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Raku liked OwainGlyndwr's post in the thread Writing.
Can't criticize something that doesn't exist! I mean that in a positive way - anything is better than a blank page, no matter how terrible a first draft might turn out. Nothing gets motivation going like being creative, so working on a new project would at least get you creating new stuff and at best get you motivated to continue with the earlier project! These are all excellent reasons to go for it! No downsides, only upsides, and it sounds like a cool project to me.
Apr 17, 2024 at 12:37 PM -
Raku replied to the thread Writing.
I'm very self critical and harsh on my own work* (especially when it comes to the visual medium) though I'm a bit easier on myself when it comes to story writing and poetry (in fact I've self published a few poetry books up on Amazon, or can check my online stuff for free at MySummerJob - poet at allpoetry) even with how much I struggle with grammar. There's also the fact that I have another writing project I've been working on since 2015, "finished" the first book (still needs to have proofreads and touchups) in the series back in 2018, and have kind of hit a wall with it (I have notes, ideas, and ways to move forward, but just lack the motivation so that is on a hiatus... Plus my current computer has tech issues (like the hdd drive is dead (it's a dual boot with 500gbs that has the OS on a SSD and the 1tb hdd that died (need to see if I can get it repaired or data recovered)). Seeing as how on this computer I paid for a pixel art program called "Aseprite" but it reads/writes off my dead drive and the main SSD doesn't really have that much room. I could use free art programs like an online one called "Piskel" but that one isn't good and I haven't figured out how to get layers to work in that one. *I know I could probably team up with an artist, but I'm both unemployed and broke so I figure it would be better to do it on my own... Though now I think about it Pixel Art for a book might be pretty niche as well, but also cool to do (and different from the norm). Honestly the more I write about this the more I'm leaning towards doing it, even despite the issues I'd face...
Apr 17, 2024 at 12:16 PM -
Raku liked OwainGlyndwr's post in the thread Writing.
I think the pixel art looks cool and I think you should go for it! What's making you hesitate?
Apr 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM -
Raku replied to the thread Writing.
I'm thinking of doing a picture book, but I'm not positive... Curious on people's thoughts here. I think it might be fun to do, and could let me explore other creative avenues. Keep in mind that I'm thinking of doing both the writing and art, but I'm not the best at doing art. Here's my deviantart and you can see what I've done: https://www.deviantart.com/mysummerjob/gallery Obviously if I did the art it would be in the pixel art style you see in my gallery.
Apr 17, 2024 at 11:59 AM