Yes, it's here! The first volume of A Pocketful of Clouds, collecting all the strips and some of the recipes from 2011, is now in the shop ready to buy, and I've attached a photo as proof. It's printed in full colour and is cute and tiny and only £5 - what more do you need? Buy now and avoid the postage price hike Royal Mail are going to inflict on us on 30th April! :D
If you've never been able to make it to a convention or event at which Sweatdrop was selling, then until now our badges have been sadly unavailable to you. But now, rejoice, for we have badges in the shop!* There are two sets of five badges each, going for the bargain price of £4. I've attached images here (set A, set B) and if you would like some, please head on over and take a look here and here :)
*not badgers, mind, I think they'd be rather destructive. Sorry Emma ;)
*not badgers, mind, I think they'd be rather destructive. Sorry Emma ;)
Yes, chapter 5 of Patchwork Sky (and the end of the first volume) is finally done! You can read it here on toothycat.net, or here on Sweatdrop's very own webcomic reader :)
Here are some pages to whet your appetite :) I've enjoyed this, but I'm looking forward even more to what comes next ^^
Here are some pages to whet your appetite :) I've enjoyed this, but I'm looking forward even more to what comes next ^^
I'm so ridiculously excited (and probably slightly high off the fumes, as this volume has lots of black/dark colours so it smells MAGNIFICENT)...
AYA TAKEO VOLUME 3 IS HERE!!!
"Not satisfied with merely ousting Lord Osamu, Hisooka's lust for power (and fear of reprisal from the spider leader, Sasa-Gumo) continues unabated as his tyranny lays waste to the land and its people. Can Takeo, Jigumo and Nigel stop Hisoka before it's too late? Most importantly, can they save Aya?"
This is the FINAL volume of the series, which completes it in its entirety X3 No more waiting around!
EDIT:
You can buy it online from Sweatdrop Studios NOW:
http://www.sweatdrop.com/shop/id100_Aya-Takeo-vol3
Wanna catch up on the story? Check out volumes 1 and 2 from the shop already:
http://www.sweatdrop.com/shop/id90_Aya-Takeo-vol1
http://www.sweatdrop.com/shop/id95_Aya-Takeo-vol2
EVENT SPECIAL PROMOTION:
When I am attending an event, I will be offering this deal from my table ~ All 3 volumes of Aya Takeo (normally £8.99 each) and a large 18' x 24' poster (normally £5, 3 designs you can view here) for just £25! You save £6.97!
AYA TAKEO VOLUME 3 IS HERE!!!
"Not satisfied with merely ousting Lord Osamu, Hisooka's lust for power (and fear of reprisal from the spider leader, Sasa-Gumo) continues unabated as his tyranny lays waste to the land and its people. Can Takeo, Jigumo and Nigel stop Hisoka before it's too late? Most importantly, can they save Aya?"
This is the FINAL volume of the series, which completes it in its entirety X3 No more waiting around!
EDIT:
You can buy it online from Sweatdrop Studios NOW:
http://www.sweatdrop.com/shop/id100_Aya-Takeo-vol3
Wanna catch up on the story? Check out volumes 1 and 2 from the shop already:
http://www.sweatdrop.com/shop/id90_Aya-Takeo-vol1
http://www.sweatdrop.com/shop/id95_Aya-Takeo-vol2
EVENT SPECIAL PROMOTION:
When I am attending an event, I will be offering this deal from my table ~ All 3 volumes of Aya Takeo (normally £8.99 each) and a large 18' x 24' poster (normally £5, 3 designs you can view here) for just £25! You save £6.97!
Sweatdrop's eleventh birthday celebrations
Sorry it's a little late but as of 25th January 2012, Sweatdrop Studios became 11 years old! W00T!!11!! :D
We would like to celebrate our birthday with the following promotions and announcements:
For one month, Drop Dead Monstrous will be HALF PRICE - grab the first of our studio's plate anthologies for a mere £2.50! Have scare, without a care for the cost ;)
For one month, all orders will receive a FREE BADGE - normally retailing for £1 each, this will feature character artwork unique to Sweatdrop Studios X3
Sonia Leong's Once Upon a Time will now be permanently available from Sweatdrop's online store for only £5.00! A slice-of-life drama with 99p sliced off the list price.
Happy shopping, everyone!
