Montrose Academy was founded sometime in the last millenium on a Thursday night. On that night, a great webcomic alliance was forged. Tom_Swan and Kittyhawk swore to make the best comic ever. They called it the Jar, and yea, it was confusing. That didn't stop them though...

the Jar ended, but Kittyhawk fights on with her techhusband Trevor by her side. Her current series are Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki (SGVY to save your tongue), Itari Party!, Quickies!, and Useless King.

Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki is the story of a girl's wacky life and all the crazy characters she has to wrangle everyday because she's the only responsible one, but watch out! She's a strange one at times too! Yay!

Nah, it's really a magical girl parody about a transgendered valkyrie who fights along side Norse gods.

Itari Party!, Quickies!, and Useless King are porn comic series you can check out at Filthy Figments. Itari Party! is 1980s video game office sex porn (high concept much?). Quickies! is quick,dumb sexy fun. And finally, Useless King is systems yaoi with a bit of history thrown in for good measure. I guarantee you’ll fap.

Kittyhawk Comicker, Graphic Designer, Consolephile

Contact: kittyhawk@sgvy.com
Born: Newport, RI, USA
Birthday: 7/12
Favorite Movie: Whispers of the Heart
Favorite Album: Time by ELO
Favorite Food: Salt and vinegar chips

Kittyhawk lives somewhere in the Southern United States with her husband, dogs, and consoles. She enjoys video games, cable news, anime, comics, and China, IL (because it's the best at math).

A Dash of NSFW

I got into a discussion this weekend about making porn based on a series you might not particularly like itself but like the characters. I was inspired right away to do a pinup from MLP: Friendship Is Magic. I don't like the TV show (it is slooooooow...), but I do like the fandom a lot (lol, Derpy Hooves). So, above is a NSFW human Rainbow Dash. Enjoy!

Whoa, it's been a while since I've posted here. It's been a very hot and not so pleasant summer. -____- Oh well, Powerthrough! Punch the heat! (It feels like you actually can because of the humidity. o_o;; )

I just submitted some pages of Itari Party! to Filthy Figments. I'll let y'all know on the SGVY Facebook page when they're up. I've got to get to work on the next few pages. I'm going to have an issue of SGVY up by Thursday. I promise pure Chiaki glee. ^_^

Stay cool out there, OK?

ROBOT POWER.



Whew! I've been traveling a lot lately. I'm tired, but damn! I had a lot of fun! Animazement 2011 was awesome, and SeishunCon II was a total blast! I will definitely be back for SeishunCon III, and yes, we will be doing Filthy Figments and Consolemania panels again. ^_^ I've got some awesome plans for next year's Consolemania and for a new, fun overnight panel. I can't wait till next year!

First up: Animazement 2011!



Animazement 2011 was the first time I've ever done color commissions at a con. Whoas! Prior to this con, Braeburn, my first gen MacBook Pro, ran the slideshow for the table, so using it for commissions was right out. Thankfully, Ladyinthesnow, my iPad, came along and is up to the task of running the slideshow. Yay! So, I was able to do such commissions as the one above. I first drew this Valkyrie at Ichibancon 2011, so it was awesome to get to draw her again. Henshin!



I did this commission for the talented ladies of Demon Fart Cabbage. This is their sexy steampunk couple, Vivian and Lionel. I had a lot of fun with this one since I haven't done a lot of steampunk stuff (I'd love to do more!), and well, Vivian's ample busom was fun too. XD



Speaking of Demon Fart Cabbage, we did an art trade! This is Rosa the White Mage Bat. And look! They made me a staff for her too! *squee!* THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I love DFC's bats so much. ^_^



My friend Angel was at Animazement too, and she had some awesome merch! So of course we did an art trade. Look at all this cool stuff: Sailor Moon stationery, some Portal 2 buttons, cute little Sailor Scout magnets, a cute apple magnet, and a /d/ button (awesome). Thank you so much, Angel! ^_^



I saw Darth Despario at Animazement again, and he shared with me the new pages of his comic. He's also using an iPad with Autodesk SketchBook Pro, and damn! He's so much better than me at it! Check out this pic of Trevor and me on the Comictocracy panel. Thank you so much, Darth! ^_^


This is very NSFW, so be forewarned, those who dare to surf at work.

Alright! Here's the first of the hentai sketch sets I promised to put up: the Filthy Figments Panel at Animazement 2011. This was an awesome panel because we had three Filthy Figments creators on the panel: Gina Biggs, Jamie Jennings, and me. This was the first time I've drawn hentai requests in front of a live audience, and man, was it crazy! I've drawn requests from a crowd before, but there's just something about drawing ridiculous porn that gets the crowd going. Hand check!

VERY, VERY NSFW. Look around for your boss.

We also held a contest during the panel for the Most Funny and the Most Artistic 4-panel porn comic, which the audience wrote and drew themselves. The winners got some sweet porn, a copy of Itari Party! Spring Catalogue 2011 or a copy of Bound (both available digitally at Filthy Figments!). The winner of Most Funny asked me to post his, so here it is.

On to SeishunCon II!



Here's a cyber girl commission I did. I love day glo! ^_^


NSFW! They can read the reflections on your eyes from the ceiling cameras!

OK, OK, on to the porn! Gina and I were back en force for the second Filthy Figments panel, this time in Atlanta. We held a contest, we chatted a while, and then I started sketching their requests. The audience was hungry, as the last sketch will show you, and what's up with Smurfs? Whatever! It's porn. Enjoy!

I'll have my con pics up soon on Facebook. Just keep checking the SGVY front page to see when they're up. Thank you to everyone who came by the table and to the panels! Special thank you to the staff of Animazement and SeishunCon! You guys rule! ^_^

Muffin!


Woo! My Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad is finally here! I put my Cintiq stylus next to it to show the scale. I've been waiting to play with it for so long. Perhaps my dream of the portable drawing tablet is here? Let's fire up the iPad! Go, go, "ladyinthesnow"!



I decided to go with SketchBook Pro for iPad since I liked the iPhone version, and I can't really see the advantage of any of the others (if I'm wrong, please email me; I'm very interested in finding a good app). The iPad version is similar to the iPhone version, but it uses more gestures and has a better interface. I don't think I'm using the iPhone version anymore, lol. And hey, it's been discounted from $9.99 to $4.99, so I'd say it's worth checking out for that price.



So here's my first attempt! Not bad. I have a tendency to put my palm on the drawing surface when sketching, so I kept putting stray marks on the page. So for the first minute, I was fighting myself. After getting over that, I did much better:



It's very rough, but it's Yuuki! I can see this being very useful for doing sketches.



Chiaki-chan! ^_^ And finally, here's a video of me sketching an eye:


It's a bit shaky since I was holding the iPhone in my left hand while drawing. This is the closest I'm getting to Ustream, lol.

Now, I paid $15 for the Bamboo Stylus (I had Amazon credit) and $5 for SketchPad Pro, which was a great deal. The stylus normally retails for $29.99 at Wacom's Store (where it's sold out) and Amazon, which is enough to make me hesitate. However, I think I would have bought it anyway, so I guess it's how much you want a paperless experience. It's a nice feeling knowing I don't have to haul all my art supplies around to sketch anymore. Just grab the tablet and go!

Now where's my awesome, portable inking solution? ^_^

Small changes.