Over the next few months I'll need to keep you all updated on the game's progress. I don't know whether to do that here or in the mailing list, or both. I'm thinking both: Here is where I give the appearance of competence and progress, the mailing will be where I voice self-doubts and share more in-depth stuff about the making of the book.
I worry about this because, again, you folks who backed and are on the mailing list are going to get announcements for both. Such bother to get TWO emails that are similar.
This week I dug in on making art, which means taking existing book illustrations and modifying them to fit SYMA's theme. I'll share a couple of pieces here and will break down how they were made over in the newsletter. If you aren't on the newsletter you can sign up at the bottom of thousandyearoldvampire.com.
These aren't 100% finished, but:
This old illustration...
...and this umbrella...
...combine with little guys taken from other old illustrations to make this.
So yeah, above you can see an all-but-finished piece that was made out of four separate, pre-existing artworks. This still needs some adjustment. The pope looking guy's staff needs to be moved to the left so it isn't kissing the umbrella edge, I will work on the flowing robes. I'm realizing that the final image is a little out of date–since then I've fixed a lot that's wrong with the shadows on the ceiling.
