Card XIV: (Nothing To Do With) A Realm Reborn

Signed up for a chance to be in a beta for the PS3 version of FFXIV. As much as I can't stand MMOs, I've got a kind of morbid fascination with the downfall and much-discussed reboot of XIV. I probably won't get the full game, even if I do get to be part of the beta. In general, I have this kind of abusive relationship with RPGs: I love them, but I don't have time for them. At least with something like XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I can play a mission or two back-to-back, unwind during the debriefing and upkeep phases, then save and quit for the day. If I am going to get involved in RPGs again (apart from the tactical strategy subgenre like XCOM or Valkyria), it'll be in the realm of pen-and-paper, which I've actually been ruminating on for a possible video project in the coming weeks. Nothing's solid yet, mostly on account of my car troubles (which I'm getting fixed this week), but hopefully things will mellow out and I can stay motivated to go back to producing full-on video works, if only occasionally. 

Card the Thirteenth

Card Number Twelve

Eleventh Card

Tenth Card

Number Nine

Five Cards in Two Days (Motivation Lesson)

Fell into a bit of a depressive slump thanks to some annoying car troubles that left me feeling really unmotivated. I was feeling kind of down anyway, so this really didn't help. Anyway, as I've made five of these things in two days (held off because I wanted to get a traditional hole punch instead of relying on my blade to make the notches) and uploaded them all to my other sites just now, the next five entries will only be the embedded videos and the photos. There are no real "in progress" shots to speak of, apart mainly from the one where my Slice blade broke at the tip while working on one of the cards. I'll have to think of something else if I want square holes in future cards. 

Eighth Card

Not only did I decide to use red in the color scheme, but I was considering not having any grid or graph paper whatsoever. Pushed a little too hard with my thumb for the print, but I guess you could say it's a blood spatter like in a type-testing kit. 

Seventh Card

Discovered a small camera problem while working on these. Once before, I reshot a video because on playback it would hang in the same spot no matter what. I thought this may well have simply been in the phone and it would play fine once uploaded. Well, it's happened on both videos for six and seven, so I may have to upgrade my setup and use a different camera if I make more of these. 

Sixth Card

Last time I tried to make two cards at once, I butchered one of them, but this time was only slightly less painful. I cut the two outlying notches too deep, making them feel really flimsy, hence cutting off the entire corner and widening the one farther in for symmetry. At the end of the day, it simply feels like a paper skeleton key.