I'm busy with work atm,  I wish I  had more free time to doodle. And I wish my room wasn't so damn hot. Sure, I could work on Kamina and enjoy some fresh air, but I work faster on my main computer. So...Hello summer, this is Asuka who's craving for the pool.

I went to the beach sunday. I REALLY had a lot of fun, for various reasons. But I think I killed my health. I can't breathe properly, my throat is all sore and I think I'm developing fever. orz. Anyway, I doodled a couple of things during work-breaks and--well, I don't like them but I have to show you something. This livejournal is THE SADNESS .

The pic is Luthen enjoying the beach, I assume. Luthen is property of tsuki_no_onna  and her skin is not that exposed usually.
 

FAIABOOOORU! or something. I hate the face.

I really needed to doodle something today, I feel like I'm going to explode.

Commission - B-Day Meredith by =asuchan on deviantART

My subscription expired some months ago...man, I forgot how different was deviantART without the sub...I'll buy a new one asap. Anyway I noticed I didn't submit (nor check) anything on deviantart since DECEMBER. That's a lot. Bad user is bad. Anyway, I've still got some commissions to show so I'll be active for a little more :D yay!

I'm sorry I couldn't update RT on thurday, but I had to take care of my family and I couldn't ink the page--the good news is we're at a great point in the chapter.  We're almost at the end of Chapt1, can't wait!!

Chapter 2 will have a more quick pacing (hopefully) and I'm still working on my speed in doing comics and illustrations =D I should practice more on background but I think right now the ones I'm doing works just fine.
Also, thank you all for the commissions, donations and the email full of support and comments. I really appreciated it :3
 

OMGOMG I'm receiving e-mails from the fans. You heard me. FANS. I have fans. RUBY THURSDAY HAS FANS. Awww.  Anyway, I'm working on commissions right now.  3 to go =D

Thank you so much to everyone who bought commissions from me, it helped a lot! I will upload the finished pieces on my deviantart when I'll finish them. I've already started with a piece commissioned by kiey , made before my motherboard and power supply died painfully (for me)

 

Commission - Iz+Eia by =asuchan on deviantART

I'm sketching like a crazy and playing Suikoden Tierkreis in bed. I could attend a fair here in my city this summer, and I'm really tempted to do some prints and go there to expose RT and other stuff of mine. But even no. I can't decide. I'm too afraid I would spend a lot of money (which right now I don't have, lol) for nothing. But it could be nice to be able to sell my stuff at a fair.

Fufufu I wish I could attend to one of those big big conventions with a lot of webcomic artists, but here in Italy we are really a few. And we don't get enough space. In fact, we don't even have a dedicated space nor discount for our stands. 

Well, at least it'd be in my city, so I wouldn't have additional costs for once. I'll seriously think about it.

In the meanwhile, you can check <lj user="rt_webcomic"> and join if you want to make me happy <3

I need a new power supply. Because I'm dumb.

OH I MISS SO MUCH MY MAIN COMPUTER ;________; I want to draw!

Well looks like I just can't keep a livejournal. "I should update more" and blah blah blah. I can't update more and it's not just a matter of time. 

I'm a lazyass. More than ever when it comes to lj. One of my dearestestestestest friends is a lj-whore. I still can't get how someone could get so addicted to this blogging platform since I still see it as a work of evil. But still, I haven't deleted my account in years and I'm still posting with all these "I'm not a lj-person/I should update more" which, I think, is making me a REAL lj-person.
While I still think that I need some book like "Livejournal for dummies" and such, I'm currently at home--My nose is like a waterfall (how poetic can I be?) so I avoided all the unnecessary hangouts to focus on RT related stuff. How sad it is that it seems I can only work on my comic when I'm sick? ROFL. Anyway, I started to sketch a bonus wallpaper for this month, hoping someone is going to be merciful enough to spend money on poor little me *fake tears* and sketches+studies for all the characters I've not been nauseated yet to draw (read as: LUCE).
I focused more on Jeremiah because he's the one I'll have more problem with being him...well, not a girl. As you may already have noticed, I'm not good at drawing boys, especially boy-looking-boys; I'm trying to get quicker (and better) at drawing him, and at the same time I'm desperately trying to understand better how the human body works -which, to be honest, is something I should have started to do at least ten years ago- with all the muscles and bones and ugly dirty things like that.
Meh, enough with that blog-entry. Less writing, more Jeremiah:

Ruby Thursday - Happy Holidays by =asuchan on deviantART

RT is on hiatus again. Sorry, I have a family who wants to spend holidays with me--but the comic will resume on January!
I must say, I'm really glad people are appreciating Shilis. She's a positive character and she's turning out exactly how I've planned her from the very start.

It's weird, and maybe it's just how bad I work but--Sometimes, when you write something, or draw a comic, you see a character you planned in a certain way develop on its own and act differently from what they're supposed to do. Sometimes this is a good thing. Sometimes it gives body to the narration and helps the characters to feel more human. But somehow you still feel like you're doing something wrong.

Shilis is exactly how I wanted her to be. No more, no less. And it really means a lot to me. Maybe it's because of her being the same I've always pictured in my mind that I like her so much; or maybe it's because I know all the things beneath her smile and... well, authors are always affectionated to their creatures as they know everything about them. I hope to be able to explain everything related to my characters as the story goes on and to be able to write good characters pages when the time will come.

