Valentine's Day - BONUS!

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Surprise! Remember the guy that asked Toby out? Well, I suspect we'll be seeing lots more of him in the future. It's funny since DC's feedback asked after him...and I didn't want to ruin the surprise. I hope you're surprised though. And Bil wants to see more of Human-Toby and I'm more than happy to say we'll be revisiting him too! Everyone's a winner!

So anyways - this weekend has bizarre. I moved house! It was pretty emotional and I might have sobbed a bit. But everything seems to be working out. I will probably turn the whole thing into a comic at some point!

Speaking of comics - I have just sent the final PDF of People I Know #12 to the printers. It is officially full colour! This is a big deal! And since I've already posted the cover then you know it's about the Wizards!

IMPORTANT NEWS: My website is getting a makeover! At some point, it will go down for a bit whilst everything gets rejigged. Please be patient. I'll keep you posted here or on Twitter or something but please don't panic. Also, I've got an exciting drawing prepped for the launch! I made it over Christmas and it's exciting!!! Keep an eye out!

Valentine's Day - Part 8

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Hello and a very Merry Friday to you! It's pretty much the end of the special Valentine's story. I really hope you enjoyed it. It was my first attempt at telling a story in such a compressed manner whilst still working in things like Wizarding Wednesday. I even tried to get a bit of character development into - we know the wizards sit exams, that Toby really loves cake and that the sad robot can carry a lot of things.

But that's enough about what I think - what did you make of it? Be nice/constructive!

IN OTHER NEWS: I am super nervous about moving house! And work was hectic today! The work I'd been doing during the week paid off and I met some very interesting people. Fingers crossed, eh?

Have a great weekend and go easy on me if I can't update much next week! I might be without Internet! Grim...

Valentine's Day - Part 7

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Hello Thursday! What's that? You want some more of the Valentine's story? Well, lucky you - here it is! And I'm afraid it's back to Dinosaur Toby...how do you feel about that? I'm going to ask you all what you made of this story on Friday so feel free to have some things ready to tell me. Mainly nice things though if that's possible.

Today I went to work early and left late because I had lots to do. I did a twelve hour day! But I really feel like I achieved a lot so that's good and it means I can rest easy tonight... except I've just looked at how much drawing I have to do! I've just been asked about a secret project and I've got to prep for the upcoming shows!!! Urnk!

ANYWAYS! I hope you're well!

Valentine's Day - Part 6

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Yo! It's Wednesday! And thanks to some thinking on my part, I've managed to bring the Valentine's story back to everyone's favourite wizards! And to everyone's favourite dinosaur-turned-human! Wheeeee!

This drawing is probably the biggest drawing I've posted before. I realy like the cameos of the characters in the last panel... I hope you recognise them! Although the elf might be new. Oh - and because of the size of this drawing, you might need to click on it to see the full size version... Yes, I'm looking at you RSS Reading People!!!

IN OTHER NEWS: I didn't lose bowling! I came JOINT LAST which is better than being actual last. I was properly terrible at it though and only clawed my way to JOINT LAST thanks to a lucky strike at the end. Then we had a nice meal and I went home. The place itself was a members-only club which was a bit spooky but my pals are ace so that's OK.

Valentine's Day - Part 5

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Hello! It's Tuesday and you're getting a whole page of new drawings! How exciting! Maybe in return you could send me a Valentine's card next year because I received none yesterday! Although I got a Valentine's SMS if that counts? And I ate a gingerbread heart? So yeah - no cards for me. Boo hoo hoo.

But on the plus side - my day was busy and I saw some friendly faces and I worked hard. I'm pretty nervous about moving house though! Oh! And I'm going bowling this evening! Wish me luck!

As for today's drawing - I hope you like it. We all know how much Toby likes cake so I hope you appreciate just how traumatised he is by the whole cake fiasco! I know I would be!

Valentine's Day - Part 4

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Happy Valentine's Day! If you want me, I'll be crying under my desk. Possibly eating gingerbread hearts or something. I hope your Valentine's Day is better than mine!

But yeah - here is the fourth part of the Valentine's story. I had a clear goal in mind when making this - Toby has to be asked out by a nice/normal person on Valentine's Day. If you've read People I Know #1 and #4, you'll have seen Toby's romantic back story in all its disastrous glory. His catchphrase when things went wrong was always "I've got to go," - which may or may not have been my own exit strategy in awkward social situations.

Also - it was the weekend and I have some exciting/scary news - it looks like I'm moving house next weekend. I don't know how this will affect my updating schedule after this week. It all depends on whether I can afford a scanner and whether I can get online as soon as I'm settled in. And I'll need to explore the area and visit new places too. Oh! And it's back to work tomorrow! Jeez - this week is going to be a shock to the system. Either way, I'll keep you posted about what's going on.

IN OTHER NEWS: Don't forget that I've got a table at this Small Press Expo next month!

Valentine's Day - Part 3

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Hooray! It's Friday - which means it's the weekend... oh. Wait. I'm on holiday so if it's Friday, that just means the fun times are nearly over. Oh dear.

Truth be told - this hasn't really felt like much of a holiday since I've been working so hard on a bunch of People I Know things. The posters were designed and printer in record time, I've just settled on some badge designs, I drew the Valentine's story (which I hope you're enjoying) and I saw lots of friends. Good times!

Oh! And I've made lots of progress with People I Know #12! I'm 95% sure it's going to be printed in full colour! Exciting...except it's expensive! I might post a few panels next week for no other reason than it will speed up the production of it. I always work better when a deadline is involved.

Today's drawing has Human-Toby and Christina in it. I'm glad they're friends otherwise I suspect they would be a little lonely.

I'm going to try to continue doing five drawings a week but I might have to start taking a day off at some point if I want to work on other projects like musicals and animations and things. Consider this fair warning?

IN OTHER NEWS: OMG! I went to see some old work pals this evening and afterwards, me and a pal went for a drink. Whilst it was lovely to see my friend...it was less than lovely with the amount of scary people who kept talking to us. I don't mean "scary" as in they were just regular folk making conversation... one of them was telling us some scary stuff about how to conquer the Internet and the other was...well, I don't even know where to begin with the things he was saying. It was incredibly surreal. I should turn it into a comic or something...

Valentine's Day - Part 2

I know it's only the second day of the Valentine's story but I hope you're enjoying it. As a special bonus prize - look! It's the wizards but it's not even Wednesday! What the eff?

But obviously that's not the real thing that should be surprising you - because you get the first glimpse of a human version of Toby the dinosaur! Isn't he cute! You'll be seeing him a lot in the next few days...and who knows what will happen after this mini story is over?

Wednesday was spent running around town and seeing pals. Oh - and I designed some new badges. They are super cute and I'll post the designs as soon as I've written to the badge making people. Fingers crossed, eh?

IN OTHER NEWS: I posted this on Facebook and nearly forgot to post it here. Sorry!

Valentine's Day - Part 1

It's Wednesday and that means Wizards, right?! Well...yes and no because today is the start of the first ever People I Know Valentine's Day Crossover! For the remainder of this week and ALL of next week, we'll have a story about...well, I'll let you read it.

For those new readers (hello!) who aren't familiar with the characters here then the ones in purple are wizards. They normally appear on my website on a Wednesday. And the green dinosaur is called Toby. He is the first ever People I Know character and has a terrible time when it comes to love. In previous issues of People I Know he's been dumped, drugged and experimented on. He cries a lot. His BFF is a piece of toast called Christina.

This is the first time I've made a mini story arc specially for my website. I've worked hard on it and I really hope you enjoy it!

Stop by tomorrow for the next part!