Frequently Asked Questions

After years of answering some of the same questions over and over again, I've finally decided to go to the effort of creating this FAQ section. Hopefully, this will help answer any general questions you might have, and give me a break from answering any of these in the future.

Q: How often do you update?

Currently, I update a new page every Wednesday, usually in the morning, US time.

Q: How did you come up with Twokinds?

Twokinds was just one of many spur-of-the-moment comic ideas I had come up with during my early high school years. It's a culmination of years of work and has evolved into what it is today.

Q: Why use animal people?

I wanted to write a story involving issues of race and what it means to be a person. I decided using non-humans would cause a greater contrast for the issues and make things more interesting.

Q: How did you learn to draw?

I began as I think most artists did, teaching myself by studying other cartoons and comics. I used online tutorials and duplicated art from other webcomics to learn what I know now. Much later, I would get formal training in art techniques and principles, which was useful in refining my work.

Q: Do you have any formal education?

I am in the process of acquiring a degree in Animation. Outside of The Arts, I am also working towards a degree in the medical field - specifically, radiation technology.

Q: Have you thought of making a Twokinds video game or cartoon?

Well, of course I've thought about it. But even if such a thing were a possibility, I probably wouldn't use the Twokinds webcomic as a script for it anyway. The comic was never formatted with animation or games in mind. I have other Twokinds-related scripts in the backburners that would be much better-suited for such things, if they were ever feasible. Maybe someday.

Q: Will you draw something for me?

I'm afraid with all the work I have to go through, I don't have time to take requests or art trades.

Q: Can you put my character in your comic?

No, sorry.

Q: How do I send you fanart?

You may email me your fanart as a file or link. The fanart section is updated by hand, so it can take quite some time before I get around to putting yours up.

Q: Can you teach me/give me tips/critique my work?

No, sorry. I don't really like giving advice or telling people what to do. It would probably be best for you to do what I did - search for tutorials and tips online. Try Google and DeviantART.

Q: Can I adapt your work?

Yes. You may modify, translate, or redistribute any of my non-commercial work. You may use my characters and settings, or draw inspiration for your own work. For all the details and restrictions, visit my Licensing page.

Comics owed: 6

August 4th, 2009
Delayed Due to Illness

Hey, yeah, sorry about the delay for Monday's comic. I've been practically bedridden the last day or so from a bug that really knocked me off my feet. I haven't had any opportunity to work on the comic until recently. The new comic has been started, but I'm running pretty much completely on meds at the moment. I'll do the best I can. Expect it to arrive on Wednesday.

July 9th, 2009
Server Move Nearly Complete

Well, here we are, on our new private server. 2kinds.com has finally been moved over and twokindscomic.com will be moved over soon. I'm sorry for all the delays and the problems that have come about because of the server issues. I hope that it will all be behind us now. This new private server is still untested, so there may still be problems cropping up in the future. But I certainly hope the biggest issues are over. I hope you will enjoy Twokinds' new home. Meanwhile, now that the server issues are resolved, I will work my best to get a new comic completely and published shortly. With any luck, I think I can have it done and out to you as soon as Friday. Cross your fingers.

July 5th, 2009
Malware Problems and Site Moving

For the last few weeks I have been having a lot of problems with malware infecting the servers that Twokinds is hosted on. Periodically, it will inject an invisible iframe into the code causing problems and virus warnings to appear. It's an easy fix, but annoyingly reaccuring. Unfortunately, this time, I was asleep when it happened, and couldn't respond in time. Google declared the website bad, even after I fixed it. So I've moved the entire website to twokindscomic.com until the problem can be resolved.

But of course this is only a temparary solution. The problem remains that the host I am currently under is no longer secure, with all these virus problems continuously popping up. Therefor, I am preforming a server move now. Twokinds will be leaving ixwebhosting soon, and moving to a hopefully more secure private server from another provider. Expect some downtime as I preform the move.

I formally apologize for all the problems these malware bots have put all of us through. I hope it hasn't put you off from the comic. I will do everything in my power to try and put an end to these issues in the future.