Not too much to show this week unfortunately. I'd mainly been focusing on preparing my presentation for the Nine Trades of Dundee. Nine Trades sponsored my internship on Strawberry Thief this summer and now that the project is more or less done I had the opportunity to meet some of the members and tell them about the game. It went really well and everyone I met was really lovely and interested in the project. It was also the first presentation I've ever done where I haven't started shaking with nerves which is a huge, huge deal for me and I'm really happy that I'm finally improving at public speaking!
I don't usually post my doodles on here but I thought I'd post the drawing below as I'm quite pleased at how it turned out - No reference was used and although there's a few issues (her head's a bit too big, her right hand should be slightly smaller as it's further away from the viewer, the right leg of her shorts should be receding further, her knees aren't defined enough, her left foot should be a bit bigger, the line work is a bit scribbly) I really like how the posing/attitude/facial expressions of my characters are starting to shine through more.
Aaand finally, I've been working away on some Gamemaker tutorials thanks to this fantastic Youtube channel ran by Shaun Spalding. Pretty simple stuff so far but I'm starting to get the hang of it.
There probably won't be a sketch dump for next week as I'm planning to give Duality some much needed attention, however I'm going to start doing some media tests for my project too.
UPDATE: So as of today my laptop and graphics tablet will be in a repair shop until the end of the week. However I still have access to the uni computers so I'll be keeping on top of my reading list and my vector art for Duality. I'm also planning on sketching out some rough ideas for potential characters and environments for my horror game. Unfortunately though no laptop/tablet means no media tests or Gamemaker tutorials which effectively puts me behind schedule. Going to have to work extra hard next week to catch up. But hey, I guess if I'm getting these kind of technological blips early on in the year the rest of fourth year will be smooth sailing, right? (Right??)
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