Bird-Feed

5.18

2008-06-11T05:40:52Z

http://clippedwings.comicgenesis.com/

Update happened.

Comments: I'm sorry. Inconsistent art is... inconsistent. The gaps between updates are so long that stylistic things happened. Things are a lot less clean this time around. :)

5.16

2007-08-05T10:12:39Z

Updated.

http://clippedwings.comicgenesis.com/

Is it really 4 5 am? No, not a bishie-angel thing - waitthere'smore!! :X :X :X

Another topic... I-35W bridge. No one I knew got hurt, but I feel bad for those who did lose someone. It could have been anyone - such is timing. A few hours earlier, it could have been my friends. My father takes that bridge to and from work everday. I go over it about once a week.

However I can't help but think about the homeless guy that camps out on the corner of the exit from the bridge. I see him every other time I drive past there when visiting people. I wonder if he was there that day, and what he saw. I also wonder how he feels about all the authorities, reporters, and pedestrians that are now camping on "his" spot.

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Also, perhaps I wasn't clear in the past, but my comic reads from left to right.

Issue 5.15

2007-07-30T05:39:52Z

Update!
5.15

Sorry, the other update posts have been on my personal LJ rubyd, but I wonder if I shouldn't just keep to that journal or if this LJ is better. Opinions welcomed.

Notes on page: Black and White, no color. I was late, too. (I'm trying to keep a Sunday and Thursday schedule.) However, there is shading so not just lineart. I keep morphing styles in drawing, erm... like today's issue has thick black shading. I've been reading too many comic books. D: But I like this kind of style... I don't have to mess around with tones (lol).

5.12 - not 10. ignore misnumbers

2007-07-19T05:25:28Z

Comicgenesis seems to be having server moving issues, so site might look odd.

However, there is a new page:
http://clippedwings.comicgenesis.com/

Comments:
Comments? Except "sorry for the longass wait - again"?

I think the smaller pages will be easier to manage. Also, using standard Anime Ace font, because it's easy to read. I decided to go function over form.

Also, much HAEEET over WB and UPN becoming channel CW (lol). I need to update my banner.

Issue 5.11: sneaks on

2007-07-15T22:11:56Z

Testing testing...

...lol.

http://clippedwings.comicgenesis.com/

New pages will be smaller for the computers of small resolutions. I hope that won't be an issue. My old pages were too large for some, mainly because my own screen res is 1280x1024.

*sneaks away*

Issue 5.09

2006-09-12T05:45:15Z

http://clippedwings.comicgenesis.com/

New Clipped Wings page. Sorry about the crappy toning on his shirt. 8( They look fine full-sized, but get weird when I have to squish them down.

Issue 5.08

2006-09-05T05:33:33Z

http://clippedwings.comicgenesis.com/
Webcomic. New page!! (Also, two pages previously that I didn't post here about when I posted on site.)

I've been using Manga Studio program to draw. The lines are a lot cleaner than on photoshop, but the colors are added on photoshop.

Issue 4.43

2006-03-18T10:51:03Z

Ok I lied last post, here's today's page. One more page will end the chapter more or less on a lame note, but then I take a break for a few days (because Anime Detour is next weekend, where I'll be in Artist Alley!!) and THEN chapter 5 will commence!

And, thank-you for the support everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the non-stop updates. :o

Vaux seemed to take the revelation of Jaeger being an incubus pretty well. o_O;;

Also, I updated the Character bios.

Issue 4.42 - an end to Sweeps Week? :p

2006-03-17T05:49:25Z

Clipped Wings issue 4.42 up, in which there are, uh, horny boys in bed? ;p

This current page will be the end of the every-day update thing since this was the last one I finished. Next page probably by Sunday night/Monday, so keep in tune

Issue 4.35: Look! A distraction! (runawayrunaway!!)

2006-03-10T09:00:09Z

Clipped Wings update, per usual.
OMFG I have a forum? :O Oh yeah...

