More On Darkspeeds!

Hi guys and gals, it’s been a very eventful and exciting week for me as I’ve managed to complete the first SONIC UNIVERSE Animated Adaptation with great success – more on that later!

Right now I’d like to give a big thanks to Titan’s Creed (aka Pete – one of the many fantastic and proactive members of the Sonic UK Community) for giving me the opportunity to be featured in this month’s Community Spotlight under
Sonic Wrecks’ Community Updates section of the website (for your information, Sonic Wrecks is among the top ranks of the Sonic fan sites in the UK and is owned by ArchangelUK who was previously SEGA Europe’s ‘Community Manager ‘ and was co-organiser of ‘The Summer of Sonic’ conventions created by Dreadknux).

I had a lot of fun answering the questions presented by Titan’s Creed – if you’d like to read up on them please click on the image below!

May you gain an insightful journey on how Elson ‘Darkspeeds’ Wong came to be. ^_~

The Silver Success!

Okay corny title (and photo of me doing the thumbs up! XD) but nevertheless can I just say that the 2 week long SONIC UNIVERSE Animated Adaptation Project was a remarkable success. I share my success and thanks with Kovabomb because he was the one who got me fired up in making one right after watching and listening to his awesome Sonic Comic Dramas (check out his videos if you haven’t already done so!)

Nevertheless I’d like to thank you all who have shared your support and enthusiasm on the project since the beginning! I’ve received all kinds of feedback and was much appreciative of your input. AND because of the overwhelming response… I’ve decided to embark on ACT 2 with immediate effect! Looks like the blue hedgehog is little jealous… XD Sorry Sonic, it’s time to move the spotlight over to a new bad ass in town!

Oh and a big thank you + shout out to Dreadknux (of The Sonic Stadium), ArchangelUK (of Sonic Wrecks and VGER (of EmeraldCoast.co.uk for posting the completion of the project (i,e, the final video posted on YouTube) up as news! Thank you so much guys, I very much appreciate it. = )

See you all soon for new updates on the next SONIC UNIVERSE Animated Adaptation Project – Act 2 – Scourge: LOCK-DOWN.

GRAND HUNTER

Well the image below says it all folks… It’s been one hell of an awesome journey but as one will say: “All good things must come to an end…”

What you’ll find on this one final update on the GRAND HUNTER site are never before seen concept sketches! Over 15 of them waiting to be observed as they played a crucial role in setting up the chapters that were to come right after Chapter 09: Reunion.

Sonic Fan Music Heaven

These two are probably my most favourite Sonic music remixers of all time.

They produce the type of tempo and upbeat melody that I look for in a Sonic music fan remix. Not only are their compositions signature to a unique style but and the quality production of each track is so good that it’s to the point of uncanny. Another thing to point out about MaxieDaMan and TeeLopes’ music is that they use alot of instruments that I like to hear in a composition – the pan flute, synthesizer, and Caribbean metal drum to name just a few.

Oh and regarding MaxieDaMan (who was someone I actually interviewed on my DJ Darkspeeds podcast via SEGA Sonic Radio about one and a half years ago – listen to it here) – he officially makes a return just this month! Make sure you show him your support by subscribing his channel and maybe spare some funds to purchase his original compositions!

Finally, I only just discovered this today – TeeLopes did an INSANE Sonic the Hedgehog 2 tribute entitled: “Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Musical Trip” – GO LISTEN TO IT IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY! X__X XD

To followed these wonderfully talented musicians please click on the corresponding images below.

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If you’re heading over to DJ Max-E’s new account go and listening to the irresistibly funked-out Balloon Park remix, and as for TeeLopes check out his tropically sweet rendition of the Angel Island Zone.

Oh and for some reason I checked my Twitter moments ago and Psyguy passed this on to me – check this baby out if you love your Sonic the Hedgehog 1 Ending Credits FUNKY-FIED – Psyguy style! You ate too many mushrooms mate… XXD But yeah it’s a pretty darn solid-awesome composition I must say! I can’t wait for the lyrical version to it!! ^__^

DK Halloween Contest

In the mood to for some Halloween fun? How about sharing your creative talents in exchange for some fabulous prizes? You can’t go wrong with this wicked cool contest (hosted for the 6th time!!) that is created by none other than the wonderfully talented Dave & Liz – creators of the DreamKeepers series.

For more information just click on the image below and start getting inspired in crafting some stunning entries for the contest!

You may be asking whether I’ll be entering this year? Well for some reason I have yet come up with an idea for the contest – I really want to impress both the fans and creators to this fantastic community they’ve gathered. Fingers crossed that I’ll be able to make it on time given that I’m working full time at the casino, the need to spend quality time with family, and extra projects that I’m currently working on at the moment (one of them being DK related too! More details of that in the near future!).

Nevertheless I encourage all of you to join! It’s going to be fun, exciting, and very entertaining for everyone participating!

Story Brubaker

Tell me this folks… AIN’T THAT A COOL NAME?? ^_^

I’d like to give a personal congratulations to Jason Brubaker and his wife for the successful birth of their newborn son – Story Brubaker! I’m sure they make great parents and it’s because of people like Jason (who works very hard to get his graphic novel – reMIND – published and recognised across the comics market) that I look up to when it comes to my hobby as a graphic novelist. He’s a proud dad and an amazing bunch of talent, that’s something really proud of. I hope that one day I’ll follow his footsteps to be a family guy/married man as well as others who have been doing similar (like my favourite graphic novelists Dave and Liz – creators of DreamKeepers – who have recently been married).

