I am a knife
By Anthony Jutz
I am a knife,
Or perhaps a dancer.
I do a twirl on the edge,
Perhaps of myself or maybe a great abyss.
The world is a sheath,
Or perhaps a ripe fruit,
Ready for the knife.
Sliced in twain it holds my form, regardless.
Reality is but a moment,
Shifting between breaths.
It runs along the edge of the knife,
Of me,
Standing on the tip or perhaps over a precipice.
This moment,
But a pinprick.
The feeling bubbles and drops off.
Falling to the ground, it disappears,
Followed by another,
And another.
It forms a pool of deep red
Containing a reflection of me,
Or perhaps the knife,
Dancing on the edge.
The edge burns with potential,
Another moment aching to be.
The feelings flow in and out,
Awaiting my decision
To take the plunge.
Blog
Update – 03 May 2019
Wow, jeez, it’s been over three months since I’ve updated this blog. Been a weird few months too, but it’s been relatively decent. Lemme give y’all a synopsis.
Through early Feb, I was on a great roll with art, and then through the rest of Feb and into March I was in a bit of a funk; same for with most of April. I got some work done on the game, did some good writing, and have done a few cool illustrations since then.
However, most of my time has been spent working on handling my depression better. Hence why this blog has been neglected for so long. I’ve still been posting on my Patreon every couple weeks, at least. Most of those posts end up free for the public to see, if you’d like to catch up on my activities there!
More art and such below:
Continue reading Update – 03 May 2019ODP: The Cave
Hey everyone! Now feels like a good time to make a post about my current project: I’m making another small video game!
Ominous Doom Planet: The Cave is a narrative platforming game about a space exploring scientist getting lost in a deep cave filled with dark secrets. What forbidden knowledge will they gain from this chasm on a planet on the edge of reality? Well, you’ll have to wait til it’s finished to find out!
Here’s some screenshots of what I’ve got of it so far!
As you can see, I’ve got the basic art and enemy AI working, in addition to having tileset going. There’s also some invisible things such as features that make level design a much more expedient process. Also not shown is player movement and jump physics.
This was achieved in the first couple weeks of development.
During the third week of development, I got dialogue boxes working, including creating my own font and outline sprites. This coming week, I’m hoping to get multiple lines of dialogue working from the same interactive object.
I’m posting updates every week on Twitter, to the #ominousdoomplanet hashtag. Hopefully the game will be out by summer, depending on how everything goes! See you next time!
Poem – “Casting Light”
Casting Light
By Anthony Jutz
The tower casts its light,
Through the wide horizon.
Echoing through the clouds,
It sings its lonely song.
Blinking in and out,
It warns of floating embers.
But no one passes by
This place they can’t remember.
Standing tall and lonesome,
The tower casts its light.
Art Update – 10 Nov 2018
Whoa, it’s been a while since my last update. Like a month and a half! Much of that time was spent re-evaluating my attitude toward creating, and practicing a better perspective. Let’s get into that more down below.
Continue reading Art Update – 10 Nov 2018
Art Update – 26 Sept 2018
Hello friends! It’s been a while! I figured today’s as good a time as any to dust off the past couple weeks of inactivity and let you all know what’s going on.
Continue reading Art Update – 26 Sept 2018ODP Poem – “Rucksack”
Rucksack
by Anthony Jutz
A traveler’s rucksack,
Filled with things along the way.
This collection of stuff,
From both good and bad days.
Memories beholden,
To failures from the past.
A sad compartment of shit,
Dumped in a ditch at long last.
To let go and let loose,
The present better than what was.
The pack now lightened,
Cleaned out just because.
All that old junk,
Left to rot in the sun.
Time to move on,
Tomorrow’s just begun.
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this post! You can find more Ominous Doom Planet here. You can also connect with and support me at the links below:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JankHambrams
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jankhambrams
ODP Poem – “Dragon”
Dragon
by Anthony Jutz
Bright as the night,
It slithers behind the moon.
But during the day,
It whispers in the clouds.
Within the atmosphere,
The world is its throne.
Its kingdom its own,
Ruled by none.
Tread lightly,
Beware the dragon’s words.
For where reality meets unreality,
Truth is but a wish.
Now go,
Go softly.
And breathe,
Breathe the dream.
The dragon calls.
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this post! You can find more Ominous Doom Planet here. You can also connect with and support me at the links below:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JankHambrams
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jankhambrams
ODP Poem – “Dust Wyrms”
Here’s the first post for Ominous Doom Planet! Beware the dust wyrms.
Continue reading ODP Poem – “Dust Wyrms”
Ominous Doom Planet
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Ominous Doom Planet! This is going to be a series of illustrations and short fiction set on a planet where reality itself is fractured and blending with alternate worlds. There will be monsters and terrifying happenings galore.
Ominous Doom Planet will follow the journey of two scientists, Doctor 37 (below, left) and Doctor 4 (below, right). They’ve become stranded during their research expedition to this planet and its overlapping, fractured realities.
Keep an eye out for future posts, and follow me on Twitter and Patreon for updates about what I’m up to in relation to this project!
See you soon!