Lot's of Work but Barely any Updating?

Hello guys.  I haven't updated in nearly a month.  Pretty bad BUT I have been doing work of Trapped.  As I have said in the last post, all the sprites are done.  I am redoing the scenery work as I am unhappy with how the previous scenery drawings looked.  

With my current understanding of shapes, digital coloring, and working in general, I feel that redoing the scenery work will not take a long time.   I'm also drawing from references so that really does help my progress.

For the future of this blog, I will post weekly updates on to where I am on Trapped.

PROGRESS 

1. All 7 sprites are done.
2. All previous line arts of scenery has been determined useless and 8 pencil sketches of backgrounds are being worked on.
3. The story and writing has been proof read and 95% finished.
4. Five special scenes need to be redrawn and inked.  

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Last Sprite is Finished

I finally finish my very last sprite.  It took almost a year to finish these sprites.  Out of lack of knowledge of digital coloring, procrastination, and doubting myself.  

Thanks to National Novel Writing Month, I have a better since of time and setting a schedule for myself.  I feel a sense of relief but I can't relax completely at the moment.  Now to get to the scenery.  

The good news is that most of the scenery is outlined in Manga Studio at least.  

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I'm still trying to get the hang of monochrome to color but I'm getting close to completing him.

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Last Possible Sprite

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I'm on the last sprite.  Hopefully, the last one.  This character is not that emotional so he only has another emotion sprite for me to draw.  On to the coloring.

Next to Last Sprite

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Finally...

The next to last sprite is done.  

Doing Things Differently in 2014

The Year 2014

It is finally 2014 and I hope that everyone had a happy New Year.  As with all new years, most people decide to set a few goals or one goal for themselves.  One of my goals is getting two visual novels done this year.  Trapped IS almost finished.

Doing Things Differently

 I am going to start working on my visual novel with a friend who is also working on visual novels.  This someone has already made two visual novels and is in the process of making another visual novel.  Working with someone who already knows what they are doing is highly encouraging.  There are less chances of me making mistakes with my sprites and an even bigger chance of finishing my visual novel within two months.  

Through working at various staffing agencies last year, I came up with the idea to download a WordPress plugin that tracks time.  There are various time tracking plugins for WordPress in the plugin database.  I have already deleted one plugin that did not work for me and I just downloaded a new time tracking plugin a few minutes ago.  When I find the right one, I will mention what it is.  The purpose of setting a desired amount of hours I should devote my time to for a week, is to get me working more on my visual novel.

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I've Been Busy

Certifications

So I noticed I have not posted here in a while.  I am sorry for my long absence.  I used to update often on this blog, every week.  I have been busy studying for Information Technology certifications such as Network+, Security+, and Windows 7.   School and work and I'm sure everyone gets the idea.

 Indie Game Companies & Better Drawing

I recently joined another indie game company about two months ago after the previous indie game company disbanded.  This company requires me to draw scenery instead of the character concept sketches I have grown used to doing over the years.  I have discovered that drawing scenery is not one of my strengths and I maybe kicked off the team due not meeting the manager's requirements.

Like the previous company, I've been promised to get paid when the company releases its game.  This means more working for free on somebody else's work, I'm struggling to care about, with a huge chance of not getting any money any time soon.  On the other hand, I have forced myself to look at references for trees, acorns, etc in order to draw scenery.  This means better artwork for my visual novels.  If the company decides not to take me in the end, then I have more free time to work on projects I am passionate about.

More Focused Now

Speaking of passionate projects I finished writing a 50,000 word novel last month for National Novel Writing Month.  There was tons of time spending nights alone and on the computer and it took a lot for me to turn down friends who wanted me to hang out or  I forced myself to stay for two hours at parties and leave.  Through doing this challenge, I realize what I must do in order to get this visual novel done.

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