The Mind Of OverlordTomala
All in an Overlord's day

Weekend Open Thread

Sorry for not writing much lately. My work week left me dog tired, mainly due to allergies and other variants of me not feeling well. I’m on my weekend now, and have plans to do some cooking tomorrow among other things.  I worked a bit more in SFM today building and refining scenes for my next project… I’m still trying to aim for the end of April to publish it, but I have a feeling that it will have to come at a later date. I’m working on it almost everyday, but more work is going into this compared to other SFM projects I’ve done. One thing is certain though; I’m learning a lot more about hand animating biped models, but my animation style is Gmodish at best.

Now I’m just waiting for the kettle to be ready one last time before I head off to bed. We have a bunch of rain, and I have a feeling I’ll be sleeping like a baby after a long week of shorting myself due to dry throats and muscle pain.

Open Threads

Evening Open Thread

Sorry, I haven’t felt so well these last few days, which is a great way to end your vacation…  I survived a small shift today, and will endure a longer one tomorrow. I can’t tell if I’m coming down with anything or if allergy season has shown up to make me their bitch. Even when not feeling at my best though I’ve still managed to squeeze in some animation time on my current video project. I keep coming to the end of my night thinking I haven’t done enough, but over the last five nights I’m starting to actually see something that resembles a short animated video.  Unlike my other videos this has a larger block of animation at the end, with more than just Yutram and I bobbing our bodies back and forth to each other to mock whatever game we’re playing. There is also somewhat of a script, dialogue still needs to be recorded, and I still have a lot of animation on my plate. I’m at almost halfway through what I call the “fever dream” sequence. If I’m feeling better tomorrow I’ll continue on it, and maybe even publish a picture in the “fanclub” steam chat. I already have a couple in there for anyone curious under the “declassified files” section.

Hobbies

Who dat?

The current video I’m working on is going to have a lot of animation, enough that it might take me a few weeks to put this one out. My target day would be April 30th but I’m not sure if I’ll make the deadline. I spent a good chunk of time playing with particles and models, and doing a couple test flights so to speak. I’ll probably hammer it out a bit more tomorrow, we have more bad weather on the way and that should be enough to keep me focused. I might make some hot cocoa, haven’t made myself any in awhile…

All in an Overlord's day / Artsy Fartsy

In my happy place.

It rained for most of the day. I worked for awhile on the thumbnail for an upcoming video this Sunday, and also did some creative writing for another one in the works. Having all of this time off means going to bed when I want, and going to bed when I want means I can stay up later. Staying up later somehow brings out my purist creativity… that and other things that I have deemed my muse. The weather might be preventing me from doing many outdoor activities, but it’s nice to decompress regardless.

I saw the trailer for Borderlands 3. I’m hella hyped! I also saw pre-orders for the new Wolfenstein game. The price is low enough that I might consider it… I have until July to decide. I’ve enjoyed the games despite some mechanical flaws with New Order and Old Blood, then again this is still Beth Esda we’re talking about…

All in an Overlord's day / Open Threads

Evening Open Thread

The last couple of days have been mainly relaxing with tea and working on animations. I just have a little more to do and I’ll be ready to render it tomorrow hopefully. I’ll also be going out and getting my hair tamed and returned to it’s albino settings as per the assignment, then perhaps another stream tomorrow unless the planets don’t align for whatever reason.