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What is <\/em>“The Anatomy of Art and Game Development”?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before I can start making specific posts related to art and game design, I think it’s important for me to give you, the reader, a brief run-down on what you can expect from this site.

This post will not contain a wealth of information related to me, personally – although some information about me is necessary<\/em>, it will not be the focus of this post. If you’re interested in who I am, you can find that information on the About page<\/a>.
If you’re instead interested in finding links related to my work, or methods for contacting me, you can find that information on the Contact and Links page<\/a>.
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What to Expect . . .<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As you may or may not already be aware, my name is Makai. I am an aspiring professional artist and game developer. I’m primarily a sketchbook artist – a limitation in medium borne out of necessity more so than preference. That said, I work in other creative areas as well, including (but not limited to) writing, animation, and game design and development.
Posts related to those creative areas are what you can expect from this site, moving forward. The balance of content, however, will not<\/em> be even. That is, the amount of posts related to Art<\/strong> will outweigh posts related to Game Development<\/strong>.
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Balance of Art and Game Development<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, it’s far easier for me to produce art (sketchbook) related content, than it is to produce game development related content. There are a few reasons for this.

For one, I spend far more time working on my art than I do working on my game. I spend approximately 4 hours<\/strong> drawing, every day of the week. I do this quite consistently. Breaks in that consistency are, more often than not, related to having to spend time on schoolwork<\/em>, rather than a decrease in my own personal motivations.
In contrast, I spend about 2 hours<\/strong> on game development, every day of the week. Now, that’s 2 hours maximum<\/em> – it’s important to note that I don’t work on my game every day. I love art, and I love game development, but I’m still human. I am not a machine, and I am prone to exhaustion. After drawing for 4 hours (excluding prior time spent on homework), I don’t always have energy to work on game development.
In other words, I’m far more consistent with sketchbook art than I am with game development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n