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2015 Update
11 years ago
Well, its 2015 now, and I’ve been meaning to write a bit of an update journal. But I was away for the first few days of the year, and after that there was work and then illness and then more work. But hey, better late than never! So, let’s get on with things…
2014
First off, the subject of 2014, the year now gone. It wasn’t exactly my best. In fact I failed at most of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year. I failed to catch up on my commissions backlog and finish House of Lazarus #4. I failed to reconnect with old friends. And despite the occasional period of creativity, I didn’t do nearly as much writing or art as I would have liked. Here’s hoping I can manage more this year.
Writing and Art
I did a lot of thinking toward the end of last year, and one of the things I came to realise is that I miss being a writer. I was a writer long before I was an artist, but have let that part of me slip away and fade. So I have started making a concerted effort to revive that side of me, as evidenced by how I’ve managed to put out four chapters of a new story in the past month.
And thing is, since making that decision to make a major return to writing, I have been feeling a lot happier about myself and my life. And I’ve been keeping at it, writing not just furry but other stuff as well. My ultimate goal is to eventually have something ready enough to be published, but that’s some way off yet.
But that’s not to say I’m giving up art. My artist side is still alive and kicking and is too big a part of me to just give up on. You will still be seeing art from me, I’m just going to try and strike more of a balance between writing and art.
One change you will be seeing with regards to my art is the content and subject matter. The thing is, I have grown rather tired of the way people see me. I seem to be known just as the hypno and bondage fetish guy, and often I’m given the impression that many seem to think that’s all there is to me, all I’m good for, which is quite annoying. When the truth of the matter is that its only one part of me. I have other sides to me. I am capable of doing other things.
It is my own fault, I know. I’ve let my fetishes and kinks control too much of my creative output for so long. Well, that is going to change.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not giving up on those things completely, although there is a temptation to do that for a while. There will still be hypno and bondage fetish stuff from me, as they are still kinks of mine. There just won’t be as much. And there will be more of other things. I want to produce a greater variety of stuff, express other sides of myself. Which brings us neatly to…
That Day
This new story of mine started out as an attempt to write something a little different from other stuff I’ve produced, but it has quickly become rather important to me. I have genuinely surprised myself with how well I’m doing with it, four chapters in a month. It feels so damn good to be doing something so unlike my usual stuff.
And it’s a story that’s going to be around for a good long while. I know where it ends, but that point is a good way off and there’s plenty of stuff to get through before I reach it. And I hope I’m able to keep people interested in it along thw way.
While what reaction I have had to the story has been very positive, I can’t help but wish more people would give it a try. So, I’m just going to say, if you haven’t read it yet, please consider checking it out, don’t let the lack of yiff, hypnosis and fetish stuff put you off. It can be found here in my gallery, or on my web site: http://cyberklaw.com/thatday.htm
The Corps
Another big thing I’ve had on my mind recently is the future of my comic series ‘The Corps’. Or more precisely, whether or not to carry it on as a comic.
I have a big long epic story in mind for the Corps, but as time has gone on, and I have found it more and more difficult to find time to work on the comic, and have found it more and more difficult to draw. At the rate I’m going, I’m simply unlikely to ever finish telling the story that I want to tell. Plus, I’m finding myself more and more uncertain my artistic skills are up to doing justice to the stuff I have planned for further along the in series.
But I like the story and characters and world. I don’t want to just abandon it. I have a story I want to tell. So, I am considering making The Corps into a written series, perhaps even a series of books. It might very well be easier for me to get it done and allow me to do justice to the ideas I have in mind.
Nothing is definite at this stage, it’s just something I’m considering. What do you guys think? Would you still be interested if it were a text story rather than a comic?
Goals for 2015
Looking ahead to the rest of this year, I do have numerous things I want to accomplish, several of which are actually from last year. It’s way past time I cleared my commissions backlog and finish off House of Lazarus #4. I am just sick and tired of having them hanging over my head. I also want to try to reconnect with friends and maybe make some new ones. I would like to try and be more active around here as well. And of course, I’d like to get some of my writing to the point where it is ready to be published.
Let’s hope I’m able to accomplish more this year than I did last year.
2014
First off, the subject of 2014, the year now gone. It wasn’t exactly my best. In fact I failed at most of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year. I failed to catch up on my commissions backlog and finish House of Lazarus #4. I failed to reconnect with old friends. And despite the occasional period of creativity, I didn’t do nearly as much writing or art as I would have liked. Here’s hoping I can manage more this year.
Writing and Art
I did a lot of thinking toward the end of last year, and one of the things I came to realise is that I miss being a writer. I was a writer long before I was an artist, but have let that part of me slip away and fade. So I have started making a concerted effort to revive that side of me, as evidenced by how I’ve managed to put out four chapters of a new story in the past month.
And thing is, since making that decision to make a major return to writing, I have been feeling a lot happier about myself and my life. And I’ve been keeping at it, writing not just furry but other stuff as well. My ultimate goal is to eventually have something ready enough to be published, but that’s some way off yet.
But that’s not to say I’m giving up art. My artist side is still alive and kicking and is too big a part of me to just give up on. You will still be seeing art from me, I’m just going to try and strike more of a balance between writing and art.
