Hello the heroes!
This is a short, super quick update ... I've got 16 pictures left to go before all of the UVG is fully colored. Here and there I ... decided ... that I needed new art. So, there's a few new pieces coming, too. It looks like I'll actually finish this week.
In other news, one of you k...
2019-10-03 07:21:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, the heroes!
My apologies for being so slow to write and post this month. Yea, verily. Lessons have I learn'd from this UVG kickstarter many.
I mean, besides lessons like, "don't have a family member die while you're finishing up." Not sure what I can do about that one, but ... thank you all for your kind support and u...
2019-09-29 00:55:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Glorious Heroes,
In keeping with the previous poll ... you explained that you were thirsty to get the 3-point-1st edition of Witchburner by a vast margin. Of poll-respondents, 60-or-so said yes, 3-or-4-or-so chose the joke option, none said no.
But there is something, eh ... stupid ... it seems I can only charge all 2019-09-09 09:20:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Heroes!
The poll was pretty conclusive: 95% of you want to see the updated Witchburner (well, the metaheroes have already seen it). 5% chose the null option. Nobody said no.
This Sunday evening was a bit busy, and I have to rush off to classes now (starting learning Korean ... this will be a lot of embarrassing :O). But, soo...
2019-09-08 23:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, dear heroes.
Thank you for your patience - the last week and more passed in a haze of legal issues as we worked to settle the majority of my late father's estate, then a flight across the bulk of Eurasia, followed by a lovely spot of jet-la...
2019-09-06 14:48:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings heroes all!
It has been another slow turning of the days, harsher than I'd thought, more family drama to deal with than I'd have expected. I have learned many lessons these days, but two things stand out:
1. wow, soap operas are not as far-fetched as I thought.
2. thank you so much for your support and understanding.<...
2019-08-29 08:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, not really much to add. Folks asked for wallpapers and I decided I'll see how it goes, making these a bit more regular for the patrons.
If you have any other pieces you'd like turned into wallpapers, just let me know in the comments!
There's also a bit of news: we're going to do a re-print of Witchburner with Exal...
2019-08-20 07:22:53 +0000 UTC View Post
I was working on this piece from the Abbey of the Lost Caretakers, coloring it for the print edition of the UVG, when I received word that my father had died. That was two weeks ago today.
The week after my father died, the week when I helped arrange his last rites, was the hardest week of my life that I can recall.
Today I finished ...
2019-08-17 09:33:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi folks.
You've waited ages for this one.
Thank you for your patience.
Obviously, the big honking book has taken a while, but that's basically done now. Today and this weekend I gave myself, and you, some of my time to finish the writing on this section of Longwinter.
It has a bit less art than most, and I may have to re...
2019-07-30 10:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post
So, ok, sure ... it's not the Longwinter post, yet.
But at least it's basically all done.
2019-07-20 01:53:05 +0000 UTC
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Dear Heroes.
Thank you for your patience. Truly, if patience were a superpower, you are all superheroes. I can't even believe how long it's been since my last update and I am truly sorry about that. Yes, certainly, the UVG has kept me busy, but as much was a result of my mistakes, as it was a result of the quantity of work.
Quite sim...
2019-07-13 04:27:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for your patience, all the heroes, as I fail and fail again to post updates while working on finishing the UVG! I am truly learning some lessons here, and they are pretty hard ones about how long a final ...
2019-07-04 07:46:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I've got a very short update. This upcoming week we're moving from our current house to a new one that should shorten our combined commutes by over two hours, which is great. But it's going to involve new towns, neighborhoods, communities, spaces, and habits. Every move is emotionally, financially, and socially jarring, and this one is...
2019-06-19 02:51:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Bloody well finally.
I'm a bit too tired to repeat the whole story (it's here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/the-ultraviolet-grasslands/posts/2536455), but here's a synopsis:
Heroes of the Stratometaship!
We are now over 400. I ... wow.
We're also a kilodollar. Thank you. Thank you so much. I know I haven't posted much or enough or even regularly enough here over the last couple of months. But, I cannot overstate how important your support and backing is.
I started this patreon thre...
