KireiKasumi

I got this from !thegentlemansoldier (https://www.deviantart.com/thegentlemansoldier)'s journal: "There are some people who are getting too fake on dA. They only want posts, comments, or to see how many friends they can get. So let's see who will actually re-post this. This is a test to see who's paying attention. This is a test to see how many people in my friends list actually pay attention to me. Copy and re-post in your own bulletin. Lets see who the true friends are and I think I know who you are... Re-post this if you are a friend...Don't reply... just copy and paste this in a new bulletin as "Fake Friends". Spread the word!

Yes, I know that it's been almost a year since I last updated my journal, and my only recent contribution to DA is the lineart to "A Man of Wealth and Taste."  I'm still working on that last one, but it's been put on the back burner for now as I have more urgent things to do, such as do a whole chapter in about a month so Frontier:  2170 Volume 01 will be ready for print in September.  My current record time for completing a chapter is seven months, so to say that this is a challenge is an understatement to say the least. Anyhow, the above paragraph has absolutely nothing to do with this post's subject, which is a list of featured artists.  

I've sorta been celebrating my 21st birthday early.  One of my presents was a three-day course on manga and anime at MCAD, and I finished the second day today. In the past couple days, I have met and spoken with a real, honest-to-god manga artist (Tomoko Taniguchi), had my portfolio reviewed by a talent recruiter who has worked for just about every major company in the comics business (C.B. Cebulski) and was told that I had what it takes to make it in the industry by the same.  I've learned quite a bit about the comics industry itself, as well as several ways of getting started.  Tomorrow, I learn how to draw a page from start to finish usin