One change you will be seeing with regards to my art is the content and subject matter. The thing is, I have grown rather tired of the way people see me. I seem to be known just as the hypno and bondage fetish guy, and often I’m given the impression that many seem to think that’s all there is to me, all I’m good for, which is quite annoying. When the truth of the matter is that its only one part of me. I have other sides to me. I am capable of doing other things.
It is my own fault, I know. I’ve let my fetishes and kinks control too much of my creative output for so long. Well, that is going to change.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not giving up on those things completely, although there is a temptation to do that for a while. There will still be hypno and bondage fetish stuff from me, as they are still kinks of mine. There just won’t be as much. And there will be more of other things. I want to produce a greater variety of stuff, express other sides of myself. Which brings us neatly to…
That Day
This new story of mine started out as an attempt to write something a little different from other stuff I’ve produced, but it has quickly become rather important to me. I have genuinely surprised myself with how well I’m doing with it, four chapters in a month. It feels so damn good to be doing something so unlike my usual stuff.
And it’s a story that’s going to be around for a good long while. I know where it ends, but that point is a good way off and there’s plenty of stuff to get through before I reach it. And I hope I’m able to keep people interested in it along thw way.
While what reaction I have had to the story has been very positive, I can’t help but wish more people would give it a try. So, I’m just going to say, if you haven’t read it yet, please consider checking it out, don’t let the lack of yiff, hypnosis and fetish stuff put you off. It can be found here in my gallery, or on my web site: http://cyberklaw.com/thatday.htm
The Corps
Another big thing I’ve had on my mind recently is the future of my comic series ‘The Corps’. Or more precisely, whether or not to carry it on as a comic.
I have a big long epic story in mind for the Corps, but as time has gone on, and I have found it more and more difficult to find time to work on the comic, and have found it more and more difficult to draw. At the rate I’m going, I’m simply unlikely to ever finish telling the story that I want to tell. Plus, I’m finding myself more and more uncertain my artistic skills are up to doing justice to the stuff I have planned for further along the in series.
But I like the story and characters and world. I don’t want to just abandon it. I have a story I want to tell. So, I am considering making The Corps into a written series, perhaps even a series of books. It might very well be easier for me to get it done and allow me to do justice to the ideas I have in mind.
Nothing is definite at this stage, it’s just something I’m considering. What do you guys think? Would you still be interested if it were a text story rather than a comic?
Goals for 2015
Looking ahead to the rest of this year, I do have numerous things I want to accomplish, several of which are actually from last year. It’s way past time I cleared my commissions backlog and finish off House of Lazarus #4. I am just sick and tired of having them hanging over my head. I also want to try to reconnect with friends and maybe make some new ones. I would like to try and be more active around here as well. And of course, I’d like to get some of my writing to the point where it is ready to be published.
Let’s hope I’m able to accomplish more this year than I did last year.
And I'd love it anyway if it were a written story. I just want to know what happens!
Variety is great for an artists, to try new things and overcome barriers of course too, I'm curious to see the style of your stories. I think maybe you could combine your written with your drawn art. You could do an artwork for each chapter, so you can practice both and people can't say you neglect something.
You could make you a schedule and try to do what you can handle. And now my favorite hint: Just don't forget to relax sometimes to receive new energy for your projects and you will reach your goals.
Don't burn out on "That day" quality rather than quantity
Did you give up on "Fallen Hero" comic as well, don't think you did any more of that in a year
Ok I know that most of the public here in preference to furaffinity of gay porn art but I do not think an artist with a furry art so wonderful and versatile like her should be limited only and solely to this genre of art. Okay ... I admit ... "sex sells" ... but there are other things that also sell as a beautiful art and well made, good stories and a little more sobriety in artworks.
Have you ever thought for a moment in making stories SERIOUS superhero furrys with straight characters (or if you prefer may even have gay comics still, of super-group Authority, are among the best superhero comics contemporary and "the gay couple of 'look-alikes' "Superman and Batman, Apollo and Midenighter can be more" manly "and efficient as heroes than" the original superheroes of which were based ") in action adventures, romance, drama, heroism, great sagas, cosmic threats in a world inhabited by furrys of all kinds.
Or it could be an adventure in comics "sword and sorcery" with: "Barbarians", "Paladines", "Clerics," "Mages", "Sorcerers", "Druids", "Rangers", "Shamans", "Monks "" Rogues "," Half-Orcs "," Dragonborns "," Elves "," Half-Elves, "" Dwarves "," Halflings / Hobbits "in stories style" Battle Chasers "," He-Man and The Masters the Universe, "" Conan the Barbarian "," Red Sonja "in worlds of magic fantasy medieval equal to Middle-Earth of Tolkien, Narnia the Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis "the Hyborian Age" of Robert E. Howard or the World of Azeroth of " World of Warcraft " or then fantasy worlds inhabited only by furrys fantastic. Or spatial science fiction worlds inhabited by alien races furrys, divided into greats stellar empires, cosmic mega-corporations, futuristic technology, space travel between worlds, police and intergalactic exploratorias forces, wars cosmic, and other recurring themes of space science fiction.
You are a GREAT ARTIST cyberklaw not think it should be limited only to a genre of art.