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TV1 Rewrite
posted 2009.12.09 at 15:28
- Ornix's shirt was replaced previously. This was done around the same time he showed up in The Dualist - shirt fixes were applied to both TD and TV in sequence, and the altered TV pages were mass-uploaded. Like the Ornix Shirt Upload, the TV1B upload is a full replacement of the existing pages. Unlike TD2E, the first version hasn't been kept around for comparison purposes. In my opinion, it hasn't changed enough to merit it.
- Rewritten and re-lettered. Technology and character dialogue is now consistent with TD2E, plot events are consistent with TD2E, and you're probably not going to notice anything really different, with the exception of earth -13-. Panel one of that page is probably the most important panel in the chapter - if not the single most relevant panel in the story to date.
- In some cases the rewrite is a reword - large sections of the original script are intact, though a lot of dialogue has been changed. Most of it between earth -7- and earth -37-.
- "Astral speak" is now correct - Grij speaks Times as he always has, all other voice is now Courier, as it has always been. First version used Times for all "Astral speak," which may have created the impression that Grij is a schizophrenic motormouth. He isn't. He's just wordy.
- Very minor art changes to earth -17-.
- Consistent with the new chapter segment titling of TD2E, earth -1- has been titled.
- Unlike The Dualist, there have been no massive show-stopping reformats.* Core elements of plot have not been changed, nobody's really different. The dialogue is now consistent with TD2E (written after TV1a) and there's a bit more exposition. As with all other exposition, it occurs organically.
* There probably should have been - Dan Minksy has issues with the first two panels of earth -3-, and for good reason. That may be over-hauled at a later date. This round of work was rewrite-only, and I'm sticking to that - time for covers, etceteras.
TV1.b on deck.
posted 2009.12.04 at 15:26
While I've fixed Ornix's shirt, I've also completely re-written earth to bring it in line with all of the changes made to The Dualist. This rewrite will be implemented over the next couple of weeks. No other formatting or graphical changes will be made, and I don't think any additional metadata comments will be necessary.
Implementation begins this weekend. As I seemed to average about eight pages a day rewriting TD2E - with a day job - I expect TV.1 to be ground out a bit faster. Further bulletins as events warrant.
BACON OF LIGHT (spoilers)
posted 2009.10.22 at 16:34 | 2 comments
Holy crap, the spoilers.
Plot could still change, but probably won't. So, like, don't read this. Or something.
Read the rest of BACON OF LIGHT (spoilers).
Shirt fixes uploaded.
posted 2009.08.26 at 18:35
After finishing (most of) my pre-formatting run through The Dualist, I figured I'd take out the next item on the photoshop To Do list - fixing Ornix's shirt in the existing pages of Transitional Voices.
The old shirt decal appeared in 24 pages total, of which Earth -8- was the stinker. The rest went quietly. Quietly enough to be done in one night.
With the exception of one remaining page* of the first edition of The Dualist, this means all of the graphics re-work is complete, and TV is now visually consistent with The Dualist. At present, only two major objectives remain - ten new pages of The Dualist (and one page to fix), and the second edition rewrite. That will be followed by a rewrite of TV.1, and, eventually, new pages.
* I've been putting that one off for awhile. I might knock it off my list tonight, just to have it over and done with... adapt the new pages to it, instead of the other way around.