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Happy birthday! Tadashi Kikuchi 2024.11.22
#菊池忠誕生祭2024

These are from last year, I couldn’t find them in the blog archive, so I’m uploading them here.

I finished the sketch zine I’m planning on bringing to the zine off today.

It’s 16 pages, with a collection of Mashita and Yashiki drawings from the Spirit Hunter: Death Mark game. I also finally made that hanafuda minizine I’ve been thinking about for ages, even if the art is old.

The secret project that I previously mentioned is now live. Please note that this item will only be shipped inside the USA.

Presenting: Comix Accountability Club (CAC) 2025 Pinup Calendar pre-orders!

Happy birthday! Athrun Zala 2024.10.29
#アスラン・ザラ生誕祭2024

I bought Spirit Hunter: Death Mark during a sale, and finished it. Now my head is full of Mashita and Yashiki…

Preview for my piece for the CAC secret project launching in November. I tried out these brushes by Ruthie and I feel like this is the first time I’ve used watercolour brushes with Procreate that felt like I got what I wanted.

It sounds like Broken Pencil and Canzine are closing down.

Anime I’m looking forward to this season:

• Yakuza Fiancé
• Dan Da Dan
• Blue Miburo
• Kabushiki Gaisha Magi Lumiere
• Natsume’s Book of Friends
• Uzumaki

I am seriously considering re-buying the Yakuza Fiancé books physically because the prices from Bookwalker swapped from yen to USD. I’m 2 books behind, and I’ve read Haru’s Curse more than once, so that’s a sign that I should at least seriously consider getting the physical release. I’m waiting for a sale so I can also pick up Mobsters in Love (is there a pattern happening here?), Haberdashery Ginmokusei, Stigmata: Love Bites, and Guardians of the Far Frontier.

A fancomic of Tadashi Kikuchi x Ainosuke Shindo from the anime SK8 the Infinity. You can now download it in full from Itch.io. Please read the content warnings, this is intended for mature audiences. 33 page comic/40 pages total.

Download Days gone by: Tadashi Kikuchi x Ainosuke Shindo SK8 Unofficial Fanbook

I made exactly one print copy at the self-serve for myself, it was fun. I laughed at my own comics as I read it, is that odd?

Citrus Con came and went! I’m looking forward to when the organizers can move the con to a winter month, as the plan is to slowly shift the con out of the summer. You can check out their Indiegogo campaign and Citrus Con site. Make sure to register if you’re interested in attending! It’s free.

It’s been another great year at the online convention, and just seeing how everyone is doing and enjoying themselves. The old man yaoi thread was several thousand comments deep, and apparently that and another thread had to be put in slowmode jail because people were too excited. I enjoyed chatting with people about Gegege no Nazo and convincing people to come to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. (I don’t know anything about USA cons, only been to Anime Expo and PAX West once each.)

I only brought TCAF up since the maple syrup thread people were talking about how they were disappointed at the local “comic” (as in comic con) convention only having workshops for children. I’m very much looking forward to TCAF next year. I’ve never tabled there, mostly been someone that comes to buy stuff and maybe talk to people behind their tables when they invited me. That was years and years ago though. I think this year was the first year I even went to workshops or the events with the guests, since I never bothered in the past. Hopefully I’ll be less anxious next year! I don’t really plan on applying to table, it seems like it’s a hard show for someone without actual, physical books (and rather amateur art, for the matter), and I don’t have a squad of people to split the table with. I recently learned that people split and sublet their tables at conventions, and that’s how they reduce the risk, but I absolutely don’t think I want to worry if something will sell. Maybe in a decade’s time?

This was created for the Shibari Zine: Red Threads Volume 2 Kickstarter project! Thank you to everyone that checked it out.

These two are two original characters (OCs) of mine. I guess it really has been the year of the old man yaoi…

I’ve been rather torn about posting more OC art on social media. It’s one thing to say that I shouldn’t feel the need to be validated by numbers and other things like that, but to truly convince myself is another thing altogether. I’ll probably keep it to the blog. It feels a lot more personal when it’s original art, whereas for other things I don’t particularly care as much.

Zine Shine: July 9-21, 2024

I’m participating in Zine Shine, which will run July 9-21, 2024 at the Issues magazine shop. There will be a bunch of zines by other zinesters there as well. Tadaai logs will be there at the shop.

You can find out more details on Zine Shine here. Issues magazine shop is located at 1489A Dundas St. W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

These Brave Bang Bravern! emotes can be downloaded via Itch.io. Happy Pride~

Note: This is a cross-post from the Wordpress version of this blog. I’d like this domain (awsketch.com) to be the home base in the future.

Upcoming events

Zine Shine, July 9-21, 2024

A fancomic of Tadashi Kikuchi x Ainosuke Shindo from the anime SK8 the Infinity.