#CDS0023: Lotus Destiny
Epic. That is what we call this project among ourselves. And this is truly an epic when you consider how much time, effort and research went into its making. Message2god is one of the hermit artist within us who knows and loves his touhou. His previous doujin with us was Tenshi’s Festival of Friends. Since then, this masterpiece has been in the makings for two years and we are proud to present his latest work: Lotus Destiny
#CDS0023: Lotus Destiny
Lotus Destiny tells the epic story of Byakuren Hijiri, the stage 6 boss of Undefined Fantastic Object. The story starts when Byakuren was young when she got to learn about Western black magic and started to see youkais up to her ultimate fate at the very end. Experience Byakuren’s life as she travels the land searching for her brother, fighting youkais, learning about Buddhism and growing as a character. Each episode of her eventful life is painstakingly researched and brought to life under M2G’s ink and paper, a magnificent feat that no one else within us will ever accomplish.
Have a few peeks at a few selected pages.
Chapter 2 extract
Chapter 4 extract
Chapter 5 extract
Don’t let that Chinese scare you away. There will also be an English version for those Anglophiles out there and we are also considering a Japanese version as well. As there will only be very limited quantities, better get it when you see it otherwise you might not see another copy on sale again… (I mean it. There will probably be less than 10 copies per language in circulation and most of us within CDS are already preparing our wallets.)
Involved artists: Message2God
Size:
A4 (Chinese edition); A5 (English edition)
Prices:
SGD32 (Chinese edition); SGD 20 (English edition)
Sold At: SOY’C ’11 (Chinese edition); AFA 11 (English edition)
Availability: On-site sales
Other posts that might interest you
#CDS0022: Starry * Night
After half a year of writing, drawing, redrawing and RE-redrawing, Starry Night is finally completed and ready to go on sale! Read on if you never knew about this project or you want to update yourself with what’s going on! (more…)
Fantasy Photobooth #mangaphoto
It started as an inconspicuous email. The requirements looked easy on (digital) paper but we probably got more than what we bargained for. Not that it was a poor experience. It was incredibly stressful, tense and wrist-numbing. But at the end of it all, we got a good insight into how the advertising industry work and yes, it was fun. As much as there were moments when we felt like giving up or making a run for it, there were moments that were fun and rewarding. Throw in the satisfying feeling of triumph when the day ended and we survived the challenge, and it all made for a great experience for all of us involved.
(more…)
A cheer to 1k likes
Facebook. Love it or hate it, you can’t escape from it. Some of the CDS artists such as Xeph, GreenTeaNeko or IdleErrant (previously Manzart) have embraced Facebook. Others, such as Semi-Shigure had insisted on keeping out of that damn privacy-invading website. And you have lurkers such as WaHa who will visit the CDS Facebook but still refuse to ‘like’ it.
Ever since I, Komicer, figured out social media, CDS has been quite active among all the various platforms. Other than Google+; that one still confounds me. However, out of all, Facebook is where we are most active and where we share tons of the things that we are doing while NOT preparing for Cosfest X.2.
Recently, our Facebook hit a new milestone. Within a span of 2-3 years, we have finally hit 1000 fans. It’s not much compared to AFA or even others such as Ani-Culture or Radiantdreamer. But hey, it’s a nice milestone for all of us and calls for some celebration (and freebies)! (more…)