I'm very happy to say that after 3 years of dormancy, I have come into the light again, having put together a new and improved website, and having created a new short story from the Star Fruit Universe!

constancyroman.com

It's all integrated into a spiffy wordpress / comicpress blog type monster-thing.

Many things have changed over the years in liveJournal land. It's quieter and emptier for sure, and I suppose this latest move signifies that I'm following the trend. But all that notwithstanding, I still lurk around LJ every day, gathering tidbits of information from my friends here and there. If there are some of you still lurking like I am, and have been patiently awaiting some news - any news - of new projects by yours truly, well today is the day...sort of. One new short story may not be much, but I hope this is a sign of grander things to come in the not-too-distant future.

And my most commonly used five-word phrase is most apt here: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!

Seriously, I'll be darned to make sure that what remaining fans of SoC and such are well informed. You are my most faithful constituents! So please heed my word, check out my new site and do subscribe! I do want to hear from you again!

Many thanks,
Bryan




P.S. Aaaand for nostalgia's sake, I took a trip to my first LJ entry which was posted a little more than 5 years ago(!), and how have times changed (!!!). There are some things referred to that I simply don't remember and hope to keep it that way. Case in point: the first paragraph in the post reads:

Okay, I haven't used this at all yet, so please bear with me. Cool things will come up soon, I promise. This will be the future site of the original (PG-13) fetish girls! Unless I take a cold shower and realize that I have no idea what I'm getting myself into.

The original (PG-13) fetish girls?!...What in the good name?!

...I must've taken that cold shower.

Hi everyone!

Well it's been about 8 months since my last post, and I figure that I'd pop in and just let you know how things are going, and that I'm not dead or anything like that. Many external factors have prevented me from dedicating myself to finishing up the script for my new comic series to the level I'd like. That said, I've been making some good progress recently, and my saving grace is forcing myself to take a half-hour lunch break at work to work on my script. Even a half hour a day helps a lot more than I would imagine, but I suppose it's no surprise given my grievous time management skills.

So far, out of 13 chapters, I have 9 written. I might be able to hammer out the remaining chapters by the end of April! It's quite feasible! But then, it will only be a pre-first draft and I'm sure there will be plenty of reworking and editing to be done. I don't think I'll have a working draft ready until at least summer, though having worked on the story for more than three years, what's a couple more months?

Lastly, I want to make a personal shout-out to the gentleman on LJ, who I consider to be one of my artistic peers, and who has recently expressed personal misgivings, loneliness, frustration. Sir, in many respects I barely know you, and I wouldn't be sure whether our personalities or likings would gel if we interacted more than we typically do. But this I do know: you have a deep desire to tell and draw your story, and so do I mine. So at the very least, we have that one thing in common - but it's a big thing and I know what it constitutes. So, even if it means just offering simple words of encouragement, or something more substantial, I'm putting my weight behind making sure you accomplish this extraordinary task. 'Cause I'm not going there alone.

I am forging ahead with Fanime, folks! Find me at the Artists Alley with my buddy taichi_chan. My printer is miraculously working like a dream, churning out those Star Fruit Ashcans as if it were popping Pringles into its mouth...so this must be a sign of destiny.

Seriously though, I can't wait to see all of you again. Who else is going? We should meet up and eat some food or something!

I think I'm going to Fanime..I think I'll be at the Artist's Alley!

The ever talented taichi_chan was gracious enough to share her table with me. I think this is going to work out great because it's much easier to have a table buddy than to hold a table alone. And having company is always good encouragement!

Now...how many more days until Fanime? What kinds of things do I want to put together in preparation for it?!....!!!

Some graphic work that I'm doing for the website of the 1st Annual Asian American Jazz Festival in November..which, incidentally, I'm planning to be performing in.


AAJF Prototype Banner 1 by ~bryanyw on deviantART


AAJF Prototype Banner 2 by ~bryanyw on deviantART

This is two in a series of at least three, and I anticipate some further tweaking in the future. I've had meager experience doing the more "graphic illustration" side of artwork, but I've been enjoying putting these together, anyway.

Hi everyone. It's been a while so I thought I'd give you a quick update about how things are going. I know I've been quiet, but I'm still around and I visit the journal everyday to check on how things are going with you guys.

My life has been busy, filled with good things and not-so-good things, but I won't go into any detail at this moment. Fortunately, I still have work. Because of the economy, however, my department's on a hiring freeze; but at this point, we have many projects to accomplish but only so many people to do them, so I've been working overtime since the beginning of this year. Too much work is better than none, I guess, but that's the main reason for why I am not progressing along with my extracurricular activities as fast as I'd like.

I've been working on my script for Muniyoots whenever I get the time and slowly but gradually it is coming together, though I have much work to accomplish even before that pen touchdowns onto the paper. Aside from the fact that other aspects of my life have kept me from going full force on it, I'm overall happy so far with my approach to putting the piece together; however, it seems to me that I'm doing it in a manner hardly anybody else would do -- for a webcomic at least. I sometimes wonder if I'm just going about it completely wrong. Overall, I really don't know how it's all going to turn out in the long run, but I guess I just have to pursue my dream in a way that suits me. And patience is key here.

I've found that as I grow older I've become more and more patient about putting something together before presenting it to the world. Years back, I'd be chomping at the bit to tell you my new ideas and post up new pictures. Nowadays, I'm okay with letting the ideas incubate and become (hopefully) better. I am also better at resisting the urge to work on some "side project." Pretty much, Muniyoots is the only personal comic project on my mind at the moment, and the ability to focus on that alone has done me much good.

I hope that my "settling down" doesn't mean that I've become more lazy or less passionate, but rather that I only want to give you a grand product when the time warrants. It definitely won't be for a couple of months.

Until then, I'll try to pop in every now and then and let you know how I'm doing.

Happy New Year everyone!

For those who haven't purchased Hamthology Vol. 1, I finally can post my story online! Go read Duty Free, the second in the Star Fruit Universe series!

http://www.capradio.org/articles/articledetail.aspx?articleid=5940

The Sacramento local public radio did a piece on my Uncle's restaurant! Go check it out! That restaurant has a lot of my family history associated with it, so it was fun to read it again.

The website is up! Hamthology Volume 2 is now available online for purchase!!

The collection features seven stories focusing on the choices that people have to make, and the consequences they have to deal with. It also includes many pinup art as well. In addition to my Editor-In-Chiefdom, I have contributed to two of the stories, including the writing for a collaboration with Akira Hasegawa of Tsunami Channel fame (I did the shading and lettering) and the complete art (pencils!!?!) for a second piece as well.

You can go to Lulu directly to purchase the graphic novel.

You may also visit our official website to learn more about the book, the contributors, and see previews.