RWWS Book 1

Garrrgh!!!!!!!

Why, hello everyone! I've been working my butt off day by day with no end just to get this cover done! and I have gotten through some aweful roadblocks, this took me WAY longer than I thought.

(you guys probably got tired of waiting)

and, I have to thank Mary Dreamshade, Alia Lotuspetal, and Amber Rosepetal for your support on skype.

I appreciate it! :)

Now, for the awesome cover...(hopefully not dissapointing lol)

hmm....not the best quality I had hoped, but oh well..

(click to enlarge!)

Okay, and just to be on the safe side, I already scanned comic 1 for everyone, HOWEVER it looks pretty crappy in the pencilized version. :/

Hope this update helps! :)

Always and always will be...
-Samantha Thunderdust

P.S: sorry you guys for not putting in all the main characters, I didn't really have enough time to plan that all out P:

UPDATE: I just noticed if you click on it it shows the picture in better quality. So no crappy digital screen :)

tools: online coloring: Manga Studio (tm) Debut 4
         Scetch: 9" x 12" drawing pad + mechanical pencil

Leaked Information! Amber Stargem!

Ok! runner up character, Amber stargem, Will be known as something like this...

And No, she won't have pijamas as main clothes! She will definetly have more W101 related clothes, But since she is a person who loves to wear new things (just like in-game Amber Stargem) She will never have a main outfit.

That being said... The next drawing will be of...Dustin Mooncatcher!

but here is a few things about Amber Stargem's character:

Personality: outgoing, adventurous, even a little strange at times...
W101 school: Myth, and life.
Occupation: Grand Wizard school. (along with Samantha!)
Other: Right now, she is awesome friends with Samantha Thunderdust, They walk to school together and have the same ellectives as classes, whereas she is the one to cheer Samantha up whenever she doesn't have enough confidence; Samantha tells her about everything she can.

Amber Stargem will be a big character on friendship, although she doesn't play W101 anymore, she asked if she could be in the comic, so this one character is a giant thank-you for her being one of my first awesome BFF's in W101!

so, thank you Amber!!

(for the record, if it werent for Amber Stargem, then this blog would of never been made! She introduced me to David Titanrider and Dustin Mooncatcher, who inspired me to create a blog, so way to go, Amber!)

Thats the slow...calm...Update!!!

Oh, and for the people who celebrated yesterday, Happy...presidents day, was it??? (hopefully!)

okay, happy day AFTER presidents day!!!

Always and always will be...

-Samantha Thunderdust.

After much debate....

After much debate....woah, deja vu!

I finally got in some online practice of Samantha Thunderdust, and after finalizing the results, she will look somewhat like this:

I thought really long and hard on how I wanted her to look, sort of like a teenager-but at the same time really carefree and simple. So hopefully her image can stay this way so I can make the action-sceans more complex.

I know that you have been watiting for the comic for a while, I just want to let you know I am NOT on vacation or whatever you call it that has to do with resting! I have really been working hard on this whole comic and I want it to turn out wonderful--so I have to (although I really don't want to) study buildings and backrounds before anything!!

Well, I haven't talked much on this site in a while, but thats the update!!

Always and Always will be...
-Samantha Thunderdust.

P.S: I'm still looking for characters so if you want to join please contact me and send me a picture of your wizard so I can get to practicing!!!

Work...In...progress...

I'm a fickle pickle

What would be a plant that best suits my personality right now? a fickle pickle. Thanks for all your encouragement everyone, I think I'm just going to need some relaxation, for a little. I think what I thought was bothering me all along was that I would of needed to go on wizard101 more often if I wanted to become 'legendary' or 'complete', while, in fact, I didn't want to become obsessed with the game again (yes, again, I know and I'll admit, I was pretty glued to my computer screen when I first started playing wizard101)

I think I should also let my skills for artwork become more relaxed and trained by the time I start the comic, when I'm fresh with ideas and imagination.

Right now, I'm posting some of my main artwork on another site, (an artwork site) if you feel like exploring on and in an artwork mood, click here .

but other than that, thats all I really need to say.

As always and always will be...
-Samantha Thunderdust

why so depressing?

Recently, Wizard101 has been very disasterous, as far as the players go...The game just isn't as fun as it was...

Thats whats been on most bloggers minds, as I'm sure of...

Recently on skype, my friend Luke Goldhorn said he took a 'break' from Wizard101, and also Cassandra Lifecaster was talking about quitting, too.

It's just so hard, when you see other people to quit Wizard101, and it makes it so tempting to do the same..

Some of you know what I am talking about, right?

I know its sad, but I don't really wanna start the RWWS comic anymore...I mean, if I started it, and ended it right in the middle, it would leave everybody hanging, right?

