009 : RENEWAL

2 days ago
2 min read

Welcome new and old!

Since the 21st, we've...

Continued our drawing practice.
Conceptualized a better direction for our game.
Rewrote the first Act of our epic.
And accidentally formatted my PC, flushing all our files down the toilet.

Whoops.

What have we learned?

How will we move forward?

Let's see!

Impermanence

Nothing lasts forever. Especially if it's not on the cloud.

It's wise not to dwell on this fact, else nothing will be accomplished. I chose to channel my rekindled hatred of laptops to recreate what's been lost.

One of the things I'm missing is the Unreal Engine project files, but it's not so bad. If it had more than just the (very) rudimentary control scheme implemented, maybe my anger could generate nuclear power for the globe for the next twenty years.

... After saying that, I suspect a vicious sabotage to come moments before finally publishing it.

Sacrifices must be made, I suppose.

Drawings!

Despite the setbacks, the epic's visual style has been developing. These are, as of writing this, not where the style is currently. But what's an update without a little bit of a tease? :)

Six sketches. A texture test, a mountain, and five different portraits.

An illustration. The moon looming over smooth, mountainous hills.

The grain is an older stylistic choice, but it's hard to stray from what works. The sepia tone is a bit newer, however. It was featured in a few older works, but it was far more mutes.

Some examples:

Two illustrations. One, a soldier hiding and resting behind a hill. The other, a winged creature flying over a landscape.

Still feeling it out. What do you think?

(This is where I added a poll, but Wix's polls are hideous. Join the newsletter below to participate in those!)

That's all I have for you today.

Next update on the 9th, barring emergencies.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Until then,

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