Hey all-
In an effort to keep my mind off my current situation, I went ahead
and typed up the first part of "A Fitting Punishment". a story
inspired by a post written by Brandon Payne. Thanks, man! Hope you
all like it. I've got some art to scan, too, so I'll be on and off
the group for most of the night. Due to the ungodly amount of posts
I've missed responding to (though I've read them all), I'm gonna have
to take a break on this one. There are over 200 posts which I was
going to answer, but I don't think I'm up for staring at a monitor
that long. I usually try to answer all the questions asked of me,
but this particular hurdle is too high to jump now.
There were a few questions I remember from awhile ago. One of them
had to do with my characters' strength, I believe. Yes, most of the
anthro characters I draw are stronger than a comparatively sized
human. Some characters, such as bats or birds, have very dense
muscle structures in their arms, shoulders, back and chest regions.
Obviously, great strength is needed for flight. A good example of
this strength is in issue 7 of Caterwaul Inc. (written, but not drawn
yet, obviously), where Veronika (a vampire bat) rips the door off of
a car with her bare hands. Species capable of such displays of
strength rarely put it on display, and must be careful not to harm
others accidentally.
The car club thing? Funny you should mention that. James LaBella
and I are putting together a site for furry car buffs (as such).
He's in a hot-rod car club, and passed the idea on to the other
members, who have all expressed interest in it. We plan on painting
the girls on several hopped-up vehicles, along with the "Skunkworks
Racing" logo on them, and racing the cars at the tracks at Moroso
MotorSports Park. More info will be relayed as more work is done.
Obviously, it's only in the planning stages, but it looks like it'll
be a fun project.
"Cassie's Toy" is still not finished. I haven't touched it for
weeks. The close-up shots are taking the longest, because all
the "meat-shots" are colored by hand (to achieve that deliciously wet
look). Still gotta record the vocals, too. I dunno if des can get
her voice up that high, but we'll see what we can do.
A quick update on my eye situation: Went to the specialist last
week. He said I SHOULD have been in for laser surgery over a year
ago. They went ahead and lasered my right eye last Wednesday, and
I'll be going in this Wednesday for the left eye. The doctor seems
confident they can both be saved, but says the left eye may require
multiple treatments. :( I've spent the past week getting my blood
sugars under control, changing my diet, etcetera. I've been testing
my blood about 8 times a day for the past week to get a better idea
of what's going on, and seeing how different doses and foods affect
everything. The left eye bled a lot on Thursday, but it hasn't done
that anymore since. I've always been a fast healer, so I'm hoping
that by getting my sugars under control, I will be enabling my body
to heal itself more easily.
Thanks again to everyone for your support and prayers, and for
helping me through this. I only hope I can pay it back.
In the meantime, read the story, and torture yourselves with what
might happen in part two. Ya little sickos. ;)
--James M. Hardiman
Received on Mon Apr 29 2002 - 19:36:16 CDT