It's strange recovering from a surgery for the purpose of pain relief only to find that your pain level is the same as before, albeit with the newfound discomfort of the operation area. I desperately wished to come out of it without any complications, which I can very luckily say is the case, but is it a little greedy to want the positive side of the surgery to succeed as well...?
Regardless, I really do feel lucky. The nerve damage is back in swing but I was struck with the sense that I have to draw no matter what, so I'm going to try animating to a song that has been incessantly looping itself in my head.
The pros of pursuing a short animation right now instead of game dev right off the bat is:
- I want to LOL
- I need to remember how to draw to work on the game
- I need to learn how to animate to work on the game
- It's a good sandbox to figure out my animation workflow
- The song is haunting me
- I'm atrocious at marketing so hopefully this suffices LMFAO
To be completely honest, there is actually a different song that I want to animate over because it reflects two of the characters ridiculously well, but it would also spoil a significant part of the story sooo.......... future me can enjoy it when the game is completely finished.
I would also like to stream if possible... I've come to terms with the way that my lungs are given how many medical paths I've tried, so I don't see a reason to hold back on things I want to do on the account of a mysterious timeline to perfect health (even though I am still trying to heal of course). But mainly because streaming means I get to pretend that I'm in an aquarium while people poke in to see what I'm creating.
I really do love tinkering with stream setups behind the scenes despite being someone who has streamed like... four...? times? even though I don't have the streamer personality LOL
Plus soon Iris will be doing her thing, so I need to get in gear and be ready when the time comes...! She came up with a cool duo name but everytime we team up I think it's Christmas time.
I wonder if [ ] will stream this year ... if so ... splatoon ... that would be nice ...
It's tricky balancing grad school / chronic pain / art but I always find a way. I wonder which will come to fruition first, my game demo or becoming completely competent at 3d modeling LMFAO
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