Perhaps I'll finally own up to the "shounen ai" label I gave it, so long ago, and yet nothing really has happened...?

>:)

Anyway, another page done... you'll be seeing lots more color in a few pages. One thing I like about this massive updateness is that I can brush up on the hideous pacing problems.

Also: NOOOO FAAAIIIIR that UPN and WB are merging into a new channel: CW. Pif!

Issue 4.33 is up

2006-03-08T09:07:05Z

What is this, NaNoMango in March? Wait, not a bad thought, really... I'm going through a period of "omfg I need to work on this" so I've drawn up to issue 4.37 now (it'll appear on March 12), which puts the total to eight pages I've done since Sunday night. Half the reason it's going pretty quickly is because the pages are pretty simple (lineart + quick shading, not much extras).

The usual inclusion of a link to the comic: http://clippedwings.comicgenesis.com/

I want to learn how to imbed this LJ into the webcomic site, so I don't need to update two note-sections... and if anyone who's surfing is curious about past update babble they can simply scroll rather than follow a bunch of links. Hmm.

Oh, yeah, I guess I should talk about plot... um... anyone have questions?

4.30 thru 4.34 ish

2006-03-07T01:09:27Z

Clipped Wings updated. Starting from yesterday, there will be a page everyday until the 9th or 10th. The page size has changed so slightly since I messed around with photoshop, so I might need fix the site layout a bit :U Anyway, I'm sure - for those of you who haven't gotten bored of waiting and wandered off - this might be good? :D

So yeah, prepare yourselves for 5+ new pages. If there are more, I'll update again. This is because I'd like to move on to the next chapter soon.

More shounen ai to appear too. :o

Issue 4.28 + 4.29

2006-01-17T01:38:25Z

Ooh, uh, I forgot to announce the last two page updates on here. But if you've friended my main journal rubyd you've probably seen it haha.

January 13th was Jonas' birthday! On a Friday too! Yay!

Issue 4.27

2005-12-29T01:48:28Z

Clipped Wings updated! More color than you will ever see again :P Or maybe I lie.
Notes are the same ones from my last post.

Clipped Wings notes and comments

2005-12-11T13:17:32Z

Small vaguely informational section :)

Q: When will be the next update?
A: Probably in two weeks when Winter Break officially starts aka Schools Out Forever. At least, until I go back to get some Master's Degree or whatever. Graduating College with a B.A. in Sociology of Law, Crime, and Deviance (aka criminology. Help me find a job).

Q: And does Vaux have a crush on Drake?
A: Probably. Vaux thinks Drake is a good man and he doesn't like seeing good people suffer. So he feels a bit protective.

Forgetful says: "A friend and I were talking about how Jonas always loses. We think Cory should force him to play strip poker."
I say: Whoa! What a hilarious idea! XD I don't think it'll appear in the comic at this moment but I would love to see someone write fanfiction based on this idea (hint).

...

On Conceptual Ideas:
Looking back at my early Clipped Wings concepts is very embarrassing. The comic idea came to me at the end of High School, and I've actually found my original notes that recorded my thought process. "Something that can be a safe haven and a cage...the Gilded Inn? Ick. Think up. Manga/story about a mysterious hotel that is never in the sameplace twice. Big place? With semi-permanent servants. It appears to a traveler in need at any moment, opening its ~~iron~~brass gates to welcome them in."

Notes are also filled with hilarity in the form of Moody Grouchy Cory who smoked and started off looking too much like Schuldich for my tastes. Obviously his personality went through the recycling bin many times! In the end, Cory in essence kind of split into two separate characters when things were finalized - the current incarnation with Lovable Cheerful Cory, and then the character of Vaux Swift who was more like the original Cory prototype. I had added Vaux as an afterthought (notice you don't see him in the first chapter of Clipped Wings, nor does he have a character color). It was a wild card - I didn't have a set plan for Vaux so I decided to just let his character evolve with the plot, but then he elbowed his way into the front and I ended up liking him a lot. *laughs* Funny how things work out.

