ROW80 Round 3 - Final Update

I had been hoping to finish ROW80 Round 3 on a high note, but after almost a week of having two hours or less sleep each night my optimism is at an all-time low; having to redo nearly a month's worth of painting/drawing after your old man spills red lemonade all over your artwork originals will have that effect. Especially when he then proceeds to wake you up at 5-6am most mornings by crashing around in the kitchen like an elephant having an epileptic fit.

Yes... Some people are only alive because I can't afford a hitman.

I haven't had time to even touch my eBook prototype. With a first draft of my children's book due this week I had to spend the whole time trying to redo the damaged illustrations. I got some of the backgrounds done, and luckily some that were ruined had already been scanned, but I'm going to just have to reuse a lot since there's no way I'll get all of it done over the next week on top of everything else I have due. Aside from two basic dragon drawings, I'm going to have to do all the other character illustrations again, as well as add more new ones. So I'll be pretty much mainlining energy drinks over the next week. Luckily next week is the mid-semester break (stupid name since it's basically at the end of the semester) so I don't have to go to any classes.

I did manage to get a first draft of the text for my story done, so it just needs to be edited. The next few days will just be trying to catch up on my illustrated children's book project, as well as trying (again) to get the touch interaction for my Flash eBook working (really, really hoping it won't be as difficult as I'm expecting). I'll also have to do a write up on usability testing for another assignment at some point (oh, joy...).

Here's a sample shot of my blue dragon against the forest background (the characters in the finished book will be in more interesting poses):



Of course we are, Judgemental Dog. Of course we are.

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