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Coming up in this Friday's Bata Neart, is the following video featuring my thoughts on the comic and how important it has been in my cartooning life.

Bata Neart 10th Anniversary Special

Bata Near 10th Anniversary Competition!

Prizes:
-1 Copy of Back Office Vol1!
-A special commisioned Bata Neart drawing!
-Your Manga likeness appearing in Chapter 5 as a cameo!

Q: In which real-life Irish county is Bata Neart set in?

Answers to: rawr@rawrtacular.com
Please use the subject 'Bata Neart 10' when entering!

Bata Neart 10th Anniversary Competition

Bata Near 10th Anniversary Competition! Prizes: -1 Copy of Back Office Vol1! -A special commisioned Bata Neart drawing! -Your Manga likeness appearing in Cha...

This week in Bata Neart...Hands off!!
http://rawrtacular.com/bataneart/comic/ch04pg25/



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This week's Sunday project is a 4-Chan for Coffee-Party!
Something odd has happened to Eclair, and Croissant shows her dark side :D
This is just the initial sketch, and I'm hoping to have this and another done by New Year. Alas, you'll have to wait until then to find out what is happening here.



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The dawn of a decade. Bata Neart is about to reach it's 10th Anniversary!
http://rawrtacular.com/bataneart/comic/ch04pg24/



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In addition to 'Lost Coffee 2', Nao Yazawa also sent me one of her sketches as a bonus.

This beautifully penciled scene was a concept for an intended scene in her manga 'Shinku Chitai /The Isolated Zone'. If you are at all interested, the book can be found here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Isolated-Zone-Shinku-Chitai-ebook/dp/B00BUAQNAK

It is an incredible treat to have an original piece of work made by a famous manga artist, especially such a well drawn one. It will be framed and out on the wall :D

Thank you so much Nao for taking the time to prepare this. I really appreciate it!



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My copy of 'In Search of Lost Coffee 2' finally arrived from Japan today, via the very excellent Nao Yazawa!

Last year, I took part in the Internaltional Coffee-Party Group, to add guest art to the original 'In Search of Lost Coffee'. This year I hope to do that same!

In the meantime, I'm going to video review this book and post it up when I'm done. So far I am enjoying this book, but that's no surprise from the work of Saeko Doyle and Nao! :D

Thank you Saoko and Nao for running the project again this year and thank you Nao for posting this to me :)



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Turns out those Shrooms weren't safe after-all...go figure..
http://rawrtacular.com/bo/?p=466



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For comparison with the image I posted earlier, here's today's Bata Neart tone page with the tone work completed. The lighting effects are achieved by deleting portions of the base tone, leaving white patches behind. If done in the right places, this can create the illusion of lighting and depth.



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