Brain Goes "BRRRRRRR"
Sep. 15th, 2020 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenNot much worth noting has really happened since my last update, at least not in the 'real world.' I am dealing with one of my two or three yearly short-term flus or colds I always seem to get, the last one being in March. So, in other words, right on schedule. I was able to force myself through a long run Sunday but I have a four-miler today and I'm just dead. I might be able to get it done but it's not looking too good. On the other hand I am getting a lot of reading done.
Also just FYI it's extremely unlikely to be The Covids, since my symptoms don't include respiratory problems. I am, as usual, just exhausted, body aches, slight fever, and mental fatigue. It also tends to interrupt my sleep, so the one thing I desperately need is very hard to get.
The only major thing on my mind at the moment is Upcoming Art Challenge Month. As you may or may not know, the originator of the Inktober hashtag has decided to start throwing his weight around. I'm all for creator's rights, until you start using those same rights to troll/endrun around other peoples' rights and profit off their efforts. To me, this is just like Walmart trying to trademark the yellow smiley face, or the NFL trying to assert the rights to "who dat." No. Just, no. So I happened across Culture Hustle's answer, Pinktober. Their prompts are wittier and as I wanted to use this as an opportunity to do some world development for Muna, I won't have to worry about someone trying to horn in on the project uninvited just because I used his framework.
So I'm just finishing up works in progress at the moment to clear the decks for October. After that's done I will likely start drawing Lora - that is, digitally producing pages of it. I went back and rewrote a section to close a massive plot hole, but the basic script is almost done. I'll be trying to finish up the character designs as well.
And for you pumpkin spice latte fans...
Also just FYI it's extremely unlikely to be The Covids, since my symptoms don't include respiratory problems. I am, as usual, just exhausted, body aches, slight fever, and mental fatigue. It also tends to interrupt my sleep, so the one thing I desperately need is very hard to get.
The only major thing on my mind at the moment is Upcoming Art Challenge Month. As you may or may not know, the originator of the Inktober hashtag has decided to start throwing his weight around. I'm all for creator's rights, until you start using those same rights to troll/endrun around other peoples' rights and profit off their efforts. To me, this is just like Walmart trying to trademark the yellow smiley face, or the NFL trying to assert the rights to "who dat." No. Just, no. So I happened across Culture Hustle's answer, Pinktober. Their prompts are wittier and as I wanted to use this as an opportunity to do some world development for Muna, I won't have to worry about someone trying to horn in on the project uninvited just because I used his framework.
So I'm just finishing up works in progress at the moment to clear the decks for October. After that's done I will likely start drawing Lora - that is, digitally producing pages of it. I went back and rewrote a section to close a massive plot hole, but the basic script is almost done. I'll be trying to finish up the character designs as well.
And for you pumpkin spice latte fans...
