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  1. 04-29-2009, 12:57 PM #1
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    PRODUCTION SCHEDULE rev. 2009-04-29

    Sep-Oct Wayfarer #32 √ Chap.27 1. Titan ......................... download
    Nov-Dec Wayfarer #33 √ Chap.28 2. Rings of Saturn ............... download
    Jan-Feb Wayfarer #34 √ Chap.29 3. Io ............................ download
    .................... √ Chap.30 .. Klish
    Mar-Apr Wayfarer #35 √ Chap.31 4. Ceres (Midnight City) ......... download
    May-Jun Wayfarer #36 - Chap.32 .. Ceres (The Cereal Reverence) .. in production
    Jul-Aug Wayfarer #37 - Chap.33 5. Mars .......................... incl. Solar System Map! (I HOPE)
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    I have 3 months MAXIMUM to finish this thing. So I had best ghet my ducks in gear again.

    iirc, I was on the planetary rings. So I'm off to find ring bitmaps.

    I also need to put the wings on Ceres.

    Once I finish the planets, moons & other orbiting objects, I'll get back to doing the map layout.
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    Wow, when you spend months away from a project, it really tales a long time to get back up to speed, huh. How inefficient!
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    Agreed. I start out "just taking a break" and it ends up more like a permanent vacation...so hard to get things fired back up again.
    If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
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    After way too much work and confusion, I have done the ring-map compensations:
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    Wip Production Report

    Notice I'm not calling it "Production Schedule"; and this is why: I've decided to split the Mars chapter, like I've split the Ceres chapter. But I don't know if it'll be 2 or 3 pieces ... or, hell, 4, who knows. I have a lots of threads going that I might want to tie up on Mars. I dunno yet. Also, it'll push my timeframe for the Map Of The Solar System, because it won't be done in 6 weeks at the rate I'm going, and I really don't want to skimp more than I have to on this one. Yes, this is my master plot to string you guys out until the end of the year or beyond! Mwahahah!

    But, I'm posting the newly completed Chapter 32. The newly completed Map Of Ceres goes with it. So, at least I'm making some progress and producing some work, nay? That's what it's all about, after all.

    PRODUCTION REPORT 2009-06-27

    Sep-Oct Wayfarer #32 √ Chap.27 1. Titan ......................... download
    Nov-Dec Wayfarer #33 √ Chap.28 2. Rings of Saturn ............... download
    Jan-Feb Wayfarer #34 √ Chap.29 3. Io ............................ download
    .................... √ Chap.30 .. Klish
    Mar-Apr Wayfarer #35 √ Chap.31 4. Ceres (Midnight City) ......... download
    May-Jun Wayfarer #36 √ Chap.32 .. Ceres (The Cereal Reverence) .. download & Map Of Ceres
    Jul-Aug Wayfarer #37 - Chap.33 5. Mars (Fear & Terror)
    Sep-Oct Wayfarer #38 - Chap.34 .. Mars (part 2)
    Nov-Dec Wayfarer #39 - Chap.35? . Mars (part 3?) incl. Solar System Map! (I HOPE)

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    Five days ago was the first birthday of this thread! OMG! Is there a Procrastination Clinic available in this Guild?

    Last night the ideas were asploding in my head for the next & last stop on the tour: Mars. I pre-titled the next chapter "Fear & Terror" (guess why, lol) and I had a cool idea for one of Mars's moons for the next cover, which works into a story thread that I established wayyyyyy back ...

    Anyway, long story short, I think I need to include MOONS in this map. I mean, seriously, what good is the Solar System without moons? Earth has quite a characteristic one; the first stop in our tour was a moon of Saturn; and the Galilean moons of Joviter, omg, who can leave those out?

    So now that I've stopped dicking about with the 4 planetary ring systems, I find I still have the moons ahead of me. :\

    I won't do *all* the moons, of course. There's literally dozens. I'll have them mostly turned off on the map, but some turned on. I dunno which yet. Whichever ones are super cool, I guess.

    Also, I added some specular highlights on the planets, which I think makes them look kinda like painted wooden balls, which I think is cool and just what I want for this piece!
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    Oh, and I put Ceres in there properly, with wings.
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    Looking forward to that mars cover
    If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
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  10. 07-10-2009, 06:05 PM #10
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    May i just make a slight constrictive suggestion?

    The planets seem a bit glossy, you may wanna make some specular maps, oh and some lack total atmospheric glow, you could do that aswell.
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