Update on progress
on August 18, 2017 at 00:02Hey there, readers. Hope everyone’s having a great summer! :)
Just wanted to drop in and say a few words about the progress. One fateful night in July, when I was about 80% finished with the inking… the computer just up and died. Now, I knew the computer was 10 years old and not just a little cranky, but in my mind I had always been crossing my fingers, thinking “Let’s just hope it will last until the damn comic is finished, please, please, please”… Well, with only 7 pages left, it decided to die on me. >_< Of course we do regular backups, so I knew most of the comic would be safe, but I don’t have the habit of backing up half-finished pages, so for a couple of anxious weeks there it seemed like there was a risk that the 7 half-finished pages would be gone… It wasn’t a great time!
Luckily, when we finally got around to getting a new computer (a real financial setback AND a giant hurdle in the flow of the comicking progress) we found that the files were safe. PHEW! Since then it’s taken some time to get used to the new comp and the new Photoshop etc, but as of this week, I can finally say that we’re up and running again and I’ve finished inking all the pages and started coloring, too.
SOOOO long story short: I knew these 7 pages would take some time, but I didn’t take into account that the computer just might blow up as well. :P So if you’re getting increasingly frustrated with how long this is taking… believe me, so are we! ;) Anyway, it will be finished soon. Stay tuned and thanks for your patience. ♥
-Emelie
Good to hear things are back in order and your backups worked. I’m we all appreciate the hard work you’ve put into this. If we are impatient it is because we are eager to see how you’re going to end this!
No worries, I’m glad you’re all right. The comic can wait.
Thanks for the heads up !
“Shit happens”, as the saying goes. Glad everything worked out in the end.
I’m mostly impressed that you’ve been making such a great comic on such an old computer.
“Den som väntar på något gott väntar aldrig för länge” as we say in Sweden.
Sorry to hear about your technical problems. A friend of mine makes a webcomic using Poser, and a bunch of his files got corrupted on him recently which led him to think he might have to abandon it altogether. Fortunately he’s now managed to salvage many of the files and redo the rest, but it was a tense time there, so I do sympathise with your problems and I’m sure he would too since he’s been there.