I'll be uncharacteristically brief and simply apologize for being late in responding to people's messages as I shake being more sick than I'd ever want. I also have had a couple relatives pass away these past couple weeks so my normal schedule of freelance work, substitute teaching and internet fun, has been greatly altered. My fairly new hot water tank also is awaiting a replacement part so it's been over a week without hot water. But that's just a cold sidebar note

So I hope to get back on schedule and an appearance of normalcy in the next week or two.

-Tim
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A few of you have been asking about purchasing Hope 7 comic books and I really appreciate the support and confidence in my creative works. It's from the comments I receive here that help me improve, as readers can easily see in the progression of the Hope 7 series with the art and writing. So as a Deviant Art watcher or visitor you can now purchase all of my self published comics for only $8.95. That would include all of the published Hope 7 comics and even my very first self-published comic book mini-series Forever Eve. For those that may be new to my works, here are quick summaries, or movie type blurbs.

Hope 7 - An ancient nameless world is dying. Two strangers must fight a schizophrenic dark queen, ferocious drears, and solve the riddles of the prophetic echoes to save a planet they can never truly call home.

Forever Eve - A year into the future finds superhuman abilities a reality through a process relying heavily on recombinant DNA. Volunteers to the government sponsored New Eve Program apply to undergo the process; ignorant of its hidden price.

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Any purchases help me fund the brand new Hope 7 series. The future of Hope 7 is in your hands... or some other dire end of the world type statement As always, I look forward to any questions, comments and constructive criticism.

-Tim

I know many many dev art people have at least 5,000 page views but I still think it's great and I totally thank each and every visitor that helped me reach this milestone.

As a small thankyou, I have decided to display the inked image of the cover to issue #3 of the relaunch of the Hope 7 series. I thought it fitting as this cover saw completion due to your help when I was showing two possible cover concepts for issue 2. The concept was stron and you helped me decide to use this cover idea. Maybe not for issue 2, but it will definitely work for issue 3. So thanks again.

I hope you enjoy this posting and I look forward to 10,000 pageviews now

-Tim

Well, I've updated my subscription and am planning on making more time to stop by Dev Art again. In the past I would spend way too much time on Dev Art and lost the balance needed for real life stuff. So for 2007 I made a resolution to make some time for Dev Art and I want to commit to showing at least 2 pages a month here. I hope for more but I want to try to balance real life responsibilities with my intenet time. So this is my way to try to balance that so I can stay on Dev Art more actively over a long period and not just pop in for a couple months then fall behind on real life stuff and have to give up on Dev Art and internet sites for awhile.

For those interested, I am finally settling down in my new place and still doing freelance art, writing and website design while substitute teaching. It's an upward climb but my hope is 2007 will be good to me and all my friends and future friends at Dev Art.

Among my new years resolutions is getting the Hope 7 relaunch proposal sent to publishers by early summer. We have almost 5 full issues of Hope 7 penciled and about 2 issues inked. I will skip around a bit with inks to show you some cool pages or pages I want some advice on. Next week I will post the left half of the issue 3 two page spread... a first for Hope 7.

I look forward to seeing what I've missed and hope to spend a little time on Dev Art every week. Sorry for my way too long hiatus as real life yet again latched it's claws into me. I honestly missed you all and the creativity that I saw every time I logged on here.

-Tim

No long winded explanations of why I've been gone... just leave it at silly real life stuff. I will slowly try to say hi to all of you as I look through your artwork. I am currently working freelance and substitute teaching <insert sarcastic comment>

Well... I'm keeping this short, and just letting you know I will be uploading some freelance stuff up and maybe a Hope 7 piece or three inbetween. I look forward to your constructive comments, I need'em as I enter the realm of inker/letterer for hire again *brushing off cobwebs at my art table*