The Mind Of OverlordTomala
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The Return Of Me

Greetings! I’m not dead yet! At least at the time of posting this.

I survived my first work week, just have one more week of vampiring at work, and things will be back to normal… well, as far as normal for me is concerned. In the meantime I think I finally got myself to start functioning properly again… shifting my sleep cycle caused me a bit of jet lag. I also wasn’t getting enough hydration, or eating enough. I just didn’t have an appetite, it was like my stomach was in another timezone still. My head was so clouded that I couldn’t even really work on my current animation project for the first half of the week; fortunately I spent the last couple of days crafting more glorious nightmare fuel. Sadly that will have to wait for another post. A lot has happened over the last few days that I would looooove to write about, and all of this shit can get its own post.

Back pain has also been another distraction… my lower back has been giving me shit since Tuesday. It isn’t as terrible now, but I’ve been having to apply a lot of heat and massage to be somewhat functional. I think I need to invest in a better chair, the padding on this one has already gone flat unfortunately, and I guess that means I have to invest in my ass a little more… literally.

Anyway’s, onto my weekend shenanigans: The Stanley Parable Redux kept me laughing deep into the night. More of that for a later blog post, but I can already say if you liked the original game you haaaaaaave to buy it! I’m not even through all of the new content yet, but what I’ve played so far made me laugh deep into the night. But now that night has turned to bright, and for me to take a rest for now. I’ll need all the energy I can get to beat my latest blog streak… made it over 55 or 56 days and got my ass handed to me by graveyard jet lag… Oh well, always nice to have a goal I guess.

Open Threads

Late Night Open Thread

I don’t have much to write. I’m all flipped around to do night shifts for the next couple of weeks, but my body still feels like it’s on pins and needles. I know it’s stress, and I keep trying different things to alleviate it, but it never completely goes away whenever I do this… which is strange because I prefer late nights. I spent most of the day in bed, yet I don’t think I got proper rest. I’ve tried lying back down, but my body keeps going “fuck it!”.

I just want the morning to come so I can sleep properly… -_-

***Update***

I’m thinking it might be wise of me to take a small hiatus from writing until I can get a grip on things… even my other hobbies are proving difficult to trudge through.

All in an Overlord's day / Hobbies

Regaining My Stamina

I think I’ve successfully converted myself into being a vampire, at least for the next two weeks for work. I spent some of last night enjoying different games, and figuring out how the second Amnesia video will go. The good news is that it won’t take nearly as long to work on as the first video, but there will still be some animation for the end. I’m not sure how long it will take me to animate the entire ending (it’s looking to be over a minute long) but I don’t see it taking as long to put together as the last project.

I’m sure it will be equally disturbing though. 😛

Open Threads

Open Thread: Birthday Edition

I had a pretty chill birthday today! We had a private Chinese Buffet, I played Garry’s Mod with one friend, then played Borderlands 2 with another (now on the Mr Torque DLC!). I got a couple games, some new clothing items (some even worthy of a future post!). It was nice, and I have more birthday things to look forward to throughout this and next week!

Hobbies2

The Planets Have Aligned Yada Yada Yada

It’s done! The beast that is this video project has been slain! I finished it all up this evening, and now I can take a small rest. I have an extended weekend planned as a bit of a birthday present to myself!I’ll need every bit of R&R I can get before heading back to work next week… they have some anxiety inducing adventures already drawn out for me upon my upcoming return.  Instead of dwelling on the inevitable I plan to enjoy my time away.

My first goal: Getting a large fuckton amount of sleep.

Hobbies

The Final Countdown

I’m starting to see what could be the end of this video! Finally! I know I’ll be able to have it done by tomorrow! I didn’t really realise it, but my sound library has grown quite a bit. I think it’s large enough that I should probably consider organizing it for easy access to reoccurring sounds.

It was great fun doing the audio mixing for this one! I think I have the perfect balance of ambience and creep factor to match the animations.

Hobbies

A Brief Trip Down Memory Lane

Had to return to some of my (slightly) older SFM content as a point of reference. I have the full video together most of the way! I’ve mainly been mixing the audio tonight, making the dialogue audible, adding the right soundtrack, etc. Tomorrow I’ll focus on adding Foley art, and possibly the credits. I should have this done by the end of the week! Then I can begin on part two, which I don’t envision being as ambitious animation-wise. I still have a long animation list, but nothing quite as profound as what I’ve put together for the first video. It’s a shame that no one will be able to see it until October… 🙁 But it gives me plenty of time to finish the set! 🙂

Hobbies

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Bandicoot Scorned

It seems like these last few weeks I’ve always had to end my weekend on a rainy pajama day, though that always works for me. 😛 I spent the last few hours finishing up the last bit of animation on the project! I’m officially done with SFM. Now I just need to finish up in Shotcut, and maaaaaaybe edit a small scene in After Effects, then it will be done!… and then I can start on Episode 2. :v

Gaming

Easter/Skyrim Open Thread

This weekend I decided to venture through a game I haven’t touched in awhile. I got it up and running on the TV with all of my mods! My reason for visiting ol Skyrim was to revisit the Easter Egg Hunt in The Levelers Tower.

I’ve also started prepping to move over to Skyrim: SE. It’s had plenty of time to mature on the modding front, and there are plenty of tutorials out there for converting mods over to Skyrim:SE, so I might as well get up and running on Skyrim God Rays Edition.