HUZZAH!

The Smut Peddler Kickstarter is launched!

And I'm in it!

That banner directly under the video? That's from my entry! ^__________________^

As the title suggests, it is a comic for adults. Specifically it is completely pro-women, which was the number one thing that drew me to this project in the first place. Adult comics by women for women? Every creative team must have at least one female? Heck yes, sign me up!

"But Erica, I thought you drew stuff for kids? What gives?!" Haha well, few might know this, but I used to do commissions of the NSFW nature at conventions long before Sea Princess Azuri came out. It was fun.

Steve Horton was my writer on this little project, working with him was an absolute blast. You should check out his other stuff too.

So hop on over to Kickstarter and check it out! The money goes directly to the artists and believe me, it is an all-star lineup. I am honored to be in a book with them.

Check out this io9 article about it too! [link]





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MY WORK!

The PSP Project,

Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue

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MY WEBSITES!

Erica Leigh Currey's Portfolio Site
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey

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Hey everyone!

How cool is this, I'm the spotlight artist on the front page of The PSP Project right now! That means 30% off for the next few days, until the end of the month! Better hurry!




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MY WORK!

The PSP Project,

Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue

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MY WEBSITES!

Erica Leigh Currey's Portfolio Site
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey

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Hi everyone! How are you?

I'm extraordinarily happy to announce I'm going to have PSP tubes of my art for sale once again!!

The lovely folks over at The PSP Project have hooked me up.

I spent literally all weekend digging through 100+ discs, pulling all the layered photoshop files out. (Sure it was fun to name important folders things like YEARG8 when I was a teenager, but now I can't remember what the heck YEARG means! Or what the first 1 - 7 YEARG's contain. Thanks teenage self. Uff, boring ordinary folder names for me from now on!)

... Oh alright, I didn't have to open every SINGLE one of the 100 discs. But it was certainly a few spools worth. I also fixed a couple of the more glaring anatomical errors on some of my older pieces.

So, be on the lookout for new tubing arts from me!

In the meanwhile Sugar Ninjas #3 is out and is totally sweet! (Pun intended) My good friends Heidi Arnhold and Dana Yang are in it! You should pick up a copy! ^_^ ^_^






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PUBLICATIONS

I'm Erica Leigh Currey (Erica Reis), author and artist of the shoujo mermaid manga:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

And the artist on
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue



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WEBSITES

Erica Currey's Portfolio Site
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey


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May 21, 2011
I was ready some of your fan comments further down and was asking myself some of the same questions they are asking you lol. I do miss not having the full story on Azuri, I wanted to see how things went for her and thalo. Also are you thinking about doing anymore comics? Faeries seem to be your thing now, it would be totally awesome if a decent fairy manga came out lol.

Hi there. Thanks for your comment!

As for Thalo and Azuri, I had wanted to do a sort of reverse-Little-Mermaid story with them, with the secret coral ladythings sending nasties after him and Azuri having to go find and rescue him; meanwhile political intrigues back at the palace and the queen's throne in danger and Azuri would have to go back and save the kingdom. Queendom. Fun times. No plans to finish it now I'm afraid, not unless I and all the other TP artists get our rights back, which I don't really see happening. Meanwhile any plot or concepts I didn't use in the first 2 volumes that I still like have sort of already been cannibalized for new stories which, hopefully, will turn out to be even better!

I'm planning a possibly-massive art dump sometime soon. Faeries, and yes mermaids too. Pretty mermans, there aren't enough of those. I've been leaning toward a more classical view of mermaids lately, with human skin at the top half. What I like about the Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (what a mouthful!) designs are that you can instantly recognize what series they're from with only a glance.

This one comic, I'm thinking of putting all the issue pages up free for everyone to read. I might - MIGHT - continue it as a webcomic, if there seems to be enough interest, but if not that's okay, it was a fun cute little project.

I seem to be getting a few comments on the mermaids that are missing from my gallery. I'm pleasantly surprised by that! I had gone through one night in a rage and cleared out all the old work that I thought sucked, only leaving a few up that seemed to be liked or something. I thought no one would miss them. You sweeties! <3  I'll have to go through my backup discs and find the ones people miss!

Hmm, time to plug some things:

Some friends of ours from college have started a funny webcomic: Roy's Boy's ( [link] )
They do a monthly podcast too where they answer super silly questions people have sent in. I don't normally listen to podcasts but I keep listening to this one. (Sometimes NSFW)

I've fallen in love with this webcomic, which many or more probably all of you know already due to the sheer magnitude of its awesomeness: 's Starfighter ( [link] ) (p.s. it's NSFW + yaoi)

And of course, Sugar Ninjas will be out later this year! You should totally pick up a copy. [link]






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PUBLICATIONS

I'm Erica Leigh Currey (Erica Reis), author and artist of the shoujo mermaid manga:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

And the artist on
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue



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WEBSITES

The official Sea Princess Azuri site
www.seaprincessazuri.com

Erica Currey's online portfolio
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey


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Holy effing eff.

