Hello friends, it's 2016, I finally got my core membership back its already looking like a shitty year for me - broke phone so now I don't have a camera, fire-related panic attacks and a lot of university work I cannot compute with. Woop.
Ignoring the pessimist in me, I made my new year's resolution to be updating deviantART more, which I haven't done very well so far. I would like to share what my goals are, so that I'm motivated to actually do them.
1) Cleaning
This account is a mess. Not gonna lie. I have work here that I am no longer proud of, or is just not needed. I need to sort out my front page, and tidy it up. I'm not getting a future job with a messy account.
2) Terminus
So my wierd apolcayptic story idea has gained some steam, with people joining in to submit characters and provide some beef where needed when I cannot think of new characters. I'm at a point where I might be able to start producing comics if I can manage my work better and have more free time. But even then there is character reference sheets, narrative structure to finalise and the possibility of creating 3D models for animations. I mean it is the course I'm doing.
3) TPL
I bet some people never thought I'd dig this up again. Despite everything, I need to reduce the work going into Terminus so that I don't mix up univeristy with Terminus and hand the wrong files in during deadlines (and you know, just finish the work to a good grade). To balance it out, as I did during secondary school, I'll try and start writing again. I still love The Legend of Aarasiith. If anything I miss the countless hours typing to reduce stress, and after reading back through my stories, I am appauled at my writing style. If as I write this I am also re-writing the first chapter. With the years that have passed, my ability to produce story arcs, create interesting visual designs for characters, and add a bit of depth has majorly improved. Looking back at some of my writing, characters didnt match with their personal experiences, mainly Lily being so calm after the events in the first chapter. With personal experience in more avenues of life, such as mental trauma, I can add more depth and reality to this rather un-realistic adventure. But that's enough rambling, I need to actually re-write the story.
That's all for tonight, but I hope you are all well, and that I can talk to you all more in future.
~Aura xx