another update, another toy to play with...
posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 3:20 PM by Garion Maki

by the time your reading this, you probably noticed the tagboard to the right :D
it another toy to play with :)
yust type somthing in the name and message fields and press tag, and it will be added to the tagboard above it :)
can it be any easier? ;)
also changed the collor of links, so it should be possible to see the dates on the callender now :)
have fun :) more comics coming up daily :p

edit: seems the tagboard toy got broken... :'(
so I got another one to replace it with :p shoutbox... similar style, but fits beter in the site... :D

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increasing the speed...
posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 3:14 PM by Garion Maki

from now on, I'l start posting a comic every day, instead of every 2 days like I originaly planned...
it still takes me about 1 hour to make 1 comic from script to online image, but since I can reduce that a bit by making 4 comics on a row... it should be possible :D
and it should be easier for you people to read :D
anyway, again, some minor changes to the site, redone the forum, etc.

laters ;)

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minor updates to the site... and a forum :)
posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 8:48 PM by Garion Maki

yust posting to tell you about some minor updates to the site and the fact that M&K now have a forum :D
first update is adding a link to the blog archives... now you can see more than yust the last 5 posts.
the link is on the right, and will be all the posts/month... so expect allot of posts there :D
second update is realigning these blog posts to the left of the page... they diden't exactly look nice when aligned centerd ¬,¬
and the last thing is that I finaly added a forum (sort off) where you can discuss whatever you want (preferably about the comic) and that forum should replace the coments to the blog... not that the comments ever got used before :/
anyway... I should get working on comics again... so I can boost this site to 1 comic/day :)
first need to make shure I don't miss any comic updates tho... which means a nice little buffer :p

c-ya laters

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half a day and several bugs later...
posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 11:25 PM by Garion Maki

finaly... a site that looks relative good, without to manny bugs... and it only took me ~11 hours of work :D
status rapport:
this morning (morning to me... noon to you ;p ) I found out that this site was online with the first comic showing and the basic template... however, my password still diden't work, and I had been trying to use that password to see if the site had been active...
anyway, requested a new password (which diden't took long... good thing :p ) and tried the admin login and the ftp...
- uploaded the first version of the site to the ftp, except for the index.htm
- uploaded the code for the index.htm to blogger and set blogger to update to this site instead of the old blogger site
- removed the comic example and uploaded the 2 first real comic...
- gave the order to do a total site update and noticed several problems... once being that the archive dident work...

add several hours of changing code, file extensions and drinks... and we got a semi-working site...
nice :) now let's add another feature and let the debugging begin again... :D
finaly got everything working about 2 hours ago with allot of surfing the keenspace help forum for info... but the site still looks crap...
so.. start up dreamweaver again and start building a new site (this time with a template for easy updating)
managed to build version 2 of the site in about an hour, including debugging... quite a inprovement from the ~10 hours for version 1 :D

anyway, now the site looks sort of decent... I can start working on the actual comics again :D
curently I got 3 comics in the buffer, and the comic updates every 2 days, so there is a supply of comics for the next week or so...
if I manage to make a comic or more every day, then I'l change the chedule from every 2 days to daily... but at the moment, I want to see how many comics I can make/week, and build a buffer, so I can take a break once in a while and still keep the audience (that's you) happy :D

anyway...
keenspace updates the site at midnight, so if I can post this before then, it will be added tonight... else it will be a day later...
reason enough for me to stop typing :D
(I always make my blogs to long anyway ;p )

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we have a launch, comic is online...
posted at 1:04 PM by Garion Maki

I managed to log in a few minuts ago and I'm curently getting the website setup...
this blog will be hosted on that website however... so this is gone be the last post here, and I don't know howlong it will stay here...
anyway, head over to http://gmaki.keenspace.com and read more there ;)

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M&K preparing for launch...
posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 3:38 PM by Garion Maki

I got my confirmation mail from keenspace this morning...
my acount is on it's way... still need to wait between 2 to 5 days (acording to the mail) before I can log in tho...

