#kingdomrune

[kingdomrune]

Not the most exciting first showcase of an AU, but here! A general Menu Mockup for Kingdomrune! The only menu not showcased is the options menu, because there’s nothing to change with that one imo. Most things are changed from how they originally are in Deltarune, but there’s also some stuff that’s Kingdomrune fresh! Like Noelle’s room, the Dark Journal, the function of the power menu, and other stuff! And, damn, I didn’t expect this would turn out to be like a 4 minute video just showcasing the menus, but I can’t say I’m complaining, either!

[dreadnotau]

Its been a decent couple of months of productive work, so it's sadly time for a schedule change. I'll be posting pages two weeks apart again. Details provided below if you're curious as to why.

In all honesty there's no big dramatic reason this time around. I've just slowly lost drive to work on Dread Not as often and as thoroughly as I used to be able to. As I said in one of my previous posts (that sounded suspiciously like this one), I want to focus on other projects as well. One of those is my personal art blog, which I've neglected even though I've had art on the backburner that I've been meaning to post for AGES. Kingdomrune is another one of those, where I have shit I could post that I just... never did. Dread Not takes a lot of time and I miss being able to dedicate that time to consuming media instead of just grinding and trying to produce my own. One of the most important things to do as an artist is to broaden your horizons and take in as much art as you can, to diversify and expand what you know and what you can make. But, when all day every day I'm just sitting and drawing my own thing, it's like I have tunnel vision and my creative resources run dry. It's starting to feel weirdly soulless on my end, because I don't feel nearly half the inspiration to make the pages as I did when the big hiatus ended. It's all dependent on time and exposure, and I can only crunch for so long before it starts to feel damaging to me instead of fun and creatively fulfilling.

So what does this mean, practically speaking? Well, for one, I'm spacing out the page upload for the rest of Act 1, as previously mentioned. I'm well aware this will kill the pacing and it'll drag out longer than it theoretically needs to, but I'd even rather that than trying to rush out a page in the Two Days I have free this week (yeah, ONLY two days free out of the ENTIRE week. Don't ask me why it's not even my fuckin' fault this time). If pages become even more scarce than 1 page per 2 weeks, blame it on college. I'm getting new subjects and I don't even know the class schedule yet. Concerning Act 2 though, I'll be changing the structure of the pages from their core. I'll be switching to a different drawing software (probably Krita, suck my dick Photoshop) so it'll take some getting used to. I can't even promise bonus content or anything during the necessary break between acts because of that shift in software happening, I've never done a massive technical move like this. However, it'll allow me to, not only work on Dread Not better, but expand my art overall, so it's definitely worth it. I've wanted to get into animation for YEARS and Krita seems like an okay place to start (the gif on this post WAS made with Photoshop, but shitty gifs are about all I can make as animations in Photoshop). Act 2's style will, predictably, differ heavily from Act 1 and (with how long writing the dialogue alone for it is taking), it might end up being Longer than Act 1, too. Visually, it'll probably be something like cleaned up and coloured sketches, with simpler colour palettes and simpler (big airquotes) visuals overall, and it'll speed up the process and possibly allow me to post more than one page at a time. Possibly. That's not a promise.

I'm sorry if that's disappointing to anyone, but I physically can't make myself continue the current artstyle across all acts. It's just not feasible.

For those curious about the FARTHER future of Dread Not, I have plans to turn Act 3 into a series of fics rather than full comic pages, and something maybe a bit more insane for Act 4. I don't have everything figured out yet, and I don't want to make any false promises or give any grand ideas I won't be able to commit to, since only time will tell how my creativity will flow years from now. If you all want more content from me specifically, again I'm planning on reviving my art tumblr like a half buried zombie, and you'll probably see more there than you bargained for once I actually get into the habit of posting things. If you're mayhaps interested in my original stuff, keep your eyes peeled for a guy called Duro, I might start posting about him some time soon.

As always, thank you for your patience, and apologies again if this news was disappointing to anyone. I'm just one guy and this comic is a titan of biblical proportions. I'll keep you all posted on any further developments and plans for the future! Stay tuned!

[evako88]

“KINGDOMRUN” board game of studio Ankama

DesignerEric Claverie

ArtistJiahui Eva Gao

PublisherAnkama

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[kingdomrune]

During the Dread Not 2nd anniversary stream, I ended up getting a few requests for kingdomrune sketches, so here’s a post dedicated to those!

[dreadnotau]

HAPPY 2ND DREAD NOT ANNIVERSARY!!

Before jumping into what little rambling about this I will do, I want to announce that Today, the 23rd of January, we’ll be hosting an art stream in the DN Discord server at 6pm CET. If you have the time, come and join for a bit!

Firstly, I want to stress that the comic is being worked on, even during this big hiatus. Trust me, I doubt myself a lot too, but I’ve been slowly chipping away at the next few pages behind the scenes, trying to make them look as visually appealing as they possibly can be. I hope the anniversary art conveys that! You’d be surprised how difficult it is to quickly and easily shade art on this scale. And by scale, I mean quantity. Each panel is its own painting, and while it’s daunting, I think it’s good exercise. Until I put myself under a time limit again, of course, in which case it’ll become hell again.

I think that’s the main lesson I’ve learned during this hiatus, that the time crunch is what’s been giving me the most trouble with this comic. Because of that, I’ve been thinking about alternative upload schedules and similar things I could change to make it at least a bit more bearable to work on while actively posting. Nothing concrete yet, but when I figure something out, I’ll implement it.

Speaking of actively posting, I’m sure a lot of you are wondering when the comic is going to start getting proper updates again. The answer to that is still a firm “I have no clue”, mostly because of the fact that I feel unprepared to start posting the comic regularly again. As I said, I’m still experimenting with style stuff, and I don’t want to put myself on a timer before I have a decent and consistent pipeline that actually makes something of quality. I may be metaphorically banging pots and pans together in Photoshop as we speak but dear god I’ll make it worthwhile for you all.

Outside of the current… everything… surrounding Dread Not and its creation, I have a few other projects I’m working on. I’m not gonna shill too much, mostly because none of them fit the same niche as Dread Not does (not technically anyway), but I will say that my Art Blog will start to get updated more frequently, and my Kingdomrune blog is up and running (even though it doesn’t have much on it), however I’ll only start posting on either after exams are over so… see you all in February, I guess.

Until then, and until the next time I post here too, thank you for your continued support and patience. It really does mean the world to me that something I’ve made gives people joy, and I hope you stick around to see this through to the end.

 Kind regards, and for some reason ending this post as if I’m writing an email, - Kooki914

PS – The asks are always open! I may not reply immediately, but I do love hearing your thoughts!

[kingdomrune]

Welcome to the Kingdomrune AU blog!

This is the one-stop shop for all information and development concerning Kingdomrune, a Deltarune AU/art project made by Kooki914. Please check the about section if you’re new, and send an ask if you want a more in-depth explanation of anything!

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