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Things were great at a conceptual level. But now that I've had the chance to sit down and think about how I might actually pull it off, it doesn't look so easy. Lately I've been thinking about ways to simplify the project..

- shorter episodes and shorter storylines so I've got more time to work on better forms of interactivity
- a simpler illustration style so I don't spend too much time drawing

At the same time I've had some ideas to complicate the project further..

- simulating randomisatio… Continue

This post is probably long overdue.


Because I don't have uni today, I'll recount the entire thought process I went through to get to interactive webcomic.

If you have better things to do, Go To Page 3.

I spent weeks thinking of potential concepts for this project. Each time a new idea came through, it was 'awesome' for about 15 minutes before the sad realisation that it was probably going to be one of the most excruciatingly boring concepts everyone already knew about or couldn… Continue

In the spirit of the Olympics, I thought I'd show everyone a montage sequence from the 1993 film, Cool Runnings, about a Jamaican bobsled team.

The montage shows the progression (and improvement) of their training over time.





Here's another montage sequence from an episode of Supernatural. Background story is that Sam is stuck in a 'Groundhog Day'-style time loop where he constantly watches his brother Dean die over and over. Each time Dean dies, he wakes up again on the sa… Continue