HOOD stuff, etc.

While I know I'm supposed to be on hiatus, I still want to update with things that I have in my archives that I've already sketched out, and talk about ideas and stuff, despite not being able to draw fresh content.
I'd love to show you all most of my concepts , too, but those are on paper and I'm not in any posistion to scan them right away.

Anywho, today I'll be discussing a bit about HOOD.

As I stated before, the story has been heavily influenced by a lot of media, and a plot device is actually based on fairy tales - namely, the Dolls. Dolls are the weapons the Dollmasters use to fight. Dollmasters use a Dollset - a number of Dolls at their disposal to fight with. A Dollset can be made up of any amount of Dolls, be it 6 dolls, or even just one. Ribbon herself has four Dolls, for example. However, that doesn't guarantee that all Dolls are powerful, or can even fight. There are some Dolls that exist purely for defense, some meant to distract the opponent, etc. However, every Dollmaster has one Doll that is more powerful than their other Dolls, known as the "Persona Doll" (working name, might change it). There is only one Dollmaster who is an exception to this, as she has not one, but three Persona Dolls. However, there's a reason for that, that you will discover later on.

The Persona Doll is usually based off the main character that the Dollmaster's Dollset is based off of. For example, Ribbon's Dollset is based on the story of Red Riding Hood. Therefore, her Persona Doll is based on Riding Hood herself, and aptly named as such. The Persona Doll reflects the Dollmaster in appearance, abilities, desires or personality - there's always a link to the true self.

As it stands, some of the Dollsets that I've planned out include:

• Little Red Riding Hood
• Thumbelina
• Beauty and the Beast
• Baba Yaga

And many more. It would be bad to spoil it all.

The designs are still in process. A lot of the Persona Dolls, however, have been designed. I'll leave you with concept art I made quite some time ago of Ribbon's Persona Doll. The design remains virtually the same, even now.

Back for a while, Misc. Project Details/Announcements

Still no tablet, friends. Money's been real short, I'm even considering setting up a Kickstarter for Maiden Gray just so that I can get at least a little bit, just enough to get my tools back. Maybe a donation pool would be feasible, but I'm really not sure how many people would willingly donate, not to mention that this thing isn't well known at all, and I don't have a Paypal to accept money into.

But I digress. I've been tapping at the scripts for Maiden Gray and Hood steadily. About 25% is done for Maiden Gray, and Hood is about 15%. As well, I've been tinkering away at a personal project for a long while now, upwards of about a year (ish?) that isn't an otomege, but is along the same lines as one. It's more of a VN staring a female protagonist, a mute woman come back from the dead to seek revenge on the King of the country. The setting is sort of medieval fantasy, but it's a bit modern? It's hard to explain, the protagonist's design is kind of the style of the game. What I have so far is pretty dark and might be considered "edgy", so I'll have to tone it down some, I suppose. It's pretty difficult writing a serious protagonist that doesn't speak in a VN, because you can only really convey her thoughts, which can seem pretty tryhard at times. There's a lot of murder and gruesome content thus far. I want to keep those aspects up, at least.

Even though I can't actively draw sprites, I can write, which is a godsend in these trying times. I know the whole "don't take all these projects on to your plate" thing is a common taboo in this industry, but even so, with these things getting chipped away at slowly, it's more of a leisure thing that I'm sure will succeed, even if it means getting finished five years into the future. I'm on no deadline, I do this for fun.

I leave you with art of the protag of the unnamed VN, done at different times prior to now. Try to guess which one's more recent?