I think I may have accidentally printed these inks in color before I painted them. The ink certainly ran with the water more than usual, resulting in some blurry edges. I’ll have to fix that before I do a book, but it looks fine at web resolution.
Hi guys.
This is not like anything new for this comic unfortunately, but I am announcing that this comic will be on hold until after I move and can find a suitable work place. That may be a week or two, it could be a month. Depends on how hard it is to find an apartment once we get there.
Okay. I think I got the site under control for real this time. It isn’t pretty, but I’ll work on the cosmetics after I get everything set up right.
I want to thank Lorehunter from the chatbox for uploading all the old pages for me. I have never seen such a complete archive of the older version pages. I’m going to set up an external site to display these for the sake of history, but I don’t want to add them to this installation of Emerald Winter, in case people get confused about what’s canon and what’s not.
I lost these pages in their original format thanks to the “perfect storm” of bad luck I had around 2006 or 2007, I’m not sure which year. Anyway, I didn’t have access to the internet for several months because our cable company couldn’t get the line fixed (this was before wifi was everywhere). During that time, I also had a hard drive failure. The backup files I had got corrupted somehow over the years, to where a few aren’t readable. And during all that, the hosting company I was using went MIA. The site just poofed for a long time. I didn’t know who I could contact to get the domain back. When I finally did get to the registrar, they wanted to charge a $200 fee to renew the domain name. I didn’t have that kind of money. I’ve only gotten the name back recently.
Anyway, I’m glad somebody out there saved it so that I can at least point and say “there’s that comic I did in high school” haha.
I was having so much trouble with Webcomic, I decided to start over and use Comicpress instead. I like the way Webcomic works, but I keep having weird error messages when I use it. Bear with me, please. The comic will be back up before long.
Hey guys. First I want to say thank you for all the wonderful donations I’ve been getting at Emerald Winter and Lavender Legend. Considering my small audience, it is very impressive that anyone donated at all. I appreciate every dollar, and I assure you it goes to good use.
So here’s the game plan. The chapter you are currently reading is going to be edited to reflect the changes I’ve made in the continuing version of the story. I’m also going to upload all of the pages at a larger 600 px size (currently it’s only 450). So what’s going to happen is I’m going to take the comic online, then upload the pages again one at a time. There will be some new content in these pages, and the story will be shorter overall. That lets us get to the good stuff quicker.
Major changes that are happening:
However, I will put the pages being replaced in a “retcon” section for future viewing, so they don’t end up “lost to the internet” like the very first Emerald Winter storyline.
Right now I’m going to start reformatting the site for the new pages. Please bear with us until then.
First, I want everyone to understand that this isn’t an ultimatum, I’m just asking for help here. I would never throw my hands up and say “well, if nobody’s handing me money, then to hell with it!”
So what is it for? Unlike Lavender Legend and the other digital webcomics I’m involved in, Emerald Winter requires art supplies. The comic is almost entirely traditional. I do the inking and shading by hand on paper. The pens that I use in this process often don’t last very long, and the paper is also quite expensive. In the future I want to switch to color art, which will demand a variety of paint and other tools.
When I started this comic, I was a high school student living under the wing of my parents with access to a wide variety of tools for free. Now I am an independent artist struggling to pay my bills, with very few resources. That changes the game, so I really do need your help.
Everyone who donates $10 or more will get a half-body sketch commission from me. Just email me with your request and references after donating.
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