There is still no official release date for Sorcerer’s Apprentice Volume 1, but I’ll give you an idea of how far I’ve progressed. The cover and all the chapter art is done. This alone took me nearly 3 weeks to finish. It’s some of the most detailed work I’ve done and I’m quite proud of it. Chapter 1 is entirely done. Chapter 2 is also finished. I’m hoping that by the end of this week that I’ll have 19 pages of Chapter 3 finished.

My personal goal is to finish some time by the beginning of April. I still don’t know how realistic that is, as this is my goal, not the publishers. If I do finish, that probably means the release date will be this August. But I repeat, there is no official release date just yet. So for those of you asking me about preorders and things like that, still can’t tell you when you can start doing that. As soon as I have something more concrete, I’ll let everyone know.

Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s back to the drawing table.

Another preview from Sorcerer’s Apprentice Volume 1 coming out later this year. Now presenting: The Cover! This is still a work in progress cover since a few things need to be changed (like the book isn’t rated T for Teen…) but the artwork is final. So when you go to bookstores and online to order, this is what you’re going to be looking for.

In addition to changing the style of the comic, I’ve also changed the way I draw and ink the comic as well. As you can see, my pencils have gotten a lot more detailed. That blue pencil is called non-photo blue, and doesn’t actually show up if you scan it right. It saves me a lot of time and makes the inks look a lot better because I forget less details.

Whenever you deal with a publisher, you are no longer the only person calling the shots for your work, for the new version of Sorcerer’s Apprentice Volume 1, I had to tweak my style slightly in order to accommodate my publisher’s suggestions for the work. This is how Victoria will look like from now on. The biggest changes are the way I do profiles, hands and shading black spaces.

I know it’s been a while since I last updated, and I had a very good reason for this. Last time I updated I mentioned I was going on an indefinite hiatus. For those who follow my twitter and tumblr accounts, you have heard me constantly mention a secret project involving Sorcerer’s Apprentice that I couldn’t really talk about. And now I will reveal the reasons behind my secrecy:

Sorcerer’s Apprentice has found a publisher!

Though the first volume was available through Comicxpress for a while, the shipping is ridiculous (particularly for those outside the US), it required paypal or a credit card (which a few of you have told me has made you squeamish) and you had to have an account with the site. This will now change. Sorcerer’s Apprentice will be published by P2manga, a small, independent, manga company. Through P2manga, Sorcerer’s Apprentice will be available on Amazon as well as in physical stores such as Barnes and Noble (further information when available)

Not only that the first volume of Sorcerer’s Apprentice will be completely rebooted with brand new art.

The first volume will be available sometime next year, more news closer to the release date. Thanks to everyone who supported me!

1st place: Molly

2nd place: Marinta

3rd place (tie): Keijuko Ge and Mari

Congrats to the winners! And while this means all 4 entries get a prize, they were all so sweet and so good I couldn’t say to one person ‘no, a fourth entry gets nothing’. I’ll be in contact with everyone soon get prizes and things sorted out.

Today marks the end of chapter 16 and the start of my hiatus. I hope to make this hiatus as short as possible, but I don’t know what the future will hold. For sure I will give more information in November, and in the meantime you can check out my still updating series Queen of Games. The Queen of Games site will be back up this weekend with a bunch of new pages. Also check out my Tumblr which also be updating to get an idea of what I’ll actually be doing during the hiatus.

Thanks to everyone who supports the site and continues to support the site. I’ll keep working hard and moving forward, and try to provide the best story and art I can. And this is part of the reason for the hiatus.

Alrighty kids, hear marks the end of chapter 16. I hope you all have enjoyed reading so far.

The contest has ended, so if you had an entry and weren’t finished with it, sorry, but it’s too late to enter. I will be posting the winning order soon, but in the meantime, check out the cool entries I got :3