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10 years ago
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Runde brought this up in my last journal, and its been on my mind for a good while now, so lets talk about it.
If you haven't noticed, a lot of my recent drawings/sketches have primarily been of my own lizard things. For about 10 years now I've always been wanting to do more with these guys, primarily some sort of Metroidvania-style platformer (the main reason that engine I made exists) or even a comic (probably more doable). The problem of course is that I kinda lack the necessary skills to pull off something like that. The only thing I really have to show for it are some of the characters and some abstract ideas about what they are. I've never really been able to form any kind of coherent plot to have them do anything, or a reason to care about them (i.e. I still have no clue why exact Beldima became a ghost-snake thing, I just liked the design idea). People do seem to like the character designs so far, so I suppose that's a plus. :V So I'd definitely would need to run across some writers, other artists, designers, composers, all that fun junk to get it to work...except I have no clue how much any of that would cost in the long run. On top of that I'm not all that great at pitching ideas, especially with what little I've actually settled on. I dunno, maybe it needs some more time in the oven before its ready (maybe another 10 years :P).
Should mention that the official name of this project is called "Lacertia", which obviously invovles a bunch of reptile junk. Because I love reptiles ok gawd.
As for Patreon, I've seen a bunch of folks starting up one of these to make a few extra bucks for support. Of course as you know I could use all the help I can get at this point...I just don't know exactly what to offer. My drawing output is rather erratic with few completed works ever coming out. A lot of what I currently produce is just mindless scribbles that may or may not turn out into a full drawing (provided the sketch even reaches that point). My rather dubious access to the internet doesn't help much either (I'm stuck on phone internet, which fluctuates between 4G and dreadful 2G), so uploading large files could be a problem as well. I suppose the idea of making a few bucks could probably change that...
I dunno, maybe its just my anxiety talking and I just need to get over it or something.
(But actually talking about it for once is a good first step.)
If you haven't noticed, a lot of my recent drawings/sketches have primarily been of my own lizard things. For about 10 years now I've always been wanting to do more with these guys, primarily some sort of Metroidvania-style platformer (the main reason that engine I made exists) or even a comic (probably more doable). The problem of course is that I kinda lack the necessary skills to pull off something like that. The only thing I really have to show for it are some of the characters and some abstract ideas about what they are. I've never really been able to form any kind of coherent plot to have them do anything, or a reason to care about them (i.e. I still have no clue why exact Beldima became a ghost-snake thing, I just liked the design idea). People do seem to like the character designs so far, so I suppose that's a plus. :V So I'd definitely would need to run across some writers, other artists, designers, composers, all that fun junk to get it to work...except I have no clue how much any of that would cost in the long run. On top of that I'm not all that great at pitching ideas, especially with what little I've actually settled on. I dunno, maybe it needs some more time in the oven before its ready (maybe another 10 years :P).
Should mention that the official name of this project is called "Lacertia", which obviously invovles a bunch of reptile junk. Because I love reptiles ok gawd.
As for Patreon, I've seen a bunch of folks starting up one of these to make a few extra bucks for support. Of course as you know I could use all the help I can get at this point...I just don't know exactly what to offer. My drawing output is rather erratic with few completed works ever coming out. A lot of what I currently produce is just mindless scribbles that may or may not turn out into a full drawing (provided the sketch even reaches that point). My rather dubious access to the internet doesn't help much either (I'm stuck on phone internet, which fluctuates between 4G and dreadful 2G), so uploading large files could be a problem as well. I suppose the idea of making a few bucks could probably change that...
I dunno, maybe its just my anxiety talking and I just need to get over it or something.
(But actually talking about it for once is a good first step.)
with your game and such.
as for money, though about doing commissions?
you do have a great talent for art.
the idea of commissions have been in my head for years now, but I always kinda shyed away from it. I suppose it didn't help I was in an art block so long and a bit of anxiety. Now that I've regained some confidence I'm definitely considering it agian.
don't think about weather its gonna be good or not, just Draw.
i think you have good skills, you are being hard on yourself, people who buy from you wont dislike what they get from you (aside from maybe one or two overly picky saps)