Ah! And we're working on the slightly different layout which will be implemented and be fully active when the comic will resume. The new version will have an extended top (600 px width) and extra sections to easily navigate the site and access the forum. I will add a link to an Italian version of RT due to "popular" demand. If you think RT is worth traslation in your own language, let me know. :3

I'm going to sleep now, tomorrow will be a really busy day and then...holidays, at last.

Nono and Diebuster are (c) Gainax. (Poor) Artwork by me

I should definitely update this lj more often. To be honest, the only reason I'm updating here and not on my very personal blog is because my hosting is a jerk and looks like it can't find the dns. But I wanted to post something somewhere just to keep my mind occupied. 

As some of you may already know, I've been on a wedding. It was tiring and not so funny but I can't complain much. Free food. Yay. Unfortunately it was mostly SEA-food and fish (which I don't really like) but who cares. It was free and I could wear a wonderful dress. Aw.

I wonder why almost every girl wants to wear a princess-like dress at least once in her life. I honestly think this is the real reason why people get married--or at least I think this would be the only reason for me to go to a church and listen to a bunch of bullsh**s. But the dress. OH THE DRESS.

Okay, enough with the wedding stuff. let's talk about other random junk--still about me of course.

It's a weird period. I have really a few friends I could say they're my closest and for one reason or another I can't keep in touch with them. Honestly, I suck. I'd like to be more active, call them or just say "hi" but--somewhat I feel like if they didn't get in touch with me first, it's because they don't want to be bothered. THIS IS STUPID. It's the very same thing that happened to a close friend of mine and I told her it was stupid because meh friends do not bother eachothers USUALLY. I'd like to get to talk to them a little more, but I don't want to let them know because meh, they have their lives and if they didn't find the time maybe they're too busy or they're stuck in the same situation as me.

I know there's plenty of people who cares about me, but I can't help feeling lonely.

Artistically speaking, I'm trying to get out of my artblock. Of course I'm not satisfied with what I do but it won't help to just sit and do nothing. Practice should keep me occupied at least. I've done this "question about art" meme on DA and I think it could be useful. I mean, most of the things I read are things I'm already aware of--but when you hear from someone else's voice you realize it's more important than you thought.

So yeah, I will practice more on my weakpoints when I'll have the chance to. Thank you to the ones who replyed to my meme and I hope I can get better through your answers! 

Then then mmh..what else...? Huh! I started to accept donations on Ruby Thursday with just 2$ you'll get a wallpaper. Of course donations are not obligatory and that's why I'm really really happy I received 50$ so far. This helps a lot. Thank you!

I was thinking about doing a "how do I do things" RT related, let me know if you think it's pretty useless or if you'd like to see it XD; then then mmmh.. I most likely won't post again in ages so--Happy holydays?

Feh, nothing to say. Just that THIS is the only thing I was able to draw these days and that it upsets me. Well anyway I think I'm really close to the end of my new work marathon and I'll be able to post sketches again soon.

And obviously I'll be able to update Ruby Thursday <3 yay. Man, I miss so much drawing it...!! This is a good sign, right? I can't wait to get to a certain point. Fufufu~
And I'm planning some nice goodies, too.

But I will be back. Maybe.

Why does spiral bound sketchbooks/pads have to be THIS expensive? And kind of RARE in here, too. 
This city sucks.

Okay guys. If anyone is reading me now it's time to comment because I think I seriously need external advices and opinions.

Let's say there's a guy over the internet, who matches a lot of stereotypes and that I wrote down an entry on my personal blog talking about these stereotypical guys. Let's say I was harsh, but I didn't say names (well, there were a lot really) and only expressed my opinion.

That guy, thinking I was talking about him and only about him, started to moan and spread around voices over me and what I wrote and in no time I got flamed. Not that I cared, I had kind of fun because they were stupid and easily pwnable. But now-the thing is.

This guy ALWAYS says things about great people I respect, and uses really heavy words. He's kind of coward which moderates all comments because he doesn't want people to reply in negative ways to what he writes. And when he hints the person he's talking about can read his blog, he suddenly deletes the blogentry and starts to act weird.

He did this a lot of times. Now, what I made was childish, and I know that well. But he told me he never did something like this and that he doesn't know why I hate him so much and blah blah blah. Despite me saying I never wrote down his name and that  I stated I was talking about more than just one person, he kept on saying it was him and threatened me to death. He even wrote a journal entry in which they said my name and threatened me even more, and said words I could not re-write in this place.
I'm not scared, of course, but I'd like to know your opinion on this.
He said he could have written down whatever he wanted in his blog because, well, it was its blog. But I couldn't express my opinion because I was a bi*ch and he was hurt by my words. He even started to spread voices about me months and months ago. Way before I wrote what caused the argument.
I'd like to hear your honest opinion, and please--try not to comment as anonymous. If you don't have an account, write down your name in your comment.

Thank you.
 

I want to post more on LJ, so I'll start to spam old pics if I don't have new things to show.
And since I don't have new things to show, here comes a couple of old Tegaki e pics. I'll go back to it one day.