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Friday Update!

October 8, 2010 Bugbyte No Comments

Friday Update time! If you missed it, I’m planning on updating twice a week for the foreseeable future in order to move the story along more quickly! I’m pretty excited to get through this chapter, since a lot of things start falling into place (at last!) and it helps to set things up for what’s to come. I want to say more, but. That would be spoilers. 🙁

I’ve added a new article about the wasteland tribes to the “About” section, since they’re a major part of this chapter. I’ll be adding to it as the chapter goes on, so for now it pretty much explains what’s already been said in the comic with a few extra bits. (Although if you’ve picked up the Chapter One Book, some of this might be old news to you!)

I’ve also uploaded brand-new art for Chapter Two! I’ve been sitting on this for a while because I really wanted to take it to print first, but it’s taking me forever to get through this book, so I’m posting it here! The entire chapter has been tweaked and re-drawn to bring things up to date with the present, and I’m pretty pleased with it for the most part. It starts here, if you’d like to check it out!

That’s all for this update! Check back Monday for the next page.

Chapter Nine begins!

October 4, 2010 Bugbyte No Comments

Chapter Nine begins! If you haven’t figured it out, this chapter follows Zavier Kenakobe, since he’s been put in charge of the search for Akiara. I wasn’t sure where to put this chapter originally, but it seems to fit pretty well right here, and it’ll hopefully start to tie together some of the earlier chapters. That’s my goal, anyway. After this, there’s only Chapter 10 and then on to Part 2 and the next third of the story!

There’s a new vote incentive this week featuring some doodles from my sketchbook explaining Kenakobe armor. It’s not terribly complex stuff, but you work with what you’ve got when you’re out there trying to survive!

(Remember to Vote for Hive! Hive Votes now has a fancy Twitter widget so you can check up on what the latest updates are!)

On the forum, there’s a new thread for Chapter Nine stuff I might post while working. Right now there’s a preview for page 2. You need a forum account to view it, but it’s free and easy to join!

I think I’m going to continue the twice a week updates for now because I like the pace the comic is moving at, and it’s really not that much more challenging to do two updates a week. If I had tried this a few years back it never would have worked, but I’ve hit a point where it comes pretty easily now. I might reinstate the donations/shop option for extra pages on top of the regular two, but we’ll see how it goes.

Check back Friday for the next page! (Or check the forum and be spoiled.)

New Chapter Starts!

September 28, 2010 Bugbyte No Comments

If you missed it, there were two updates yesterday! The last page of Chapter Eight, and the cover for Chapter Nine! If you haven’t guessed already by the cover art, Chapter Nine is going to break out of the routine and focus on someone entirely different – Zavier Kenakobe.

I’m also planning to break away from my own habits and try some new things with the art in this chapter, just to keep things fresh and exciting. If you hadn’t noticed already, I’m going to start posting pages at a larger size, because it’s 2010 and most people have bigger screens these days. (It’s bizarre to think that when I first started working on this 1024 x 748 was HUGE.) The old pages in the archive will stay as they are, because darn it, there are about 200 of them and I don’t feel like resizing and reuploading them all. Sorry!

There is also a new vote incentive this week, featuring the cover art for book 2. It’s still a work in progress and there’s a lot left to go into it, but I thought it could be fun to share for now. 😀

(Remember to vote for your favorite Hive Comics, too!)

Not much other news for now. The Story Guide has updated with the conclusion of Chapter Eight, and the Galleries have been slightly reorganized.

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