just one more day...

just one more fateful day until the final release of megane moe to the public! I just have a few more small aesthetic things to touch up and then it will all be ready for online publishing.

like i had said before, i will be posting the rest of chapter one as they are completed. these pages are previously drawn out already, but just need the last bits and pieces added to complete the puzzle. i think my updates will either be scattered single page releases or in clusters of 5 or so. I would LOVE to be able to complete thoughts and ideas instead of just randomly posting new single pages. we will see how things will work out.

i hope you guys got some more of that awesome fan art bcz it will be only a little over 2 weeks until we decide on the winning 3 fan works!!! here is a new one i just received:

by quixsketch

thank you all for following us until now, i hope we live up to all your expectations.

much love,

davidliu

Contest Entry Update

Hello world!

Welllll i just got in a few more entries for the manga fan art contest!
This contest will still be going on until the 15th of December so for those who are interested, please check out the previous blogspot entry for more details.

by nogooddamnamesleft

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these 2 are by zutaraxmylove

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It is getting pretty close to the release of the manga. I am trying my best to crank these out as fast as I can. We are currently under construction for the website soooo its actually taking a little bit longer than I would like. I know this will all workout in the end, and I know that everyone here is excited about it (or at least curious about what the heck this is all about).

The first complete chapter will most likely end up being at least 20pgs in length. I obviously have not drawn out the story that far, yet but for the release, I will atleast be posting around 5 pgs. of the start. I am putting the finishing touches on the 5 pages ahead of it but those wont be out at least for another week. I will only be making updates for the manga in increments of at least 5 pages at a time. I find it kind of a tease when onl 1 page is posted at a time.

I am realllllly excited about making this! i hate to say i, but i am in love with drawing megan- and i haven't even starting drawing eleanor in it yet! i am sure i will fall in love with her too.

ok well that's my personal update for now. david and I are hard at work! we just learned the hard way that the holidays don't make this any easier either. lol

keep you guys posted and don't forget the contest details in the post previous to this one!

davidliu

OFFICIAL FANART CONTEST!

HELLO WORLD!
this is david liu! i am hard at work this week trying to finish up more of the first volume of megane moe! BUT in lieu of the near release, i am holding a contest. what kind of contest? well a

FAN ART CONTEST!!!


David and I will be choosing our 3 favorite fanarts on December 17th and the winners will receive:
-Mini Prints of ALL the Megane Moe banners from the previous blog updates
-a very LIMITED edition print of the first volume of megane moe
- include the first released pages of the manga
- character bio pages, sketches roughs etc.
-a signed 8x10 color print from a megane moe illustration
-mini prints of the winning selection

RULES:
-no hentai
-you MAY submit more than 1 entry if you like
-if you live outside of the united states.....well we will have to figure something out bcz iono how expensive shipping is overseas XP
-has to be in a "printable resolution" so we can give you a print!

all entries must be noted or emailed to me by december 15th either on deviantart or personal email. We are judging NOT on skill or technical abilities but by CONTENT. We want to see what think megane moe is all about! Show me Megan and Elle eating bubble teas together, or Jon Kazama studying in the library etc. etc. Draw yourself into the art if you like! It's up to you and we want to see some creativity! If you have no idea about these characters, then read the past blog about eleanor and megan and their survey questions.

i am very excited to see what you guys come up with! i will be updating the entries into this blog as they come in! and i already have 2 entries:
by morosaki

by bloodychaser


i hope you guys have fun and message me with any questions! In the beginning of december, we will be announcing the story we chose for the cameo (well not the STORY but the story winner lol)

talk to you soon and happy drawing!
davidliu

livestream action!

WELL! it seems i have taken the plunge! And a few out there have as well. I finally created a studio moshin livestream account. I recently drew this banner (yesterday actually) during a live stream event and it turned out well! I only had a few guest accompany me (moocat, m. phan, acfar***can't spell the rest, happystabby, and a few others). But all in all, it was a very solid time! i got some good work done and did not choke under the pressure! lol

studiomoshin livestream click the "ondemand" button for previous sessions

BUT now, the time has arrived. I HAVE to finish a bulk of my commissions before thanksgiving. I HAVE to finish Megane Moe this month! Dave and I have a LOT of work still ahead of us and I can promise you that we will be doing our best to complete our task at hand.

thanks a million for you supporters of meganemoe! i will have more for you this week!

**and i might livestream some of my manga work perhaps? let me know what you think!

**and thanks moocat for the color suggestion for megan's hat in the banner. green is a good choice lol

davidliu

FIRST OFFICIAL FAN ART!

