Hey,
Gilded Providence is on hiatus until I make some actual headway editing the first book. If waiting irritates you, I invite complaints.
In the mean time, I’d like to turn your attention over to another artist, Laurie Thomas from Decisive Origin.
I’ve recently received a copy of her 2007 artbook, “Blue Fire” and if you’re into independent artbooks, you should probably check it out. Decisive Origin has lots of free web-manga and galleries so you’ll have a pretty good idea of the kind of art that’s inside the book. On the downside, this art collection “book” is really more of a magazine flier, the paper is flimsy and textured but, hurray! The print quality is great. It’s short, but it’s sweet as the art is highly stylized with strong emotional tones. It gives you a good taste of the art of Laurie Thomas, but I sure hope the books of future years have a bit more meat to them.
There are a couple other purchasable manga available from decisive origin; “Songstress of the Beautiful Sun”, which makes a great addition to the artbook. I highly recommend purchasing them together. As well as “Intricate!”, a new manga available for pre-order. I have complete confidence that it’ll be equally wonderful!
