About

Welcome to the world Akashik. There are a lot of stories set in this world, many unborn and some on the way. This website is your portal to find them.

Akashik: Remembering is the Key to Survival is the reboot of Akashik: Battle of Angels. It is mostly written and created by K. J. Joyner, but Tim Belcher gives essential advice and ideas when the time comes. (Even if writing sessions with him are like pulling teeth from a duck.)

Akashik is the sister comic to The Heavenly Bride. Akashik is set years after the events of The Heavenly Bride. 

The Akashik Universe is set so far in the future, America is a myth. But true believers know it really existed at one time under the benevolent rule of President Arthur Pendragon. By this point, the Milky Way has been mostly conquered by the noble Reticulan Empire although there are still pockets of resistance. It’s a place where magic works alongside technology. Our main protagonist prefers to use magic, although she likes technology. Sometimes.

Creation

As of 2024 I use the following tools:

1. DAZ Studio rendering with 3Delight with the pwtoon shaders coupled with the AoA Volumetric Camera by Age of Armour. Sometimes I also use the visual shaders for DAZ Studio but not as much as I used to. It just depends on what effect I want. The camera is probably one of the most important tools in my arsenal there.
2. Comic Life where I add sound effects and word balloons. When it comes to lettering, I suck so I’m very grateful for this program.
3. Sometimes I want an animated png page. Then I will create a series of images or pages and assemble them in apng assembler.
4. My Wacom One tablet
5. Painter 2020
6. AKVIS filters
7. Backup hard drives which protect a very large 3D library I’ve been amassing since 1997 or so. Fun fact: a former roommate once thought he’d be slick and delete Akashik’s library. But behold! My backups were hidden in the closet. 
8. Various other bits and bobs

Yes, I do notice a parallel in basic style and creation choice with that hit cartoon The Dragon Prince. The biggest difference between me and them is that their work process has more bells and whistles than mine does, and I’ve been working on producing this comic longer than the show has been alive. (Same goes for RWBY before you ask.) No, the Dragon Prince team did not answer my email when I asked them how they did their noses. I am most envious on how they get their noses to outline perfectly.