This was just created as a super seeeeecret birthday present for ME! A new friend of mine on deviantart surprised me with this drawing. What better timing than at the end of an extremely LOOONG and painful weekend! This was such a wonderful surprise, and I cannot honestly remember the last time someone drew me a picture for my birthday! it has seriously been ages! (like 15 years atleast!)

thank you Morosaki! you (and jino and bloodychaser) are the BEST!! this is the first official fan art of Megane Moe!


thats me in the middle with Eleanor on the left and Megan on the right. *sigh*

and please take a peak at their deviantart page! if you are a fan of uber cute transformer drawings- this is the place for you!

http://morosaki.deviantart.com/ ---Morosaki
http://jinosan.deviantart.com/ --- Jinosan
http://bloodychaser.deviantart.com/ ---bloodychaser

these are 3 talented sisters!
thanks a lot! i will be back in drawing action reallly soon!
davidliu

WEEKLY UPDATE 11.05.2009

HELLO WORLD! Well i apologize about the lack of an adequate update last Thursday. It was a crrrrazy weekend to say the least! We met a lot of wonderful people at ONI-CON and i just want to personally extend a HUGE thank you to everyone that gave us your love and support! David and I are working reallly hard this month to crank out the long awaited first chapter of Megane Moe! You have no idea how hard it is trying not to reveal any of our work so far! Our first post will most likely fall around 15 pages or so for the first release. We will have to come up with another reasonable goal for the updates to the story.

I thought that October was a busy month, but DANG! November is even worse! Thank you to everyone that has remained patient with the commission process (with my other persona- angryangryasian). On top of the artwork commissions and loose ends that need to be tied up, we continue to battle getting Megane Moe complete for the month! We will be releasing more exact release dates soon. We will also be deciding soon on the winner of our silly HS story contest. So if you have not submitted anything yet, DO IT SOON! We will be implementing the winning story into the manga as well as a cameo of your character.

And in celebration of the nearing release, expect some kind of awesome contest. Now, we don't have any money to give cash prizes but we will definitely make this very interesting! We have to reward the people who have been following us since the beginning right?

If you guys haven't yet, check out the facebook page for the anime caricatures from ONICON. David will be posting something up later as well.

Ok! So for now, i hope you all enjoy the artwork on the new banner! *Notice the unknown character on the top of the banner. hahahhaha ya gotta love teasers lol.


this is a teaser(concept) cover for megane moe. only a few people have seen this. We gave this away as a small promo card at NYAF a few months ago.

love, peace, and adobo grease-
davidliu

and.... hmmm i am not sure if i should show this BUT i guess we could here goes nothing.
****Here is a glimpse of our first incarnation of Megane Moe. Our story concept was originally going to be a 4 panel project kind of in the same vein as Azumanga Daioh. We were inspired by the simple and entertaining humor as well as the completion of jokes and plot points in just 4 simple panels.

But our vision started to grow, and to say the least, it grew past the four walls of the 4 panels. we decided to create a full fledged manga. We wanted to keep the fun and humor that we were inspired by, but now we can bring it to life as we see fit- it just takes a LOT more work lol.

So here is a failed look at what we were playing around with. *Keep in mind this is a draft and also, its meant to be read RIGHT to LEFT- but i think i broke the rules on accident in one of the panels. take a rare look here: *and click it to see the larger view**

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SO! What do you think? hahah its still cute to me actually. But yes, the art style is very limited, but I can't help but feel warm towards the charm of a 4panel comic.
***********And with that said- here is a SUPER SUPER rare look at the FIRST PAGE of the manga! This is a final DRAFT without any text added to it. *HAHAH so you won't have an idea of what is going on- YET!

*Can you see the HUGE difference in the aesthetic of the art direction? and to be honest, we are still tightening up what kind of "look" we are going for.

ALMOST NO ONE has laid eyes on this! THIS IS A SUPER SECRET! *err was atleast
I hope you like it and thank you so much for watching the progress! Only a few more short weeks!

*stay thirsty my friends.

THANK YOU from onicon and more to come soon!!!!

ONI CON was a blast! Thank you for making my birthday weekend one to remember! David and I will be posting up photos from the con very soon! Thank you so much for the support and I promise this weeks update for Megane Moe will be super fantastic!

but for now.... here is the link to see some of what we have uploaded from the convention. It is on our studiomoshin facebook page. *and yes, its a WIP still. in fact everything is still a WIP. lol if you have a facebook account- tag yourself in the pics! We took photos of about 99.4% of all the anime caricatures so take a gander!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=118583&id=142147243847&ref=mf

much love!

davidliu