This version died, like several early versions

2005-10-13 [stuffAEAmade]: Updates should start the first Monday in November, if all goes according to plan...

2005-11-03 [Paz]: Where do you get your toners?

2005-11-04 [stuffAEAmade]: I downloaded a bunch from http://psychobob.xepher.net/screentonez/ but I make most of my own now. :)

2005-11-04 [Paz]: Thank you, will they work with photoshop elements?

2005-11-04 [stuffAEAmade]: Yep. That's what I use 'em with.

2005-11-04 [cookie_monster]: lol I went and read astral gate... tis brilliant! and my bro says so too, if that makes you feel even more special ^^ you're an excellent manga artist.

2005-11-04 [stuffAEAmade]: Thank you. :)

2005-11-05 [Paz]: eh... I need help with the screen tone downloads, can you help please? -_-;

2005-11-05 [stuffAEAmade]: Sure. Having trouble getting them into the right folder?

2005-11-05 [Paz]: Yes, I'm having trouble with the WinZip files. They tell me to unzip them and that I don't know how to do also where do I save them to?

2005-11-05 [stuffAEAmade]: That gave me a lot of trouble too. To unzip, open the file and click extract, then it should pop up a folder selection option. Put it in Adobe/PhotoShop Elements/Presets/Patterns. Next time you start photoshop, they should be there. :)

2005-11-07 [Paz]: Okay... thank you ^-^

2005-11-07 [Paz]: Now I'm having trouble finding were they're listed when I'm in PS Elements. Also how do you use them (I know what they're used for but I need help getting them in the picture usuing the program)

2005-11-07 [stuffAEAmade]: Click the fill bucket and change the fill to pattern. A pattern should appear in the little box to the right. When I add screens, I usually put them on a layer(s) under your lines. Set the layer your lines are on to "multipy" and you'll be able to see the screens underneath. :)

2005-11-07 [Paz]: Okay, that works... i just have to make the program except the patterns

2005-11-07 [stuffAEAmade]: Oh yeah, you need to load the patterns too! Click the arrow button by the pattern box and it should display all your patterns. Now click the circle button with the arrow in it on the right and select load patterns. It should open up a load box and your unzipped files should be in there. Keep doing that until all your files are loaded. :)

2005-11-07 [Paz]: okay, thank you

2005-11-08 [Paz]: The files aren't saving as PAT files that are necesary to load into PS Elements. Also, i got the static and plaids/dots to work but I can't seem to get the zoom lines to work

2005-11-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Hrmmm... Gonna have to think on that one. =/

2005-11-13 [stuffAEAmade]: Okay, I think it's because the zoom lines aren't patterns but images themselves. I know there are image packs there, and I think that was one of them.

2005-11-13 [Paz]: Oh! So I'll have to upload them to image files... I think.

2006-05-01 [eyes of frost]: .....

2006-05-01 [stuffAEAmade]: It's the beginning that's the hardest to get right. *sigh*

2006-06-07 [Paz]: You'll get it soon hopefully :P (or you've already got it judging by the date)

2006-06-07 [stuffAEAmade]: I got it. Might tweak it a little, but it's finally written. My protagonist is moody and hard to script sometimes. :0

2006-06-07 [Paz]: That's good :D You've got to love those hard to script characters some times ^^;

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Yesh. Some of them just spew out everything you need to know; the rest need to be prodded with a stick. U.U

2006-06-08 [Paz]: Those characters are evil ;_; Too mysterious and difficult some times to even create a decent story until they're picked apart forcefully. Tsk tsk :P 

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Most of AG's have finaly relented and spilled their guts. I've got stubborn bubs in my other stories, though.

2006-06-08 [Paz]: Hee hee XD Well at least one story's characters have given in! You ought to spank the others until they too give out their secrets XD

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: They usually lie when I do that, though. Best to wait them out. >:-]

2006-06-08 [Paz]: You should tempt them with cookies anyways :P Make them squirm. 

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Hehehe... That would certainly work on those with a sweet-tooth. :)

2006-06-08 [Paz]: It usually works for my characters ;) Except the very picky ones.... >.>

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Yesh. Gourmet sweets for the finicky. :P

2006-06-08 [Paz]: If they can be afforded ;) Prehaps just shove the cookies down the picky ones throats

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: I think they would bite me. Heck I would bite me! ^^

2006-06-08 [Paz]: lol XD My characters would be more considerate, they would stab my gut! 

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Oh, I think mine are quite content with stabbing one another for the time being. Fiesty buggers...

