The latest episode of The Side B Anthology, the second story in the Sable’s Tales anthology, is now up. Scarlet is a liberal adaptation of the classic fairytale that goes by the name of Little Red Riding Hood or Little Red Cap, and some of the scenes and imagery were inspired by アリス九號.’s songs Scarlet and RUMWOLF.
The night that I recorded the audio, there happened to be a dog howling somewhere in my building, and you can actually hear the howling faintly in the background, which I thought was rather eerie (and fitting).
Such is the danger (fun?) of recording without being in a sound-proofed space.
It is kind of interesting to hear a bit of ambient noise in the background — as long as it’s not overpowering, it gives the recording an immersive feel. Rather than making you feel as though you’re in the story itself (with sound design), you feel as though the person telling you the story is right across from you (and the window is open, and there are people cooking in the apartment below — this strange moment of escapism is somehow happening inside a little bubble of day-to-day normalcy).
I hope it has that effect, anyway… ♡♪
I noticed that the Traces page was badly out of date so I’ve corrected and added new links to it, but I’ve no doubt forgotten a few pieces. On a similar note, there are several illustrations and logos I’ve done recently but my scanner will no longer connect to my computer reliably so I haven’t been able to scan and add them to the site yet. Soon, hopefully. Or else I’ll make do by tidying some photos up as best I can in Gimp. Which has been made so much easier by the fact that I finally got a new mouse after months of just using the track-pad… I know. I’m nuts. It just kept getting pushed further down my to-do list, and now that I finally have a new one (wireless! rechargeable!) I feel like I’ve just taken off weighted training clothes and can work five times faster. Like, an angelic chorus played when the mouse connected to the laptop. Why did I need a new mouse, you might be wondering? Because Scout chewed the wire of my old (trusty) mouse to the point that not even electric tape would fix it. That little mischief-maker… lol.
