I was hesitant about making this post. For one, I want to keep the tone of this site light and jovial. I want to entertain people, to let them forget about whatever might be worrying them in the real world and just enjoy themselves for a while with a bit of light amusement. Secondly, I [...]
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For those curious about my comic strip process, I’ve put together this page that now has pictures! It shows the creation of Monday’s strip (6 April, 09).
I need your help to spread the word about this site! I’m trying an experiment with Reddit, a social networking site that is that is used to tell others about sites they find interesting (like Familiar Ground!) http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/search?q=familiar+ground If you’re already part of the reddit community, just go to the site and hit the arrow keys to indicate you [...]
Welcome to all you new readers! According to a couple of site analysis tools, it seems that I’ve managed to gain some 500 readers over the past couple of days. That totally blows my mind. Some of you might not be aware, but I’m using milestones with regards to this strip. Basically that means that [...]
Someone asked me how long I’ve been drawing, and the answer is a tad embarassing. I’ve only been drawing for perhaps 5 months or so. Prior to that, I wasn’t even sketching or doodling for fun. The last art class I took was probably in 7th grade. So drawing this strip involved learning a whole new skill [...]
Hello everyone! Welcome to the official launch of Familiar Ground, the epic fantasy adventure comedy following the antics of Toad, Lady Sasha and Coco. Make sure you know about the various ways to keep updated with this strip. You can either bookmark this site or subscribe to content via email or RSS. Familiar Ground is currently [...]
What is character optimization? Character Optimization is configuring the mechanical elements of a character build in accordance to the rules (both system rules and self-imposed ones), so that your character can best perform its given role. Some people use the term min/maxing to refer to the same activity, but some view that as having [...]
Here’s an unordered list of things I still have to do for the site before April 1st. If anyone has anything to add to the list, let me know. fix the header (the logo is off by 1 or 2 pixels from the ad) figure out how to remove hovertext from the drop-down menu create [...]
As usual, I failed to read the instruction manual whenever I try something new. “Step 1: before drawing or inking, make sure that you properly stretch your paper or use heavy paper that can withstand warping due to the absorption of water.” Oops. I haven’t actually started water coloring yet on the piece I drew. [...]
Hey guys. I’ve only told around a dozen people about the site so far (as far as I know). The reason for that is that I’m still fiddling with the actual website layout, as well as trying to build an archive of strips so people won’t get turned off by a mostly empty site. The schedule [...]
