ROW80 Round 4 - 2nd Update

Since last week's check in, I've finished my user testing for my eBook prototype (yay!). I've also kept chipping away at my usability assignment and my illustrated children's book. I've got a fair bit done, but still have a lot to do, including drawing most of the human characters. Here are a bunch of sample page layouts (including the cover) for my book (most don't have text so far):

Here's another addition to my art journal, a random character design for a gothic manga girl:

I also painted an apple, but it looks crap, so I haven't uploaded it :D

Yesterday, for one glorious half hour, I actually worked on my novel. I didn't get much done - perhaps 500 words or so - but it felt good to just be adding words to the manuscript. I had decided not to touch my novel until after handing in my thesis, but I had a scene idea that wouldn't go away, so I had to write it down. Earlier in the week, I also had an idea for yet another novel (even though I really don't need anymore) after listening to music on YouTube, so I've scrawled down a few notes to expand on at a later date. The novel is a fantasy Samurai/Feudal Japan-esque story, which is odd because the music that inspired it was more Celtic (the theme songs from The Boondock Saints and The Last of the Mohicans). Yeah, my brain is weird. The story has been quite vivid in my brain for a few days now, but I don't know whether it's because I'm onto something good or if it's just a case of "Oooh New Shiny Sparkly Idea!" syndrome. I'm planning on working on Dark and Silent Waters for NaNoWriMo (which starts in just over two weeks! WHOOO!), but depending on which story I'm in the 'mood' for at the time, I may decide to run with the Samurai one and see where it takes me.

I'm now in the process of collating my user testing results for my fantasy eBook prototype, since my final thesis presentation is sometime in the next week (have no idea when because the academics haven't settled on a date). Squeezing it in with the rest of my already overloaded schedule this week will be interesting :|


Indeed it is, Judgemental Dog. Indeed it is.

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