Please give your support by checking out his amazing and insightful blogs (I’ve said this a hundred times and won’t stop to make mention of it!) as well as his critically acclaimed coffee table book – reMIND.

Alright! That’s it for updates!! Now I can finally get to work!! XXD SCOURGE: LOCK-DOWN? It’s time to ROCK AND ROLL!! *starts scanning, extracting and editing pages to SU #32*

First and foremost there are two important announcements to make today:


i) The rest of the content that goes into this site (i.e. www.darkspeeds.com) have finally been added in, with the exception of the COMMISSIONS page)! The BRAZZLE and LINKS pages have been completed.

ii) Secondly I’m officially set for my five week holiday to West Canada & The United States in the Summertime of July & August!! I’ve approved my annual leave and saved up big time for my revisit to the two countries I’ve missed for four years. I got some friends to catch up and relatives in Vancouver and New York to spend time with which are a bonus to my rather strange infatuation with these Western countries.

Allow me to show you two tours, coming from well reputable small group touring companies, that I’ll be participating.




Moose Travel Network – BIG WEST (9 days)

Trek America – Northern Trail (21 days)

I seriously can’t wait to go off on another amazing adventure with the great outdoors of summertime American and Canada!


I mentioned earlier about how I’ll be catching up with friends during the trip – so far these incredible people include:

i) I’ll be joining Jason (aka Chemb0t - the guy who helped me craft the GH site, AND, I’ve visited him during my visit to San Francisco four years ago! Don’t miss our adventure infiltrating the old SEGA HQ building!), Airlight and Raul (aka Bungie95 - I’ve been wanting to meet this guy in ages!) to go to Comic Con 2011 in San Diego! I’ve vowed to go there once in my lifetime being an avid comic artist and appreciator myself. I’m seriously looking forward to getting the most out of my experience meeting some of the indy artists I’d admired recently (like Jason Brubaker of reMIND) and as well as big time publishers like Sonic Archie Publications & famous comic artists like Scott McCloud, Jeff Smith, and Kazu Kibuishi.




ii) During my tour of the BIG WEST in Canada I’ll be catching up with a fellow named Jason Bonkowski who I’ve met last year at the Summer of Sonic 2010 in London! He was the only Canadian representative there and was a generally cool guy! He’s even offered to drive me around places in some of the towns and outskirts of the Canadian rockies and he even planned to do some camping! I love camping! What a champ.

iii) At the end of my Northern Trail tour I’ll be hitting the Big Apple. While I’m there I’ll be staying with relatives from my mum’s side. However I’ll be arranging a catch up with another fellow Sonic fan named Iceman Etika (who have also attended the Summer of Sonic 2010 like Jason B. did, and I swear that he’s the FRESH PRINCE in disguise…) and of course a very talented and well known voice actor named Mike Pollock (many know him for his awesome role of Dr. Eggman in more recent Sonic video game and cartoon universes, and it’s been a pleasure interviewing him twice on my DJ Darkspeeds podcast!).


Phew! What an adventure it will be, well that’s all for now folks. I’ll keep you up to date with my GRAND HUNTER series with yet another comic update this coming Sunday! Until then have an excellent week! *thumbs up*

Hey guys and gals! How was your week been? Hope that it’s been awesome cuz Darkspeeds ain’t dead yet after leaving deviantART just a couple of weeks ago. Thanks once again to everyone who have posted their thanks and feedback on the journal, it’s been a wonderful read.


Nevertheless, welcome to a spankin’ new renovation to the Darkspeeds.com site. This is official and it is here to stay. Check out all the options to find out more about myself, my works and my thoughts on several cool things on the net (like the Links page for instance).


I’ve finally managed to get my butt into gear and have all my fan-comics available for download in one single location – all files are zipped up and ready to go, how much more easier can it get?

I’ll try to get some of those fan-comics concluded in the process – I’m looking at Picnic Heaven and Klonoa – since they can easily have an ending done in one or two pages.


Also, for the first time I’m going to be open to commissioned work, yes that’s right folks I’m going to break my golden rule and try to be more public about my drawings and offer a service. I’ll be updating this particular section as soon as I could find the time, right now please don’t hesitate to e-mail me about commissions and I’ll look into it within the day. I’ll try to keep prices to a reasonable market level also.


That’s it for now, special thanks to Jason for offering his amazing web know-how to assist in making this site for me.


Don’t forget to check out a brand new page of GRAND HUNTER tomorrow Sunday! Till then make the most out of life! You only live once after all.






Last but not least, I’m going to give a shout-out to my good mate and her girlfriend (Michael & Nikki). It was Mike’s 21st birthday and I’m sure he had a blast celebratin’ it with family and friends for a BBQ back at his parent’s place. I treated them out for Dim Sum (or ‘Yum Cha’) for lunch the other day, it was a fun day out and I’m glad to spending some quality time with my mates back home. I encourage you all to do the same too!