It looks like I've mostly taken January off besides some game jam assets I'm doing, a lot more difficult than I thought but it's good practice. Naturally between this and my focus being on SlothxLove, Witch's Cradle won't be done anytime soon I'm afraid unless some sort of bizarre burst of energy consumes me. Though it might be more likely I'll move it to a different engine...

As for SlothxLove, hurrah for me posting the entirety of chapter 1! I'm planning on translating it all and posting to xholic when I get a free moment to myself. I've written about half of the pages for chapter 2 and started to draw drafts.




Unfortunately the weather in Australia is sapping my energy and most of my time is dedicated to said game jam as it's far more time sensitive. Hopefully I'll be able to cool off and muster up some kind of motivation! Although I also wish to say that times have been rather uneasy as of late and I can't tell anyone that everything will be fine... But I will say, even if something happens there's people fighting for what's right.

Please stay safe.

So I'm typing this as I get ready to work on another character's dialogue portrait. Maybe finish up some pages but I'm proud that I've been awfully productive lately.

I'm still working the page for Witch's Cradle but it's not a high priority, the game is. I've finished up the basic expressions for Nie's sprite and here's the comparison!


Now, doesn't that look better?

The song I commissioned for the demo is coming along well too! It's being done by the talented Ms. Noelle Aman! If you like analysis and informed thoughts about Japanese visual novels, especially more obscure ones go have a look at her YouTube Channel! I'm not sure if I could post a preview of the song but let's say for safety's sake it'll be a surprise when everyone plays!


As for SlothxLove? I've begun uploading it onto ComicFury as well.
Here's the link!

With it I've also uploaded a new page and number five is lined up to be uploaded on time as well! As a matter of fact, I've completed pages up to seven and thumbnailed several more. I don't have a solid idea of timeline but there are major events I do want to hit during the comic's run. I'm not sure where I'd like it to end either. Oh well, things will work out.


However, don't you worry I'm hardly working myself into burnout. I've had several days off in between working on things just playing my recent favorites,

Or rather where I am since I haven't publicly posted about my projects much. I like keeping things to myself just in case I don't follow through and disappoint people who are really into it though I can't let it control me. I love creating things and maybe they're not finished half the time, it's something and experience.

Anyways, here's the update.

Witch's Cradle:
Several things have happened, like ditching my initial idea of making it a 1st person dungeon crawler. Something that I struggled with relentlessly since I wanted to emulate games I've personally enjoyed but I think I was more captured by the writing. It happened to be just a common itch that's scratched in the genre for me.

A lot of the visual assets have been completed, I would say about 60%, though I am redrawing the talk sprites.

I want to be more relaxed and messy since that's what is more comfortable to me. I also need to draw more overworld sprites and this might cause some characters to be redesigned to a degree. Some of them do not translate well to tiny pixel art. Other than that, a song I have commissioned for the game is coming along well. I can't wait to bring it all together!

SlothxLove
Page 2 is completed! There were some glitches as I'm trying to figure out Clip Studio's exporting quirks but it's fixed and should be posted on Friday. Though my inability to plan ahead is already kicking me in the ass, I can certainly come up with set pieces but having a reasonable in between still escapes me. Oh well, this is partially why I'm even doing this comic in the first place!



- Water (AKA: Imp)