2006-06-08 [Paz]: Hahaha XD My characters love each other and cast me their deadly glares. They'd rather pick a fight with the creator than with themselves. So how are the outcomes of such bloody battles between your characters? ;)

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Depends. Quartz beats down anyone she doesn't like. Most of the rest get along, but there are a few hotheads in the group who like to start things. >.>

2006-06-08 [Paz]: Quartz sounds like the main hot head in the group :P No silence between the hotheads it seems

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Quartz is hard to describe and can be unpredictable. But Jacques is always trying to start something with someone. Poor Blaze and Kurtis just try to keep the peace. :P

2006-06-08 [Paz]: One of those elusive characters? :P Jacques sounds like he's bored and wants a fight and poor Blaze and Kurtis are caught in the evil cross fire XD (makes a good plot line actually) 

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: Jacques always wants to fight because he is incapable of dealing with his problems. Blaze could probably and Kurtis could definately kick his arse, but they are more sensible about things.

2006-06-08 [Paz]: So he decides to take these problems out on others that don't deserve it? :S Troubled child. They should occasionally kick his arse to teach him a thing or two ;) 

2006-06-08 [stuffAEAmade]: That happens alot. He's used to being one of the strong ones, and doesn't know what to do when tougher people show up, like Quartz, Kurtis, Ven, and Oni. HATES Oni, couldn't bear to loose to the little guy. :P

2006-06-08 [Paz]: He likes to be the tough guy then and then the stronger ones put him in his place :P Sounds like he's jealous. Hahaha, poor Oni :P 

2006-06-09 [stuffAEAmade]: Haha. He'd flip if you told him that. :P Oni just has bad luck and always seems to be in the wrong place at the right time. >.>

2006-06-10 [Paz]: Hahaha XD He should be told that so he would. lol, I'd hate to be Oni then

2006-06-11 [stuffAEAmade]: lol. I think Oni sometimes hates being Oni. :P

2006-06-12 [Paz]: Oni should like being Oni :P It's an awesome name! (and for some reason reminds me of Xiolin Showdown XD)

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: I suppose Oni likes being Oni before Quartz starts to dislike him. >.>

2006-06-12 [Paz]: Then who does he wish to be? :P Once Quartz starts to dislike him...

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: Hmmmm. He hasn't said yet. // She wants to pound on him whenever she sees him. Poor guy. :P

2006-06-12 [Paz]: He should tell you soon :/ Best thing that he does // I would hide from Quartz too if I was going to be pounded upon! XD I feel sorry for little Oni

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: Gah! Talking about it is making me want to draw it, but it's at least 200 pages in!

2006-06-12 [Paz]: lol XD You can always draw spoiler pages, or just a quick random comic strip about it

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: I plan on doing between 4 and 8 pages a week... We should get there reasonably fast, provided I have no scanner mishaps like last time. :)

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: 2 pages done, 2 more soon to follow, then sleep, then 2 more pages (hopefully) then it's show time. :D

2006-06-12 [Paz]: Ouch, no scanner >.> Do you take photos of your works then? // Awesome! :D I can't wait to read!

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: I bothered my parents enough and they bought me a new one. However, I have to scan my pages in two pieces to get everything. >.<

2006-06-12 [Paz]: lol, :P way to pester them! Huge images? >.> They ought to make scanners big enough to scan big images in!

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: The scanner bed is only 8x11, I draw on 9x12, and sometimes 18x12 for double-wide pages. I want a 11x17 scanner so I can draw REALLY big! :3

2006-06-12 [Paz]: I'd love an 11X17 scanner ;) It would let me draw on big paper! My piece o' junk scanner is only 8x11 as well which limits me to drawing on printer paper >.< (too lazy to piece larger drawings).

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: It's not as hard as the horror stories imply, but it can take a while. I refuse to loose any detail to the blasted thing. >:)

2006-06-12 [Paz]: Really? O_o I would just rather scan it in and then deal with it later. My scanner loves to kill detail and quality XD Photoshop cannot retrieve it very well either

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: I save my files as massive .tif's when I scan them. The scanner is hooked up to a different computer, so I just place them directly onto mine when I'm done. I still have 165 gig free with all the crap on my puter. ^__^

2006-06-12 [Paz]: What's a .tif file? :P The scanner's hooked up to a docking station for my dad's lap-top, so I just switch mine with his and voila! XD My computer hates the crap on it but the file space is still pretty big....

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: Tagged image format... Not sure what it means, but it doesn't compress the file, saving all the detail from whatever dpi you scan at. :)

2006-06-12 [Paz]: Oh, I like that one :) I'll remember that the next time I scan something. 

2006-06-12 [stuffAEAmade]: Have a look at AG Preview... I'm testing the set-up. :)

2006-10-11 [Legato_Lives]: hahaha so funnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

2006-10-17 [stuffAEAmade]: Tomorrow pages will go up. >.> For 5.5 hours of inking I only have 1.5 pages to show for it... 3 are inked, I need photo reference of a specific pose for #4. o.o

2006-11-24 [stuffAEAmade]: First two acts are up!!

2008-03-28 [stuffAEAmade]: Death of the comic officially announced. But I'm sure y'all have gathered as much.

If you're still interested in reading my comics, I've got another getting ready to go -> pilgrim_comic.

2010-02-20 [pelv13]: i like this =).. *stalks about comices*