Issue 4.26

2005-11-13T19:40:27Z

Clipped Wings updated, forgot to post earlier.

In about an hour I'm going to the doctor's to get my throat check to see if I have Strep. T_T

No page yet, but a question

2005-11-06T08:58:11Z

Hay, why does no one ever post in the CW forums? :( Does it smell?

Though to be honest, it's probably largely my fault, since I let the comic die for a period of months, and didn't keep up with the house-cleaning on the boards. And I suppose people can easily leave comments on the LJ when they want to.

What should I do about the forums?

Issue 4.25

2005-11-02T23:27:05Z

Clipped Wings
Update, yadda yadda.
I figure I should keep my original plan and repost all my update notes from the main site to this journal:

... :O I don't know what to say. Except... erm... too much orange. -_-

Well, the colors will look off for a while because I just got a BRAND NEW SHINY COMPUTER!! HP Pavillion. All the colors look brighter, and some of the more subtle colors I had in previous art are so light now I can barely see them, hmm. Time to adjust settings!

on_clippedwings @ 2005-10-24T17:24:00

2005-10-24T22:26:24Z

http://clippedwings.keenspace.com/
Comic update, yo. No comment. Well, maybe one: the hair coloring turned out more strawberry-blond than orange-ish, oops. Again I use edited photo backgrounds, but didn't feel like drawing boring trees, and this is a valid technique! Right?

on_clippedwings @ 2005-10-17T01:57:00

2005-10-17T07:00:46Z

Clipped Wings. Off and on. I have a midterm and paper this week due, but I didn't want to work on that and made page. :0

Page contains:
- Odd propotions
- Too many panels
- Lazy last 3 panels ♥
- Dorky Jaeger
- Older-Phoebe, or rather her dream-self.

on_clippedwings @ 2005-09-18T04:57:00

2005-09-18T09:58:42Z

Clipped Wings update. One day late. Now to sleep before my immune system really goes to the pits and I get sick from no sleep @_@ But enjoy <3

on_clippedwings @ 2005-09-13T02:02:00

2005-09-13T07:07:04Z

La la la Clipped Wings update. New link banner underneath, orange, and full of emo angst I guess. The "CW" means "Consuming Woe," didn't you know?

Was a little rushed. More Cory next page, don't worry. :x

Issue 4.16

2005-08-30T12:42:47Z

Update! Go go go.

It's weird how we simply accept the bizzare in dreams. I dreamt the sky was a dome and it was attatched to the tallest tower in this city where I could jump really really high, like the characters in X.

Tarot has many origins, but the deck we recognize now (with the minor/major arcana) was styled after the playing card deck.

On my agenda for the next few days: Put up the webcomic banners in the LINKs section to comics that are cool. Make *myself* a new banner. Also update the fanart section, with a wonderful Jonas fanart from the artist of Clematis!

on_clippedwings @ 2005-08-27T06:09:00

2005-08-27T11:11:12Z

Cross-posted just because.

Clipped Wings update. Whoooaaa I worked way too long and hard on this page. (I'm a real slow worker, though I try to be diligent.) But, I wanted a pretty page, so here you go.

Guess who returns? Minorly? In a temporary manner? Tomas, yeah. Let me toot my own horn and say he looks much hotter here than he had ever in previous pages. *sorry*

Webcomics I recommend: Devil's Playground and Vampirates (set in Canada!!)

Issue 4.14

2005-08-23T18:55:14Z

Clipped Wings, new page it up! Issue 4.14. Hey, did you knokw, in Asia the number 4 is a very unlucky number? It's because the word 4 is pronounced the same way as Death ("shi"). In places like hospitals, there is no number 4 to be found in any of the rooms, kind of like how there is no 13th floor in hotels and things in America.