grOw/cinema, Episode V, now 94% completed!

I realized that I forgot to post an update last week. This was partially due to the fact that it was the Thanksgiving holiday week (here in the U.S.). With the holiday om Thursday, I thought I would do some more work on the following Friday, and put up my usual Friday update. However, like many others, take the day and make a 4-day weekend. While I did work on the issue a bit that day, I got pulled away and forgot to post an update. To make up for that, I am uploading 2 previews with this post.

But, for this week, I can definitively say that Episode V is now 94% done!  I just finished frame 77 of 82 frames tonight. I've been making some refinements to the last quarter of the episode as I get closer to the ending — better camera angles, adjusting the pacing, adding and subtracting frames, and rewriting dialogue. 

I should have no trouble (shhh, famous last words! I hope I don't jinx myself) completing the episode next week and subsequently release it.  Of course, I also have to create the cover image, proofread (multiple times) and make corrections (both in text and art... I hate when I do things like forget glasses on a character), create the final PDF, do all the website graphics and programming, and upload it all and test the website.

Speaking of website, I was hoping to have the updated website ready for this issue. I think I am going to wait until after traffic from the release of Episode V has died down to do so. There are a few last minute programming things I need to do, which I put off since some "real life" work slowed this issue down. I also don't want to put up a new website, only to have bugs during a new release and cause issues. It's better when sales are slow.

We are VERY close to release of Episode V, "Gravitational Attraction".  Hang in there!