Sorry it's a little late but as of 25th January 2012, Sweatdrop Studios became 11 years old! W00T!!11!! :D
We would like to celebrate our birthday with the following promotions and announcements:
For one month, Drop Dead Monstrous will be HALF PRICE - grab the first of our studio's plate anthologies for a mere £2.50! Have scare, without a care for the cost ;)
For one month, all orders will receive a FREE BADGE - normally retailing for £1 each, this will feature character artwork unique to Sweatdrop Studios X3
Sonia Leong's Once Upon a Time will now be permanently available from Sweatdrop's online store for only £5.00! A slice-of-life drama with 99p sliced off the list price.
Happy shopping, everyone!
Good news for those of you whose bookshelves groan under the weight of comics - Sweatdrop has made its first foray into ebook publishing! Sun Fish Moon Fish is now available to read on the kindle, and can be bought from Amazon's kindle store for just £3.08.
Hopefully there'll be more books to follow - watch this space :)
Hopefully there'll be more books to follow - watch this space :)
Hi everyone,
I'm very pleased to announce my latest project www.maqaroon.com! It's a lifestyle brand that I've developed based on street fashion and cute animals, basically the two things I love most :p. It's still early days but I really hope that I'll be able to work on developing Maqaroon so it becomes a familiar name amongst all the current kawaii indie labels.
Unfortunately I don't have the resources to market it heavily so it would mean so much to me if people could help support Maqaroon themselves (twitter, fb, g+) and spread the word to their friends.
I'm curious to know what people's favourite characters are so I created a poll for all of them. It would be great if you could vote here (http://www.maqaroon.com/lookbook.php) and share the link through Twitter/FB X3.
Thanks a lot,
Joanna
I'm very pleased to announce my latest project www.maqaroon.com! It's a lifestyle brand that I've developed based on street fashion and cute animals, basically the two things I love most :p. It's still early days but I really hope that I'll be able to work on developing Maqaroon so it becomes a familiar name amongst all the current kawaii indie labels.
Unfortunately I don't have the resources to market it heavily so it would mean so much to me if people could help support Maqaroon themselves (twitter, fb, g+) and spread the word to their friends.
I'm curious to know what people's favourite characters are so I created a poll for all of them. It would be great if you could vote here (http://www.maqaroon.com/lookbook.php) and share the link through Twitter/FB X3.
Thanks a lot,
Joanna
Hi all,
*excited*
I have a fantastic announcement to make! This year, for the first time, Letraset and London Expo are organising a Manga School! X3
Manga School is a series of workshops/classes that focus on a variety of aspects of manga - from colouring to storytelling to character building. Classes are held at various times on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and cost £2-£3 per person.
Friday classes will be taught by the awesome Morag Lewis (Sun Kitten) and Saturday and Sunday classes by the fantastic Nana Li and myself :artistic:
Please see Letraset's blog for more info. I'm so so looking forward to this :crazy: Hope to see you there!
*excited*
I have a fantastic announcement to make! This year, for the first time, Letraset and London Expo are organising a Manga School! X3
Manga School is a series of workshops/classes that focus on a variety of aspects of manga - from colouring to storytelling to character building. Classes are held at various times on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and cost £2-£3 per person.
Friday classes will be taught by the awesome Morag Lewis (Sun Kitten) and Saturday and Sunday classes by the fantastic Nana Li and myself :artistic:
Please see Letraset's blog for more info. I'm so so looking forward to this :crazy: Hope to see you there!
Justice can be costly...
The Royal Family have been murdered, and the main suspect is the Court Mage Anciarin, who fled the scene in suspicious circumstances. However, not everyone is convinced of Anciarin's guilt. Iashar, assigned to the pursuit of the fugitive, becomes increasingly sure that there is more to the murder than he first thought. His search for the truth leads him to a forgotten history - and powerful enemies.
What price will Anciarin pay to fulfil the promise made to a dying prince?
Hi all,
I am very pleased to be able to announce that Sun Fish Moon Fish has arrived! The graphic novel contains the entire story; issues 1-8 and the epilogue, all of which have been retouched and improved. It will be available at Expo and afterwards in our shop. Officially it is priced at £7.99, but if you buy it from Sweatdrop, either at a convention or online, you will only have to pay £7!
