User blog:SableSkies/Turkey Day and more developments

A little late, given that it's finally past midnight, but I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving (for those who celebrate). I also wish them a happy (and safe) Black Friday! May mercy fall upon those who are forced to work the day. Some of my friends like working in stores during Black Friday; most of the customers are so preoccupied trampling one another and rushing to buy that they barely have to assist with anything. Regardless, enough with the cynical commentary.

After tracing and copying various character sketches from Square Enix and anime styles, I've come to the conclusion that I'd be best off learning my own way. I ended up digging out some drawings I did back when I watched Mark Crilley's How To Draw videos on Youtube; my old art was a little cringeworthy, but nostalgic nonetheless. Even if I can't sketch anything amazing, with or without a tablet, I might as well suck it up and try.

Argence is coming together nicely; after getting some feedback for one particular character, I've taken that advice for fleshing out the rest. Even if the students won't be interacting with other people's creations, it's still best to think of their limits and get the details solid: It really adds to the depth.

I'm extremely tempted to create more and more pages for various characters, but I don't want to repeat the same errors as last time. Having too many characters that don't play a significant role takes away from the tale. That being said, it's taking forever to come up with some decent concepts for Team APBL, besides Albus of course. I have vague ideas for the other three, but I want to be 100% certain to get it right the first time.

It feels strange having Elion and the fox twins Raja and Saige to not have fully developed teams. They're significant in their own respects to the story, but their individual team members won't. For now, I guess it's fine like that.

Coming up with verses is a struggling pain. It reminds me how bad my poetry is, and I try not to cringe too much whenever I go over them. I won't be needing them for every team, since they're just an extra element to the team's depth, but I wanted them at least for PVRL and CRVN. APBL will most likely get one when they're entirely written out.

My primary problem is a lack of attention span. I'll be working on one page and suddenly get an idea to add to another, just jumping back and forth between pages. Some days I'll be out running or at work when inspiration comes, and I have to quickly edit the page so I don't forget later. I wish I had the ability to do what other users can do, just sitting down and completely developing the page/character and be done with it.

After rereading Echoes of Days Past, I've realized I need to smooth out my writing if I want to create decent quality chapters for Argence. But, that will have to wait until each and every character is (near) complete.

One day, maybe I'll have art and fully developed characters and proper fanfictions. But until then, it's just hard work and dreaming.