Vision Riders

Q: Is Swordmaster Odyssey dead?

Heavens no! It will probably be a few more weeks before I get back to it, though. Right now my focus is on getting the initial in-game art for AetherFall together, which is no small feat. Once I get a hold on the style I want, and get into the groove of producing it, things should lighten up quite a bit on that end.

Q: Is Sketchbook Monday dead?

No, I just keep putting it off.

Q: Is My Brother dead?

No, my brother is still alive and well unfortunately, and so is My Brother. However, there likely won't be any work on it until next year. The project has not been canceled, just delayed in favor of AetherFall.

Q: Is Procyon dead.

Yes. As explained before, the project was axed due to major story problems, made even worse by a horde of technical problems.

Sorry it took me so long to get around to this post, things have been a bit harsh lately.

If you're reading this, it's probably because you've already noticed that Vision Riders as a whole--including Swordmaster Odyssey--has been on hiatus lately. Here's the deal: for the past two years Vision Riders has been my full-time job. Before that, I'd worked freelance jobs here and there when I could land them, but I wanted to see if I could make a living working on my own stuff. For now, the unfortunate answers seems to be "no". Money that I thought I would be able to put towards Vision Riders ending up having to go elsewhere, as life has an annoying tendancy to be unpredictable, which only compounded the problems I've had trying to get animation going--which was the whole reason Vision Riders was started in the first place!

At the moment Vision Riders as a company, a web site, and a creative entity, teeters on the edge of non-existance. However, while I may no longer be able to devote my full time to it, I want Vision Riders to continue because I enjoy it, even if I can only pursue it part-time or as a hobby. We'll have to see how that goes. For now, Swordmaster Odyssey is set to return next week, but everything involving animation has basically been put on indefinite hold. I'll see if I can't get Vision Riders in the air again and will be actively looking into alternate business models, namely ones that don't focus on animation. At least, not in the short term.

The main Vision Riders site is in serious need of a major overhaul. It's just so cold and corporate. Think I'll bump that up on my list of things to do for next week.

Happy second birthday, Vision Riders!

I can't lie and say that the future is going to be bright and happy for you, but here's to my sincere wish that it will be! ^_^

This month's digital download pack is finally up for those who want it, and includes a 720p .wmv version of the clip from My Brother.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

This is the wallpaper that will be included in December's download pack here soon. Their eyes are bigger than they really should be (if I'd caught it when I should have, I could have fixed it), but otherwise it came out surprisingly well. The characters pictured are (from left to right) the kid from My Brother, Jessie from Swordmaster Odyssey, and Iccari from... well, he's not really from anything yet.

Line art was done with a #2 pencil (I should have gotten my pens out so I'd get more line variation), and everything else was done in Photoshop CS.

This wallpaper's download pack should be up by Friday.

We are proud to introduce our new digital download packs! Released each month, every download pack contains a desktop wallpaper (in both 16:10 widescreen and 4:3 formats) along with other extras. The extras range from additional images to exclussive commentary to music files, and each pack retails at an even $1.

Although these replace the old Swordmaster Odyssey download packs, don't worry. You'll be able to buy the high-resolution versions of the webcomic along with commentary again in the near future.

Sales from these download packs help support our hosting costs and allow us to continue creating new and entertaining content for our site! Hosting the site and creating Swordmaster Odyssey and our other upcoming projects is not cheap, so please consider supporting us by buying a download pack to enjoy.

Thank you for your consideration!