2019-06-08 07:50:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The layout and some other life stresses got to me and I found myself starting to burn out last Wednesday when the clock struck 22:00 and I'd just spent the last 5 hours laying out a single page of the UVG. Not a good look, that. Not at all. Next book, and other later books, I'm definitely getting someone to specialize in the design, freeing me u...
2019-05-29 04:39:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I can't believe it ... we're actually creeping slowly but surely towards the $1,000 mark, where I get to hide the number so that future patreons feel encouraged to keep signing up (but, seriously - I wonder if that ... has much influence?) ... and meanwhile layout also inches forward. Page 116 of 192 is now ... done for the first pass.
Good Moon Day, heroes.
It's a long weekend here in Korea because of Children's Day, but at the studio work continues on grinding out the layout. I'd be lying if I said it was easy or fun—it's meticulous, slow work. Still, it proceeds.
I'm also adding a bit of content here and there (#needsmore), which is going to annoy the editors ...
2019-05-06 03:35:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear heroes.
It turns everyone can preorder UVG swag / books / dice / and more at the post-KS backerkit store! This is great!
https://the-ultraviolet-grasslands.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Yo...
2019-04-30 05:15:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello the Heroes!
It's update time, a few days late. I thought I'd be able to squeeze Longwinter in between the UVG print layout phases, but that's turned out to be simply too ambitious, so I'm just going to outline what I'm planning and solicit some feedback and ideas.
As I've probably mentioned, there are going to be two adventures...
2019-04-26 03:26:34 +0000 UTC View Post
We did it. I'm beyond grateful to all of you heroes, without whom none of this would have been possible in any shape or form.
I would also like to welcome all the new heroes aboard the stratometaship—I'll make sure to greet all of you personally in a couple of days, and send out a discord invite again.
It's a deep pleasure to have ...
2019-04-16 00:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post
It is with glad heart that announce that we are basically done with the UVG Kickstarter. From an initial goal of $15,000 we're about to cross the ultimate stretch goal of a video of me doing yoga to heavy metal music in a forest...
2019-04-13 01:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post
So the UVG kickstarter is going well. It's incredible—it's exceeding every one of my expectations—and I can't thank everyone of you heroes enough. We're heading into the last ten-day, and it looks like we'll get the digital screen and everything. The feeling is good, but most of all I feel satisfied.
I have a detailed project ...
2019-04-05 00:44:47 +0000 UTC View Post
You've waited. And waited. Then waited some more.
Finally I've written the chapter on the Near Moon of the Ultraviolet Grasslands. In the end, this became it's own little playground and semi-procedural low-gravity crawling environment, going through the dusty crust, past the meaty mantel, to the crystal core itself.
And it comes with...
2019-04-01 10:02:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Well ... you might have heard by now, but we've blown through all our funding goals and now the UVG art that was black and white because I'd run out of time to color it? It's all getting colored.
And I might sneak in...
2019-03-27 08:06:45 +0000 UTC View Post
You waited and waited and ... it's late and I'll add words detailing the new content in the morning. We're 34% of the way to the end, with 20 more pages done. Phew.
Good night for now, folks!
-Luka
Edit: 07:56, 20 Mar 2019: It's early, so I'm adding more words now!
First, I know "chapter" isn't exactly the right ...
2019-03-19 15:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I know! I said I'd have the update ready ... well ... Tuesday! But I didn't. Turns out I can't multi-task, and family was a priority this week. I plead for understanding.
That said, I did keep plugging away at things. Including a limited signed edition of the UVG for the kickstarter. It's bonus pledge level of a hundred or so book...
2019-03-17 01:39:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, the last ... nearly a month ... it's been a busy nearly-month. I launched the UVG kickstarter with Exalted Funeral and it exploded and we're over 52K now ... so the UVG is getting a book, and bindings, and dice and everything. It's fantastic. None of that would have been possible without you, my heroes of the stratometaship.
Oof. This week has been ... a rush. A rollercoaster.
First the UVG kickstarter was a little late, because we had to wait for it to be approved, then it was approved 36 hours earlier than we'd planned, then it e...
2019-02-14 06:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
After many months of preparation with Exalted Funeral Press, the UVG kickstarter finally went live about seven hours ago. And then it exploded and before I knew it I was running around answering questions. Well, here it is, very nearly funded already!
2019-02-13 07:11:00 +0000 UTC
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