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Feeling unmotivated lately toward creative things. I haven't written in my main book project for a while, and though I don't want to abandon it, it's been hard to get back into it. I may need to rewrite the current chapter's direction. I've been interested in other things, but nothing that's really taken form. Also I arrived at my last sketchpad page. Whoops.
No Minecraft lately, not much WoW rp lately, and drawing fan art--while fun--always feels like I'm wasting time that should be put toward my original work. I need to either turn one of my side projects into a real project or I need to get my butt in gear toward the existing project.
Aside from that, I've started working again and I've been dealing with some related/unrelated stresses. Friends have been great as always, so it's all just sort of a personal malaise that I'm good at keeping hidden. Often when I get stressed or feel downtrodden, I get this attitude in which I have to prove that I'm fine, that I'm capable, and that while things are wrong they aren't bad enough to slow me down.
But if I'm going to do that, I need something to be doing it toward. I can't just do it without a goal in mind. I think it might help if I work more though, just to keep my mind off things and give me something to actually work against. Creativity dries up without adversity.
No Minecraft lately, not much WoW rp lately, and drawing fan art--while fun--always feels like I'm wasting time that should be put toward my original work. I need to either turn one of my side projects into a real project or I need to get my butt in gear toward the existing project.
Aside from that, I've started working again and I've been dealing with some related/unrelated stresses. Friends have been great as always, so it's all just sort of a personal malaise that I'm good at keeping hidden. Often when I get stressed or feel downtrodden, I get this attitude in which I have to prove that I'm fine, that I'm capable, and that while things are wrong they aren't bad enough to slow me down.
But if I'm going to do that, I need something to be doing it toward. I can't just do it without a goal in mind. I think it might help if I work more though, just to keep my mind off things and give me something to actually work against. Creativity dries up without adversity.
Points?
What are they? No one is sure, but I think I'd like to earn some.
Aside from that, I was wondering if anyone would have interest in the original .PSD files for some of my work. Sometimes I'm asked how I accomplished a particular look, and I'm hesitant to make the file downloadable. But if there was a barrier to entry--a toll, in this case--to prevent people from grabbing things left and right to repost, I think I'd be more comfortable doing it.
I'm going to make a few of my favorite pieces available for points. Are there any in particular I should make available?
NetherStray, what have you been busy with?
Writing in a few forms. For one, I've been busy working on my book, which takes place in the universe my "Severnim" gallery folder depicts. Another writing project has been roleplay in Skype. Now, I realize this doesn't make much sense in terms of a writing project, per se, but the roleplay has grown completely out of hand. We've started adapting it into a full-fledged story, changing the present tense words to past tense and dividing it up into chapters. At first we were keeping it in one long document, but after it hit the 100 page mark, I decided it was time to carve it up into more manageable pieces.
You can read the first (short) chapte
Can I commission you, NetherStray?
Yes, you certainly can. I've always been iffy about payment for commissions though, so let me lay out the reasons.
PayPal is annoying. If something happens to the money you're expecting to receive, tough shit, because their customer service is terrible. Also, if done incorrectly, PayPal takes a percentage of it. I have to be paid up front. I just do. I've been burned before in cases where I'll allow a friend to pay after the work is complete (but before I give them the piece) and they decide they've changed their mind. If I do the work, I get paid, and up front payment is the only way to really ensure that.It sometimes takes a lot of time t
Where's this book you're working on, NetherStray?
It's here, actually, along with most of the other things I've worked on: https://sites.google.com/site/severnim/home/the-ascention-of-severnim
The entire site is a work in progress. Pages are unfinished, needing polishing, renaming, etc etc, since it's a heavily edited copy of a previous site based around WoW roleplay. Here and there you'll find mentions of stuff that fits into Azeroth, but fear not, because this is no thinly-feiled fan fiction. There's a lot more at play here!
The world map is also in progress. I could show an unfinished version, but it'd look pretty boring. Also, we're not going with the usual fantasy map schtick of one,
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Let me know if you wanna RP at all hon, At this moment ni time, I've been on steam more than bnet, due to playing swtor a bit more the last week. But either way, always up for it.