July Update!

Hello everyone, I wanted to start off by saying thanks so much for sticking with me all this time, I wouldn't have even been able to start SweetCanvas without your support and it means a lot to me!

I usually save that for the end but I don't know how many people make it to the end of these so I decided to put it at the beginning

Now on to the update, starting with SweetCanvas stuff :

• Backgrounds are progressing at a steady rate, I can only afford to get two (along with any variations) a month at the moment so since I started getting them this year I'm currently sitting at 18 (24 if you count the ones I'll be getting this month) backgrounds including all variations.

That's a lot already! About 20% (give or take) of the way through all the backgrounds I'll need for the full visual novel and it's only been 5 months. This ties into the second update :

• I've been working on a simple demo of SweetCanvas that I hope to release before the end of next spring!

SweetCanvas as a whole will be decently long depending on what route you choose to go through so it will be a long time until it sees completion especially since I have budget constraints and I also have been working on it solo. 

That being said, I do want some way for people to interact with the characters so they can learn more about them and the world so I've decided to put together a semi-complete version of the opening segment of the VN, up until where the opening would play, as a demo. There will still be lots of choices to make and options to explore even with it being just an introduction so I hope you all look forward to it!

Now on to the other half of the update :

• Recently I have been considering posting color breakdowns of some of my work, going over my process in text + image form and even potentially (although this is admittedly a much less likely outcome because of how time consuming it is) making small shape, value and color note/observation videos

Let me know what you guys' thoughts are on whether or not that interests you, if you'd like that to be a public thing, half public half private or fully patreon exclusive thing etc. I'd like to hear from you guys on what you'd like to see me comment on/post my observations on since people request tutorials from me a lot. These wouldn't quite be tutorials but you understand

Anyway that's all for now, I'm considering opening commissions in July as well since money has been slightly tight recently but we'll see how that goes. Keep your eye open for that if you're interested, any discounts associated with your tier will apply as usual. 

I hope everyone had a good June!