This is the coolest video game trailer I have seen in YEARS.

WATCH IT NOW.

[link]



(P.S. My husband worked on this game!! ^______________________^ )





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PUBLICATIONS

I'm Erica Leigh Currey (Erica Reis), author and artist of the shoujo mermaid manga:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

And the artist on
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue



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WEBSITES

The official Sea Princess Azuri site
www.seaprincessazuri.com

Erica Currey's online portfolio
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey


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Hey guys!

Check this out!!

A good friend of mine is starting up this year's annual anthology, a comic anthology with an all-girl contributor cast.

[link]

Submissions are open! And it looks like it's going to be in color this year, what what?

I'm thinking I want to do a comic short story for it. I'm having trouble deciding which story to do though! It's got to be one of two:

One is a brand new mermaid story, loosely based on some of the artwork in my gallery. Like this one:

[link]

Namely, a race of tiny mermaids you could get at the petshop, and a girl who could never afford one but mysteriously gets one from an unknown sender.

The other choice would be a stand-alone involving faeries, like some of the ones I've been drawing recently. A love story maybe, or something involving faery magic school.

What do you think I should do? I've got to decide quick!






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PUBLICATIONS

I'm Erica Leigh Currey (Erica Reis), author and artist of the shoujo mermaid manga:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

And the artist on
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue



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WEBSITES

The official Sea Princess Azuri site
www.seaprincessazuri.com

Erica Currey's online portfolio
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey


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Oh em gee you guys thanks for all the birthday comments! ^_____^

This was seriously the best birthday I've had in years.

To start with, friends of ours had a pretty big party at their house a couple days before (it was a landmark birthday for her, that kind of thing deserves a big party!), we stayed up real late talking to people and basically making a little thing called human connection. Good times.

On the big day, my husband took me up to Chicago to the Science and Industry museum. We went to see Body Worlds! Omg.

Well we got there early because it turns out that exhibit is the kind you have to get specific tickets for, and the times you can go in are staggered. So we wandered about looking at all the new stuff since it's been years since we've been there. Well, wandered, and then went and had a sit so I wouldn't get overwhelmed.

We live in such a little town right now that we're not used to regular city traffic anymore! (Horrors!) So the drive up there was a little stressful when the navigatey box took us on a very... interesting... route to get to the museum. And then trying to find parking made me go omg, so my poor little head was all ready to have a panic attack at the sudden crowds and lights and bangs. But I didn't! And I got over it reasonably quickly.

Still, that made for interesting results on this exhibit game thing we tried. XD

It was one of those things that measures brainwaves with sensors on a headband, the game is to make a little pingpong ball move to your opponent by clearing your mind, and being more relaxed, so that your brain makes less activity for the sensors to pick up than your opponent. Oh hang on here's the site:

[link]

There was a crowd around it. We watched other people try, they had graph readouts about in the middle. One girl won really fast by having her graph hang way down at the bottom, I overheard her say "My doctor says I'm very relaxed." Then we tried. Oh gosh.

Well, the husband won. When I got up I discovered I'd flatlined - at the top!

XD XD XD XD

Loooool. Oops.

So Body Worlds was pretty danged cool. I had planned to sketch but there was so much to look at and read. You can google what it is and see some of the figures we saw, but let me tell you this: photos just do not do it justice. They really, really don't. The figures were in glass cases so we could walk all the way around them. Helped me figure out some issues I've been having. Like knees. I never really understood knees before, I think maybe I can draw them better now. We'll see!

Then we ran around the other exhibits right up until they closed, although the gift shop was still crowded. Matt bought me the cutest little white whale necklace, even though he'd already gotten me the Intuos4 and the museum trip. He found a dapper hat for himself too.

The day could only have ended one way, which was pad thai. Deelishus pad thai.

I have been breaking in the new tablet by entering woot shirt derbies. I've done like three in a row. Not anywhere near the fog of war yet but that's alright, it's more for the practice - and the imminent nature of needing to submit them asap, which keeps me from tweaking a thing forever.

Also, there was another party, last night! And by last night I mean friday night. And by another party I mean a big one downtown. It was fun. Two parties in seven days, hot damn, I'm on a roll!







