2018-10-29 Free Time and Projects

In 2007 I finished my monster manual. It all started with a blog post a year earlier. I wanted a monster manual, and I wanted to practice my drawing skills, and so I went at it. I hadn’t really used my drawing apps before but now I wanted to. And so I did.

=> finished my monster manual | a blog post | I did

I agree with Brad J. Murray’s recent blog post, doing it all yourself.

=> doing it all yourself

• no financial risks
• no Kickstarter commitments
• do it yourself or with friends
• practice until it’s good enough
• make time by avoiding time sinks
• start the next project and do better

Well, except I didn’t really start a next project. Or perhaps I did. My list of spellcasters and their lairs and their spells is growing ever so slowly. And perhaps they’ll need more art to go with it one day, who knows.

=> spellcasters

As for working with friends: the one thing I’d highlight that is important for me is building some sort of shared enthusiasm. It doesn’t matter who it is: people online, collaborators, or my wife seeing me draw in the evenings: it’s just good to know that somebody wants to see it happen and talks to you about it. Find this person. 😄

​#RPG ​#Indie