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Thank you all for your patience during this week of pages.
For some reason…the rendering software HATES these beach scenes.
So the renders are taking about 20-30 hours per frame to render.
It’s so frustrating.
I’m working on better ways to speed up the render times without losing the quality.
But I thank you for being so great while I try to keep up my schedule of 5 days a week.
Also…I want to thank you for funding The Dreamland Chronicles Book Five!
200 of you have come together and funded the printing of the latest book! And I thank you ALL for your support!
I can’t wait to get the books in and do sketches and personalize each and every one of them for you!
I can NOT thank you enough. And I can’t put to words how much your support these last 5-6 years has meant to me.
You are all like family. Thank you.
Scott
Something tells me they already know…
They may want to approach this with caution. But then again, why spoil the momentum of the story and let the kids enjoy it. Haha!
I’m still intrigued by someone’s earlier speculation on a Dwarf capture/crew of the ship. Either way, I see some adventure coming. Nice pages, Scott.
Meanwhile, during these last few pages, we have a great new game we can play.
Where’s Kiwi?
It’s like where’s waldo, except harder because she blends into the background.
Then, when they set foot on the seemingly deserted deck, the whole ship explodes. It was a trap, and they fell for it. Now they’re dead. Whoops.
Time for new character sheets, right? lol
Scott- I love the way you play into Alex’s sarcastic nature with his desire to go crash the party and pick a fight.
First panel: in front of Paddington
Second panel: follow the trail of pixie dust from the rock ledge to somewhere in between Alex and Staj, but below them.
I’m looking at one of the ads right now, and it looks like a company named black sky computing has named their product “Skynet”
Does this not seem like a bad idea to anyone else?
LOL Yeah. Alex comes on board, ready to kick @$$ and take names, and there’s a bunch of dwarves staring back at him like he’s an idiot.
To try and speed up the render time turn reflection off the water when there’s no water in the scene.
It’s probably the transparency and reflectiveness of the water that’s slowing things down. You may be able to get away with turning off transparency since the water is too far away for it to be noticeable anyway.
This is normally the part of the dream where I wake up.
No one in Dreamland would ever fly with me because I always wake up at the worst times.
So, the kickstarter is over? I was hoping to finagle some money. Sadly, being in college has managed to finagle it from me. Maybe another time years down the road.
I’m so glad I got in under the wire. Just wish it had gone on for another week so I could have gotten all 5 books instead of just Book 5, hopefully next year 😀
I’m glad the Kickstarter campaign was successful for you again, Scott. It’s a really neat way to contribute to a very entertaining story and make sure that you are able to produce the quality of work that you desire to give us. I am very glad that I found this story a few years ago and I’m looking forward to being along for the rest of the ride.
Yeah… I have a feeling that Alex will be more surprised than they will be.
Let’s fire a warning shot! Mind your aim!
*A pirate ship destroyed later.
Well, they have been warned…
I’m glad to be a part of the family Scott 🙂
Terminally bad.
That’s another nice thing about Paddington. His large size and gray color make him a great background to display Kiwi against.
Oh no! I’ve been sick then last week and missed the deadline to jump on the kickstarter! Time flies when you’re coughing and sleeping the day away. 🙁 Scott, will there be another way to get book 5, or is it going to be print-to-order mostly? I like having both the print and digital version of the books (I’ll be buying book 5 in your app when it’s available) and actually thought about getting a second set of print versions as a gift for a friend’s daughter.
Keep up the great work!
More emphasis on the word ‘break’ there Alex…
Worse News: SkyNet is a computer/electronics installation and logistics company that deals with South Oz government…
Be very afraid 😀