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And that ends Chapter 3!
Tracy is still updating Chapter 4 twice a week on Patreon (if you’d like to see how that’s coming along) and I’ll post that here when she’s finished.
Thank you all for reading along!
Scott
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Thanks again Tracy and Scott! :>
Our pleasure. Thank you for reading along!
This was an amazing shot in the CG version of the comic and Tracy did it justice in hand-drawn.
Thanks
I agree completely. This page really showcases the strengths of both versions. The lighting effects in the original really made the 3-d landscape pop. Tracy’s version really excelled in some of the details, like the waterfalls and the mist over the trees. Both are gorgeous.
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“Ashendel” = ashen dell, the burned-out valley
Really going with that for an elf town name? Hokeydokey.
I also gotta say that as someone who’s been lucid dreaming for as long as I can remember, it’s really weird and funny how people who use it in fiction tend to tie it up with all sorts of completely unrelated concepts that really don’t relate to the real experience. The best way I can describe it is, you’re on a boat floating down a river, following the current, just watching whatever happens by (the random craziness the dream is throwing at you), but if you decide you really need/want to, you can sit up and grab the paddles and work a little bit to redirect into a different direction. Mostly you’re just feeling too lazy to bother, and whatever random dreamstuff happens is fine.
Nightmares, for me, tend to go one of two ways: either I get annoyed and take control of the dream and flip the script to hunt the monster (too much time spent figuring out boss monster patterns in video games, it’s a reflex), or there’s just too much / too scary going on, I can’t get into a mode where I’m deciding what to have happen – constantly wavering on the edge of being asleep, basically. At which point, I take this cheap stainless steel shortsword I got at a con once, lay it down on the bed next to me with my hand on the hilt, and go straight to sleep, no problems, no tension, no dreams.
I call it Dreamslayer. Hey, it works.
Maybe Ashendel means something completely different in Ancient Elvish, like “Giant Tree”. ?
As for lucid dreaming, I’ve done my share, and talked to a few others that have as well. Experiences differ, but the critical points are: (1) you know it’s a dream without waking up, and (2) you can exercise some level of control over the dream (regardless of whether you choose to or not).
Did you know that you can break your dreams? If you overexert yourself taking too much control of your dreams too often, your mind can rebel (to protect itself) and stop you from being able to lucid dream, or even remember your dreams. Happened to me in high school, and I went several years without remembering any dreams. Now, more than 30 years later, I can sometimes lucid dream, but not like I used to, and I still struggle to remember my dreams. Of course, I’m getting older and struggle to remember lots of things these days …
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Or an Ashen Dell, could simply be a valley filled with ASH trees – quite common here in the UK
Overall, not bad.
Thank you
I read through the CG version YEARS ago. I was almost afraid to start reading again because I had no idea where I left off, something with a pool and Merlin? I’m glad to see you started over again with 2D art, it makes it less intimidating to read through again.
Of course, it looks like it’s going to be a while before we get back to Merlin’s pool. XD
It sounds like you stopped reading the CG version right about the same time I did. Welcome back, fellow Dreamer!
Welcome back Sarah.
It will take some time (years) until we reach that spot again.
If you’d like to read it all in the original CGI… you can get the series free (if you have Amazon Prime) in the link on the right.
Hope that helps.
Once again, I am amazed at the quality of the art, both in the CGI version, and the redrawn version.
One thing I’ve always wondered, though: how in the world does one get a river to flow out of the top of a tree???
Xylem. Really BIG xylem. ?
P.S. (that’s Post Smiley) Welcome back, Lake Wrangler! It’s good to see a familiar name. You’ve been busy! ?
I noticed you were there, as well, albeit with a different avatar picture…
As far as being busy in the comments, I wait for a long time, then read a whole chapter at once, after I notice them being put up. Then I have fun commenting.
Yeah, I used to have the blue face silhouette. This one is more personal; I love cheetahs, and this cheetah was drawn by my favorite niece. ?
Thanks SO much! ♥
Happy Easter Scott, Tracy, and everyone else who works so hard to make Dreamland great (and to the assorted spouses and kids who support them in their efforts)!
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Same to you, my friend.
Still no chapter 4?
Any idea when it will be back again… Either old or new.
It’s going strong on Patreon. 54 pages in.
Can’t wait to see Tracy’s rendering of the rezt of the comic…!
Thanks, Tracy and Scoot! I really enjoyed reading each chapter. 🙂 More power!
I’m glad to see you started over again with 2D art, it makes it less intimidating to read through again.
Is the rest of the comic staying behind Patreon? Not trying to be snarky, just asking.
No. Once Chapter 4 is done on Patreon… and Tracy starts Chapter 5, I’ll start posting Chapter 4 here.
I just became a Patron, but I didn’t see a count of how many pages total there will be in Chapter 4. However, I checked the Wayback machine, and apparently the old comic had 115 pages for the chapter. Since Tracy is currently at page 81 and drawing two pages a week, I come up with an unofficial estimate of November 30th for when she’ll be finished with the chapter.
So basically next year, assuming no disasters. That’s at least an answer; thank you very much. Wish I could be a patron, but my circumstances do not allow such at this time. Glad to see it’s still going, and thank you very much for that as well.
Hey Scott – the chapter 5 cover went up on Patreon on Nov 27 (aka American Thanksgiving). I figured I’d at least wait until Monday to give you a chance to recover from possible Thanksgiving overeating (or to return from visiting relatives), but Monday has passed and still no chapter 4 pages on this site. Did something happen to force you to delay posting them?
Sorry for the delay. Updating now.
Happy Birthday Scott! ?
Still no sign of chapter 4 yet I read that work was started on chapter 5 some time ago 🙁
Posting now
Saw where Patreon is paused (thanks!) while Tracy does real life. Hope all will be good. I will read through it all here in the meantime. I have downloads somewhere….