Mother of God, pt. II · 10:21pm May 21st, 2015
This post isn't just about le art, but first things first:
You guys remember how Wisp's cutie mark was kind of technically definitely stolen? Well, no more. Finally, at long last, it has happened:
I have finally obtained a custom-made cutie mark from the illustrious Lahirien. He makes the highest-quality cutie marks I've seen anywhere, on par with (or, perhaps, even superior to) the show itself, and he makes them for free. If you manage to get on his queue, that is. From the bits of correspondence I've had with him, he seems like quite a cool guy (he did tell me to let him know if I wanted any changes made), but that's not the point here.
I mean, doesn't it look fantastic? I think I'm in love. Mmmph...
But now onto real news. I think you guys know how I feel about my own flakiness, so I'll not go into that again. Still, it's update time.
I didn't get too far into the whole rewrite thing, before a certain change called for more retroactive changes, and I lost steam from there. It doesn't help that I still really don't know exactly how I'm supposed to change Wintergreen to fit with my intended revisions, and that's really the biggest hurdle, I feel. So, I'm thinking it indeed best to just move things along as they are, which was pretty obvious to begin with. I keep saying it, but if I keep making revisions and giving in to my feelings of the content's inadequacy, I truly will never get it finished, especially with 10 chapters to "fix."
So I think I'm just going to leave those edits of mine on the backburner until it's all over. I'm open to input or suggestions, but I think we'll all agree that's the best option.
Also, though, I'm looking at the Fallout: Equestria thing again. It was when I quickly came to feel stuck working on that that I looked to editing Fireflank, and now I'm thinking that I just need to throw myself at it for a while, see what comes out of my head with little/less regard for shiny quality, and just go back and work from there. Being that it's hardly started, it's in a good place to just have some fun exploring.
So... Yeah. Can't really promise an update very soon, I'm sorry to say. But I'm not giving up on this stuff, so there's that. Right? 
However, if you do want to see something new, I'm quite happy with the first chapter of my FoE fic. I'm not going to upload here until I have more of the story worked out and written (whenever that happens), but if anyone happens to be interested, I'd gladly share the link. With any luck, you might like the main character about as much as I do. lol
Edit: Here is the image as I originally posted it, with the smaller flames flipped, if the comments make you curious.
That is very nice, although I think I prefer his original version because it makes Wisp seem a little more dynamic with the flames looking like they are blowing backwards along her body. Even if she is standing still it adds a sense of power and purpose to her appearance because it makes it seem like she is facing into the wind or looking out over the bow of a ship.
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Hm. That is an interesting way of looking at it... And you do make a good point.
The way I've been looking at it is that the flames flickering in different directions is the more dynamic. At face faluesense, all of them facing the same direction makes it look static. If you put three flames together in the same place, they would naturally not sync up, and on top of that, I suppose you could say that makes things look more unstable. But that's if they're all sitting in place.
That being said, I think it's just that I'm used to the uneven look of the old mark. Eventually, the flipped version of the new one just started appealing to me, even though it hadn't at first. And now that I look between them again...
...Yeah, I've changed my mind again. Let's go with this, for now... Fickle, fickle me.
3086735 I know that feeling.
I personally think it looks better this way, but I think this is one of those things you are going to have to go with it for a while and see what you settle on.
Anyways, it's good to hear you are still kicking and I am looking forward to the next chapter whenever you get around to it. I think this is sounding like a better plan to me for now because it lets you feel your way through things and get a better handle on the characters which will help you make a better informed decision once on you get done the first version. Just think of this as a first draft of the story and plan on doing an improved second draft once you get through it which can be as similar or different as you feel is appropriate at that time.
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Indeed. Much as I want to make things better, I've clearly done enough to draw some people's attention. Better to actually... do something with that. At least, with my habits/tendencies being what they are.
Plus, the FoE thing is exciting. Even if it's in a much weaker place, I love what I've come up with.