lol what is going on at the buck_tick community? inappropriate fangirl posting? i remember when that comm was all low-key cuz BT were too old for most jrock fans, good ol' days lol. i must say the decline is kind of sad you know? of course everyone wants to fangirl about atsushi and what not, but that's why we all have personal blogs. i used to post a lot of inappropriate commentary/gifs/pics but i did that on here because that community was very professional and info based, but the new crop of members are fucking it up! aha just kidding but honestly...>.>;

Anyway I got my copies of Purple Sky magazine and I have to say it looks fabulous! I can't believe how much a change happened in just the last two issues compared to how it looked before. I think if we had to means to continue making the magazine each issue would gone up to a design level where it would look completely professional and still have its own defined identity. I really enjoyed seeing the growth we had design wise in these two issues I worked on, because the magazine was achieving its own individuality and great visual aesthetic. This issue feels really thin too compared to the summer issue at least. Honestly I can say this issue of the magazine looks a lot better than some of the mags you see on shelves, I mean why are 99% of tattoo magazines so fucking UGLY? the only good one I've seen is Inked magazine, although why their minimalist design scheme doesn't fall onto their website design is beyond me.

I think any future English jrock mag can learn a lot of from the approach Purple Sky took, it is really hard to get into this fandom (and getting people to pay for it due to laissez-fare attitudes that came about due to easy accessibility of the internet, but this is an issue all magazines across the board face), and wanting to continue to participate in it. I think gets harder with each new passing year because, BUT there are people out there working on some exciting new projects so this coming year should be interesting.

Also there's an English version of Gothic & Lolita Bible out, I need to see if I can check it out. It would be cool if they could have English versions of popular Japanese rock mags too :x

Nehuu I shall try and update more but I hardly do because I only really think to post about my own art work, design projects, or tv shows ahha and most people who read this blog before were into it for jrock related things :x