Here are pictures of the shiny. They don't really do it justice, though. You need to feel it in your hands to appreciate all 256 pages of comicky goodness :D
EDIT: And as of 30th October, the book is now available online :o
The Royal Family have been murdered, and the main suspect is the Court Mage Anciarin, who fled the scene in suspicious circumstances. However, not everyone is convinced of Anciarin's guilt. Iashar, assigned to the pursuit of the fugitive, becomes increasingly sure that there is more to the murder than he first thought. His search for the truth leads him to a forgotten history - and powerful enemies.
What price will Anciarin pay to fulfil the promise made to a dying prince?
Hi all,
I am very pleased to be able to announce that Sun Fish Moon Fish has arrived! The graphic novel contains the entire story; issues 1-8 and the epilogue, all of which have been retouched and improved. It will be available at Expo and afterwards in our shop. Officially it is priced at £7.99, but if you buy it from Sweatdrop, either at a convention or online, you will only have to pay £7!
Here are pictures of the shiny. They don't really do it justice, though. You need to feel it in your hands to appreciate all 256 pages of comicky goodness :D
EDIT: And as of 30th October, the book is now available online :o
Hi guys~!
So, if you didn't already know, I'm Shiny, the newbie~!
And all summer, I've been working on my first graphic novel/manga book, White Violet!
It's being released this October, at the MCM Expo in London~!
(be sure to drop by and pick one up, 'kay?)
But what's White Violet even about?
Well...
But what does that even mean?
What's your predictions on what this manga is even about~?
So, if you didn't already know, I'm Shiny, the newbie~!
And all summer, I've been working on my first graphic novel/manga book, White Violet!
It's being released this October, at the MCM Expo in London~!
(be sure to drop by and pick one up, 'kay?)
But what's White Violet even about?
Well...
"There's a killer on the loose.
The gangs fear him, the media lament his exploits
and the police fear the day they come face to face with him.
But who cares right?
There's much more important things for
sixteen year old Violet to worry about than
gangs and hitmen.
Or is there?
The gangs fear him, the media lament his exploits
and the police fear the day they come face to face with him.
But who cares right?
There's much more important things for
sixteen year old Violet to worry about than
gangs and hitmen.
Or is there?
But what does that even mean?
What's your predictions on what this manga is even about~?
And I'm going to refrain from making jokes about how 'shiny' she is...gah, I just did it! XD
So - yes. We are delighted to announce that Shazleen Khan (Shiny here on the forums) has just recently joined the Sweatdrop crew.
Shazleen is stupidly young (we won't hold that against her, haha), but her dedication, level-headedness and impressive backlog of pages lead us to feel we'd be crazy not to snap her up and see where her obvious passion for comics will take her! Her submission pages were confident art-wise, with appealing designs that we just know you'll love, but also filled with dialogue that made us want to read on. ^_^
We're all looking forward to seeing her debut title, White Violet. For now, do check out her bio by clicking the image above.
And do join us in saying: Welcome to Sweatdrop, Shiny! :artistic:
So - yes. We are delighted to announce that Shazleen Khan (Shiny here on the forums) has just recently joined the Sweatdrop crew.
Shazleen is stupidly young (we won't hold that against her, haha), but her dedication, level-headedness and impressive backlog of pages lead us to feel we'd be crazy not to snap her up and see where her obvious passion for comics will take her! Her submission pages were confident art-wise, with appealing designs that we just know you'll love, but also filled with dialogue that made us want to read on. ^_^
We're all looking forward to seeing her debut title, White Violet. For now, do check out her bio by clicking the image above.
And do join us in saying: Welcome to Sweatdrop, Shiny! :artistic:
Hey everyone!
The first chapter of the comic Strangers and Friends is now in print and available to buy from the Sweatdrop Shop, and of course will be available at conventions too!
The small English town of Wootton Bassett begins to be haunted by a series of mysterious and horrific murders! Hemu, a new-comer to the town, becomes an obvious and easy target to the local community- he does have his fair share of secrets! But what secrets are the other locals hiding?
The first issue is 64 pages, in full colour and perfect bound, all this for only £4!
Thanks to all you guys who were nice enough to buy a copy at Ayacon :)
You can also read Strangers and Friends in the 'comics' section of our website, and if you have any comments do let me know on the thread in the Sweatdrop Comics section of the forums =3
The first chapter of the comic Strangers and Friends is now in print and available to buy from the Sweatdrop Shop, and of course will be available at conventions too!