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PUBLICATIONS

I'm Erica Leigh Currey (Erica Reis), author and artist of the shoujo mermaid manga:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

And the artist on
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue



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WEBSITES

The official Sea Princess Azuri site
www.seaprincessazuri.com

Erica Currey's online portfolio
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey


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8D 8D 8D 8D 8D 8D 8D Early birthday present from husband! NEW TABLET!! EEEEEEEEEEE

I have an Intuos4! I'm so excited!

I can digitally paint again!

Lot of stuff going on this weekend, I believe there is a group movie and a party. Looking forward to that. ^_^

Watching the husband play Dragon Age 2.




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PUBLICATIONS

I'm Erica Leigh Currey (Erica Reis), author and artist of the shoujo mermaid manga:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

And the artist on
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue



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WEBSITES

The official Sea Princess Azuri site
www.seaprincessazuri.com

Erica Currey's online portfolio
www.sugarpencil.com

Follow me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey


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Edit: Thank you everyone! I now have a fantastic list to read. Should last me a little while at least. ^____^


Hey guyz!

I need suggestions for really really good fantasy books!

Or, extraordinarily good books in general!

It has been a long time since I got yelled at in math class every day for reading instead of paying attention, so I am out of the loop on what's good!

Plz to help!

Exclamation point!

I have read:
LOTR
Harry Potter
Dragonlance
Redwall
Christopher Moore



(P.S. Yes my site is down. I'm transferring to a new host! Should be back up next week. ^___^ )





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PUBLICATIONS

Erica Leigh Currey (maiden name Erica Reis), author and artist of the shoujo mermaid manga:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2

And the artist of!
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue

Visit Erica Currey's website at:
www.sugarpencil.com

Or, find me on twitter!
twitter.com/EricaCurrey

You guys.

You guys you guys.

You GUYS.

I just made a new twitter account!

twitter.com/EricaCurrey

Should I start posting things like all the time on it? Like, do you guys actually want to know the minutia about my daily writing progress or what outfit I'm wearing? XD I think I might start doing that. WHOCARES if no one reads it, maybe it'll be fun.

OhmygoshIdrankwaytoomuchcaffeinejustnowHI.

P.S. I'm totally at our weekly game of D&D right now.





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Erica Leigh Currey (Erica Reis) is the author and artist of:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2
Available on Amazon!

And the artist of:

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue
Now available on Amazon!

Visit Erica Currey's website at:
www.sugarpencil.com

Ohai.

Back home in Illinois. It was tough to leave my family. Got good news the other day though, mom's cast is coming off a lot sooner than we thought! Yaaay. I'm told she just got a bright red one.

It was really good to see my mom again, and not have to rush around with the stress of holidays or moving or anything. I spent a lot of time just hanging with her watching stuff (omg she has all the HBO channels we don't have). They had to saw through bone so she's got the good meds.

I've never broken a bone, so I have no idea what that's like. o_o; Well, hang on *think* ... they did have to cut through bone to remove my wisdom teeth.

My sister gave me prezzies from Japan!! I am now the proud owner of a pink Lolita purse and crown necklace.

So much yay.

We did manage to visit Dragon's Lair for a little bit, and there I met a dude Matt (different from husband Matt) who worked on some comics that I own. That was cool. Oh community of local comic artists, how I miss you so.

Dude. There were cowboy boots. Tried on. Was gonna buy some, then didn't, then mom was "If you don't buy them I will!" so now they'll get here monday. YAY. Can't wait. >8D

(Was pleasantly surprised at how much arch support they have, aktually. I have terrible trouble finding shoes for high arches!)

P.S.
At D&D the other night apparently there's some kind of fairy dragon following us around. One morning it made my paladin guy wake up bright magenta. Derp.

P.P.S.
Once upon a time I knew how to write spastic hyper lolful entries. I FEEL OLD.

This has been a message from public Soli announcements.





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Erica Leigh Currey (also known as Erica Reis) is the author and artist of:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2
published by Tokyopop
Available on Amazon!

And the artist of:

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue
produced by BOOM! Studios
Also available on Amazon!

Visit her website at:
www.sugarpencil.com

Waiting at the hospital LALALA D8

I typed the information wrong in my last journal. Mom has a heel spur, AND her achilles tendon is partially severed, plus some other stuff they've got to fix in there. o_________o

Poor Mommy! ;___;

But they gave her the good drugs, so... And they're sending us home with a wheelchair so she won't even have to use the crutches. And I'm here and my sister is here to help.

I'm just trying not to be nervous and trying not to imagine just what they're in there doing to her right now...

