Page 200 - The ending, The beginning

And that's all she wrote. For this story.

I thought a lot about the 0. Fool card when I was making this page. The openness and willingness to explore, to leap into the unknown, that the Fool represents and that Grey has learned. The infinite possibilities of the 0, which is both known and unknown, nothing and infinite, at the same time.

People have asked me how I feel about finishing SoG, and it is a strange experience. I am neither happy nor sad about being done with the project. For the first time in my life, something is finishing at a time when I feel that it is the right time. This is a chapter in my life, one that I enjoyed and loved, but its time is over. I cannot explain how it feels, other than "right". I'm ready for a new chapter in my life, and I am grateful to SoG for showing me the way this far. I honestly don't know if I would have lived this long without it. These characters have shown ME the way, the story taught ME things about myself that I never knew. I hope that, in some small way, it may have helped others on their own journeys. I know that it has helped me on mine.

My best regards to all of you. Let's see what these new chapters have in store!

-Robin

Page 199 - Perspectives

While I hate being late, I'm almost glad my computer crashed. I was in a crappy mood the day I was coloring this originally, and as a result the colors on it were just as bad as my mood. After my stunned bout of swearing passed last night, I had time to actually think about how I wanted this page to turn out, and I think it benefited from it. I like the idea of their worlds still remaining in grey tones instead of exploding into colors. Rather, color spreads slowly from them, enriching the lives of the people they're around. I think that's how life often is, when you meet someone who is just...okay with themselves and the world. They're rarer than I'd like, but the ones I have met almost do seem more colorful and vibrant than the rest of the world. Little by little, that energy just rubs off, until you find yourself carrying a little bit of that light with you, and giving it to others.

One day, I hope I can be that kind of person for others.

Page 199 Delayed a Day

My computer is playing the "Let's crash and corrupt your files!" game with me.

I hate this game.

To make a frustrating story short, my computer just took the past two hours of work with it in its latest bout of failure, and I have work in the morning. As such, page 199 will be delayed. I hope to have it up tomorrow night, but my week tends to get unusually crazy after Tuesday, so it may be as late as Thursday.

Wretched technology.

I can at least update the vote incentive (currently updating every Wednesday and Friday) so you can have a gander at that in the meantime.

EDIT: OOOOOR my internet connection could develop a cold (AGAIN) and prevent me from even loading files. WTF DID I DO TO YOU, WOLRD???

Page 198 - A couple cold ones

Because after a hard day's work in a whacked out dream-scape of your deepest unconscious, sometimes you just got to kick back with a cold one.

Page 197 - Remember to visit

I thought of my parents making this page. Remembering to visit is something I get reminded of quite often too.

In other news, Project Minotaur is now OPEN FOR AUDITIONS! Please check it out if you haven't already! Just click on any of the banners for it above.

Page 196 - Things to Remember

I'm really happy with how quickly and how well this page came together. The face and shadows I'm particularly happy with.

ARRRG!

The page is done, but every time I try to FTP it I cannot get it to transfer. I don't know if it's something wrong with the program, the server, my internet connection, or just the %$*& world is out to get me today. I've sent the file to my work email and I'll try tomorrow morning to upload from there. In the meantime, I'm posting today's page to the Gallery (see link on the right of where the comic should be) until I can get the internet to stop being a jerk.