I broke rhythm today, and decided to script, pencil, and ink instead of coloring. It worked out pretty well, though I felt like I dragged my feet a bit midday. I scripted two pages of Bonus Story (8 rows), and then got those all pencilled, plus one I had left over from yesterday. I also inked three rows, for a total of 20.

One better than the minimum, and better yet, I put some pencilling and inking to bed on a day when I usually don’t get to.

Score: 10 work-days left, 166 rows to go.

Here’s today’s progress report: Three rows of buffer inked, seven rows of Bonus Story pencilled (that’s 1.75 pages) and then 4 of those rows inked. Oh, and three rows of buffer colored. Considering how well I did yesterday, I should be happier with my performance, but I really can’t afford to be missing that 18-row minimum very often.

Scorecard: 11 days left, 186 rows to go…

(The good news is that with yesterday’s haul, the minimum, figured as an average of “rows to go” per “days left” is 16.9. )

I colored four rows this morning, and then had a great day at the Keep. I pencilled 12 rows, and inked 9 of them.

Back at home I realized that in order to have a productive day at the Keep on Thursday, I would be needing scripts. So I cranked out 8 rows of scripts for the bonus story.

4+12+9+8=33

It was a good day. A REALLY good day. Hopefully I didn’t burn out, because I need to have good day tomorrow.

The scorecard: 12 days left, 203 rows to go.

–Howard

Okay, I sat down just now with the calendar to check my math, and it turns out there’s more coloring to be done in order to get the buffer Con-worthy.

The full, no-contingency workload, then, is 236 rows, and that takes today’s 12 rows of scripting into account.

Which means that for the next 13 days I need to whip out 18 rows per day, and I need to find space to squeeze in an extra two rows on top of that.

The GOOD news is that it’s possible the Bonus Story will finish up after just 100 more rows, rather than 120. I’m not going to force it, though. It ends where it ends.