NaNoWriMo! (and an explination, lol)

So. I am AMAZING at keeping up this blog. amirite? :D
I can't even say that with a straight face, lol.

My absence comes from failing so hard on my one-post-a-week goal while I was working; but by the time my schedule had evened out I was too far behind for it not to be a positively DAUNTING task to catch up. Lame.
In all honesty, it's quite realistic to say my year's worth of planning in preparation for launch has failed; but I am far from discouraged, disinterested, OR distracted. I'm doing this thing! Some...day.....

That being said. I am taking the month of November to do NaNoWriMo! Or National Novel Writing Month. It's a personal challenge event that I have been sidelining for years and have now made the decision to jump into this year. The challenge is to write a 50k word novel by the end of November; and to non-writers I'm sure sound pretty daunting. Heck, I'm sure to those who do write it sounds pretty daunting. Frankly, I am up for the challenge SO HARD. *gung-ho pose* There's no doubt in my mind I have novels UPON novels of content to draw from.

So. MY personal challenge is that, yes; I am using the world, concepts and characters tied to my webcomic for this. This entire thing did begin in writing, after all. But I figure that returning to basics will help me pin down some elements and details, or at the very least set things in motion toward actually launching this this overgrown brainchild of mine. Where's the actual challenge part, you say? Oh allow me to explain.

You see, the world of Reverie is such an intertwined continuity of characters, worlds and events that no— it can't be told in one simple novel. That's why I was planning for an ongoing webcomic; or at the very least, a series of [graphic or written] novels. My self-imposed challenge is to see if perhaps a piece of the story can be told in a doable novel... or maybe just writing something "new" within the continuity (like a spin-off.) This might require much more planning and finalization of details than I thought. But still eager and excited.

SO! All this blah-blah to say. This here blog will definitely be active in the next month as I track my progress and, essentially, think aloud as I have been doing, lol. If I hadn't been such a loser and abandoned it for so long, I wonder where I'd be, progress-wise. :< Anyway, wish me luck; I aim to finish the challenge and THEN some!
To note... it's not a contest in any way, lol. Even if I don't finish my 50k in time, I will walk away with an excellent start to finally kick off this project. So. Revving my typing fingers!

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Overdue... but good news?

I must apologize for two things:

One; [To myself mainly], this post is late. I was doing so well with my once a week.
Two; this blog is supposed to be about my artwork and/or webcomic. But the subject of this post is relevant.

Things will go very VERY slowly for a few months, because I am quite suddenly and unexpectedly employed full time. Oh yeah-- at a lil' old animation studio.

Currently working on an online-onair thingy for a show on PBS. I am very excited to be living my dream for a little while (the project I was hired for ends in March. awwww.), but this definitely means a tad less from me comic-wise until I've adjusted to a drastic change in habit and lifestyle. XD I went from being self-employed [or unemployed] to working crunch time with long, long hours. Don't get me wrong, I love what I'm doing... but the transition hasn't been easy.

I've been trying [and failing] to make a very interesting post concerning character design. I had a super-nerdy epiphany about my art style recently and am itching to share. But I've not even had time to sit and finish my rather verbose musings about it, lol. I'll get it together soon, heh.

Oop... another apology: this post is definitely art-less. ;__; You can enjoy some material from my studio, though. Check their Demo Reel for some awesome (and familiar) things they've done. :)

Until next time!

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Big Plans this Year

So. Hold me to this:
I'm going to update at least once a week here.

I have officially proposed that 2011 will be the finalization year for this pet project of mine. I will finish all the concept work and be able to begin drawing a comic by the end of this year or sooner. Sooner if I'm feeling awesome. Because ZOMG I'm excited. I'm not sure what I've been waiting for all these years... thank you to my new fans who love my story without even having seen it yet, haha.

So this is it. Call this a Resolution post. But I'm going to begin organizing and planning and doing what I need to do to make this happen by or before the end of 2011.

Sorry I don't have anything to make this post more interesting.... ionno, here, have some more teaser art. Old art, it's just never been posted anywhere. Kha'mu likes to mean-eye you, it seems. =P
That will be part of a series of character sheets, naturally... that I have yet to round up and finish. But I will. Oooohhhhhhh, I will.
As usual, STAY TUNED! :D And seriously, hold me to this.

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Renewed Interest!

Oh my... *clears the cobwebs*

Alright, straight ot the point:
Good news!! I'm suddenly VERY interested in continuing the development of my fantasy story. (Uh... the one [tentatively] titled "Reverie.") It's not that I had lost interest at all; as this has literally been "ongoing" for a great number of years... I just suddenly gained a host of new fans of my ideas. Not only is it ego fuel (thanks guys!), but it naturally makes me want to finalize and begin publishing my concepts in some form.

I had been stewing for years on how to go about telling this intriguing tale. While writing is the fastest way to get it, well... public, I don't think mere literary form does this story much justice-- it's far too visual. That automatically spells graphic novel or comic to me! Now a true graphic would take years to get out there... sooooooo, starting small and self-paced with a webcomic. :D
Ideally I'd love it to be movie, but y'know. :B Hey, I can dream.

Anyway; I might slowly morph this blog into this story's brain pool... sketches, writings, side plots, etc. It's technically still S'ketchiverse material; I just really need to think of a final title for my story before I name a blog for it, lol.

On that note, the story has seen much development from my last entry [over a year ago x_x]. It has become a telling of two seemingly different stories that begin to intertwine and tell an overall story. I'm eager to attempt this type of storytelling with a visual medium and hope I can pull it off well. But yeah... super excited if it wasn't obvious, lol.

I will try for regular updates; even if it's just lil blurbs. We'll see how that goes. <_<;; Meanwhile, have a teaser.

Anyhoo, to my new fans and those just mildly curious; I can now officially say... STAY TUNED!

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