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Well, I got this page up in good time for a change.

I'll probably put a quick New Years page up Monday and try to get the comic started again on Wednesday. Only problem is, I'll be back to school on Wednesday (the time sure flies by when you don't want it to). I'll try to get the page started before I leave, so I can get it up on time; however, I haven't had much luck in that regard, so the page might not be up until late Wednesday. It will be up on Wednesday one way or another.

Have a safe and Happy New Years Eve!

Comments For Page 256

I'm making a habit of these late updates. I have my Brother and his Family visiting this week, so I've been spending time with then. The are out right now, so I'm putting this up while I can.

I hope everyone enjoyed the lovely wallpaper I put up as a Christmas bonus. I don't think I got any more votes then usual, so many people were either too busy or didn't know about it. If anyone wants it, I'll e-mail it to you in exchange for a small donation through paypal (use Dungeonwarden msn.com as the e-mail address).

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. I'll se you Friday.

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

I hope you are enjoying your Christmas Holidays. I know not everyone has reason to celebrate, but I like to keep an open mind about such things. Try to enjoy the day, and I'll see you back here Wednesday.

Strange error

For some strange reason http://dungeonwarden.com and http://www.dungeonwarden.com take you to two different versions of my website. Anyone going to the first version will not see the update for Friday while the second version works fine. I see no reason for this discrepancy, and I'm pretty sure dungeonwarden.com was working on Friday. Maybe this is just a holiday glitch and everything will be back to normal soon.

Update: Now all the files that were updated on Friday have disappeared. I put them back up on the site and everything seems to be working. My web server must have had to reset the site to a previous date. It was weird that only half the site had reset before. I hope the problem is fixed now.

Holiday gifts are still on the way for Christmas Eve. I hope people will take the time to check them out. By Tuesday they will be gone, so you'll have about 48 hours to get them. The Christmas card will stay on as a permanent part of the archive, but the rest will not be seen again for a long time. Enjoy!

Comments For Page 255

Sorry that I'm late getting this posted. I've just gotten so lazy now that I'm home. I'll put up a Christmas Card for Monday and maybe a Christmas gift as well for those that vote for me. I just have to remember to get everything done before Christmas Eve.

I checked my files and realized that I don't have the newest Flash file for my animation with me, so I can't update it. Well, I could if I wanted to redo all the work I did between this save and the final one; however, I discovered that my computer can't handle the file anyway. As much as people complained about the computers at school being old and glitchy, my home computer doesn't come near to the power of the ones at school. I think it's time for an upgrade, even though this computer is only a few years old. Animation takes a lot of processing power.

I may put up the unfinished version, just so you can see what I've done and why it takes so much power to edit the thing. I really put a lot of work into it.

Happy Holidays Everyone.

Comments For Page 254

Sorry, for the delay in putting up this blog. I'm just settling in back home and I need to get things in order. I spent some time making the page look nice, but I can see I really need more practice to be as good as many of the other web comics out there. I suppose I should take some pride in the fact that I'm not using Photoshop like most other people are, but my pictures could be so much better with a few filters and effects applied to them.

Right now I'm caught between wanting to be a better artist and wanting to work on other things. Animation is an important part of my education and I need to focus on that as well. I still haven't finished coloring my last animation project and I'd really like to get it out for Christmas. I'll try to get it done by tomorrow night, but there are no guarantees.

Still dealing with some loose ends before starting the next chapter of the story. I'll see what I can come up with for next week. Happy Holidays!

Comments For Page 253

I'm feeling much better today. It's amazing what a little rest can do for you. All my responsibilities are done for this term, so I'll be heading back to Wolfville tomorrow to see my family and take a much needed vacation. I'll try to get my animation finished before Christmas. All I need to do is color a few scenes, but I'm really burnt out so I'm not going to be much use to anyone for the next few days.

I added more background detail but also removed the highlights since this is a darker scene (the sun is going down). I really need to compose my scenes better, but I don't want to spend a lot of time working out all the details. That's fine for a painting, but for sequential art it is too much work to frame every scene. Maybe if I was getting paid for this, I'd spend the time making everything look good, but right now I just don't have the energy. During the school year I don't have the time. Maybe I'll be able to start doing commissions and putting up incentives after I graduate. Then I'll have the income I need to work on my comics full time. I hope you will all support me. I promise to reward you if you do.