This isn't a sudden feeling, I've wanted to quit WIzard101 for a long time, ever since celestia came out... It's been so much fun with meeting new friends, and so sad to watch them quit...The reason why I am quitting is pretty simple, I'll explain what I have been going through...

When the hidden Celestia quest for the spiral key came out, I was certain it would come out with the new world, but it turned out to be more of a suspence throught the whole time, and they first said Celestia would come out at the END OF SUMMER. Which was August through September, right? well it ended up coming out from October to November, which sort of made me feel uneasy.

I was starting to get tired of the suspence and get Celestia to come out, and when it finally did, I was excited for a little, when my real life got caught in all of it, so I took a break for a little, like 2-3 weeks at the most, but when I got back, some Wizards were already level 60. It was almost like a slap in the face.

I know, I know, I have nothing against the people who got to level 60, nothing at all, but it was the fact that when I got my first wizard, (fire) it took me so long to get to level 50, and in fact, I hated how long it took, and how long I was spending my time online, it was becoming an obsession.

And now, when I have to get to level 60 to become the best I can be, I just need to wonder..How long would that take??

Uh..sorry for the fact that I am just pouring out all of my thoughts recently, I just have no more will to play Wizard101, I'm sorry for all those who are trying so very hard to stay in the game, but I can't endure much more boredem anymore, it's almost like torture.

And, if I just take a break, I'll still have to pay for wizard101, and if I get rid of my membership, then I'll have to set it up all over again, I don't know, I just can't handle it anymore...

Yeah, I'll still be on skype to chat with my friends from wizard101, and thanks to skype, I'll be able to communicate with them...

so, this may be the last post, but...I'm trying.

As always and always will be...
-Samantha Thunderdust

Color...color...and, Samantha??!!

Um, so, the title is a little strange...?

I've been using color differently recently (ly ly ly!) So this is a whole new style covered for me, its a little messy, but hey, its called a 'scetch' not the actual thing!!! ;D

So, Um, take a look:

yeah, I changed up her hair. But it's an ANIME comic for crying out loud!!!

I rushed the jeans, and I got the size of them a little off...

What the main focus is: her hair. I made my own style of awesome hair, don't worry guys (Dustin and Amber) I won't change the style of Wizard101, OR your characters, This is my character, so I wanted to make her stand out a bit, eh?

well another focus you might want to study (ohmygosh, HOMEWORK) I'm not finished, You might want to study the language on the side, (if you want to know what they are writing/reading, or I'll just put in a deciferer on the bottom of each word..) its a made-up language for wizard city, and yes, I'm going to have to study celestian text If they are going to go to celestia...

well, this is just the drawing board, so if you have any ideas for the comic (landscapes, characters, critiques) then let me know, I'll definetly want to listen!!

As always and always will be...

-Samantha Thunderdust

Updated, and refreshed

I'm sooooo tired!! its 2:00 in the morning where I am, so I am going to have to go to bed, like, now.

before I go though, I'd like to say that practice has payed off on my hand, this is another preview poster for the RWWS comic, with WAY more results than the last one, and MUCH more comic related.



Luckily I'm not ticking you off for torturing you with the long wait, for the comic I mean. But this is the first time I used screen tone *aka, special effects* to make the scetches come to life...wow, I'm still really tired!!

I guess I better get to bed, but enjoy the scetch!!!

As always and always will be...

-Samantha Thunderdust.

so...many...drawings

have you recently checked the 'drawings and ideas' page? well I changed it now so it show's all of my digital drawings that are related to w101, even some practice on the new comic!

so, um, check it sometime if you want!

-Samantha Thunderdust
P.S: any drawing requests?

Christmas cheer and a....coming soon poster??!!!!

"how amazing would it be if I could make a realistic Wizard101 comic?"

"what if I could add real players from Wizard101 into the comic??!!"

"what if I could make a comic that would blow people away with creativity??!!"

Two words: all answered. Thats right, for christmas, I DID GET EXACTLY what I needed for the comic.

And whats better? a coming soon poster ;)



Uh huh, I made this with my own hands, my SECOND drawing made ONLINE on my COMPUTER.

This comic will be the best comic in the history of Wizard101. I know, I'm gettting a little overconfident here, but I am just so excited, I will be willing to change the history of artwork on this site.

Again, I thank you for waiting patiently for me to get the software, and it will pay off, I promise

-The artwork was made by me at the top, if your still too dumbfounded to notice, lol.

as always and ALWAYS will be..

-Samantha Thunderdust.

So boring...

Sorry, about the whole no-posts in a while, I've been really REALLY busy. But, I can tell you this:

The comics can be on hold, but with better quality, or I could give you the comic now.

