Angsty Swoon

I suddenly realised that it is August, and that I am not as far along as I would like as a result of feeling really quite icky for almost the entire month of July. Two consequences of this:

• I may become very bad at responding to email etc since I've been feeling headachey and want to save my limited concentrating-on-screen time for my thesis. Also I'm just feeling absent minded.
• No more Circle of Stars for a while :( Or at least only that which I can do at night by hand then scan in and quickly colour. (Which is how I did pages 5 and 6)

Anyway, I thought I should finish off a few things I'd been meaning to say blogwise so I can really get into Ignoring the Internet (except the read-when-I-wake-up bits) While writing The Comic Formally known as "Un-named" I came across some useful links:

• Blambot fonts They pretty much all rock :)
• 1001 fonts A VERY wide range, most available for the mac.
• Colour schemer Helps you come up with harmonious colour schemes. As you can probably tell, I have yet to fully take advantage of it. but probably should :)
• ArcheoAstronomy Because the most important thing about any world is how they viewed cosmology. At least to me :)
• Fantasy World Building Questions Only found these this morning, but they look useful.
• The name links lilysea talks about here. She and I had a nice chat about this sort of thing yesterday.

Also, worldbuilding is fun. LOTS of fun. I have a bunch of (generally childrens level, I'm no arts student :) ) books on various cultures etc from the library (The internet has a wider range of information, but you can't flip through it and look at the pictures as easily). It may never get into the comic, but just trying to construct an interesting and consistent Other World is cool. Not sure I'd ever do it for it's own sake though. Must pick Phlebus' brain, since she has that handy anthropology degree.

Also, we have a printer! Expect more "handmade" cards from now on :)