Project: April and Friends - Log #031

 Felt a bit crap, but I still did pretty good

Happy to say I've been back on working on my scripts this week. I've finally got the direction I want this chapter to go (finally!). Not so happily, I hadnn't felt that great throughout the week due to some real-life things I feel would be inappropriate mentioning, especially on a platform like this. It'd been a while since I last felt that bad, but it's a good thing all that didn't stop me from making a decent amount of progress on my project.

I've also decided to get back to working on some of my older story ideas and try turn them into comics. This is so I've got some comic content to get out earlier. It's good that I'm doing this too, just so that I can get the whole gist of making comics before I make any mistakes with the big one.

Also, I've got 7 out of 9 main/secondary character turnarounds done! It's just Wyra and Ida's left. However, I'm not gonna move on to the next batch of concept art, just yet. I want to return back to my previous character turnarounds and make adjustments or even completely redraw some of them. It's just that some of them don’t have good silhouettes, don’t work when it comes to physics, or just look off-model. Afterwards, I'm thinking about doing significant item/object sheets.

That should be all my major progress for the week ^_^

-Chocco

Project: April and friends - Log #030

Forgot to mention uni stuff last week, but I’m free (enough), now!

I’m a couple days overdue, but at least this is better than last time! Anyways, I didn’t really mention much about my due dates for some uni assignments last week, probably because last update was pretty much long enough. But, they did happen, and those days were pretty intense, so I guess I didn’t really get that much done with this project last week. At least those due dates are out of the way. My next one’s on the 31st, at least from what I know right now.

That aside, I’ve been thinking about a few things… Firstly, I really wanna change how the prologue will go. All it does, really, is just hint to some major plot points and show a bit of the main location of where the story will play out. What I’m saying is, I feel like I could introduce the type of story I’m trying to tell a lot better, so I’m thinking about adding a bit more.

Secondly, I also want to change up how some of the character turnarounds are. Some of the silhouette tests aren’t really clear for some of them, and I feel like I could make some adjustments to their shapes in general, too. I dunno why this happens, but whenever I try making some “official” art for my project, sometimes things just look really off-model for some reason, which is kinda funny! Oh well, I hope it ends one day, haha…

I’ve also made an update to my routine where I’m gonna try spend more scheduled time on this project, and other projects too, since I want to start off my whole comic-artist journey type thing pretty soon. I just feel like it’s about time I actually started being properly organised with my passions n’ stuff. That’s all I have to say for this bit really.

And, that’s also all I’ve got for this week.
Yeah.

-Chocco

Project: April and friends - Log #029

I’ll make this a weekly thing again, starting NOW

So once again, I haven’t written on this blog in two moths or maybe more… But, just because I haven’t been keeping up with logs n’ stuff, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been really doing anything. I’m happy to say that since my last update, I’ve made some good progress on the project!

Firstly, I’ve set up a Blogspot blog for where my comics will be and I’ve decided to put my official comic scripts on there. I’ve done some final edits on them while adding them onto there, too. During all that editing, I also should mention that I’ve changed it up a little to read a bit more like a screenplay and a novel at the same time, if that makes sense. When I say “novel” I mean that I’ve tried to give the action parts a bit more “character” and tone and stuff. The screenplay aspect’s more on the whole “INT/EXT. LOCATION - TIME” thing. A link to the page has been added to the script archive.

I’ve also decided it was about time I started working on some actual concept art for the project, starting with character turnarounds of the main and secondary characters. I’ve done 5 out of 9 so far! You can view them on my projects Twitter.

I noticed I’ve been more active in adding actual scenes onto the storyline, too. I’ve got them all up on a Google document and it’s 8 pages long so far, and it goes all the way from where I’m up to to anywhere near the end! I’m pretty glad that now’s probably the time I’m actually taking the project somewhere.

Also, I’m deciding that the title isn’t going to be “Project: Proclo” anymore. I’m still putting the whole title stuff on hold. I’m keeping it as “Project: April and friends” for now, which will NOT make the final cut. Yeah, this bit’s probably the hardest aspect of it all…

That’s all I’ve got for now. I’m hoping to get another update down next week and make this a weekly thing. I better not forget!

-Chocco

Project: Proclo - Log #028

Database update

The database finally has links to all of the main 9 characters! 

You can see them, >>here<<

The majority, if not all, of them are still works in progress, but they’re filled enough to be released publicly. Excited to add more to the database!

-Chocco

Drones - Log #002

 Getting back into writing "Drones"

Drones is back in terms with progress! I've decided to let myself a little looser with this one and just started getting some scenes down. I'll alter them later, of course, depending on what direction I'll take the story, but at least it feels like I'm making progress.

I've also got a small notebook where I spill my ideas. It's not that full at the moment, but I'm feeling kind of hopeful!

Project: Proclo - #027

 Got another person familiar with my stuff!

Recently talked to an old classmate who was interested in my advice when it came to writing and stuff. I also got given some recommendations in exchange, too!

Since that talk, I’ve finally thought it’s about time I got myself into some of the sci-fi cult classics, especially since I’ve been meaning to get into some of them in the past few years. Weird that I never really got round to getting into them, especially since, imagining from a stranger’s perspective, I’d picture myself to be into a bunch of sci-fi cult classics. 

I’ve also launched a couple places relating to this project…

First off’s a just-in-case sort of thing. I’ve made a Blogspot which’ll be the main place I’ll upload more polished comics of the characters featured in the project. Doesn’t matter how big or small, it’s just gotta be polished. You can see it >>Here<<.

The next thing I launched is a blog on newTumbl. I realised I never had a place where I could just talk about the more useless things relating to any of my projects, similarly to the way I do it on Twitter. Except this time, those notes won’t get buried under unrelated things. You can see it >>here<<.

That’s all I’ve got for now!

-Chocco

Project: Proclo - Log #026

Sorry I haven’t written in a while!!!

I know, it’s been almost a month since I last updated, but a lot has happened over the past weeks, in regards to this project! Unfortunately, it’s not the completion of chapter 5′s script, though… I’ll try to set myself a due date get that done sometime this month. I feel like I want to actually get serious with my script updates, from now on.

When it comes to the project’s info site, I’ve updated it a lot! It’s reached a stage where all the important elements are pretty much done and now I can just keep adding on new things that are important. 

Here’s what it looks like now:

>>Site Here<<

I’ve also been working on the lore, a couple short stories, and some assorted future scenes, too.

Again, I’m sorry about the nearly month-overdue update. I should be updating regularly again, soon.