1/28/08

Three new pieces of art up. One in general fanart and two in X-Men. Been drawing a bit more lately. As usual, any input can be directed to mangetsuDELETEME@email.com

9/11/07

Okay, the Art section is finally updated! There's new original, X-men, general fanart and slayers pieces. Go scope 'em out and comments are appreciated. I'm still on page 40 of the novel (Becaues I am rewriting those 40 pages. Lastly, it is with a bit of sadness that I say I've canned the Tri Omega webcomic. Why? It was based on my college experience, down to the characters, and there's just too much emotional baggage to sort through as I try to draw it. There'll be some project or other to replace it, I just haven't made up my mind what yet. As usual, any input can be directed to mangetsuDELETEME@email.com

8/10/07

I spent an hour creating the thumbnails for new artwork only to realize I made them the wrong size. Sigh... I will be posting about 10 new pieces of art soon. I'm also going to start taking commissions again shortly, as I've gotten better this year. Finally, do people want me to post gungrave vs cowboy bebop progress shots, or does everyone just want to wait for the full pages? mangetsuDELETEME@email.com, people.

4/10/07

Everything on the lit page except for power in the hands of loneliness and one short story should now work. Question: Do phantasy star fans still visit here? I've been thinking of doing more PSNAFU, but I can't advertise it since there are no longer any PS boards.

1/23/07

Okay, so I'm redoing the whole Lit page, fixing broken links and whatnot. It's taking me a while (sorry). And I don't have much in terms of new art right now because a) I am working on my novel and b) I'm reluctant to post my latest art, which is Gungrave yaoi. So if anyone does in fact want to see this, let me know and I will post it.

11/08/06

First off, I fixed the broken links on the art page. Secondly, I added new drawings: one phantasy star and the rest in other fanart. Next I have to pic a new art header for the page revamp.

10/14/06

Revamping the whole site. Broken links will be fixed. Updates of artwork and tri-omega strips will follow.

8/21/06
Just letting everyone know I'm still alive. I can't show off my latest work yet, a piece of Nana fanart, because I don't want it ripped off until I see if it gets in Shojo Beat. Once it does (I'm being overly confident), I'll be sure to post it on the site. So I have two strips half done. Which should I finish first: PSNAFU (not the battle royale, sorry) or Tri Omega 4? Email me, folks.

6/2/06
Strip 3 of Tri Omega is up. It can be seen here. A friend suggested I color every strip because that will be a good excuse to only do one a week. I agreed for this week. After actually trying it, I think I may have to hurt that friend. Just kidding. But really, it's too much work, so I'll do color strips on special occasions like first appearances and such. I'll be trying screentones and pencils next week. Hopefully, that will work out fine and I'll stick to it.

Strip 2 is uphere. And the archives are functioning.

My webcomic pet project is nearly ready for unveiling. You can see the header and first striphere.
Slight problem with PSNAFU. The hits on the Nei drawing tell me that only 8 people are looking at PSNAFU. There are no PS message boards up, so I don't know how to tell people that it's going back up. Likewise, I'm not going to spend 5 or 6 hours doing a strip that people don't know is going up. Does anyone know when the PS boards may be back??

I'll have a PSNAFU strip up next week. I couldn't draw that many monsters this week, I've just been too busy. Those going into PS withdrawal can check this out: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31140616/
3/25/06
Okay. I'm back. My drawing are a bit rusty, but I'm back. And PSNAFU is back. Just give me two or three (easier to draw) gag strips before we get back into PSIII: Battle Royale (because that's hard to draw). And there's a little sketch of Nei up to tide phans over until I have a strip done. Hope you like it.
3/9/06
My apologies to the patient. I had a bit of a roadblock in that I did not have a computer for the past month and a half. But that's over. And the block is over, too. I feel much better and very creative. I can't promise anything this week, because I only have one day off, but we'll see.
Soon, though... soon there will be updates. And regular ones at that. Presto is back.
1/21/06
I've got artist's block. Or something like that. I keep trying to draw but all I get are sketchy, awful looking drawings of Rika. I think my nerves are shot due to some recent stress. At any rate, I'll be changing my location soon (that is, getting my own place) so whatever negative karma that has infected my pencils (or whatever is going on) should be promptly exorcised in the move. For better or worse, I think my style is going to change. Probably good that this happened when I was only one panel into PSIII Battle Royale. (Yeah, I'm working on that still.)
At any rate, thanks to everyone who has been keeping up with the site. I'll have nothing else to do once I move into my new place, so we'll hopefully be looking at updates in February. I apologize to those who have waited for so long. Hopefully I'll only need a little more time.

This page is run by Shell Presto. The artwork at the top of the page is an original drawing by yours truly and may not be used without my permission. I can be reached at mangetsu@email.com for any commentary, criticism, info you may have.