I’ve nearly finished toning and adding the dialogue for Chapter 1 of “The Dreaming”! Unfortunately, when I wrote this, my LJ went down, so I’m only posting it now. From next week, I’ll be working on Chapter 2, and is scheduled to be finished on the 6th Feb. Right now, I’m SUPPOSED to be working on the remaining 3 pages for “Ten Years Ago Today” (see below), but I’m being lazy instead (NOOO!).

I’m sort of MOSTLY happy with the toning on Chapter 1… I had to use alot of tones, and though I dislike using so much toning, I find that this is one of the rare cases where over-toning works in favour. The mystery-horror setting, with the Victorian-era furniture and architecture means that it manages to work. I still wish I didn’t have to tone so much, even though it wasn’t mandated to me – I just toned in a way I believe is most suitable for the look of the story. Darn, I miss the good ol’ days of b&w art. *sigh*

As of now, I’m unhappy with pg2, p10-11 and pg 24; though the problem is more inking than toning. I can’t change it for now anyway because of scheduling problems, so I’ll probably finish the book, and then go back and correct it if there is any time left. Perfection/satisfaction is something worth working towards, though not to the detriment of everything else.