Hey guys if you'd ordered the bill cipher zine ("We'll Meet Again") I just wanted to make you aware, chargeback time limits are coming up if not already passed for most payments.
Preorders were August 9 - Sept 13 (2025), PayPal has one of the longest chargeback periods available at 180 days, and checking 180 days from Sept 1st is in two days, Feb 28th. So you still have time if you ordered in September and also used PayPal, lol.
I'm bringing this up because there has been shockingly few updates for the zine project since preorders ended almost 6 months ago. Last post on any of their socials was in December, and before that nothing since mid September. I have friends scared to speak out about it, and I'm not saying it's an intentionally malicious crew running it but I mean, as far as I'm aware there's proof of like, 1 piece of merchandise being made at this point.
Like it doesn't have to be anything personal, you can file a chargeback if you can/want, I don't think that's so crazy for a project that hasn't updated customers. If you don't wanna do/cant do a chargeback, like at least put some pressure on the mods to update.
As a contributor we’ve also been pressing for updates in our own section of this discord but have gotten very few updates. To be clear the zines have not even been ordered yet, I don’t think the zine is finished being formatted.
I would encourage people to start pressing for more updates from the zine! A lot of people worked really hard on this and you all paid money for that work as well as for charity; if there are reasonable delays they need to be communicated.
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i'd like to add that the shadow color isnt necessarily dictated entirely by the primary light source, but the bounce light! so for the example of a sunny environment, the reason the shadows are blue are because of the light from the blue sky reflects across the environment; but, if the character were to be under tree cover, the bounce light would be coming from the leaves and thus the shadow would look greener.
James Gurney is an absolute master and gives really good clarity on colour techniques. Yes, it is traditional paint focused, but the principles are the same. Yes it is informed by the environmental colour but as a painting technique it is achieved this way!
I would also suggest that in digital processing, rather than apply a regular colour layer at a mid opacity, try out the different types of layers, Eg. Screen or Multiply. This can give you at least a starting point to help direct your colour palette.
Layer Blend Modes are so so so important to working in digital art. There's a ton of math that goes into figuring out how the layers should blend together, which is why some of the modes you can pick are literally called Multiply, Add, Divide, and Difference (that's subtraction). The graphics software takes the color values of your base and blend layers and runs a calculation to get your resulting layer appearance. The ones that don't have specifically mathematical sounding names are still doing calculations, but they're more complicated (think linear Algebra and higher). Some of them, like dodge and burn, are named for actual photo editing techniques.
While it's not super important to know about the mathematical side of blend modes, I think it's worth knowing at least enough about how each of the categories of blend modes works and why they do what they do; if for no other reason than having a starting point when you start experimenting with them in your work.
An overview of the basic blend modes and how they work from Genevieve's Design Studio: Accessible with minimal color knowledge; practical and illustration focused. https://youtu.be/kMc87hQrJd0?si=TWCB365pKSfWS8p0. (16 minutes) This creator also has a ton of free resources you can download, including a Blend Modes cheatsheet, but fair warning: you have to create an account to get them!
Want to learn even more about the math-y stuff? It has great film visuals! A video from FilmmakerIQ: You need some basic knowledge of RGB color models, understanding of values/luma, and at least a tenuous understanding of Algebraic formulas. (26 minutes) https://youtu.be/F7_kaTP7_W4?si=x0urqXZ8f51nQVKl
Not enough words can express how happy we all are for the success of this project! This wouldn’t have been possible without all your support, so on behalf of the team of Dimensional Dreams, contributors and mods alike, thank you so so much! 💛✨
p.s. Leftover tarot cards will still be available on the head mod’s (@triclopsrabbit) etsy store at a lower price, and all profits will still go to PCRF! All social media accounts, as well as the zine gmail, will be unmonitored from here on out.
Here's a sneak peak of my piece for @billfordzine ✨
I'm so happy to be part of this zine, it's amazing! I also did a sticker sheet and a tarot card for the Zine as well! Preorders are still open so go check out the Zine!
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