User blog:Eli Cameron/Challenges and my mind

There are many challenges that I am facing...

1) an appreciative, descriptive and appealing way to create images that are my own, without having to 'borrow' or 'liberate' from the interwebs. It is not fair to the artists even if I credit them with their artwork, or even ask for their consent, to post any images that are not of my own. Obviously with some of the content, this won't be entirely feasible.

2) learning and purchasing software that is capable of creating the art that I want and somewhat need, especially in light of the dynamics of the game - an image can say so much about a character, thus the need for customization, poses, lighting, hair styles and coloring, clothing, and some props. And with all the time I spend on art, I lack the writing to back up the story... or spending time of making editable and printable character sheets, and not selling them... at least to Green Ronin maybe...

3) The scope and magnitude that I will invest into this. Is it worthwhile, and will it bare fruit? Is it just for the charcters to gloss over, especially in light of the fact, that so few have even bothered to check out what has been done so far. Yes, at 40 pages, most of which are not detailed enough to keep interest for more than a few minutes. But if they don't visit the pages, then I will lose interest and not continue. That is how I will continue, by their interest and by their actions. I plant the seed, it is up to them to nourish me in return.

4) Do I look at this as an offshoot to create a larger gaming resource for future publication? There is no harm in taking this work and creating a larger format, so long as I do not lose sight of the origins, and that is for the players of the group. Does this also mean I am willng to sell the art? Do I watermark each of my own art pieces that I publish to the WIKI?

5) How do I keep the various programs that I am using tied together to make the most use of all the differing tools? Word for planning out the Episodes / XMind for mapping out the events, and the work to be done / Excel for the spreadsheets of relations and status / DAZ 3D for the 3D characters, poses, etc / This as the outlet and medium to paint the world with / Adobe Reader for the character sheets that I have created and Photoshop to make the edits of rendered art / Flash of Hero Machine creator

6) So many facets that have to come together for me to be satisfied, and yet I find that on one hand I am scattered and all over the place with trying to obatin all the pieces of the puzzle together, on the other hand I am invigorated.

Well, there you have it, a terrible glimpse into my current mind's eye...

Oct 30th, 2016