The Vixen put together some new poses! We’re getting there. Once we have Kameko’s look finally figured out, we’ll be creating the rest of her family.
Bemused Kammy-chan
We're not done yet...
These are still prototypes… here are a few other sketches from dear Chino:
More sketches from Chino
I really liked the “long hair” Kam, but I think we’ll maybe use this design for her sister.
You’d think that moving from our old servers (Windows 2008) to our new servers (Windows 2003) would be pretty simple, seeing as our code is so old-school. But oh now, Microsoft don’t ship the database drivers for 64bit Windows by default. Joy.
So here’s what you have to do to get MySQL 5.1 working with classic ASP under Windows Server 2003 64bit:
e.g.:
PROVIDER=MSDASQL; DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver}; SERVER=myserver; DATABASE=mydatabase; USER=mydbuser; PASSWORD=mydbpass; OPTION=3;
You should now be good to go. If you googled and saw posts about getting IIS to run in 32bit mode as a solution… don’t. It’s a world of pain, and when we tried it made our server really unstable.
We’ve just moved servers as we get ready for the big push for BiteSizedJapan, so please excuse the mess while I move the old blogs here! S.
Over the months (years?) that BiteSizedJapan has been bumping around between people there have been many, many designs for the magazine layout, the technology behind it, even the music! But by far the hardest part of the entire design has been our hostess! Kameko has gone through many generations, and as we get closer to nailing the final designs, my dear new friend Chino in Japan smacked us with a twist on our Kameko character… and we just love her!
Chino's "Kameko remix" (Isn't she cute?)
Original Kameko design
This has given us a bit of a kick in the pants, and we’re going to be spending the next week or so actually sitting down to finish all the character illustrations.
Big thanks to Chino!