me re-consider even knowing them a second time around. If I can manage to draw more on my "off" time I'd love to keep updating for those who are the least bit interested :)

Holy shit Kim, get better soon :(