What this means is that I am most likely going to get software for my computer after christmas, a software that can create comics that are exactly real. Have you ever looked at any of the comics in a book store called 'manga' or 'anime'? well it will have that same kind of depth and style to them. If you can wait that long, that is.

of course, if you like the hand-drawn comics better when I use color and pencil to them to add to the basicness, sure, ill do that. The bright side about this is that I already made the first page to the comic with this style, in case you want to see it really really soon.

I need to know if I have permission from you guys to wait until after christmas to start the comic if you want it to look better, or to start it now with color if you want to see it right away.

Anyway, I NEED an opinion on this, contact me, or go on Wizard101, or even skype if you have to!

Ok, fine, ill make it easy for you. You can just comment on this site, if you want to of course. I'm not forcing you to comment, but I am going to need a response if I want to get anywhere in this comic. Sorry if I just put you on the spot like this, but I'm going to have to know what to do, and I need your help to decide!!!

I ask for a response, I hope thats not asking for too much...

Yeah, I know, no pictures :( I havent played Wizard101 in a while, (like, a month) but I'll get back to it soon, but its pretty late where I am now, so I'm constantly yawning as I write this...But goodbye for now, and hopefully I'll get back with you soon!!!

As always and always will be...
-Samantha T.

P.S: I have been working on a storyline a whole lot lately, so it will have tons of twists and turns, and exciting Action!!!!! but I have to ask...

Do you guys want romance in the comic?

I can tell you'll be probably rolling your eyes at me by now, lol. But if you think it will ALL be about cheesey love and girly girls and obsessions and (yadda yadda blah blah blah) then your DEAD WRONG. And I'm not overusing the DEAD in that sentence, either :3 so I want some feedback on this, also!

P.S.S: I have been getting shocked all over the place, and now I'm afraid of my car door, lol, have you been getting shocked a lot lately, too?

What? my internet?!?

Sorry for the low update on the comic, my internet has been really acting up all throughout last week, today when I got on I just barely managed to get on with only 2 bars of connection!! Please hold out, computer!!
   Anyway it's nothing I can deal with right now, but I'm safe to say I finished making the scetch for comic 1!!! Don't freak out, you can still get a chance to be a main character in the comic! and yes, no small stick figures anymore, its going to be pure and solid, with some cool shading effects I learned on my own!
   I'm making some cool stamps for people who enter the comic, so they have absolute proof it's them!!! Altough I really want them to look good, so they might take a while.

The 1st page to the comic will be here in I'm guessing a day or two, I'll try my hardest to keep a steady pace with this comic, and possibly learn how to bring up links to the picture enstead of just planting them on the page...

Whew, I got a lot to work on, better that then have nothing at all!!!

-small words, BIG UPDATE!!!!!
hahaha...
-Samantha Thunderdust

The First 3 Characters REVEALED!

RWWS: Comic comming soon...

Characters: 4 remaining open spots

Thats the main update so far, and I finally got the nerve to show you guys what they look like!!!

Yeah I know, the quality of this is really bad, I'll try to improove on less messups during scetching!

So thats the update, Amber is on the left, Samantha is in the middle, and Dustin is on the right. Click to enlarge if you want to look at more details in the scetching.

Thats all the news I have so far, I'll hopefully have an update soon!!!

-Samantha

P.S: I'm still looking for some brave souls to help fight evil in another world!

New Update poster comming soon!!!

To keep everyone on track of the new characters in my comic, I made a RWWS news page up below my blog image.
  What I have recently been working on was a colored/complete drawing of all the characters, the more that sign up, the more updates I'll have, and the more the drawing gets complete! right now there is only two characters, myth, fire, and storm so all other schools are open! and on the page you may think the characters names are a little weird, but its just the japanese names for them, and I want my comic as close to japanese style as I can!
 So I sketched the poster, now I just need to complete it with ink and other materials and it will be finished! I promise, it will look like way better quality then my last comic! and I won't ruin the comic with paint splatters, (sadly like the last comic) and if I do, I'll redo the whole thing just for you all!!

The comic will start once I have the storyline and the characters, but for now, I'm working on all 7 characters, but I can't start drawing the others unless I know who is going to be the character!

-Thanks for taking your time to read this update! keep a eye on the RWWS news page cause thats where the update poster will be!!!

Samantha Thunderdust.

The Comic's have changed

Most of you probably thought of my skills as the so called 'stick figure' comic was 'incomplete'. Well, thats exsactly what I think of it now when I look back at it, in my imagination. Well, now this comic will be based on school, drama, action, etc.... but the only few things I need to do now is to

1. study the human body. (drawing shouldiers, arms, legs, etc.)
2. Make a storyline for this whole comic and base it up, completely organized.

