1. www . rokulie . com [link]

My website! It's almost ready to go live, minus the gallery.... It looks pretty horrible, but better than the current version at least. I'll just have to settle with the fact that I NEED to send it on its way, and have faith that it'll improve with time (and experience).

2. Gothic & Lolita mini-magazine

A friend and I are publishing a print version of a webzine I tried to start in 2006 about Gothloli ゴスロリ and Visual-kei. (I'm the Gothloli fanatic, she's the VK buff, lol.) I live in Chicago, so I was considering incorporating local themes into it, but I also wanted to sell it online. Also, I originally wanted it to be a giant one-time publication, but after re-writing the table of contents, I'm beginning to wonder if it would be better to publish bits of it in tiny installments, or pamphlets. It would probably mesh better with the zine scene that way, wouldn't it? I guess we'll see....

3. Clock Triptych

Did I spell that right?? I had an idea to make some vector illustrations using three of my characters revolving around a clock theme. I don't know why clocks, I just had some poses of them in my head and needed to put things in their hands, since they were trying to hold something. Maybe I'll post some sketches to get the ball rolling.

4. COMICS!!

I'm so excited to start making comics again! I need to decide on one of two stories, though. A long time ago I tried to start a comic nicknamed Kitty Hotaru, but I kept re-writing the first chapter and getting nowhere. I realized I was having issues because I was more focused on making a good product and selling it than making beautiful arts that my characters could come to life in. I'm also very confused about the plot, so I was considering just cutting out a bunch of fluff and turning it into a very short series. Oh, also, I think it's probably going to suck, but I guess I will just have to grow a thick hide and wait for the hatemail, because I freaking need to practice on SOMETHING if I want to get better.

Also, I think I'm going to do this after the Gothloli magazine is well under production, or has been produced.

5. The RoKulié Challenge

I am supposed to draw portraits of all of my billion OC's one at a time. I tried to do this and was really unhappy with my skill loss. I might resurrect old pictures of them, or I might try doing this again, but with less characters. I wish I could make it more fun somehow, and less of a chore -_-;

6. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!!

I used to be a pretty decent artist, but stopped drawing one year due to a physical injury, and never really regained my passion for art until now. I'm still having issues getting back into it, though, because now I've lost some of my skills and SUCK SO BAD, and that bums me out. So I have to re-learn things like hands and facial anatomy, and brush up on figure drawing and color theory.

I've been an artist my entire life, but when I was in fourth grade, I vowed to myself never to draw again because I had a classmate who drew prettier pictures than me and I thought I sucked too hardcore to become a real artist. I think I'm getting over a similar episode now. In 7th grade I became best friends with a talented artist and we discovered anime and manga together; this rekindled my passion for art, and in 10th grade I swore I would become a professional manga artist. I can make this happen if I just freaking practice!!