NEW VIDEO, AN UPDATE, AND AN APOLOGY (Patreon)

Hello gang. So, apologies again for the lack of written Digi content of late. Hope you understand, but I'm knackered. 

Apart from doing the Digi Minis, and Digi Live - which was far, far more work than its chaotic nature might lead you to believe - I've not really had a break since editing together Digitiser The Show since last year. 

On top of that... I've still been doing my day job. In fact, already I've written 11 episodes of kids TV this year, with another two still left to write. And that's on top of being lead writer, which has meant giving notes to other writers, on another gawd knows how many eps.

All of that would've been far more pleasant had I been paid fully for it, but due to the sort of wonky nature of independent kids' TV funding (long story)... that has yet to happen. Otherwise I'd just take a break now, if I could afford to.

In fact, I was asked if I would want to do a panel at Play Expo Blackpool, and though I agreed prior to the live show... I've since gone back on it. I can't bring myself to commit to anything else at the minute, even if it is months away.

But anyway... written articles will return to the site. I just need to conserve my mental and creative resources for a bit. Part of the reason I set up the new Redbubble store (go there now if you haven't already: https://www.redbubble.com/people/digitiser?asc=u) was because I seem to have the resources to do design stuff, but when it comes to written work... at the moment I'm spent. I've tried, and it just ain't happening.

Fortunately, editing videos still seems to be a pleasure, and doesn't take it out of me, so until normal service is resumed on Digitiser2000, you'll continue to get vids - at least two a week for the foreseeable, with some extra stuff cropping up on the second channel too.

Since the live show, Sanya and I have been batting around ideas for Series 2 of Digitiser The Show (though it probably won't be called that). 

One of the obstacles (if you can call it that) is that the Minis are really popular (with those who watch them anyway; we still don't get big numbers). We want to keep them going, but need to offer something that isn't just a version of the Minis, but with better production values. It needs a certain scale, and needs to be something we can't just cover in the regular weekly eps.

We've learned a lot since we did Digitiser The Show, so want to build on the atmosphere of the live show, as well the laid-back nature of the Minis. 

With all that in mind, we have an idea that's pretty ambitious, but before we can launch a Kickstarter we need to a) Do a holiday, b) Fulfil Kickstarter rewards, c) Do some work on the house (in short, we need to figure out storage solutions for all the crap and gear we've accumulated since doing FF, DTS and DL), and d) Work out financially and logistically what's required. 

In short; how can we capitalise everything we know that works best about Digitiser, and everything we've learned, in a way that's new and exciting, and will make people want to back it? We now think we know. 

Within all this, we're keen to give the Minis a bit more of an injection of oomph; just bring the scope up a bit, slightly more in line with Digitiser The Show (while not losing what's good about them). 

We've also discussed potential notions for future live events. Anything like that will be a way off though, but I know we'd all like to do more. We know we've set a high bar, and topping it won't be easy. 

But anyway, in the meantime... here's Wednesday's video for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU9YKvGpMv8&feature=youtu.be