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Mar. 6th, 2003 12:12 amTo update on that last entry, the game went sort of okay. No apocalyptic collapse of the group, at least. A duel between an NPC and one of the players unfortunately took far longer than I expected, which left the other players just sitting around for a lot longer than I would have liked. Oops.
I played in another Mechwarrior thing today. I decided to experiment with artillery and transports, the two new units types from the first expansion. It went rather badly. After playing with them, I think that transports definitely have abuse potential, and artillery is...annoying. I don't know what happened, but it never felt worth it to fire mine, but I had doom rained down on me by my opponent's artillery over and over again.
Speaking of Mechwarrior, I'm not sure what to do about the Marquee events later this month. The prizes are cool, but since it's sealed box it means I'd have to spend $30 on each tournament, and I can't be throwing that kind of money around for no good reason. It's not like I won't be able to eat if I play in the tournaments or anything, but I'm really trying to be better about money these days, and I know that I shouldn't be buying more 'toys.' Instead, I should just keep using what I've got. I may play in two, but I'll probably have to try to sell some of what I pull from the boxes on ebay or something to recoup the cost of playing, or the whole experience will probably just leave me feeling like I threw money away.
I've been emailing back and forth with an artist who does card art for CCGs. I've been asking some questions regarding trying that out myself, and he's been really helpful. Unfortunately, he also offered to look at my stuff. That's scary. I mean, I know that I don't have to be the best artist on earth in order to be proud of my art, and that I should welcome his feedback on it, but it's hard. I'm afraid that he'll say something really discouraging, even if he doesn't intend it that way. I can't afford to be discouraged - there's no way I can continue to improve if I don't practice, and it's hard to practice when I'm depressed or discouraged.
I suppose that I have to send him the link to my work, though. If I can't show someone my art as it stands now, then how can I expect to send an art director my portfolio some time, even if I do plan to do some better pieces before I do? Here's hoping that he's not too harsh, though.
My friends have been a big help with this. I've been creating illustrations of monsters and characters from my game that I'm running, and they've been really well received.
Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed - metaphorically anyway. I can't practice if I have them crossed for real.
I played in another Mechwarrior thing today. I decided to experiment with artillery and transports, the two new units types from the first expansion. It went rather badly. After playing with them, I think that transports definitely have abuse potential, and artillery is...annoying. I don't know what happened, but it never felt worth it to fire mine, but I had doom rained down on me by my opponent's artillery over and over again.
Speaking of Mechwarrior, I'm not sure what to do about the Marquee events later this month. The prizes are cool, but since it's sealed box it means I'd have to spend $30 on each tournament, and I can't be throwing that kind of money around for no good reason. It's not like I won't be able to eat if I play in the tournaments or anything, but I'm really trying to be better about money these days, and I know that I shouldn't be buying more 'toys.' Instead, I should just keep using what I've got. I may play in two, but I'll probably have to try to sell some of what I pull from the boxes on ebay or something to recoup the cost of playing, or the whole experience will probably just leave me feeling like I threw money away.
I've been emailing back and forth with an artist who does card art for CCGs. I've been asking some questions regarding trying that out myself, and he's been really helpful. Unfortunately, he also offered to look at my stuff. That's scary. I mean, I know that I don't have to be the best artist on earth in order to be proud of my art, and that I should welcome his feedback on it, but it's hard. I'm afraid that he'll say something really discouraging, even if he doesn't intend it that way. I can't afford to be discouraged - there's no way I can continue to improve if I don't practice, and it's hard to practice when I'm depressed or discouraged.
I suppose that I have to send him the link to my work, though. If I can't show someone my art as it stands now, then how can I expect to send an art director my portfolio some time, even if I do plan to do some better pieces before I do? Here's hoping that he's not too harsh, though.
My friends have been a big help with this. I've been creating illustrations of monsters and characters from my game that I'm running, and they've been really well received.
Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed - metaphorically anyway. I can't practice if I have them crossed for real.
