grOw/cinema 2, Ep. 2, frame 53 completed!

I worked like a whirlwind and finished my Patreon May obligations last week. I then started on June's rewards. While I still have more to go, I was not behind, so I decided to work on some more grOw/cinema 2. I was able to complete 5 new frames. I also wasted a huge amount of time recreating 2 frames that I didn't realized I had already completed — doh! Seems my local external hard drive did not back-up before my computer failed, but my cloud back had (thank goodness). 

53 frames are now done out of the final 65-69 frames. The count is not exact as I haven't nailed down the final scene that I am adding to. It was originally about 60 frames, but I wanted to add something that I think will add to the "climax" of the issue. (wink wink)

I'm baaaaaaaaack! What happened you ask?

If you haven't seen some of my other communication fronts (Patreon, Twitter, etc), you may not know that I had a major hard drive failure back on Thu., May 20. I sat down to work that morning and was greeted by a black screen with a folder icon that had a blinking "?" in the middle. Uuuhhh...

Well, the drive WAS about 8 years old, so it was doomed to fail soon. (And was showing some signs that, looking back, should have warned me.)

However, the good news is that I had everything backed up, including all work that I completed the day before.

I would have made an update here to let you know but... I had forgotten my password to the blog (since my computer saves it for me).  Oops!

I received my computer back from the repair shop this past Wednesday, and I've spend the last 2 days reinstalling 2 TB of files, and reinstalling numerous Apps and settings. While I still have some of these to load onto the new drive, I will be focusing on my Patreon work that was due in the month of May before I start on grOw/cinema again. I am sure I will spending most of next week working on this work. It is possible I will finish this before Friday, and will be able to start back on "grOwing to a Crescendo" again.

Stay tuned!

grOw/cinema 2, Ep.2, frame 44 completed!

Another 7 frames finished this week. It was a busy week, working on grOw/cinema, dealing with Western Digital (ordered a new back-up hard drive that failed in less than 48 hours!! grrr); working on Patreon stuff; and mulling over the current script to add some frames to the end of the chapter. Total frames will be between 66-70, so that means we are approximately
at the 65% mark!

grOw/cinema 2, Ep. 2, frame 37 completed.

I wish I could have gotten more work done on the next issue this week, but I hit a lot of "real life" snags this week that slowed me down. I was able to complete 9 frames, but I had hoped for 12-14.

(I had some work being done on our home that I had to attend to. I bought an new back-up hard drive to replace one that failed, only to have it fail on me in 2 days and long wait on the telephone support line. And a few other crappy things.)

grOw/cinema 2, Ep. 2, frame 28 completed

I was able to complete 8 more frames this week, as well as getting a great start on frame 29. The rest of the week was filled with creating Patreon art and getting my 2nd COVID vaccine shot (whoo hoo!).

grOw/cinema 2, Ep. 2, frame 20 completed.

I didn't get as many frames completed this week as I had last week. A lot of stuff was going on — some personal appointments, working on Patreon art, and spending hours scanning and diagnosis my slooooow computer. The good thing on this last point is that I think I solved it. Things are running MUCH smoother now.

grOw/cinema 2, Ep. 2, frame 15 completed

This week, I completed 13 more frames for grOw/cinema 2, Ep. 2. I made some great progress, as this week I also had worked on some Patreon art, as well as made some edits to the 3D backgrounds for this issue.