UPDATE:
Yaaaay they're done it went fine she's recovering YAY YAY YAY.




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Erica Leigh Currey (also known as Erica Reis) is the author and artist of:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2
published by Tokyopop
Available on Amazon!

And the artist of:

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue
produced by BOOM! Studios
Also available on Amazon!

Visit her website at:
www.sugarpencil.com

I'm flying to texas tomorrow to help my mom recover from a not-life-threatening surgery. She's got a big painful heel spur that's got to be removed. Pump bump they call it?

I'm trying not to be anxious. Everything should go fine. And hey, I get to see my family.

I remade my website this week.

I decided I hate that mermaid pendant I sculpted and have started another one. It was a very good learning experience and definitely taught me several things NOT to do. XD




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Erica Leigh Currey (also known as Erica Reis) is the author and artist of:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2
published by Tokyopop
Available on Amazon!

And the artist of:

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue
produced by BOOM! Studios
Also available on Amazon!

Visit her website at:
www.sugarpencil.com

Hello everybody!

I have been up to SO many things. I am learning to make resin! Soon my Etsy shop will open its digital doors. But before it does, I'm dying to know:

What kind of resin jewelry do you like?

What shape or color or glitter-filled embedded thing would simply be so fabulous that you had to have it?

I absolutely LOVE this girl's shop: [link]
Doesn't it look delicious? Like everything she makes is made of candy. Some of it actually is!

And this shop is so edgy and fun: [link]
She's got a little something for everyone!

I've been drooling over their resin pendants for months. If I could I'd buy up every single one they make; I love how they are so colorful and glittery and heart-shaped. So I can't wait to see my own finished results, but of course I don't want to just copy the artisans I admire! That's why I'm sculpting my own shapes instead of using the pre-made molds you can buy.

And that's where you come in!

Is there a type of necklace or earrings, some special shape that you wish existed but doesn't?

I for one am tired of seeing the exact same metal fairy over and over. Variety please!




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PUBLICATIONS

Erica Leigh Currey (also known as Erica Reis) is the author and artist of:
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 1
Sea Princess Azuri: Volume 2
published by Tokyopop
Available on Amazon!

And the artist of:

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue
produced by BOOM! Studios
Also available on Amazon!

Licensed Erica art at:
WWW.MYPSPTUBES.COM


Visit her website at:
www.sugarpencil.com

Haiguyz!

Well, I'm at least updating my journal once a month. We have moved into our first house!

I love it here, I get actual sun instead of perpetual darkness like in the old apartment, and we have a big beautiful backyard that is just begging to be transformed into gardens. It gives me a happy.

So all our stuff is here! But I had to set up my office into a quick and dirty functional workspace instead of the perfectly decorated, painted office that I imagined, because I'm still working my butt off on Finding Nemo! (New office furniture and painted walls will just have to come later ^_^ )

I've finished the inks on issue three and working on issue 4. I've been so busy that I haven't been able to get out to the comic stores to see it on shelves yet! But we did make a quick run to Barnes and Noble the other day so I could grab a new audiobook (I'd go insane without audiobooks to listen to while working!) and they told us that they had issues of Finding Nemo but that they sold out! I'm really happy to hear that. ^_____^

I get to design new characters, and these latest characters are really fun. I can't say anything yet! ^_~ I will post the covers to issue 3 and 4 as soon as I can, gotta wait and see if there's any more last minute changes Pixar wants me to do!

Wow this journal has a lot of exclamation points.

Once I know issue 2 is out on stands I'll see about putting up some pages, since I actually colored that one!



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Erica Leigh Reis Currey
author of
Sea Princess Azuri
(published by Tokyopop)
Available on Amazon! Volume 1: [link] , Volume 2: [link]

www . seaprincessazuri . com

Holy cow I cannot believe I've been married for a whole year already. WHERE DID THE TIME GO

At this time exactly one year ago, we were sleep deprived and doing the mad dash to get the last bits of sewing done. My dress was completely spread out over the living room floor. Wedding stuff and flowers exploded everywhere. And somehow we got it all done and it was fantastic.

Fastfoward one year later. We're in the middle of packing as we've got 'till the end of the month to move into our first house! I'm working madly on Finding Nemo comics! Look look! The first issue is available to buy!!


Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue #1 (Cover B)


8D

Well, back to work for me! Really really busy with the other issues, that's why I haven't been active online much. And after that there will be packing and unpacking and painting to do!
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Erica Leigh Reis Currey
author of
Sea Princess Azuri
(published by Tokyopop)
Available on Amazon! Volume 1: [link], Volume 2: [link]

www . seaprincessazuri . com