State of the Projects - March 2012

This was another pretty unproductive month of art. I made use of myself with chores, though, so it wasn't as though I was sitting around doing nothing. Okay, there were quite a few days of that. The sixteenth of February, my computer was infected with something nasty (I still have no idea how I got it, how to get rid of it, or what exactly it even is.) Three days were spent trying to fix the computer or prep it for reinstalling Windows. And getting very frustrated and lying in bed, mind racing. And getting depressed because of the dent it put in my art plans and how I can't afford a new computer. I found a System Recovery disc for my computer, so I'm hoping when I use it this weekend, everything will be all right, otherwise it's probably back to saving for a new computer. Until then I'm using a borrowed laptop sparingly, as in this is the second time I've used it since the fiasco.

I can't blame the three days of frustration/depression for all my lack of art to show, though. Uggh... must... keep... busy! Like the comic, I really have to ink and finish the pages, but without my art program to shade and ink it, I lost a little motivation (because I really don't want to post raw pages.)

As I've mentioned on my deviantART, now it's pretty much given I'll never catchy up to my original plans, at least in coloring (even if my computer's well again this weekend, I'm still far behind. If it's not well, it could be months, even a year before I digitally color again.) So I'm taking coloring out of the picture, except for traditional works I had planned. This should make it easier to actually reach some goals this month. But as for my comics... I am concerned. I don't want to use MS Paint to shade and letter. And I need pages sized to specifications. And I don't want to install programs on borrowed or public computers (I may not even be allowed to anyway.) And I don't go to sites I don't trust, especially now. This is such a pickle. I really want to get the comics online as soon as possible, though, so I'm totally crossing my fingers for my computer's recovery!

For the rest, my deviantART may begin to look like a coloring book as I upload lineart. The stuff that gets the most interest will be colored first when I can finally color again. I'll still actually draw and ink the projects in the order of this list, though! Which again has no point system. Darn.

Major Projects

1.) Hellhoney - I drew a calendar page with all the characters.

2.) Minervellas - I drew a sketch of one of the main characters, but that actually fits under my sketching goal rather than a project specific one.

3.) Power Warp - Nothing but thoughts.

4.) Toilet Spawn - Same.

Minor Projects

1.) Optimizzy - Nothing. But I found art I didn't even know that I drew, yay! But that was from last year...

2.) QT Crawlies - Nothing. My reference information was destroyed when I went nuts with the computer. I may have to redraw all the current drawings that I intend to re-draw, then hunt for the library book again (please don't be out of circulation...) to make new notes. Next time I should keep notes on Google Docs...

3.) Random/Silly Calendar - Nothing. Wow, so all I need to do is to ink six drawings to complete my end of March goals for this one now that coloring is out of the picture!

4.) Hobo Story - Nothing. I really wanted to color this digitally, like a children's book. But I guess the beta version will have to be black and white and... I wonder if we can put a Dark Writers watermark on it?

5.) Zodiac - Nothing.

6.) Super Popcorn - Nothing.

7.) Mervscorn - Nothing.

8.) Birds - Nothing.

9.) Plush Owls - Nothing.

10.) Pin-up Calendars - Nothing.

11.) Random Original Art - Nothing.

12.) Pantheon - Nothing.

13.) Playing Cards - Nothing.

14.) Tunnels and Elevators - Nothing. I hope I have a copy of the short story saved somewhere, because the one on my laptop is gone.

15.) I'm a Bug?! - Nothing. Probably need to do the same as with the Hobo Book. Ink and watermark it (somehow) until I can color it. Though I wanted to vector the lineart...

16.) Tutorials - Nothing. Though instead of one on art, maybe I should do one on not freaking out over a broken computer and then read it for myself for the next time I have computer issues.

Even in blogs, I'm so far behind! If not a peep is heard from me this weekend, my computer is probably still infected. In that case, I may have stuff sometime next week to post. I SHOULD have some stuff.