I'm alive

Hello all,

I'm alive. CK and I are still LDR, but MARRIED. And at the moment, I'm still recovering from a busy April.

Plus, I bought myself a new tablet and drawing software. Suuuuuuper fun.

Hopefully I'll get rid of whatever bug of the week I have, plus work stress is picking back up (joy).

Stressed

Back after a brief hiatus... you know, getting married and all. ;)

I'm playing around with image sizes, so please bear with me. March and April have and will be craaaaazy months for yours truly. Work, the name changing process, drawing, and rock climbing will be on the forefront. That, and my first tattoo on Friday (not LDR related, but I'm excited.)

Hopefully I will get April's comic quota started and finished by this weekend, because as I said, April will be nuts.

Fiancé

Most people have to remind me that CK is my fiancé now, and in one week exactly, I'm sure it will take me a while to wrap my head around the term "husband". The person in this comic with me is one of my coworkers. She's a very traditional person in the sophisticated sort of way, in that she is wonderfully feminine, doesn't take crap, and loves pointing out things.

That's right! CK and I are getting married when he visits for spring break! It's one of the reasons for lack of updates... March has been a roller coaster month, let me tell you.

I will have updates for the rest of the month and will hopefully be back on track by April.

ODC's First Commission: Florida and Massachusetts

In February, I was given this fun commission from S.O. in Florida to her LDR partner in Massachusetts. It was a very fun illustration to do, and I hope her partner enjoys the original!

Of buns and men

Kaboom!

CK recently found this cool indie game called Keep Talking and No One Explodes, a multiplayer game that has one person direct the other how to defuse the bomb using and online manual. It's perfect for LDR couples, and a great way to understand your strengths and weaknesses of communicating.

We highly recommend it. :)

... I also used the wrong 'defuse' in the comic. I'm so ashamed...

Spring Break

Our initial goal was to get married when he came to visit for the summer, but after this little conversation, we decided to move it earlier. So we're getting married... in less than two months. How surreal (and wonderful) is that?

Closing the distance has never looked so attainable...

Selfless

Yes, they've freaked out to the point that, at 7:30 a.m. as I was getting ready for work, I happened to open the hay box in such a way they decided to go DnD Berserker rage mode. I honestly thought they were going to kill themselves they were ramming against the expen so hard.

But LPT (life pro-tip): rabbits feed off each other energetically. If one is freaking out, the other freaks out and builds on the initial freak out. NEVER chase your rabbits, but get onto the floor, and catch one of them as they pass. I guarantee you the other will calm down as you comfort the one you caught. I learned this the second time around.

Hourly Comic Day 2016

February 1st was Hourly Comic Day, and my first time participating. It was most certainly an interesting practice, and by the time 10:15 rolled around, I was exhausted. I may not have had the most action-packed day, but it forced me to draw and reflect on things I wouldn't normally. The dress I was considering for CK's and my marriage (yup... it's happening... in two months!) was sold out, and I wanted to express my frustration with hands..

But yeah, this is essentially my daily routine during the week.

Baby, It's Cold Outside, pt. 8

Well, there you have it. The Universe's reason why CK's Winter gift was delayed. I was halfway done with the comic before he came to visit for the holidays, and honestly, I was too wrapped up in family, friends, and partner (now fiance!) to really do le art.

But yes, he did propose. And it was a lovely private affair. :)

Due to #Blizzard2016, I wasn't able to scan my art for the rest of the month, so Friday will not have a comic. Wednesday and hopefully the rest of February will. 

Baby, It's Cold Outside, pt. 7

"No way" will be a reoccurring theme on the last page...

Baby, It's Cold Outside, pt. 6

The Universe is a funny thing. It didn't hit me until after it happened the reason why the remaining pages were drawn after the trip... ;)

Baby, It's Cold Outside, pt. 5

We actually left around 6 in the morning and arrived in the early afternoon, but hey, drawing and writing webcomics means poetic license. ;)

Bran and Teague were the best travel buns ever! I was initially worried, but I found that feeding them and making sure they had adequate food and water before leaving was a smart move. Rabbits do not tend to eat/drink on the road, so giving them leafy greens and veggies that have water in them helped a lot in that regard.

Still have three more pages to go! I may be late, but I will finish by mid-January.

Baby, it's Cold Outside, pt. 4

Baby, It's Cold Outside, pt. 3

Baby, It's Cold Outside, pt. 2

Baby, It's Cold Outside, pt. 1

This has been a hard secret to keep, but I was able to hide it when CK arrived for the holidays. This is a special comic that follows the lyrics "Baby, it's Cold Outside", his and my favorite December song. It is also his gift. 

You may also have noticed two rabbits in the comic. Those are my two new animal companions, Bran and Teague.  

About the buns: I adopted Bran and Teague on November 15 of this year, a month after losing my first rabbit, Thistle, to a severe case of coccidia and GI Stasis. I had had him for a mere weekend before ending up in the Vet ER, had him stay there for a few days, took him home, and not four hours later, rushed his poor bloated self to the ER again only to be told he needed to be put to sleep. October had been a rough month for me.

Rest in peace, Thistle dude

A few days after his passing, I looked on PetFinder for rabbits near me and discovered Bran and Teague, then called Cinnabun and Flopsy. They were originally thought to be two girls, but after their neutering, the rescue group learned differently. I got in touch with the group, filled out their application, passed their phone interview, visited the little dudes, and the rest was history.

We spent November and part of December getting to know each other, and it's amazing how much our relationship has developed. 

Teague, the helicopter-eared curious sweetie

Bran, the shy bossy bun

LDR Monster Couple - Satyr and Mermaid

This one is more serious than the other ones, and likely my favorite concept of my LDR Monster Couple Series for Inktober. But this concludes the series, and now for our regularly scheduled kinda-sorta autobiographical comics.

Stay tuned for next week, as I'll be unveiling my well kept secret winter comic project! Also, as of today, it's one more week until CK visits for the holidays!!!!

Shower Thoughts

Some months ago, CK watched a movie on the flight back to Rome called Strange Magic. He's not the sort of person to be all for campy musical movies, but for some reason he loved it. We decided to watch it together, and I was initially iffy about it. But having watched the movie at least four times in the span of a couple months, you can say it's my go to feel-good movie. I don't know why, but it grew on me, and since then CK will break out into song, causing me to giggle profusely.

So yeah, this is entirely his fault. ;)

LDR Monster Couple - Mad Scientist and Robot

This is the second to last coupling of the Inktober LDR Monster Couple series. I know we're already in December, but hey, even jailbirds and their murderous love machines need so love too... right?