The goal for now is to finish the first act, chapter, part, whatever you want to call it..
I’m at page 19 at the time of writing this so that would be about 15 more pages, I’ll try to put them out in the weekly update schedule but there’ll probably be some breaks here and there.
The middle part is the most flexible part of the story, so I can decide what to do with the comic as I get there. It’s a blank page for now. I have my ideas of course but haven’t drawn anything yet.
So what will happen when I get there? Less frequent updates!? Hiatus!?
I found a fun little program that let’s you paint within the techniqual constraints of various 80’s personal computers – you can even export it and use it on the actual hardware. It’s called Multipaint <- you can download it here (requires Java, though).
And just cause I find old computers and pixels fun have I set the goal to create three Primcess of Prowess realated pixel artworks in Multipaint from three different 80’s computers.
So let’s start this chronology with the ZX Spectrum!
It’s tiny with squishy rubber keys.
Released in the UK in April 1982 with two different versions to choose from: the 16k version (yes, that’s the amount KB RAM the machine had) but you’ll want the 48k version so you can play all the games, with commercial realeases all the way to the early 90’s.
Quick! Grab all the games you can! No time to explain! We have to leave the country!
Let’s see what we have to work with here. We have 15 colors to choose from, two sets of seven colors with different brightness values + black.
We have a resolution of 256×192 pixels. The screen is divided into cells of 8×8 pixels and you’re limited to two colors within each cell and you can’t mix the two different brightness levels either.
Example zoomed in
So taking this color palette into consideration the battle gear step mother clone (or what the hell is she anyway!?) seems like a good fit.
The Princess of Prowess herself won’t have much of an presence there however, rather it will be about all the world and characters around her. Lots of little things to prepare, mostly the blog will be about designing new characters – so basically a bunch of crappy sketches.
And I’ll begin my foray into 3D with Blender – can I create 3D model references for my web comic? More specifically; I want to create a goddamn horse carriage!
I failed the donut and coffee cup tutorial and now I’m going to try to create a horse carriage. Can this end well!?
I’ll update twice a week, even if it’s just a shitty little sketch, so you can see that things haven’t stagnated completely here. And it puts some pressure on me to create new stuff.