Comments For Page 252

Sorry for the delay. I'm posting this nearly 23 hours after I normaly update; however it is still Friday, so this post isn't technically late.

Who am I kidding, this post is very late and it's all because of the long nights I've been putting into my animation project. It was due today but it isn't actually finished. All that's left is to color three scenes, so I should be able to put it up on my blog soon.

I am very tired right now, and that is another reason this is so late. I am having a hard time keeping awake and I can't think straight. I also accidently turned off the computer and lost all the work I had done up to that point. If this page looks a bit rushed, that's because it was. I think I'll go to sleep now. I'll see you Monday, when I hope to be more alert. Maybe I'll have some stuff done by then.

Comments For Page 251

Here's page 251. A little late, but that's to be expected. I didn't put any highlights on the bottom panel, but I really don't have time to fully render the scene. I'll keep practicing my art style, so don't worry that my art won't get any better.

I wasn't sure where to put this scene in the time line, but I need to reveal Toi's new form before Horese shows up, which will be pretty soon. Probably Monday, after I take care of some loose ends on Friday.

My animation project is coming along. I have all the required parts done. Now I need to fill in the details so that it can been seen by the public. I should have it up by the time I post on Friday, so expect to see it then.

Comments For Page 250

I've reached a great mile stone of 250 pages! Many people have quit long before this, but I've rarely even missed an update. I've been late many times but I've always tried to put up my page for my fan's enjoyment.

Todays page is the cover to the next story line in the Beast Token quest. The quest started way back at page 175, but hasn't really begin until now. First up is Horese. Will she be a thorn in the vixens side or will she join them on the quest willingly?.

Has anyone noticed that none of the beast girls are very nice people? Racheal is at least civilized and willing to avoid battle when she can. The rest seem to relish a good fight. Makes you wonder what some of the other girls are like.

I'm still busy working away on my final animation. I better get back to it. See you Wednesday.

Comments For Page 249

Boy am I tired. I've been staying up way too late to get my projects done. Everything is finished now except for the final 2D animation. I'll put my 3D animation up soon so you can all see it. It turned out pretty good considering I've never animated anything in 3D before (except the obligatory bouncing ball).

If anyone is interested in animation, start by trying to get a ball to bounce. It doesn't matter if you are doing it on paper, Flash, Maya, or with any other program or method. A bouncing ball is the easiest thing to learn motion, squash and stretch, slow in and slow out, and just about any other animation principle. The secret of the bouncing ball is that it's easy to draw (or make a 3D model of), so you're not hung up on what you are drawing and can concentrate of the animation.

If you look at page 249, you'll notice I'm using highlights now. It is really staring to make my characters look more three dimentional. By May 2007, I should be drawing my comic in a semi-realistic style with full textures and lighting effects. And to think, just last year I was drawing lifeless 2 dimentional black and white illustrations for my comic. It's hard to believe how much better I'm getting.

3D Dance Animation
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Comment For Page 248

I was up late again last night trying to get my work done. As a result, I didn't get to work on my webpage. Fortunately, my class was canceled today, so I was able to get the page up around 10:30 this morning.

My 3D animation project is almost done, which is good since it is due tomorrow. After that, I have my 2D project that is due next week left and then I'm finished ... for this term. Next term, I have to do a big project in either 2D or 3D. I'm pretty good at both but great at neither. Animation is headed toward 3D, but there is still a lot of 2D stuff out there. I've got a lot of thinking to do over the holiday break.

Comments For Page 247

What's this? a new character and a new art style? I really must be crazy. To be fair, I did finally finish my wallpaper and the new style is a result of all the work I put into that piece.

I'm sure you're dying to see the wonderful art work and might want to put it up on your own desk top. Well, unfortunately it contains a few spoilers and I want to save the public unveiling until later. Of course, if someone were to send some money my way Via Paypal (my E-mail address is Dungeonwarden@msn.com), I'd be more then happy to send you a copy of your very own.

I still have a couple of animation projects to do next week - one in 3D (Maya) and one in 2D (Flash). I'll put those videos up for you to see once they are done. I'll put my other sketches up as well sometime. Maybe next weekend. It depends on how much work I get done between now and then.