untill then, I bring you the M&K ship in landed in a swamp on the planet Mapica (somwhere in the Myroom system :p)


(ship is made from folded paper, meashures about 9 x 2 x 5 cm)
anyway... time for me to start redrawing cartoon #2 and drawing the others I got a script for so far :D

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The first ship...
posted at 1:18 AM by Garion Maki

I had a ship that M&K would be flying a few days ago... but it was basicaly a flying box... so today, I set down and started drawing again...
and I'm proud to present, the first ship they will be flying...

and from the 3 angles...


now I yust need to redraw 1 comic with the old ship in it and draw the rest of the comics up untill comic #9... then I have to wait for the keenspace and then you guys can start reading :D

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not much hapening... except waiting...
posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 at 8:47 PM by Garion Maki

it's been a while... and not much has happend since my last post...
I pased my drivers exam, so I can forget about that and spend more time drawing if I want... but I still don't have any keenspace... and that could take a while...
I'm hoping I get it asap, so I can start uploading comics, and get this comic on the road...
anyway... back to playing games >:)

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some... site testing >:)
posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 9:58 PM by Garion Maki

I've set up a testblog (temporarly) and I'm using it to build a site...
that site will then be uploaded to keenspace once I get the login/password (or the refusal mail)
curently, I got a site layout, a index page, allot of curently unused tags (that only work on keenspace) and allot of undone work... but since I probably got a bit more time before I can actualy login to keenspace and actualy inplement this stuff... let's yust say I don't need to hurry :D

anyway... for those that can't wait, my playground is curently here http://users.pandora.be/tri/blogtest/

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testing if I could move the blog to a external website and back...
posted at 3:03 PM by Garion Maki

I did some tests to see if I could move the blog to a external website and back...
the moving to a external website worked, but I seem to be having some trouble moving it back...
anyway... if you can read this, then everything is probably working again :D

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well, that was fast...
posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 7:48 PM by Garion Maki

I got a story... (chapter 1 so far... open ended).
I got a new name for the comics 'Malko & Kyle' or M&K for short.
I got inspiration for the seperate comics.
I got idea's for the first ship they'll be flying, and the first station they'll dock at... (expect some space shots soon™)

anyway... I'm off to the sketch board... seems I can trow the 6 new comic sketches from this morning into the trash and make some new ones... starting with comic 2

update:
a small preview... this comic is suposed to replace the second comic

btw, I switched from jpg to gif... it seems to reduce the usual 100kb to a 70kb for 1 comic...
less kb + same quality => less serverspace, happy 56kb modem users, happy readers... :D


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making up a galaxy is harder than I thought it would be...
posted at 7:20 PM by Garion Maki

*sigh*
I've had 5 mosquito's visit me this night, and after several hours of trying to sleep, I only managed to hit 3 of them, and one of those 3 survived (need to hit harder next time)
so I diden't exactly sleep much last night...
gave me some time to think tho... and been thinking about the comic today to... and I'm thinking of putting it in another galaxy... not the eve galaxy like I had originaly planned, but a galaxy closer to home, with more recognizable ships, technologie etc.
one of the things I've been wondering about is if I can change the name of the comic in the keenspace.com admin panel... since the original meaning of the name 'space eggs' woulden't apply anymore...
the entire story would probably change to... and I'm already thinking of how to change the second and third comic...
aargh...
and I still diden't studdy for my drivers licence :(

hmm...
*takes somthing to write*
time to change the backstory, mainstory, universe, etc.

btw, I'll be posting the comics at keenspace.com ;p incase I diden't say so yet... only need to wait a week or two for them to check out my request and setup the webspace

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third comic online... (last one today)
posted on Saturday, August 14, 2004 at 5:46 PM by Garion Maki



third one online...
last one for today :) need to do some more scripting before I start drawing more :p
it is suprising me how fast making a comic like that is tho... I thought it took several hours to make one comic, and my first tests actualy took that long (that was several months ago) but with this new drawing style, I can draw on paper without having to do allot of photoshop surgery to it afterwards, and this saves me allot of time :D

anyway... I know that I'l be looking for a good host next... so I don't have to post them all in this blog :D

laters ;)