The small English town of Wootton Bassett begins to be haunted by a series of mysterious and horrific murders! Hemu, a new-comer to the town, becomes an obvious and easy target to the local community- he does have his fair share of secrets! But what secrets are the other locals hiding?
The first issue is 64 pages, in full colour and perfect bound, all this for only £4!
Thanks to all you guys who were nice enough to buy a copy at Ayacon :)
You can also read Strangers and Friends in the 'comics' section of our website, and if you have any comments do let me know on the thread in the Sweatdrop Comics section of the forums =3
Hi, guys!
I've been like an estranged relative recently, I know...but I can at least come out of hiding long enough to say oooooh, Vampire Academy is released today!
I'm already scarily close to the deadline for the second book, but it's great to know the first one is being set free into the world ^_^
:artistic:
I've been like an estranged relative recently, I know...but I can at least come out of hiding long enough to say oooooh, Vampire Academy is released today!
I'm already scarily close to the deadline for the second book, but it's great to know the first one is being set free into the world ^_^
:artistic:
I'm very pleased to announce the release of Super Cute Chibis to Draw and Paint which I've been working on for half a year. I've always loved chibi style and have been creating small online tutorials since I was 17. So it was a dream come true when I was contacted by Quarto Publishing to create a book on the subject.
You'll also find lovely new artwork from lots of familiar artists in here, including Faye Yong, Nana Li, Sonia Leong, Chloe Citrine, Dock, Rik & Marbles, Viviane and Nina Werner. My aim was to create a book that is fun but also very informative. In all these years of being in Sweatdrop and writing for ImagineFX and NEO, I wanted to cram all the advice I could ever give to an aspiring manga artist into one volume ;).
Half the book covers solid topics including traditional media, digital media, software, hardware, inking, scanning, drawing head/body/eyes, colouring techniques, how to draw clothes, objects, animals, mascots, caricatures, backgrounds, introduction to animation and how to get exposure/gain publication. The other half of the book is a showcase of all kinds of chibi characters to get your inspiration flowing. They range from fantasy, sci-fi, modern, animals, street style, holidays and sports.
You can get the book here:
USA Version http://tinyurl.com/43ol6rs
UK Version http://tinyurl.com/4xfat2l
They are distributed by two different publishers so if you order from Amazon UK you'll get the purple cover, with adorable illustrations by Faye Yong. Anywhere else in the world will get the blue cover with green dragon. (The blue cover looks like the photo below, that thumbnail on Amazon.com is outdated :sweat:).
So really I hope some of you might be interested in picking up the book, either for yourself or as a gift. It's suitable for a wide age range as I wrote it in mind as something I would have bought for myself when I was in university. If you do get it, I'd love to hear your feedback!
You'll also find lovely new artwork from lots of familiar artists in here, including Faye Yong, Nana Li, Sonia Leong, Chloe Citrine, Dock, Rik & Marbles, Viviane and Nina Werner. My aim was to create a book that is fun but also very informative. In all these years of being in Sweatdrop and writing for ImagineFX and NEO, I wanted to cram all the advice I could ever give to an aspiring manga artist into one volume ;).
Half the book covers solid topics including traditional media, digital media, software, hardware, inking, scanning, drawing head/body/eyes, colouring techniques, how to draw clothes, objects, animals, mascots, caricatures, backgrounds, introduction to animation and how to get exposure/gain publication. The other half of the book is a showcase of all kinds of chibi characters to get your inspiration flowing. They range from fantasy, sci-fi, modern, animals, street style, holidays and sports.
You can get the book here:
USA Version http://tinyurl.com/43ol6rs
UK Version http://tinyurl.com/4xfat2l
They are distributed by two different publishers so if you order from Amazon UK you'll get the purple cover, with adorable illustrations by Faye Yong. Anywhere else in the world will get the blue cover with green dragon. (The blue cover looks like the photo below, that thumbnail on Amazon.com is outdated :sweat:).
So really I hope some of you might be interested in picking up the book, either for yourself or as a gift. It's suitable for a wide age range as I wrote it in mind as something I would have bought for myself when I was in university. If you do get it, I'd love to hear your feedback!
I do apologise for the length of time between updates, but I am very happy to announce that Patchwork Sky 4 is finished at last! You can read it here, and I've attached a few pages as a teaser ;) Please enjoy :artistic: