Update #49 Spring beatdown

It's a me! Gary!

Been a week alright. Not an alright week, but a week alright.

I wasn't really feeling scene 9, so I spent some time rewriting it. Once I started making it proper I realized that, yeah, I can't actually animate things underwater. I tried, but realized that I'm either going to spend a literal week or more learning, or I can just half-ass the scene and move on to more important ones.

I'd rather full-ass the bigger awesomer scenes. And I only have that much mojo to work with before it runs dry.

Reminds me of a quote I read the other day by Hemingway. It goes like this:

“I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.”

I rather like the contrast with this quote by Jack London:

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

The solution is clear. One has to locate this lazy spring and persuade it by way of club until it decides to cooperate. Beatings will continue until water quantities improve!

One of these days I'll figure out a way to show some spicy hidden stuff in a watery reflection. Maybe for the next episode.

Uhh, where was I? Right, the week. I did finish scene 9. I've also created the two minor characters that will show up for scene 10, so now I just have to make the scene. I'm going to try some depth of field stuff, see if I can make random people in the background a bit blurred.

It's a trick for having crowds of people showing in a scene, while not having to make them look high quality, thus hogging precious VRAM. Hopefully, that'll be a way to make scenes in public places feel a bit more alive.

A good magician shows you one hand while the other...

Anyway, that's about all I had to say. I have to find that stupid well if I am to manage writing more. And procure myself a club, can't forget that.

Thank you very much for your support, and I shall demand abundant waters in your mojo-spring this week.