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and another one see's the light :D
posted at 4:52 PM by Garion Maki


second one to see the light :)
more to come soon... once I find another person to sit next to cavtrooper in the bar :D
btw, cavtrooper probably won't be in the comic except as a filler (can't have a empty bar ;p ) and he yust hapend to drop by in the bar in his usual caldari uniform ;)

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The first one is here :)
posted at 2:38 PM by Garion Maki

the first comic is here :)
click on it for larger view


the first few comics will probably be posted here, since I want to have around 5 before I start searching for a good website to post them on.
the drawing style isn't finished yet, but I'm hoping that will inprove over time ;)
anyway, more comics coming soon :D

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small preview
posted at 12:26 PM by Garion Maki


A small preview...
And a last chance for you guys to give sugestions for collor changes...
There heads have pritty much their final colors, but I'm not to shure about their clothing (or the background which still needs to be added)

the comic is drawn in black and white, then scanned in and collored, and I noticed that the scanning to the publishing takes the least time, so it's good to know that the drawing and making up story, which should be the important things, also take the most time.

anyway, mail/comment/tell me your sugestions that you can make from this small preview, and I'l be shure to take them into consideration ;)

And if anybady knows how, in photoshop, you publish a image at 40% of the original size, I would love to know :D
curently, I save it, resize the entire image, publish it and close it... so my original is still in normall size and my published jpg is in 40% size :)

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Say hi :)
posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 10:27 PM by Garion Maki

Ok... I diden't exactly stick to the 'wait till sunday' schedule... but I coulden't wait...
so... say hi to

Malko and Kyle

btw, I'm planing on using that font in the comic... so if it's unreadable, yust says so now, before I got several comics with it :D
and the coments work, and you won't get hit by lightning if you use them... so please... use them :D they are there so I can get some feedback, so I can adjust what I'm doing to what you guys like... not to what I think you guys would like (don't ask for naked chicks tho... need to see it before I can draw it :p )

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some more faces... and color.
posted at 7:56 PM by Garion Maki


some more faces and some color...
starting to get closer to workable results, I yust need to get 2 distinct faces before I start working more on the body.

btw, can click on the images for a larger view like usual ;)

btw, had a mail back from kieron from eve-online (the people I'm borowing the universe from)
and he said that aslong as I don't do it for profit and give ccp credit for eve-based material, there shoulden't be a problem :)
considering that I won't be doing this for profit and was already planing on giving proper credits to ccp... everying is still going good...
well... except for one thing...
I did drivers exam today and diden't pass, so I'l be doing that again soon... so I won't be spending that much time on drawing untill I pass... so the first comic won't be on monday ;)

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I think I found somthing...
posted on Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 10:18 PM by Garion Maki

check out these 2...
and
and tell me...
don't they look allot beter than the previous stuff?
and they are yust paper drawings scanned in and optimized a bit... normaly I scan drawings in and have to practicaly redraw them on my comp to get rid of the strange stuff...

I started by looking at my favorite webcomic artist his drawing and trying it myself... and it doesen't look as manga'ish and it's easier for me to draw...
I'm thinking this could become my regular style easy, and drawing the comics would be easier, since I won't be spending that much time on drawing them...
I still need to work on the body's tho... and get them online a bit cleaner... but I've only started less than an hour ago... with interuptions :D

anyway... back to the drawing table ( 1 metre to the right of my computer :p )

