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I did not have much time last month or two, and it was a bit hard to force myself to draw EP 12 in my free time in the way I used to draw it. The unwilling to draw the next episode led me to a thought I am not quite satisfied with the current format of my comic. 

There are just way too many words and story telling in my episodes. Sometimes I had to make many different backgrounds and put in more pages just because I needed more space for text. Sometimes I wanted to put in more dialogues, but refused because that would cost me time on drawing of one more background. 

Recently my good friend SonderCabbage pointed me on an old comic back from 1970s. It's called "The Phantom". While I was reading it, I realized that the format they used there is just what I needed. 

The pages there are usually made of one big and solid background, describing the whole landscape or scene, and a lot of text over it. I think this way of comic making will suit me just right! 

The comic will look more like a book, the pages will be bigger, but the amount of pages will be much lower. And I will be able to throw a lot of text over it :D

Since I did not draw much, I was writing a lot. I already have a couple of solid episodes (3000+ words in total) of "Sea Walker's adventures", how I prefer to call it, but these are episodes from the future you don't know yet (this tells you that I am not writing them in chronological order).

I will tell more about my work soon. Right now just make a note, that I did not quit the developing of my comic :) 

Everything is only beginning. 
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Rain is knocking at my windows, while I'm writing this. And to make home feel even more cosy, I lighted up a candle near my laptop. There is a story that should be told, it's on the end of my fingers. I'm going to set up a Fibie's character.

I planned Fibie as a positive character, but her story is under big question. Yesterday I accidentally made up a GREAT setup for the further story of Fleet Street (EP 11++), but there are still some logical gaps that have to be filled. This setup is going to be very unpredictable for readers, and it may cast some shadows on my poor Fibie, showing her from a bad side. The size of these shadows is what I'm defining right now. Maybe there'll be no shadows at all, if I manage to avoid them somehow. I'll make my best to avoid it, because I like Fibie, and I want you to like her as well.

Rain outside is intensifying.

Initially I planned to skip the developing of the Fleet Street tales (to continue it later) and quickly get to what I actually wanted from the beginning (not gonna tell you yet), but I guess I'll need to make some episodes about Fleet Street adventures before going further. Thus, you may expect meetings with Kvint and the Spoons, as well as Sea Walker and Deeplie's everyday life on F-street.

The candle's flame got sunk in wax; Rain is getting even stronger than before and then slowly calms down.

Most likely, EP 10 will take more than two weeks to finish. I'll reuse a bunch of EP 9 backgrounds, but since I'm expecting some other chores on september that can delay me from drawing, it may take a while.
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I suppose there is no such thing as status history on DA, and I really want to save this status I wrote 22.08.2016, so I decided to make a journal entry with that status.

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Awww... I just watched MLP-FiM S06E08 "A Hearth's Warming Tail", and it was so cute. So many amazing songs, especially the song from Nightmare Moon, it was just SO EPIC. And Starlight's voice rocks too! I wonder how the recording process looked like, and I would like to saw actresses when they were recording these songs.

These beautiful voices made my day, and recalling them will warm me for a long time. I definitely need to cut these godlike songs out of the cartoon and add them to my music library! : )

I can't not to admit the perfect drawing style of the new seasons of MLP. The artists are making an outstanding work in each episode, and each season is a step forward. Each background is made of love, I see how much efforts they've put in. This is amazing!!!
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Ups and Downs

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When I have plenty of free time, and absolutely nothing to do - I feel bored. When this continues along the whole week - I feel depressed. But I managed to find the cure, or at least, the painkiller. There are so many wonderful arts on this site, as well as talented artists! When I look at all these MLP pictures, I feel like somebody is constructing a backup inside of my soul. This backup raises the ceiling and takes all the pressure caused by depression, bringing me a relief.

Our world is
imperfect and full of violence and stupidity. I never was cheerful at this point. I always think about every unknown person as of a potential threat, not as about potential friend or ally. I would like to live in a fantasy world instead of this, creepy one. And I think I'm not alone, there are lots of people who think the same way. It wasn't a surprise that MLP universe became so popular, because MLP offers such a place. A place where you don't need to think much about anything but friends, friendship and many other cute things.

For me, MLP is like a bar where I go to get drunk. I come in and say "Triple rainbow, please. Add ponies and lots of cute things, but none of this Equestria girls stuff" to barmen. Barmen looks at me and realizes I have some problems. Nothing special for local frequenters though. Everyone in this bar has their problems. They came here to forget them, at least for a while. Barmen fills up a glass and pushes it to me. I make a couple of sips, and with each one I realise - there are friends around. The world is not so bad after all. Good people are everywhere, I just did not see them before.

Drink cheers me up. I am a very sensitive man, and there are many of things that make me weep. I used to keep it inside, but I gave up once and wept as hard as I wanted to, and I felt so much better after that, so I decided not to bury such feelings inside. And since that I cry a lot. Only when nobody sees, but still, crying is crying. Once I finish, depression is retreating. I know, this thing will regroup and strike again, but since I have this glass of rainbow in my hand, I am not afraid. How can I, when there are so many friendly faces around. They don't even know me, and I don't know them too, but I feel like we're all friends, or at least, allies.

Once drunk, I say "goodbye" to barmen and get out of the bar. It's always cold on the streets, but that rainbow warms me from inside. I know, it won't last forever, and I'll get in here again, but until then, I feel content.
 
These are mine Ups and my Downs.


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