October 2012
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ADDITION!
If any of you guys would like to contribute ideas and whatnot for the redesigns, feel free to do so! Many minds are better than one, and if I like the idea, I’ll use it!
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A Bit of Upheaval v2
I’m planning on editing the character models a bit to improve their accuracy and ease of drawing.
They were designed on Adobe Illustrator when I had little understanding of anatomy, clothing and hair, which knowledge, while imperfect, is much improved. Even these recent designs did little to correct the issues at large. Some of the colors are outdated, I can never settle on how to draw Bits...
September 2012
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Lo Siento
No update today, though I did get some good concept art put together. I’ll probably post it on my mod blog at some point.
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Tips for the Informed Voter
In consideration of the upcoming elections, I figured I’d compose a little advice about being an informed voter among all this political rhetoric. The teams behind presidential candidates are factual contortionists- no one comes close to their ability to alter data and reality to whatever they want to depict.
Polls mean nothing-Categorically nothing. Shockingly nothing. The more you know...
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Just a Possibility
In the coming months, I may acquire Adobe Flash. This will change the dynamic of Provenance in a few ways:
1( It will enable me to do more than one post a day, some days.
2( It will improve the rate of fire on posts that don’t depict any significant event.
In other words, I can go fast through the less interesting parts and focus on the writing part.
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Provenance Summary →
New to the blog? Need to refresh yourself on the past? I’ve prepared a very plain and straightforward summary to fill that end.
It allows you to bypass anything you’ve missed or haven’t been here for, if at the expense of accuracy.
Though I will admit, I don’t blame you for skipping some of the early arcs.
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XKCD →
This is the biggest comic panel in the world and one of the best things XKCD has ever pulled. XKCD is much of my inspiration, and it’s only fair if I advertise one of the most mind blowing issues it’s ever produced!
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onceuponascroll: Serious August →
onceuponascroll:
You don’t answer. You don’t think about it.
Each day your news feeds, your dashboards, your phones, and your readers overflow with unfounded opinions, random images captioned anti-this or anti-that, facts that aren’t facts, ideas that aren’t ideas, and, of course, claims that have no backing…
Same idea as what I just posted; debate outside of debate tournaments is...
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Lessons from Provenance
For anyone, like myself who is learning the storytelling and artistic medium, you may be interested.
People rarely talk about their experiences while learning something new, as opposed to experiences before and after. Here are a few of the big things I’ve learned writing this webcomic:
-Find a style- Do some free drawing. Find out what you are good at. When you figure this out, what...
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Housekeeping
I updated my blog description to better reflect the current state of the blog.
“A blog detailing the adventures of a scattered crew in the land of Provenance. The main characters are Bits, Widgets, Veil, Vigil, the Lich, and Peponi. While primarily a story blog, I am receptive to asks whenever I get them. I also work in references and my followers whenever I can. The blog updates daily,...
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Message from the Mod
I should note that I consider the current version of Provenance to be an experiment. It’s kind of like a first draft. I have big plans for it, but I must first stabilize my writing and art styles. And, as a first draft, it’s quite likely there will be some discrepancies, random design changes, etc.
In the end, I want Provenance to be something of the same quality as, say, Homestuck....
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Profanity ProTip
Some people, like myself, aren’t terribly fond of the prolific nature of profanity.
It’s not necessarily because we can’t tolerate it… it’s just that we’d rather not have to. It’s especially inconvenient when you consider, say, Homestuck, which is a fantastic piece of work, but it is incredibly profane.
How does one go about solving it? My personal...
