Recap - 2015 december to jan and Feb 2016
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Monthly Update - November to December
Hey Hey! Start of the month recap time! Again, it is a monthly thing so there's a lot of words.
What I've done:
Not related to Taj Packs:
Work on D&D game campaign:
I've been going through the campaign, I think I'm getting somewhere but really I've only got the skeleton of the story. I have a document though with the ideas. I've been listening to D&D is for Nerds (great podcast and it reminds me of home) and I've watched the Critical Role Campaign Tips. I'm getting there.
Work on Forgotten Futures campaign:
Like I said previously, my campaign is being played with my Aunty and my Husband. I have two things to complete with this campaign before I feel I can run this campaign. The Main Bad Guy's stats and what happens if the Main Bad Guy actually catches up with the duo. I'm really hoping I don't accidentally TPK the group :/
TEFL Course and other things:
TEFL is coming along. I feel like I'm walking slowly through treacle but I am moving. To me, Grammar really makes very little sense. Being a native English speaker I think is making it harder for me to break this stuff down. But other than that, I've only got to understand Adjectives, Adverbs, Past, Present and Future; Passive, Conditional and other words. So yea, grammar is hard but it's something I'm working through. GO ME!
Related to Taj Packs:
Human character mesh:
Done! Here's the pretties.
Here's the Dwarf, Human, Tiefling and Elf (all complete). And the Orc character.
Second Candles Pack for Dungeon Magic Pack 2:
Ok so I didn't so this... at all. But I am going to say I replaced this with Orc Textures. Which are almost done. Just need to finish the hair details. I've found that you can have base colour as a Mix layer and the another diffuse map as a soft lights layer to add details like shadows and highlights.
So yea, that's cool. I just need to remember to add the layers together before I place it in game.
Dungeon Magic Pack 2:
Yup... this didn't happen either.
However, I've changed my Gumroad Shop and talked to Jimmy from Handpaintedtextures.com (who is on Gumroad and Unity <- Check them out!) about his shop and he is a very big inspiration for my work (along with Bitgem) And I noticed his Gumroad had a specific sized front image. So I took that idea and used it for my own stuff.
Gumroad is now shiny thanks to Jimmy
Ohhh pretty :)
Dungeon Magic Pack 2:
And I've made some stands for the characters to ... stand on. It's so that they look like little miniatures for a boardgame.
One for each Character Class.
What I'm going to do this month:
This month I'm going to push myself to get the following done:
Barely anything!
I'm going to relax and enjoy my Christmas holidays. I don't even think I'll touch my laptop all holidays. Try and get out and about, explore Munich and Burnley just that little bit more.
I might even draw a bit more over this holiday season. We'll see :)
What I'm having issues with:
Keeping on track:
I've been combating this by making to do lists on my little whiteboard. And checking off the grand to-do list. I've also changed my calendar which involves the Freelance work, Invisibit work and TEFL work as well. I'm going to try to go heads down tails up kind of deal and get as much done as I can before the holidays.
So see you guys next year, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Ḥănukkāh, Enjoy Kwanzaa, Happy Hogswatch, or have a good Yule Time... time. Oh and Happy New year because I won't be posting until January.
Later guys!
Taj Pack Progress update
Just quickly, today’s progress.
I lose myself when I’m modelling environment props. 2 hours goes by so quickly. I still need to make a chandelier and the three or so candles for them. On the plus side this will be the second last item for my Taj Packs Dungeon Magic Pack.
I know I planned to have this done by the end of the month but I’ve been busy working on animations for a job application and figuring out freelance quotes. But I’m back to it, same schedule as I previously had give or take a few catch up sessions. At least until I get to hear back about the freelance and animation job.
Note to self: get into the habit of posting from the website blog. Everything is connected. -.-