This, I can do in my free time, especially #1. #2, however, in my case wont be the most easy or difficult part in my hand. One thing I can say is that this comic will be based on other wizard's opinions and thoughts throughout the comic, there wont be much of a main character, but what I need most help in about this whole comic base is that.....

....I need YOUR help.

Good enough? well not completely need your help, but if you had any idea about the wizard school or any fun idea you would like to see made by artwork from yours truly, then contact me!!! you can send me comments, gmail, anything you think is usefull. This is'nt to benefit me, it's to benefit ALL of you if you had any idea.

I guess thats all I have to say, remember, its optional, and you don't have to.

To all I say goodbye, and happy veterens day! (hopefully good spelling!)

-Samantha T.

I've decided!

Thanks for your feed back, I really needed it! I sat back in wonder lately, and I decided I think I am going to go on with posting and celestia, just not as often, I hope thats ok!

And no worries! I wont be dishing out a good post on something so many have posted about!!! I'll find cool glitches, tips, and even amazing and funny story's to tell you all! you deserve it!! ....Possibly I might go back into making NEW comics.... maybe even a short ANIMATION! I have been working on all of that awesome entertanment! and I wont have a giant focus on my own character, it will be on others, as well!!!!

I just got a vibe for a brand new comic comming soon...
What will be the name???

It will be called.........
RAVENWOOD WIZARD SCHOOL!

but thats all I will tell you!!

My fire says goodbye!
-Samantha Thunderdust

I'm.....Possibly done.

Lately, I've noticed that celestia came out, and I havent even been on once! why? I have not one single idea myself. I think I waited too long for celestia, checking the news online every single day, waiting on my days for it to come, and right when I was deciding wether or not if I should quit, it comes out. So now I'm in between a rock and a hard place, I wan't to go on, but I don't want the constant stress of the game come out and stab my real life in the back... I know that playing Wizard101 was amazing, and I was constantly smiling over and over at the game...but, I'm not so sure now. Thanks to Dustin Mooncatcher, David Titanrider, Amber Stargem, Amber Rosepetal, Kestrel Shadowthistle, Cassandra Lifecaster, and all everyone has done to try their best to keep me going on wizard101.

now, I'm not so sure.

I'd ask for advice, but I just want to know how you feel about all of this sudden burst of sadness...
Thanks for everything, everyone
-Samantha Thunderdust.

P.S: Don't take this the wrong way at all! nobody said anything personal to me on the game, this is just how I have constantly been feeling lately! warm reguards!

The Funny Coincidence

Hi all! I'm back, sorry I dont have time for the storm spell tips D*: cause I need to go to school soon!!! But I'll get right to the chase. You know that dragonspyre hat, the one that covers all girls hair??? Yep, it gets soooo annoying to wear that dragon-skull thing on my head without showing my hair!!!! Why am I telling you this??? (sorry all boys and girls who like this hat..) I wont complain anymore!! I was on my Storm Grandmaster going through some storm things in my house (typical hahaha) when a single loading glitch occurred, it came to my surprise and actually made me laugh a bit. have you ever wondered what it would look like if your girls hair showed through the dragon-skull hat? well here is your answer!!!!

Now how cool is that??!! This is by far the best glitch I've seen in Wizard101, I could of had the glitch to keep going but i decided to change it back, sadly. Anyway I just thought it would be cool to share this with you all, hopefully the post was worth it!!

-Samantha

A new Grand Diviner is born...?

Hey everyone! sorry for all the delayed posts! as for that I can give some PvP advice. So yeah *looks up at the top* is the title really true? well YES it is, I surprisingly got my storm hat on my SECOND try from Viktor Snowcrusher (drake hatchery) when my fire takes months to try and get it! hah! (sorry fire!) well anyway I am jumping out of my seat right now I am so excited for PvP! ok, so back to the advice (note the following, if you have a storm character and a fire character you want to PvP with, and you don't know how, here is a few tips for only THESE schools.

Fire Tips:

Important spells:

use these for an advantage during offensive, and for defesive, here are some good ones to know:



Sorry but I am out of time! I'll tell you storm tips on my next post!

-Until next time (whenever that is!)

Samantha T. and Samantha R.

NEW SPELLS!!!!

Oh my gosh, my eyes have been really amazing lately, and you may of noticed the news about Selena Gomez coming to the spiral right? well did you see her video? take a closer look ... I SEE NEW SPELLS! my guess is that the first one is balance and the second one is fire.....do you want the link to the video? well here it is:

www.wizard101.com/game/selenagomez

the spells are going to be like ALADDAN and GENIES!!!! I am not sure if anyone else spotted this, but I just had to post it as soon as possible! oh wow I cant believe it!!!!!!!!!

Did you see those new spells?
-Samantha