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You've been very patient...
🕑 Added 2020-10-07 01:04:02 +0000 UTCAs per the title, you have. Once again, it seems the less active I am on Patreon, the more pledges I get! Trust me, it's not deliberate.
So the first thing to confess is that, in almost three weeks now, I have not written a single word in the CYOA. There are a number of reasons for this; waiting for playtester feedback (which is very positive), feeling a little burnt out, the demands of my day job... but the most serious issue has been with my eyes. Yes, again, I am sorry to say.
I have posted at length before about my issues with dry eye syndrome and the fact that it can leave me unable to use computer screens for more than a few minutes without getting an all-consuming headache that lasts all day. When this flares up, it can leave me out of action for weeks or even months (as it did in 2014). I recently backed up all of my deviantART (due to the recent spate of bannings - you never know who's next). I realise now that I lost nearly half a year of productivity to that miserable health problem.
Anyway, this time I decided to handle things differently. I decided to wait until things were mostly better before notifying my supporters. And they are. I have some new glasses, some new eyedrops, but most importantly the headaches are abating.
After a break of several weeks where I could barely use the computer for anything except urgent important professional day-job things, recovering has given me an opportunity to reset a little and just rediscover 3D art for personal pleasure. Even when you have a paying Patreon and there's an expectation you'll churn things out, you have to enjoy what you're doing. So gradually over the last 3-4 days I have been just aimlessly pottering around with various things, some fantasy inspired, a few things with Tyris and Gwen, but mainly (as always) when I've had a break and restart I get back to first base which is always Amanda. God knows how I did it but I made the most beautiful digital girl in the world and she's a treasure I can rediscover many times over. She never complains about the wicked things we do and she is a just a pleasure to spend time with.
Here's Amanda wearing a shirt she stole from (her sort-of girlfriend?) Hannah. She's popped in to say thanks for sticking around.
I have arranged to take some 'time off' work for around a week - even if holidays now don't mean leaving your home, which is also your workplace anyway. But what I hope is to focus 100% back on the CYOA and complete at least the third of the four sections in this time. This project has grown bigger than I ever imagined but it's my firm belief that you will not disappointed and it will be worth the wait.
I also plan to post more 3D things while working on the CYOA in parallel from now on. It was stupid to stop posting 3D and focus 100% on the writing. That was based on the flawed assumption that I could get it finished in x number of days if I wrote y number of words per day as per a plan that involved not getting distracted. I think it's good to be distracted. Especially if it's by something you enjoy making. And I enjoyed making this pic right now. It's been too long Amanda!
More to follow, not sure what or when, but you are always in my thoughts!
Comments
Alex Diaz
Definitely adding her to my Waifu list. Don't know why i haven't in the past. The wait is always worth it.
zborgny
Amanda is always worth waiting for.