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taking a step back and trying some different drawing methods...
posted at 9:25 PM by Garion Maki

after drawing those 3 faces, I noticed that there drawing isn't exactly good... a mix of several different things etc.
so I'l be trying some differents drawing styles etc. during the following days...
I'l post some sketches etc. regulary tho...
btw, send a mail to eve-online (the ones I'm borring the background universe from) concerning the copyrights etc. shoulden't give to much trouble tho...
now yust need to find a way to draw that I personaly find good enough to do some more work in... then I can start practicing on getting it beter by making comics with it :D

btw, for all those who are thinking of starting a webcomic, there's a funny 'comic style' webspace about it at http://hownottorunacomic.keenspace.com/ or rather... how not to start a webcomic :D
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a possible new face...
posted at 4:43 PM by Garion Maki

I've been doing some more work, and been thinking of turning the second character (the engineer) into a female...
anyway, her possible face is below, and a possible name would be Zandra or Irele...
unless you guys and gals can propose a beter name ofcourse ;)
click for bigger vieuw like usual :p

btw, I tried the comments, and apearently, once you submit, it can take a while before the page get's updated with the comment, but they will apear ;)

edit: does anybady else think she looks kind of... male? :D
or have I been staring at those faces for to long?
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need names...
posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at 9:08 PM by Garion Maki

I'm still working on turning the first comic into a drawing (and making some publicity on the side ;p ) but I still don't have names for the 2 main players in the comic...
And I sort of need those names before I can put text into the comics...
But since I can be a bit lazy somtimes (or buzzy in this case) I'l be setting up a small contest. Everybady who reads this should normaly be able to post comments on these posts without being logged in, so everybady who reads this can propose names for 2 male Gallente's.
They both yust graduated, one is a engineer and the other is a pilot.
The engineer like working with computers and especialy playing games on it whenever he's got some spare time.
The pilot is more of the serious type, but regulary tries to be funny... mostly without much succes.
It would be nice if the names have a gallentian ring to it, but since I don't know allot of gallente names, that won't be the only deciding factor ;)
There are several gallente names all over the eve-online story's and background, so if you need some inspiration, they are a good thing to read ;)
You'll probably have untill around sunday 1pm GMT (when the downtime starts) to come up with names, and I'l start putting text into the comics soon after that.
btw, try to keep the names from being to long... it's not exactly handy if I need to start a new line in the speach baloon yust to put a name in it... and try pronouncing it by yourself to see if it's pronouncable :p I noticed kind of late that garion maki isn't pronouncable without breaking your tongue :D

edit1: a image might help a bit, so here's a first idea of how the pilot will look like... the engineer is coming up later or tommorow :)
don't forget to click for a bigger image :)
and
btw, this are mainly drafts... I know they both have a funny look in their eyes at the moment :D that's suposed to disapear once I stop digitizing them in less than 20mins time...
and in case your wondering about coloring, I'm not shure yet if the comic is gone be in black and white (with or without shadows) or in color (with shadows)
color take allot of extra work, and therefor allot of extra time...
if you know that it took me close to 1 hour to make these 2 heads, then you could start imagining how long it would take to make 2 heads + 2 boddy's + background + color + shadow + ...

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Some older work
posted at 8:46 PM by Garion Maki

for those who are interested in what condition my drawing style is, I thought of posting 2 images... 1 is a few months old...

the other is only about a week old

btw, don't forget that you can always post coments ;)
btw2, curently, I've got about 4 episodes in raw draft, and originaly, one episode would be equal to 1 comic, but when I tried turning the first episode into a script for a comic, I already ended up with 3 comics... so guesing by that, I'l be having enough material to keep going for about a month so far without having to think of more episodes :p
(1 comic would be about this size)

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reworked the blog
posted at 3:41 PM by Garion Maki

I yust reworked the original blog into what you see here.
I'm planning on posting about a webcomic I started working on (curently still drafts only) so I've removed all the old posts...
I've turned them into drafts for now, but I'l probably be deleting them soon... a little to personal for me to keep them online... :)
anyway, expect some updates soon™ and untill then, you can have a look at http://www.eve-online.com since that will be the universe in which this comic plays... with minor adjustements ;)

ps: my drawing skills at the moment aren't exactly the top of the line... not even shure if they are average... but I'm yust starting, so hopefully they'll inprove ;)

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