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Now.... Back to business!

Hey everyone!

I'm sorry for the silence lately. Of course, I had my month off, but I was planning on giving you all more information on how everything went, but I just didn't get around to it.

My month off to work on the comic became..... just a month off.

I had a bit of a burnout, I suppose. I had lost all motivation and inspiration, and just didn't want to draw anymore. For about a week or so, I've given serious thought of quitting drawing altogether.

What caused this? I don't know, really. Probably a multitude of small reasons snowballing into one big desire to quit.

So, why? I don't know, and I don't care. It's in the past now. I'm not quitting.
I'm not completely back to my old self again (I have a hard time coming up with drawing ideas, for instance), but I'm getting there. I just need to build my confidence back up a bit. ^_^

So, what does this mean for you guys, and for my future plans?

Well, first of all, it means I did NOT get around to working on the comic. So that's still not done..... I'm sorry about that! It will still come though!

Other than that..... Well, it's business as usual! I'm going to start posting artwork again, I'm going to do the reward stream for $10 dollar Patrons again (a separate post on this will follow later!), and the monthly poll will be up after that, so you guys can choose which of the reward sketches gets the full treatment.

In other words...... Good times are just around the corner again! ^_^

Thank you all for your patience and continued support! I hope you will enjoy the stuff I have coming up! :)

Hof

Comments

Well, it's good to know at least some of my fans are willing to be lenient. That's a good feeling. ^_^ Not sure everyone would though, so I'm still trying to live up to my obligations. :-) And I have made some other arrangements in my living situation that may help that along in the future, so I have hopes something like this won't happen again. And I'm confident it won't for quite a few months, at least. ^_^

Well, that's good to hear, thank you! ^_^

Thanks! ^_^

As long as you’re happy, I’m happy

RockenSockenTy

For me, I would like you to work on what you're passionate about. Personally, I hate when I have to switch tasks. There's no better feeling than when you are "in the zone" on something. If you spend 3 weeks working on a non-patreon thing, that's okay with me. I'd rather have you be fully invested in what you're drawing for patreon, than doing it out of a feeling of obligation.

Welcome back

I very much appreciate your words! Thank you! What would be too high a standard? Is it too much to ask that I produce 5 drawings a month, along with 5 sketches? Because basically, that's my entire workload here, and it's not too much. What I found to be my problem is: I get lost in a project. When I'm into something, it's hard for me to get out and do something else. Patreon is like a monthly project to me. I'm currently hard at work on it, and I have 3 drawings lined up in different phases of production, and I'm loving working on it, and I can't wait to show them to you. But...... even when my workload is done, I'll want to keep working on it. When I SHOULD work on another project. Like the comic. Or my non-kink commission I have going right now. I do have the TIME for everything, but being stuck in a project is stressful. I can probably do Patreon besides non-kink work for a long time. But in this case, I fear the comic was the thing that was too much, and eventually became too stressful. Again: I don't think it's too high a standard (although I am definitely sure I do that too.... it's an artist thing, I think. :D ). But I need to get better at being flexible. :-) Anyway, I appreciate your thoughts. I'll keep them in mind. :-) But honestly, right now, it feels good to be back, and will feel even better when I get back to posting artwork again. ^_^

So, I can't speak for anyone else here, but my view is this: I'm happy giving you $5 a month to show appreciation for whatever you share here. The last thing I want is for you to start to hate drawing because you feel pressure to produce something. I mean, if you just totally went away and never posted anything again, I would eventually cancel my patronage, but if you're not inspired for a few months on end, I would simply look at that as part of the creative process. I can't help but wonder if perhaps you are holding yourself to too high a standard?


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